2019–20 FA Women's League Cup

The 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup was the ninth edition of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA Women's Continental League Cup for sponsorship reasons. All 23 teams from the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship contested the competition - the largest field in the history of the cup and an increase of one from the previous year's competition.

2019–20 FA Women's League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	21 September 2019 – 29 February 2020
Teams	23
Defending champions	Manchester City
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	242 (4.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bethany England (7)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Manchester City were the defending champions. As of the start the competition, only Manchester City and Arsenal had previously won the cup in the eight seasons it has previously been contested in.

Format changes

The 2019–20 Women's League Cup kept the same format including an initial group stage that has been used since the 2017–18 edition but expanded by one to accommodate the increase in teams in the top two divisions of women's football to 23. The season was intended to be the first in which the FA WSL and FA Championship both had twelve teams,^[1] allowing for a league cup group stage with four equal groups of six teams. However, the demotion of Yeovil Town from the WSL to the third tier FA Women's National League^[2] meant that, though the competition would have its highest ever number of participants, one group would still have to contain only five clubs.^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHU	AST	LIV	DUR	COV	BLB
1	Sheffield United	5	3	0	1	1	14	8	+6	10	Advance to knock-out stage		—	—	—	—	2–2	4–1
2	Aston Villa	5	3	0	1	1	12	8	+4	10			3–1	—	2–0	—	—	5–2
3	Liverpool	5	3	0	0	2	16	7	+9	9			2–3	—	—	3–1	—	—
4	Durham	5	3	0	0	2	11	8	+3	9			0–4	3–0	—	—	4–0	—
5	Coventry United	5	0	3	0	2	6	14	−8	6			—	2–2	1–5	—	—	1–1
6	Blackburn Rovers	5	0	0	1	4	5	19	−14	1			—	—	0–6	1–3	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Liverpool	2–3	Sheffield United
Hodson 31' Charles 62'	Report	Wilkinson 55' Cusack 87' Pennock 90+4'

22 September 2019

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 687

Referee: Kristian Silcock

Durham	3–0	Aston Villa
Sharpe 14', 27' Holmes 65'	Report

22 September 2019

New Ferens Park, Durham

Attendance: 359

Referee: Jonny Urwin

Coventry United	1–1	Blackburn Rovers
Hughes 63'	Report	Stewart 36' (pen.)
Penalties
	4–3

22 September 2019

Butts Park Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 245

Referee: Amy Fearn

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Aston Villa	3–1	Sheffield United
Richards 20' Syme 23' Hayles 52'	Report	Pennock 69'

19 October 2019

Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Boldmere

Attendance: 405

Referee: Ashley List

Coventry United	1–5	Liverpool
Axten 15'	Report	Charles 3' Linnett 5', 30', 43' Clarke 67'

20 October 2019

Butts Park Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 802

Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Durham
Jordan 31'	Report	Hill 23' Salicki 78' Hepple 82'

20 October 2019

Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge

Attendance: 458

Referee: Magdalena Golba

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Aston Villa	2–0	Liverpool
Follis 6' Syme 86'	Report

2 November 2019

Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Boldmere

Attendance: 355

Referee: Scott Tallis

Durham	4–0	Coventry United
Hepple 22', 34' Hill 39' Manders 85'	Report

3 November 2019

New Ferens Park, Durham

Attendance: 321

Referee: Melissa Burgin

Sheffield United	4–1	Blackburn Rovers
Wilkinson 15' (pen.), 40' Tierney 53' Pennock 68'	Report	Jordan 79' (pen.)

3 November 2019

Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 248

Referee: Lauren Impey

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Coventry United	2–2	Aston Villa
Hughes 3' Dermody 33'	Report	Warner 1' Haywood 50'
Penalties
Worts Axten S. Johnson	3–1	Ale Hutton Follis M. Johnson

20 November 2019

19:45

Group stage

Butts Park Arena, Coventry

Attendance: 286

Referee: Amy Barber

Durham	0–4	Sheffield United
	Report	Matthews 29' Palmer 38' Pennock 64' Cusack 88'

21 November 2019

New Ferens Park, Durham

Referee: Lucy Oliver

Blackburn Rovers	0–6	Liverpool
	Report	Roberts 10' Babajide 23' Lawley 29' Hodson 35' Sweetman-Kirk 84' Kearns 87'

21 November 2019

Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge

Attendance: 392

Referee: Edward Duckworth

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Liverpool	3–1	Durham
Babajide 9', 37' Charles 43'	Report	Sharpe 58'

