2022–23 FA Women's League Cup

FA Women's League Cup 2022–23
Region	England
Dates	1 October 2022– 5 March 2023
Number of teams	24
Defending champions	Manchester City
Champions	Arsenal
Runner-up	Chelsea
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup was the 12th edition of the Women's Super League and Women's Championship's league cup competition. It is sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation in 2011, and is officially known as the FA Women's Continental League Cup for sponsorship reasons. All 24 teams from the WSL and Championship contest the competition. Manchester City are the defending champions.

Format

The competition kept the same format as the previous season, starting with a group stage split regionally. Teams competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage are exempt from the League Cup group stage, earning a provisional bye to the quarter-finals. As a result, the initial group stage draw made on 9 August 2022 featured 21 of the 24 teams: one Northern group had five teams drawn into it with the remaining Northern group and all three Southern groups initially featuring four teams each. The three teams excluded from the draw were Chelsea, who automatically entered the Champions League group stage and therefore joined the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, and Manchester City and Arsenal who will take part in the Champions League qualifying rounds. Should either team be eliminated during qualification, they would enter the League Cup group stage and be drawn into an existing group of four in their geographical region. Manchester City were eliminated from the Champions League in the first qualifying round and were therefore placed in Group B as the only Northern group with four teams.

The first place team in each of the five groups will qualify for the knock-out stage. Because Manchester City failed to progress from Champions League qualifying, one best-placed runner-up will also progress to make up eight teams in the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AST	MUN	DUR	EVE	SHU
1	Aston Villa (Q)	4	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	9	Advances to knock-out stage		—	1–1	1–0
2	Manchester United (E)	4	2	0	2	0	11	5	+6	8	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking			—		4–2	4–0
3	Durham	4	1	2	0	1	6	6	0	7				2–2	—		3–3
4	Everton	4	1	1	0	2	6	6	0	5			1–1		0–1	—
5	Sheffield United	4	0	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1			1–2			0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2022. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

1 October 2022 12:30	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester United	Bescot Stadium
	Daly  72'	Report	Parris  16'
		Penalties
	Lehmann Corsie Daly Dali Mayling Harding Pacheco	4–3	Zelem Ladd Bøe Risa Le Tissier Toone Blundell Batlle

2 October 2022 12:00	Durham	3–3	Sheffield United	Maiden Castle
	Hardy  7' Hepple  17', 71' (pen.)	Report	Walters  43', 64' Rayner  78'
		Penalties
	Hepple Noonan Robson Lambert Farrugia	5–3	Sweetman-Kirk Rayner Cusack Newsham

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26 October 2022 18:30	Everton	1–1	Aston Villa	Walton Hall Park Attendance: 1,202
	Beever-Jones  62'	Report	Harding  49'
		Penalties
	Graham Stenevik Bennison Galli Björn	4–2	Mayling Patten Harding Blindkilde

26 October 2022 19:00	Durham	2–2	Manchester United	Maiden Castle Attendance: 1,695
	Clarke  45+1' Robson  90+5'	Report	Moore  22' Bøe Risa  66'
		Penalties
	Hepple Hardy Galloway	3–1	Zelem Turner Bøe Risa Le Tissier

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26 November 2022 17:00	Sheffield United	0–3	Everton	Glanford Park
		Report	Snoeijs  54' Bennison  79' Park  87'

26 November 2022 12:30	Aston Villa	1–0	Durham	Bescot Stadium Attendance: 526
	Daly  75'	Report

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7 December 2022 19:00	Manchester United	4–2	Everton	Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,519 Referee: Simon Kirk
	Bøe Risa  1', 20' Williams  12' Moore  27'	Report	Park  25' Holmgaard  90+2'

7 December 2022 19:30	Sheffield United	1–2	Aston Villa	Glanford Park Referee: Andrew Kitchen
	Enderby  80' (pen.)	Report	Hanson  20' Dali  22'

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17 December 2022 12:30	Everton	0–1	Durham	Rossett Park
		Report	Crosthwaite  15'

18 December 2022 12:00	Manchester United	4–0	Sheffield United	Leigh Sports Village
	Leon  12', 44' Wilson  51' (o.g.) Thomas  63'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	LIV	LEI	SUN	BLB
1	Manchester City (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Advances to knock-out stage		—			3–0	6–0
2	Liverpool	4	3	0	0	1	6	2	+4	9	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking			—			1–0
3	Leicester City	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6			P–P	0–4	—
4	Sunderland	3	0	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0				0–1	0–5	—
5	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0					0–3	P–P	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2023. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

