2022–23 Arsenal W.F.C. season

Arsenal 2022–23
Club information
Manager	Jonas Eidevall
Stadium	Meadow Park Emirates Stadium (Select home games)
League Season information
Final League position	Super League, TBD
Cup placements
Women's FA Cup	Fifth round, Lost 2–0 to Chelsea
League Cup	Winners, Defeated Chelsea 3–1
Champions League	Semi-finals, Lost 5–4 on aggregate to Wolfsburg
Season statistics
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The 2022–23 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 37th season of competitive football. The club participateed in the Women's Super League, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Champions League.

Squad statistics

Statistics as of 7 January 2023.

Appearances and goals

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Last Contract	Signed from	Super League		FA Cup		League Cup		UWCL		Total
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Manuela Zinsberger	19 October 1995 (1995-10-19)	2019	February 2021	Bayern München	9	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	16	0
18	Kaylan Marckese	22 April 1998 (1998-04-22)	2022	July 2022	HB Køge	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	Rafaelle Souza	18 June 1991 (1991-06-18)	2022	January 2022	Changchun Zhuoyue	3	1	0	0	0	0	3+2	0	6+2	1
3	Lotte Wubben-Moy	11 January 1999 (1999-01-11)	2020	September 2020	University of North Carolina	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	13+3	0
5	Jen Beattie	13 May 1991 (1991-05-13)	2019	June 2019	Manchester City	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	2+7	0
6	Leah Williamson	29 March 1997 (1997-03-29)	2014	June 2021	Homegrown	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	7+2	0
7	Steph Catley	26 January 1994 (1994-01-26)	2020	May 2022	Melbourne City	8+1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	16+1	1
16	Noelle Maritz	23 December 1995 (1995-12-23)	2020	May 2022	Wolfsburg	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	5+4	0
26	Laura Wienroither	13 January 1999 (1999-01-13)	2022	January 2022	1899 Hoffenheim	7+2	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	12+2	1
Midfielders
8	Jordan Nobbs	8 December 1992 (1992-12-08)	2010	April 2020	Sunderland	2+7	2	0	0	0	0	2+3	1	4+10	3
10	Kim Little (captain)	29 June 1990 (1990-06-29)	2016	August 2019	Seattle Reign	5	1	0	0	0	0	4+1	2	9+1	3
12	Frida Maanum	16 July 1999 (1999-07-16)	2021	July 2021	Linköpings FC	6+3	4	0	0	0	0	5+2	4	11+5	8
13	Lia Wälti	19 April 1993 (1993-04-19)	2018	December 2019	Turbine Potsdam	9	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	16	1
21	Victoria Pelova	3 June 1999 (1999-06-03)	2022	January 2023	Ajax	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	Beth Mead	9 May 1995 (1995-05-09)	2017	December 2022	Sunderland	7	3	0	0	0	0	3+1	2	10+1	5
11	Vivianne Miedema	15 July 1996 (1996-07-15)	2017	May 2022	Bayern München	5+3	4	0	0	0	0	6+1	3	11+4	7
15	Katie McCabe	21 September 1995 (1995-09-21)	2015	May 2021	Shelbourne	9	1	0	0	0	0	6+2	0	15+2	1
17	Lina Hurtig	5 September 1995 (1995-09-05)	2022	August 2022	Juventus	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	2+3	2	2+8	2
19	Caitlin Foord	11 November 1994 (1994-11-11)	2020	May 2022	Sydney FC	9	1	0	0	0	0	6+1	4	15+1	5
23	Mana Iwabuchi	18 March 1993 (1993-03-18)	2021	May 2021	Aston Villa	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	1+4	1
25	Stina Blackstenius	5 February 1996 (1996-02-05)	2022	January 2022	BK Häcken	8+1	4	0	0	0	0	7+1	3	15+2	7
59	Michelle Agyemang	3 February 2006 (2006-02-03)			Homegrown	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
—	Kathrine Møller Kühl	5 July 2003 (2003-07-05)	2022	January 2023	Nordsjælland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Position	Name	Super League	FA Cup	League Cup	UWCL	Total
1	12	MF	Frida Maanum	4	0	0	4	8
2	11	FW	Vivianne Miedema	4	0	0	3	7
	25	FW	Stina Blackstenius	4	0	0	3	7
4	9	FW	Beth Mead	3	0	0	2	5
	19	FW	Caitlin Foord	1	0	0	4	5
6	8	MF	Jordan Nobbs	2	0	0	1	3
	10	MF	Kim Little	1	0	0	2	3
8	17	FW	Lina Hurtig	0	0	0	2	2
9	2	DF	Rafaelle Souza	1	0	0	0	1
	7	DF	Steph Catley	1	0	0	0	1
	13	MF	Lia Wälti	1	0	0	0	1
	15	FW	Katie McCabe	1	0	0	0	1
	23	FW	Mana Iwabuchi	0	0	0	1	1
	26	DF	Laura Wienroither	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0	0	1
Total				25	0	0	22	47

