Sheffield F.C. Women

Sheffield FC Ladies was formed in 2003 when previous team Norton Ladies affiliated with the oldest football club in the world, Sheffield FC.{{cite web|url=http://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2011-2012/120115-01-womens-football-news.htm |title=Women's Football News – Sheffield FC v Middlesbrough – 15 Jan 2012 |website=Womenssoccerscene.co.uk |date=15 January 2012 |access-date=22 January 2016}}

In 2009–10, Sheffield lived up to their pre-season billing as title contenders and ultimately won the Division One East of the Yorkshire & Humberside League, the bottom level of the women's pyramid of football at the time until the formation of the County Leagues, thanks to a 3–2 victory in a title-deciding night match against runners up Barnsley at home in front of 150 supporters. The experience of losing a similar contest the season before proved invaluable as the team showed great experience to get the result they needed to lift their second League trophy.{{cite web|url=http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=332551&psSelectedDivision=8410987&psSelectedLeague=9125628 |title=North East Regional Womens Football League |website=Full-time.thefa.com |access-date=22 January 2016}} The team also reached the semi-finals of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup for the second time, losing in extra time to Rotherham United.

And so onto the Northern Combination WFL for the 2010–11 season which proved to be Sheffield's finest yet as they recorded 18 wins and just two defeats on their way to winning the league title at the first attempt, finishing 11 points clear of runners up Sheffield Wednesday.{{cite web|url=http://full-time.thefa.com/ProcessPublicSelect.do?psSelectedSeason=6096174&psSelectedDivision=369576&psSelectedLeague=6883466 |title=Northern Womens Combination League |website=Full-time.thefa.com |access-date=22 January 2016}} A third league title in four years meant Sheffield FC Ladies were promoted to the FA Women's Premier League for 2011–12, a milestone that few could have predicted given the team's humble beginnings.

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Sheffield's debut season at FA WPL level could hardly have gone much better as Sheffield finished the year as runners up, five points behind champions Manchester City. The team picked up silverware for the third season running, this time courtesy of a first win in the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup. The team also enjoyed their best run in the FA Women's Cup, reaching the Fourth Round Proper.

The first team went one better in 2012–13 as they lifted the FA WPL Northern Division title for the first time, crowning an incredible rise through the ranks of the women's game. Sheffield were front runners from the start of the season, losing just one league match in total, and finishing nine points clear of Nottingham Forest. They also repeated their success in the County Cup, beating Rotherham United in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffieldfa.com/news/2013/apr/sheffield-fc-retain-womens-cup |title=News |website=SheffieldFA.com |date=17 April 2013 |access-date=22 January 2016}}

In 2014–15, the team won the FA WPL Northern Division for a third year in a row. Because the FA WSL introduced promotion, a play-off between both division champions was held. Sheffield beat Portsmouth 1–0 and became the first team to earn promotion to the WSL 2.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32867783 | title=Sheffield FC beat Portsmouth in Women's Premier League play-off | publisher=BBC.com | date=24 May 2015 | access-date=29 July 2015}}

After the 2017–18 season the club had to withdraw from the second level league for financial reasons.{{cite web|url= http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/club_statement.html#bHyQfGqyeh8xIZPV.97| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180624190629/http://sheffield.fawsl.com/news/club_statement.html| archive-date = 2018-06-24| title = Club Statement}}

{{Asof|2025|02|post=,}} the club is completing in the Premier Division of the East Midlands Regional Women's Football League{{cite web|author=|url=https://sheffieldfc.com/matches/womens|title=Matches|website=Sheffield FC|access-date=4 February 2024}} with Graham Abercombie returning as manager half way into the 2024-25 season for a second spell at the club,{{cite web|author=|url=https://sheffieldfc.com/news/graham-abercrombie-named-interim-sheffield-fc-women-manager|title=Graham Abercrombie named interim Sheffield FC Women Manager|date=11 November 2024|website=Sheffield FC|access-date=4 February 2025}} and Richard Sheldon also returning as assistant manager.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Sheffield Ladies are based at the Home of Football in Dronfield, Derbyshire.{{cite web|author=|url=https://sheffieldfc.com/the-home-of-football|title=The Home of Football|website=Sheffield FC|access-date=4 February 2025}}

{{Updated|1 January 2020.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffieldfc.com/teams/ladies-first-team|title=Player Profiles|publisher=Sheffield FC|access-date=30 September 2018}}

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• FA Women's Premier League:
• Championship Play Off Final Winners: 2014–15
• FA Women's Premier League:
• Northern Division Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• FA Women's Premier League Cup:
• Winners: 2013–14
• Northern Combination Women's Football League:
• Winners: 2010–11
• North East Regional Women's Football League:
• Premier Division Winners: 2009–10
• Division 1 (South) Winners: 2007–08
• Sheffield & Hallamshire County Women's Challenge Cup:
• Winners: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

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• {{Official website|http://www.sheffieldfc.com/teams/ladies-first-team}}
• [http://sheffield.fawsl.com/index.html WSL site]

{{FA Women's Super League}}

{{Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA}}

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