2016 FA WSL

FA WSL
Season	2016
Champions	Manchester City W.F.C.
← 2015 2017–18 →

The 2016 FA WSL is the sixth edition of the FA WSL since it was formed in 2010. The WSL 1 was expanded to nine teams. The WSL 2 included one team promoted from the FA Women's Premier League for the first time. The season started on 23 March and Chelsea were the defending WSL 1 champions.

Manchester City W.F.C. won the WSL 1 championship on 25 September 2016 with a 2-0 win over Chelsea.^[1] This is Manchester City's first WSL 1 title.^[2]

Teams

WSL 1

Doncaster Rovers Belles

Reading

Locations of the 2016 Super League teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2015 season
Arsenal	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,502	3rd
Birmingham City	Solihull	Damson Park	3,050	6th
Chelsea	Staines	Wheatsheaf Park	3,009	1st
Doncaster Rovers Belles	Doncaster	Keepmoat Stadium	15,231	12 2nd, WSL 2
Liverpool	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350	7th
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000	2nd
Notts County	Nottingham	Meadow Lane	20,229	5th
Reading	Farnborough	Adams Park	10,000	111st, WSL 2
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	The Hetton Centre	2,500	4th

WSL 2

Locations of the 2016 WSL 2 teams

Bristol Academy was renamed Bristol City before the season.^[3]

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2015 season
Aston Villa	Sutton Coldfield	Central Ground, Coles Lane	2,000	5th
Bristol City	Filton	Stoke Gifford Stadium	1,500	1st8th, WSL 1
Durham	Durham	New Ferens Park	3,000	7th
Everton	Widnes	Halton Stadium	13,350	3rd
London Bees	Canons Park	The Hive Stadium	5,176	8th
Millwall Lionesses	London	The Den	20,146	9th
Oxford United	Abingdon	Northcourt Road	2,000	6th
Sheffield	Dronfield	Coach and Horses	2,000	221st, WPL
Watford	Berkhamsted	Broadwater	2,000	10th
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565	4th

WSL 1

FA WSL 1
Season	2016
Champions	Manchester City
Relegated	Doncaster Rovers Belles
Matches played	64
Goals scored	180 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eniola Aluko (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 6–0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (2 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Sunderland 0–5 Chelsea (30 June 2016)
Highest scoring	Chelsea 6–3 Liverpool (8 May 2016)
Highest attendance	4,096 Manchester City 2–0 Chelsea (25 September 2016)
Average attendance	1,128^[4]
← 2015 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 10 July 2016.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, Q)	16	13	3	0	36	4	+32	42	Qualification to Champions League
2	Chelsea (Q)	16	12	1	3	42	17	+25	37	Qualification to Champions League
3	Arsenal	16	10	2	4	33	14	+19	32
4	Birmingham City	16	7	6	3	18	13	+5	27
5	Liverpool	16	7	4	5	27	23	+4	25
6	Notts County	16	4	4	8	16	26	−10	16
7	Sunderland	16	2	4	10	17	41	−24	10
8	Reading	16	1	6	9	15	26	−11	9
9	Doncaster Rovers (R)	16	1	0	15	8	48	−40	3	Relegation to FA WSL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2016. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away ^{Note 1}	ARS	BIR	CHE	DON	LIV	MCI	NTC	REA	SUN
Arsenal		0–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	5–1
Birmingham City	0–0		0–4	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
Chelsea	1–2	1–1		4–0	6–3	0–2	2–1	3–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–5	0–1	1–4		1–3	0–4	1–2	1–4	1–4
Liverpool	3–5	1–0	1–2	1–0		0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2
Manchester City	2–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–0
Notts County	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–5		2–2	2–1
Reading	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1		1–1
Sunderland	0–4	1–7	0–5	4–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
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 30 October 2016. ^[5]^[6]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jane Ross	Manchester City	8
1	Eniola Aluko	Chelsea	8
3	Caroline Weir	Liverpool	6
4	Fran Kirby	Chelsea	5
	Beth Mead	Sunderland
	Katie Chapman	Chelsea
	Toni Duggan	Manchester City
	Jessica Clarke	Notts County
9	Dominique Janssen	Arsenal	4
	Natalia Pablos	Arsenal
	Ji So-yun	Chelsea
	Georgia Stanway	Manchester City
	Emma Follis	Reading
	Danielle Carter	Arsenal

WSL 2

FA WSL 2
Season	2016
Promoted	Bristol City Yeovil Town
Matches played	44
Goals scored	134 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Iniabasi Umotong (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Yeovil Town 5–0 Watford (1 May 2016)
Biggest away win	Watford 0–5 London Bees (16 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Oxford United 3–5 Millwall Lionesses (24 March 2016)
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 10 July 2016.

Bristol Academy were relegated from the WSL 1 last season and renamed Bristol City, while Sheffield became the first team to be promoted to the WSL 2 from the FA Women's Premier League.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Yeovil Town (P)	17	11	3	3	38	16	+22	36	Promotion to FA WSL 1
2	Bristol City (P)	17	11	3	3	32	16	+16	36	Promotion to FA WSL 1
3	Everton	17	9	4	4	31	15	+16	31
4	Durham	17	9	3	5	28	18	+10	30
5	Sheffield	17	7	5	5	25	15	+10	26
6	London Bees	17	6	4	7	25	35	−10	22
7	Aston Villa	17	6	3	8	22	27	−5	21
8	Millwall Lionesses	17	3	7	7	23	29	−6	16
9	Oxford United	17	4	1	12	20	37	−17	13
10	Watford	17	2	1	14	13	49	−36	7