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Position	Name	Super League		FA Cup		League Cup		UWCL		Total
1	15	FW	Katie McCabe	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	19	FW	Caitlin Foord	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	9	FW	Beth Mead	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	13	MF	Lia Wälti	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	26	FW	Stina Blackstenius	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total				5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	0

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Name	Super League	FA Cup	League Cup	UWCL	Total
1	1	Manuela Zinsberger	6	0	0	2	8
2	18	Kaylan Marckese	0	0	0	0	0
Total			5	0	0	2	8

Transfers, loans, and other signings

Transfers in

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	From club
25 July 2022	18	GK	Kaylan Marckese	HB Køge
18 August 2022	17	FW	Lina Hurtig	Juventus
12 September 2022	—	FW	Gio Queiroz	Barcelona
6 January 2023	21	MF	Victoria Pelova	Ajax
7 January 2023	22	FW	Kathrine Møller Kühl	Nordsjælland

Contract extensions

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	At Arsenal since
5 May 2022	7	DF	Steph Catley	2020
6 May 2022	Coach		Jonas Eidevall	2021
11 May 2022	16	DF	Noelle Maritz	2020
21 May 2022	11	FW	Vivianne Miedema	2017
30 May 2022	19	FW	Caitlin Foord	2020
16 December 2022	9	FW	Beth Mead	2017

Transfers out

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
28 April 2022	77	FW	Tobin Heath	OL Reign
31 May 2022	17	FW	Lisa Evans	West Ham United
1 June 2022	22	DF	Viktoria Schnaderbeck	Retired
11 July 2022	18	GK	Lydia Williams	Paris Saint-Germain
14 July 2022	20	DF	Simone Boye Sørensen	Hammarby
6 August 2022	14	FW	Nikita Parris	Manchester United
5 January 2023	8	MF	Jordan Nobbs	Aston Villa

Loans out

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
7 July 2022	4	DF	Anna Patten	Aston Villa
27 July 2022	24	GK	Fran Stenson	Birmingham City
12 September 2022	—	FW	Gio Queiroz	Everton

Current injuries

No.	Position	Player	Injury	Last game	Estimated return

Suspensions

No.	Position	Player	Games suspended		Reason

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2022–23 FA WSL

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United	18	14	2	2	47	9	+38	44	Qualification for the Champions League second round
2	Manchester City	18	13	2	3	41	18	+23	41
3	Chelsea	16	13	1	2	42	14	+28	40	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Arsenal	17	12	2	3	40	11	+29	38
5	Aston Villa	18	9	3	6	35	31	+4	30
6	Everton	18	8	3	7	24	21	+3	27
7	Liverpool	17	5	4	8	18	28	−10	19
8	West Ham United	18	5	2	11	19	36	−17	17
9	Tottenham Hotspur	18	4	1	13	23	39	−16	13
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	3	3	11	22	54	−32	12
11	Reading	18	3	2	13	21	41	−20	11
12	Leicester City	17	3	1	13	9	39	−30	10	Relegation to the Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

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
9	8	0	1	25	5	+20	24	4	0	1	14	4	+10	4	0	0	11	1	+10

Last updated: 11 December 2022
Source: FA WSL

Matches

1 11 September 2022	Manchester City	Postponed	Arsenal	Manchester
18:45 BST				Stadium: Academy Stadium

2 16 September 2022	Arsenal	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Hertfordshire
19:30 GMT	Little  28' Blackstenius  50' Mead  63', 83'	Report	Kullberg  7'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Lisa Benn

