2023–24 Women's Championship

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FA Women's Championship 2023–24
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The 2023–24 Women's Championship season (also known as the Barclays Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the rebranded Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England, and the ninth season since the creation of the WSL 2.

In April 2023, The Football Association board announced changes to the Women's Championship, increasing the number of relegation spots in the 2023–24 season to two in order for both FA Women's National League champions (North and South) to win promotion at the end of the season. Previously only one team had been relegated and replaced by the winner of a playoff match between the Northern Premier Division and Southern Premier Division champions. The changes will not impact the structure of the Women's Super League with a one up, one down system.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the Championship for the 2023–24 season, the same number as the previous season. Bristol City were promoted to the Women's Super League as 2022–23 Women's Championship winners. They will be replaced by Reading who were relegated on the final day of the 2022–23 Women's Super League season, ending a seven-season stay in the WSL which began in 2016 following the club's promotion as 2015 WSL 2 winners. Coventry United were relegated to the FA Women's National League after four seasons in the second division. They were replaced by the winners of the 2022–23 FA Women's National League playoff, Southern Premier Division winners Watford, who beat Northern champions Nottingham Forest 1–0. They returned after just one season away having been relegated at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2022–23 season
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,902	02 !2nd
Blackburn Rovers	Bamber Bridge	Sir Tom Finney Stadium	3,000	10 !10th
Charlton Athletic	Crayford	Oakwood	1,180	04 !4th
Crystal Palace	Sutton	Gander Green Lane	5,032	05 !5th
Durham	Durham	Maiden Castle	1,700	07 !7th
Lewes	Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000	09 !9th
London City Lionesses	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100	03 !3rd
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161	01 !WSL, 12th
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050	08 !8th
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	&.32,384	06 !6th
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	Eppleton CW	2,500	11 !11th
Watford	Ruislip	Grosvenor Vale	4,085	12 !WNL, 1st

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Reading	Kelly Chambers	Resigned	20 June 2023	End of season (WSL, 12th)	Liam Gilbert	18 August 2023
London City Lionesses	Nikita Runnacles (interim)	End of interim period	4 July 2023	End of season (3rd)	Carolina Morace	4 July 2023
Blackburn Rovers	Matt Bee (interim)	End of interim period	17 July 2023	End of season (10th)	Simon Parker	17 July 2023

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Crystal Palace (C, P)	22	14	4	4	55	20	+35	46	Promotion to the WSL
2	Charlton Athletic	22	13	6	3	32	17	+15	45
3	Sunderland	22	12	5	5	31	18	+13	41
4	Southampton	22	13	0	9	39	25	+14	39
5	Birmingham City	22	11	3	8	33	19	+14	36
6	Blackburn Rovers	22	11	3	8	25	28	−3	36
7	Sheffield United	22	9	2	11	32	31	+1	29
8	London City Lionesses	22	7	4	11	26	36	−10	25
9	Durham	22	6	5	11	24	44	−20	23
10	Reading	22	5	7	10	20	40	−20	22
11	Lewes (R)	22	4	4	14	22	39	−17	16	Relegation to the National League
12	Watford (R)	22	4	3	15	22	44	−22	15

Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	BIR	CHA	CRY	DUR	LEW	LCL	REA	SHU	SOU	SUN	WAT
Blackburn Rovers	—	1–0							10 Sep
Birmingham City		—		1–2
Charlton Athletic			—						1–1			10 Sep
Crystal Palace				—	10 Sep			1–1
Durham					—	2–0
Lewes		10 Sep				—				1–4
London City Lionesses							—	10 Sep				3–2
Reading			0–0					—
Sheffield United									—		0–1
Southampton	2–0									—	10 Sep
Sunderland							0–0				—
Watford					1–1							—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2023. Source: Source
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2023–24 FA Women's League Cup
• 2023–24 FA WSL (tier 1)
• 2023–24 FA Women's National League (tier 3 & 4)

External links

• Official website