Charlton Athletic W.F.C.
Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club (CAWFC) is a team founded in 1991 as Bromley Borough which plays in the Women's Championship. Also known as Croydon Women's F.C. and Charlton Athletic (2000–07), it was one of the most successful women's teams in England.
| Full name | Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Addicks | ||
| Founded | 1991 as Bromley Borough 1994 as Croydon W.F.C. 2000 as Charlton Athletic W.F.C. | ||
| Ground | The Oakwood (Groundshare with VCD Athletic) | ||
| Capacity | 1,180 | ||
| Manager | Karen Hills | ||
| League | Women's Championship | ||
| 2022–23 | Women's Championship, 4th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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After the parent club's relegation from the Premier League, the women's team was controversially disbanded in the summer of 2007, causing almost all of the senior squad to depart, although later a rescue sponsorship package was formed allowing the women's set up to continue.
CAWFC won the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division title in 2017–18. On 27 May 2018, they beat Northern Division champions Blackburn Rovers Ladies FC 2–1 in a play-off final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, and thus gained promotion to the FA Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football, for the season 2018–19.
In July 2023, the club was sold to SE7 Partners, a UK-based subsidiary of Global Football Partners.