2012 FA WSL

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FA WSL
Season2012
Champions Arsenal
Champions League Arsenal
Birmingham City
Matches played56
Goals scored180 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer Kim Little (11)
Biggest home win Birmingham 4–0 Doncaster Rovers Belles
6 May 2012
Biggest away win Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–4 Arsenal
25 August 2012
Highest scoring Liverpool 2–5 Birmingham City
9 September 2012
Highest attendance5052
Arsenal v Chelsea
Lowest attendance105
Liverpool v Bristol Academy
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The 2012 FA WSL is the second season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season began on 8 April 2012 and was scheduled to end in October 2012. The league is to break between 8 July and 19 August to allow preparation for the 2012 London Olympics. [1]

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Arsenal won the competition, their ninth consecutive English title. Entry to the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was earned by Arsenal, as champions, and Birmingham City, as runners–up.

Teams

TeamLocationGround2011 season
Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park FA WSL, 1st
Birmingham City Stratford-upon-Avon The DCS Stadium FA WSL, 2nd
Bristol Academy Filton Stoke Gifford StadiumFA WSL, 5th
Chelsea Staines Wheatsheaf Park FA WSL, 6th
Doncaster Rovers Belles Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium FA WSL, 7th
Everton Crosby The Arriva Park FA WSL, 3rd
Lincoln Ladies Lincoln Ashby Avenue FA WSL, 4th
Liverpool Skelmersdale Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Stadium FA WSL, 8th
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Locations of the 2012 Super League teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Arsenal (C)1410403918+2134Qualification to Champions League
2 Birmingham City 147523118+1326
3 Everton 147432016+425
4 Bristol Academy 144641716+118
5 Lincoln Ladies 145362426−218
6 Chelsea 145272023−317
7 Doncaster Rovers Belles 143291428−1411
8 Liverpool 1412111535−205
Source: FA WSL results
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away ARS BIR BRI CHE DON EVE LIV LIN
Arsenal 4–21–13–13–23–24–12–1
Birmingham City 1–11–14–24–01–23–13–1
Bristol Academy 0–32–20–13–21–11–00–1
Chelsea 2–40–10–03–13–12–22–3
Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–40–21–10–11–20–22–1
Everton 2–20–01–02–11–12–01–0
Liverpool 0–22–51–40–20–21–22–3
Lincoln Ladies 3–32–21–32–01–22–13–3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2012. Source: WSL matches
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Players with at least five goals.

RankScorerClubGoals [2] [3]
1 Kim Little Arsenal11
2 Jodie Taylor Birmingham8
3 Precious Hamilton Lincoln7
Helen Lander Chelsea
5 Rachel Williams Birmingham6
6 Remi Allen Lincoln5
Katie Chapman Arsenal
Toni Duggan Everton
Jordan Nobbs Arsenal
Fara Williams Everton

League Cup

To allow for more games the League Cup format was changed from a straight knock-out to a group stage format with the top two advancing to the semi-finals. Arsenal defended their title with a 1–0 win over Birmingham City in a rematch of last year's final. They thus won a double this season of League and League Cup, missing out on the Women's FA Cup. [4]

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BRI BIR EVE DON
1 Bristol Academy 321061+57Advance to Knockout stage —1–1——
2 Birmingham City 321041+37——1–02–0
3 Everton 310215−430–4——1–0
4 Doncaster Rovers Belles 300304−400–1———
Source: [ citation needed ]
Birmingham City 1–0 Everton
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 Report
The DCS Stadium, Stratford-upon-Avon
Attendance: 208
Referee: Ian Rathbone
Bristol Academy 1–1 Birmingham City
Report
Stoke Gifford Stadium , Filton
Attendance: 287
Referee: Lee Sheridan
Everton 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Report
Rossett Park , Crosby
Attendance: 277
Referee: Natalie Walker
Everton 0–4 Bristol Academy
Report
Rossett Park , Crosby
Attendance: 340
Referee: Mark Duncan
Birmingham City 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Report
The DCS Stadium, Stratford-upon-Avon
Attendance: 464
Referee: Sasa Ihringova

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification LIN ARS CHE LIV
1 Lincoln Ladies 330096+39Advance to Knockout stage —4–3—3–2
2 Arsenal 320194+56——3–0—
3 Chelsea 310236−331–2——2–1
4 Liverpool 300338−50—0–3——
Source: [ citation needed ]
Liverpool 0–3 Arsenal
Report
Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Stadium, Skelmersdale
Chelsea 2–1 Liverpool
Report
Wheatsheaf Park , Staines
Attendance: 157
Lincoln Ladies 4–3 Arsenal
Report
Ashby Avenue , Lincoln
Lincoln Ladies 3–2 Liverpool
Report
Ashby Avenue , Lincoln
Attendance: 154
Referee: Martin Dexter
Arsenal 3–0 Chelsea
Report
Meadow Park , Borehamwood
Attendance: 634
Referee: Ashvin Degnarain

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 September – Filton
 
 
 Bristol Academy 0
 
10 October – Barnet
 
 Arsenal 4
 
 Arsenal 1
 
2 September – Lincoln
 
 Birmingham City 0
 
 Lincoln Ladies 1
 
 
 Birmingham City 2
 

Semifinals

Lincoln Ladies 1–2 Birmingham City
Report
Referee: Stephen Ross
Bristol Academy 0–4 Arsenal
Report
Report
Attendance: 570
Referee: Adam Bromley

FA WSL Cup Final

Arsenal 1–0 Birmingham City
Report
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

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References

  1. ↑ "FAQ's 21 to 28". FAWSL. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "2012 Goal scorers". women.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ "the stats". fawsl.com.
  4. ↑ "Back-to-back doubles". thefa.com. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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