List of women's football clubs
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This is a partial list of women's association football
club
teams
from all over the world sorted by confederation. Only teams playing at the highest level in each country are shown; for clubs playing at lower divisions, see the separate articles.
Please note: Some clubs do not play in the league of the country in which they are located, but in a neighbouring country's league. Where this is the case the club is noted as such.
Premier league, southern division:
Premier league, northern division:
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Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
from all over the world sorted by confederation. Only teams playing at the highest level in each country are shown; for clubs playing at lower divisions, see the separate articles.
Please note: Some clubs do not play in the league of the country in which they are located, but in a neighbouring country's league. Where this is the case the club is noted as such.
Australia
W-LeagueW-League (Australia)
The W-League is the preeminent women's semi-professional football league in Australia. Established in 2008, it is composed of eight teams - seven of them are affiliated with seven of the Australian clubs currently in the A-League, with the eighth team based in Canberra...
- Adelaide United
- Canberra United
- Central Coast Mariners
- Melbourne VictoryMelbourne VictoryMelbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....
- Newcastle Jets
- Perth Glory
- Queensland Roar
- Sydney FCSydney FCSydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...
United States
England and Wales
Premier league, national division:- Arsenal LFCArsenal L.F.C.Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...
- Birmingham City LFC
- Blackburn Rovers LFC
- Bristol Academy WFC
- Chelsea LFC
- Doncaster Rovers Belles LFCDoncaster Rovers Belles LFCDoncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club, previously Doncaster Belles, are an English semi-professional Women's association football club based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire...
- Everton LFC
- Leeds Carnegie LFC
- Millwall Lionesses LFC
- Nottingham Forest LFCNottingham Forest L.F.C.Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Nottingham Forest F.C.. They were promoted to the Women's Premier League in 2008 after winning the Northern Division and currently play their home matches at Carlton Town's Bill Stokeld Stadium.The first...
- Sunderland AFC WomenSunderland A.F.C. WomenSunderland AFC Women is a women's football club based in Sunderland, North East England. They play their home games at The Hetton Centre in Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear.-History:...
- Keynsham FC
Premier league, southern division:
- Barnet LFC
- Brighton & Hove Albion LFC
- Cardiff City LFC
- Charlton Athletic LFCCharlton Athletic L.F.C.Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England...
- Colchester United LFC
- Crystal Palace LFC
- Luton Town LFC
- Portsmouth LFC
- Reading WFC
- West Ham United LFC
- WFC Fulham
Premier league, northern division:
- Aston Villa LFC
- Curzon Ashton LFC
- Derby County LFC
- Leeds City Vixens LFC
- Leicester City W.F.C.Leicester City W.F.C.Leicester City Women Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Leicester City F.C.. The club is distinct from Leicester City Ladies Football Club who play at Midland Combination level. LCWFC currently play in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division...
- Liverpool LFC
- Manchester City LFC
- Newcastle United LFC
- OOH Lincoln Ladies FCLincoln City L.F.C.Lincoln Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club. The club were known as Lincoln City Ladies Football Club until a sponsorship deal in 2008 with OOH Media PLC made them OOH Lincoln Ladies for two seasons. However, they changed their name to Lincoln Ladies FC for their entry into...
- Preston North End WFCPreston North End W.F.C.Preston North End W.F.C. are an English women's football club affiliated with Preston North End F.C. and currently playing in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.-History:...
- Queens Park Rangers LFC
- Sheffield Wednesday LFC
France
Division 1 Féminine:- FCF Hénin-BeaumontFCF Hénin-BeaumontFootball Club Féminin Hénin-Beaumont is a French football club based in Hénin-Beaumont. The club was founded on 12 May 1972 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine having finished 7th in the 2009–10 season. In 2010, Hénin-Beaumont moved to the Stade Octave Birembaut, 3,000 capacity stadium in...
- FCF JuvisyFCF JuvisyFootball Club Féminin Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne is a French football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1971 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine, the first division of women's football in France...
- La Roche-sur-Yon ESOFLa Roche ESOFLa Roche ESOF is a French football club founded in 1978 and is based in La Roche-sur-Yon....
