2020–21 West Ham United F.C. Women season

The 2020–21 West Ham United F.C. Women season is the club's 30th season in existence and their third in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

West Ham United

2020–21 season
Chairman	Jack Sullivan
Head Coach	Matt Beard (until 19 November) Billy Stewart (interim) (19 November – 23 December) Olli Harder (from 23 December)
Stadium	Victoria Road, Dagenham
League Cup	Semi-final
Home colours Away colours Third colours

On 29 July 2020, the club announced they had signed a one-year deal with Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. to play at Victoria Road for the season having previously played at the Rush Green training ground stadium.[1]

Manager Matt Beard departed the club by mutual consent on 19 November 2020 with the club sat in 9th place in the league. He had been in charge since the team joined the WSL in June 2018.[2] Billy Stewart assumed the role on an interim basis until Olli Harder, having most recently been assistant manager at Norwegian men's second tier side Sandnes Ulf, was appointed on 23 December 2020.[3]

Squad

As of 1 February 2021.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Mackenzie Arnold 2 DF  NOR Cecilie Redisch 3 DF  ENG Maz Pacheco 5 DF  ENG Gilly Flaherty (captain) 8 FW  IRL Leanne Kiernan 9 FW  SCO Martha Thomas 10 MF  CZE Kateřina Svitková 11 FW  SWE Nor Mustafa 12 MF  ENG Kate Longhurst 18 GK  IRL Courtney Brosnan

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CAN Adriana Leon 20 DF  ENG Lois Joel 21 MF  FRA Kenza Dali 22 DF  ENG Grace Fisk 23 DF  FRA Hawa Cissoko 25 MF  AUS Emily van Egmond 26 DF  GER Laura Vetterlein 27 DF  ENG Maisy Barker 31 FW  POL Wiktoria Fronc 32 MF  ISL Dagný Brynjarsdóttir

FA Women's Super League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	2	2	8	14	29	−15	8	0	1	5	4	17	−13	2	1	3	10	12	−2

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D
Position	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

6 September 2020 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	West Ham United	Canons Park
14:00	Fisk  53' (o.g.)	Report	Pacheco  45+1' Leon  57'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Kirsty Dowle

12 September 2020 2	West Ham United	1–9	Arsenal	Dagenham
17:20	Dali  27' Daly  11' Fisk  14' Flaherty  17'  34' Leon  45+2'	Report	Roord  23', 52', 56' Miedema  34', 54' Little  40' Mead  42' Williamson  72' Foord  86'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 734 Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: Pilot event for the return of spectators[5]

4 October 2020 3	West Ham United	0–1	Reading	Dagenham
14:00		Report	Bruton  26' Bartrip  31'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Robert Whitton

11 October 2020 4	Everton	3–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:00	Sørensen  8' Finnigan  52' Graham  71', 90+2'	Report	Dali  24' Longhurst  90+4'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Edward Duckworth

18 October 2020 5	West Ham United	2–4	Manchester United	Dagenham
12:30	van Egmond  39',  56' Daly  74',  83' Dali  87'	Report	Russo  20', 42' Heath  23' Press  87'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Ryan Atkin

8 November 2020 6	Birmingham City	1–2	West Ham United	Solihull
14:00	Walker  9' Murray  90'	Report	Vetterlein  31' Walker  43' (o.g.) van Egmond  73' Daly  90+3'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Richie Watkins

15 November 2020 7	West Ham United	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dagenham
12:30		Report	Green  44' Jarrett  69'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Abigail Byrne

6 December 2020 8	Chelsea	3–2	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
12:30	Kerr  15', 55', 68'	Report	Daly  33',  47' Eriksson  88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Referee: Rebecca Welch

13 December 2020 9	Bristol City	0–4	West Ham United	Bath
14:00	Mastrantonio  33'	Report	Purfield  11' (o.g.) van Egmond  58' Daly  64' Flaherty  67' Thomas  86'	Stadium: Twerton Park Referee: Elizabeth Simms

