FA WSL is a women’s league in England, formed in 1991, with recorded season coverage from 2016 through 2025. Visitors can use this competition page to follow live scores, upcoming fixtures, results and standings, alongside available player and team statistics, across the recorded seasons for clear reference and comparison over time in one place online.
Upcoming matches, FA WSL
Regular Season - 9
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- Regular Season - 9
Manchester City W
West Ham W
Academy Stadium -
- Regular Season - 9
Chelsea W
Everton W
Stamford Bridge -
- Regular Season - 9
Aston Villa W
Manchester United W
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- Regular Season - 9
Liverpool W
Arsenal W
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- Regular Season - 9
Crystal Palace W
Charlton Athletic W
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- Regular Season - 9
Tottenham Hotspur W
Brighton W
Brisbane Road -
- Regular Season - 9
London City Lionesses
No H2HBirmingham City W
Copperjax Community Stadium
Regular Season - 10
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- Regular Season - 10
Chelsea W
Manchester City W
Stamford Bridge
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- Regular Season - 10
Arsenal W
London City Lionesses
Emirates Stadium
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- Regular Season - 10
Manchester United W
Crystal Palace W
Latest played matches, FA WSL
Regular Season - 8
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Regular Season - 8
Charlton Athletic W
0 - 6Chelsea W
The Valley
Regular Season - 7
FA WSL Standings
Super League Women
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Chelsea W | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 19 | WWWWW |
| 2 |
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Manchester City W | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 19 | DWWWW |
| 3 |
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London City Lionesses | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 16 | DWWWW |
| 4 |
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Manchester United W | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 11 | DWWWD |
| 5 |
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Tottenham Hotspur W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 10 | LLLWW |
| 6 |
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Arsenal W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 9 | WDLLD |
| 7 |
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Everton W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 9 | LLWLW |
| 8 |
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Aston Villa W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 9 | WWDLD |
| 9 |
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Brighton W | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 8 | WLWLD |
| 10 |
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Liverpool W | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | DLLWL |
| 11 |
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Birmingham City W | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 6 | WDLDL |
| 12 |
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West Ham W | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 6 | LWLLL |
| 13 |
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Crystal Palace W | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 6 | LLDDL |
| 14 |
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Charlton Athletic W | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -16 | 0 | LLLLL |
FA WSL Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
K. Shaw
Manchester City W |
4 |
| 2 |
V. Pelova
Tottenham Hotspur W |
3 |
| 3 |
Alexia Putellas
London City Lionesses |
3 |
| 4 |
M. Malard
Chelsea W |
3 |
| 5 |
K. Diani
London City Lionesses |
3 |
| 6 |
K. Seike
Brighton W |
3 |
| 7 |
L. Hemp
Manchester City W |
2 |
| 8 |
F. Godfrey
London City Lionesses |
2 |
| 9 |
C. Tandberg
Tottenham Hotspur W |
2 |
| 10 |
J. Olme
Manchester United W |
2 |
Top assists 2026
| # | Player | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
D. van de Donk
London City Lionesses |
3 |
| 2 |
L. Hemp
Manchester City W |
3 |
| 3 |
N. Herron
Birmingham City W |
2 |
| 4 |
J. Blakstad
Tottenham Hotspur W |
2 |
| 5 |
L. Crosthwaite
Birmingham City W |
1 |
| 6 |
A. Sandberg
Manchester United W |
1 |
| 7 |
F. Kirby
Brighton W |
1 |
| 8 |
Ornella Vignola
Everton W |
1 |
| 9 |
A. Fujino
Manchester City W |
1 |
| 10 |
Natalia Ramos
Liverpool W |
1 |
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
- McCabe 2
- Gaupset 2
- Zigiotti Olme 2
- Kaptein 2
- Lloyd-Smith 2
- Tough Bronze 2
- Sandberg 1
- Vanegas Cataño 1
- Riesen 1
- Natalia Ramos 1
Top red cards
FA WSL teams participation since 2016
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Arsenal W | 10 |
| Chelsea W | 10 |
| Manchester City W | 10 |
| Everton W | 9 |
| Liverpool W | 8 |
| West Ham W | 8 |
| Brighton W | 8 |
| Reading W | 7 |
| Manchester United W | 7 |
| Tottenham Hotspur W | 7 |
| Birmingham City W | 6 |
| Bristol City W | 6 |
| Aston Villa W | 6 |
| Leicester City WFC | 5 |
| Yeovil Town W | 3 |
| Sunderland W | 2 |
| Notts County W | 1 |
| London City Lionesses | 1 |
| Crystal Palace W | 1 |
FA WSL top scorer teams
Goals scored vs. conversion rate
| Team | Goals scored | Total shots | Conversion % |
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| Chelsea W | 19 | 113 |
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| London City Lionesses | 13 | 84 |
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| Brighton W | 12 | 72 |
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| Tottenham Hotspur W | 12 | 100 |
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| Manchester City W | 11 | 69 |
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| Birmingham City W | 7 | 68 |
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| Manchester United W | 7 | 62 |
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| Aston Villa W | 7 | 41 |
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| West Ham W | 6 | 52 |
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| Crystal Palace W | 6 | 46 |
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| Liverpool W | 6 | 82 |
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| Arsenal W | 6 | 103 |
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| Everton W | 5 | 51 |
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| Charlton Athletic W | 2 | 25 |
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FA WSL About
FA WSL is England’s top-tier professional women’s football league, currently operating under the official Barclays Women’s Super League identity. It is a single-division league at the summit of the English women’s football pyramid, bringing together leading domestic clubs and elite international players in pursuit of the league title, European qualification and continued professional growth.
