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English Womens Super League 2

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Established
2014 (12 years old)

First Recorded Event
2021-08-29

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
5

Level Above
English Womens Super League 2

Level Below
FA Womens League Cup

Sport
Soccer

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Female

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		Upcoming
25 Oct 26	Watford Watford Women	12:00pm	Durham WDurham WFC
25 Oct 26	Bristol Bristol City WFC	2:00pm	WolverhaWolverhampton Wanderers Women
25 Oct 26	Ipswich Ipswich Women	2:00pm	SunderlaSunderland Women
25 Oct 26	Burnley Burnley Women	2:00pm	SheffielSheffield United WFC
25 Oct 26	NottinghNottingham Forest WFC	2:00pm	NewcastlNewcastle Women
25 Oct 26	LeicesteLeicester City WFC	3:00pm	SouthampSouthampton Women
08 Nov 26	Durham WDurham WFC	12:00pm	SunderlaSunderland Women
08 Nov 26	Ipswich Ipswich Women	2:00pm	Bristol Bristol City WFC
08 Nov 26	WolverhaWolverhampton Wanderers Women	2:00pm	NottinghNottingham Forest WFC
08 Nov 26	SouthampSouthampton Women	2:00pm	SheffielSheffield United WFC
		Results
04 Oct 26	NottinghaNottingham Forest WFC	2 - 0	Burnley WBurnley Women
04 Oct 26	WolverhamWolverhampton Wanderers Women	2 - 2	Watford WWatford Women
04 Oct 26	SheffieldSheffield United WFC	1 - 2	Ipswich WIpswich Women
04 Oct 26	SunderlanSunderland Women	3 - 1	LeicesterLeicester City WFC
04 Oct 26	Bristol CBristol City WFC	2 - 1	SouthamptSouthampton Women
04 Oct 26	Durham WFDurham WFC	0 - 3	NewcastleNewcastle Women
27 Sep 26	NewcastleNewcastle Women	4 - 0	LeicesterLeicester City WFC
27 Sep 26	Watford WWatford Women	1 - 2	SunderlanSunderland Women
27 Sep 26	SouthamptSouthampton Women	1 - 1	NottinghaNottingham Forest WFC
27 Sep 26	Ipswich WIpswich Women	3 - 1	WolverhamWolverhampton Wanderers Women

Description

The Women's Super League 2, also known as Barclays Women's Super League 2 for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in England, operated by WSL Football. It is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the WSL 2 and was later rebranded as the FA Women's Championship prior to the 2018–19 season. "The FA" was subsequently dropped from the league name ahead of the 2022–23 season, prior to new ownership for the 2024–25 season by clubs in the first and second tiers. Before the start of the 2025–26 season, the league was rebranded again under its current name, the Women's Super League 2.

WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 division, the FA Women's Premier League (WPL) National Division, which ended after the 2012–13 season. The WPL's last national division champions, Sunderland, were not promoted and also became the first winners of WSL 2 in the 2014 season. In addition to Sunderland, other WPL clubs that joined WSL 2 in 2014 were Watford and Aston Villa. From 2014 to 2016, WSL 2 ran a summer-based season calendar before reverting to the winter season in 2017–18, the same as WSL 1. Having sponsored the first tier since the 2019–20 season, 2022–23 marked the first season of Barclays as the title partner of the division.

For the 2023–24 season, changes were made so that two clubs would be relegated from the league allowing two team each from National League North and South to be promoted to the Championship rather than having to play a season end playoff. This change resulted in two teams being relegated from the Championship at the end of the season. No changes were made to promotion from the league to the WSL with still only one promotion and one relegation respectively. For the 2024–25 season, the league was reduced to eleven teams, due to Reading's withdrawal from the Championship, citing financial issues. Ahead of the 2025–26 season, the two relegation spots were introduced again as the league returned to a twelve-team format.


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Bristol City WFC		Burnley Women		Durham WFC
Ipswich Women		Leicester City WF		Newcastle Women
Nottingham Fore		Sheffield Unite		Southampton Wom
Sunderland Wome		Watford Women		Wolverhampton W

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