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2025–26 Women's Super League

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Women's Super League
Season2025–26
Dates5 September 2025 – 17 May 2026[1][2]
Matches89
Goals256 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerKhadija Shaw
(14 goals)
Best goalkeeperHannah Hampton
(6 clean sheets)
Biggest home winManchester City 6–1 Aston Villa
(14 December 2025)
Chelsea 5–0 West Ham United
(11 January 2026)
Biggest away winWest Ham United 1–5 Arsenal
(12 September 2025)
London City Lionesses 1–5 Manchester United
(14 September 2025)
Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 Manchester City
(19 September 2025)
West Ham United 0–4 Chelsea
(28 September 2025)
Highest scoringManchester City 6–1 Aston Villa
(14 December 2025)
Longest winning run13 games
Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Manchester City
Longest winless run12 games
Liverpool
Longest losing run7 games
West Ham United
Highest attendance56,537
Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea
(8 November 2025)
Lowest attendance1,404
Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
(28 September 2025)
All statistics correct as of 8 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Women's Super League is the 15th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It is the seventh season after the rebranding of the four highest levels of women's football in England. The season began on 5 September 2025 and ends on 17 May 2026.[1][2]

Chelsea are the defending champions, having won their sixth consecutive and eighth overall title in the previous season.

On 16 June 2025, it was announced that the WSL would be expanding to 14 teams from the 2026–27 season. As a result, 2025–26 WSL2 season will promote two teams, while the bottom side WSL team will play in a promotion/relegation play-off against the 3rd placed WSL2 side.[3]

Teams

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Locations of the 2025–26 WSL teams outside of London
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Locations of the 2025–26 WSL teams in London

Twelve teams will contest the 2025–26 Women's Super League season. London City Lionesses were confirmed as 2024–25 Women's Championship champions on the final day of competition.[4] They replaced Crystal Palace, who were relegated on 27 April 2025, with two games remaining in the season.[5]

Team Location Ground Capacity 2024–25 season
Arsenal London (Holloway) Emirates Stadium 60,704 2nd
Aston Villa Birmingham (Aston) Villa Park 42,640 6th
Brighton & Hove Albion Crawley Broadfield Stadium[a] 6,134 5th
Chelsea London (Kingston upon Thames) Kingsmeadow[b] 4,850 1st
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park[6] 39,414 8th
Leicester City Leicester King Power Stadium 32,212 10th
Liverpool St Helens BrewDog Stadium[c] 18,000 7th
London City Lionesses London (Bromley) Hayes Lane 5,000 WC, 1st
Manchester City Manchester (Bradford) Academy Stadium[d] 7,000 4th
Manchester United Leigh Leigh Sports Village[e] 12,000 3rd
Tottenham Hotspur London (Leyton) Brisbane Road[f] 9,271 11th
West Ham United London (Dagenham) Victoria Road 6,078 9th
  1. ^ Some matches to be played at Falmer Stadium.
  2. ^ Some matches to be played at Stamford Bridge.
  3. ^ Three matches to be played at Anfield.
  4. ^ Some matches to be played at City of Manchester Stadium.
  5. ^ Some matches to be played at Old Trafford.
  6. ^ Three matches to be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shirt sponsor (back) Shorts sponsor
Arsenal Netherlands Renée Slegers Scotland Kim Little Adidas Fly Emirates Visit Rwanda None None
Aston Villa Spain Natalia Arroyo England Rachel Daly Adidas None Trade Nation None None
Brighton & Hove Albion Australia Dario Vidošić England Maisie Symonds Nike American Express Experience Kissimmee None None
Chelsea France Sonia Bompastor England Millie Bright Nike None None Škoda Here We Flo
Everton England Scott Phelan (interim) England Megan Finnigan Castore Stake.com Christopher Ward None None
Leicester City England Rick Passmoor England Sam Tierney Adidas King Power Bia Saigon None None
Liverpool Wales Gareth Taylor England Grace Fisk[7] Adidas Standard Chartered Expedia None None
London City Lionesses Spain Eder Maestre Sweden Kosovare Asllani Nike Everyone Watches Women's Sports None None None
Manchester City Sweden Andrée Jeglertz England Alex Greenwood Puma Etihad Airways OKX Nissan Joie
Manchester United England Marc Skinner England Maya Le Tissier Adidas Snapdragon DXC Technology None None
Tottenham Hotspur England Martin Ho England Bethany England Nike AIA Cinch None None
West Ham United Italy Rita Guarino Australia Katrina Gorry Umbro BoyleSports QuickBooks ZO Skin Health Modibodi

