The 2023–24 Reading F.C. Women season was the club's 17th season and their first season back in the

Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

, the second tier of the

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, since 2013 following relegation the previous season.

Season events

On 28 July, Reading announced the return of

Charlie Estcourt Charlotte Lucy "Charlie" Estcourt (born 27 May 1998) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder in the FA Women's Championship for Birmingham City. and the Wales national team and most recently for FA WSL club Reading. Estcourt was named Football ...

to the club from

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

. On 31 July, Reading announced the signing of Ava Kuyken from Hibernian. On 3 August, Reading announced the singing of two goalkeepers, Emily Orman on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea, and of free-agent Rose Kite following a successful trial. On 18 August, Reading announced Liam Gilbert as their new First Team Manager. On 25 August, Reading announced the signing of Rachel Dugdale from

Coventry United Coventry United Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the West Midlands. The team competes in the , the 9th tier of English football and are managed by Carl Nolan The club was founded in 2013 by chairman J ...

. Later the same day, Reading announced the signing of

Georgia Wilson Georgia Wilson may refer to: * Georgia Wilson (field hockey) * Georgia Wilson (equestrian) * Georgia Wilson (footballer) Georgia Wilson (born 1 February 2002) is an English footballer who plays for Reading in the Women's Championship. Playing c ...

from

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

. On 1 September, Reading announced the signing of Josie Longhurst from

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. On 7 September, Reading announced the season-long loan signing of Halle Houssein from West Ham United. On 14 September, Reading announced the season-long loan signings of Lulu Jarvis from Brighton & Hove Albion and

Freya Gregory Freya Gregory (born 12 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Southampton, on loan from Women's Super League club Aston Villa, and as a defender for the England Under-23 youth t ...

from

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

, whilst Caitlin Smith joined on a permanent transfer from

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. On 21 September, Reading announced that

Jacqueline Burns Jacqueline Burns (born 6 March 1997) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City in the Women's Championship. She previously played in the United States for the Carson–Newman University's women's soccer team and sp ...

had signed a new contract with the club. On 4 January, Reading announced the loan return of

, the dual registration of Freya Meadows-Tuson with

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and the departure of Rose Kite by mutual consent. On the same day, Player Pathway graduate, Mae Hunt, was registered for the first team. On 11 January, Reading announced the departure of Sanne Troelsgaard from the club by mutual consent. On 12 January, Reading announced the signing of Jesse Woolley on loan from

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until the end of the season. On 26 January, Reading announced the signing of

Jessie Stapleton Jessica Stapleton (born 7 February 2005) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for West Ham United in the Women's Super League and the Republic of Ireland national team. Club career Early career Stapleton is from Ballyfe ...

on loan from West Ham United for the remainder of the season. Five days later, on 31 January, Keira Flannery also joined Reading on loan from West Ham for the remainder of the season, and the departure of

Lily Woodham Lily Woodham (born 3 September 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Reading of the Women's Championship. Woodham has previously played for Bristol City and has had a loan spell at Charlton Athletic. Career Club O ...

to Seattle Reign for an undisclosed fee. On 30 June, Reading announced their withdrawal from the

for the upcoming season, moving instead to the

Southern Region Women's Football League The Southern Region Women's Football League is at the fifth and sixth levels of the English women's football pyramid, with the seven other Regional Leagues – Eastern, London & SE, South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, North East and Nor ...

due to ownership and financial constraints.

Squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Women's Championship

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

Table

FA Cup

League Cup

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances

, - , colspan="14", ''Players away from the club on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:''

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

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