FA Women's National League Cup


The Football Association Women's National League Cup is an annual cup competition in English women's association football. It was formerly known as the FA Women's Premier League Cup and is the women's equivalent to the men's EFL Trophy, open to third and fourth tier teams, although both competitions are organised by different governing bodies.
The competition is open to the 72 teams in the FA Women's National League.
Until the creation of the FA WSL, the cup was England's top league cup. Since then the teams in the country's top two divisions compete in the FA Women's League Cup instead.

Format

The competitions format has changed having previously also included a preceding group stage prior to the knockout rounds.
After the league restructuring of the Women's Premier League in 2015 up to 72 teams are eligible to participate. At first all teams are drawn against each other in the determining round. The winning teams then are drawn into either a preliminary round or directly into the first round of the cup. Thus 32 teams then play the first round.
The losers of the determining round play a preliminary round and then a round of 32 onwards for the National League Plate, first played out in 2015–16.

List of finals

The finals were:
SeasonWinnerRunner-upScoreVenue
1992ArsenalMillwall Lionesses1–0Alt Park, Knowsley
1993ArsenalKnowsley3–0Wembley, London
1994ArsenalDoncaster Rovers Belles4–0Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
1995WimbledonVilla Aztecs2–0Butlin Road, Rugby
1996WembleyDoncaster Rovers Belles2–2 Underhill Stadium, Chipping Barnet
1997Millwall LionessesEverton2–1Underhill Stadium, Chipping Barnet
1998ArsenalCroydon0–0 Underhill Stadium, Chipping Barnet
1999ArsenalEverton3–1Prenton Park, Birkenhead
2000ArsenalCroydon4–1Underhill Stadium, Chipping Barnet
2001ArsenalTranmere Rovers3–0Deva Stadium, Chester
2002FulhamBirmingham City7–1Adams Park, Wycombe
2003FulhamArsenal1–1 a.e.t. County Ground, Swindon
2004Charlton AthleticFulham1–0Underhill Stadium, Chipping Barnet
2005ArsenalCharlton Athletic3–0Griffin Park, Brentford
2006Charlton AthleticArsenal2–1Adams Park, Wycombe
2007ArsenalLeeds United1–0Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
2008EvertonArsenal1–0Brisbane Road, Leyton
2009ArsenalDoncaster Rovers Belles5–0Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
2010Leeds CarnegieEverton3–1Spotland, Rochdale
2011BarnetNottingham Forest0–0 a.e.t. Adams Park, Wycombe
2012SunderlandLeeds United2–1Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
2013Aston VillaLeeds United0–0 a.e.t. Bootham Crescent, York
2014SheffieldCardiff City6–2Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
2015Charlton AthleticSheffield0–0 a.e.t. Liberty Way, Nuneaton
2016Tottenham HotspurCardiff City2–1 a.e.t.Aggborough, Kidderminster
2017Tottenham HotspurCharlton Athletic0–0 a.e.t. Lamex Stadium, Stevenage
2018Blackburn RoversLeicester City3–1Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
2019Blackburn RoversCrawley Wasps3–0Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Performance by club