2023–24 Women's Super League

Women's Super League
Season	2023–24
Dates	1 October 2023 – 18 May 2024
Matches played	24
Goals scored	73 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martha Thomas; (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 5–0 Bristol City; 15 October 2023
Biggest away win	Everton 0–5 Manchester United; 22 October 2023
Highest scoring	Bristol City 2–4 Leicester City; 1 October 2023; Aston Villa 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur; 21 October 2023; Chelsea 4–2 Brighton & Hove Albion; 22 October 2023
Longest winning run	3 games; Tottenham Hotspur
Longest unbeaten run	4 games; Chelsea; Manchester City; Manchester United
Longest winless run	4 games; Aston Villa; Bristol City
Longest losing run	4 games; Aston Villa; Bristol City
Highest attendance	54,115; Arsenal 0–1 Liverpool; 1 October 2023
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 22 October 2023.

The 2023–24 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It is the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.^[1]

Teams

Twelve teams will contest the 2023–24 Women's Super League season. Bristol City were confirmed as 2022–23 Women's Championship champions on 3 April 2022, ensuring that they would return to the WSL for the first time since the 2020–21 season after a two-year absence.^[2] They replaced Reading, who were relegated after defeat on the final day to eventual WSL title winners Chelsea, ending a seven-season spell in the WSL dating back to 2016.^[3]

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

Locations of the 2023–24 WSL teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2022–23 season
Arsenal	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,500	3rd
Aston Villa	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300	5th
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,800	11th
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate^[4]	27,000	WC, 1st
Chelsea	Kingston upon Thames	Kingsmeadow	4,850	1st
Everton	Liverpool	Walton Hall Park	2,200	6th
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,212	10th
Liverpool	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,547	7th
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000	4th
Manchester United	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	12,000	2nd
Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton	Brisbane Road	9,271	9th
West Ham United	Dagenham	Victoria Road	6,078	8th

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Jonas Eidevall	Kim Little	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Aston Villa	Carla Ward	Rachel Corsie	Castore	Cazoo
Brighton & Hove Albion	Melissa Phillips	Vicky Losada^[5]	Nike	American Express
Bristol City	Lauren Smith	Megan Connolly^[6]	O'Neills	Hubbo
Chelsea	Emma Hayes	Millie Bright	Nike	Three
Everton	Brian Sørensen	Megan Finnigan^[7]	Hummel	Stake.com
Leicester City	Willie Kirk	Aileen Whelan	Adidas	King Power
Liverpool	Matt Beard	Niamh Fahey	Nike	Standard Chartered
Manchester City	Gareth Taylor	Steph Houghton	Puma	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	Marc Skinner	Katie Zelem	Adidas	TeamViewer
Tottenham Hotspur	Robert Vilahamn	Bethany England^[8]	Nike	AIA
West Ham United	Rehanne Skinner	Mackenzie Arnold^[9]	Umbro	Betway

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Ham United	Paul Konchesky	Mutual consent	28 May 2023^[10]	End of season (8th)	Rehanne Skinner	20 July 2023^[11]
Tottenham Hotspur	Vicky Jepson	End of interim period	30 June 2023^[12]	End of season (9th)	Robert Vilahamn	7 July 2023^[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10	Qualification for the Champions League second round
2	Chelsea	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	9	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Manchester United	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8
5	Leicester City	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
6	Liverpool	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
7	Arsenal	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
8	West Ham United	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
10	Everton	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3
11	Aston Villa	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0
12	Bristol City	4	0	0	4	4	14	−10	0	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BHA	BRI	CHE	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	TOT	WHU
Arsenal		2–1	18 May	31 Mar	10 Dec	20 Jan	21 Apr	0–1	5 Nov	17 Feb	3 Mar	26 Nov
Aston Villa	24 Mar		17 Dec	3 Feb	4 Nov	26 Nov	30 Mar	3 Mar	18 May	1–2	2–4	28 Apr
Brighton & Hove Albion	19 Nov	5 May		21 Jan	28 Jan	21 Apr	10 Dec	18 Feb	17 Mar	5 Nov	1–3	0–2
Bristol City	1–2	12 Nov	3 Mar		17 Dec	18 May	2–4	21 Apr	28 Apr	26 Nov	24 Mar	28 Jan
Chelsea	17 Mar	21 Apr	4–2	5 May		4 Feb	26 Nov	19 Nov	18 Feb	21 Jan	2–1	2–0
Everton	28 Apr	17 Mar	1–2	19 Nov	12 Nov		28 Jan	24 Mar	17 Dec	0–5	5 May	18 Feb
Leicester City	12 Nov	21 Jan	24 Mar	18 Feb	3 Mar	1–0		18 May	0–1	28 Apr	19 Nov	17 Dec
Liverpool	28 Jan	2–0	26 Nov	10 Dec	28 Apr	0–1	5 Nov		31 Mar	5 May	4 Feb	17 Mar
Manchester City	5 May	10 Dec	12 Nov	5–0	1–1	3 Mar	4 Feb	21 Jan		24 Mar	26 Nov	21 Apr
Manchester United	2–2	28 Jan	4 Feb	17 Mar	18 May	31 Mar	1–1	17 Dec	19 Nov		21 Apr	12 Nov
Tottenham Hotspur	17 Dec	18 Feb	28 Apr	3–1	31 Mar	5 Nov	17 Mar	12 Nov	28 Jan	10 Dec		18 May
West Ham United	4 Feb	19 Nov	31 Mar	5 Nov	24 Mar	10 Dec	5 May	1–1	0–2	3 Mar	20 Jan

