2023–24 Women's Super League

FA WSL 2023–24
Season information
Dates	1 October 2023–18 May 2024
Winners	Chelsea 7th title
Relegated	Bristol City
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Arsenal Chelsea Manchester City
Season statistics
Matches played	132
Goals scored	437
Average	(3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Khadija Shaw (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 7–0 Tottenham (26 November 2023)
Biggest away win	Aston Villa 0–6 Chelsea (4 November 2023)
Highest scoring	Bristol City 3–7 Brighton (3 March 2024)
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The 2023–24 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It is the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.

Teams

Twelve teams contested the 2023–24 Women's Super League season. Bristol City were confirmed as 2022–23 Women's Championship champions on 3 April 2022, ensuring that they would return to the WSL for the first time since the 2020–21 season after a two-year absence. They replaced Reading, who were relegated after defeat on the final day to eventual WSL title winners Chelsea, ending a seven-season spell in the WSL dating back to 2016.

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2022–23 season
Arsenal	Borehamwood	Meadow Park	4,050	3rd
Aston Villa	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300	5th
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium	5,800	11th
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	27,000	12 !WC, 1st
Chelsea	Kingston upon Thames	Kingsmeadow	4,850	1st
Everton	Liverpool	Walton Hall Park	2,200	6th
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,212	10th
Liverpool	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	16,547	7th
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000	4th
Manchester United	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village	12,000	2nd
Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton	Brisbane Road	9,271	9th
West Ham United	Dagenham	Victoria Road	6,078	8th

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Eidevall, JonasJonas Eidevall	Little, KimKim Little	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Aston Villa	Ward, CarlaCarla Ward	Corsie, RachelRachel Corsie	Castore	Cazoo
Brighton & Hove Albion	Phillips, MelissaMelissa Phillips	Losada, VickyVicky Losada	Nike	American Express
Bristol City	Smith, LaurenLauren Smith	Connolly, MeganMegan Connolly	O'Neills	Hubbo
Chelsea	Hayes, EmmaEmma Hayes	Bright, MillieMillie Bright	Nike	Three
Everton	Sørensen, BrianBrian Sørensen	Finnigan, MeganMegan Finnigan	Hummel	Stake.com
Leicester City	Kirk, WillieWillie Kirk	Whelan, AileenAileen Whelan	Adidas	FBS
Liverpool	Beard, MattMatt Beard	Fahey, NiamhNiamh Fahey	Nike	Standard Chartered
Manchester City	Taylor, GarethGareth Taylor	Houghton, StephSteph Houghton	Puma	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	Skinner, MarcMarc Skinner	Zelem, KatieKatie Zelem	Adidas	TeamViewer
Tottenham Hotspur	Vilahamn, RobertRobert Vilahamn	England, BethanyBethany England	Nike	AIA
West Ham United	Skinner, RehanneRehanne Skinner	Arnold, MackenzieMackenzie Arnold	Umbro	Betway

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Ham United	Konchesky, PaulPaul Konchesky	Mutual consent	28 May 2023	End of season (8th)	Rehanne Skinner	20 July 2023
Tottenham Hotspur	Jepson, VickyVicky Jepson	End of interim period	30 June 2023	End of season (9th)	Vilahamn, RobertRobert Vilahamn	7 July 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion	Phillips, MelissaMelissa Phillips	Sacked	1 February 2024	10th	Harris, MikeyMikey Harris (interim)	1 February 2024
Leicester City	Kirk, WillieWillie Kirk	Sacked	8 March 2024	7th	Foster, JenniferJennifer Foster (interim)	8 March 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	22	18	1	3	71	18	+53	55	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	22	18	1	3	61	15	+46	55	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Arsenal	22	16	2	4	53	20	+33	50	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Liverpool	22	12	5	5	36	28	+8	41
5	Manchester United	22	10	5	7	42	32	+10	35
6	Tottenham Hotspur	22	8	7	7	31	36	−5	31
7	Aston Villa	22	7	3	12	27	43	−16	24
8	Everton	22	6	5	11	24	37	−13	23
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	4	13	26	48	−22	19
10	Leicester City	22	4	6	12	26	45	−19	18
11	West Ham United	22	3	6	13	20	45	−25	15
12	Bristol City (R)	22	1	3	18	20	70	−50	6	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Women's Super League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BHA	BRI	CHE	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	TOT	WHU
Arsenal		2–1	5–0	5–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0
Aston Villa	1–3		1–0	2–2	0–6	1–2	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–4	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	0–1		3–2	0–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–4	2–2	1–3	0–2
Bristol City	1–2	0–2	3–7		0–3	0–4	2–4	0–1	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–2
Chelsea	3–1	3–0	4–2	8–0		3–0	5–2	5–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Everton	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–3		0–1	0–0	1–4	0–5	2–2	2–0
Leicester City	2–6	0–1	2–3	5–2	0–4	1–0		0–4	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Liverpool	0–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–3	0–1	2–1		1–4	1–0	1–1	3–1
Manchester City	1–2	2–1	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	5–1		3–1	7–0	5–0
Manchester United	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–6	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–3		2–2	5–0
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–4		3–1
West Ham United	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–4

