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{{short description|English women's association football team}}
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| image = Bristol_City_crest.svg
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| fullname = Bristol City Women's Football Club
| founded = {{start date and age|1998}} as Bristol Rovers
| manager = Stephen Kirby
| chairman = Gavin Marshall
| Head of Women's Football = 
| league = {{English football updater-W|BristolC}}
| season = {{English football updater-W|BristolC2}}
| position = {{English football updater-W|BristolC3}}
| nickname = The Robins (formerly The Vixens)
| ground = [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]], [[Bristol]]
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'''Bristol City Women's Football Club''' is a women's [[association football]] team from the city of [[Bristol]]. Formed in 1998 as Bristol Rovers W.F.C., they were renamed Bristol Academy W.F.C. in 2005 following the withdraw of support from Bristol Rovers and increased involvement and academy development from Bristol Academy of Sport (now SGS Sport), part of [[South Gloucestershire and Stroud College]]. A second change of name, this time to Bristol City was approved by the FA Women's Football Board in time for the 2016 WSL season. With their home games relocating from SGS College's [[Stoke Gifford Stadium]] to the Robins High Performance Centre and now [[Ashton Gate Stadium]].  Bristol City Women won promotion to the [[FA Women's Super League]] (WSL), the highest level of the women's game in England in 2016 and stayed there for five seasons before being relegated to the [[FA Women's Championship]] in 2021.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56960384 Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 Bristol City women: Matt Beard set to take over until end of season] BBC Sport. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.</ref>

==History==
===Early years===
The team was founded in 1998, following a [[merger]] between the [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] girls' teams and [[Wales|Welsh]] side Cable-Tel L.F.C.. This merger came about as Bristol Rovers only had girls teams up to the under 16 age group level, so when girls reached the age of 16 they were forced to leave the club. The merger with Cable-Tel meant that Bristol Rovers had a [[First team (association football)|senior squad]], and more importantly it gave them a place in the [[South West Combination Women's Football League|South West Combination]] league, only two levels below the [[FA Women's Premier League National Division|top flight]] of [[women's football (soccer)|women's football]] in [[England]]. This new merged team took the name Bristol Rovers W.F.C. and played their home games at The Beeches, the training ground and administrative [[office]]s of Bristol Rovers, located in [[Brislington]].

[[Image:BristolAvBirmingham.jpg|thumb|left|Bristol Academy playing Birmingham City in 2006]]

The team, like their male counterparts at Bristol Rovers, were somewhat [[nomadic]] in their early days, having played home matches at The Beeches, Lodge Road (home of [[Yate Town F.C.|Yate Town]]), Cossham Street ([[Mangotsfield United F.C.|Mangotsfield United]]), the [[Memorial Stadium (Bristol)|Memorial Stadium]] (Bristol Rovers), [[J. S. Fry & Sons|Fry's]] Sports Ground in [[Keynsham]], The Lawns ([[Cribbs F.C.]]),<ref>{{cite book |title=Bristol Rovers Women v Bristol City Women Matchday Programme |location=Bristol |publisher=Bristol Rovers Football Club |page=3 |date=23 October 2002}}</ref> The Hand Stadium ([[Clevedon Town F.C.|Clevedon Town]]), Lakeview ([[Bishop Sutton A.F.C.|Bishop Sutton]]), and Oaklands Park ([[Almondsbury Town F.C.|Almondsbury Town]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Football for Women|url=http://www.midlandcombination.co.uk/bristol.html|publisher=Midland Combination|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> They finally acquired their own purpose-built home ground, Stoke Gifford Stadium, on land owned by Filton College (now [[South Gloucestershire and Stroud College]]) in time for the inaugural [[FA WSL]] season in 2011. Since then, all of their home games were played there up until the end of the 2019–20 season, with the exception of [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] matches, which have been held at [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30022849 |title=Women's Champions League: Bristol reach quarter-finals |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 November 2014 |access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref>