- Le Mans Union Club 72
- Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)Olympique Lyonnais (ladies)Olympique Lyonnais Féminin is a French women's football club based in Lyon. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. Lyon currently play in the Division 1 Féminine and are the defending champions having won the league for five straight seasons.The club was formed as...
- Montpellier HSC (Ladies)Montpellier HSC (Ladies)Montpellier Hérault Sport Club Féminines is a French women's football club based in Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, a commune in the arrondissement of Montpellier. The club was founded in 1990. Montpellier currently play in the Division 1 Féminine having finished in 4th place in the 2009–10 season...
- FCF Nord Allier YzeureFCF Nord Allier YzeureFCF Nord Allier Yzeure is a French football club founded in 1999 and is based in Yzeure.The club was promoted to D1 Féminine for the first time in its history following the conclusion of the 2007-2008 season....
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies)
- Rodez AFRodez AFRodez Aveyron Football is a French association football club based in Rodez. The club was founded in 1929 and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur Group C, the fourth level of French football. From 1988–1993, Rodez played in Ligue 2. The club plays its home matches at the Stade Paul...
- AS Saint-Étienne (Ladies)AS Saint-Étienne (Ladies)Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire Féminin is a French football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club is the women's section of French football club AS Saint-Étienne and was founded in 1977 under the name Racing Club de Saint-Étienne...
- Stade Briochin (Ladies)Stade Briochin (Ladies)En Avant de Guingamp Féminines are a French football club based in Saint-Brieuc, a commune in the Brittany region. The club was previously the women's section of men's football club Stade Briochin and was founded in 1973 under the name Chaffoteaux Sports Saint-Brieuc. From 1999–2003, the club...
- Toulouse FCToulouse FCToulouse Football Club is a French association football club based in the city of Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium Municipal located within the city. The first team is managed by...
Malta
- Birkirkara FC - Women's Team
- Hiberians WFC
- MostaMostaMosta is a town situated in the middle of the island of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. It had a population of 19,018 people in 2010. Mosta celebrates the feast of Saint Mary the Assumption on the 15th August. This is a very popular feast among the Mostin and tourists alike...
- MelitaMelitaMelita may refer to:Places* Malta, a European country in the Mediterranean sea * Melita, California, former town* Melita, Manitoba, Canada* Mljet, People...
- Sliema Raiders
- Mgarr United
- St. Venera YB
- Pembroke A.
- LijaLijaLija is a small village on the island of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels...
Netherlands
Eredivisie, top division:- ADO Den Haag
- AZ
- FC Twente
- FC Utrecht
- Roda JC
- SC Heerenveen
- Willem II
Norway
- Amazon Grimstad FKAmazon Grimstad FKAmazon Grimstad FK is a Norwegian women's football club from Grimstad. It is named after the Amazons of Greek mythology.It was founded in 1999, when the women's football section split from FK Jerv. The senior team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2006 season.-...
- Arna-Bjørnar
- Kattem ILKattem ILKattem IL is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Kattem in Heimdal borough, Trondheim. It has sections for football, handball, ice hockey and skiing....
- Kolbotn Fotball
- Klepp ILKlepp ILKlepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering....
- LSK Kvinner FK
- Linderud-Grei TF
- Medkila ILMedkila ILMedkila IL's women section is a football team from Harstad in North Norway currently playing in the Toppserien, Norway's premier women's football league....
- IL SandvikenIL SandvikenIL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...
- SK Trondheims-Ørn
- Røa ILRøa ILRøa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Røa in the borough of Vestre Aker, Oslo. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football, gymnastics, bandy and cross-country skiing. Football, bandy and nordic skiing has been dominant in Røa. In bandy, the team has twice made it to the...
- Stabæk Fotball
Spain
- Athletic Bilbao (4)
- Atlético Madrid (1)
- Atlético MálagaAtlético MálagaAtlético Málaga is a Spanish women's football team, playing in Primera División. While they wear Málaga CF's kit and they're included in its webpage, they're not an official section of the club....
