| Competition: | FA WSL |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Winners: | Arsenal 3rd WSL title 15th English title |
| Relegated: | Yeovil Town |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Arsenal Manchester City |
| League Topscorer: | Vivianne Miedema (22 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (14 October 2018) (21 October 2018) (20 February 2019) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (7 May 2019) |
| Highest Scoring: | (14 October 2018) (7 May 2019) |
| Average Attendance: | 1,010[1] |
| Matches: | 110 |
| Total Goals: | 336 |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 FA WSL was the eighth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season after a rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. The previous FA WSL 2 became the Championship – eleven clubs competed in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship.
Arsenal won their first WSL since 2012 with a 4–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]
Following restructuring of the women's game in order to provide for a fully professional Women's Super League (WSL), membership of both the first and second tier is subject to a licence, based on a series of off-the-field criteria. Yeovil Town estimated the budget needed for a WSL season at about £350,000.[3] Existing WSL teams were first offered the opportunity to bid for licences,[4] with all applying FA WSL clubs retaining their place in the first tier, with Brighton & Hove Albion from the WSL2 also offered a place in the WSL.[5] From the first tier, Sunderland were unsuccessful in their license application.
This left up to two places in the WSL and up to five places in the Championship for applying clubs. Fifteen applications were received for both the top two tiers, and West Ham were given a licence in the second stage, so that the league is made up of 11 teams.[6]
| Team | Location | Ground | Capacity | data-sort-type=number | 2017–18 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,502 | 3rd | ||||
| Birmingham City | Solihull | Damson Park | 3,050 | 5th | |
| Broadfield Stadium | 6,134 | 2nd, WSL 2 | |||
| Bristol City | Filton | 1,500 | 8th | ||
| Chelsea | Kingsmeadow | 4,850 | 1st | ||
| Everton | Southport | 6,008 | 9th | ||
| Liverpool | Birkenhead | 16,587 | 6th | ||
| Manchester City | Manchester | 7,000 | 2nd | ||
| Reading | High Wycombe | Adams Park | 9,617 | 4th | |
| West Ham United | 3,000 | 7th, WPL South | |||
| Yeovil Town | Dorchester | The Avenue Stadium | 5,229 | 10th |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City | [7] | Signed with Manchester United | 29 May 2018 | End of season (8th) |  [8] | 4 July 2018 | |
| West Ham United | [9] | End of interim period | 7 June 2018 | Pre-season | [10] | 7 June 2018 | |
| Liverpool | [11] | Sacked | 8 June 2018 | [12] | 12 June 2018 | ||
| Yeovil Town | [13] | Appointed Director of Football | 14 June 2018 | 14 June 2018 | |||
| Liverpool | [14] | Resigned | 14 September 2018 | 11th | [15] | 26 October 2018 | |
| Everton | [16] | Sacked | 7 November 2018 | 11th | [17] | 1 December 2018 | |
| Birmingham City | [18] | Signed with Orlando Pride | 11 January 2019 | 4th |  [19] | 21 January 2019 |
| Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |||
| September | Tanya Oxtoby | Bristol City | Sophie Baggaley | Bristol City | [20] | |
| October | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal | Vivianne Miedema | Arsenal | [21] [22] | |
| November | Kelly Chambers | Reading | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Liverpool | [23] | |
| December | Nick Cushing | Manchester City | Georgia Stanway | Manchester City | [24] [25] | |
| January | Tanya Oxtoby | Bristol City | Erin Cuthbert | Chelsea | [26] [27] | |
| February | Hope Powell | Sophie Harris | [28] [29] | |||
| March | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal | Beth Mead | Arsenal | [30] [31] | |
| April | Marta Tejedor | Birmingham City | Beth Mead | Arsenal | [32] [33] | |
| FA WFA Players' Player of the Year | Sophie Baggaley | Bristol City | |
| FA WFA Goal of the Year | Beth Mead | Arsenal | |
| FA WFA Save of the Year | Megan Walsh | Yeovil Town | |
| LMA Manager of the Year | Joe Montemurro | Arsenal | |
| PFA Players' Player of the Year | Vivianne Miedema[34] | Arsenal | |
| PFA Young Player of the Year | Georgia Stanway[35] | Manchester City | |
| PFA Merit Award | Steph Houghton[36] | Manchester City | |
| FWA Footballer of the Year | Nikita Parris[37] | Manchester City |
| PFA Team of the Year[38] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Sophie Baggaley (Bristol City) | ||||||||||||
| Defence | Hannah Blundell (Chelsea) | Aoife Mannion (Birmingham City) | Steph Houghton (Manchester City) | Demi Stokes (Manchester City) | |||||||||
| Midfield |  Ji So-Yun (Chelsea) | Kim Little (Arsenal) | Lia Wälti (Arsenal) | ||||||||||
| Attack | Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) | Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea) | Nikita Parris (Manchester City) | ||||||||||