2016 FA WSL

FA WSL 2
Season	2016
Champions	Yeovil Town
Promoted	Bristol City ; Yeovil Town
Matches played	44
Goals scored	134 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Iniabasi Umotong & Jo Wilson; (13 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 Spring Series →

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 Spring Series →

FA WSL
Season	2016
Champions	Manchester City
	← 2015 Spring Series →

The 2016 FA WSL was 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 won their first ever WSL 1 championship on 25 September 2016 with a 2–0 win over Chelsea.[1][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	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	High Wycombe	Adams Park	10,000	1st, WSL 2
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground	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	8th, 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	1st, WPL
Watford	Berkhamsted	Broadwater	2,000	10th
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565	4th

WSL 1

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 for the Champions League
2	Chelsea (Q)	16	12	1	3	42	17	+25	37	Qualification for the 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	Club folded after end of season
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

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	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 match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: FA WSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Top goalscorer Eniola Aluko in 2009

As of 16 January 2017. [5][6]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Eniola Aluko	Chelsea	9
2	Jane Ross	Manchester City	8
3	Caroline Weir	Liverpool	7
4	Danielle Carter	Arsenal	6
5	Fran Kirby	Chelsea	5
	Beth Mead	Sunderland
	Katie Chapman	Chelsea
	Toni Duggan	Manchester City
	Jessica Clarke	Notts County
	Ji So-yun	Chelsea

WSL 2

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 (C, P)	18	12	3	3	41	16	+25	39	Promotion to FA WSL 1
2	Bristol City (P)	18	12	3	3	37	16	+21	39	Promotion to FA WSL 1
3	Everton	18	10	4	4	35	18	+17	34
4	Durham	18	10	3	5	30	19	+11	33
5	Sheffield	18	7	5	6	25	18	+7	26
6	Aston Villa	18	7	3	8	26	27	−1	24
7	London Bees	18	6	4	8	28	39	−11	22
8	Millwall Lionesses	18	3	7	8	24	31	−7	16
9	Oxford United	18	4	1	13	20	42	−22	13
10	Watford	18	2	1	15	13	53	−40	7

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	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	4–0	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	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	3–4		2–1	3–1	0–5	2–2	0–2
Millwall Lionesses	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1		0–3	1–1	2–1	0–4
Oxford United	0–1	0–5	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	3–0	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2017. Source: FA WSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The match Millwall Lionesses vs Oxford United was initially postponed because Millwall's stadium, The Den, was being used for a men's game. The FA WSL Management Committee then decided to award the match to Oxford United.[7]

Top goalscorers

Joint top goalscorers — Jo Wilson (L) & Iniabasi Umotong (R)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Iniabasi Umotong	Oxford United	13
1	Jo Wilson	London Bees	13
3	Sarah Wiltshire	Yeovil Town	11
4	Claire Emslie	Bristol City	10
5	Millie Farrow	Bristol City	9
	Beth Hepple	Durham
	Bethan Merrick	Aston Villa
8	Ann-Marie Heatherson	Yeovil Town	7
8	Jodie Michalska	Sheffield	7
10	Claudia Walker	Everton	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
Manchester City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Birmingham 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. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
Posted 11 December 2015, 12:52 in (11 December 2015). "Bristol Name Change Approved". She Kicks. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
"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.
United awarded win over Millwall
"FA WSL Continental Cup is knockout!". shekicks.net. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
Posted 29 March 2016, 07:30 in (29 March 2016). "Continental Tyres Cup Draw". She Kicks. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
"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

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[1] Leighton, Tony. "Manchester City seal Women's Super League title with a 2-0 win over Chelsea". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

[2] "Man City Women are champions!". Manchester City W.F.C. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

[3] Posted 11 December 2015, 12:52 in (11 December 2015). "Bristol Name Change Approved". She Kicks. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[4] "Year-on-year growth in Women's Super League attendances". thefa.com. 7 November 2016.

[5] "Topscorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[6] "PLAYER STATS". Retrieved 28 March 2016.

[7] United awarded win over Millwall

[8] "FA WSL Continental Cup is knockout!". shekicks.net. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

[9] Posted 29 March 2016, 07:30 in (29 March 2016). "Continental Tyres Cup Draw". She Kicks. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[10] "Women's Continental Cup final: Manchester City 1-0 Birmingham City (aet)". BBC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

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