The name of the club was changed to Bristol Academy at the beginning of the 2005–06 season to reflect the increased involvement of the Bristol Academy of Sport with the club. The team continued to play in the blue and white quarters of Bristol Rovers however, and also retained the nickname ''The Gas Girls'', an acknowledgement of Rovers' unofficial nickname of ''The Gas''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristolacademywfc.co.uk/ |title=Bristol Academy Women's Football Club (BAWFC) |publisher=Bristol Academy Women's Football Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831104755/http://www.bristolacademywfc.co.uk/ |archive-date=31 August 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> Bristol Rovers, now in the bottom division of [[The Football League]], found themselves unable to continue financing a women's team in 2006 and withdrew funding. Bristol Academy of Sport agreed to bankroll the team for 12 months, but there were serious doubts during the 2006–07 season that the club would survive beyond the summer.<ref>{{citation |title=In the Visitors Corner Bristol Academy WFC |journal=Bristol City WFC Matchday Programme (Vs Bristol Academy, FA Women's Cup) |volume=2006–07 |date=27 January 2007 |page=13}}</ref>

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:BAWFC LOGO.png|thumb|right|Logo of Bristol Academy Women's Football Club]] -->
In summer 2009 the club had a funding crisis. Manager Gary Green was sacked, [[Corinne Yorston]] left for [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Stef Curtis]] for [[Chelsea L.F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Gwennan Harries]] for [[Everton L.F.C.|Everton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Green loses Bristol Academy job amid funding worries |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Green-loses-Bristol-Academy-job-amid-funding-worries/article-1145270-detail/article.html |date=8 July 2009 |work=Bristol Evening Post |access-date=20 May 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505093830/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Green-loses-Bristol-Academy-job-amid-funding-worries/article-1145270-detail/article.html |archive-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Without their star players the team finished bottom of the table in 2009–10.

The club were one of eight founding teams in the [[FA WSL]] in April 2011, when they moved into a brand new stadium at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College's Stoke Gifford Campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lincoln Ladies FA Women's Super League bid success |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/8579715.stm |date=22 March 2010 |work=BBC |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref>

In 2013 the club signed a sponsorship agreement with [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City FC]] and changed their home kit from blue to red,<ref>{{cite web |title=Free entry at Bristol Academy WFC|url=http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/20130417-academyoffer-777941.aspx |date=17 April 2013 |publisher=[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City FC]]|access-date=3 November 2013|first=Adam|last=Baker}}</ref> and three years later the club was renamed Bristol City Women's Football Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34873469 |title=Bristol Academy to rebrand as Bristol City Women's FC |date=20 November 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref>
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Bristol City WFC logo.png|thumb|right|Logo of Bristol City Women's Football Club (2013–18)]] -->

In July 2018, the club named [[Tanya Oxtoby]] its new manager, moving into the position from being an assistant with [[Birmingham City W.F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/oxtoby-appointed-vixens-manager/|title=Oxtoby appointed Vixens manager|date=4 July 2013|publisher=[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City FC]]|access-date=4 July 2018|first=James|last=Crawley}}</ref>

===League history===
[[File:Bristol Academy vs Arsenal Ladies.jpg|thumb|Bristol Academy at home to Arsenal Ladies, May 2013]]
It took just two seasons to gain promotion to the [[FA Women's Premier League Southern Division]], when the club won the South West Combination in the 2000–01 [[season (sport)|season]] under the management of Dave Bell. After this Dave Bell left the club to join the academy set-up at [[Manchester United]], and was replaced by [[Tony Ricketts]].

Tony Ricketts also achieved league success, with the team winning the Southern Division in the 2002–03 season and earning promotion to the [[FA Women's Premier League National Division]]. The first season in the top-flight was a struggle, with the team narrowly avoiding [[relegation]]. However Bristol Academy established themselves in the National Division with two fifth-place finishes over the next two seasons.

In the 2006–2007 season, the club reached the top spot in November (though defending champions [[Arsenal L.F.C.]] had games in hand due to [[UEFA Women's Cup|European Cup]], [[FA Women's Premier League Cup|League Cup]] and [[FA Women's Cup|FA Cup]] commitments). Arsenal played their games in hand Bristol Academy, hovered between the 4th and 8th places.

Bristol City Women finished 2nd in [[FA WSL 2]] for the 2016 season and won promotion to [[FA WSL 1]] for their 2017 campaign.

They were relegated in the [[2020–21 FA WSL|2020–21 season]] to the FA Women's Championship where they finished third in their first season back in the second tier.

The [[2022–23 Women's Championship|2022–23 season]] saw Bristol City win their first ever league title and, with it, promotion back to the WSL.

