2013 FA WSL Cup

The 2013 FA WSL Cup was the third edition of the FA WSL's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who sponsored the competition from its creation, and was officially known as the FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup. All eight teams of the WSL took part in the competition.

2013 FA WSL Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	23 March 2013 – 4 October 2013
Teams	8
Defending champions	Arsenal
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Lincoln
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
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Arsenal were the defending champions and the only club to have won the cup in the previous two seasons it was contested in.

The competition was played in the same format as the previous year. Arsenal won their third title in as many editions with a 2–0 win over Lincoln.^[1]

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	LIN	BIR	BRI
1	Arsenal	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	2–1	4–2
2	Lincoln	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5			1–1	—	—	—
3	Birmingham City	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4			—	1–1	—	—
4	Bristol Academy	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0			—	0–1	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 May 2013

19:00

Bristol Academy	0–2	Birmingham City
	Report	Williams 30' Linnett 65'

Stoke Gifford Stadium, Filton

Attendance: 675

Referee: Adrian Quelch

2 May 2013

19:30

Lincoln	1–1	Arsenal
Clarke 23'	Report	White 82'

Sincil Bank, Lincoln

Attendance: 283

Referee: Stuart Richardson

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5 May 2013

19:30

Bristol Academy	0–1	Lincoln
	Report	Hamilton 87'

Stoke Gifford Stadium, Filton

Attendance: 425

Referee: Thomas Blanch

11 May 2013

13:00

Arsenal	2–1	Birmingham City
Davison 50' White 88'	report 1 Report 2	Williams 48' (pen.)

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 479

Referee: Adam Crysell

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19 May 2013

14:00

Arsenal	4–2	Bristol Academy
White 25' Nobbs 49' Carter 54' Little 82'	Report	Watts 27' Curson 42'

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 446

Referee: Anthony Da Costa

19 May 2013

14:00

Birmingham City	1–1	Lincoln
Williams 3'	Report	Cantrell 38'

Knights Lane, Tiddington

Attendance: 427

Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	EVE	DON	CHE
1	Liverpool	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	1–1	1–0	—
2	Everton	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7			—	—	—	2–1
3	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1			—	1–3	—	1–1
4	Chelsea	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1			0–4	—	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 March 2013

19:30

Liverpool	1–1	Everton
Fors 76' (pen.)	Report	Parris 87'

Halton Stadium, Widnes

Attendance: 1,432

Referee: Sian Massey

28 April 2013

18:00

Doncaster Rovers Belles	1–1	Chelsea
Sigsworth 4'	Report	Vidarsdottir 45'

Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Attendance: 179

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4 May 2013

19:15

Liverpool	1–0	Doncaster Rovers Belles
Dowie 46'	Report

Halton Stadium, Widnes

Attendance: 471

Referee: Rob Goodwin-Davey

5 May 2013

14:00

Everton	2–1	Chelsea
Duggan 34' Scott 90'	Report	Jakobsson 47'

Rossett Park, Crosby

Attendance: 257

Referee: Elizabeth Jane Simms

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18 May 2013

18:00

Doncaster Rovers Belles	1–3	Everton
England 35'	Report	Parris 38' Jones 71' Duggan 90' (pen.)

Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Attendance: 301

Referee: Duncan Street

19 May 2013

14:00

Chelsea	0–4	Liverpool
	Report	Rolser 28' DaCosta 67' Dowie 82' Williams 85'

Wheatsheaf Park, Staines

Attendance: 349

Referee: Paul Kelly

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 August – Borehamwood
	Arsenal	4
					4 October – Barnet
	Everton	0
					Arsenal	2
	7 August – Widnes
					Lincoln	0
	Liverpool	1 (2)
	Lincoln (pen.)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Liverpool	1–1 (2–4 p)	Lincoln
Arsenal	4–0	Everton

7 August 2013

19:30

Liverpool	1–1	Lincoln
Dowie 1'	Report	Sweetman-Kirk 50'
Penalties
Williams Dowie Fors Bonner	2–4	Stoney Allen Walton Clarke Cantrell

Halton Stadium, Widnes

Attendance: 507

Referee: Barry Lamb

8 August 2013

19:45

Arsenal	4–0	Everton
Nobbs 8' Carter 35' White 40' Houghton 56'	Report 1 Report 2

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

Attendance: 704

Final

Main article: 2013 FA WSL Cup final

4 October 2013

19:30

Arsenal	2–0	Lincoln
White 76' Little 86'	Report

The Hive, Canons Park

Attendance: 3,421

Referee: Lisa Rashid

See also

• 2013 FA WSL