2015 FA WSL
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Chelsea |
← 2014
2016 →
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The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.[1]
Liverpool L.F.C. were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL. Chelsea became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.
This was the second season since the WSL 2 was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the WSL 1 will increase to nine teams for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team (Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from Premier League to WSL 2.
Background
In December 2014, the FA WSL announced a two-year plan to expand WSL 1 from an eight to 10-team league. Two teams will be promoted from WSL 2, while one team will be relegated to WSL 2.[2][3] Also, for the first time, a team from the FA Women's Premier League earned promotion to WSL 2, effectively connecting the WSL to the rest of the English women's football pyramid.[4]
This will leave WSL 1 with nine teams and WSL 2 with 10 teams for the 2016 season, and with the process repeated the following year, both WSL 1 and WSL 2 will have 10 teams each for the 2017 season.
Teams
- WSL 1
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2014 WSL 1 finish |
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Arsenal | Borehamwood | Meadow Park | 4,502 (1,400 seated) | 4th |
Birmingham City | Solihull | Damson Park | 3,050 (280 seated) | 3rd |
Bristol Academy | Filton | Stoke Gifford Stadium | 1,500 | 7th |
Chelsea | Staines | Wheatsheaf Park | 3,009 (300 seated and 800 covered) | 2nd |
Manchester City | Manchester | Academy Stadium | 7,000 (5,000 seated) | 5th |
Liverpool | Widnes | Halton Stadium | 13,350 | 1st |
Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 20,229 | 6th |
Sunderland | Hetton-le-Hole | The Hetton Centre | 2,500 | 1st (WSL 2) |
- WSL 2
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2014 WSL 2 finish |
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Aston Villa | Sutton Coldfield | Central Ground, Coles Lane | 2,000 | 4th |
Doncaster Rovers Belles | Doncaster | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | 2nd |
Durham | Durham | New Ferens Park | 3,000 | 6th |
Everton | Widnes | Halton Stadium | 13,350 | 8th (WSL 1) |
London Bees | Canons Park | The Hive Stadium | 5,176 (3,434 seated) | 10th |
Millwall Lionesses | London | The Den | 20,146 | 8th |
Oxford United | Abingdon | The Armadillo Stadium | 2,000 | 9th |
Reading | Farnborough | The Rushmoor Community Stadium | 7,000 | 3rd |
Watford | Berkhamsted | Broadwater | 2,000 | 7th |
Yeovil Town | Sherborne | Raleigh Grove | 1,500 | 5th |
FA WSL 1 Transfers
- As of 27 July 2015
* Natasha Harding was supposed to join American team Washington Spirit, as she was denied a visa, she joined Manchester City instead.
WSL 1
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Chelsea (1st WSL title) |
Relegated | Bristol Academy |
Matches played | 56 |
Goals scored | 154 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Beth Mead (12 goals)[85] |
Biggest home win | Manchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy[86] (27 September 2015) |
Biggest away win | Bristol Academy 0–4 Chelsea[86] (2 April 2015) Liverpool 0–4 Chelsea[86] (27 September 2015) |
Highest scoring | Bristol Academy 2–5 Notts County[86] (25 April 2015) Manchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy[86] (27 September 2015) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Chelsea |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Manchester City |
Longest winless run | 9 matches Bristol Academy |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Bristol Academy Liverpool |
Highest attendance | 3,180[87] Manchester City 2–1 Notts County (4 October 2015) |
Total attendance | 57,253[88] |
Average attendance | 1,022[88] |
← 2014
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 5 October 2015. |
Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated.
Table
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Results
Home \ Away Note 1 | ARS | BIR | BRI | CHE | LIV | MCI | NTC | SUN |
Arsenal | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
Birmingham City | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Bristol Academy | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–4 | |
Chelsea | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
Liverpool | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Manchester City | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Notts County | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
Sunderland | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 4 October 2015.
Source: FA WSL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
- As of 5 October 2015[89]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Beth Mead | Sunderland | 12 |
2 | Jess Clarke | Notts County | 7 |
Natalia Pablos | Arsenal | ||
4 | Eniola Aluko | Chelsea | 6 |
Isobel Christiansen | Manchester City | ||
Gemma Davison | Chelsea | ||
Toni Duggan | Manchester City | ||
Chioma Ubogagu | Arsenal | ||
Rachel Williams | Notts County | ||
10 | Karen Carney | Birmingham City | 5 |
Ji So-yun | Chelsea |
WSL 2
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Reading |
Matches played | 90 |
Goals scored | 324 (3.6 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk (20 goals)[85] |
Biggest home win | Reading 8–0 London Bees[86] (22 August 2015) |
Biggest away win | London Bees 0–7 Reading[86] (29 March 2015) |
Highest scoring | Yeovil Town 7–1 Watford[86] (26 July 2015) Reading 8–0 London Bees (22 August 2015) London Bees 1–7 Everton[86] (4 October 2015) Everton 5–3 Oxford United[86] (18 October 2015) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Doncaster Rovers Belles |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Reading |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Watford |
Longest losing run | 11 matches Watford |
← 2014
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 19 October 2015. |
Everton were relegated from WSL 1 last season.
