2022–23 Women's Super League

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Women's Super League
Season2022–23
Dates9 September 2022 – 28 May 2023
Matches played32
Goals scored99 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerKhadija Shaw
(6 goals)
Biggest home winArsenal 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
16 September 2022
Manchester United 4–0 Reading
17 September 2022
Arsenal 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur
24 September 2022
Manchester United 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
16 October 2022
Manchester City 4–0 Leicester City
16 October 2022
Biggest away winBrighton & Hove Albion 0–8 Tottenham Hotspur
30 October 2022
Highest scoringBrighton & Hove Albion 0–8 Tottenham Hotspur
30 October 2022
Highest attendance47,367
Arsenal 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur
(24 September 2022)
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2022.

The 2022–23 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010.[1] It is the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.

Ahead of the season the top two tiers unveiled a new visual identity, dropping "The FA" from the league names as part of the long term strategy for the leagues to be under new ownership in the future.[2] Due to start on 9 September 2022, the FA postponed all of the weekend's football fixtures following the death of Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022.[3] The first match was instead played the following week on 16 September.

Teams

Twelve teams will contest the 2022–23 Women's Super League season. Liverpool were confirmed as the 2021–22 FA Women's Championship champions on 3 April 2022, ensuring that they would return to the WSL for the first time since the 2019–20 season after a two year absence.[4] On 4 May 2022, founding members Birmingham City were relegated meaning the 2022–23 season is the first WSL season without them.[5]

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Locations of the 2022–23 WSL teams
Team Location Ground Capacity 2021–22 season
Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park[a] 4,050 2nd
Aston Villa Walsall Bescot Stadium[b] 11,300 9th
Brighton & Hove Albion Crawley Broadfield Stadium[c] 5,800 7th
Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Kingsmeadow[d] 4,850 1st
Everton Liverpool Walton Hall Park 2,200 10th
Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,212 11th
Liverpool Birkenhead Prenton Park[e] 16,547 WC, 1st
Manchester City Manchester Academy Stadium[f] 7,000 3rd
Manchester United Leigh Leigh Sports Village[g] 12,000 4th
Reading Reading Madejski Stadium 24,161 8th
Tottenham Hotspur Leyton Brisbane Road 9,271 5th
West Ham United Dagenham Victoria Road 6,078 6th
  1. ^ Three matches moved to the Emirates Stadium.
  2. ^ Match v Manchester City moved to Villa Park.
  3. ^ Match v Reading moved to Falmer Stadium.
  4. ^ Match v Tottenham Hotspur moved to Stamford Bridge.
  5. ^ Match v Everton moved to Anfield.
  6. ^ Match v Manchester United moved to City of Manchester Stadium.
  7. ^ Match v Aston Villa moved to Old Trafford.

Stadium changes

Having spent the previous three seasons at The Hive Stadium following promotion to the WSL in 2019, Tottenham Hotspur relocated to Brisbane Road, home of Leyton Orient, ahead of the 2022–23 season.[6]

In addition, eight of the ten clubs whose women's team play at secondary stadia moved select matches to the club's primary ground throughout the season.[7][8][9][10][11] This would have included on opening weekend with Brighton & Hove Albion hosting Aston Villa at Falmer Stadium,[12] Chelsea hosting West Ham United at Stamford Bridge,[13] and Tottenham Hotspur hosting Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.[14] With Reading already playing at the Madejski Stadium, it would have meant four of the six openers taking place at the stadium used by their respective clubs' men's team with Everton and Manchester City the only home sides not to do so. However, the opening weekend was postponed along with all other football fixture in the country following the passing of Elizabeth II, meaning the predicted "record breaking start" to the season off the back of Euro 2022 was on hold.[15]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Sweden Jonas Eidevall Scotland Kim Little Adidas Fly Emirates
Aston Villa England Carla Ward Scotland Rachel Corsie Castore Cazoo
Brighton & Hove Albion Vacant England Victoria Williams Nike American Express
Chelsea England Emma Hayes Sweden Magdalena Eriksson Nike Three
Everton Denmark Brian Sørensen Scotland Lucy Graham Hummel Stake.com
Leicester City England Lydia Bedford England Aileen Whelan Adidas FBS
Liverpool England Matt Beard Republic of Ireland Niamh Fahey Nike Standard Chartered
Manchester City Wales Gareth Taylor England Steph Houghton Puma Etihad Airways
Manchester United England Marc Skinner England Katie Zelem Adidas TeamViewer
Reading England Kelly Chambers Scotland Emma Mukandi Macron Select Car Leasing
Tottenham Hotspur England Rehanne Skinner Canada Shelina Zadorsky Nike AIA
West Ham United England Paul Konchesky Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir[16] Umbro Betway

