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.
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 the teams shared the trophy. All proceeds were donated to the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. The Charity Shield (renamed the Community Shield in 2002) has been sponsored by Nationwide since its inauguration.
The competition lasted until 2008 and was not contested for eleven years, before being 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 the competition's history.
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.
+KeyTitle was shared after match finished in a drawMatch decided by a penalty shootout after full-time
+Women's FA Community ShieldYearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueArsenalCharlton Athletic1–1—Craven Cottage, FulhamArsenal5–2Doncaster RoversKingsmeadow, Kingston upon ThamesFulham2–2ArsenalBrisbane Road, LeytonFulham1–0Doncaster RoversField Mill, MansfieldCharlton Athletic1–0ArsenalBroadhall Way, StevenageArsenal4–0Charlton AthleticNational Hockey Stadium, Milton KeynesArsenal3–0EvertonAlexandra Stadium, Crewe2007Not heldNot held due to an overlap with the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup schedule.Arsenal1–0EvertonMoss Rose, MacclesfieldThe competition was scrapped between 2009 and 2019Chelsea2–0Manchester CityWembley Stadium, London
Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Arsenal 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 Charlton Athletic 2000, 2004 Fulham 2002, 2003 Chelsea 2020 Doncaster Rovers — Everton — Manchester City —
See also FA Women's Super League FA Women's League Cup Women's FA Cup
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