| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 September 2025 – 17 May 2026[1][2] |
| Matches | 53 |
| Goals | 152 (2.87 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Khadija Shaw (6 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Hannah Hampton Lize Kop (4 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Manchester United 4–0Leicester City (7 September 2025) |
| Biggest away win | West Ham United 1–5Arsenal (12 September 2025) London City Lionesses 1–5 Manchester United (14 September 2025) Tottenham Hotspur 1–5Manchester City (19 September 2025) West Ham United 0–4Chelsea (28 September 2025) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Manchester City |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 games Chelsea |
| Longest winless run | 8 games Everton Liverpool West Ham United |
| Longest losing run | 7 games West Ham United |
| Highest attendance | 56,537 Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea (8 November 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,404 Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur (28 September 2025) |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 16 November 2025. | |
The2025–26 Women's Super League is the 15th season of theWomen's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It is the seventh season after the rebranding ofthe four highest levels ofwomen's football in England. The season began on 5 September 2025 and ends on 17 May 2026.[1][2]
Chelsea are the defending champions, having won their sixth consecutive and eighth overall title inthe previous season.
On 16 June 2025, it was announced that the WSL would be expanding to 14 teams from the 2026–27 season. As a result,2025–26 WSL2 season will promote two teams, while the bottom side WSL team will play in a promotion/relegation play-off against the 3rd placed WSL2 side.[3]
Twelve teams will contest the 2025–26 Women's Super League season.London City Lionesses were confirmed as2024–25 Women's Championship champions on the final day of competition.[4] They replacedCrystal Palace, who were relegated on 27 April 2025, with two games remaining in the season.[5]
| Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | 2024–25 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | London(Holloway) | Emirates Stadium | 60,704 | 2nd |
| Aston Villa | Birmingham(Aston) | Villa Park | 42,640 | 6th |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Crawley | Broadfield Stadium[a] | 6,134 | 5th |
| Chelsea | London(Kingston upon Thames) | Kingsmeadow[b] | 4,850 | 1st |
| Everton | Liverpool(Walton) | Goodison Park[6] | 39,414 | 8th |
| Leicester City | Leicester | King Power Stadium | 32,212 | 10th |
| Liverpool | St Helens | Totally Wicked Stadium[c] | 18,000 | 7th |
| London City Lionesses | London(Bromley) | Hayes Lane | 5,000 | WC, 1st |
| Manchester City | Manchester(Bradford) | Academy Stadium[d] | 7,000 | 4th |
| Manchester United | Leigh | Leigh Sports Village[e] | 12,000 | 3rd |
| Tottenham Hotspur | London(Leyton) | Brisbane Road[f] | 9,271 | 11th |
| West Ham United | London(Dagenham) | Victoria Road | 6,078 | 9th |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | End of interim period | 10 May 2025 | Pre season | 8 August 2025[8] | ||
| Manchester City | 3 July 2025[9][10] | |||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | Sacked | 8 June 2025[11] | 4 July 2025[12] | |||
| Leicester City | 28 August 2025[13] | 4 September 2025[15] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 24 | Qualification for theChampions League league phase |
| 2 | Chelsea | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 21 | |
| 3 | Manchester United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 17 | Qualification for theChampions League third round |
| 4 | Arsenal | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 16 | |
| 6 | London City Lionesses | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 10 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 6 | |
| 10 | Everton | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 5 | |
| 11 | West Ham United | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | |
| 12 | Liverpool | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | Consigned toWSL2 relegation play-off |
| Home \ Away | ARS | AVL | BHA | CHE | EVE | LEI | LIV | LCL | MCI | MUN | TOT | WHU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3 May | 31 Jan | 6 Dec | 4–1 | 8 Feb | 11 Jan | 29 Mar | 21 Mar | |
| Aston Villa | 26 Apr | 11 Jan | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1 Dec | 1–3 | 15 Mar | 25 Jan | 15 Feb | 3 May | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 Feb | 0–0 | 14 Dec | 1–0 | 4–1 | 22 Mar | 1 Feb | 26 Apr | 2–3 | 16 May | 4–1 | |
| Chelsea | 25 Jan | 29 Mar | 15 Mar | 6 Dec | 1–0 | 15 Feb | 2–0 | 2–1 | 16 May | 1–0 | 11 Jan | |
| Everton | 14 Dec | 1 Feb | 25 Jan | 26 Apr | 16 May | 29 Mar | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 15 Feb | |
| Leicester City | 1–4 | 22 Mar | 29 Mar | 3 May | 1–1 | 1–0 | 14 Dec | 7 Dec | 8 Feb | 1–2 | 25 Jan | |
| Liverpool | 16 May | 8 Feb | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 15 Mar | 11 Jan | 1–2 | 0–2 | 25 Jan | 26 Apr | |
| London City Lionesses | 15 Mar | 16 May | 7 Dec | 22 Mar | 8 Feb | 26 Apr | 1–0 | 25 Jan | 1–5 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| Manchester City | 3–2 | 14 Dec | 2–1 | 1 Feb | 11 Jan | 15 Feb | 3 May | 4–1 | 3–0 | 22 Mar | 1–0 | |
| Manchester United | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3 May | 1–1 | 21 Mar | 4–0 | 1 Feb | 15 Feb | 29 Mar | 14 Dec | 6 Dec | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0–0 | 7 Dec | 1–0 | 8 Feb | 15 Mar | 11 Jan | 2–1 | 3 May | 1–5 | 26 Apr | 1–0 | |
| West Ham United | 1–5 | 0–2 | 8 Feb | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 13 Dec | 29 Mar | 16 May | 15 Mar | 1 Feb |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[16] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | |
| 2 | Manchester United | 5 | |
| 3 | Chelsea | 4 | |
| Arsenal | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Everton | |||
| 9 | 9 players | 3 | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 4 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 3 | |
| Arsenal | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 2 | |
| London City Lionesses | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | |||
| Manchester City | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 1 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everton | Liverpool | 4–1 (A) | 7 September 2025 | [18] |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
| Most yellow cards | Total | Most red cards | Total | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 10 players | 3 | 1 | [19] | |
| Club | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | Leicester City West Ham United | 1 | [19] |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| September | Chelsea | Chelsea | Arsenal | [20][21][22] | |||
| October | Manchester City | Manchester United | Aston Villa | [23][24][25] | |||