11 December 2019

Prenton Park, Birkenhead

Attendance: 215

Referee: Dale Baines

Sheffield United	2–2	Coventry United
Wilkinson 67', 87'	Report	O'Brien 31' Dermody 65'
Penalties
	1–2

11 December 2019

SMH Group Stadium, Chesterfield

Referee: Jack Hall

Aston Villa	5–2	Blackburn Rovers
Welsh 4' Greengrass 12' Hayles 49' West 54' Johnson 63'	Report	Stewart 31' Thomas 57'

11 December 2019

Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, Boldmere

Attendance: 183

Referee: Andrew Humphries

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	BHA	BRI	LON	CHA	LCL
1	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	0	25	0	+25	13	Advance to knock-out stage		—	—	7–0	9–0	4–0	—
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	0	1	13	4	+9	11			0–0	—	1–2	—	—	—
3	Bristol City	5	3	0	1	1	11	11	0	10			—	—	—	3–0	—	1–1
4	London Bees	5	1	1	0	3	3	17	−14	5			—	0–5	—	—	0–0	—
5	Charlton Athletic	5	1	0	1	3	3	12	−9	4			—	0–3	2–5	—	—	1–0
6	London City Lionesses	5	0	1	0	4	3	14	−11	2			0–5	2–4	—	0–3	—	—

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Charlton Athletic	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion
		Umotong 44' Green 66' (pen.), 88' (pen.)

22 September 2019

The Oakwood, Crayford

London City Lionesses	0–5	Arsenal
	Report	Mead 28', 57', 79' Roord 33' Mitchell 54'

22 September 2019

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 577

Referee: Jacob Miles

Bristol City	3–0	London Bees
Humphrey 7' Salmon 15' Harrison 90'	Report

22 September 2019

Stoke Gifford Stadium, Filton

Attendance: 337

Referee: Elizabeth Simms

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Arsenal	4–0	Charlton Athletic
Beattie 34' Van de Donk 45', 50' Mead 48'	Report

20 October 2019

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 1,171

Referee: Andrew Humphries

London City Lionesses	0–3	London Bees
	Report	Horwood 26' Will 42' Pickett 66'

20 October 2019

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 209

Referee: Jade Wardle

Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Bristol City
Green 60' (pen.)		Harrison 9' Salmon 45+2'

20 October 2019

Broadfield Stadium, Crawley

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Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Arsenal
	Report
Penalties
Barton Green Le Tissier Buet Le Garrec	4–2	Little McCabe Mead Van de Donk

3 November 2019

Broadfield Stadium, Crawley

Attendance: 761

Referee: Paul Howard

London Bees	0–0	Charlton Athletic
	Report
Penalties
	4–2

3 November 2019

The Hive, Canons Park

Attendance: 162

Referee: Cristiana Hattersley

Bristol City	1–1	London City Lionesses
Wellings 65'	Report	Cowan 17'
Penalties
Baggaley Wellings Chance Salmon Humphrey	3–4	Kemppi Susanna Fitzgerald Ejupi Wilson

3 November 2019

Stoke Gifford Stadium, Filton

Attendance: 317

Referee: Rick Hulme

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London Bees	0–5	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Report	Nildén 43' Williams 50' Simpkins 60' Umotong 70' Natkiel 87'

20 November 2019

The Hive, Canons Park

Attendance: 152

Referee: Stacey Pearson

Charlton Athletic	1–0	London City Lionesses
Estcourt 80'	Report

20 November 2019

The Oakwood, Crayford

Attendance: 226

Referee: Chloe-Ann Anderson

Arsenal	7–0	Bristol City
Little 33', 52' Roord 45' Miedema 57', 76' Nobbs 87' Beattie 90'	Report

21 November 2019

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 805

Referee: Louise Saunders

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Arsenal	9–0	London Bees
McCabe 8', 34', 54' Filis 45', 77', 86' Evans 48', 88' Mead 49'	Report

11 December 2019

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Referee: Lisa Benn

London City Lionesses	2–4	Brighton & Hove Albion
Clarke 47' (pen.) Mason 89'	Report	Lundorf 18' Umotong 57' Bennett 68' (o.g.) Simpkins 79'

11 December 2019

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 43

Referee: Abigail Byrne

Charlton Athletic	2–5	Bristol City
Devlin 32', 90'	Report	Salmon 15' Wellings 61' Robinson 70' van der Linden 80' Wilson 83'

