2020–21 Manchester City W.F.C. season

Manchester City Women
2020–21 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Mubarak
Manager	Gareth Taylor
Stadium	Academy Stadium
League Cup	Quarter-final
FA Community Shield	Runners-up
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 33rd season of competitive football and their eighth season in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.

Gareth Taylor was appointed manager ahead of the new season on 28 May 2020, taking over from Alan Mahon who had been put in charge on an interim basis following the departure of Nick Cushing during the previous campaign.^[1]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

9 August 2020 Friendly	Manchester City	5–0	Coventry United	Manchester
	Bonner Hemp Stanway White Kelly	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

12 August 2020 Friendly	Manchester City	6–0	Sheffield United	Manchester
	Kelly x2 White x2 Walsh Little (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

16 August 2020 Friendly	Aston Villa	–	Manchester City	Bodymoor Heath
		Report		Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: Behind-closed-doors
Note: No official scoreline released

23 August 2020 Friendly	Manchester City	4–1	Everton	Manchester
	Bonner Houghton Hemp Mewis	Report	Magill	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

Competitions

Community Shield

In August 2020, the FA announced the return of the Women's FA Community Shield for the first time since 2008. The tie was contested between 2019–20 FA WSL winners Chelsea and Manchester City who qualified as reigning 2019 FA Cup winners due to the unfinished nature of the 2019–20 Women's FA Cup. The match was part of a Wembley double-header on the same day as the men's equivalent and played behind closed doors.^[2]

29 August 2020	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	London
12:30	Bright 66' Cuthbert 90+1'	Report	Scott 19' 62'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Rebecca Welch

Women's Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	22	18	3	1	69	10	+59	57	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	22	17	4	1	65	13	+52	55	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Arsenal	22	15	3	4	63	15	+48	48	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Manchester United	22	15	2	5	44	20	+24	47
5	Everton	22	9	5	8	39	30	+9	32

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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
12	8	3	1	41	10	+31	27	5	1	0	25	3	+22	3	2	1	16	7	+9

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

5 September 2020 1	Aston Villa	0–2	Manchester City	Aston
14:30		Report	Stanway 6', 21'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Abigail Byrne

13 September 2020 2	Manchester City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
14:00		Report	Bowman 38'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Helen Conley

4 October 2020 3	Manchester City	4–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
12:30	Kelly 33', 51' (pen.) Greenwood 48' Mewis 53' White 68'	Report	Green 43' Dean 44' Harrop 63' Filbey 80'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Stacey Pearson

11 October 2020 4	Chelsea	3–1	Manchester City	Kingston upon Thames
14:30	Bright 33' Mjelde 36' (pen.), 88' Kerr 57' Kirby 79'	Report	White 36' Mewis 45+3' Kelly 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Rebecca Welch

18 October 2020 5	Reading	1–1	Manchester City	Reading
14:00	Eikeland 3' Mitchell 51'	Report	Mewis 56'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Savvas Yianni

7 November 2020 6	Manchester City	8–1	Bristol City	Manchester
15:00	Baggaley 9' (o.g.) Coombs 39' Walsh 42' Bronze 43' Stanway 48' White 58', 85' Beckie 81'	Report	Salmon 11'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Cristiana Hattersley

14 November 2020 7	Manchester United	2–2	Manchester City	Leigh
12:30	Press 46' Heath 54' Hanson 74'	Report	Kelly 8', 45+4' Coombs 45+1'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Amy Fearn

6 December 2020 8	Everton	0–3	Manchester City	Liverpool
14:30	Raso 29' Clemaron 66' Sørensen 75'	Report	White 25' Bonner 26' Beckie 45+2'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Referee: Stacey Pearson

13 December 2020 9	Manchester City	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
14:30	Mewis 30' Weir 90+4'	Report	Miedema 3' Beattie 31' McCabe 87' Nobbs 90+2'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Emily Heaslip

20 December 2020	Birmingham City	P–P	Manchester City	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch^[3]

9 January 2021	Manchester City	P–P	West Ham United	Manchester
15:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium
Note: Postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City^[4]

17 January 2021 10	Manchester City	7–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
12:30	Hemp 2', 38' Scott 17' Stanway 31' Haigh 40' (o.g.) White 45' Kelly 79'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Amy Fearn

