2021–22 in English women's football

England 2021–22
Season information
FA Women's Super League	Chelsea
FA Women's Championship	Liverpool
FA Women's National League	Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton Liverpool Feds
Women's FA Cup	Chelsea
FA Women's League Cup	Manchester City
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 142nd season of competitive association football in England.

National teams

England women's national football team

Main article:England women's national football team

Results and fixtures

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Group D

Main article:2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England (Q)	10	10	0	0	80	0	+80	30	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
Austria (Q)	10	7	1	2	50	7	+43	22	Play-offs
Northern Ireland (E)	10	6	1	3	36	16	+20	19
Luxembourg (E)	10	3	0	7	9	45	−36	9
North Macedonia (E)	10	2	0	8	10	62	−52	6
Latvia (E)	10	1	0	9	8	63	−55	3

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)	England	8–0	North Macedonia	Southampton, England
	Toone  12' White  42', 67' (pen.) Zivikj  45' (o.g.) England  77', 90' Kolarovska  79' (o.g.) Mead  90+1'	Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: María Martínez (Spain)

21 September 2021	Luxembourg	0–10	England	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	De Bruyn 83'	Report	White  12', 17' Parris  27' Greenwood  37', 47' Berscheid  61' (o.g.) Mead 66' Bright  78', 90+1' Daly  90+3' England  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23)	England	4–0	Northern Ireland	London, England
	Mead  64', 74', 78' England  72'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)	Latvia	0–10	England	Riga, Latvia
		Report	Toone  8', 12', 68' White  25' Bright  32' Mead  55' Daly  70', 82' Williamson  79' Stanway  81'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Katarzyna Lisiecka-Sęk (Poland)

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27)	England	1–0	Austria	Sunderland, England
	White  40'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)	England	20–0	Latvia	Doncaster, England
	Mead  3', 12', 23' White  6', 9', 49' Hemp  18', 44', 76', 88' Toone  42' Stanway  52' (pen.) Carter  56' England  61', 84' Scott  67' Russo  71', 81', 82' Nobbs  80'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)	North Macedonia	v	England
		Report

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)	Northern Ireland	v	England
		Report

2022 Arnold Clark Cup

Main article:2022 Arnold Clark Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England H	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Spain	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Canada	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Germany	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

17 February 2022	England	1–1	Canada	Middlesbrough, England
	Bright  22'	Report	Beckie  55'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 8,769 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

20 February 2022	England	0–0	Spain	Norwich, England
		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Referee: 14,284

23 February 2022	England	3–1	Germany	Wolverhampton, England
	White  15' Bright  84' Kirby  90+4'	Report	Magull  41'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium

UEFA competition

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article:2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article:2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

Main article:2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds#Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arsenal	4–0	Okzhetpes

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arsenal	3–1	PSV

Round 2

Main article:2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds#Round 2

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	7–0	Slavia Prague	3–0	4–0
Real Madrid	2–1	Manchester City	1–1	1–0

Group stage

Main article:2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage#Groups

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Chelsea	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advance to Quarter-finals
VfL Wolfsburg	3	1	2	0	10	5	+5	5
Juventus	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Servette Chênois	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Barcelona	6	6	0	0	24	1	+23	18	Advance to Quarter-finals
Arsenal	6	3	0	3	14	13	+1	9
1899 Hoffenheim	6	3	0	3	11	15	−4	9
Køge	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20	0

Domestic competition

FA Women's Super League

Main article:2021–22 FA WSL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	22	18	2	2	62	11	+51	56	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	22	17	4	1	65	10	+55	55	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Manchester City	22	15	2	5	60	22	+38	47	Qualification for the Champions League First Round
4	Manchester United	22	12	6	4	45	22	+23	42
5	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	5	8	24	23	+1	32
6	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	23	33	−10	27
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	2	12	24	38	−14	26
8	Reading	22	7	4	11	21	40	−19	25
9	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	13	40	−27	21
10	Everton	22	5	5	12	18	41	−23	20
11	Leicester City	22	4	1	17	14	53	−39	13
12	Birmingham City  (R)	22	3	2	17	15	51	−36	11	Relegation to the Championship