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Everton England Chris Roberts (interim) End of interim period 8 May 2022[17] End of season (10th) Denmark Brian Sørensen 5 June 2022[17]
West Ham United New Zealand Olli Harder Resigned 8 May 2022[18] End of season (6th) England Paul Konchesky 8 May 2022[18]
Brighton & Hove Albion England Hope Powell Resigned 31 October 2022[19] 11th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United 5 5 0 0 14 0 +14 15 Qualification for the Champions League second round
2 Arsenal 5 5 0 0 14 1 +13 15
3 Chelsea 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Manchester City 5 3 0 2 12 7 +5 9
5 Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 0 2 11 8 +3 9
6 Everton 6 3 0 3 6 7 −1 9
7 West Ham United 6 3 0 3 8 11 −3 9
8 Aston Villa 5 2 0 3 8 9 −1 6
9 Reading 5 1 0 4 5 11 −6 3
10 Liverpool 5 1 0 4 3 9 −6 3
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 1 0 4 2 19 −17 3
12 Leicester City 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0 Relegation to the Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ARS ASV BHA CHE EVE LEI LIV MCI MNU REA TOT WHU
Arsenal — 4–0 4–0 3–1
Aston Villa — 0–1 4–3 1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion — 0–2 2–1 0–8
Chelsea 3–1 — 2–0 3–1
Everton 1–3 — 1–0 0–3
Leicester City 0–2 — 0–1 1–2
Liverpool 0–2 2–1 0–3 —
Manchester City 4–0 2–1 —
Manchester United 4–0 — 4–0
Reading 0–1 2–1 —
Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–3 —
West Ham United 1–0 0–2 3–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. Source: The FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 30 October 2022
Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Jamaica Khadija Shaw Manchester City 6
2 Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir West Ham United 4
England Rachel Daly Aston Villa
4 Sweden Stina Blackstenius Arsenal 3
Denmark Pernille Harder Chelsea
England Fran Kirby Chelsea
England Beth Mead Arsenal
England Ashleigh Neville Tottenham Hotspur
Jamaica Drew Spence Tottenham Hotspur
United States Katie Stengel Liverpool

Clean sheets

As of 30 October 2022
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[21]
1 England Mary Earps Manchester United 5
2 Austria Manuela Zinsberger Arsenal 4
3 Germany Ann-Katrin Berger Chelsea 2
Republic of Ireland Courtney Brosnan Everton
Finland Tinja-Riikka Korpela Tottenham Hotspur
England Ellie Roebuck Manchester City
7 Australia Mackenzie Arnold West Ham United 1
England Hannah Hampton Aston Villa
England Emily Ramsey Everton

Discipline

As of 30 October 2022
Most yellow cards Total Most red cards Total Ref.
Player England Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City) 4 France Hawa Cissoko (West Ham United)
Sweden Emma Kullberg (Brighton & Hove Albion) 		1 [22]
Club Reading
West Ham United 		12 Brighton & Hove Albion
West Ham United 		1 [22]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
September England Carla Ward Aston Villa England Rachel Daly Aston Villa England Ashleigh Neville (vs. Leicester City) Tottenham Hotspur [23][24]

References

  1. ^ "The History of Women's Football". Football Association. The Football Association. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Barclays Women's Super League rebranded". www.mancity.com.
  3. ^ "Premier League, EFL, Scottish, WSL and non-League: This weekend's matches postponed". Sky Sports.
  4. ^ "Bristol City Women 2–4 Liverpool Women". BBC Sport. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Birmingham's fall from WSL high-flyers to relegation". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Spurs Women to move to Brisbane Road Stadium". Tottenham Hotspur.
  7. ^ "Emirates Stadium to host more AWFC matches". www.arsenal.com.
  8. ^ "City's WSL meeting with Aston Villa to be played at Villa Park". www.mancity.com.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Women to face Everton at Anfield in Merseyside derby in September live on Sky". Sky Sports.
  10. ^ Siddall, Harry (29 July 2022). "Man City announce Etihad Stadium will host WSL derby vs Manchester Utd". Manchester Evening News.
  11. ^ "Man Utd Women to face Villa at Old Trafford". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Amex to host first two WSL fixtures of the season". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
  13. ^ "Chelsea FC Women to start season at Stamford Bridge". www.chelseafc.com.
  14. ^ "Spurs Women kick-off WSL season against United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium". www.tottenhamhotspur.com.
  15. ^ "England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland call off weekend's football following death of Queen Elizabeth II". 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Dagný Brynjarsdóttir named as new West Ham United Women's captain". West Ham United. 23 August 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Sorensen to become new Everton Women manager". www.evertonfc.com.
  18. ^ a b "Konchesky appointed women's manager, as Harder departs | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com.
  19. ^ "Hope Powell steps down as Brighton Women manager after 8-0 WSL home defeat to Tottenham". Sky Sports.
  20. ^ "Women's Super League top scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Women's Super League Goalkeeper Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  22. ^ a b "Women's Super League Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Aston Villa's Carla Ward and Rachel Daly scoop WSL Manager and Player of the Month". ITV News. 14 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Ashleigh Neville September Goal of the Month". Barclays FA WSL Twitter. 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022.

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