2025–26 Women's Super League

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The 2025–26 Women's Super League was the 15th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the seventh season after the rebranding of the four highest levels of women's football in England. The season began on 5 September 2025 and ended on 16 May 2026.[1][2]

Season2025–26
Dates5 September 2025 – 16 May 2026[1][2]
ChampionsManchester City
2nd title
RelegatedLeicester City
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Women's Super League
Season2025–26
Dates5 September 2025 – 16 May 2026[1][2]
ChampionsManchester City
2nd title
RelegatedLeicester City
Champions LeagueManchester City
Arsenal
Chelsea
Matches132
Goals392 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerKhadija Shaw
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperHannah Hampton
(8 clean sheets)
Biggest home winArsenal 7–0 Leicester City
(29 April 2026)
Biggest away winWest Ham United 1–5 Arsenal
(12 September 2025)
London City Lionesses 1–5 Manchester United
(14 September 2025)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 Manchester City
(19 September 2025)
West Ham United 0–4 Chelsea
(28 September 2025)
Aston Villa 3–7 Tottenham Hotspur
(15 February 2026)
Highest scoringAston Villa 3–7 Tottenham Hotspur
(15 February 2026)
Longest winning run13 games
Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Arsenal
Longest winless run12 games
Liverpool
Longest losing run11 games
Leicester City
Highest attendance56,537
Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea
(8 November 2025)
Lowest attendance1,404
Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
(28 September 2025)
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On 16 June 2025, it was announced that the WSL would be expanding to 14 teams from the 2026–27 season. As a result, the 2025–26 WSL2 season promoted two teams (Birmingham City and Crystal Palace), while the bottom WSL team, Leicester City, played in a promotion/relegation play-off against the 3rd placed WSL2 side, Charlton Athletic, on 23 May 2026.[3] A loss on penalties saw Leicester City relegated after a five-year stint in the division.[4]

Chelsea entered the season as defending champions, having won their sixth consecutive and eighth overall title the previous season. However, they were dethroned after six years by Manchester City, who won their first WSL title in a decade (since 2016) and their second overall.[5][6]

Teams

Locations of the 2025–26 WSL teams outside of London
Locations of the 2025–26 WSL teams in London

Twelve teams contested the 2025–26 Women's Super League season. London City Lionesses were confirmed as 2024–25 Women's Championship champions on the final day of competition.[7] They replaced Crystal Palace, who were relegated on 27 April 2025, with two games remaining in the season.[8]

More information Team, Location ...
TeamLocationGroundCapacity2024–25 season
ArsenalLondon (Holloway)Emirates Stadium60,7042nd
Aston VillaBirmingham (Aston)Villa Park42,6406th
Brighton & Hove AlbionCrawleyBroadfield Stadium[a]6,1345th
ChelseaLondon (Kingston upon Thames)Kingsmeadow[b]4,8501st
EvertonLiverpool (Walton)Goodison Park[9]39,4148th
Leicester CityLeicesterKing Power Stadium32,21210th
LiverpoolSt HelensBrewDog Stadium[c]18,0007th
London City LionessesLondon (Bromley)Hayes Lane5,000WC, 1st
Manchester CityManchester (Bradford)Academy Stadium[d]7,0004th
Manchester UnitedLeighLeigh Sports Village[e]12,0003rd
Tottenham HotspurLondon (Leyton)Brisbane Road[f]9,27111th
West Ham UnitedLondon (Dagenham)Victoria Road6,0789th
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  1. [a]
    Some matches to be played at Falmer Stadium.
  2. [b]
    Some matches to be played at Stamford Bridge.
  3. [c]
    Three matches to be played at Anfield.
  4. [d]
    Some matches to be played at City of Manchester Stadium.
  5. [e]
    Some matches to be played at Old Trafford.
  6. [f]
    Three matches to be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shirt sponsor (back) Shorts sponsor
Arsenal Netherlands Renée Slegers Scotland Kim Little Adidas Fly Emirates Visit Rwanda None None
Aston Villa Spain Natalia Arroyo England Rachel Daly Adidas None Trade Nation None None
Brighton & Hove Albion Australia Dario Vidošić England Maisie Symonds Nike American Express Experience Kissimmee None None
Chelsea France Sonia Bompastor England Millie Bright Nike None None Škoda Here We Flo
Everton England Scott Phelan (interim) England Megan Finnigan Castore Stake.com Christopher Ward None None
Leicester City England Rick Passmoor England Sam Tierney Adidas King Power Bia Saigon None None
Liverpool Wales Gareth Taylor England Grace Fisk[10] Adidas Standard Chartered Expedia None None
London City Lionesses Spain Eder Maestre Sweden Kosovare Asllani Nike Everyone Watches Women's Sports None None None
Manchester City Sweden Andrée Jeglertz England Alex Greenwood Puma Etihad Airways OKX Nissan Joie
Manchester United England Marc Skinner England Maya Le Tissier Adidas Snapdragon DXC Technology None None
Tottenham Hotspur England Martin Ho England Bethany England Nike AIA Cinch None None
West Ham United Italy Rita Guarino Australia Katrina Gorry Umbro BoyleSports QuickBooks ZO Skin Health Modibodi
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Liverpool England Amber Whiteley End of interim period 10 May 2025 Pre season Wales Gareth Taylor 8 August 2025[11]
Manchester City England Nick Cushing Sweden Andrée Jeglertz 3 July 2025[12][13]
Tottenham Hotspur Sweden Robert Vilahamn Sacked 8 June 2025[14] England Martin Ho 4 July 2025[15]
Leicester City France Amandine Miquel 28 August 2025[16] England Rick Passmoor[a] 4 September 2025[18]
West Ham United England Rehanne Skinner 18 December 2025[19] 11th Italy Rita Guarino 22 December 2025[20]
London City Lionesses France Jocelyn Prêcheur 21 December 2025[21] 6th Spain Eder Maestre 2 January 2026[22]
Everton Denmark Brian Sørensen 4 February 2026[23] 9th England Scott Phelan[b] 4 February 2026[23]
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  1. [a]
    Passmoor was initially appointed as an interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 10 October 2025.[17]
  2. [b]
    Phelan was initially appointed as an interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 23 June 2026.[24]

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 22 18 1 3 62 19 +43 55 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Arsenal 22 15 6 1 53 14 +39 51
3 Chelsea 22 15 4 3 44 20 +24 49 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Manchester United 22 11 7 4 38 22 +16 40
5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 11 3 8 35 38 −3 36
6 London City Lionesses 22 8 3 11 28 35 −7 27
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 7 5 10 27 28 −1 26
8 Everton 22 7 2 13 25 37 −12 23
9 Aston Villa 22 5 5 12 28 48 −20 20
10 West Ham United 22 5 4 13 20 45 −25 19
11 Liverpool 22 4 5 13 21 34 −13 17
12 Leicester City (R) 22 2 3 17 11 52 −41 9 Consigned to relegation play-off
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Source: WSL League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Matches

More information Home \ Away, ARS ...
Home \ Away ARS AVL BHA CHE EVE LEI LIV LCL MCI MUN TOT WHU
Arsenal 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 5–2 5–0
Aston Villa 0–3 2–1 1–3 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–4 3–7 0–2
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–2 4–1
Chelsea 0–2 4–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–0
Everton 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0
Leicester City 1–4 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2
Liverpool 1–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–1
London City Lionesses 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–2 1–5 4–2 1–0
Manchester City 3–2 6–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 6–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 5–2 1–0
Manchester United 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 0–3 3–3 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–5 0–0 1–0
West Ham United 1–5 0–2 3–2 0–4 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–2
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Source: Women's Super League Results and Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