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away ^{Note 1}	AST	BRI	DUR	EVE	LON	MIL	OXF	SHE	WAT	YEO
Aston Villa		2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2		0–2
Bristol City	2–0		1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–2
Durham	3–0	0–0		1–3	2–0		2–1	1–0	3–0	0–2
Everton	2–1	2–3	1–1		5–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–0
London Bees	2–1	0–3	2–2			2–1	3–1	0–5	2–2	0–2
Millwall Lionesses	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1			1–1	2–1	0–4
Oxford United	0–1		1–5	0–1	4–2	3–5		1–0	2–0	2–2
Sheffield	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1		3–0	1–1
Watford	0–2	0–2	1–6	2–1	0–5	1–2	3–2	1–3		1–2
Yeovil Town	4–2	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–0		5–0

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
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 30 October 2016.^[7]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Iniabasi Umotong	Oxford United	13
2	Sarah Wiltshire	Yeovil Town	11
3	Jo Wilson	London Bees	10
4	Claire Emslie	Bristol City	8
4	Beth Hepple	Durham	8
6	Bethan Merrick	Aston Villa	7
	Jodie Michalska	Sheffield
	Millie Farrow	Bristol City
9	Ann-Marie Heatherson	Yeovil Town	6
	Katie Wilkinson	Aston Villa
	Ashlee Hincks	Millwall Lionesses

WSL Cup

The FA WSL Cup format was changed to a true knock-out tournament.^[8] With 19 teams, the bottom six teams play a preliminary round. The round of 16 following that is seeded, so that WSL 1 teams meet WSL 2 teams, who have home advantage.^[9]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 May 2016
Sheffield	3–1	Durham
Oxford United	1–0	Millwall Lionesses
Watford	0–2	London Bees

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 July 2016
Aston Villa	0–8	Manchester City
Everton	0–1	Liverpool
Reading	1–3	Arsenal
London Bees	3–3 (4–2 p)	Chelsea
Sheffield	2–0	Bristol City
3 July 2016
Doncaster Rovers Belles	2–1	Sunderland
Oxford United	0–2	Birmingham City
Yeovil Town	1–3	Notts County

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 August 2016
Arsenal	3–2	Notts County
7 August 2016
Birmingham City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Manchester City	4–1	Doncaster Rovers Belles
Sheffield	0–2	London Bees

Semi-finals

Played on 3 and 4 September 2016.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
London Bees	0–4	Birmingham City
Manchester City	1–0	Arsenal

Final

Played on 2 October 2016. Manchester City won their second cup after 2014 and completed the double.^[10]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Birmingham City	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City

References

↑ Leighton, Tony. "Manchester City seal Women's Super League title with a 2-0 win over Chelsea". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
↑ "Man City Women are champions!". Manchester City W.F.C.
↑ Posted 11th December 2015, 12:52 in (2015-12-11). "Bristol Name Change Approved". She Kicks. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
↑ "Year-on-year growth in Women's Super League attendances". thefa.com. 7 November 2016.
↑ "Topscorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
↑ "PLAYER STATS". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ "PLAYER STATS". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "FA WSL Continental Cup is knockout!". shekicks.net. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
↑ Posted 29th March 2016, 07:30 in (2016-03-29). "Continental Tyres Cup Draw". She Kicks. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
↑ "Women's Continental Cup final: Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham City (aet)". BBC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

External links

Official website
WSL Season at soccerway.com
WSL 2 Season at soccerway.com
League Cup at soccerway.com

FA WSL

2016 WSL 1 teams	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Doncaster Rovers Belles Liverpool Manchester City Notts County Reading Sunderland

2016 WSL 2 teams	Aston Villa Bristol City Durham Everton London Bees Millwall Lionesses Oxford United Sheffield Watford Yeovil Town

Associated competitions	FA Women's Cup FA WSL Cup UEFA Women's Champions League

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017–18

Awards	The FA Women's Football Awards

Foreign players Hat-tricks

Women's football in England

The Football Association

National teams

League system

Levels 1–2	Women's Super League 1 Women's Super League 2

Levels 3–4	Women's Premier League

Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East (level 5 only) North East North West Southern South West West Midlands Greater London (levels 6–9) South East Counties (levels 6–8)

Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset Staffs Suffolk Surrey (level 9) Sussex (level 8) Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire

Cup competitions

List of clubs

2016–17 in English women's football

« 2015–16

2017–18 »

League competitions

Level 1	FA WSL 1 (16', 17')

Level 2	FA WSL 2 (16', 17')

Level 3	FA Women's Premier League (North, South)

Level 4	FA Women's Premier League Division One (Midlands, North, South East, South West)

Cup competitions

Club seasons

Durham (2016)
Manchester City (2016)

2015–16 in English women's football

« 2014–15

2016–17 »

National teams

Senior (UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Women's U19 Euro 2016 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Women's U17 Euro 2016 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	FA WSL 1 (15', 16')

Level 2	FA WSL 2 (15', 16')

Level 3	FA Women's Premier League (North, South)

Level 4	FA Women's Premier League Division One (Midlands, North, South East, South West)

Cup competitions

Club seasons

Doncaster Rovers Belles (2015)
Durham (2016)
Manchester City (2015, 2016)

2016–17 in European women's football (UEFA)

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England '16 France Germany Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Netherlands Norway '16 '17 Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Russia '16 '17 Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden '16 '17

Domestic cups	England Germany Scotland '16 Spain '16 Moldova

UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

2015–16 in European women's football (UEFA)

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England '15 '16 Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia '15 '16 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland '15 '16 Turkey Ukraine '15 '16 Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '14 '15 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain '15 '16 Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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