2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Country England
Teams 72
Matches played 66
Goals scored 325 (4.92 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 27 March 2016.

The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 25th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the second season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate.[1]

All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament.

Going into the tournament, Charlton Athletic were the reigning champions, having defeated Sheffield on penalties the previous season.[2] They failed to defend their title this year however, thanks to a defeat to Cardiff City in the first round.[3]

Results

All results listed are published by The Football Association.[4] Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simulataneously.

The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.

Qualifying rounds

Determining round

The competition began with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the FA Women's Premier League being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate.[5]

Preliminary round

With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.

Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.[6]

Competition proper

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

20 March 2016
13:30
Nottingham Forest (N) 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur (S)
Report Avilla Bergin  72'
Greenwich Avenue, Nottingham

27 March 2016
14:00
Cardiff City (S) 3–0 Blackburn Rovers (N)
Kerry Bartlett  34'
Cara Bickett  40' (o.g.)
Hope Suominen  57' 		Report

Final

References

  1. ↑ "About the FA WPL". The Football Association. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Women's Premier League Cup: Charlton win final on penalties". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ↑ David Brenchley (6 October 2015). "Defending champions Charlton bow out of FA Women's Premier League Cup at first hurdle". Charlton Athletic Football Club. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "FA WPL Cup". Full Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "FA Women’s Premier League Cup determining round match fixtures". Women's Soccer United. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Brown, Neil; Brown, Mark, eds. (17 September 2015). "FAWPL Cup and Plate draws". Women's Soccer Scene. Vol. 16 no. 5. p. 28. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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