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The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.[1]
Liverpool were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL. Chelsea became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.
This was the second season since the WSL 2 was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the WSL 1 will increase to nine teams for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team (Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from Premier League to WSL 2.
In December 2014, the FA WSL announced a two-year plan to expand WSL 1 from an eight to 10-team league. Two teams will be promoted from WSL 2, while one team will be relegated to WSL 2.[2][3] Also, for the first time, a team from the FA Women's Premier League earned promotion to WSL 2, effectively connecting the WSL to the rest of the English women's football pyramid.[4]
This will leave WSL 1 with nine teams and WSL 2 with 10 teams for the 2016 season, and with the process repeated the following year, both WSL 1 and WSL 2 will have 10 teams each for the 2017 season.
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2014 WSL 1 finish |
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Arsenal | Borehamwood | Meadow Park | 4,502 (1,400 seated) | 4th |
Birmingham City | Solihull | Damson Park | 3,050 (280 seated) | 3rd |
Bristol Academy | Filton | Stoke Gifford Stadium | 1,500 | 7th |
Chelsea | Staines | Wheatsheaf Park | 3,009 (300 seated and 800 covered) | 2nd |
Manchester City | Manchester | Academy Stadium | 7,000 (5,000 seated) | 5th |
Liverpool | Widnes | Halton Stadium | 13,350 | 1st |
Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 20,229 | 6th |
Sunderland | Hetton-le-Hole | Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground | 2,500 | 1st (WSL 2) |
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2014 WSL 2 finish |
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Aston Villa | Sutton Coldfield | Central Ground, Coles Lane | 2,000 | 4th |
Doncaster Rovers Belles | Doncaster | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | 2nd |
Durham | Durham | New Ferens Park | 3,000 | 6th |
Everton | Widnes | Halton Stadium | 13,350 | 8th (WSL 1) |
London Bees | Canons Park | The Hive Stadium | 5,176 (3,434 seated) | 10th |
Millwall Lionesses | London | The Den | 20,146 | 8th |
Oxford United | Abingdon | The Armadillo Stadium | 2,000 | 9th |
Reading | Farnborough | The Rushmoor Community Stadium | 7,000 | 3rd |
Watford | Berkhamsted | Broadwater | 2,000 | 7th |
Yeovil Town | Sherborne | Raleigh Grove | 1,500 | 5th |
* Natasha Harding was supposed to join American team Washington Spirit, as she was denied a visa, she joined Manchester City instead.
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Chelsea (1st WSL title) |
Relegated | Bristol Academy |
Matches played | 56 |
Goals scored | 154 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Beth Mead (12 goals)[85] |
Biggest home win | Manchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy[86] (27 September 2015) |
Biggest away win | Bristol Academy 0–4 Chelsea[86] (2 April 2015) Liverpool 0–4 Chelsea[86] (27 September 2015) |
Highest scoring | Bristol Academy 2–5 Notts County[86] (25 April 2015) Manchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy[86] (27 September 2015) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Chelsea |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Manchester City |
Longest winless run | 9 matches Bristol Academy |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Bristol Academy Liverpool |
Highest attendance | 3,180[87] Manchester City 2–1 Notts County (4 October 2015) |
Total attendance | 57,253[88] |
Average attendance | 1,022[88] |
← 2014 2016 →
All statistics correct as of 5 October 2015. |
Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Chelsea (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 32 | Qualification to Champions League |
2 | Manchester City | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 30 | |
3 | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 27 | |
4 | Sunderland | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 20 | |
5 | Notts County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 15 | |
6 | Birmingham City | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 13 | |
7 | Liverpool | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 13 | |
8 | Bristol Academy (R) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 8 | Relegation to FA WSL 2 |
Home \ Away | ARS | BIR | BRI | CHE | LIV | MCI | NTC | SUN |
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Arsenal | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
Birmingham City | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Bristol Academy | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–4 | |
Chelsea | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
Liverpool | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Manchester City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Notts County | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
Sunderland | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Beth Mead | Sunderland | 12 |
2 | Jess Clarke | Notts County | 7 |
Natalia Pablos | Arsenal | ||
4 | Eniola Aluko | Chelsea | 6 |
Isobel Christiansen | Manchester City | ||
Gemma Davison | Chelsea | ||
Toni Duggan | Manchester City | ||
Chioma Ubogagu | Arsenal | ||
Rachel Williams | Notts County | ||
10 | Karen Carney | Birmingham City | 5 |
Ji So-yun | Chelsea |
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Reading |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 324 (3.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk (20 goals)[85] |
Biggest home win | Reading 8–0 London Bees[86] (22 August 2015) |
Biggest away win | London Bees 0–7 Reading[86] (29 March 2015) |
Highest scoring | Yeovil Town 7–1 Watford[86] (26 July 2015) Reading 8–0 London Bees (22 August 2015) London Bees 1–7 Everton[86] (4 October 2015) Everton 5–3 Oxford United[86] (18 October 2015) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Doncaster Rovers Belles |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Reading |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Watford |
Longest losing run | 11 matches Watford |
← 2014 2016 →
All statistics correct as of 19 October 2015. |
Everton were relegated from WSL 1 last season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Reading (C) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 15 | +46 | 45 | Promotion to FA WSL 1 |
2 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 15 | +42 | 45 | |
3 | Everton | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 31 | |
4 | Yeovil Town | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 31 | |
5 | Aston Villa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 25 | |
6 | Oxford United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 24 | |
7 | Durham | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 20 | |
8 | London Bees | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | |
9 | Millwall Lionesses | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 12 | |
10 | Watford | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 55 | −43 | 5 |
Home \ Away | AST | DON | DUR | EVE | LON | MIL | OXF | REA | WAT | YEO |
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Aston Villa | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Doncaster Rovers Belles | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Durham | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
Everton | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
London Bees | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
Millwall Lionesses | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
Oxford United | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Reading | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | |
Watford | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | |
Yeovil Town | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 7–1 |
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 20 |
2 | Bethany England | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 13 |
3 | Emma Follis | Reading | 12 |
4 | Fran Kirby | Reading | 11 |
Sue Smith | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
6 | Helen Ward | Reading | 8 |
7 | Lauren Bruton | Reading | 7 |
Kayleigh Hines | Oxford United | ||
Danielle Turner | Everton | ||
Katie Wilkinson | Aston Villa | ||
Corinne Yorston | Yeovil Town |
All WSL 1 and WSL 2 teams take part. In addition to last season a quarter-final stage was added to the knock-out stage. The first match was played on 21 July 2015, after the WSL break for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[91]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | CHE | REA | MIL | WAT | LON | |
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1 | Arsenal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 15 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | — | |
2 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 12 | 0–2 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 8–0 | ||
3 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | — | 2–3 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | Millwall Lionesses | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 | 0–4 | — | 1–3 | — | — | 5–3 | ||
5 | Watford | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | — | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | — | — | ||
6 | London Bees | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 0 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 2–3 | — |
Millwall Lionesses | 5–3 | London Bees |
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Arsenal | 3–0 | Watford |
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London Bees | 2–3 | Watford |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | LIV | DON | SUN | EVE | DUR | |
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1 | Manchester City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 15 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | — | 5–0 | |
2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | — | — | — | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
3 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | — | 5–2 | — | ||
5 | Everton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | — | — | ||
6 | Durham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | — | — | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Durham Women | 1–2 | Sunderland |
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Doncaster Rovers Belles | 0–3 | Manchester City |
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Manchester City | 5–0 | Durham Women |
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Sunderland | 5–2 | Everton |
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Doncaster Rovers Belles | 0–3 | Liverpool |
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Liverpool | 1–0 | Durham Women |
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Everton | 2–3 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
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Manchester City | 2–0 | Liverpool |
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Sunderland | 2–3 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
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Durham Women | 0–2 | Everton |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NTC | BIR | BRI | YEO | AST | OXF | |
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1 | Notts County | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 15 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | — | — | |
2 | Birmingham City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 12 | — | — | — | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
3 | Bristol Academy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–2 | ||
4 | Yeovil Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 6 | — | — | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — | ||
5 | Aston Villa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 3 | 0–5 | 1–7 | 0–4 | — | — | — | ||
6 | Oxford United | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | 1–6 | — | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | — |
Oxford United | 0–1 | Yeovil Town |
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Yeovil Town | 0–3 | Bristol Academy |
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Yeovil Town | 3–1 | Aston Villa |
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Oxford United | 1–6 | Notts County |
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Bristol Academy | 3–2 | Oxford United |
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Oxford United | 1–3 | Aston Villa |
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||
Bristol Academy | 1 | |||||||||
11 October | ||||||||||
Liverpool | 4 | |||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | |||||||||
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Notts County | 2 | |||||||||
Notts County | 3 | |||||||||
1 November | ||||||||||
Reading | 2 | |||||||||
Notts County | 0 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
Arsenal | 3 | |||||||||
Arsenal | 1 | |||||||||
11 October | ||||||||||
Manchester City | 0 | |||||||||
Arsenal | 3 | |||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||
Birmingham City | 1 | |||||||||
Birmingham City | 1 | |||||||||
Chelsea | 0 | |||||||||
Reading are the only WSL 2 team to progress from the group stages.[92] The quarter-finals were drawn on 1 September 2015.
13 September 2015 | Bristol Academy | 1–4 | Liverpool | Filton |
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Boho 38' | Report | Dowie 35' (pen.), 56', 67', 90+3' | Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 371 Referee: Samuel Allison |
13 September 2015 | Notts County | 3–2 | Reading | Nottingham |
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Whelan 34' Greenwood 38' (pen.), 88' |
Report | Ward 35' Fletcher 67' |
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 649 Referee: Akil Howson |
13 September 2015 | Birmingham City | 1–0 | Chelsea | Solihull |
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Potter 53' | Report | Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 516 Referee: Mark Griffiths |
1 October 2015 | Arsenal | 1–0 | Manchester City | Borehamwood |
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00) | Natalia 34' | Report | Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 720 Referee: Josh Smith |
11 October 2015 | Arsenal | 3–1 | Birmingham City | Borehamwood |
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Corredera 13' Carter 14' Scott 47' |
Report | Linnett 58' | Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 782 Referee: Nigel Lugg |
11 October 2015 | Liverpool | 0–2 | Notts County | Widnes |
18:30 BST (UTC+01:00) | Report | White 5', 23' | Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 538 Referee: Ian Hussin |
1 November 2015 | Notts County | 0–3 | Arsenal | Rotherham |
15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Report | Nobbs 26', 41' Ubogagu 90+2' |
Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Jane Simms |
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Natasha Dowie | Liverpool | 9 |
2 | Jess Clarke | Notts County | 6 |
Ellen White | Notts County | ||
4 | Jade Boho | Bristol Academy | 5 |
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
6 | Rosella Ayane | Chelsea | 4 |
Fliss Gibbons | Millwall Lionesses | ||
Kirsty Linnett | Birmingham City | ||
Jo Potter | Birmingham City | ||
Helen Ward | Reading | ||
Rachel Williams | Notts County |
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