11 December 2019

The Oakwood, Crayford

Attendance: 114

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MNU	MCI	BIR	EVE	LEI
1	Manchester United	4	4	0	0	0	19	2	+17	12	Advance to knock-out stage		—	2–0	—	—	11–1
2	Manchester City	4	3	0	0	1	11	4	+7	9			—	—	2–1	—	5–0
3	Birmingham City	4	2	0	0	2	8	6	+2	6			1–3	—	—	1–0	—
4	Everton	4	1	0	0	3	5	8	−3	3			0–3	1–4	—	—	—
5	Leicester City	4	0	0	0	4	2	25	−23	0			—	—	1–5	0–4	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Birmingham City	1–0	Everton
Williams 73'	Report

22 September 2019

Damson Park, Solihull

Attendance: 511

Referee: Lucy Oliver

Manchester City	5–0	Leicester City
Weir 28', 75' Bremer 57', 65' Wullaert 81'	Report

22 September 2019

Academy Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 1,403

Referee: Thomas Kirk

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Manchester United	2–0	Manchester City
Zelem 7' Sigsworth 54'	Report

20 October 2019

Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Attendance: 4,042

Referee: Amy Fearn

Leicester City	1–5	Birmingham City
Paul 62' (pen.)	Report	Williams 15', 57' Staniforth 33', 80' Jordan 58'

20 October 2019

Farley Way Stadium, Quorn

Attendance: 368

Referee: Scott Simpson

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Everton	0–3	Manchester United
	Report	James 22', Zelem 78' (pen.) Turner 87'

3 November 2019

Haig Avenue, Southport

Attendance: 361

Referee: Rebecca Welsh

Manchester City	2–1	Birmingham City
White 50' Weir 68'	Report	Williams 64'

3 November 2019

Academy Stadium, Manchester

Attendance: 1,178

Referee: Elizabeth Simms

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Everton	1–4	Manchester City
Pike 48'	Report	Beckie 36' Wullaert 50' Bonner 65' Hemp 86'

21 November 2019

Rossett Park, Crosby

Attendance: 327

Referee: Philip Jones

Manchester United	11–1	Leicester City
Sigsworth 1' Arnot 7' Toone 21', 43', 45', 73', 87' Smith 40' Ross 70' Ladd 83' James 90+1'	Report	Smith 42'

21 November 2019

Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Attendance: 1,127

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Birmingham City	1–3	Manchester United
Grant 35'	Report	Arnot 1' Ross 27' Toone 90+3'

11 December 2019

Damson Park, Solihull

Attendance: 442

Referee: Helen Conley

Leicester City	0–4	Everton
	Report	Boye-Hlorkah 44' Hughes 46' Hinds 52' Kaagman 85'

11 December 2019

Farley Way Stadium, Quorn

Attendance: 342

Referee: Amy Fearn

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	REA	WHU	TOT	CRY	LEW
1	Chelsea	5	4	0	1	0	13	3	+10	13	Advance to knock-out stage		—	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	—
2	Reading	5	3	1	0	1	14	4	+10	11			—	—	0–1	—	6–0	3–2
3	West Ham United	5	3	0	1	1	13	5	+8	10			—	—	—	2–2	7–0	3–1
4	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	0	2	12	11	+1	8			—	0–4	—	—	—	6–0
5	Crystal Palace	5	1	0	0	4	3	21	−18	3			0–3	—	—	0–3	—	—
6	Lewes	5	0	0	0	5	6	17	−11	0			1–2	—	—	—	2–3	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Lewes	2–3	Crystal Palace
Ness 12' Taylor 68'	Report	Mosengo 8' Khassal 23' Laudat 71'

22 September 2019

The Dripping Pan, Lewes

Attendance: 341

Referee: Alex Bradley

Chelsea	2–0	West Ham United
England 50' Reiten 70'	Report

22 September 2019

Kingsmeadow, Kingston Upon Thames

Attendance: 3,041

Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Reading
	Report	Chaplen 32', 47' Neville 54' (o.g.) Farrow 55'

22 September 2019

The Hive, Canons Park

Attendance: 533

Referee: Robert Whitton

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Crystal Palace	0–3	Chelsea
	Report	England 51', 55' Spence 76'

20 October 2019

Hayes Lane, Bromley

Attendance: 807

Referee: Abigail Bryne

Reading	3–2	Lewes
Williams 16', 55', 90'	Report	Donovan 27' Noble 34'

20 October 2019

Madjeski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 709

Referee: Louise Sanders

West Ham United	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Thomas 90' Dali 90+5'	Report	Dean 52' Green 83'
Penalties
Flaherty Baunach Leon Dali	2–4	Peplow Quinn Graham Dean Furness

