| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 2024 – 27 April 2025 |
2025–26 → | |
The2024–25 FA Women's National League is the 34th season of the competition, and the seventh since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football byThe Football Association. Starting in 1991, it was previously known as the FA Women's Premier League. It sits at the third and fourth levels of thewomen's football pyramid, below theWomen's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues.[1]
The league features six regional divisions: theNorthern andSouthern Premier divisions at level three of the pyramid, and Division One North, Division One Midlands, Division One South East, and Division One South West at the fourth level. The league consists of 72 teams, divided into six divisions of 12 each. The winners of the Northern and Southern Premier divisions will be promoted to theWomen's Championship. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the appropriate fourth tier FA WNL Division One. The winner of each Division One will be promoted to the Northern or Southern Premier Division, with the bottom two teams in those leagues relegated to respective regional leagues.
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nottingham Forest |
| Promoted | Nottingham Forest |
| Relegated | Stourbridge |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 538 (4.08 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Charlotte Greengrass (Wolverhampton Wanderers) Melissa Johnson (Nottingham Forest) (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Burnley 9–0Hull City (18 August 2024) Nottingham Forest 9–0Stourbridge (8 September 2024) Burnley 9–0 Stourbridge (26 January 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Halifax 0–10Rugby Borough (18 August 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Halifax 0–10 Rugby Borough (18 August 2024) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
|  Location of Northern Premier Division clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nottingham Forest(C, P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 8 | +71 | 58 | Promotion toChampionship |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 55 | |
| 3 | Stoke City | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 49 | |
| 4 | Burnley | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 76 | 19 | +57 | 46 | |
| 5 | Rugby Borough | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 42 | |
| 6 | Liverpool Feds | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 32 | |
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 22 | |
| 8 | Hull City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 22 | |
| 9 | Derby County | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 21 | |
| 10 | Sporting Khalsa | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 21 | |
| 11 | Halifax | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 86 | −73 | 7 | |
| 12 | Stourbridge(R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 87 | −73 | 5[a] | Relegation toFA WNL Division One |
| Home \ Away | BUR | DER | HFX | HUL | LIV | NOT | RUG | SPK | STK | STR | WBA | WOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | — | 2–0 | 7–0 | 9–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Derby County | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Halifax | 0–7 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–10 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–6 |
| Hull City | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Liverpool Feds | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–7 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 |
| Rugby Borough | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Sporting Khalsa | 1–3 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | — | 0–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 |
| Stoke City | 1–5 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Stourbridge | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–6 | — | 1–3 | 2–7 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | — | 0–8 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | — |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Ipswich Town |
| Promoted | Ipswich Town |
| Relegated | Milton Keynes Dons |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 464 (3.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Sophie Peskett (Ipswich Town) (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Ipswich Town 13–0Milton Keynes Dons (27 October 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Milton Keynes Dons 0–11 Ipswich Town (13 April 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Ipswich Town 13–0 Milton Keynes Dons (27 October 2024) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
|  Location of Southern Premier Division clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ipswich Town(C, P) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 89 | 10 | +79 | 54 | Promotion toChampionship |
| 2 | Hashtag United | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 48 | |
| 3 | Watford | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 17 | +40 | 44 | |
| 4 | Exeter City | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 43 | |
| 5 | Oxford United | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 42 | |
| 6 | Lewes | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 31 | |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 31 | |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 23 | |
| 9 | Gwalia United | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 22[a] | |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 20 | |
| 11 | Billericay Town | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 17[a] | |
| 12 | Milton Keynes Dons(R) | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 124 | −114 | 1 | Relegation toFA WNL Division One |
| Home \ Away | WIM | BIL | CHL | EXE | GWA | HSH | IPS | LEW | MKD | OXF | PLY | WAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Wimbledon | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Billericay Town | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Exeter City | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Gwalia United | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Hashtag United | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 5–0 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 13–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Lewes | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1–10 | 0–11 | 0–7 | — | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–7 |
| Oxford United | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 |
| Watford | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | — |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Middlesbrough |
| Promoted | Middlesbrough |
