Season | 2022–23 |
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Dates | 16 September 2022 – 27 May 2023 |
Champions |
Chelsea 6th title |
Relegated | Reading |
Champions League | Chelsea Manchester United Arsenal |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 439 (3.33 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Rachel Daly (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Chelsea 7–0
Everton 7 May 2023 |
Biggest away win |
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–8
Tottenham Hotspur 30 October 2022 Leicester City 0–8 Chelsea 3 December 2022 |
Highest scoring |
West Ham United 4–5 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 November 2022 |
Highest attendance | 47,367 Arsenal 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur (24 September 2022) |
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The 2022–23 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. [1] It was the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.
Ahead of the season the top two tiers unveiled a new visual identity, dropping " The FA" from the league names as part of the long term strategy for the leagues to be under new ownership in the future. [2] Due to start on 9 September 2022, the FA postponed all of the weekend's football fixtures following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. [3] The first match was instead played the following week on 16 September.
Chelsea successfully defended their title by defeating Reading, whose relegation from the division after an eight-year stint was confirmed by the result, 3–0 on the final matchday. It was Chelsea's fourth consecutive and sixth overall WSL title. [4] Manchester United became the first side since 2014 to break into the WSL's top three which had been occupied by Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City in various combinations for the previous seven seasons. [5]
Rachel Daly was topscorer and equalled the league record of 22 goals first set by Vivianne Miedema in 2018–19. She became the first English player to win the award since Ellen White in 2017–18. [6] Mary Earps won the golden glove and broke the record for clean sheets in a WSL season with 14. [7]
On 24 September 2022, a new record WSL attendance was set at 47,367 during a match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal won 4–0. [8]
Twelve teams contested the 2022–23 Women's Super League season. Liverpool were confirmed as the 2021–22 FA Women's Championship champions on 3 April 2022, ensuring that they would return to the WSL for the first time since the 2019–20 season after a two year absence. [9] On 4 May 2022, founding members Birmingham City were relegated meaning the 2022–23 season is the first WSL season without them. [10]
Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2021–22 season |
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Arsenal | Borehamwood | Meadow Park [a] | 4,050 | 2nd |
Aston Villa | Walsall | Bescot Stadium [b] | 11,300 | 9th |
Brighton & Hove Albion | Crawley | Broadfield Stadium [c] | 5,800 | 7th |
Chelsea | Kingston upon Thames | Kingsmeadow [d] | 4,850 | 1st |
Everton | Liverpool | Walton Hall Park | 2,200 | 10th |
Leicester City | Leicester | King Power Stadium | 32,212 | 11th |
Liverpool | Birkenhead | Prenton Park [e] | 16,547 | WC, 1st |
Manchester City | Manchester | Academy Stadium [f] | 7,000 | 3rd |
Manchester United | Leigh | Leigh Sports Village [g] | 12,000 | 4th |
Reading | Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,161 | 8th |
Tottenham Hotspur | Leyton | Brisbane Road [h] | 9,271 | 5th |
West Ham United | Dagenham | Victoria Road | 6,078 | 6th |
Having spent the previous three seasons at The Hive Stadium following promotion to the WSL in 2019, Tottenham Hotspur relocated to Brisbane Road, home of Leyton Orient, ahead of the 2022–23 season. [11]
In addition, eight of the ten clubs whose women's team play at secondary stadia moved select matches to the club's primary ground throughout the season. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] This would have included on opening weekend with Brighton & Hove Albion hosting Aston Villa at Falmer Stadium, [17] Chelsea hosting West Ham United at Stamford Bridge, [18] and Tottenham Hotspur hosting Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. [19] With Reading already playing at the Madejski Stadium, it would have meant four of the six openers taking place at the stadium used by their respective clubs' men's team with Everton and Manchester City the only home sides not to do so. However, the opening weekend was postponed along with all other football fixture in the country following the death of Elizabeth II, meaning the predicted "record breaking start" to the season off the back of Euro 2022 was on hold. [20] Everton and West Ham United were the two teams to not play any WSL matches at the club's primary ground during the season.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Arsenal |
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Adidas | Fly Emirates |
Aston Villa |
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Castore | Cazoo |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
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Nike | American Express |
Chelsea |
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Nike | Three |
Everton |
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Hummel | Stake.com |
Leicester City |
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Adidas | FBS |
Liverpool |
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Nike | Standard Chartered |
Manchester City |
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Puma | Etihad Airways |
Manchester United |
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Adidas | TeamViewer |
Reading |
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Macron | Select Car Leasing |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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Nike | AIA |
West Ham United |
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Umbro | Betway |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Everton |
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End of interim period | 8 May 2022 [22] | End of season (10th) |
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5 June 2022 [22] |
West Ham United |
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Resigned | 8 May 2022 [23] | End of season (6th) |
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8 May 2022 [23] |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
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31 October 2022 [24] | 11th |
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Leicester City |
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Sacked | 3 November 2022 [25] | 12th |
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3 November 2022 [25] |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
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End of interim period | 28 December 2022 [26] | 11th |
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28 December 2022 [26] |
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Mutual consent | 6 March 2023 [27] | 11th |
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6 March 2023 [27] | |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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Sacked | 13 March 2023 [28] | 10th |