===Cup history===
[[File:London Bees v Bristol City WFC, 24 April 2016 (07).jpg|thumb|left|Bristol City away against London Bees, April 2016]]
In the short history of the team they have reached the [[semi-final]] of the [[FA Women's Cup]] five times. The first was in the 2000–01 season when they were still playing their league football in the South West Combination, playing in front of a club record crowd of over 3000 at the Memorial Stadium against [[Arsenal L.F.C.]] The match ended in a 3–0 defeat. Three more unsuccessful semi-final matches were to follow in this competition, against [[Fulham L.F.C.]] in 2002–03, [[Charlton Athletic L.F.C.]] in the 2004–05 season and Arsenal again providing the opposition in 2006–07.

In 2011 the club reached the final of the FA Cup after a 3–0 semi-final win over [[Liverpool L.F.C.|Liverpool]]. Bristol were beaten 2–0 by Arsenal in the final, before 13,885 fans at the [[Ricoh Arena]] in [[Coventry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13463068.stm|title=Women's FA Cup final: Arsenal 2–0 Bristol Academy|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 May 2011|access-date=21 May 2011|author=Tony Leighton}}</ref> In 2013 the club reached its second FA Cup final after a 2–0 semi-final win over Lincoln Ladies. Bristol were again beaten by Arsenal 3–0 in the final at the [[Keepmoat Stadium]] in [[Doncaster]].

The team dominated the Gloucestershire FA Women's Challenge Cup in their early days, winning the trophy eight times in their first nine seasons. The only failure to win the competition came in the 2003–04 season when they were beaten in the final by the original [[Bristol City W.F.C. (1990s)|Bristol City W.F.C.]], their first ever defeat to their cross-city rivals. Following the 2006–07 win the first team stopped competing in the tournament, although their junior teams continued taking part.

They did reach the final of the Continental Tyres League Cup Final in the 2020–21 season but were defeated by Chelsea FC.

===UEFA competitions===
*''For a detailed international record see [[English women's football clubs in international competitions#Bristol City|English women's football clubs in international competitions]]''

Because of the new WSL, England's [[UEFA Women's Champions League]] places were allocated to the FA Cup finalists as a one time exception. Thus Bristol won a place in the [[2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League]] round of 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/2848|title=Double first for Bristol|publisher=shekicks.net|date=17 April 2011|access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> They started in the round of 32 and were drawn against Russian side [[Energiya Voronezh]] and drew their home game 1–1 but lost the return leg in Russia 2–4 and didn't advance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bristol denied by alte penalty|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/3889|publisher=shekicks.net|access-date=6 October 2011|date=30 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bristol Bow out to Voroneh|url=http://shekicks.net/news/view/3955|publisher=shekicks.net|access-date=6 October 2011|date=6 October 2011}}</ref>