Table
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Results
Home \ Away Note 1 | AST | DON | DUR | EVE | LON | MIL | OXF | REA | WAT | YEO |
Aston Villa | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Doncaster Rovers Belles | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
Durham | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
Everton | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
London Bees | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
Millwall Lionesses | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
Oxford United | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
Reading | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | |
Watford | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | |
Yeovil Town | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 7–1 |
Updated to games played on 18 October 2015.
Source: FA WSL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
- As of 19 October 2015[90]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 20 |
2 | Bethany England | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 13 |
3 | Emma Follis | Reading | 12 |
4 | Fran Kirby | Reading | 11 |
Sue Smith | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
6 | Helen Ward | Reading | 8 |
7 | Lauren Bruton | Reading | 7 |
Kayleigh Hines | Oxford United | ||
Danielle Turner | Everton | ||
Katie Wilkinson | Aston Villa | ||
Corinne Yorston | Yeovil Town |
WSL Cup
All WSL 1 and WSL 2 teams take part. In addition to last season a quarter-final stage was added to the knock-out stage. The first match was played on 21 July 2015, after the WSL break for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[91]
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||
Bristol Academy | 1 | |||||||||
11 October | ||||||||||
Liverpool | 4 | |||||||||
Liverpool | 0 | |||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||
Notts County | 2 | |||||||||
Notts County | 3 | |||||||||
1 November | ||||||||||
Reading | 2 | |||||||||
Notts County | 0 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
Arsenal | 3 | |||||||||
Arsenal | 1 | |||||||||
11 October | ||||||||||
Manchester City | 0 | |||||||||
Arsenal | 3 | |||||||||
13 September | ||||||||||
Birmingham City | 1 | |||||||||
Birmingham City | 1 | |||||||||
Chelsea | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter finals
Reading are the only WSL 2 team to progress from the group stages.[92] The quarter-finals were drawn on 1 September 2015.
13 September 2015 | Bristol Academy | 1–4 | Liverpool | Filton |
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14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Boho 38' | Report | Dowie 35' (pen.), 56', 67', 90+3' | Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 371 Referee: Samuel Allison |
13 September 2015 | Notts County | 3–2 | Reading | Nottingham |
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14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Whelan 34' Greenwood 38' (pen.), 88' |
Report | Ward 35' Fletcher 67' |
Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 649 Referee: Akil Howson |
13 September 2015 | Birmingham City | 1–0 | Chelsea | Solihull |
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14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Potter 53' | Report | Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 516 Referee: Mark Griffiths |
1 October 2015 | Arsenal | 1–0 | Manchester City | Borehamwood |
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19:45 BST (UTC+01:00) | Natalia 34' | Report | Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 720 Referee: Josh Smith |
Semi finals
11 October 2015 | Arsenal | 3–1 | Birmingham City | Borehamwood |
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15:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Corredera 13' Carter 14' Scott 47' |
Report | Linnett 58' | Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 782 Referee: Nigel Lugg |
11 October 2015 | Liverpool | 0–2 | Notts County | Widnes |
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18:30 BST (UTC+01:00) | Report | White 5', 23' | Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 538 Referee: Ian Hussin |
Final
1 November 2015 | Notts County | 0–3 | Arsenal | Rotherham |
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15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Report | Nobbs 26', 41' Ubogagu 90+2' |
Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Jane Simms |
Top goalscorers
- As of 19 October 2015[93]
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Natasha Dowie | Liverpool | 9 |
2 | Jess Clarke | Notts County | 6 |
Ellen White | Notts County | ||
4 | Jade Boho | Bristol Academy | 5 |
Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
6 | Rosella Ayane | Chelsea | 4 |
Fliss Gibbons | Millwall Lionesses | ||
Kirsty Linnett | Birmingham City | ||
Jo Potter | Birmingham City | ||
Helen Ward | Reading | ||
Rachel Williams | Notts County |
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External links
- Official website
- WSL Season at soccerway.com
- WSL 2 Season at soccerway.com
- League Cup at soccerway.com