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13 March 2023 [28] |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
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End of interim period | 7 April 2023 [29] | 12th |
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7 April 2023 [29] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Chelsea (C) | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 15 | +51 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage [a] |
2 | Manchester United | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
3 | Arsenal | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
4 | Manchester City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 47 | |
5 | Aston Villa | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 37 | |
6 | Everton | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 30 | |
7 | Liverpool | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 23 | |
8 | West Ham United | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 21 | |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 18 | |
10 | Leicester City | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 48 | −33 | 16 | |
11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 16 | |
12 | Reading (R) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 57 | −34 | 11 | Relegation to the Championship |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [31] |
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Aston Villa | 22 |
2 |
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Manchester City | 20 |
3 |
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Chelsea / Tottenham Hotspur | 14 |
4 |
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Chelsea | 12 |
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Manchester United | 10 |
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Manchester United | ||
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Arsenal | 9 |
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Chelsea | ||
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Liverpool | ||
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Arsenal | 8 |
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Manchester United | ||
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Chelsea |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets [32] |
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1 |
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Manchester United | 14 |
2 |
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Arsenal | 10 |
3 |
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Chelsea | 8 |
4 |
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West Ham United | 5 |
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Aston Villa | ||
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Leicester City | ||
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Manchester City | ||
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Everton | 4 |
9 |
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Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
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Chelsea | ||
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Everton |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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Aston Villa | Reading | 3–1 (H) | 20 November 2022 | [33] |
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Brighton & Hove Albion | 6–2 (A) | 12 February 2023 | [34] | |
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Manchester United | Leicester City | 5–1 (H) | 5 March 2023 | [35] |
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Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 (H) | [36] | |
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Aston Villa | Reading | 5–0 (A) | 7 May 2023 | [37] |
Most yellow cards | Total | Most red cards | Total | Ref. | |
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1 | [38] |
Club | Leicester City Reading Tottenham Hotspur |
30 | Brighton & Hove Albion Everton Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Reading Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United |
1 | [38] |
Award | Winner | Club |
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Barclays WSL Player of the Season [61] |
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Aston Villa |
Barclays WSL Manager of the Season [62] |
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Chelsea |
Barclays WSL Goal of the Season [63] |
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Arsenal |
PFA Players' Player of the Year [64] |
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Aston Villa |
PFA Young Player of the Year [65] |
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Chelsea |
FWA Footballer of the Year [66] |
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Chelsea |
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Rank | Club | Attendance | Stadium | Opposition | Result | Date | Ref |
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1 | Arsenal | 47,367 | Emirates Stadium | Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 | 24 September 2022 | [68] |
2 | Arsenal | 46,881 | Emirates Stadium | Chelsea | 1–1 | 15 January 2023 | [69] |
3 | Manchester City | 44,259 | City of Manchester Stadium | Manchester United | 1–1 | 11 December 2022 | [70] |
4 | Arsenal | 40,064 | Emirates Stadium | Manchester United | 2–3 | 19 November 2022 | [71] |
5 | Chelsea | 38,350 | Stamford Bridge | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | 20 November 2022 | [72] |
6 | Manchester United | 30,196 | Old Trafford | Aston Villa | 5–0 | 3 December 2022 | [73] |
7 | Liverpool | 28,574 | Anfield | Everton | 0–3 | 25 September 2022 | [74] |
8 | Manchester United | 27,919 | Old Trafford | West Ham United | 4–0 | 25 March 2023 | [75] |
9 | Everton | 22,161 | Goodison Park | Liverpool | 1–1 | 24 March 2023 | [76] |
10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21,940 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Manchester United | 1–2 | 12 February 2023 | [77] |
Club | Attendance | Stadium | Opposition | Result | Date | Ref |
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Arsenal | 47,367 | Emirates Stadium | Tottenham Hotspur | 4–0 | 24 September 2022 | [68] |
Aston Villa | 7,517 | Villa Park | Manchester City | 3–3 | 21 May 2023 | [78] |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 5,220 | Falmer Stadium | Reading | 2–1 | 25 September 2022 | [79] |
Chelsea | 38,350 | Stamford Bridge | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–0 | 20 November 2022 | [72] |
Everton | 22,161 | Goodison Park | Liverpool | 1–1 | 24 March 2023 | [76] |
Leicester City | 4,007 | King Power Stadium | Manchester United | 0–1 | 23 October 2022 | [80] |
Liverpool | 28,574 | Anfield | Everton | 0–3 | 25 September 2022 | [74] |
Manchester City | 44,259 | City of Manchester Stadium | Manchester United | 1–1 | 11 December 2022 | [70] |
Manchester United | 30,196 | Old Trafford | Aston Villa | 5–0 | 3 December 2022 | [73] |
Reading | 5,108 | Madejski Stadium | Manchester United | 0–1 | 22 January 2023 | [81] |
Tottenham Hotspur | 21,940 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Manchester United | 1–2 | 12 February 2023 | [77] |
West Ham United | 2,832 | Victoria Road | Arsenal | 0–0 | 5 February 2023 | [82] |