20 December 2020	West Ham United	P–P	Aston Villa	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road
Note: Game postponed following positive COVID-19 tests at the West Ham training ground[6]

10 January 2021	Manchester City	P–P	West Ham United	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium
Note: Postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City[7]

17 January 2021 10	West Ham United	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Dagenham
15:00	Longhurst  61' Vetterlein  90'	Report	Quinn  35' Dean  61'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Lucy Oliver

24 January 2021	Arsenal	P–P	West Ham United	Borehamwood
12:00				Stadium: Meadow Park
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch and extreme weather warnings[8]

31 January 2021 11	Manchester City	4–0	West Ham United	Manchester
14:00	Weir  9' Stanway  39' White  64' Lavelle  71'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Elizabeth Simms
Note: Rescheduled from 10 January 2021 following COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City

7 February 2021 12	West Ham United	1–1	Bristol City	Dagenham
15:00	Pacheco  17' Svitková  49',  64'	Report	van Egmond  7' (o.g.) Purfield  45+2'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Sarah Garrett

10 February 2021 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	West Ham United	Crawley
19:00				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

7 March 2021 15	West Ham United	v	Chelsea	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

17 March 2021 16	West Ham United	v	Birmingham City	Dagenham
19:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

28 March 2021 17	Manchester United	v	West Ham United	Leigh
14:00				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

4 April 2021 18	Reading	v	West Ham United	Reading
14:00				Stadium: Madejski Stadium

20 April 2021 19	West Ham United	v	Aston Villa	Dagenham
19:30				Stadium: Victoria Road
Note: Rescheduled from 20 December 2020 following positive COVID-19 tests at the West Ham training ground

25 April 2021 20	West Ham United	v	Everton	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

2 May 2021 21	Aston Villa	v	West Ham United	Walsall
14:00				Stadium: Bescot Stadium

9 May 2021 22	West Ham United	v	Manchester City	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	3	3	8	10	30	−20	12
9	Birmingham City	11	3	2	6	10	16	−6	11
10	Aston Villa	12	3	1	8	11	30	−19	10
11	West Ham United	12	2	2	8	14	29	−15	8
12	Bristol City	13	1	3	9	10	50	−40	6	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, West Ham will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper. Originally scheduled to take place on 31 January 2021, it was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.[9][10]

31 January 2021 Fourth round

TBD

v

FA Women's League Cup

Group stage

7 October 2020 Group stage	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2 (2–4 p)	West Ham United	Crawley
19:30	Le Tissier  12' Connolly  42' Kerkdijk  48' Jarrett  61'	Report	Daly  31' Flaherty  82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Steven Hughes
	Penalties
	Jarrett Heroum Williams Bowman		van Egmond Grant Daly Pacheco Lehmann

4 November 2020 Group stage	West Ham United	3–0	Reading	Dagenham
19:30	Lehmann  14',  45' Flaherty  29' van Egmond  51' Daly  58'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Aji Ajibola

18 November 2020 Group stage	Charlton Athletic	0–4	West Ham United	Crayford
19:45	Newborough  63' Laudat  89'	Report	van Egmond  3' Kiernan  45', 50',  57' Thomas  64'	Stadium: The Oakwood Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Luke Donaldson

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WHU	REA	BHA	CHA
1	West Ham United	3	2	1	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	3–0	—	—
2	Reading	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Possible knockout stage based on ranking		—	—	—	4–0
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1			2–2	0–2	—	—
4	Charlton Athletic	2	0	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0			0–4	—	C–C[lower-greek 1]	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

1. Match originally postponed following positive COVID-19 test by Brighton staff.[11] An independent tribunal determined the fixture would not be rescheduled as it would have no effect on qualifying.[12]

Knockout stage

21 January 2021 Quarter-final	West Ham United	3–0	Durham	Dagenham
17:30	van Egmond  40' Svitková  43' Cissoko  84' Mustafa  90'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Steven Hughes

3 February 2021 Semi-final	Chelsea	6–0	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00	Harder  4', 27', 86' Ingle  15' England  27' Kirby  69'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Stacey Pearson

