Women's FA Community Shield

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Women's FA Community Shield
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Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
RegionFlag of England.svg  England
Current champions Chelsea (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Arsenal (5 titles)

The Women's FA Community Shield was an association football competition in England. It was a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It was the first competitive match of the football season. The match was contested between the champions of the FA Women's Premier League (FA Women's Super League in the 2020 edition) and the winners of the Women's FA Cup. When the league champions also won the FA Cup, the cup runners-up played the match.

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The first Community Shield was contested in 2000, and lasted for eight years until 2008. In 2020, the competition was briefly revived for one edition and then ceased to exist again.

Inauguration

The Football Association (The FA) held the first charity match in 2000 when Double winners Charlton drew against Arsenal at Craven Cottage and shared the trophy. All proceeds were donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. The Charity Shield (Community Shield since 2002) has been sponsored by Nationwide since its inauguration. [1]

The competition lasted until 2008 and was not contested for eleven years until the competition was revived by the FA in 2020. The match was billed as a double header after being scheduled at Wembley Stadium on the same day as the men's competition for the first time in history. [2]

List of finals

The competition was introduced in 2000 and was held annually at different venues until it was discontinued in 2009. It returned in 2020 when it became a double-header with the men's equivalent, hosted on the same day at Wembley Stadium. [2]

Key
&Title was shared after match finished in a draw
Match decided by a penalty shootout after full-time
Women's FA Community Shield
YearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenue
2000 Arsenal
Charlton Athletic
1–1& Craven Cottage, Fulham
2001 Arsenal 5–2 Doncaster Rovers Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
2002 Fulham 2–2 Arsenal Brisbane Road, Leyton
2003 Fulham 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Field Mill, Mansfield
2004 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Arsenal Broadhall Way, Stevenage
2005 Arsenal 4–0 Charlton Athletic National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes
2006 Arsenal 3–0 Everton Alexandra Stadium, Crewe
2007Not held [lower-alpha 1] [3]
2008 Arsenal 1–0 Everton Moss Rose, Macclesfield
The competition was scrapped between 2009 and 2019
2020 Chelsea 2–0 Manchester City Wembley Stadium, London
  1. Not held due to an overlap with the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup schedule.

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Arsenal
5
2
2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
Charlton Athletic
2
1
2000, 2004
Fulham
2
2002, 2003
Chelsea
1
2020
Doncaster Rovers
2
Everton
2
Manchester City
1

See also

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