2024–25 Women's Super League

The 2024–25 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010.^[1] It was the sixth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.

Women's Super League

Season	2024–25
Dates	20 September 2024 – 10 May 2025
Champions	Chelsea 8th title 6th in a row
Relegated	Crystal Palace
Champions League	Chelsea Arsenal Manchester United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	424 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alessia Russo Khadija Shaw (12 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Hannah Hampton Phallon Tullis-Joyce (13 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Arsenal 5–0 Brighton & Hove Albion (8 November 2024) Arsenal 5–0 Crystal Palace (19 January 2025) Arsenal 5–0 Tottenham Hotspur (16 February 2025)
Biggest away win	Crystal Palace 0–7 Chelsea (27 September 2024)
Highest scoring	Crystal Palace 1–7 West Ham United (27 April 2025)
Longest winning run	9 games Chelsea
Longest unbeaten run	22 games Chelsea
Longest winless run	12 games Crystal Palace
Longest losing run	6 games Aston Villa
Highest attendance	56,784 Arsenal 5–0 Tottenham Hotspur (16 February 2025)
Lowest attendance	502 Crystal Palace 1–1 Everton (10 November 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Chelsea were the defending champions, having won their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title in the previous season.

After Arsenal's 2–5 defeat to Aston Villa and Chelsea's 1–0 victory over Manchester United, Chelsea were confirmed to have won their sixth consecutive and eighth overall title. At the end of the season, Chelsea also became the first team to finish a 22-game WSL season unbeaten.^[2]

Crystal Palace, who in the previous season had been promoted to the WSL for the first time in their history, were relegated back to the Women's Championship after just one season in the top flight on 27 April 2025, after a 1–7 defeat at home to West Ham United.

Ahead of the season, the WSL announced a change to the way games were broadcast domestically in the UK. The FA Player streaming service was replaced by the league's YouTube channel for the live broadcast of all 66 league matches not televised by BBC or Sky Sports.^[3] The transition followed the creation and subsequent takeover of the running of the league by the Women's Professional Leagues Limited (initially called 'NewCo' on a temporary basis), an independent, club-owned entity, which replaced The Football Association after recommendations from a government-backed review into the women's game in 2023.^[4]

Teams

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

Everton

Leicester City

Liverpool

London

Manchester City

Manchester United

Locations of the 2024–25 WSL teams outside of London

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham United

Locations of the 2024–25 WSL teams in London

Twelve teams contested the 2024–25 Women's Super League season. Crystal Palace secured promotion as 2023–24 Women's Championship champions on 28 April 2024, marking their first appearance in the WSL.^[5] They replaced Bristol City, who were relegated one season after their return to the WSL since being promoted from the Women's Championship the season prior.^[6]

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2023–24 season
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium[a]	60,704	3rd
Aston Villa	Birmingham (Aston)	Villa Park	42,640	7th
Brighton & Hove Albion	Crawley	Broadfield Stadium[b]	6,134	9th
Chelsea	London (Kingston upon Thames)	Kingsmeadow[c]	4,850	1st
Crystal Palace	London (Sutton)	Gander Green Lane[d]	5,013	WC, 1st
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Walton Hall Park[e]	2,200	8th
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,212	10th
Liverpool	St Helens	Totally Wicked Stadium[f]	18,000	4th
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	Academy Stadium[g]	7,000	2nd
Manchester United	Leigh	Leigh Sports Village[h]	12,000	5th
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Leyton)	Brisbane Road[i]	9,271	6th
West Ham United	London (Dagenham)	Victoria Road	6,078	11th

1. Three matches played at Meadow Park.
2. Three matches played at Falmer Stadium.
3. Three matches played at Stamford Bridge.
4. Four matches played at Selhurst Park.
5. Two matches played at Goodison Park.
6. Three matches played at Anfield.
7. Three matches played at City of Manchester Stadium.
8. Three matches played at Old Trafford.
9. Three matches played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Stadium changes

