The 2017–18 Welsh Premier League was the ninth season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales. The season began on 3 September 2017 and ended on 2 May 2018.
Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies won their fifth league title, five points clear of the previous season's winners Swansea City. Cyncoed Ladies won the Premier League Cup, the first piece of silverware that the team had won. Swansea City won the FAW Women's Cup – the third time that they have won the trophy.
Lyndsey Davies of Abergavenny Women won the Golden Boot for the second season in a row after scoring 22 goals.
Player of the Season was won by Cardiff City's Shannon Evans and Young Player of the Season was awarded to Ellie Lake of Swansea City.
Clubs
One of the league's founding teams Caernarfon Town were promoted back to the Premier League and Caldicot Town played their first season in the top flight. 10 teams ended up competing in the league.
TeamCityGround Abergavenny Women FC Abergavenny Pen-Y-Pound Stadium, Abergavenny Caernarfon Town Women Caernarfon The Oval, Caernarfon Caldicot Town Caldicot Jubilee Way, Caldicot Cardiff City Women Cardiff Leckwith Athletics Stadium Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies Cardiff Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus Cyncoed Ladies Cardiff Cardiff University Playing Fields, Llanrumney Llandudno Ladies Llandudno Junction Maesdu Park Port Talbot Town Ladies Port Talbot The Genquip Stadium Rhyl Ladies Rhyl Rhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium Swansea City Ladies Port Talbot Baglan Playing Fields
Standings
Awards
Monthly awards Month WPWL Manager of the Month WPWL Player of the Month References Manager Club Player Club September Joel Hutton Cardiff City Maxine Mudge Abergavenny Women October Kerry Harris Cardiff Metropolitan Louisha Doran Llandudno Ladies November/December Kerry Harris Cardiff Metropolitan Ashleigh Harris Caldicot Town January Fern Burrage Cyncoed Ladies Laura Wililams Rhyl Ladies February/March Ian Owen Swansea City Ladies Alisha Young Caldicot Town
Annual awards Award Winner Club WPWL Player of the Season Shannon Evans Cardiff City WPWL Young Player of the Season Ellie Lake Swansea City Ladies WPWL Golden Boot Lyndsey Davies Abergavenny Women
League Cup ← 2016–17 · 2018–19 → This was the fifth season of the WPWL Cup and Cyncoed Ladies won the competition for the first time in their history. Cyncoed beat Cardiff Metropolitan 1-0 after extra time. Jasmine Simpson of Cardiff Metropolitan scored the most goals in the competition with 4 in 4 games.
Round one
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Welsh Premier Women's League