2022–23 Women's Championship

Women's Championship
Season	2022–23
Matches played	41
Goals scored	112 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shania Hayles; (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheffield United 8–0 Coventry United; 18 September 2022
Biggest away win	Coventry United 0–5 London City Lionesses; 16 October 2022
Highest scoring	Sheffield United 8–0 Coventry United; 18 September 2022
Longest winning run	3 matches; Bristol City, London City Lionesses and Southampton
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches; Bristol City
Longest winless run	7 matches; Coventry United
Longest losing run	7 matches; Coventry United
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Women's Championship season (also known as the Barclays Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the fifth season of the rebranded Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England.^[1]

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] Having sponsored the first tier since the 2019–20 season, it marks the first season of Barclays as the title partner of the Women's Championship.^[3]

Teams

Location of clubs for the 2022–23 season

Twelve teams will compete in the Championship for the 2022–23 season, the same number as the previous season. Liverpool were promoted to the FA WSL as 2021–22 FA Women's Championship winners.^[4] They were replaced by Birmingham City who finished bottom of the FA WSL in the 2021–22 season and were relegated after 20 years in the top flight.^[5] Watford were relegated to the FA Women's National League after just one season in the Championship.^[6] They were replaced by Southern Premier Division winners Southampton who beat Northern Premier Division winners Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2021–22 FA Women's National League playoff to earn promotion.^[7]

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2021–22 season
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	29,902	WSL, 12th
Blackburn Rovers	Bamber Bridge	Sir Tom Finney Stadium	3,000	10th
Bristol City	Failand	Robins High Performance Centre		3rd
Charlton Athletic	Bexley	The Oakwood	1,180	5th
Coventry United	Coventry	Butts Park Arena	4,000	11th
Crystal Palace	Bromley	Hayes Lane	5,000	4th
Durham	Durham	Maiden Castle	3,000	6nd
Lewes	Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000	8th
London City Lionesses	Dartford	Princes Park	4,100	2nd
Sheffield United	Sheffield	Bramall Lane	32,050	7th
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384	WNL, 1st
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	Eppleton CW	2,500	9th

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lewes	Craig Gill (interim)	End of interim period	12 May 2022^[8]	End of season (8th)	Scott Booth	12 May 2022^[8]
Coventry United	Jay Bradford	Resigned	28 May 2022	End of season (11th)	Lee Burch	18 July 2022^[9]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bristol City	7	6	1	0	13	2	+11	19	Promotion to the WSL^[a]
2	Southampton	8	5	2	1	11	6	+5	17
3	London City Lionesses	7	4	2	1	14	4	+10	14
4	Crystal Palace	7	4	0	3	9	8	+1	12
5	Charlton Athletic	7	3	1	3	14	12	+2	10
6	Birmingham City	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
7	Lewes	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10
8	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	2	3	8	12	−4	8
9	Sheffield United	7	2	1	4	14	9	+5	7
10	Durham	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7
11	Sunderland	7	1	1	5	5	12	−7	4
12	Coventry United	8	0	0	8	4	27	−23	0	Relegation to the National League

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2022. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

^ Dependent on obtaining a licence.

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	BRI	BIR	CHA	COV	CRY	DUR	LEW	LCL	SHU	SUN	SOU
Blackburn Rovers	—				3–2	1–3				1–0
Bristol City	2–0	—				3–0					1–0	1–1
Birmingham City			—		3–2			0–0		2–1
Charlton Athletic	2–2	0–2	3–0	—					3–4
Coventry United		0–1			—			0–1	0–5
Crystal Palace					3–0	—					0–2	1–2
Durham	3–1					0–1	—	2–1			1–1
Lewes				2–1				—	0–0	2–2		2–2
London City Lionesses	0–0					0–1	3–0		—
Sheffield United		1–3			8–0		2–0			—		0–1
Sunderland			0–4	2–3					0–2		—
Southampton			1–0	0–2	3–0						1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2022. Source: Source
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Team ╲ Round
Bristol City	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
London City Lionesses	10	6	7	5	2	2	2
Southampton	12	9	8	7	5	3	3
Crystal Palace	4	1	4	3	4	5	4
Charlton Athletic	1	4	3	2	3	4	5
Birmingham City	7	3	5	6	7	7	6
Lewes	8	8	9	8	9	8	7
Blackburn Rovers	2	7	10	10	11	10	8
Sheffield United	11	5	2	4	6	6	9
Durham	5	10	6	9	8	9	10
Sunderland	6	11	11	11	10	11	11
Coventry United	9	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and promotion to WSL
	Relegation to National League

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Blackburn Rovers	W	L	L	L	D	W	D
Birmingham City	D	W	L	W	L	W
Bristol City	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Charlton Athletic	W	L	W	W	D	L	L
Coventry United	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Crystal Palace	W	W	L	W	L	L	W
Durham	D	L	W	L	W	L
Lewes	D	D	D	D	L	W	W
London City Lionesses	L	W	D	W	W	W	D
Sheffield United	L	W	W	D	L	L	L
Sunderland	D	L	L	L	W	L	L
Southampton	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2022. Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

References

^ "New brand identity". www.thefa.com.
^ "Barclays Women's Super League rebranded". www.mancity.com.
^ "New look for BWSL and BWC". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. 10 June 2022.
^ "LFC Women crowned champions and secure return to WSL". Liverpool FC.
^ "Birmingham's fall from WSL high-flyers to relegation". BBC Sport.
^ "Late free kick relegates Golden Girls". Watford Observer.
^ "Saints win play-off to reach Women's Championship". BBC Sport.
^ ^a ^b "Lewes appoint Booth as new women's manager". BBC Sport.
^ "Burch named Coventry United Women manager". BBC Sport.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_CL0.035878578217644-10] Dependent on obtaining a licence.

[1] "New brand identity". www.thefa.com.

[2] "Barclays Women's Super League rebranded". www.mancity.com.

[3] "New look for BWSL and BWC". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. 10 June 2022.

[4] "LFC Women crowned champions and secure return to WSL". Liverpool FC.

[5] "Birmingham's fall from WSL high-flyers to relegation". BBC Sport.

[6] "Late free kick relegates Golden Girls". Watford Observer.

[7] "Saints win play-off to reach Women's Championship". BBC Sport.

[Booth-8] "Lewes appoint Booth as new women's manager". BBC Sport.

[9] "Burch named Coventry United Women manager". BBC Sport.

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