===Season by season===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
!Season!!League!!Position!!FA Cup!!League Cup{{ref|A|A}}!!Other!!Manager
|-
!colspan="7"|Bristol Rovers W.F.C.
|-
|1998–99|| rowspan="3" |[[South West Combination Women's Football League|South West Combination]]||style="background:silver; text-align:center;"|2nd|| || ||Gloucestershire Cup winners||rowspan="2"|Billy Gornicki-Bond
|-
|1999–00|| style="background:silver; text-align:center;" |2nd||Third round|| ||Gloucestershire Cup winners
|-
|2000–01|| style="background:gold; text-align:center;" |'''1st'''<br>(promoted)||Semi-final|| ||Gloucestershire Cup winners||Dave Bell
|-
|[[2001–02 FA Women's Premier League|2001–02]]|| rowspan="2" |[[FA Women's Premier League Southern Division|Premier League Southern Division]]||style="background:silver; text-align:center;"|2nd of 12||Fourth round||First round||Gloucestershire Cup winners||rowspan="2"|[[Tony Ricketts]]
|-
|[[2002–03 FA Women's Premier League|2002–03]]|| style="background:gold; text-align:center;" |'''1st''' of 11<br>(promoted)||Semi-final||Quarter-final||Gloucestershire Cup winners
|-
|[[2003–04 FA Women's Premier League|2003–04]]|| rowspan="2" |[[FA Women's Premier League National Division|Premier League National Division]]||style="text-align:center;"|8th of 10||Semi-final||Semi-final|| ||[[Tony Ricketts]]<br>Ivor Gumm
|-
|[[2004–05 FA Women's Premier League|2004–05]]|| style="text-align:center;" |5th of 10||Semi-final||Quarter-final||Gloucestershire Cup winners||Gary Green
|-
!colspan="7"|Bristol Academy W.F.C.
|-
|[[2005–06 FA Women's Premier League|2005–06]]|| rowspan="5" |Premier League National Division||style="text-align:center;"|5th of 10||Quarter-final||Quarter-final||Gloucestershire Cup winners||rowspan=4|Gary Green
|-
|[[2006–07 FA Women's Premier League|2006–07]]|| style="text-align:center;" |4th of 12||Semi-final||Second round||Gloucestershire Cup winners
|-
|[[2007–08 FA Women's Premier League|2007–08]]|| style="text-align:center;" |4th of 12||Fourth round||Third round||
|-
|[[2008–09 FA Women's Premier League|2008–09]]|| style="text-align:center;" |8th of 12||Quarter-final||Second round||
|-
|[[2009–10 FA Women's Premier League|2009–10]]|| style="text-align:center;" |12th of 12||Fourth round||Quarter-final||Granted WSL licence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=eng/news/newsid=1466607.html |title=FA announce Women's Super League clubs |publisher=UEFA |date=22 March 2010 |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>||rowspan="4"|[[Mark Sampson]]
|-
|[[2011 FA WSL|2011]]|| rowspan="5" |[[FA WSL|Women's Super League]]||style="text-align:center;"|5th of 8||style="background:silver;"|Runners-up||First round||[[2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League|2011–12 Champions League]]: First round
|-
|[[2012 FA WSL|2012]]|| style="text-align:center;" |4th of 8||Semi-final||Semi-final||
|-
|[[2013 FA WSL|2013]]|| style="background:silver; text-align:center;" |2nd of 8||style="background:silver;"|Runners-up||Group stage||
|-
|[[2014 FA WSL|2014]]|| style="text-align:center;" |7th of 8||Fifth round||Group stage||[[2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League|2014–15 Champions League]]: Quarter-final||Dave Edmondson
|-
|[[2015 FA WSL|2015]]|| style="background:#AA0000; color:white; text-align:center;" |8th of 8<br>(relegated)||Fifth round||Quarter-final|| ||Dave Edmondson<br>''Lauren Smith''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32438975 |title=Bristol Academy: Head coach Dave Edmondson leaves club |date=23 April 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref><br>[[Willie Kirk]]
|-
!colspan="7"|Bristol City W.F.C.
|-
|[[2016 FA WSL|2016]]||[[FA WSL 2|WSL 2]]||style="background:silver; text-align:center;"|2nd of 10<br>(promoted) ||Fourth round||First round|| ||rowspan="3"|[[Willie Kirk]]
|-
|[[FA WSL Spring Series|2017]]|| rowspan="5" |[[Women's Super League]]|| style="text-align:center;" |8th of 9||Quarter-final||N/A{{ref|B|B}}||
|-
|[[2017–18 FA WSL|2017–18]]|| style="text-align:center;" |8th of 10||Fourth round||Quarter-final||
|-
|[[2018–19 FA WSL|2018–19]]|| style="text-align:center;" |6th of 11||Fifth round||Group stage|| ||rowspan="2"|[[Tanya Oxtoby]]
|-
|[[2019–20 FA WSL|2019–20]]|| style="text-align:center;" |10th of 12||Fifth round||Group stage||
|-
|[[2020–21 FA WSL|2020–21]]|| style="background:#AA0000; color:white; text-align:center;" |12th of 12<br>(relegated)||Fourth round||style="background:silver;"|Runners-up|| ||[[Tanya Oxtoby]]<br>''[[Matt Beard]]''
|-
|[[2021–22 FA Women's Championship|2021–22]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Women's Championship]]||style="text-align:center;"|3rd of 12||Fourth round|| Quarter-final|| || rowspan="3" |[[Lauren Smith (football)|Lauren Smith]]
|-
|[[2022–23 Women's Championship|2022–23]]
|style="background:gold; text-align:center;"|'''1st''' of 12<br>(promoted)
|Fifth round
| Quarter-final
|
|-
|[[2023–24 Bristol City W.F.C. season|2023–24]]
|[[Women's Super League]]||style="background:#AA0000; color:white; text-align:center;"|12th of 12<br>(relegated)
||Fourth round
|Group stage
|
|-
|[[2024–25 Women's Championship|2024–25]]
|[[Women's Championship]]
|
|
|
|
|[[Lauren Smith (football manager)|Lauren Smith]]
''[[Loren Dykes]]''
Stephen Kirby
|}
{{Note|A|A}}League cup column shows results in the [[FA Women's Premier League Cup]] (2001–2010) and the [[FA WSL Cup]] (2011–present)<br>
{{Note|B|B}}There was no WSL Cup tournament during the 2017 WSL Spring Series

==Stadium==
{{Location map
| Bristol
| lat = 51.4402| long = -2.6201
| label = Ashton Gate|lat_deg=|lon_deg=| caption = [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]] shown within Bristol and the UK
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After having played at a number of different grounds, the team finally got their own home in 2011 when they moved into the newly built [[Stoke Gifford Stadium]] at [[South Gloucestershire and Stroud College]], WISE Campus in North Bristol. It was the first stadium in the UK to be developed specifically for a women's football team,.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/events/fa-women-s-super-league-tournament-p1203413#ProductList-/site/events/fa-women-s-super-league-tournament-p1203413 |title=FA Women's Super League Tournament |access-date=5 April 2011 |publisher=Destination Bristol |work=visitbristol.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519100420/http://visitbristol.co.uk/site/events/fa-women-s-super-league-tournament-p1203413#ProductList-/site/events/fa-women-s-super-league-tournament-p1203413 |archive-date=19 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bristol Academy builds Britain's first women's stadium|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/apr/25/womens-football-bristol-stadium |date=25 April 2010 |work=The Guardian|author=Tony Leighton |access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref> They stayed here until the end of the 2019–20 season. After this league requirements saw a move to [[Twerton Park]] and a groundshare with Bath City FC. The robins only stayed here for one season before they relocated to the Robins High Performance Centre for the start 2021–22 season. Multiple games have also been played at Ashton Gate stadium.

The club record attendance came in April 2023 when 7,045 spectators watched Bristol City against Charlton Athletic in the FA Women's Championship at Ashton Gate.

The club announced that all home matches would be played at [[Ashton Gate Stadium|Ashton Gate]] for the upcoming season.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bristol City women can 'fill' Ashton Gate |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65391251 |access-date=2023-05-31}}</ref>

== Players ==
{{for|details of current and former players|Category:Bristol City W.F.C. players}}

=== Current squad ===
{{updated|22 October 2024}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's first team |url=https://www.bcfc.co.uk/teams/womens-first-team/ |website=Bristol City}}</ref>
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Fran Bentley]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=[[Ella Powell]]}}
{{fs player|no=3|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Chloe Mustaki]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=DNK|pos=DF|name=[[Sille Struck]]}}
{{fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Greta Humphries|other=on loan from [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]}}
{{fs player|no=7|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Abi Harrison]]}}
{{fs player|no=8|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Amy Rodgers]]}}
{{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Lexi Lloyd-Smith}}
{{fs player|no=11|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Jamie-Lee Napier]]}}
{{fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Libby Bance]]|other=on loan from [[Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Mari Ward]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=15|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=[[Jasmine Bull]]}}
{{fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Emily Syme]]}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=[[Amalie Thestrup]]}}{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Maddy Earl]]|other=dual registration from [[Arsenal W.F.C.]]|no=21}}
{{fs player|no=24|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=[[Ffion Morgan]]}}
{{fs player|no=25|nat=NIR|pos=GK|name=[[Jacqueline Burns]]}}
{{fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Jesse Woolley]]}}
{{fs player|no=28|nat=WAL|pos=FW|name=[[Tianna Teisar]]}}
{{fs player|no=37|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Maddie Durrant}}
{{fs player|no=38|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Manon Pearce}}
{{fs player|no=41|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Harley Bennett}}
{{fs end}}

==== Out on loan ====
{{fs start}}


{{fs end}}

== Club Staff ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Staff Member
|-
|Chairman
|{{flagicon|WAL}} Gavin Marshall
|-
|Head Coach|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Kirby
|-
|Assistant Coach || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Natalie Haigh]]
|-
|Assistant Coach
|{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Loren Dykes]]
|-
|First Team Goalkeeping Coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Stowell]]
|-
|Lead Physiotherapist ||
|-
|Sports Therapist||{{flagicon|ENG}} Anton Forbes
|-
|Lead Physical Performance Coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Instrall
|-
|Strength and Conditioning Coach ||
|-
|First Team Analyst ||{{flagicon|ENG}}  Calvin Strong
|-
|Academy Manager ||{{flagicon|WAL}} James Thomas
|-
|U21s Head Coach ||{{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Mitchell
|-
|U21s Goalkeeper Coach ||{{flagicon|IRE}} Rich Duffy
|-
|Club Chaplain ||{{flagicon|ENG}}  Esther Legg-Bagg
|-
|Operations Manager
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  Emma Jolliffe
|-
|Kit Manager
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Erika Mole
|}

==Team honours==
*'''[[Women's Championship (England)|FA Women's Championship]]: 1'''
:: [[2022–23 FA Women's Championship|2022–23]]
*'''[[FA Women's Premier League Southern Division]]: 1'''
:: [[2002–03 FA Women's Premier League#Southern Division|2002–03]]
*'''[[South West Combination Women's Football League]]: 1'''
:: 2000–01
*'''Gloucestershire FA Women's Challenge Cup: 8'''
:: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07

== Club records ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2023}}
Highest league finish position: 2nd in [[Women's Super League]] 2013 as [[Bristol Academy W.F.C]]

Lowest league position: 3rd in [[FA Womens Championship]] 2021/22

Highest points total in a season - 48 (2022/23 [[FA Womens Championship]])

Lowest points total in a season - 6 (2023/24) [[Women's Super League]])

Most league wins in a season - 15 (2022/23 [[FA Womens Championship]])

Fewest league wins in a season - 1 (2023/24 [[Women's Super League]])

Most league defeats in a season - 18 (2023/24 [[Women's Super League]])

Fewest league defeats in a season - 4 (2022/23 [[WSL 2|FA Women's Championship]])

Most league draws in a season - 6 (2020/21 [[Women's Super League]])

Fewest league draws in a season - 1 (2017/18 [[Women's Super League]])

Most league goals scored in a season -  43 (2021/22 [[FA Womens Championship]])

Fewest league goals scored in a season - 9 (2019/20 [[Women's Super League]]) * Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Most league goals conceded in a season - 72 (2020/21 [[Women's Super League]])

Fewest league goals conceded in a season - 12 (2022/23 [[FA Womens Championship]])

Biggest win - 7-1 Vs [[Queens Park Rangers WFC]], [[SSE Women's FA Cup]], February 14, 2016

Biggest defeat - [[Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women]] - December 1, 2019

Highest scoring match - [[Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women]] - December 1, 2019

Highest transfer fee paid -

Highest transfer fee received -  £100,000 [[Naomi Layzell]] to [[Manchester City W.F.C.]] (June 2024)

Most goals in a season by a player - Abi Harrison - 21 (2021/22 [[FA Womens Championship]])

Youngest player - 16 years and 44 days - [[Lauren Hemp]] (Vs [[Watford F.C. Women]], [[WSL 2]], 10 September 2016)

Oldest player - 35 years and 352 days - [[Rachel Furness]] (Vs [[Manchester City W.F.C.|Manchester City.F.C.]]. [[FA Women's League Cup|Women's Super League]], 28 April 2024)

Fastest goal - [[Chloe Bull]] - 38 seconds (Vs [[Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)|Crystal Palace F.C]], [[FA Womens Championship]], 5 February 2022)

Most goals by a player in a match - 2 - [[Grace Clinton]] - Vs (Vs [[Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)|Crystal Palace F.C]], [[FA Womens Championship]], 5 March 2023)

Youngest goalscorer - 16 years and 44 days - [[Lauren Hemp]] (Vs [[Watford F.C. Women]], [[WSL 2]], 10 September 2016)

Oldest goalscorer - 35 years and 139 days [[Rachel Furness]] (Vs [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal F.C.]] [[Women's Super League]], 22 October 2023)

Most league matches won in a row - 5  (February 8, 2023 to March 12, 2023)

Most league matches lost in a row - 9 (February 18, 2024 to May 18, 2024)

Most matches without a win (all competitions)- 23 (November 12, 2023 - October 6, 2024)

Most home matches without a win - 17 (October 1, 2023 - Ocotber 13, 2024)

Most away matches without a win - 16 (September 13, 2020 -  November 21, 2021)

Most league matches without defeat - 8 - (December 5, 2022 - March 19, 2023)

Most home league matches without defeat - 6 (17 November 2018 - 24 March 2019)

Most away league matches without defeat - 8  (May 1, 2022 - March 19, 2023)

Most league matches without conceding a goal - 4  (February 12, 2023 to March 12, 2023)