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 7 February 2021

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mackenzie Arnold	15	0	12	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF		Cecilie Redisch	14	0	8+2	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Maz Pacheco	10	0	6+1	0	0	0	3	0
5	DF		Gilly Flaherty	16	1	11	0	0	0	5	1
8	FW		Leanne Kiernan	9	2	2+4	0	0	0	2+1	2
9	FW		Martha Thomas	10	2	7	1	0	0	1+2	1
10	MF		Kateřina Svitková	12	2	7+2	1	0	0	3	1
11	FW		Nor Mustafa	9	0	0+5	0	0	0	1+3	0
12	MF		Kate Longhurst	13	0	6+2	0	0	0	4+1	0
18	GK		Courtney Brosnan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW		Adriana Leon	16	1	11+1	1	0	0	3+1	0
20	DF		Lois Joel	8	0	2+2	0	0	0	3+1	0
21	MF		Kenza Dali	10	2	6+3	2	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Grace Fisk	16	0	12	0	0	0	4	0
23	DF		Hawa Cissoko	5	1	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	1
25	MF		Emily van Egmond	17	6	10+2	3	0	0	5	3
26	DF		Laura Vetterlein	12	0	9	0	0	0	3	0
27	DF		Maisy Barker	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	FW		Wiktoria Fronc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
7	FW		Alisha Lehmann	11	1	5+4	0	0	0	1+1	1
14	MF		Cho So-hyun	11	0	8+1	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF		Wiktoria Kiszkis	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Angie Dunbar-Bonnie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Mia Cruickshank	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
17	MF		Ruby Grant	8	0	2+4	0	0	0	1+1	0
29	FW		Rachel Daly	12	5	8+1	3	0	0	3	2

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
9 July 2020	GK		Mackenzie Arnold	Brisbane Roar	[13]
10 July 2020	DF		Maz Pacheco	Reading	[14]
16 July 2020	MF		Kateřina Svitková	Slavia Praha	[15]
20 July 2020	DF		Hawa Cissoko	ASJ Soyaux	[16]
24 July 2020	FW		Nor Mustafa	Eskilstuna United	[17]
10 August 2020	DF		Mia Cruickshank	Reading	[18]
14 August 2020	MF		Ruby Grant	Arsenal	[19]
2 October 2020	DF		Lois Joel[lower-alpha 1]	North Carolina Tar Heels	[20]
8 January 2021	MF		Emily van Egmond	Orlando Pride	[21]
28 January 2021	MF		Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	Selfoss	[22]

1. Signed on non-contract terms

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
28 August 2020	MF		Emily van Egmond	Orlando Pride	31 December 2020	[23]
3 September 2020	FW		Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	31 December 2020	[24]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
1 June 2020	DF		Katharina Baunach	Retired	[25]
12 June 2020	GK		Anna Moorhouse	Bordeaux	[26][27]
	MF		Tessel Middag	Fiorentina	[26][28]
	FW		Esmee de Graaf	Leicester City	[26][29]
	DF		Vyan Sampson	San Marino Academy	[26][30]
	FW		Ruesha Littlejohn	Leicester City	[26][29]
	DF		Olivia Smith[lower-alpha 1]	London Bees	[26][31]
9 August 2020	MF		Julia Simic	A.C. Milan	[32]
28 August 2020	DF		Filippa Wallen	Apollon Limassol	[33]
20 September 2020	FW		Jacynta Galabadaarachchi	Napoli	[34]
11 January 2021	MF		Ruby Grant	North Carolina Tar Heels	[35]

1. Non-contract player

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
20 January 2021	MF		Wiktoria Kiszkis	Śląsk Wrocław	End of season	[36]
27 January 2021	FW		Alisha Lehmann	Everton	End of season	[37]
29 January 2021	MF		Cho So-hyun	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	[38]
1 February 2021	FW		Angie Dunbar-Bonnie	Charlton Athletic	End of season	[39]
	DF		Mia Cruickshank	London Bees	End of season	[40]

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