24 January 2021 11	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–7	Manchester City	Lancing
14:00	Jarrett 69'	Report	Weir 12', 16' Houghton 41', 61' White 58' Kelly 73' Beckie 77'	Stadium: AMEX Elite Football Performance Centre Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Lisa Benn

31 January 2021 12	Manchester City	4–0	West Ham United	Manchester
14:00	Weir 9' Stanway 39' White 64' Lavelle 71'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Elizabeth Simms
Note: Rescheduled from 9 January 2021 following COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City

7 February 2021 13	Arsenal	v	Manchester City	Borehamwood
14:00				Stadium: Meadow Park

12 February 2021 14	Manchester City	v	Manchester United	Manchester
19:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

7 March 2021 16	Manchester City	v	Everton	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

17 March 2021 17	Bristol City	v	Manchester City	Bath
19:30				Stadium: Twerton Park

28 March 2021 18	Manchester City	v	Reading	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

4 April 2021 19	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester City	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive

25 April 2021 20	Manchester City	v	Chelsea	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

2 May 2021 21	Manchester City	v	Birmingham City	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

9 May 2021 22	West Ham United	v	Manchester City	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Manchester City will enter FA Cup in the fourth round proper. Originally scheduled to take place on 31 January 2021, it was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.^[5]^[6]

TBD Fourth round

v

League Cup

Group stage

7 October 2020 Group stage	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	Manchester
19:00	Lavelle 51' Walsh 60' Kelly 76' Stokes 89' Park 90+2'	Report	Turner 20'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Simon Mather

4 November 2020 Group stage	Liverpool	0–3	Manchester City	Birkenhead
14:00		Report	Coombs 42' Lavelle 52' Park 90+2'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Sarah Garratt

19 November 2020 Group stage	Manchester United	0–0 (4–3 p)	Manchester City	Leigh
19:00		Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Helen Conley
	Penalties
	Toone Groenen M. Turner Ladd		Mewis Coombs Beckie Stanway Greenwood

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	EVE	LIV	MNU
1	Manchester City	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advanced to knock-out stage	—	3–1	—	—
2	Everton	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking	—	—	1–0	1–0
3	Liverpool	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3		0–3	—	—	3–1
4	Manchester United	3	0	1	0	2	1	4	−3	2		0–0	—	—	—

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

Knockout stage

20 January 2021 Quarter-final	Manchester City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Manchester
17:30	Kelly 52' Hemp 85'	Report	Leupolz 43' Charles 89' Reiten 95' Ingle 105'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Richie Watkins
Note: Rescheduled from 13 January 2021 following COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City^[7]

Champions League

Round of 32

9 December 2020 First leg	Kopparbergs/Göteborg	1–2	Manchester City	Gothenburg, Sweden
16:00 CET	Bøe Risa 3' Csiki 53' Roddar 74'	Report	Stanway 41', 42' Mewis 76' Roebuck 90+3'	Stadium: Valhalla IP Referee: Jana Adámková

16 December 2020 Second leg	Manchester City	3–0	Kopparbergs/Göteborg	Manchester, England
15:00	Hemp 37' Stanway 65', 68'	Report	Wijk 49'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Katalin Kulcsár

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 31 January 2021

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Community Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Karen Bardsley	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Aoife Mannion	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Demi Stokes	11	0	6+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Gemma Bonner	9	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	IRL	Megan Campbell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Steph Houghton	18	2	12	2	0	0	2+1	0	2	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Laura Coombs	12	3	4+3	2	0	0	1+2	1	0+2	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Chloe Kelly	17	8	11+1	6	0	0	2	2	1+1	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Georgia Stanway	18	8	9+2	5	0	0	4	0	1+1	3	1	0
11	FW	CAN	Janine Beckie	16	3	4+5	3	0	0	2+2	0	2	0	0+1	0
13	DF	USA	Abby Dahlkemper	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Esme Morgan	11	0	4+1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
15	FW	ENG	Lauren Hemp	8	4	4+1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
16	MF	ENG	Jess Park	11	2	1+5	0	0	0	3+1	2	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Ellen White	18	7	10+2	7	0	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
19	FW	SCO	Caroline Weir	15	4	7+3	4	0	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Lucy Bronze	15	1	10	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	USA	Rose Lavelle	8	3	2+4	1	0	0	1+1	2	0	0	0	0
22	MF	USA	Sam Mewis	15	4	8+1	3	0	0	1+2	0	2	1	0+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Keira Walsh	17	1	11	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0
26	GK	ENG	Ellie Roebuck	14	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
27	DF	ENG	Alex Greenwood	15	0	8+1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
34	GK	FRA	Karima Benameur Taieb	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Alicia Window	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Millie Davies	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
8	MF	ENG	Jill Scott	13	1	2+5	1	0	0	4	0	0+1	0	1	0