Having spent the previous six seasons at Prenton Park, Liverpool relocated to Totally Wicked Stadium, home of St Helens R.F.C., ahead of the 2024–25 season.^[7] Arsenal announced Emirates Stadium would become the team's primary ground ahead of the 2024–25 season, hosting eight of the team's home league games. Meadow Park, the ground the team has groundshared since the 1990s, will retain the three remaining fixtures.^[8] After four seasons at Walsall's Bescot Stadium following promotion in 2020, Aston Villa announced Villa Park would become the team's home stadium for league matches ahead of the 2024–25 season.^[9]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shorts sponsor
Arsenal	Renée Slegers	Kim Little	Adidas	Fly Emirates	Visit Rwanda	None	None
Aston Villa	Natalia Arroyo	Rachel Corsie	Adidas	Betano	Trade Nation	None	None
Brighton & Hove Albion	Dario Vidošić	Vicky Losada	Nike	American Express	Experience Kissimmee[10]	None	None
Chelsea	Sonia Bompastor	Millie Bright	Nike	None	BingX	None	Singer Capital Markets
Crystal Palace	Leif Gunnar Smerud	Aimee Everett	Macron	TEN	Kaiyun Sports	None	None
Everton	Brian Sørensen	Megan Finnigan	Castore	Stake.com	KICK	Christopher Ward	None
Leicester City	Amandine Miquel	Janice Cayman	Adidas	King Power	Bia Saigon	Sekonda	None
Liverpool	Amber Whiteley (interim)	Niamh Fahey	Nike	Standard Chartered	Expedia	None	None
Manchester City	Nick Cushing (interim)	Alex Greenwood[11]	Puma	Etihad Airways	OKX	Nissan	Joie
Manchester United	Marc Skinner	Maya Le Tissier[12]	Adidas	Snapdragon[13]	DXC Technology	None	None
Tottenham Hotspur	Robert Vilahamn	Bethany England	Nike	AIA	Cinch	Tumi	None
West Ham United	Rehanne Skinner	Katrina Gorry[14]	Umbro	Betway	JD Sports	ZO Skin Health	Maldon Accident Repair Centre

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Chelsea	Emma Hayes	Signed by the United States	18 May 2024[15][16]	Pre season	Sonia Bompastor	29 May 2024[17]
Aston Villa	Carla Ward	Resigned	18 May 2024[18]		Robert de Pauw	29 June 2024[19]
Brighton & Hove Albion	Mikey Harris	End of interim period	18 May 2024[20]		Dario Vidošić	10 July 2024[20]
Leicester City	Jennifer Foster		18 May 2024[21]		Amandine Miquel	15 July 2024[21]
Arsenal	Jonas Eidevall	Resigned	15 October 2024[22]	6th	Renée Slegers[a]	15 October 2024[22]
Aston Villa	Robert de Pauw	Sacked	11 December 2024[24]	9th	Shaun Goater (interim)	11 December 2024[24]
	Shaun Goater	End of interim period	22 January 2025[25]	8th	Natalia Arroyo	22 January 2025[25]
Liverpool	Matt Beard	Sacked	27 February 2025[26]	7th	Amber Whiteley (interim)	27 February 2025[26]
Crystal Palace	Laura Kaminski		28 February 2025[27]	12th	Leif Gunnar Smerud	1 March 2025[28]
Manchester City	Gareth Taylor		10 March 2025[29]	4th	Nick Cushing (interim)	10 March 2025[29]

1. Slegers was initially appointed as an interim manager, but the move was made permanent on 17 January 2025.^[23]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	22	19	3	0	56	13	+43	60	Qualification for the Champions League league stage[a]
2	Arsenal	22	15	3	4	62	26	+36	48
3	Manchester United	22	13	5	4	41	16	+25	44	Qualification for the Champions League second round
4	Manchester City	22	13	4	5	49	28	+21	43
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	4	10	35	41	−6	28
6	Aston Villa	22	7	4	11	32	44	−12	25
7	Liverpool	22	7	4	11	22	37	−15	25
8	Everton	22	6	6	10	24	32	−8	24
9	West Ham United	22	6	5	11	36	41	−5	23
10	Leicester City	22	5	5	12	21	37	−16	20
11	Tottenham Hotspur	22	5	5	12	26	44	−18	20
12	Crystal Palace (R)	22	2	4	16	20	65	−45	10	Relegation to the WSL2

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Arsenal qualified for the Champions League league phase as the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League winners.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BHA	CHE	CRY	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	TOT	WHU
Arsenal		4–0	5–0	1–2	5–0	0–0	5–1	4–0	2–2	4–3	5–0	4–3
Aston Villa	5–2		3–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–4	2–2	3–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2	4–2		2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2
Chelsea	1–0	1–0	4–2		4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	2–2
Crystal Palace	0–4	3–1	0–1	0–7		1–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–3	1–7
Everton	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–5	3–0		4–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
Leicester City	0–1	3–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–0		2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Liverpool	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1		1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0
Manchester City	3–4	2–1	1–0	1–2	5–2	1–1	4–0	4–0		2–4	4–0	2–0
Manchester United	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–2		3–0	3–0
Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	0–1		2–1
West Ham United	0–2	2–3	3–1	0–5	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0

