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| Season | 2021–22 |
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| Champions | Southampton F.C. |
| Promoted | Southampton F.C. |
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The 2021–22 FA Women's National League was the 30th season of the competition, and the fourth since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football by The 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 the women's football pyramid, below the FA Women's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues.[1]
The league featured six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern 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 consisted of 76 teams, divided into six divisions of 13 teams apart from the Southern Premier Division which contains 14 teams, Division One North which contains 12 teams, and Division One South West which contains 11 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the Northern and Southern Premier divisions qualified for a play-off match to decide the overall National League champion. Southampton F.C. beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final and were promoted to the FA Women's Championship.[2]
Premier Division
Northern Division
Changes from last season:
- Following the second consecutive curtailment of the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2021, it was decided that upward club movement within the women's football pyramid would be done via application. All clubs from tiers 3 to 6 were eligible to apply to move into the league immediately one tier above where they currently played with applications marked against a criterion weighted 75% on-field and 25% off-field.[3]
- Sunderland were promoted to FA Women's Championship via application.[4]
- Brighouse Town were promoted from Division One North via application.[5]
- Wolverhampton Wanderers were promoted from Division One Midlands via application.[6]
- Loughborough Foxes merged with Loughborough University's performance team to become Loughborough Lightning.[7]
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 Location of Northern Premier Division clubs for the 2021–22 season
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League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (C) | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 59 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Derby County | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 51 | |
| 3 | Fylde | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 47 | |
| 4 | Burnley | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 46 | |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 44 | |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 43 | |
| 7 | Brighouse Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 40 | |
| 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 28 | |
| 9 | Stoke City | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 25 | |
| 10 | Loughborough Lightning | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 23 | |
| 11 | Middlesbrough (R) | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 18 | Relegation to FA WNL Division One |
| 12 | Hull City (R) | 24 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 72 | −54 | 9 | |
| 13 | Sheffield F.C. (R) | 24 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 63 | −50 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated