2015 FA WSL

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FA WSL 1
Season2015
Champions Chelsea
(1st WSL title)
Relegated Bristol Academy
Champions League Chelsea
Manchester City
Matches played56
Goals scored154 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Beth Mead (12 goals) [1]
Biggest home winManchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy [2]
(27 September 2015)
Biggest away winBristol Academy 0–4 Chelsea [2]
(2 April 2015)
Liverpool 0–4 Chelsea [2]
(27 September 2015)
Highest scoringBristol Academy 2–5 Notts County [2]
(25 April 2015)
Manchester City 6–1 Bristol Academy [2]
(27 September 2015)
Longest winning run5 matches
Chelsea
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Manchester City
Longest winless run9 matches
Bristol Academy
Longest losing run4 matches
Bristol Academy
Liverpool
Highest attendance3,180 [3]
Manchester City 2–1 Notts County
(4 October 2015)
Total attendance57,253 [4]
Average attendance1,022 [4]
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All statistics correct as of 5 October 2015.

The 2015 FA WSL 1 was the fifth season of the FA WSL , the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October. [5]

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Liverpool were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL. Chelsea became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.

This was the second season since the WSL 2 was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the WSL 1 will increase to nine teams for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team (Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from Premier League to WSL 2.

Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated.

Background

In December 2014, the FA WSL announced a two-year plan to expand WSL 1 from an eight to 10-team league. Two teams will be promoted from WSL 2, while one team will be relegated to WSL 2. [6] [7] Also, for the first time, a team from the FA Women's Premier League earned promotion to WSL 2, effectively connecting the WSL to the rest of the English women's football pyramid. [8]

This will leave WSL 1 with nine teams and WSL 2 with 10 teams for the 2016 season, and with the process repeated the following year, both WSL 1 and WSL 2 will have 10 teams each for the 2017 season.

Teams

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Locations of the 2015 Super League teams
TeamLocationGroundCapacity 2014 WSL 1 finish
Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park 4,502 (1,400 seated)4th
Birmingham City Solihull Damson Park 3,050 (280 seated)3rd
Bristol Academy Filton Stoke Gifford Stadium 1,5007th
Chelsea Staines Wheatsheaf Park 3,009 (300 seated and 800 covered)2nd
Manchester City Manchester Academy Stadium 7,000 (5,000 seated)5th
Liverpool Widnes Halton Stadium 13,3501st
Notts County Nottingham Meadow Lane 20,2296th
Sunderland Hetton-le-Hole Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground 2,500

Transfers

As of 27 July 2015

* Natasha Harding was supposed to join American team Washington Spirit, as she was denied a visa, she joined Manchester City instead.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C)1410223010+2032Qualification for the Champions League knockout phase
2 Manchester City 149322511+1430
3 Arsenal 148332113+827
4 Sunderland 146262424020
5 Notts County 144372020015
6 Birmingham City 14347714−713
7 Liverpool 144191524−913
8 Bristol Academy (R)1422101238−268Relegation to the FA WSL 2
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARS BIR BRI CHE LIV MCI NTC SUN
Arsenal 1–02–00–21–32–32–14–1
Birmingham City 0–10–00–11–00–00–01–1
Bristol Academy 1–10–30–44–20–32–51–4
Chelsea 0–04–04–11–01–22–14–0
Liverpool 0–22–12–00–42–11–21–2
Manchester City 0–11–06–11–12–02–11–0
Notts County 1–10–10–11–21–02–24–2
Sunderland 1–33–02–14–02–20–12–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2015. Source: FA WSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 5 October 2015 [89]
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of England.svg Beth Mead Sunderland 12
2 Flag of England.svg Jess Clarke Notts County 7
Flag of Spain.svg Natalia Pablos Arsenal
4 Flag of England.svg Eniola Aluko Chelsea 6
Flag of England.svg Isobel Christiansen Manchester City
Flag of England.svg Gemma Davison Chelsea
Flag of England.svg Toni Duggan Manchester City
Flag of England.svg Chioma Ubogagu Arsenal
Flag of England.svg Rachel Williams Notts County
10 Flag of England.svg Karen Carney Birmingham City 5
Flag of South Korea.svg Ji So-yun Chelsea

See also

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