The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the

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, the top-level women's

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league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October.

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were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL.

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became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. This was the second season since the

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was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the

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will increase to nine teams for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (

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and

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) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team ( Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from

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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

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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.

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 1 1 2015–16 domestic women's association football leagues