Source: Women's Super League Results and Fixtures
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Arsenal's Alessia Russo (left) and Manchester City's Khadija Shaw (right) jointly won the Golden Boot, with 12 goals each.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[30]
1	Alessia Russo	Arsenal	12
	Khadija Shaw	Manchester City
3	Shekiera Martinez	West Ham United	10
	Elisabeth Terland	Manchester United
5	Viviane Asseyi	West Ham United	9
	Aggie Beever-Jones	Chelsea
	Mariona Caldentey	Arsenal
8	Grace Clinton	Manchester United	8
	Rachel Daly	Aston Villa
	Bethany England	Tottenham Hotspur
	Guro Reiten	Chelsea

Clean sheets

Chelsea's Hannah Hampton (left) and Manchester United's Phallon Tullis-Joyce (right) jointly won the Golden Glove, with 13 clean sheets each.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[31]
1	Hannah Hampton	Chelsea	13
	Phallon Tullis-Joyce	Manchester United
3	Daphne van Domselaar	Arsenal	10
4	Courtney Brosnan	Everton	5
5	Khiara Keating	Manchester City	4
	Kinga Szemik	West Ham United
7	Sophie Baggaley	Brighton & Hove Albion	3
	Janina Leitzig	Leicester City
	Ayaka Yamashita	Manchester City
10	Sabrina D'Angelo	Aston Villa	2

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Women's Super League hat-tricks

Ella Toone became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Manchester derby on 19 January 2025, when Manchester United beat Manchester City 4–2 at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Kiko Seike	Brighton & Hove Albion	Everton	4–0 (H)	21 September 2024	[32]
Khadija Shaw	Manchester City	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0 (H)	8 November 2024	[33]
Ella Toone	Manchester United	Manchester City	4–2 (A)	19 January 2025	[34]
Shekiera Martinez4	West Ham United	Crystal Palace	7–1 (A)	27 April 2025	[35]

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Discipline

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total	Ref.
Player	Sara Holmgaard (Everton) Clare Hunt (Tottenham Hotspur) Ruby Mace (Leicester City)	7	Brooke Aspin (Crystal Palace) Sara Holmgaard (Everton) Aoife Mannion (Manchester United) Katie McCabe (Arsenal) Poppy Pattinson (Brighton & Hove Albion) Allyson Swaby (Crystal Palace) Maisie Symonds (Brighton & Hove Albion) Paula Tomás (Aston Villa)	1	[36]
Club	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace	2	[36]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		Ref.
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
September	Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea	Kiko Seike	Brighton & Hove Albion	Jess Park (vs. Arsenal)	Manchester City	[37][38][39]
October	Dario Vidošić	Brighton & Hove Albion	Lauren Hemp	Manchester City	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)	Chelsea	[40][41][42]
November	Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea	Guro Reiten	Chelsea	Frida Maanum (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion)	Arsenal	[43][44][45]
December	Renée Slegers	Arsenal	Alessia Russo	Arsenal	Alessia Russo (vs. Aston Villa)		[46][47][48]
January	Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea	Ella Toone	Manchester United	Vivianne Miedema (vs. Aston Villa)	Manchester City	[49][50][51]
February	Renée Slegers	Arsenal	Mariona Caldentey	Arsenal	Janice Cayman (vs. Aston Villa)	Leicester City	[52][53][54]
March			Shekiera Martinez	West Ham United	Grace Clinton (vs. Aston Villa)	Manchester United	[55][56][57]
April	Natalia Arroyo	Aston Villa			Viviane Asseyi (vs. Crystal Palace)	West Ham United	[58][59][60]

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Barclays WSL Player of the Season[61]	Mariona Caldentey	Arsenal
Barclays WSL Manager of the Season[62]	Sonia Bompastor	Chelsea
Barclays WSL Goal of the Season[61]	Vivianne Miedema (vs. Aston Villa)	Manchester City
Barclays WSL Rising Star[61]	Shekiera Martinez	West Ham United
PFA Players' Player of the Year[63]	Mariona Caldentey	Arsenal
PFA Young Player of the Year[64]	Olivia Smith	Liverpool
FWA Footballer of the Year[65]	Alessia Russo	Arsenal

PFA Team of the Year[66]
Goalkeeper	Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United)
Defenders	Emily Fox (Arsenal)			Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United)			Millie Bright (Chelsea)			Jayde Riviere (Manchester United)
Midfielders	Kim Little (Arsenal)				Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea)				Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
Forwards	Mary Fowler (Manchester City)				Alessia Russo (Arsenal)				Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)

See also

• 2024–25 Women's FA Cup
• 2024–25 Women's League Cup