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: The FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 22 October 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[14]
1	Martha Thomas	Tottenham Hotspur	6
2	Elisabeth Terland	Brighton & Hove Albion	4
3	Katie McCabe	Arsenal	3
	Sjoeke Nüsken	Chelsea
	Jill Roord	Manchester City
	Rachel Williams	Manchester United
7	11 players		2

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[15]
1	Niamh Charles	Chelsea	3
2	Olga Ahtinen	Tottenham Hotspur	2
	Laia Aleixandri	Manchester City
	Mary Fowler	Manchester City
	Sam Kerr	Chelsea
	Jessica Naz	Tottenham Hotspur
	Katie Robinson	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Maisie Symonds	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Katie Zelem	Manchester United
10	32 players		1

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[16]
1	Khiara Keating	Manchester City	3
2	Rachael Laws	Liverpool	2
3	Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United	1
	Courtney Brosnan	Everton
	Mary Earps	Manchester United
	Janina Leitzig	Leicester City
	Zećira Mušović	Chelsea

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Martha Thomas	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa	4–2 (A)	21 October 2023	^[17]
Sjoeke Nüsken	Chelsea	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2 (H)	22 October 2023	^[18]

Discipline

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total	Ref.
Player	Taylor Hinds (Liverpool)	3	Alex Greenwood (Manchester City) Kirsty Hanson (Aston Villa) Lauren Hemp (Manchester City) Leila Ouahabi (Manchester City)	1	^[19]
Club	Leicester City	9	Manchester City	3	^[19]

References

^ "Key dates confirmed for 2023/24 WSL campaign". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
^ "Bristol City Women 4–0 Charlton Athletic Women". BBC Sport. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
^ "Reading Women 0–3 Chelsea Women". BBC Sport.
^ "Bristol City women can 'fill' Ashton Gate". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
^ "Losada named club captain". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. 23 September 2023.
^ Dougherty, Noah (19 September 2023). "Connolly named City captain". Bristol City FC.
^ Hughes, David (27 September 2023). "Finnigan On Everton Captaincy Pride". Everton F.C.
^ George-Miller, Dustin (19 September 2023). "Spurs Women update – New striker, new captain, kit numbers". Cartilage Free Captain.
^ "Mackenzie Arnold appointed West Ham United women's team captain". West Ham United. 29 September 2023.
^ Garry, Tom (28 May 2023). "West Ham Women part ways with Paul Konchesky after disappointing WSL campaign". The Telegraph.
^ "Rehanne Skinner appointed West Ham United women's first-team manager". West Ham United F.C. 20 July 2023.
^ "Rehanne Skinner departs". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Club announcement - Appointment of Robert Vilahamn as Women's Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ "Women's Super League top scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "The FA Women's Super League Top Scorers - Top Assists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "Women's Super League Goalkeeper Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ Miller, Ben (21 October 2023). "Aston Villa 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs go top of Women's Super League thanks to Thomas hat-trick". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ Miller, Ben (22 October 2023). "Chelsea 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Blues come from behind to move level with WSL leaders". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Women's Super League Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Key dates confirmed for 2023/24 WSL campaign". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2023-05-27.

[2] "Bristol City Women 4–0 Charlton Athletic Women". BBC Sport. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[3] "Reading Women 0–3 Chelsea Women". BBC Sport.

[4] "Bristol City women can 'fill' Ashton Gate". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-05-31.

[5] "Losada named club captain". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. 23 September 2023.

[6] Dougherty, Noah (19 September 2023). "Connolly named City captain". Bristol City FC.

[7] Hughes, David (27 September 2023). "Finnigan On Everton Captaincy Pride". Everton F.C.

[8] George-Miller, Dustin (19 September 2023). "Spurs Women update – New striker, new captain, kit numbers". Cartilage Free Captain.

[9] "Mackenzie Arnold appointed West Ham United women's team captain". West Ham United. 29 September 2023.

[10] Garry, Tom (28 May 2023). "West Ham Women part ways with Paul Konchesky after disappointing WSL campaign". The Telegraph.

[11] "Rehanne Skinner appointed West Ham United women's first-team manager". West Ham United F.C. 20 July 2023.

[12] "Rehanne Skinner departs". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[13] "Club announcement - Appointment of Robert Vilahamn as Women's Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[14] "Women's Super League top scorers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[15] "The FA Women's Super League Top Scorers - Top Assists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[16] "Women's Super League Goalkeeper Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[17] Miller, Ben (21 October 2023). "Aston Villa 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs go top of Women's Super League thanks to Thomas hat-trick". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[18] Miller, Ben (22 October 2023). "Chelsea 4-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Blues come from behind to move level with WSL leaders". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[discipline-19] "Women's Super League Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

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v t e 2023–24 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Azerbaijan Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '23 '24 Faroe Islands '23 '24 Finland '23 '24 France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '23 '24 Italy Lithuania '23 '24 Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland '23 '24 Norway '23 '24 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '23 '24 Romania Russia '23 '24 Scotland Slovakia Spain Sweden '23 '24 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Croatia England France Germany Greece Iceland '23 '24 Italy Gibraltar Moldova Norway '23 '24 Portugal Scotland Spain Sweden Ukraine '23 Wales
League cups	England Portugal Scotland
Supercups	France Spain
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualification 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League League A League B League C Promotion/relegation Finals Final 2024 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2024 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification