2017 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2017 season was Arsenal Ladies' 7th season in the Women's Super League, 25th season in the top flight, and the 30th season overall. The club participated in the WSL and the FA Cup.

Arsenal Ladies

2016–17 season
Chairman	Sir Chips Keswick
Manager	Pedro Martínez Losa
Stadium	Meadow Park
Super League	Third
FA Cup	Sixth round
Top goalscorer	League: Danielle Carter (4) All: Danielle Carter (6)
Biggest win	10–0 (vs Tottenham Hotspur, FA Cup, 19 March 2017)
Biggest defeat	1–0 (vs Birmingham City, FA Cup, 26 March 2017)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016 2017–18 →

The 2017 WSL season covered only half of a normal season's length, following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England to shift its schedule to a traditional autumn-to-spring calendar.^[1] For this reason there was no WSL Cup, Champions League qualification, or relegation to be competed for.

This was the club's final season known as Arsenal Ladies before rebranding to Arsenal Women in July 2017.^[2]

Squad statistics

First team squad

Last updated on 2 May 2017^[3]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Last Contract	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (27)	2015	April 2016[4]	FC Twente
13	Anna Moorhouse	(1995-03-30)30 March 1995 (22)	2017	February 2017[5]	Doncaster Rovers Belles
Defenders
2	Alex Scott (captain)	(1984-10-14)14 October 1984 (32)	2012	January 2014[6]	Boston Breakers
3	Emma Mitchell	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (24)	2013	August 2015[7]	SGS Essen
12	Vyan Sampson	(1996-07-02)2 July 1996 (20)	2014	January 2016[8]	Homegrown
16	Louise Quinn	(1990-06-17)17 June 1990 (26)	2017	May 2017[9]	Notts County
19	Jemma Rose	(1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (25)	2014	December 2015[10]	Bristol Academy
24	Lotte Wubben-Moy	(1999-01-11)11 January 1999 (18)	2015		Homegrown
32	Anna Patten	(1999-04-20)20 April 1999 (18)	2017		Homegrown
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (33)	2016	January 2016[11]	Liverpool
6	Leah Williamson	(1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (20)	2014	July 2015[12]	Homegrown
8	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08)8 December 1992 (24)	2010	February 2016[13]	Sunderland
10	Kim Little	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (26)	2016	October 2016[14]	Seattle Reign
11	Carla Humphrey	(1996-12-15)15 December 1996 (20)	2015	February 2015[15]	Homegrown
17	Heather O'Reilly	(1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (27)	2017	January 2017[16]	Kansas City
20	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17)17 January 1995 (22)	2015	April 2016[17]	SGS Essen
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (25)	2015	October 2016[18]	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Forwards
7	Chloe Kelly	(1998-01-15)15 January 1998 (19)	2015	February 2016[19]	Homegrown
9	Danielle Carter	(1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (24)	2009	January 2016[20]	Homegrown
14	Jodie Taylor	(1986-05-17)17 May 1986(31)	2016	March 2016[21]	Portland Thorns
15	Katie McCabe	(1995-09-21)21 September 1995 (21)	2015	December 2015[22]	Shelbourne
23	Beth Mead	(1995-05-09)9 May 1995 (22)	2017	January 2017[23]	Sunderland

Appearances and goals

No.	Name	Super League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	7	0	2	0	9	0
13	Anna Moorhouse	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	Alex Scott (captain)	6	0	0	0	6	0
3	Emma Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Vyan Sampson	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Louise Quinn	3+2	0	0	0	3+2	3
19	Jemma Rose	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Lotte Wubben-Moy	8	0	0	0	8	0
32	Anna Patten	8	0	0+1	0	8+1	0
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams	3+4	0	2	0	5+4	0
6	Leah Williamson	7	0	2	0	9	0
8	Jordan Nobbs	8	4	2	0	10	4
10	Kim Little	0	0	2	1	2	1
11	Carla Humphrey	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
17	Heather O'Reilly	7+1	2	2	0	9+1	0
20	Dominique Janssen	7	0	2	0	9	1
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	7+1	2	2	3	9+1	5
Forwards
7	Chloe Kelly	2+5	2	0+2	1	2+7	3
9	Dan Carter	7	4	2	2	9	6
14	Jodie Taylor	4+3	3	2	0	6+3	3
15	Katie McCabe	0+3	0	2	1	2+3	1
23	Beth Mead	3+2	1	0+1	1	3+3	2

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

As of 2 May 2017

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Danielle Carter	4	2	6
2	21	MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	2	3	5
3	8	MF	Jordan Nobbs	4	0	4
4	14	FW	Jodie Taylor	3	0	3
	16	DF	Louise Quinn	3	0	3
	7	FW	Chloe Kelly	2	1	3
5	17	MF	Heather O'Reilly	2	0	2
	23	FW	Beth Mead	1	1	2
6	10	MF	Kim Little	0	1	1
	15	FW	Katie McCabe	0	1	1
	20	MF	Dominique Janssen	0	1	1
	Own Goals			1	0	1
Total				22	10	32

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Position	Name	Super League		FA Cup		Total
1	20	MF	Dominique Janssen	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	24	DF	Lotte Wubben-Moy	1	0	0	0	1	0
	27	MF	Heather O'Reilly	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				4	0	0	0	4	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

As of 2 May 2017

Rank	No.	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	1	GK	1	Sari van Veenendaal	4	1	5
Total					4	1	5

Transfers, loans and other signings

Transfers in

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	From club
17 October 2016[24]	10	MF	Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC
18 January 2017[25]	17	MF	Heather O'Reilly	FC Kansas City
24 January 2017[26]	23	FW	Beth Mead	Sunderland
17 February 2017[27]	13	GK	Anna Moorhouse	Doncaster
3 May 2017[28][a]	16	DF	Louise Quinn	Notts County

1. Made her debut on 30 April 2017 prior to the official announcement.^[29]

Transfers out

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
21 October 2016[30]	6	MF	Vicky Losada	Barcelona
21 October 2016[30]	17	MF	Marta Corredera	Atlético Madrid
21 October 2016[30]	7	FW	Natalia Pablos	Raya Vallecano
9 November 2016[31]	5	DF	Casey Stoney	Liverpool
15 December 2016[32]	22	DF	Josephine Henning	Lyon
30 December 2016[33]	11	FW	Rachel Yankey	Retired
30 December 2016[34]	1	GK	Emma Byrne	Brighton & Hove Albion
11 January 2017[35]	10	FW	Kelly Smith	Retired
15 February 2017[36]	24	FW	Asisat Oshoala	Dalian Quanjian
March 2017[37]	29	DF	Chiara Ritchie-Williams	LSU Lady Tigers
July 2017[38]	30	MF	Georgia Allen	Syracuse Orange

Loans out

Announcement date	No.	Position	Player	To club
31 March 2017[39]	28	MF	Charlie Devlin	Millwall Lionesses

Club

Kit (2016-17)

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home[40]

Away[41]

Kit information

This is third consecutive season Puma has supplied Arsenal with kits.

• Home: The home kit features Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white, with the addition of a dark trim around the lowered neck line, on the sleeve (hooped) and along the red stripe on the shorts. The distinguishing feature of the kit is the darkened, vertical, red stripe across the centre of the kit. It also features predominantly red socks for the first time since the 2004–05 season (as opposed to only featuring on the alternate kits).
• Away: The away kit is predominantly yellow following the trend of recent Arsenal away kits. The contrasting colour is "gunmetal grey"^[42] which appears on the collar (alongside a thin, centred, yellow line), as a trim on the v-shaped neck line and on the sleeve, separated by a large yellow strip across the shoulders and multiple hooped yellow lines across the bottom section of the sleeve. The shorts are predominantly gunmetal grey, with a yellow trim along the sides. The socks are yellow with multiple gunmetal grey hooped lines on the upper section.
• Third: The third kit is an abstraction from previous alternate kits for Arsenal as it predominantly features a single colour of dark blue. A vibrant neon yellow forms the detail across a wide strip on the shoulder and on the cuffs of the sleeves. The shorts are also dark blue with neon yellow detail along the sides and the kit is completed with single-colour neon yellow socks with a single dark blue hoop on the upper section.

Kit usage (2016-17)

Kit	Combination	Usage
Home	Red body White sleeves White shorts Red socks	WSL	Liverpool (H) Yeovil Town (A) Chelsea (A) Birmingham City (H) Manchester City (A) Reading (H)
		FA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur (H) Birmingham City (A)
Away	Yellow body Grey sleeves Grey shorts Yellow socks	WSL	Sunderland (A) Bristol City (A)

Pre-season

Friendlies

Arsenal v Bayern Munich

1 February 2017 Friendly	Arsenal	1–3	Bayern Munich	Seville, Spain
15:00	Carter 63'	Report	Miedema 18' Bürki 81', 88'	Stadium: CD Luis del Sol

Testimonials

Arsenal v All-Stars

19 February 2017 Kelly Smith	Arsenal	4–2	All-Stars	Borehamwood
	Little Carter Nobbs Dean	Report	Houghton Smith (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Howard Webb

Competitions

FA Women's Super League

Main article: FA WSL Spring Series

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea (C)	8	6	1	1	32	3	+29	19
2	Manchester City	8	6	1	1	17	6	+11	19
3	Arsenal	8	5	3	0	22	9	+13	18
4	Liverpool	8	4	2	2	20	18	+2	14
5	Sunderland	8	2	3	3	4	14	−10	9

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	5	3	0	22	9	+13	18	2	1	0	9	6	+3	3	2	0	13	3	+10

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	5	5	3	4	2	4	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: FA WSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sunderland v Arsenal

30 April 2017 1	Sunderland	0–0	Arsenal	Hetton le Hole
14:00 BST	Holmes  31'	Report		Stadium: Hetton Centre Attendance: 577 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Arsenal v Liverpool

4 May 2017 2	Arsenal	4–4	Liverpool	Canons Park
19:30 BST	Kelly 36' Carter 54', 59' Nobbs 80'	Report	Greenwood 13' Harding 43' Weir 44' Bonner 83'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 696 Referee: David Rock

Yeovil Town v Arsenal

7 May 2017 3	Yeovil Town	1–5	Arsenal	Taunton
14:00 BST	Quinn 42'	Report	Taylor 7' (pen.), 24' Clarke 9' (o.g.) Carter 31' O'Reilly 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Viridor Stadium Attendance: 824 Referee: Scott Jackson

Chelsea v Arsenal

17 May 2017 4	Chelsea	2–2	Arsenal	Staines
19:30 BST	Chapman  39' Bright 69' Davison  88' Spence 90+2'	Report	O'Reilly  30' Taylor 34' 34' Janssen  68' Nobbs 90+6'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Aji Ajibola

Arsenal v Birmingham City

20 May 2017 5	Arsenal	4–2	Birmingham City	Canons Park
13:00 BST	O'Reilly 44' Van de Donk 55' Carter  78' Quinn 78', 90+1'	Report	Williams 1', 58'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Neil Morrison

Manchester City v Arsenal

28 May 2017 6	Manchester City	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30 BST		Report	Janssen  67' Nobbs 75'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Anthony Tankard

Arsenal v Reading

31 May 2017 7	Arsenal	1–0	Reading	Canons Park
19:30 BST	Carter 40'	Report	McGee  37' H. Scott  60'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 870 Referee: Alan Dale

Bristol City v Arsenal

3 June 2017 8	Bristol City	0–5	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
18:00 BST	Allen  63'	Report	Wubben-Moy  9' Quinn 27' Nobbs 52' Kelly 76' Van de Donk 81' Mead 86'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Sam Allison

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Women's Cup

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur

19 March 2017 Fifth round	Arsenal	10–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Carter 22', 30' Janssen 29' Little 38' Van de Donk 43', 59', 84' Kelly 65' Mead 69' McCabe 77'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,407 Referee: Jason Richardson

Birmingham City v Arsenal

26 March 2017 Quarter-Final	Birmingham City	1–0	Arsenal	Solihull
14:00 BST	Ewers 77' White	Report		Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 514 Referee: Ian Rathbone

Honours

• PFA Special Achievement Award: Kelly Smith^[43]
• 2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: Jordan Nobbs^[44]

See also

• List of Arsenal W.F.C. seasons
• 2016–17 in English football