2 October 2022 11:30	Sunderland	0–1	Liverpool	Eppleton CW
		Report	Campbell  23'

2 October 2022 14:00	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Leicester City	Sir Tom Finney Stadium
		Report	Smith  6' Scofield  49' Whelan  65'

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26 October 2022 19:00	Leicester City	0–4	Liverpool	Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 354 Referee: Tom Nield
		Report	Kearns  14' Roberts  33' Furness  45+2' Stengel  72'

26 October 2022 19:30	Manchester City	6–0	Blackburn Rovers	Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Melissa Burgin
	Raso  16' Fowler  40' (pen.), 69' Losada  43' Blakstad  85', 87'	Report

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27 November 2022 14:00	Manchester City	3–0	Sunderland	Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,672 Referee: Stacey Fullicks
	Blakstad  8' Raso  48' Shaw  59'	Report

27 November 2022 14:00	Liverpool	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Prenton Park Attendance: 969 Referee: Melissa Burgin
	Matthews  45'	Report

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7 December 2022 19:00	Liverpool	0–2	Manchester City	Prenton Park Attendance: 965 Referee: Martin Woods
		Report	Angeldahl  57' Fowler  74'

11 January 2023 19:30	Sunderland	0–5	Leicester City	Eppleton CW
		Report	Goodwin  54' Tierney  70' Baker  77' Pike  82', 91'

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18 January 2023 13:00	Leicester City	v	Manchester City	Pirelli Stadium

18 January 2023 13:45	Blackburn Rovers	v	Sunderland	Sir Tom Finney Stadium

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WHU	LCL	BHA	BIR
1	West Ham United	2	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	5	Advances to knock-out stage		—			2–0
2	London City Lionesses (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		2–2	—	1–2
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	3			P–P		—
4	Birmingham City	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3				1–2	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2022. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
(E) Eliminated

2 October 2022 14:00	Birmingham City	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	St. Andrews Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Ritchie Watkins
	Smith  25' Pennock  53' Lu. Quinn  62'	Report	Lee  59' Carter  89' (pen.)

2 October 2022 14:00	London City Lionesses	2–2	West Ham United	Princes Park Attendance: 410 Referee: Kirsty Dowle
	Heuchan  26' Ewens  62'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir  90+4' Asseyi  67'
		Penalties
	Hopcroft Agg Joel Nolan Yanez Primus Neville Bennett Shepherd Muya Girasoli Hopcroft Agg	9–10	Longhurst Asseyi Filis Evans Brynjarsdóttir Fisk Shimizu Smith Hayashi Kyvåg Arnold Filis Brynjarsdóttir

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27 November 2022 12:00	London City Lionesses	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Princes Park Attendance: 268 Referee: Kirsty Dowle
	Muya  53'	Report	Terland  35' Williams  65'

27 November 2022 15:00	West Ham United	2–0	Birmingham City	Victoria Road Attendance: 585 Referee: Emily Heaslip
	Longhurst  15' Brynjarsdóttir  75' (pen.)	Report

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17 December 2022 14:00	Birmingham City	1–2	London City Lionesses	St Andrew's Attendance: 481 Referee: Jeda Wardle
	Quinn  45'	Report	Ewens  48', 89'

18 January 2023 13:30	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	West Ham United	Broadfield Stadium

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEW	CHA	BRI	CRY
1	Lewes	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advances to knock-out stage		—	2–0
2	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking			—	2–1	2–0
3	Bristol City	2	1	0	0	1	5	2	+3	3			P–P		—	4–0
4	Crystal Palace	3	0	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0			1–4			—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2022. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

2 October 2022 14:00	Lewes	2–0	Charlton Athletic	The Dripping Pan Attendance: 403 Referee: C. Small
	Howells  44' Hack  90+3'	Report

2 October 2022 15:00	Bristol City	4–0	Crystal Palace	Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 423
	Harrison  9', 25' Mustaki  78' Syme  84'	Report

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27 November 2022 14:00	Crystal Palace	1–4	Lewes	Hayes Lane Attendance: 296 Referee: Aimee Keir
	Sharpe  89'	Report	Thompson  7', 20' Reilly  24' (o.g.) Kraft  42'

27 November 2022 14:00	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Bristol City	The Oakwood Attendance: 296 Referee: Nicoleta Bria
	Skeels  10', 60'	Report	Harrison  90+1'