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

FA Women's Championship

Main article:2021–22 FA Women's Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool  (C) (P)	22	16	4	2	49	11	+38	52	Promotion to the WSL
2	London City Lionesses	22	13	2	7	35	22	+13	41
3	Bristol City	22	11	4	7	43	28	+15	37
4	Crystal Palace	22	11	4	7	35	39	−4	37
5	Charlton Athletic	22	10	4	8	27	18	+9	34
6	Durham	22	10	4	8	30	28	+2	34
7	Sheffield United	22	9	6	7	34	31	+3	33
8	Lewes	22	9	2	11	23	24	−1	29
9	Sunderland	22	6	6	10	23	32	−9	24
10	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	2	15	17	41	−24	17
11	Coventry United	22	5	7	10	18	32	−14	22
12	Watford  (R)	22	2	5	15	18	46	−28	11	Relegation to the National League

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

FA Women's National League

Main article:2021–22 FA Women's National League

Premier Division Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Template:Fb team Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C. (C)	24	18	5	1	61	16	+45	59	Championship playoff
2	Template:Fb team Derby County F.C. Women	24	16	3	5	48	19	+29	51
3	Template:Fb team Fylde Ladies F.C.	24	14	5	5	47	28	+19	47
4	Template:Fb team Burnley F.C. Women	24	14	4	6	70	27	+43	46
5	Template:Fb team Nottingham Forest Women F.C.	24	13	5	6	40	17	+23	44
6	Template:Fb team Huddersfield Town Women F.C.	24	13	4	7	54	28	+26	43
7	Template:Fb team Brighouse Town L.F.C.	24	11	7	6	51	31	+20	40
8	Template:Fb team West Bromwich Albion F.C. Women	24	7	7	10	29	44	−15	28
9	Template:Fb team Stoke City F.C. (Women)	24	8	1	15	36	54	−18	25
10	Template:Fb team Loughborough Foxes W.F.C.	24	6	5	13	35	63	−28	23
11	Template:Fb team Middlesbrough W.F.C. (R)	24	5	3	16	27	67	−40	18	Relegation to FA WNL Division One
12	Template:Fb team Hull City Ladies F.C. (R)	24	2	3	19	18	72	−54	9
13	Template:Fb team Sheffield F.C. Ladies (R)	24	2	2	20	13	63	−50	8

Source: [ The Football Association]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Premier Division Southern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Template:Fb team Southampton F.C. Women (C) (P)	26	22	3	1	99	13	+86	69	Championship playoff
2	Template:Fb team Oxford United W.F.C.	26	19	3	4	71	15	+56	60
3	Ipswich Town	26	18	4	4	69	14	+55	58
4	Template:Fb team Bridgwater United W.F.C.	26	15	5	6	48	16	+32	50
5	Template:Fb team Crawley Wasps F.C.	26	15	0	11	57	40	+17	45
6	Template:Fb team Gillingham W.F.C.	26	13	6	7	37	33	+4	45
7	Template:Fb team Portsmouth F.C. Women	26	13	4	9	51	29	+22	43
8	London Bees	26	9	3	14	46	51	−5	30
9	Template:Fb team Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Women	26	8	5	13	34	42	−8	29
10	Template:Fb team Plymouth Argyle L.F.C.	26	9	2	15	46	61	−15	29
11	Template:Fb team Cardiff City Ladies F.C. (R)	26	8	2	16	33	52	−19	25	Relegation to FA WNL Division One
12	Template:Fb team Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C. (R)	26	7	3	16	31	60	−29	24
13	Template:Fb team Keynsham Town L.F.C. (R)	26	6	0	20	31	110	−79	18
14	Template:Fb team Hounslow W.F.C. (R)	26	0	0	26	5	122	−117	0

Source: The Football Association
a. Cardiff City were deducted one point for failing to fulfil a fixture against Southampton on 9 October 2021. Deducted further one point for failing to fulfil another fixture
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Template:Fb team Liverpool Feds W.F.C. (C) (P)	22	19	2	1	60	11	+49	59	Promotion to FA WNL Premier Division
2	Template:Fb team Newcastle United W.F.C.	22	18	2	2	85	16	+69	56
3	Template:Fb team Durham Cestria	22	13	2	7	65	35	+30	41
4	Template:Fb team Leeds United Women F.C.	22	12	4	6	51	34	+17	40
5	Template:Fb team Chorley F.C. Women	22	8	10	4	39	34	+5	34
6	Template:Fb team Stockport County L.F.C.	22	7	6	9	44	42	+2	27
7	Template:Fb team Bradford City W.F.C.	22	7	5	10	39	48	−9	26
8	Template:Fb team Norton & Stockton Ancients L.F.C.	22	7	5	10	35	45	−10	26
9	Template:Fb team Barnsley W.F.C.	22	8	2	12	41	51	−10	26
10	Template:Fb team F.C. United of Manchester Women (R)	22	6	3	13	34	72	−38	21	Relegation to regional league level
11	Template:Fb team Chester-le-Street L.F.C. (R)	22	3	5	14	28	62	−34	14
12	Template:Fb team Alnwick Town L.F.C. (R)	22	0	2	20	24	95	−71	2

