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London City Lionesses
Club · United Kingdom · FA WSL
«The Lionesses»
164
Matches
80
wins
26
draws
58
losses
259–202
Goals
+57
Difference
1.6
Scored per game
Form
W
16 May · Home Aston Villa Women · 2:1
W
4 Sep · Home Manchester United Women · 2:1
L
12 Sep · Away West Ham United Women · 1:2
W
19 Sep · Away Charlton Athletic Women · 4:1
W
23 Sep · Away Leicester City Women · 2:0
W
26 Sep · Home Brighton Women · 2:0
Promotion arrived in the 2024–25 season, when London City Lionesses won the FA Women's Championship and reached the Women's Super League for the first time in the club's history — three years after finishing runners-up in the same division in 2021–22.
The club exists because Millwall Lionesses did not, in its current form. When the professional and amateur sides of that setup separated in August 2019, the new entity kept the Championship licence and the identity, while the old name went back to the lower tiers with an amateur side built from scratch. London City Lionesses has been owned since December 2023 by Michele Kang, who bought it from founder Diane Culligan and folds it into a portfolio that also includes the Washington Spirit and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin under her Kynisca Sports International group.
Home games are played at Hayes Lane, officially the Copperjax Community Stadium, which holds just over 5,000 — a small enough ground that fixtures against Charlton Athletic Women and Crystal Palace Women, both sold as London derbies, carry an intensity out of proportion to the capacity.
No major cup has followed the club yet: the FA Cup run has stopped at the fifth round, the League Cup at the quarter-finals. The name most associated with the rise into the Women's Super League is Kosovare Asllani.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 26 Sep | FA WSL |
Brighton Women
H
|
2:0 | W |
| 23 Sep | WSL Cup |
Leicester City Women
A
|
2:0 | W |
| 19 Sep | FA WSL |
Charlton Athletic Women
A
|
4:1 | W |
| 12 Sep | FA WSL |
West Ham United Women
A
|
1:2 | L |
| 4 Sep | FA WSL |
Manchester United Women
H
|
2:1 | W |
| 16 May | FA WSL |
Aston Villa Women
H
|
2:1 | W |
Standing
FA WSL| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
 Tottenham Hotspur Women
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15:2 | 10 |
| 3 |
 Chelsea Women
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:1 | 10 |
| 4 |
 London City Lionesses
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:4 | 9 |
| 5 |
 Liverpool Women
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9:5 | 7 |
| 6 |
 Everton Women
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2:3 | 6 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 164
164
Matches
80
wins
26
draws
58
losses
259–202
Goals
+57
Difference
1.6
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 164 | 82 | 82 |
| Scored | 259 | 139 | 120 |
| Conceded | 202 | 95 | 107 |
| Scored per game | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Difference | +57 | +44 | +13 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Delphine Cascarino
Forward
1 Matches
Daniëlle van de Donk
Midfielder
1 Matches
Kadidiatou Diani
Forward
1 Matches
Alexia Putellas Segura
Midfielder
1 Matches
María Pilar León Cebrián
Defender
1 Matches
L. Corrales
Defender
1 Matches
Janni Bøgild Thomsen
Midfielder
1 Matches
Onema Grace Geyoro
Midfielder
1 Matches
Squad of London City Lionesses
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Delphine Cascarino |
Forward | 1 |
| 10 | Daniëlle van de Donk |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 21 |  Kadidiatou Diani |
Forward | 1 |
| 11 |  Alexia Putellas Segura |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 44 | María Pilar León Cebrián |
Defender | 1 |
| 7 | L. Corrales |
Defender | 1 |
| 97 | Janni Bøgild Thomsen |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 88 | Onema Grace Geyoro |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 13 |  Elena Linari |
Defender | 1 |
| 2 |  Jana Fernández |
Defender | 1 |
| 3 |  P. Pattinson |
Defender | 1 |
| 76 |  Rusul Rosa Kafaji |
Forward | 1 |
| 17 |  N. Parris |
Forward | 1 |
| 14 |  F. Godfrey |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 16 |  D. Arques |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 6 |  M. Perez |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 77 |  Elene Lete |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 4 |  I. Kardinaal |
Defender | 1 |
| 27 |  M. Earps |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 23 |  I. Goodwin |
Forward | 1 |
Fixtures of London City Lionesses
-
30 Sep · 19:30
Ipswich Town Women
A
WSL Cup
-
4 Oct · 14:00
Tottenham Hotspur Women
A
FA WSL
-
26 Sep
Brighton Women
H
2:0
W
-
23 Sep
Leicester City Women
A
2:0
W
-
19 Sep
Charlton Athletic Women
A
4:1
W
-
12 Sep
West Ham United Women
A
1:2
L
-
4 Sep
Manchester United Women
H
2:1
W
-
16 May
Aston Villa Women
H
2:1
W
-
3 May
Tottenham Hotspur Women
A
1:2
L
-
26 Apr
Leicester City Women
H
5:1
W
Honours of London City Lionesses
- FA Women's Championship 2025 1
- FA Women's Championship 2022 1
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