Aston Villa W.F.C.

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Aston Villa Women Football Club was formed in 1973 as Solihull FC. When Aston Villa asked for help in forming a ladies team in 1989, Solihull responded. The club agreed to change their name in 1996 to become the officially recognised ladies team of Aston Villa.

As Villa Aztecs, they reached the 1995 League Cup Final but lost 2–0 to Wimbledon, and played in the 1995–96 FA Women's Premier League but were relegated.

The senior team, renamed to Aston Villa Ladies F.C., continued to play mainly in the 2nd-tier Northern Division. The club won promotion twice more and played in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in 1999–2000{{cite web |url=http://www.avlfc.com/aboutus/index.php |title=About Aston Villa Ladies football club |publisher=AVLFC |access-date=10 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816065624/http://www.avlfc.com/aboutus/index.php |archive-date=16 August 2007 |url-status=dead}} and in 2003–04, but ended in the relegation zone in both seasons.

The Lady Villans won the Northern Division for the fourth time in 2011 and gained promotion to the WPL National Division,{{cite web |url=http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=5757264&psSelectedDivision=3324022&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=872938 |title=2010/11 Northern Division table |publisher=FA |access-date=30 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623060940/http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=5757264&psSelectedDivision=3324022&psSelectedCompetition=0&psSelectedLeague=872938 |archive-date=23 June 2011 |url-status=dead}} which had become the 2nd tier below the FA WSL.

On 5 May 2013, the club had its greatest achievement by winning its first ever trophy, the Women's Premier League Cup, beating Leeds United Ladies 5–4 on penalties.{{cite web |url=http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=132979347&psSelectedDivision=3324022&psSelectedCompetition=244056975&psSelectedLeague=872938 |title=2012/13 FA Women's Premier League Cup fixtures |publisher=FA |access-date=30 July 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2014 they were one of ten teams who were elected to WSL2,{{cite web|title=INTRODUCING ASTON VILLA LADIES|url=http://www.fawsl.com/news/introducing_aston_villa_ladies.html|website=FA Women's Super League. Aston villa women's team have won 18 major trophies |publisher=The FA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724211313/http://www.fawsl.com/news/introducing_aston_villa_ladies.html|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-date=24 July 2014}}

and in 2018 to the Women's Championship.{{Cite web |url=http://ladies.avfc.co.uk/news/villa_secure_place_in_fa_womens_championship.html |title=Villa Secure Place in FA Women's Championship |access-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219050613/http://ladies.avfc.co.uk/news/villa_secure_place_in_fa_womens_championship.html |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}

On 4 July 2019, the team was renamed Aston Villa Women F.C., CEO Christian Purslow, said that the name "aligns more appropriately with women’s football in this country".{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/07/04/aston-villa-ladies-become-aston-villa-women|title=Aston Villa Ladies become Aston Villa Women ahead of new season|last=Styles|first=Greg|date=4 July 2019|website=Aston Villa F.C.|access-date=4 July 2019|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925183855/https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/07/04/aston-villa-ladies-become-aston-villa-women|url-status=live}} On the same day, Chief Commercial Officer, Nicola Ibbetson, was elected to the FA WSL and Women's Championship board - making Aston Villa Women one of only two Championship clubs to have a representative on the board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/07/04/aston-villa-ladies-become-aston-villa-women|title=Aston Villa Ladies become Aston Villa Women ahead of new season|website=avfc.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14|archive-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925183855/https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/07/04/aston-villa-ladies-become-aston-villa-women|url-status=live}}

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In 2019–20, Villa won promotion to the WSL and entered the top flight of women's football for the first time since 2004.{{Cite web |last=Zack |first=Spector |date=2020-09-09 |title=Cheap football Shirts |url=https://cheapfootballshirts.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportslens.com%2Faston-villa-women-f-c-life-in-the-top-flight%2F312463%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=history |archive-date=2022-03-11 |access-date=2021-03-07 |website=Aston Villa Women F.C: Life in the top-flight}} For the 2022-23 Women's Super League season the women played four of their eleven home matches at Villa Park, where the men's team play. For the 2024-2025 season, the club announced they would play all home League fixtures at Villa Park.

{{updated|24 February 2025.}}{{cite web |title=Aston Villa Women's Team |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/teams/Womens |publisher=Aston Villa FC |access-date=2 February 2024 |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026233302/https://www.avfc.co.uk/Teams/womens |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Our 2024/25 squad numbers are locked in🔢💜|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DAB4TdEqe9n/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |publisher=Aston Villa Women |access-date=17 September 2024}}

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• FA Women's Premier League (Northern Division) (Level 2)
  Winners (4): 1992–93, 1994–95, 2002–03, 2010–11
• FA Women's Premier League Cup
  Winners (1): 2012–13
• FA Women's Championship (Level 2)
  Winners (1): 2019–20

:Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/club/whos-who |title=Who's who |publisher=Aston Villa F.C. |access-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715034945/https://www.avfc.co.uk/club/whos-who |archive-date=15 July 2017 |url-status=live }}

The club also run several other teams under the auspices of an FA Tier Two Regional Talent Club. This centre aims to develop the talent from within the local area. The RTC teams include an under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and development squad

In August 2010, Aston Villa Women FC supplied eight players to a 30-strong England Under-17 training camp.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/England/womens-u17s/News/2010/training-camp-0810 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120502214105/http://www.thefa.com/England/womens-u17s/News/2010/training-camp-0810 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2012 |title=Training camp squad selected |publisher=TheFA.com |access-date=9 October 2010 |date=3 August 2010 }}

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• [https://www.avfc.co.uk/avwfc AVFC Ladies official website]

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