Source: Women's Super League Results and Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Khadija Shaw	Manchester City	21
2	Lauren James	Chelsea	13
	Elisabeth Terland	Brighton & Hove Albion
4	Alessia Russo	Arsenal	12
5	Aggie Beever-Jones	Chelsea	11
	Lauren Hemp	Manchester City
7	Amalie Thestrup	Bristol City	9
8	Rachel Daly	Aston Villa	8
	Beth Mead	Arsenal
	Sjoeke Nüsken	Chelsea
	Nikita Parris	Manchester United

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Khiara Keating	Manchester City	9
2	Mary Earps	Manchester United	7
3	Hannah Hampton	Chelsea	6
4	Courtney Brosnan	Everton	5
	Rachael Laws	Liverpool
	Manuela Zinsberger	Arsenal
7	Zećira Mušović	Chelsea	4
8	Teagan Micah	Liverpool	3
9	Mackenzie Arnold	West Ham United	2
	Sophie Baggaley	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Ann-Katrin Berger	Chelsea
	Sabrina D'Angelo	Arsenal
	Daphne van Domselaar	Aston Villa
	Anna Leat	Aston Villa
	Rebecca Spencer	Tottenham Hotspur

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Martha Thomas	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa	4–2 (A)	21 October 2023
Sjoeke Nüsken	Chelsea	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2 (H)	22 October 2023
Lauren James	Chelsea	Liverpool	5–1 (H)	18 November 2023
Khadija Shaw	Manchester City	Tottenham Hotspur	7–0 (H)	26 November 2023
		Everton	4–1 (A)	17 December 2023
Lauren James	Chelsea	Manchester United	3–1 (H)	21 January 2024
Khadija Shaw	Manchester City	Liverpool	5–1 (H)
Guro Reiten4	Chelsea	Bristol City	8–0 (H)	5 May 2024
Leanne Kiernan	Liverpool	Leicester City	4–0 (A)	18 May 2024

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Discipline

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total
Player	Hawa Cissoko (West Ham United) Katie McCabe (Arsenal)	8	12 players	1
Club	Liverpool	41	Manchester City	4

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
October	Willie Kirk	Leicester City	Martha Thomas	Tottenham Hotspur	Cloé Lacasse (vs. Manchester United)	Arsenal
November	Jonas Eidevall	Arsenal	Lauren James	Chelsea	Rachel Daly (vs. West Ham United)	Aston Villa
December	Matt Beard	Liverpool	Khadija Shaw	Manchester City	Danielle Turner (vs. Manchester City)
January	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	Lauren James	Chelsea	Vivianne Miedema (vs. Liverpool)	Arsenal
February	Gareth Taylor	Manchester City	Khiara Keating	Manchester City	Aurora Galli (vs. West Ham United)	Everton
March			Jess Park		Khadija Shaw (vs. Liverpool)	Manchester City
April	Brian Sørensen	Everton	Alessia Russo	Arsenal	Ella Toone (vs. Leicester City)	Manchester United

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Barclays WSL Player of the Season	Khadija Shaw	Manchester City
Barclays WSL Manager of the Season	Matt Beard	Liverpool
Barclays WSL Goal of the Season	Danielle Turner (vs. Manchester City)	Aston Villa
PFA Players' Player of the Year
PFA Young Player of the Year
FWA Footballer of the Year	Khadija Shaw	Manchester City

See also

• 2023–24 FA Women's League Cup
• 2023–24 FA Women's Championship (tier 2)
• 2023–24 FA Women's National League (tier 3)

External links

• Official website

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Domestic cups
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League cups
England · Portugal · Scotland
Supercups
England · France · Spain
UEFA competitions
Women's Champions League (qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout phase, Final)
International competitions
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 (qualification) · 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League · 2024 Women's Finalissima
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