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11 January 2023 19:30	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Crystal Palace	The Oakwood
	Follis  75' Bell  90+1'	Report

18 January 2023 12:00	Bristol City	v	Lewes	Robins High Performance Centre

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	REA	COV	SOU
1	Tottenham Hotspur (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advances to knock-out stage		—		5–1
2	Reading (E)	3	2	0	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		1–2	—
3	Coventry United	3	1	0	0	2	3	9	−6	3				0–4	—	2–0
4	Southampton	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0			0–1	0–3		—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2022. Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

2 October 2022 14:00	Reading	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Amy Fearn
	Dowie  90+11' (pen.)	Report	Neville  7' Karczewska  30'

2 October 2022 15:00	Coventry United	2–0	Southampton	Butts Park Arena Attendance: 264
	Dudley-Jones  50' Wiseman  55'	Report

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27 November 2022 14:00	Southampton	0–3	Reading	St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 4,258 Referee: Louise Saunders
		Report	Troelsgaard  5' Wade  38' Vanhaevermaet  60'

27 November 2022 14:00	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Coventry United	Brisbane Road Attendance: 566 Referee: Josh Smith
	Summanen  6' Ayane  14' Harrop  25' Turner  60' Gunning-Williams  90+3'	Report	Orthodoxou  90+1'

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16 December 2022 19:00	Coventry United	0–4	Reading	Butts Park Arena Attendance: 192 Referee: Phoebe Cross
		Report	Dowie  4', 26' Troelsgaard  17' Wellings  64'

18 December 2022 12:00	Southampton	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 2,725
		Report	Karczewska  26'

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to Manchester City's failure to progress from Champions League qualifying, they entered the League Cup group stage. With only two teams now receiving byes to the League Cup quarter-finals, the best-placed runner-up will also progress with the five group winners to make up the final eight. With the three Southern groups containing one fewer team than the two Northern groups, the ranking to determine which second-placed team progresses is calculated on a points-per-game basis.

As of 18 December 2022

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	B	Liverpool	4	3	0	0	1	6	2	+4	9	2.25	Advance to knock-out stage
2	A	Manchester United (E)	4	2	0	2	0	11	5	+6	8	2
3	E	Reading (E)	3	2	0	0	1	8	2	+6	6	2
4	D	Bristol City	2	1	0	0	1	5	2	+3	3	1.5
5	C	London City Lionesses (E)	3	1	0	1	0	5	5	0	4	1.33

(E) Eliminated

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Chelsea and Arsenal will enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage having been exempt from the League Cup group stage due to their participation in the Champions League group stage.

25 January 2023 19:00	Bristol City	0–6	Manchester City	Ashton Gate, Bristol Attendance: 2,647 Referee: Thomas Kirk
		Report	Raso  8', 12' Shaw  30' Hemp  35', 60' Fowler  44'

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25 January 2023 19:30	Liverpool	0–1	West Ham United	Prenton Park, Birkenhead Attendance: 510 Referee: Martin Woods
		Report	Brynjarsdóttir  87'

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25 January 2023 19:45	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Chelsea	Brisbane Road, Leyton Attendance: 657 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
	Spence  90+4'	Report	Kerr  38', 86' Kirby  68'

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26 January 2023 19:45	Arsenal	3–0	Aston Villa	Meadow Park, Borehamwood Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Carl Brook
	Maanum  29', 50' Foord  60'	Report

Semi-finals

8 February 2023 19:15	Arsenal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City	Meadow Park, Borehamwood Attendance: 1,795 Referee: Abigail Byrne
	Blackstenius  93'	Report

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9 February 2023 19:15	West Ham United	0–7	Chelsea	Chigwell Construction Stadium, Dagenham Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Louise Saunders
		Report	Kerr  3', 22', 45+1', 60' Kirby  10' James  55' Reiten  65'

Final

Main article: 2023 FA Women's League Cup Final

On 5 December 2022, it was announced the 2023 FA Women's League Cup Final would be held at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace F.C., for the first time. The final is scheduled to take place on 5 March 2023.

5 March 2023 15:00	Chelsea	1–3	Arsenal	Selhurst Park, Selhurst Attendance: 19,010 Referee: Kirsty Dowle
	Kerr  2'	Report	Blackstenius  16' Little  24' (pen.) Charles  45+5' (o.g.)

See also

• 2022–23 Women's Super League
• 2022–23 Women's Championship

External links

• Official website

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Cup competitions
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National teams
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