Caerphilly Athletic F.C.

Caerphilly Athletic
Full nameCaerphilly Athletic Football Club
NicknamesThe A’s, CAFC
Founded2007 as Dynamo Aber
GroundCentre of Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach
ChairmanChris Parry
ManagerIan Butterworth
LeagueCymru South
2025–26Ardal SE League, 1st of 16 (promoted)

Caerphilly Athletic Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Caerphilly. The team currently plays in the Cymru South.

The club have competed in the Welsh Cup, reaching the second round in 2017–18, where they lost to Penrhyncoch.[1]

Dynamo Aber F.C. was founded in 2007, initially playing in Sunday league and local five-a-side competitions.[2] They then played in the Taff Ely & Rhymney Valley Alliance League, and after winning the league in 2013–14[3] they were promoted to the South Wales Amateur League. In 2015 it became the South Wales Alliance League and in 2016 they were promoted to Division One. In 2017 they renamed to Caerphilly Athletic.[4]

In 2025, the club was promoted to the Ardal South East (tier 3) as runners-up of the South Wales Alliance Premier League.[5] They were champions in their first season and gained promotion to the Cymru South.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Welsh Cup 2017-18". BBC Sport. 26 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "About Us :: Dynamo Aber FC". dynamoaber.webnode.page.
  3. 1 2 "Leaguewebsite.co.uk has now closed". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Football Club History Database - Dynamo Aber". www.fchd.info.
  5. ↑ https://caerphilly.observer/sport/1049302/caerphilly-athletic-promoted-to-ardal-south-east-after-2-2-draw/
  6. 1 2 https://faw.cymru/cymru-leagues/news/caerphilly-athletic-promoted-to-jd-cymru-south/
  7. ↑ https://www.fchd.info/CAERPHIA.HTM


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