| Relegated | AFC Fylde |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 430 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bianca Owens (Norton & Stockton Ancients) Amy Woodruff (Leeds United) (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Middlesbrough 7–0Doncaster Rovers Belles (13 April 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Barnsley F.C. 0–4Durham Cestria (15 December 2024) Durham Cestria 0–4Norton & Stockton Ancients (20 February 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Doncaster Rovers Belles 3–6Leeds United (12 February 2025) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
| Location of Division One North clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough(C, P) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 13 | +32 | 51 | Promotion toFA WNL Premier Division |
| 2 | Cheadle Town Stingers | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 51 | |
| 3 | Chorley | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 43 | |
| 4 | Leeds United | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 41 | |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 36 | |
| 6 | Durham Cestria | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 25 | |
| 7 | Stockport County | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 25 | |
| 8 | Barnsley F.C. | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 23 | |
| 9 | Norton & Stockton Ancients | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 23 | |
| 10 | York City | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 21 | |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 17 | |
| 12 | AFC Fylde(R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 14 | Relegation to regional league level |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Loughborough Lightning |
| Promoted | Loughborough Lightning |
| Relegated | Solihull Moors Lincoln City |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 536 (4.06 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jade Bell (Northampton Town) (33 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Northampton Town 12–0Lincoln City (23 March 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Lincoln City 1–10Peterborough United (15 December 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Northampton Town 12–0 Lincoln City (23 March 2025) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
|  Location of Division One Midlands clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loughborough Lightning(C, P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 10 | +75 | 60 | Promotion toFA WNL Premier Division |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 22 | +56 | 52 | |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 51 | |
| 4 | Leafield Athletic | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 48 | |
| 5 | Boldmere St. Michaels | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 40 | |
| 6 | Barnsley Women's | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 33 | |
| 7 | Notts County | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 32 | |
| 8 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 25 | |
| 9 | Lincoln United | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 22 | |
| 10 | Worcester City | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 13 | |
| 11 | Solihull Moors(R) | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 66 | −52 | 6[a] | Relegation to regional league level |
| 12 | Lincoln City(R) | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 117 | −112 | 1 |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Real Bedford |
| Promoted | Real Bedford |
| Relegated | Ashford Town (Mid) London Seaward |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 474 (3.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Abbie Bensted (Real Bedford) (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Real Bedford 12–2Chesham United (27 October 2024) Real Bedford 11–1London Seaward (13 April 2025) Chatham Town 10–0 Chesham United (13 April 2025) |
| Biggest away win | London Seaward 0–9AFC Sudbury (27 April 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Real Bedford 12–2 Chesham United (27 October 2024) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
|  Location of Division One South East clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Bedford(C, P) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 15 | +51 | 49 | Promotion toFA WNL Premier Division |
| 2 | Norwich City | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 47 | |
| 3 | Chatham Town | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 43 | |
| 4 | London Bees | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 41 | |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 36 | |
| 6 | Actonians | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 34 | |
| 7 | AFC Sudbury | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dulwich Hamlet | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 29 | |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Chesham United | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 76 | −49 | 18 | |
| 11 | Ashford Town(R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 8 | Relegation to regional league level |
| 12 | London Seaward(R) | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 83 | −73 | 4 |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | AFC Bournemouth |
| Promoted | AFC Bournemouth |
| Relegated | Southampton Women's |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 491 (3.72 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Shannon Albuery (Moneyfields) Jenna Markham (AFC Bournemouth) (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Swindon Town 9–0Southampton Women's (8 September 2024) AFC Bournemouth 9–0Maidenhead United (8 September 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Southampton Women's 0–10 AFC Bournemouth (27 October 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Southampton Women's 0–10 AFC Bournemouth (27 October 2024) |
2025–26 → | |
Changes from last season:
|  Location of Division One South West clubs for the 2024–25 season
|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth(C, P) | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 7 | +93 | 64 | Promotion toFA WNL Premier Division |
| 2 | Moneyfields | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 25 | +38 | 48 | |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 44 | |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 43 | |
| 5 | Worthing | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 38 | |
| 6 | Keynsham Town | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Bridgwater United | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 27 | |
| 8 | Maidenhead United | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 23 | |
| 9 | Abingdon United | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 21 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth Sports | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 20 | |
| 11 | Portishead Town | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 60 | −41 | 13 | |
| 12 | Southampton Women's(R) | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 85 | −75 | 6[a] | Relegation to regional league level |
