2017 Liverpool L.F.C. season

The 2017 season is Liverpool Ladies Football Club's 28th season of competitive football and its seventh season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1]

Liverpool Ladies FC

2017 season
Manager	Scott Rogers
Stadium	Select Security Stadium
FA WSL 1	4th
FA Women's Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Caroline Weir (5) All: Natasha Harding (6) Caroline Weir (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.^[2] For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.

On 19 April 2017, Liverpool Ladies FC announced a landmark shirt sponsorship deal with beauty and cosmetics company Avon Products.^[3] This three-year agreement will see Avon become the first independent shirt sponsor for the club, replacing Standard Chartered from the men's side. As part of the agreement, Avon will also become Liverpool Ladies FC's principal partner and ladies beauty partner.

First team

Last updated on 18 May 2017^[4][5]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Siobhan Chamberlain		(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)
12	Danielle Gibbons		(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 32)
23	Rebecca Flaherty		(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27)
Defenders
2	Amy Turner		(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33)
3	Martha Harris		(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30)
4	Casey Stoney		(1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42)
5	Gemma Bonner (captain)		(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33)
22	Alex Greenwood		(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)
26	Ellie Fletcher		(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)
44	Satara Murray		(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
6	Sophie Ingle		(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)
7	Kate Longhurst		(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35)
8	Laura Coombs		(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 34)
10	Caroline Weir		(1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29)
18	Ali Johnson		(1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 26)
19	Amy Rodgers		(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)
20	Katie Zelem		(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 29)
40	Natasha Harding		(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 36)
Forwards
9	Jess Clarke		(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 35)
11	Shanice van de Sanden		(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)
17	Niamh Charles		(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)
36	Ashley Hodson		(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Source
12	GK	Danielle Gibbons	15 February 2017	[6]
44	DF	Satara Murray	16 February 2017	[7]
3	DF	Martha Harris	17 February 2017	[8]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 December 2016	DF	4	Casey Stoney	Arsenal	Free	[9]
11 April 2017	FW	9	Jess Clarke	Notts County	Undisclosed	[10][11]
11 April 2017	MF	8	Laura Coombs	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[10][12]
16 May 2017	DF	2	Amy Turner	Notts County	Free	[13]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 November 2016	FW	23	Rosie White	Boston Breakers	Undisclosed	[14]
14 November 2016	DF	4	Mandy van den Berg	Reading	Free	[15]
14 November 2016	FW	9	Emma Lundh	Vittsjö GIK	Free	[15][16]
1 January 2017	DF	33	Maz Pacheco	Doncaster Belles	Undisclosed	[17]
28 March 2017	FW	21	Mollie Green	Everton	Undisclosed	[18]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 January 2017	31 May 2018	MF	30	Hannah Dale	Sheffield	Undisclosed	[19]

Pre-season

Liverpool v Hibernian

13 February 2017 Friendly	Liverpool	3 – 0	Hibernian	Widnes
	Weir Harding	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium

Liverpool v Sheffield

23 February 2017 Friendly	Liverpool	5 – 2	Sheffield	Kirkby
	Green van de Sanden Bonner Harris	Report	Making	Stadium: Liverpool F.C. Academy

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: FA WSL Spring Series § WSL 1

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	4	2	2	20	18	+2	14	2	0	1	9	5	+4	2	2	1	11	13	−2

Last updated: 4 June 2017.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2017. Source: FA WSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Yeovil Town v Liverpool

23 April 2017 1	Yeovil Town	1 – 4	Liverpool	Yeovil
14:00	Curson  67' Wiltshire 78' (pen.)	Report	van de Sanden  18' Greenwood 23' (pen.) Longhurst  44' Bonner 45' Zelem 65', 75'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Richard Hulme

Liverpool v Reading

28 April 2017 2	Liverpool	4 – 2	Reading	Widnes
19:00	Harding 2', 25' Weir 34' Coombs 50'	Report	Chaplen 4' Fletcher 8' Furness  38'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 466 Referee: Matthew Donohue

