The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the
FA WSL
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, the top-level women's
football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.
Liverpool
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were the defending champions from the
2014 FA WSL.
Chelsea became the title winners and together with
Manchester City
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(who finished as runners-up) qualified for the
2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
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The final was held at the Car ...
.
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
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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
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to WSL 2.
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. 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.
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
;WSL 1
;WSL 2
FA WSL 1 Transfers
;Arrivals
;Departures
* Natasha Harding was supposed to join American team Washington Spirit
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, as she was denied a visa, she joined Manchester City instead.
WSL 1
Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated.
Table
Results
Top goalscorers
WSL 2
Everton were relegated from WSL 1 last season.
Table
Results
Top goalscorers
WSL Cup
All WSL 1 and WSL 2 teams take part. In addition to last season a quarter-final stage was added to the knock-out stage. The first match was played on 21 July 2015, after the WSL break for the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Reading are the only WSL 2 team to progress from the group stages. The quarter-finals were drawn on 1 September 2015.
Semifinals
Final
Top goalscorers
References
External links
Official websiteWSL Season
at soccerway.com
WSL 2 Season
at soccerway.com
League Cup
at soccerway.com
{{2014–15 in European women's football (UEFA)
Women's Super League seasons
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2015–16 domestic women's association football leagues