20 October 2019

Rush Green Stadium, Romford

Attendance: 749

Referee: Elizabeth Simms

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Lewes	1–2	Chelsea
Rood 18'	Report	Cuthbert 12' Eriksson 80'

2 November 2019

The Dripping Pan, Lewes

Attendance: 1,019

Referee: Louise McWhinnie

Crystal Palace	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	Filbey 6' Graham 83' Quinn 85'

3 November 2019

Hayes Lane, Bromley

Attendance: 308

Reading	0–1	West Ham United
	Report	Lehmann 75'

3 November 2019

Madjeski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 877

Referee: Ryan Atkins

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Chelsea	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Spence 49' Cuthbert 57' (pen.) England 59', 84' Cooper 76'	Report	Ayane 78'

20 November 2019

Kingsmeadow, Kingston Upon Thames

Attendance: 1,999

Referee: Lisa Benn

West Ham United	3–1	Lewes
Kiernan 24' Dali 29', 40'	Report	Winchester 78'

20 November 2019

Rush Green Stadium, Romford

Attendance: 652

Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Reading	6–0	Crystal Palace
Utland 8', 22', 24', 85', 90' Leine 40'	Report

20 November 2019

Madjeski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 744

Referee: Emily Heaslip

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Chelsea	1–1	Reading
Cooper 66'	Report	Potter 15'
Penalties
Cuthbert Mjelde England Cooper	2–4	Williams Chaplen Farrow Allen

11 December 2019

Kingsmeadow, Kingston Upon Thames

Attendance: 1,783

Referee: Paul Johnson

Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Lewes
Quinn 14', 22' Addison 34', 36', 38' Leon 63'	Report

11 December 2019

The Hive, Canons Park

Attendance: 205

West Ham United	7–0	Crystal Palace
Kiernan 15' Vetterlein 42' Leon 45' Dali 48', 71' Longhurst 70', 74'	Report

11 December 2019

Rush Green Stadium, Romford

Attendance: 336

Referee: Aji Ajibola

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round was made live via Talksport 2 on 16 December 2019 with the winners of each group all receiving home advantage. The round took place on Wednesday 15 January 2020 and contained two FA Women's Championship teams, double the amount that reached the quarter-finals the previous season.

Chelsea	3–1	Aston Villa
Eriksson 55' Ji 81' Murphy 90+1'	Report	Welsh 84'

15 January 2020

19:00

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 1,799

Referee: Louise Saunders

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Arsenal	1–0	Reading
Little 86'	Report

15 January 2020

19:30

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Referee: Emily Heaslip

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Sheffield United	0–4	Manchester City
	Report	Bremer 38', 44', 90+3' Coombs 73'

15 January 2020

19:30

Proact Stadium, Chesterfield

Attendance: 1,521

Referee: Jane Simms

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Manchester United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
McManus 13' Ross 75'	Report	Green 83' (pen.)

15 January 2020

19:30

Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Attendance: 642

Referee: Martin Woods

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 18 January 2019 and was broadcast live on BT Sport Score. The round took place on 29 January 2020 and contained the same four semi-finalists as the previous season.

Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City
Miedema 6' van de Donk 44'	Report	Bonner 60'

29 January 2020

19:30

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Referee: Abigail Byrne

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Manchester United	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Mjelde 72'

29 January 2020

19:30

Leigh Sports Village, Leigh

Attendance: 1,044

Referee: Elizabeth Sims

Final

Main article: 2020 FA Women's League Cup Final

Beth England scoring the winning goal.

On 16 January, it was announced the 2020 FA Women's League Cup Final would be held at the City Ground, the home of Nottingham Forest, for the first time.^[5] The game was televised live domestically on BT Sport and internationally via the FA's own streaming service the FA Player.^[6]

Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea
Williamson 85'	Report	England 8', 90+2'

29 February 2020

17:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

City Ground, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

Attendance: 6,743

Referee: Helen Conley

See also

• 2019–20 FA WSL
• 2019–20 FA Women's Championship

References

1. "Women's Super League: New full-time, professional era - all you need to know". BBC Sport. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
2. "Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
3. "Women's Continental League Cup: Manchester rivals to meet in group stage". BBC Sport. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
4. "FA Womens Super cup 2019/20; group stage: B". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
5. "Conti Cup Final to be held at Forest". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
6. The Football Association. "League Cup final on FA Player". www.thefa.com.

External links

• Official website