Role and identity
The competition exists to provide England’s highest-level regular league programme for women’s clubs. Although its home is England, the WSL has a distinctly international character, attracting players who represent leading football nations and giving clubs a platform for domestic success and progression into UEFA competition. It is also commonly described as the English Women’s Super League.
The modern WSL was established in March 2010 to replace the FA Women’s Premier League as England’s top flight. Its first fully professional era began ahead of the 2018–19 season, a landmark development that moved the competition towards full-time playing and operational standards. The league was originally administered by The Football Association. Since 2024, responsibility has transferred to WSL Football, the independent, club-owned organisation formerly known as Women’s Professional Leagues Limited.
Clubs, licensing and access
Entry is controlled through licensing rather than sporting promotion alone. Clubs competing at this level must meet Tier 1 standards, including requirements relating to professional player contracts, minimum contract hours, facilities and youth development. A club must also maintain a youth academy, while its stadium must satisfy the required Category A grading standards.
The WSL maintains a sporting connection with the second tier, the Women’s Championship, historically also referred to as WSL 2. Promotion from the second tier provides the principal route into the league, subject to the relevant licensing requirements. Relegation provides the corresponding route out of the competition and can affect a club’s funding, staffing and professional status.
League format and season structure
The FA WSL uses a conventional double round-robin format. Each club plays every other team twice during the league season: once at home and once away. The resulting table determines the champion, European places and relegation positions. Unlike a knockout competition, the league does not use a final to decide its champion; the title goes to the team that finishes highest after completing its fixtures.
The competition follows a winter calendar, normally running from September to May. Most matches are played at weekends, with some midweek fixtures arranged around domestic cup commitments, international windows and other scheduling demands. WSL clubs also enter the principal domestic cup competitions, including the Women’s League Cup and the Women’s FA Cup. Those tournaments operate separately from the league and use their own group-stage or knockout arrangements.
The league is expanding from 12 to 14 clubs for the 2026–27 season. Under the arrangements supplied for the transition, the team finishing 12th in 2025–26 will enter a play-off against the third-placed Women’s Championship side. From 2026–27 onwards, the 14th-placed WSL club will be relegated automatically, while the team finishing 13th will contest a play-off against the second-placed Women’s Championship club. These changes create a larger top division while preserving a competitive route between the two levels.
Points, rankings and match rules
Matches are played under the standard Laws of the Game. A win is worth three points, a draw one point and a defeat zero points. League positions are determined first by total points, followed by goal difference and then goals scored when teams are level. The supplied competition rules also identify head-to-head results as a possible subsequent criterion where applicable.
These rules apply to the league table, not to domestic cup ties. Cup matches that remain level after normal time may proceed to 30 minutes of extra time, followed if necessary by a penalty shootout. The precise arrangements can depend on the regulations of the individual cup competition.
European qualification and sporting stakes
Success in the WSL carries significance beyond the domestic table. Under the stated qualification arrangement, the top three finishers progress to the UEFA Women’s Champions League: the champions enter the league phase directly, while the runners-up and third-placed team enter qualifying rounds. The exact European pathway can vary with the applicable UEFA competition regulations and England’s association position.
Winning the WSL is therefore both a domestic achievement and a gateway to the European game. At the other end of the table, relegation to the Women’s Championship represents a major sporting and commercial setback. For clubs competing near the bottom, survival protects top-tier status; for those at the summit, the campaign offers the chance to win one of the most prestigious titles in women’s club football.