2023–24 Women's Super League
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The 2023–24 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the
Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...
(WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. Reigning champions Chelsea won their fifth consecutive and seventh overall title.
Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
were relegated to the
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.


Teams

Twelve teams contested the 2023–24 Women's Super League season.
Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
were confirmed as
2022–23 Women's Championship The 2022–23 Women's Championship season (also known as the Barclays Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the rebranded Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England. Ahead of the season th ...
champions on 3 April 2022, ensuring that they would return to the WSL for the first time since the 2020–21 season after a two-year absence. They replaced
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, who were relegated after defeat on the final day to eventual WSL title winners Chelsea, ending a seven-season spell in the WSL dating back to 2016.


Stadium changes

Ahead of the season, newly-promoted
Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
confirmed the women's team's primary home ground would be the club's main stadium, Aston Gate. They moved from the Robins High Performance Centre in
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after one season. In addition, nine of the 10 clubs whose women's team played at secondary stadia moved select matches to the club's primary ground throughout the season.
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were the only team not to do this.
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moved one match, against Aston Villa on 19 January 2024, to their backup venue of
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in
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, due to maintenance at the King Power.


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


League table


Results


Season statistics


Top scorers


Clean sheets


Hat-tricks

;Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals


Discipline


Attendances


Awards


Monthly awards


Annual awards


References


External links


Official website
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