The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 25th running of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the second season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate.
All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament.
Going into the tournament, Charlton Athletic were the reigning champions, having defeated Sheffield on penalties the previous season. They failed to defend their title this year however, thanks to a defeat to Cardiff City in the first round.
Results All results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.
The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.
Determining round The competition began with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the FA Women's Premier League being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate.
Preliminary round With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.
Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
1Alesha McGlynn 2Hannah Mills 5Gemma Evans 4Abbie Britton (capt.) 3Kelly Aldridge 6Michelle Green 7Kelly Isaac 8Alys Hinchcliffe 9Kelly Bartlett 10Hope Suominen 11Laura Williams Substitutes: 12Cori Williams 14Chloe Lloyd 15 Ffion Price 16 Amy Wathan 17 Beth Lloyd Manager: Gary Green1Toni-Anne Wayne6Alex Keown11Jenna Schillaci (capt.)3Leah Rawle15Josie Green16Maya Vio12Rianna Soobadoo14Katherine O'Leary8Bianca Baptiste5Sophie McClean10Wendy MartinSubstitutes:7Avilla Bergin24Ronnell Humes4Shannon Moloney22Kelley Blanchflower17Rosie KmitaManager:Karen Hills Teams and squad numbers as indicated on the official team sheet for the match.
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