2024–25 Women's Super League Explained

Competition:Women's Super League
Season:2024–25
Dates:20 September 2024 – 11 May 2025
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 14th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010.[1] It is the sixth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.

Ahead of the season, the WSL announced a change to the way games were broadcast domestically in the UK. The FA Player streaming service was replaced by the league's YouTube channel for the live broadcast of all 66 league matches not televised by BBC or Sky Sports.[2] The transition followed the creation and subsequent takeover of the running of the league by NewCo, an independent, club-owned entity, which replaced The Football Association after recommendations from a government-backed review into the women's game in 2023.[3]

Teams

Twelve teams will contest the 2024–25 Women's Super League season. Crystal Palace secured promotion as 2023–24 Women's Championship champions on 28 April 2024, marking their first appearance in the WSL.[4] They replaced Bristol City, who were relegated one season after their return to the WSL since being promoted from the Women's Championship the season prior.[5]

Team Location Ground Capacity data-sort-type=number2023–24 season
Emirates Stadium[6] 60,704 3rd
42,640 7th
6,134 9th
Kingsmeadow[7] 4,850 1st
VBS Community Stadium[8] 7,032
Walton Hall Park[9] 2,200 8th
32,212 10th
Totally Wicked Stadium[10] 18,000 4th
Academy Stadium[11] 7,000 2nd
Leigh Sports Village[12] 12,0005th
9,2716th
6,078 11th

Stadium changes

Having spent the previous six seasons at Prenton Park, Liverpool relocated to Totally Wicked Stadium, home of St Helens R.F.C., ahead of the 2024–25 season.[13] Arsenal announced Emirates Stadium would become the team's primary ground ahead of the 2024–25 season, hosting at least eight of the team's home league games. Meadow Park, the ground the team has groundshared since the 1990s, will retain the three remaining fixtures.[14] After four seasons at Walsall's Bescot Stadium following promotion in 2020, Aston Villa announced Villa Park would become the team's home stadium for league matches ahead of the 2024–25 season.[15]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorShirt sponsor (sleeve)Shirt sponsor (back)Shorts sponsor
Arsenal AdidasFly EmiratesVisit RwandaNoneNone
Aston VillaCastoreCazooTrade NationNoneNone
Brighton & Hove Albion [16] NikeAmerican ExpressExperience Kissimmee[17] NoneNone
Chelsea NikeInfinite AthleteBingXNoneSinger Capital Markets
Crystal Palace MacronCinchKaiyun SportsNoneNone
Everton [18] HummelStake.comKICKChristopher WardNone
Leicester City Amandine MiquelTBAAdidasKing PowerBia SaigonSekondaNone
Liverpool NikeStandard CharteredExpediaNoneNone
Manchester CityTBAPumaEtihad AirwaysOKXNissanJoie
Manchester UnitedTBAAdidasSnapdragon[19] DXC TechnologyNoneNone
Tottenham Hotspur [20] NikeAIACinchTumiNone
West Ham UnitedTBAUmbroBetwayJD SportsZO Skin HealthMaldon Accident Repair Centre

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Chelsea Emma HayesSigned by the United States national team18 May 2024[21] [22] End of season (1st) Sonia Bompastor29 May 2024[23]
Aston Villa Carla WardResigned18 May 2024[24] End of season (7th) Robert de Pauw29 June 2024[25]
Brighton & Hove Albion Mikey HarrisEnd of interim period18 May 2024[26] End of season (9th) Dario Vidošić10 July 2024
Leicester City Jennifer FosterEnd of interim period18 May 2024[27] End of season (10th) Amandine Miquel15 July 2024

League table

References

  1. News: Leighton . Tony . 2009-04-05 . Anger at delay of women's summer Super League . 2024-05-21 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  2. Web site: Sim . Josh . YouTube replaces FA Player as streaming home of WSL . SportsPro . 23 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Simmons . Kelly . Get the big decisions right and this can be a landmark year for women's football . The Guardian . 25 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Crystal Palace Women promoted to Women's Super League after clinching Women's Championship title . . 28 April 2024 . 22 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Bristol City relegated from the WSL following defeat to Manchester City . One Football.
  6. Three matches to be played at Meadow Park.
  7. Three matches to be played at Stamford Bridge.
  8. Four matches to be played at Selhurst Park.
  9. Match v Liverpool moved to Goodison Park.
  10. Three matches to be played at Anfield.
  11. Three matches to be played at City of Manchester Stadium.
  12. Three matches to be played at Old Trafford.
  13. Web site: Liverpool Women to share with rugby league side St Helens . BBC Sport . 3 May 2024.
  14. Web site: Emirates Stadium becomes Arsenal Women's main home . www.arsenal.com . 14 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Villa Park to become main stadium for Villa Women. www.avfc.co.uk . 19 July 2024.
  16. Web site: Losada named club captain . www.brightonandhovealbion.com . 23 September 2023.
  17. Web site: Experience Kissimmee announces partnership with Albion . www.brightonandhovealbion.com . 11 June 2024.
  18. Web site: Hughes . David . Finnigan On Everton Captaincy Pride . Everton F.C. . 27 September 2023.
  19. Web site: United and Adidas unveil 24/25 home kit . Manchester United F.C. . 1 July 2024 . 1 July 2024.
  20. Web site: George-Miller . Dustin . Spurs Women update – New striker, new captain, kit numbers . Cartilage Free Captain . 19 September 2023.
  21. Web site: Emma Hayes to depart Chelsea at the end of the season . Chelsea F.C. . 27 May 2024 . 4 November 2023.
  22. News: Hayes named new head coach of USWNT . ussoccer.com . 14 November 2023 . 27 May 2024.
  23. Web site: Sonia Bompastor to become Chelsea Women Head Coach. Chelsea F.C.. 29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
  24. Web site: Carla Ward to step down at the end of the season. Aston Villa F.C.. 3 May 2024. 27 May 2024.
  25. Web site: Robert de Pauw appointed new women's manager. Aston Villa F.C.. 29 June 2024. 29 June 2024.
  26. Web site: Dario Vidosic appointed women's first team head coach . Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. . 10 July 2024 . 10 July 2024.
  27. Web site: Amandine Miquel Named New LCFC Women Manager. Leicester City F.C. . 15 July 2024 . 15 July 2024.

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