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Women's association football club based in southeast London
In 2018, Palace were given semi-professional status, and secured a Tier 2 license, allowing them to become a founding member of the FA Women's Championship, the second highest tier in women’s football. Then in 2019, it was announced by the club they would play under the name "Crystal Palace F.C." instead of "Crystal Palace Ladies F.C.", following the growing trend within the women's game at that time to move away from the term "Ladies".
In 2019, the team featured in the first episode of Harry's Heroes: The Full English, a documentary broadcast on the ITV television network. On that occasion, they lost 1–0 to a team of male former professional footballers.
Following mixed results in their first three years in the Women's Championship, Palace recorded back-to-back top-five finishes in the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons. It was around this time that the club officially became part of the CPFC Limited group in June 2022, and they received full professional status in 2023, followed by the securing of a Tier 1 license in April 2024, which would allow their eventual entry into the Women's Super League (WSL).
In the summer of 2023, the club appointed Grace Williams, as Head of Women’s Football, and Laura Kaminski, as Head Coach. This resulted in Palace gaining promotion to the Women's Super League as champions at the end of the 2023–24 Championship season. The club scored 55 goals – and conceded just 20 – in 22 matches. It also marked Palace’s inaugural promotion to the top-flight of women’s football. The promotion was sealed with a final-day draw against Sunderland at Selhurst Park, in front of a record crowd of 6,796.
Players
Current squad
As of 4 January 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Stuart Jeffries (18 March 2019). "Crystal Palace Kit". Harry’s Heroes review – an answer to the question: 'Who ate all the pies?'. The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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Current season
Steve Parish
Daniel Matraszek
Chico Lyons
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