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The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2) and renamed the FA Women's Championship prior to the 2018–19 season. [1] " The FA " was subsequently dropped from the league name ahead of the 2022–23 season , [ 2 ] prior to new ownership for the 2024–25 season by clubs in the first and second tiers.
The Women's Super League (WSL), known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. It was established in 2010 by the Football Association and features twelve fully professional teams.
The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 division, the FA Women's Premier League (WPL) National Division, which ended after the 2012–13 season.
Bristol City were promoted to the Women's Super League as 2022–23 Women's Championship winners. [7] They will be replaced by Reading who were relegated on the final day of the 2022–23 Women's Super League season, [8] ending a seven-season stay in the WSL which began in 2016 following the club's promotion as 2015 WSL 2 winners. [9]
Women's Super League and Women's Championship clubs agree to form a club-owned organisation that will run women's professional football in England from 2024/25.
The 2018–19 FA Women's Championship was the first rebranded edition of the FA Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England, renamed from the FA WSL 2 which was founded in 2014. The season ran from 8 September 2018 to 12 May 2019.
New West Ham United manager Olli Harder believes the Barclays FA Women’s Super League is on the cusp of becoming the biggest female football league in the world.
It was renamed from the FA WSL 2 which was founded in 2014. On 3 April 2022, Liverpool clinched the league title with a 4–2 win over Bristol City, their 19th consecutive league match unbeaten dating back to a 1–0 defeat at the hands of London City Lionesses on 29 August 2021, the opening game of the season.