3 24 September 2022	Arsenal	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway
13:30 GMT	Mead  5' Miedema  44', 69' Rafaelle  54'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 47,367 Referee: Rebecca Welch

4 16 October 2022	Reading	0–1	Arsenal	Reading
18:45 BST		Report	Blackstenius  30'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,660 Referee: Louise Saunders

5 23 October 2022	Liverpool	0–2	Arsenal	Birkenhead
12:00 BST		Report	Wälti  15' Maanum  22'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3,348 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

6 30 October 2022	Arsenal	3–1	West Ham United	Borehamwood
18:45 GMT	Nobbs  42' Blackstenius  53' Maanum  70'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir  35'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,988 Referee: Abigail Byrne

7 6 November 2022	Leicester City	0–4	Arsenal	Leicester
14:00 GMT		Report	Maanum  13' Foord  22' Catley  37' Blackstenius  48'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 3,590 Referee: Amy Fearn

8 19 November 2022	Arsenal	2–3	Manchester United	Holloway
17:30 GMT	Maanum  46' Wienroither  73'	Report	Toone  39' Turner  85' Russo  90+1'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 40,604 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

9 3 December 2022	Arsenal	1–0	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Miedema  24'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,935 Referee: Sunny Gill

10 11 December 2022	Aston Villa	1–4	Arsenal	Aston
16:15 GMT	Hanson  6'	Report	Corsie  26' (o.g.) Miedema  30' McCabe  62' Nobbs  84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Paul Howard

11 15 January 2023	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	Holloway
14:00 GMT	Little  57' (Pen)	Report	Kerr  89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 46,881 Referee: Emily Heaslip

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Arsenal enters the FA Cup in the fourth round.

League Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2022-23 UEFA Women's Champions League

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds#Round 2

First leg 20 September 2022	Arsenal	2–2	Ajax	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Blackstenius  23' Little  57' (pen.)	Report	Leuchter  18', 83'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

Second leg 28 September 2022	Ajax	0–1	Arsenal	Duivendrecht
18:00 BST		Report	Miedema  51'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage#Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	19	5	+14	13	Advance to Quarter-finals
Lyon	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11
Juventus	6	2	3	1	9	3	+6	9
Zürich	6	0	0	6	2	26	−24	0

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	Lyon	1–5	Arsenal	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00	Malard  27'	Report	Foord  13', 67' Maanum  23' Mead  45+1', 69'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 8,012 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

27 October 2022 (2022-10-27)	Arsenal	3–1	Zürich	Holloway
21:00	Nobbs  38' Hurtig  45+1', 79'	Report	Piubel  76'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)	Juventus	1–1	Arsenal	Turin
21:00	Beerensteyn  52'	Report	Miedema  61'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 8,508 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)	Arsenal	1–0	Juventus	Holloway
21:00	Miedema  17'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 6,592 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)	Arsenal	0–1	Lyon	Holloway
21:00		Report	Maanum  45+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 7,711 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)	Zürich	1–9	Arsenal	Schaffhausen
18:45		Report	Maanum  18', 32', 51' Foord  23', 68' Blackstenius  45+1', 54' Little  71' (pen.) Iwabuchi  83'	Stadium: Wefox Arena Attendance: 4,264 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

First leg 21 March 2023	Bayern Munich	1–0	Arsenal	Munich
17:45 GMT (UTC+0)	Schüller  39'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

Second leg 29 March 2023	Arsenal	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Holloway
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Maanum  20' Blackstenius  26'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 21,307 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Semi-finals

First leg 22 April 2023	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Arsenal	Wolfsburg
14:30 BST (UTC+1)	Pajor  19' Jónsdóttir  24'	Report	Rafaelle  45' Blackstenius  69'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,617 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Second leg 1 May 2023	Arsenal	2–3 (5–4 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Holloway
17:45 BST (UTC+1)	Blackstenius  11' Beattie  75'	Report	Roord  41' Popp  58' Bremer  119'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,063 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

External links

• Official website

2022–23 in English women's football
League competitions
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Cup competitions
FA Cup (Final) · League Cup (Final) · UEFA Champions League
National teams
Senior (2023 FIFA Women's World Cup finals, qualifying round, 2023 Arnold Clark Cup) · U21 · U19 (UEFA Euro 2023 finals, qualifying round) · U17 (UEFA Euro 2023 finals, qualifying round)
Club seasons
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