More information Charlton Athletic, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
Charlton Athletic0–0 (a.e.t.)Leicester City
Report
Penalties
 2–1
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Attendance: 3,979
Referee: Emily Heaslip

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerClubGoals[25]
1 Jamaica Khadija Shaw Manchester City 21
2 England Alessia Russo Arsenal 13
3 Scotland Kirsty Hanson Aston Villa 12
4 Sweden Stina Blackstenius Arsenal 10
Netherlands Vivianne Miedema Manchester City
6 Brazil Kerolin 9
7 Denmark Olivia Holdt Tottenham Hotspur 8
Japan Kiko Seike Brighton & Hove Albion
9 England Bethany England Tottenham Hotspur 7
Australia Sam Kerr Chelsea
United States Alyssa Thompson
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Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[26]
1 England Hannah Hampton Chelsea 8
2 United States Phallon Tullis-Joyce Manchester United 7
Japan Ayaka Yamashita Manchester City
4 Germany Anneke Borbe Arsenal 6
Netherlands Lize Kop Tottenham Hotspur
Nigeria Chiamaka Nnadozie Brighton & Hove Albion
7 Canada Sabrina D'Angelo Aston Villa 5
Netherlands Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal
9 Republic of Ireland Courtney Brosnan Everton 4
Sweden Jennifer Falk Liverpool
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Women's Super League hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDate Ref.
Spain Ornella Vignola Everton Liverpool 4–1 (A) 7 September 2025 [27]
Jamaica Khadija Shaw4 Manchester City Aston Villa 6–1 (H) 14 December 2025 [28]
Brazil Kerolin Chelsea 5–1 (H) 1 February 2026 [29]
Jamaica Khadija Shaw Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 (H) 21 March 2026 [30]
England Chloe Kelly Arsenal West Ham United 5–0 (H) [31][32]
England Alessia Russo Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 (H) 28 March 2026 [33]
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(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

More information Most yellow cards, Total ...
Most yellow cardsTotalMost red cardsTotalRef.
Player Sweden Amanda Nildén (Tottenham Hotspur)
England Sam Tierney (Leicester City)		 7 Algeria Inès Belloumou (West Ham United)
England Gemma Bonner (Liverpool)
France Océane Deslandes (Aston Villa)
England Grace Fisk (Liverpool)
England Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City)
Canada Jayde Riviere (Manchester United)
Jamaica Drew Spence (Tottenham Hotspur)		 1 [34]
Club Brighton & Hove Albion 38 Liverpool 2 [34]
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Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Save of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
September France Sonia Bompastor Chelsea England Aggie Beever-Jones Chelsea Canada Olivia Smith Arsenal Germany Janina Leitzig Leicester City [35][36][37][38]
October Sweden Andrée Jeglertz Manchester City England Jess Park Manchester United Scotland Kirsty Hanson Aston Villa Netherlands Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal [39][40][41][38]
November Netherlands Kerstin Casparij Manchester City United States Alyssa Thompson Chelsea Nigeria Chiamaka Nnadozie Brighton & Hove Albion [42][43]
December Jamaica Khadija Shaw Germany Shekiera Martinez West Ham United Spain Elene Lete London City Lionesses [44][45][46][47]
January Wales Gareth Taylor Liverpool Scotland Kim Little Arsenal England Jess Park Manchester United Germany Anneke Borbe Arsenal [48][49][50][51]
February England Martin Ho Tottenham Hotspur Brazil Kerolin Manchester City Japan Ayaka Yamashita Manchester City [52][53][54][55]
March Netherlands Renée Slegers Arsenal England Alessia Russo Arsenal Finland Oona Siren West Ham United Netherlands Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal [56][57][58][59]
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Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club
Barclays WSL Player of the Season[60] Jamaica Khadija Shaw Manchester City
Barclays WSL Goal of the Season[61] Scotland Kirsty Hanson (vs. West Ham) Aston Villa
Barclays WSL Rising Star[62] Netherlands Veerle Buurman Chelsea
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