(1) - FC Barcelona
- UD CollerenseUD Collerense (women)U.D. Collerense Femenino is the women's football section of UD Collerense. The club is located on Mallorca, Spain.-History:In the 2008–09 season the team won its first 20 matches and thus secured playing the promotion play-offs six days before end of the season. The teams the won the last six...
- FVPR El OlivoFVPR El OlivoFederación Viguesa de Peñas Recreativas El Olivo, Sección Deportiva is a Spanish sports club from Vigo founded in 1991. It holds women's football, women's futsal and pétanque teams, being best known for the first one, which currently plays in Primera División, the country's top women's football...
- UE L'EstartitUE L'EstartitUnió Esportiva L'Estartit is a women's football club from L'Estartit, Girona. Originally founded in 1992 as the women football section of an homonym football club, it survived its disappearance and is nowadays the sole Catalonian all-women club in the Superliga Femenina, where it debuted in the...
- RCD Espanyol (1)
- SD LagunakSD Lagunak (women)SD Lagunak women's team represents SD Lagunak in women's football. It currently plays in Primera División, the country's top league. Founded in 1990, it was the first women's football team in Navarre...
- Levante UD (4)
- SPC Llanos Olivenza
- Prainsa ZaragozaCD Transportes AlcaineCD Transportes Alcaine, known as CD Prainsa Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's football team from Zaragoza playing in Primera División.-History:...
- Rayo Vallecano (3)
- Real SociedadReal Sociedad (women)Real Sociedad Femenino is the women's football section of Real Sociedad de Fútbol. Founded in 2004they reached the Spanish league's top division two years later, and have played there since, performing consistently as a mid-table team. Their biggest success so far was qualifying for the 2011 Copa...
- SD ReocínSD Reocín (women)SD Reocín-Racing Santander is the women's team of SD Reocín, currently playing in Primera División. Since its promotion in 2010 it also represents Racing Santander, wearing its kit and badge while remaining an independent club...
- CE Sant GabrielCE Sant Gabriel (women)Club Esportiu Sant Gabriel Femenino is a Spanish women football team from Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona. It was founded in 1996.In 2010 they gained promotion to the national top level...
- Sporting Huelva
- Valencia CF
Sweden
- Dalsjöfors GoIFDalsjöfors GoIFDalsjöfors GoIF is a football club from Borås, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan.Dalsjöfors GoIF play their home games at Borås Arena Stadium in Borås, also home of IF Elfsborg of the men's Premier Division .-Current squad:As of 20...
- Djurgårdens IF (2)
- K/Göteborg FCKopparbergs/Göteborg FCKopparbergs/Göteborg FC is a football club from Gothenburg, Sweden. The club was established in 1970 under the name Landvetters IF. In 2004 the team moved from Landvetter, a Gothenburg suburb, into Gothenburg city and changed its name accordingly...
- Hammarby IFHammarby IF DFFHammarby IF DFF is a football club from Stockholm, capital of Sweden. The letters DFF, meaning damfotbollsförening or women's football association, separates the club from Hammarby IF FF which is the men's division of the same club...
(1) - Jitex BKJitex BKJitex BK, a football club in Mölndal, Sweden was founded January 21, 1971 and plays in the Damallsvenskan.Jitex BK is one of the most successful clubs in Swedish women's football, with six national championships and three victories in the Swedish Cup during the 1970s and 80s. The Jitex name came...
(6) - KIF ÖrebroKIF Örebro DFFKIF Örebro DFF is a football club from Örebro, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan...
- Kristianstads DFFKristianstads DFFKristianstads DFF is a football club from Kristianstad, Sweden. The club was established in 1998 when Kristianstads FF merged with Wä IF. The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.- History :...
- Linköpings FCLinköpings FCLinköpings FC is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name Linköpings FC...
(1) - LdB Malmö (7)
- Piteå IFPiteå IF ladies teamPiteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå. The club was formed 24 May 1918 but didn't take up football until 1920 when they united with their local rivaling club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved.The ladies team was founded 1985...
- Tyresö FFTyresö FF (Ladies)For the club's men's team, see Tyresö FF.Tyresö FF is a Swedish football club located in Tyresö which is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden.-Background:...
- Umeå IKUmeå IKUmeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
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