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The following is a list of every club which has competed in the FA WSL - the highest level of women's football in England - since its inception in 2011. The eight teams who competed in the inaugural season are listed in italics, whilst current members are listed in bold. As of the 2017-18 season, four teams - Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea and Liverpool - have competed in every season.

Club Town or City Total
Seasons 		Total
Spells 		Longest
Spell 		Last
Promotion 		Last
Relegation 		Total
Seasons
Absent 		Seasons Most Recent
Finish 		Highest
Finish 		Top Scorer Most Appearances
Arsenal Borehamwood 8 1 8 1992 - 0 2011- 3rd 1st Danielle Carter & Jordan Nobbs (26) Danielle Carter (81)
Birmingham City Solihull 8 1 8 2002 - 0 2011- 7th 2nd Rachel Williams (20) Kerys Harrop (93)
Bristol City[α] Filton 7 2 5 2016 2015 1 2011-2015
2017-		 8th 2nd Natalia Pablos (12) Grace McCatty (57)
Chelsea Kingston upon Thames 8 1 8 2005 - 0 2011- 1st 1st Eniola Aluko (26) Drew Spence (67)
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster 4 2 3 2015 2016 4 2011-2013
2016		 WSL2
2nd		 7th Aine O'Gorman (5) Kasia Lipka (54)
Everton Widnes 5 2 4 2017 2014 3 2011-2014;
2017-		 WSL2
1st		 3rd Nikita Parris (12) Michelle Hinnigan (55)
Liverpool Widnes 8 1 8 2010 - 0 2011- 4th 1st Natasha Dowie (20) Gemma Bonner (65)
Manchester City Manchester 5 1 5 2013 - 3 2014- 2nd 1st Toni Duggan (19) Jill Scott (47)
Notts County[β] Nottingham 6 1 6 2010 - 2 2011-2016 Defunct 4th Jess Clarke (23) Jess Clarke (83)
Reading Farnborough 3 1 3 2015 - 4 2016- 6th 6th Melissa Fletcher (6) Kirsty McGee (23)
Sunderland Hetton-le-Hole 4 1 4 2014 - 3 2015- 5th 3rd Beth Mead (18) Stephanie Bannon (37)
Yeovil Town Yeovil 2 1 2 2016 - 6 2017- 9th 9th Lucy Quinn (2) Eight players (8)

Notes:

  1. ^ Originally joined the league as Bristol Academy, renamed Bristol City in 2016.[1]
  2. ^ Originally joined the league as Lincoln Ladies, renamed Notts County in 2014.[2]

In addition, the following teams were members of the 2009-10 FA Women's Premier League - its final season as the national top division - but have never competed in WSL1 (teams listed in italics are members of the second-tier WSL2 for the 2017-18 season):

References

  1. ^ "Bristol Academy to rebrand as Bristol City Women's FC". BBC Sport. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Lincoln Ladies defend Notts County relocation". BBC Sport. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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