Wrexham Association Football Club Women (Welsh:Merched Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Wrecsam), formerly known asNEWI Wrexham Ladies andWrexham Ladies F.C., is a Welsh semi-professionalwomen's football club that competes in theAdran Premier, the first-tier of women's football in Wales.
In 2008, they reached the finals of theFAW Women's Cup for the first time. In2009, they became part ofWrexham F.C.,[4] helped to found theWelsh Premier Women's League as one of four teams in the Northern Division and adopted the new name Wrexham Ladies FC. In the 2011-12 season, they won the division but lost the Championship Final againstCardiff Met WFC.[5] The Welsh Premier League went national during the 2012-13 season and the team finished in third place.[6]
They finished 6th in both of the following campaigns.[5] During the2015-16 season, they had a difficult time maintaining a full roster and withdrew from the Premier League mid-season.
In 2018, the club reformed as Wrexham A.F.C. Women, joining the North Wales Women's Football League to compete against teams across North Wales.Penycae F.C.'s Afoneitha Road was chosen for home matches and former Racecourse Community Foundation coach Luke Wynne became the manager.[7] The League was split into Division One and Division Two in North Wales; Wrexham entered the bottom tier as a new club of Division Two. In that season, Wrexham won the North Wales Women's Division Two league cup, beating Rhyl Development 3–2 in a cup final hosted atBala Town'sMaes Tegid but lost the League's Supplementary Cup to Amlwch Town Ladies.[8] They finished the season 4th in the league and gained promotion to Division One.
In the 2019/20 season, theCOVID-19 pandemic cut the season short with Wrexham in 8th place after losing all league games. The Football Association of Wales decided to use points per game (PPG) calculation to work out the finishing positions for the teams in all leagues with no female teams being relegated.[9]
In November 2020, Canadian-American actorRyan Reynolds and American actorRob McElhenney, through their RR McReynolds Company LLC, bought Wrexham A.F.C.[10][11] Due to the Christmas 2020 second lockdown, the 2020/21 season was canceled with no games being played.[12]
Before the start of the 2021/22 season, the FAW announced a restructure of Women's football in Wales, with a new Tier 2 league split intoAdran North andAdran South with specific criteria needed to enter. The FAW opened up both tiers to all clubs to apply to join. Wrexham applied for the Tier 2 North and completed a successful first campaign as an inaugural member that new second tier, finishing runners-up toLlandudno Ladies F.C. after losing to the champions in a winner-takes-all game on the final day of the season atMaesdu Park.[13]
On 9 February 2023, Wrexham announced they had applied for a Tier 1 license, and would becomesemi-professional if promoted to theAdran Premier for the 2023/24 season.[14] They won the Adran North championship trophy on March 26 after winning all their league games and earned promotion after winning the playoff game 1-0 againstBriton Ferry Llansawel, on April 16 inLatham Park.[15]
2023– present: Adran Premier and turning semi-professional
On 27 June 2023, the club announced that ten players have signed semi-professional contracts, a first in club history,[16] making them the first Adran Premier team to feature semi-professional players.Cardiff City F.C. did the same on 29 June andSwansea City Ladies F.C. on 16 August. At the start of 2024, they were third in the league with strikerRosie Hughes leading the league in scoring.[17] They finished 3rd and reached the finals of theFAW Women's Cup for the second time. The club was granted its first UEFA license in March 2024.[18] In June 2024, the team participated in the very first separate women's tournament ofThe Soccer Tournament where they failed to exit the group stage.[19] In July 2024, the club made its first-ever tour abroad when it played three games in the USA through a sponsorship withAlly Financial,[20] playing against SoCal FC (0-9), the U19 team ofTigres Femenil (1-6) and the academy team ofPortland Thorns FC (0-7).[21]The club finished 4th in the 2024–25 season, only one point behindThe New Saints FC, after losing to them in the final game of the season and reached the finals of the FAW Women's Cup for the third time. In May 2025, the team became the first from the club to travel to Asia for theHKFC Soccer Sevens tournament, becoming the first Women's side to do so from outside of Asia.[22] On 23 May 2025, Steve Dale resigned as manager after 4 seasons in charge.[23]
They first played their home games at theNorth East Wales Institute, moved toPenycae F.C.'s Afoneitha Road after their reformation in 2018[24], then at the Brymbo Sports & Social Complex in Wrexham in 2021-22, and inRhos Aelwyd F.C.'s Ponciau Banks in 2022-23.
For the 2023–24 season, the team moved toThe Rock inRhosymedre after reaching a multi-year agreement withCefn Druids A.F.C. to see the women's section train and play their home games at The Rock Stadium.[25] The capacity is 3,000 (500 seats).
On 5 August 2025, it was announced thatWrexham had completed the purchase of The Rock Stadium, making it the permanent home for Wrexham AFC Women. As a condition of the sale, Cefn Druids would continue to have use of the facilities for their training and fixtures.[26]
In May 2023, the team's training kit was announced to be sponsored by Betty Buzz, a beverage company owned byBlake Lively, from the 2023–24 season.[27]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Current season
Rosie Hughes[39]
Abbie Iddenden[42]
