FA Women's Community Shield

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The FA Women's Community Shield was the Supercup competition in English women's football. The competition was comparable to the FA Community Shield in men's football and was the first game of every new season. All proceeds were donated to charity. For the time being, the last title holder is Arsenal .

history

The competition was first held in 2000. The first time the competition was called FA Women's Shield. Arsenal London and Charlton Athletic parted 1-1. The game was neither extended nor decided by a penalty shootout. The proceeds were donated to the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity.

From 2001 the competition was held under its current name. The record winner is Arsenal FC with four successes. Of the eight games so far, only one has taken place without Arsenal.

mode

In the FA Women's Community Shield, the reigning champion meets the reigning cup winner. If the champion is also a cup winner, the defeated cup finalist moves up. If there is a draw after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out follows.

The games at a glance

year Venue winner Result finalist
2000 Fulham (London) Charlton Athletic 1: 1 Arsenal FC
2001 Kingston upon Thames (London) Arsenal FC 5: 2 Doncaster Belles LFC
2002 London Fulham FC 2: 2, 5: 3 i. E. Arsenal FC
2003 Mansfield Fulham FC 1-0 Doncaster Belles LFC
2004 Stevenage Charlton Athletic 1-0 Arsenal FC
2005 Milton Keynes Arsenal FC 4-0 Charlton Athletic
2006 Crewe Arsenal FC 3-0 Everton FC
2007 not carried out
2008 Macclesfield Arsenal FC 1-0 Everton FC

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FA Women's Community Shield ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the web archive archive.today )