Season | 2018–19 |
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Champions |
Arsenal 3rd WSL title 15th English title |
Relegated | Yeovil Town |
Champions League |
Arsenal Manchester City |
Matches played | 110 |
Goals scored | 336 (3.05 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Vivianne Miedema (22 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Manchester City 7–1
West Ham United (14 October 2018) Arsenal 6–0 Reading (21 October 2018) Chelsea 6–0 Bristol City (20 February 2019) |
Biggest away win |
Yeovil Town 0–8
Chelsea (7 May 2019) |
Highest scoring |
Manchester City 7–1
West Ham United (14 October 2018) Yeovil Town 0–8 Chelsea (7 May 2019) |
Average attendance | 1,010 [1] |
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The 2018–19 FA WSL was the eighth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season after a rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. The previous FA WSL 2 became the Championship – eleven clubs competed in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship.
Arsenal won their first WSL since 2012 with a 4–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. [2]
Following restructuring of the women's game in order to provide for a fully professional Women's Super League (WSL), membership of both the first and second tier is subject to a licence, based on a series of off-the-field criteria. Yeovil Town estimated the budget needed for a WSL season at about £350,000. [3] Existing WSL teams were first offered the opportunity to bid for licences, [4] with all applying FA WSL clubs retaining their place in the first tier, with Brighton & Hove Albion from the WSL2 also offered a place in the WSL. [5] From the first tier, Sunderland were unsuccessful in their license application. [5]
This left up to two places in the WSL and up to five places in the Championship for applying clubs. [4] Fifteen applications were received for both the top two tiers, [5] and West Ham were given a licence in the second stage, so that the league is made up of 11 teams. [6]
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2017–18 season |
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Arsenal | Borehamwood | Meadow Park | 4,502 | 3rd |
Birmingham City | Solihull | Damson Park | 3,050 | 5th |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Crawley | Broadfield Stadium | 6,134 | 2nd, WSL 2 |
Bristol City | Filton | Stoke Gifford Stadium | 1,500 | 8th |
Chelsea | Kingston upon Thames | Kingsmeadow | 4,850 | 1st |
Everton | Southport | Haig Avenue | 6,008 | 9th |
Liverpool | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 16,587 | 6th |
Manchester City | Manchester | Academy Stadium | 7,000 | 2nd |
Reading | High Wycombe | Adams Park | 9,617 | 4th |
West Ham United | Romford | Rush Green Training Ground | 3,000 | 7th, WPL South |
Yeovil Town | Dorchester | The Avenue Stadium | 5,229 | 10th |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Bristol City | Willie Kirk [7] | Signed with Manchester United | 29 May 2018 | End of season (8th) | Tanya Oxtoby [8] | 4 July 2018 |
West Ham United | Karen Ray [9] | End of interim period | 7 June 2018 | Pre-season | Matt Beard [10] | 7 June 2018 |
Liverpool | Scott Rodgers [11] | Sacked | 8 June 2018 | Neil Redfearn [12] | 12 June 2018 | |
Yeovil Town | Jamie Sherwood [13] | Appointed Director of Football | 14 June 2018 | Lee Burch [13] | 14 June 2018 | |
Liverpool | Neil Redfearn [14] | Resigned | 14 September 2018 | 11th | Vicky Jepson [15] | 26 October 2018 |
Everton | Andy Spence [16] | Sacked | 7 November 2018 | 11th | Willie Kirk [17] | 1 December 2018 |
Birmingham City | Marc Skinner [18] | Signed with Orlando Pride | 11 January 2019 | 4th | Marta Tejedor [19] | 21 January 2019 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Arsenal (C) | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 13 | +57 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League |
2 | Manchester City | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 47 | |
3 | Chelsea | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 42 | |
4 | Birmingham City | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 40 | |
5 | Reading | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 27 | |
6 | Bristol City | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 25 | |
7 | West Ham United | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |
8 | Liverpool | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 22 | |
9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 16 | |
10 | Everton | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 12 | |
11 | Yeovil Town (R) | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 60 | −49 | −3 [a] | Relegation to the Championship |
Qualification to Champions League | |
Relegation to Championship |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Vivianne Miedema | Arsenal | 22 |
2 | Nikita Parris | Manchester City | 19 |
3 | Bethany England | Chelsea | 12 |
Fara Williams | Reading | ||
5 | Georgia Stanway | Manchester City | 11 |
Daniëlle van de Donk | Arsenal | ||
7 | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Liverpool | 10 |
8 | Fran Kirby | Chelsea | 9 |
Jordan Nobbs | Arsenal | ||
10 | Erin Cuthbert | Chelsea | 8 |
Kim Little | Arsenal |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
September | Tanya Oxtoby | Bristol City | Sophie Baggaley | Bristol City | [21] |
October | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal | Vivianne Miedema | Arsenal | [22] [23] |
November | Kelly Chambers | Reading | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Liverpool | [24] |
December | Nick Cushing | Manchester City | Georgia Stanway | Manchester City | [25] [26] |
January | Tanya Oxtoby | Bristol City | Erin Cuthbert | Chelsea | [27] [28] |
February | Hope Powell | Brighton & Hove Albion | Sophie Harris | Brighton & Hove Albion | [29] [30] |
March | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal | Beth Mead | Arsenal | [31] [32] |
April | Marta Tejedor | Birmingham City | Beth Mead | Arsenal | [33] [34] |
Award | Winner | Club |
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FA WFA Players' Player of the Year | Sophie Baggaley | Bristol City |
FA WFA Goal of the Year | Beth Mead | Arsenal |
FA WFA Save of the Year | Megan Walsh | Yeovil Town |
LMA Manager of the Year | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal |
PFA Players' Player of the Year | Vivianne Miedema [35] | Arsenal |
PFA Young Player of the Year | Georgia Stanway [36] | Manchester City |
PFA Merit Award | Steph Houghton [37] | Manchester City |
FWA Footballer of the Year | Nikita Parris [38] | Manchester City |
PFA Team of the Year [39] | ||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Sophie Baggaley (Bristol City) | |||||||||||
Defence | Hannah Blundell (Chelsea) | Aoife Mannion (Birmingham City) | Steph Houghton (Manchester City) | Demi Stokes (Manchester City) | ||||||||
Midfield | Ji So-Yun (Chelsea) | Kim Little (Arsenal) | Lia Wälti (Arsenal) | |||||||||
Attack | Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) | Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea) | Nikita Parris (Manchester City) |