Arsenal v Liverpool

4 May 2017 3	Arsenal	4 – 4	Liverpool	Canons Park
19:30	Kelly 36' Carter 54', 59' Nobbs 80'	Report	Greenwood 13' Harding 43' Weir 44' Bonner 83'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 696 Referee: David Rock

Birmingham City v Liverpool

7 May 2017 4	Birmingham City	0 – 2	Liverpool	Birmingham
14:00		Report	Clarke 49' Bonner 81'	Stadium: St. Andrews Stadium Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Robert Dadley

Liverpool v Sunderland

17 May 2017 5	Liverpool	4 – 0	Sunderland	Widnes
19:00	Weir 9', 58' Harding 22' Stoney 81'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 441 Referee: Martin Woods

Bristol City v Liverpool

20 May 2017 6	Bristol City	1 – 1	Liverpool	Filton
18:00	Agg 85'	Report	Longhurst  74'  88' Zelem 80'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Adam Ricketts

Chelsea v Liverpool

28 May 2017 7	Chelsea	7 – 0	Liverpool	Staines-upon-Thames
12:05	Flaherty 3' Kirby 43' Ji 45' Mjelde 49' Carney 66' Cuthbert 79' Spence 83'	Report	Coombs  86'	Stadium: Staines Town F.C. Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Jacob Miles

Liverpool v Manchester City

3 June 2017 8	Liverpool	1 – 3	Manchester City	Widnes
	Weir 90'	Report	Scott 29' Lawley 45' Campbell 61'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Peter Gibbons

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Women's Cup

Liverpool v Everton

19 March 2017 Fifth round	Liverpool	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Everton	Widnes
14:00	Harding 8' van de Sanden 108'	Report	Magill 69'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 728

Liverpool v Notts County

26 March 2017 Sixth round	Liverpool	2 – 0	Notts County	Widnes
14:00	Weir 3'  25' Harding 18'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 302 Referee: Simon Mather

Manchester City v Liverpool

17 April 2017 Semi-final	Manchester City	1 – 0	Liverpool	Manchester
14:00	Lawley 58'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Sarah Garratt

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 June 2017

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	ENG	Siobhan Chamberlain	11	0	8	0	3	0
Defenders:
4	DF	ENG	Casey Stoney	7	1	5	1	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Gemma Bonner	11	3	8	3	3	0
22	DF	ENG	Alex Greenwood	9	2	6	2	3	0
26	DF	ENG	Ellie Fletcher	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders:
6	MF	WAL	Sophie Ingle	11	0	8	0	3	0
7	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst	10	0	1+6	0	3	0
8	MF	ENG	Laura Coombs	8	1	8	1	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Caroline Weir	11	6	8	5	2+1	1
18	MF	ENG	Ali Johnson	8	0	0+5	0	2+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Amy Rodgers	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Katie Zelem	10	3	2+5	3	2+1	0
40	MF	WAL	Natasha Harding	11	6	8	4	3	2
Forwards:
9	FW	ENG	Jess Clarke	7	1	4+3	1	0	0
11	FW	NED	Shanice van de Sanden	10	1	6+1	0	3	1
17	FW	ENG	Niamh Charles	8	0	7	0	1	0
36	FW	ENG	Ashley Hodson	11	0	8	0	3	0
Players who left the club during the season:
21	FW	ENG	Mollie Green	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

• Source:

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	MF	10	Caroline Weir	5	1	6
	MF	40	Natasha Harding	4	2	6
3	DF	5	Gemma Bonner	3	0	3
	MF	20	Katie Zelem	3	0	3
5	DF	22	Alex Greenwood	2	0	2
6	DF	4	Casey Stoney	1	0	1
	MF	8	Laura Coombs	1	0	1
	FW	9	Jess Clarke	1	0	1
	FW	11	Shanice van de Sanden	0	1	1
Total				20	4	24

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

As of 4 June 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	GK	1	Siobhan Chamberlain	2	1	3
Total				2	1	3

Honours

• 2016–17 PFA Players' Player of the Year: Caroline Weir (finalist)^[20]
• 2016–17 PFA Young Player of the Year: Caroline Weir (finalist)^[20]
• 2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: Caroline Weir^[21]