2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season explained

Club:	Manchester City Women
Season:	2016
Manager:	Nick Cushing
Chairman:	Khaldoon Mubarak
Stadium:	Academy Stadium
League:	Women's Super League
League Result:	Winners
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semifinals
Cup2:	WSL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017
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The 2016 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 28th season of competitive football and its third season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season.^[1] This season will also be the first occasion on which City Women contest a European competition, having qualified through their runners-up finish in the 2015 Women's Super League.^[2]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Friendly

Competitions

Women's Super League

See main article: 2016 FA WSL.

League table

Matches

FA Cup

See main article: 2015–16 FA Women's Cup.

Champions League

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Round of 32

See main article: article.

Round of 16

See main article: article.

Campaign continued in the following season

Squad information

Playing statistics

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	WSL				FA Cup				WSL Cup				Champions League				Total
				width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40
1		Karen Bardsley	GK	15				2								2				19
2		Lucy Bronze	DF	15	2			3		1		4	1			2	2			24	5	1
3		Demi Stokes	DF	15	1			3				4				2				24	1
4		Tessel Middag	MF	7								3	1			2				12	1
5		Jen Beattie	DF	11	3							4	1			2	2			17	6
6		Steph Houghton	DF	15	2	1		3				4				2				24	2	1
7		Kosovare Asllani	FW	10	1			3				2				2				17	1
8			MF	14	3			2				3	1			2	1			21	5
9		Toni Duggan	FW	14	5			2				3	1			2				21	6
10		Daphne Corboz	MF	13	2			3				3	1			1				20	3
11		Isobel Christiansen	MF	9	3			1				3	1			2	1			15	5
12		Georgia Stanway	FW	7	4			3	1			1	1							11	6
16			FW	15	8			3	2			4	3			2				24	13
17		Nikita Parris	FW	14	1			3	2			4	3			2				23	6
18		Ella Toone	FW									1								1
20		Megan Campbell	DF	3								1								4
21		Marie Hourihan	GK					1				4								5
23		Abbie McManus	DF	9		1		3												12		1
24		Keira Walsh	MF	7								4				2				13
		Amelia Kemp	DF					1												1
		Alethea Paul	MF					1												1
		Zoe Tynan	MF					1												1
		Ellie Roebuck	GK	1																1
Own goals					0				0				0				0				0
Totals					35	2	0		5	1	0		14	0	0		6	0	0		60	3	0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of 17 October 2016

width=10	No.	width=10	Nat.	Player	width=10	Pos.	width=100	WSL	width=100	FA Cup	width=100	WSL Cup	width=100	Champions League	width=100	Total
16			FW	8	2	3	0	13
5		Jen Beattie	FW	3	0	1	2	6
9		Toni Duggan	FW	5	0	1	0	6
17		Nikita Parris	FW	1	2	3	0	6
12		Georgia Stanway	FW	4	1	1	0	6
2		Lucy Bronze	DF	2	0	1	2	5
11		Isobel Christiansen	MF	3	0	1	1	5
8			MF	3	0	1	1	5
10		Daphne Corboz	MF	2	0	1	0	3
6		Steph Houghton	DF	2	0	0	0	2
7		Kosovare Asllani	FW	1	0	0	0	1
4		Tessel Middag	MF	0	0	1	0	1
3		Demi Stokes	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0	0
Total				35	5	14	6	60

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club
11 November 2015	FW	16	Jane Ross^[3]	Vittsjö GIK
30 December 2015	GK	21	Marie Hourihan^[4]	Chelsea
22 January 2016	FW	7	Kosovare Asllani^[5]	Paris Saint-Germain
15 February 2016	DF	20	Megan Campbell^[6]	Florida State Seminoles
3 June 2016	MF	4	Tessel Middag^[7]	AFC Ajax

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club
20 October 2015	FW	7	Krystle Johnston	Everton
20 October 2015	DF	16	Emma Lipman	Sheffield
20 October 2015	MF	19	Natasha Flint	Released
20 October 2015	DF	33	Kathleen Radtke	MSV Duisburg (women)
24 January 2016	MF	40	Natasha Harding^[8]	Liverpool
14 February 2016	DF	20	Georgia Brougham^[9]	Everton
2016	DF	15	Chelsea Nightingale	Released

Loans out

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manchester City to compete in WSL top tier after restructure . BBC Sport . 26 April 2013 . 1 November 2013.
2. Web site: WSL 1: Manchester City Women 2-1 Notts County Ladies . . 4 October 2015 . 5 October 2015 .
3. Web site: MCWFC sign Jane Ross . mcfc.co.uk . 11 November 2015 . 30 December 2015 . 15 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115014849/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2015/November/MCWFC-sign-Jane-Ross/1420021036 . dead .
4. Web site: MCWFC sign Marie Hourihan . mcfc.co.uk . 30 December 2015 . 30 December 2015 . 1 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101113342/http://mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2015/December/Manchester-City-Women-sign-Marie-Hourihan/1420021036 . dead .
5. Web site: MCWFC sign Kosovare Asllani . mcfc.co.uk . 22 January 2016 . 22 January 2016 . 22 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160122215626/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2016/January/Manchester-City-Women-sign-Kosovare-Asllani/1453467742 . dead .
6. Web site: MCWFC sign Megan Campbell . mcfc.co.uk . 15 February 2016 . 16 February 2016 . 18 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160218044229/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2016/February/Manchester-City-Women-sign-Megan-Campbell/1453467742 . dead .
7. Web site: MCWFC sign Tessel Middag . mcfc.co.uk . 3 June 2016 . 3 June 2016 . 4 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604192557/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/MCWFC-news/2016/June/MCWFC-sign-Tessel-Middag/1464886559 . dead .
8. Web site: Natasha Harding: Wales striker leaves Manchester City Women . . 24 January 2016 . 24 January 2016 .
9. Web site: Everton Sign Georgia Brougham . shekicks.net . 14 February 2016 . 16 February 2016 . 5 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002846/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/12724 . dead .
10. News: Blues Bag Brooks . 25 January 2016 . 25 January 2016 . . 1 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201093356/http://everton.fawsl.com/news/blues_bag_brooks.html#6pdsFktbAyh2Xumk.97 . dead .