2023–24 Adran Premier

The 2023–24 Adran Premier season (also known as Genero Adran Premier for sponsorship reasons), is the third edition of the Adran Premier, the highest level of league competition for women's football in Wales, and the fifteenth season of top-flight women's football in Wales overall.[1] The competition started on September 17, 2023.[1][2][3][4][5] This season saw a rise in the number of matches broadcast on television, including a doubling of those shown on Welsh public channel S4C.[6][7]

Adran Premier
Season2023–24
Dates17 September 2023 - 7 April 2024
ChampionsCardiff City Women
RelegatedPontypridd United
Matches played80
Goals scored282 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerEliza Collie (17)
Biggest home winCardiff City 6–1 Barry Town
Biggest away winThe New Saints 0–6 Cardiff City
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 2024-4-18.

As in the previous season, this season is split into two groups (top 4 and bottom 4) after the 14th game, and each group plays a double round robin to make 20 total games. The top team qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Teams
Locations of teams in the 2023–24 Adran Premier

The league has eight teams:

Club City Ground
Aberystwyth Town Women'sAberystwythPark Avenue
Barry Town United WomenBarryJenner Park
Cardiff City WomenCardiffCardiff International Sports Stadium
Cardiff Met WFCCardiffCardiff Met Cyncoed Campus
Pontypridd United WomenPontypriddUWS Sports Park
Swansea City LadiesNeathLlandarcy Academy of Sport
The New Saints FC WomenOswestryPark Hall
Wrexham A.F.C. WomenWrexhamThe Rock

Changes

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cardiff City 20 17 1 2 62 12 +50 52 Qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League first round
2 Swansea City 20 13 4 3 44 21 +23 43
3 Wrexham 20 11 2 7 41 37 +4 35
4 Aberystwyth Town 20 4 7 9 22 33 −11 19
5 The New Saints 20 9 2 9 46 46 0 29
6 Cardiff Metropolitan University 20 6 5 9 28 41 −13 23
7 Barry Town United 20 6 1 13 23 45 −22 19
8 Pontypridd United 20 1 4 15 15 46 −31 7 Relegation to Adran South
Source: Adran Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won.
Teams play each other twice (14 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top four and the bottom four).[8]

Results

Matches 1–14

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away ABE BAR CAR CMU PNT SWA TNS WXM
Aberystwyth Town — 3–0 0–5 4–0 2–0 0–4 3–3 1–2
Barry Town United 0–2 — 1–3 4–2 2–0 0–4 4–1 1–5
Cardiff City 0–0 6–1 — 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0
Cardiff Metropolitan University 1–1 0–1 1–3 — 1–0 3–1 4–4 0–3
Pontypridd United 1–1 0–3 1–5 0–1 — 1–2 1–3 0–3
Swansea City 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 — 5–0 2–1
The New Saints 4–3 5–0 0–5 4–1 3–1 1–2 — 2–3
Wrexham 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. Source: Adran League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–20

After fourteen matches, the league splits into two sections of four teams (i.e. the top four and the bottom four), with the teams playing every other team in their section twice (once at home and once away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

References
  1. "Wrexham not in Adran Premier 'to make numbers up'". BBC Sport.
  2. "Swansea deny Wrexham on their Adran Premier return". BBC Sport.
  3. "Genero Adran Premier - Wrexham share points in six-goal thriller". September 17, 2023.
  4. "Genero Adran Premier: Swansea deny Wrexham on their return". Yahoo Sports. September 18, 2023.
  5. "Abergavenny start with home run on return to the top flight". South Wales Argus. August 3, 2022.
  6. Williams, Rhys (2023-08-25). "S4C to double number of women's football games it will show this year". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  7. "'Welcome to Wrexham' shows the gritty reality of Welsh women's soccer". Los Angeles Times. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  8. "Adran Premier". Handbook Cymru. FAW. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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