FA Women's Super League 2016

FA Women's Super League 2016
master	Manchester City Women
Relegated	Doncaster (WSL1 → WSL2)
Teams	9/10
Games	72/90
Gates	212/279  (ø 0.95 per game)
Top scorer	WSL 1: Eniola Aluko (9) Chelsea WSL 2: Iniabasi Umotong / Jo Wilson (13) Oxford United / London Bees
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The FA Women's Super League 2016 was the sixth edition of the highest English women's football league FA WSL . It was organized under the umbrella of the Football Association . The season ran from March to November.

The championship, which has been held in two league levels with eight and ten teams since 2014, between which there is a direct promoted or relegated team, was increased to nine teams in the first division for the 2016 season.

The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2017/18 UEFA Women's Champions League . Manchester City Women became champions for the first time , Doncaster had to relegate to WSL 2, and Notts County Ladies FC was withdrawn shortly before the start of the following season.

Attendees

Due to the last place of Bristol City in the previous year, they relegated to WSL2. They were replaced by the WSL2 winner, Reading FC Women, and the WSL2 Doncaster runner- up increased to nine teams.

WSL table 1

arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Doncaster Liverpool Manchester City Notts County Reading Sunderland

Clubs of WSL1 2016

Pl. team Games S. U N Gates Points 1. Manchester City Women 16 13 3 0 36: 4 42 2. Chelsea Ladies FC (M) 16 12 1 3 42:17 37 3. Arsenal Ladies FC 16 10 2 4th 33:14 32 4th Birmingham City Ladies 16 7th 6th 3 18:13 27 5. Liverpool Ladies FC 16 7th 4th 5 27:23 25th 6th Notts County Ladies FC 16 4th 4th 8th 16:26 16 7th Sunderland AFC Ladies 16 2 4th 10 17:41 10 8th. Reading FC Women (N) 16 1 6th 9 15:26 9 9. Doncaster (N) 16 1 0 15th 8:48 3

MC CL AL BC LL NC SL RE DR 2-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 2-0 6-0 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 6: 3 2: 1 2: 1 3: 2 4-0 0: 1 0: 2 0-0 1: 2 2-0 5: 1 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 0: 4 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 0-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 3: 5 1-0 0-0 2: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 5 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 3: 2 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0: 2 0: 5 0: 4 1: 7 0: 4 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 4 1: 4 0: 5 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 1: 4 1: 4

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	team	Gates
1	Eniola Aluko	Chelsea	9
2	Jane Ross	Manchester City	8th
3	Caroline Weir	Liverpool	7th
4th	Danielle Carter	arsenal	6th
5	Fran Kirby	Chelsea	5
	Beth Mead	Sunderland
	Katie Chapman	Chelsea
	Toni Duggan	Manchester City
	Jessica Clarke	Notts County
	Ji So-yun	Chelsea

WSL table 2

Aston Villa Bristol Durham Everton London Bees Millwall Oxford Sheffield Watford Yeovil

Clubs of the WSL2 2016

Pl. team Games S. U N Gates Points 1. Yeovil Town Ladies FC 18th 12 3 3 41:16 39 2. Bristol City (A) 18th 12 3 3 37:16 39 3. Everton Ladies FC 18th 10 4th 4th 35:18 34 4th Durham Women FC 18th 10 3 5 30:19 33 5. Sheffield FC (N) 18th 7th 5 6th 25:18 26th 6th Aston Villa Ladies FC 18th 7th 3 8th 26:27 24 7th London Bees 18th 6th 4th 8th 28:39 22nd 8th. Millwall Lionesses 18th 3 7th 8th 24:31 16 9. Oxford United Women 18th 4th 1 13 20:42 13 10. Watford Ladies FC 18th 2 1 15th 13:53 7th

YT BC Tbsp DW SH AV LB ML OX WL 2-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 4: 2 2: 3 1: 1 2-0 5-0 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 2: 1 4: 1 4: 1 3-0 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 5: 1 1: 1 3-0 3-0 0: 2 0-0 1: 3 1-0 3-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 0: 2 2: 2 0: 2 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 4-0 0: 2 0: 3 3: 4 2: 2 0: 5 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0: 4 1: 2 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 0: 5 0: 1 1: 5 1-0 0: 1 4: 2 3: 5 2-0 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1: 6 1: 3 0: 2 0: 5 1: 2 3: 2

See also

• FA WSL Continental Tires Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bbc.com: "Notts County Ladies: WSL 1 club fold on eve of Spring Series season"

Web links

• official website
• soccerway.com: WSL 1
• soccerway.com: WSL 2