Source: [ The Football Association]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One Midlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Template:Fb team Boldmere St. Michaels Women F.C. (C) (P)	22	16	3	3	59	20	+39	51	Promotion to FA WNL Premier Division
2	Template:Fb team Doncaster Rovers Belles	22	15	4	3	55	21	+34	49
3	Template:Fb team Lincoln City Women F.C.	22	15	3	4	68	30	+38	48
4	Template:Fb team Long Eaton United L.F.C.	22	11	5	6	44	27	+17	38
5	Template:Fb team Leek Town L.F.C.	22	10	3	9	51	52	−1	33
6	Template:Fb team Sporting Khalsa W.F.C.	22	9	5	8	37	37	0	32
7	Template:Fb team Solihull Moors W.F.C.	22	9	3	10	55	47	+8	30
8	Template:Fb team Peterborough United L.F.C.	22	8	5	9	45	50	−5	29
9	Template:Fb team Leafield Athletic L.F.C.	22	7	5	10	35	45	−10	26
10	Template:Fb team Wem Town L.F.C.	22	3	6	13	24	47	−23	15	Relegation to regional league level
11	Template:Fb team Burton Albion L.F.C. (R)	22	4	3	15	26	63	−37	15
12	Template:Fb team Bedworth United F.C. Ladies (R)	22	2	1	19	23	83	−60	7
13	Template:Fb team Holwell Sports Women F.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club withdrew

Source: [ The Football Association]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One South East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Billericay Town  (C) (P)	24	20	3	1	77	15	+62	63	Promotion to FA WNL Premier Division
2	Hashtag United	24	20	2	2	83	14	+69	62
3	AFC Wimbledon	24	16	5	3	62	15	+47	53
4	Template:Fb team Queens Park Rangers F.C. Women	24	12	5	7	46	40	+6	41
5	Actonians	24	11	7	6	52	26	+26	40
6	Template:Fb team London Seaward	24	7	8	9	31	43	−12	29
7	Cambridge City	24	7	5	12	36	48	−12	26
8	Norwich City	24	8	2	14	33	56	−23	26
9	Cambridge United	24	8	2	14	29	60	−31	26
10	Enfield Town  (R)	24	6	6	12	36	37	−1	24	Relegation to regional league level
11	Stevenage  (R)	24	6	4	14	19	61	−42	22
12	Template:Fb team Harlow Town L.F.C. (R)	24	5	2	17	27	73	−46	17
13	Kent Football United  (R)	24	3	3	18	19	62	−43	12

Source: [ The Football Association]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Division One South West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cheltenham Town (C, P)	18	14	3	1	44	12	+32	45	Promotion to FA WNL Premier Division
2	AFC Bournemouth	18	12	4	2	52	14	+38	40
3	Exeter City	18	12	2	4	52	19	+33	38
4	Southampton Women's	18	11	4	3	47	14	+33	37
5	Chesham United	18	8	2	8	31	32	−1	26
6	Maidenhead United	18	6	4	8	26	32	−6	22
7	Swindon Town	18	5	4	9	30	31	−1	19
8	Portishead Town	18	4	4	10	23	44	−21	15
9	Larkhall Athletic	18	2	4	12	20	52	−32	10
10	Poole Town (R)	18	0	1	17	3	78	−75	1	Relegation to regional league level
11	Buckland Athletic (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club withdrew

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew from the league

Cup competitions

FA Women's Cup

Main article:2021–22 Women's FA Cup

FA Women's League Cup

Main article:2021–22 FA Women's League Cup

Final

Main article:2022 FA Women's League Cup Final

5 March 2022 17:15	Manchester City	3–1	Chelsea	Plough Lane Attendance: 8,004 Referee: Lisa Benn
	Weir  49', 69' White  58'	Report	Kerr  34'

See also

2021–22 in English football