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Liverpool England Amber Whiteley End of interim period 10 May 2025 Pre season Wales Gareth Taylor 8 August 2025[8]
Manchester City England Nick Cushing Sweden Andrée Jeglertz 3 July 2025[9][10]
Tottenham Hotspur Sweden Robert Vilahamn Sacked 8 June 2025[11] England Martin Ho 4 July 2025[12]
Leicester City France Amandine Miquel 28 August 2025[13] England Rick Passmoor[a] 4 September 2025[15]
West Ham United England Rehanne Skinner 18 December 2025[16] 11th Italy Rita Guarino 22 December 2025[17]
London City Lionesses France Jocelyn Prêcheur 21 December 2025[18] 6th Spain Eder Maestre 2 January 2026[19]
Everton Denmark Brian Sørensen 4 February 2026[20] 9th England Scott Phelan (interim) 4 February 2026[20]
  1. ^ Passmoor was initially appointed as an interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 10 October 2025.[14]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City 15 13 0 2 41 13 +28 39 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Manchester United 15 9 4 2 33 15 +18 31
3 Chelsea 15 9 3 3 27 13 +14 30 Qualification for the Champions League third round
4 Arsenal 14 8 5 1 26 10 +16 29
5 Tottenham Hotspur 15 8 2 5 19 21 −2 26
6 London City Lionesses 15 6 1 8 17 25 −8 19
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 15 5 2 8 19 20 −1 17
8 Aston Villa 15 4 4 7 19 29 −10 16
9 Everton 15 4 2 9 17 26 −9 14
10 West Ham United 15 3 2 10 15 34 −19 11
11 Liverpool 15 2 4 9 15 25 −10 10
12 Leicester City 14 2 3 9 8 25 −17 9 Consigned to WSL2 relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2026. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Matches

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Home \ Away ARS AVL BHA CHE EVE LEI LIV LCL MCI MUN TOT WHU
Arsenal 1–1 1–0 1–1 3 May 29 Apr 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 29 Mar 21 Mar
Aston Villa 26 Apr 2–1 1–3 3–3 0–0 3–0 1–3 15 Mar 1–4 15 Feb 3 May
Brighton & Hove Albion 15 Feb 0–0 0–3 1–0 4–1 22 Mar 1–2 26 Apr 2–3 16 May 4–1
Chelsea 0–2 29 Mar 15 Mar 0–1 1–0 15 Feb 2–0 2–1 16 May 1–0 5–0
Everton 1–3 2–1 0–1 26 Apr 16 May 29 Mar 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–2 15 Feb
Leicester City 1–4 22 Mar 29 Mar 3 May 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2
Liverpool 16 May 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 15 Mar 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 26 Apr
London City Lionesses 15 Mar 16 May 0–1 22 Mar 0–1 26 Apr 1–0 1–2 1–5 4–2 1–0
Manchester City 3–2 6–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 15 Feb 3 May 4–1 3–0 22 Mar 1–0
Manchester United 0–0 0–1 3 May 1–1 21 Mar 4–0 3–1 15 Feb 29 Mar 3–3 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 15 Mar 1–0 2–1 3 May 1–5 26 Apr 1–0
West Ham United 1–5 0–2 3–2 0–4 3–1 1–1 2–2 29 Mar 16 May 15 Mar 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2026. Source: Women's Super League Results and Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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As of 8 February 2026

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[21]
1 Jamaica Khadija Shaw Manchester City 14
2 Scotland Kirsty Hanson Aston Villa 7
3 Brazil Kerolin Manchester City 6
Germany Shekiera Martinez West Ham United
Netherlands Vivianne Miedema Manchester City
Japan Kiko Seike Brighton & Hove Albion
United States Alyssa Thompson Chelsea
8 Sweden Stina Blackstenius Arsenal 5
France Melvine Malard Manchester United
Sweden Beata Olsson Liverpool
England Jess Park Manchester United
England Alessia Russo Arsenal
Norway Elisabeth Terland Manchester United

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[22]
1 England Hannah Hampton Chelsea 6
2 Netherlands Lize Kop Tottenham Hotspur 5
United States Phallon Tullis-Joyce Manchester United
4 Canada Sabrina D'Angelo Aston Villa 4
Netherlands Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal
Nigeria Chiamaka Nnadozie Brighton & Hove Albion
Japan Ayaka Yamashita Manchester City
8 Germany Janina Leitzig Leicester City 3
Spain Elene Lete London City Lionesses
10 Germany Anneke Borbe Arsenal 2
Republic of Ireland Courtney Brosnan Everton
Sweden Jennifer Falk Liverpool

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of Women's Super League hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Spain Ornella Vignola Everton Liverpool 4–1 (A) 7 September 2025 [23]
Jamaica Khadija Shaw4 Manchester City Aston Villa 6–1 (H) 14 December 2025 [24]
Brazil Kerolin Chelsea 5–1 (H) 1 February 2026 [25]

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

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Most yellow cards Total Most red cards Total Ref.
Player England Sam Tierney (Leicester City) 5 Algeria Inès Belloumou (West Ham United)
England Gemma Bonner (Liverpool)
France Océane Deslandes (Aston Villa)
England Shannon O'Brien (Leicester City)
Canada Jayde Riviere (Manchester United)
Jamaica Drew Spence (Tottenham Hotspur) 		1 [26]
Club Tottenham Hotspur 27 Aston Villa
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 		1 [26]

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Save of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
September France Sonia Bompastor Chelsea England Aggie Beever-Jones Chelsea Canada Olivia Smith Arsenal Germany Janina Leitzig Leicester City [27][28][29][30]
October Sweden Andrée Jeglertz Manchester City England Jess Park Manchester United Scotland Kirsty Hanson Aston Villa Netherlands Daphne van Domselaar Arsenal [31][32][33][30]
November Netherlands Kerstin Casparij Manchester City United States Alyssa Thompson Chelsea Nigeria Chiamaka Nnadozie Brighton & Hove Albion [34][35]
December Jamaica Khadija Shaw Germany Shekiera Martinez West Ham United Spain Elene Lete London City Lionesses [36][37][38][39]

References

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