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club
3 July 2020	FW	9	Chloe Kelly	Everton^[8]
10 August 2020	MF	22	Sam Mewis	North Carolina Courage^[9]
18 August 2020	MF	21	Rose Lavelle	OL Reign^[10]
8 September 2020	DF	20	Lucy Bronze	Lyon^[11]
9 September 2020	DF	27	Alex Greenwood	Lyon^[12]
16 January 2021	DF	13	Abby Dahlkemper	North Carolina Courage^[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club
1 July 2020	FW	9	Pauline Bremer	Wolfsburg^[14]
1 July 2020	FW	25	Tessa Wullaert	Anderlecht^[15]
4 August 2020	DF	35	Matilde Fidalgo	Benfica^[16]
19 August 2020	FW	28	Emma Bissell	Bristol City^[17]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
24 July 2020	30 June 2021	FW	17	Lee Geum-min	Brighton & Hove Albion^[18]
5 October 2020	30 June 2021	MF	12	Tyler Toland	Glasgow City^[19]
21 January 2021	30 June 2021	MF	8	Jill Scott	Everton^[20]

References

^ "Manchester City Women appoint Gareth Taylor as manager". The Guardian. 28 May 2020.
^ Association, The Football. "First ever double header men's and women's Community Shield to be played at Wembley". www.thefa.com.
^ "Birmingham-Man City falls victim to weather". BBC Sport.
^ "Saturday's WSL games off over Covid cases". BBC Sport.
^ "The Women's FA Cup Season 2020–21 List of Exemptions" (PDF). thefa.com. The Football Association. 10 August 2020.
^ "Women's FA Cup to remain suspended during coronavirus lockdown". Sky Sports.
^ "Chelsea Women's Conti Cup clash against Man City postponed". Chelsea FC.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Chloe Kelly". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Sam Mewis signs for City". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Rose Lavelle joins City". www.mancity.com.
^ "Man City re-sign England defender Bronze". BBC Sport.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Alex Greenwood". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Abby Dahlkemper". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Bremer to depart in summer". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Tessa Wullaert to depart". www.mancity.com.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Matilde Fidalgo departs". www.mancity.com.
^ "Bissell is a Robin". Bristol City.
^ "Albion sign World Cup star". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
^ "Tyler Toland Joins on Loan from Manchester City". Glasgow City Football Club.
^ "Jill Scott rejoins Everton on loan from Manchester City". Sky Sports.

[1] "Manchester City Women appoint Gareth Taylor as manager". The Guardian. 28 May 2020.

[2] Association, The Football. "First ever double header men's and women's Community Shield to be played at Wembley". www.thefa.com.

[3] "Birmingham-Man City falls victim to weather". BBC Sport.

[4] "Saturday's WSL games off over Covid cases". BBC Sport.

[5] "The Women's FA Cup Season 2020–21 List of Exemptions" (PDF). thefa.com. The Football Association. 10 August 2020.

[6] "Women's FA Cup to remain suspended during coronavirus lockdown". Sky Sports.

[7] "Chelsea Women's Conti Cup clash against Man City postponed". Chelsea FC.

[8] Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Chloe Kelly". www.mancity.com.

[9] Oatway, Caroline. "Sam Mewis signs for City". www.mancity.com.

[10] Oatway, Caroline. "Rose Lavelle joins City". www.mancity.com.

[11] "Man City re-sign England defender Bronze". BBC Sport.

[12] Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Alex Greenwood". www.mancity.com.

[13] Oatway, Caroline. "City sign Abby Dahlkemper". www.mancity.com.

[14] Oatway, Caroline. "Bremer to depart in summer". www.mancity.com.

[15] Oatway, Caroline. "Tessa Wullaert to depart". www.mancity.com.

[16] Oatway, Caroline. "Matilde Fidalgo departs". www.mancity.com.

[17] "Bissell is a Robin". Bristol City.

[18] "Albion sign World Cup star". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.

[19] "Tyler Toland Joins on Loan from Manchester City". Glasgow City Football Club.

[20] "Jill Scott rejoins Everton on loan from Manchester City". Sky Sports.

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