London City Lionesses
Full name | London City Lionesses Football Club |
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Founded | May 2019 |
Ground | Princes Park, Dartford |
Capacity | 4,100 |
Head coach | vacant |
League | FA Women's Championship |
Website | Club website |
London City Lionesses is a fully professional women's association football club based in Dartford, England.[1] The team competes in FA Women's Championship during the 2019–20 season, the second tier of English women's football. The club was founded in May 2019, as an independent breakaway club from Millwall Lionesses.[2][3]
History
On 13 May 2019, a statement was released by Millwall F.C. announcing that the board of directors and senior management at the team's official women's affiliate, Millwall Lionesses, had declared their intentions to split from the club, becoming an independent entity and operating under a new name.[4][5] The breakaway was already agreed in principle by the FA.[6] The transfer of Millwall's Championship licence was officially approved by the FA on 29 June 2019.[7] After only six league games, manager Chris Phillips was sacked with the team sitting fourth in the Championship.[8]
Players
Current squad
- As of 29 September 2019.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managerial history
Information correct as of 15 October 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win%[nb 1] | Notes |
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Chris Phillips | ![]() |
13 May 2019 | 15 October 2019 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 57.14 | [10] |
- ^ Win% is rounded to two decimal places
References
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (18 August 2019). "'Equality has to be more than words': London City Lionesses go it alone". The Guardian.
- ^ "London City Lionesses: Millwall Supporters Club "saddened" by women's team breakaway". BBC News. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "London City Lionesses: Can a women's team thrive independently?". 19 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Club Statement: Millwall Lionesses". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
- ^ McElwee, Molly (13 May 2019). "Millwall women's team to split from club and form new London City Lionesses outfit". The Telegraph.
- ^ "London City Lionesses: FA Women's Football board approve Millwall switch". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "London City Lionesses". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
- ^ "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019.
- ^ "London City Lionesses squad announcement". London City Lionesses Twitter. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.