Most league matches without scoring a goal - 7 (March 17, 2024 to May 18, 2024)

Most matches without a clean sheet - 29 - (April 30, 2023 - September 8th 2024)

Highest attendance - 14,138 Vs [[Manchester United W.F.C.|Manchester United F.C.]] [[FA Women's League Cup|Women's Super League]] - 26 November 2023, [[Ashton Gate Stadium]]

Lowest attendance - 287 Vs [[Southampton F.C. Women]] - 11 December 2022

Highest average attendance - 6,366  (2023//24, [[FA Women's League Cup|Women's Super League]] )

== Player awards ==

=== Player of the Year ===
Bristol City's Player of the Year award is voted for by the club's supporters at the end of every season.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2020-21
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Ebony Salmon]]
|-
|2021-22
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Abi Harrison]]
|-
|2022-23
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Abi Harrison]]
|-
|2023-24
|[[Amalie Thestrup]]
|}

==== Women's Young Player of the Year ====
Bristol City's Players' Player of the Year award is voted for by the club's supporters at the end of every season.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2020-21
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Ebony Salmon]]
|-
|2021-22
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Fran Bentley]]
|-
|2022-23
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Grace Clinton]]
|-
|2023-24
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Naomi Layzell]]
|}
'''Players player of the year'''

Bristol City's Players' Player of the Year award is voted for by the club's players at the end of every season
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2020-21
| -
|-
|2021-22
| -
|-
|2022-23
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Fran Bentley]]
|-
|2023-24
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Naomi Layzell]]
|}
'''Golden boot award'''

An award given to the highest scoring player for Bristol City Women of that season 
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2020-21
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Ebony Salmon]]
|-
|2021-22
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Abi Harrison]]
|-
|2022-23
|[[Shania Hayles]]
|-
|2023-24
|[[Amalie Thestrup]]
|}
'''PFA Community Champion Award''' 

An award that recognises work performed by an outstanding individual in the community of Bristol
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Winner
|-
|2021-2022
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Jasmine Bull]]
|-
|2022-2023
|{{flagicon|ENG}}  [[Jasmine Bull]]
|-
|2023-2024
|[[Shania Hayles]]
|}

== Players with over 50 professional appearances for Bristol City ==

: ''As of 15 September 2024''
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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Grace Mccatty]] 141
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Abi Harrison]] 125
*{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Loren Dykes]] 120
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Frankie Brown]] 117
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jasmine Matthews]] 115
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Corinne Yorston]] 96
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Siobhan Chamberlain]] 96
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sophie Baggaley]] 90
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Flo Allen]] 87
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Carla Humphrey]] 87
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Aimee Palmer]] 84
* {{Flag icon|WAL}} [[Angharad James (footballer)|Angharad James]] 82
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Naomi Layzell]] 80
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Ella Powell]] 75
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Ffion Morgan]] 75
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Gemma Evans]] 74
* {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[Jemma Rose]] 74
* {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Yana Daniels]] 72
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Jesse Woolley]] 68
*{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Emily Syme]] 62
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Fran Bentley]] 58
* {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Laura Del Rio]] 57
* {{Flagicon|ENG}}[[Brooke Aspin]] 51
{{div col end}}

== Players with 10 or more goals for Bristol City ==
{{div col|colwidth=19em}}
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Abi Harrison]] 39
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Natalia Pablos]] 22
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Laura Del Rio]] 20
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ebony Salmon]] 18
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Millie Farrow]] 14
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Natasha Harding]] 14
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Shania Hayles]] 14
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lauren Hemp]] 13
* {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Ffion Morgan]] 13
* {{Flagicon|SCO}} [[Lucy Hope]] 12
* {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Amalie Thestrup]] 11
* {{Flag icon|SCO}} [[Claire Emslie]] 11
* {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Corinne Yorston]] 10
{{div col end}}

Most games scored in a row - 9 - [[Abi Harrison]] (October 10, 2021 - January 16, 2022)

== Players with over 10 clean sheets for Bristol City ==
As of September 15 2024

{{div col|colwidth=19em}}
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sophie Baggaley]] 27
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Fran Bentley]] 26
{{Div col end}}

==See also==
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* [[List of women's association football clubs in England and Wales]]
* [[Women's football in England]]
* [[List of women's association football clubs]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.bcfc.co.uk/bristol-city-women/ Bristol City club website]

{{Sport in Bristol}}
{{FA Women's Super League}}

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