Full name Cardiff Met Ladies AFC Coach Dr. Kerry Harris | Nickname(s) Archers 2014–15 1st | |
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Ground Cyncoed Campus, UWIC Cyncoed League Welsh Premier Women's Football League | ||
Cardiff Met. Ladies is a women's football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It is the student team of Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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The club won the Women's Welsh Premier League in 2011–12, which qualifies them for the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League.
The team was named UWIC Ladies until they changed their team name to Cardiff Met. Ladies AFC after the 2011–12 season.
Current squad
Former internationals
Top Flight Record
The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 2009, taking part in the four team Southern Conference.
The first two seasons saw the club finish in second place in the Southern Conference behind eventual champions Swansea City Ladies, having won all their matches, except the encounters with The Swans. The 2011/12 season proved to be their year as they avoided defeat against the reigning champions and qualified for the Championship Final, which they won 3-0 against Wrexham Ladies at Victoria Park, Llanidloes. Nadia Lawrence, Sophie Scherschel and Lauran Welsh scored the goals that sealed the club's first ever national title.
Titles
Trivia
Cardiff Met. Ladies made history by recording the new record win for a Women's Premier League match on 10 March 2013 when they defeated Caerphilly Castle Ladies 43-0, surpassing a previous record set by Newcastle Emlyn Ladies against the same opponents. Emily Allen holds the record of the most number of goals in a Women's Premier League match, with 15 in Cardiff Met. Ladies record win. After half a season Caerphilly Castle though withdrew from the league and results were deleted from standings. So both records are void now.