2019–20 Everton F.C. (women) season

The 2019–20 Everton F.C. season was the club's third consecutive campaign in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been promoted at the end of the 2017 Spring Series. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Everton

2019–20 season
Head Coach	Willie Kirk
Stadium	Walton Hall Park, Liverpool (Haig Avenue, Southport until 23 February)
FA WSL	6th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Chloe Kelly (9) All: Chloe Kelly (9)
Highest home attendance	893 (vs. Manchester United, 23 February)
Lowest home attendance	150 (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 24 November)
Average home league attendance	402 as of 23 February 2020
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, the team dropped Ladies from their name. Although now simply called Everton whenever possible, the club uses Everton Women in a formal capacity when necessary to avoid confusion with the men's team.[1]

On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020.[2][3] After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect.[4] Everton sat in 7th at the time but moved ahead of Tottenham Hotspur into 6th on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.[5][6]

Squad

As of 30 January 2020.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Kirstie Levell 2 DF  ENG Taylor Hinds 3 DF  ENG Danielle Turner 5 DF  NED Kika van Es 6 DF  ENG Gabrielle George 7 FW  ENG Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah 8 MF  NED Inessa Kaagman 9 FW  WAL Elise Hughes 10 FW  NIR Simone Magill 11 FW  ENG Chloe Kelly 12 FW  AUS Hayley Raso

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  ENG Abbey-Leigh Stringer 14 DF  ENG Esme Morgan (on loan from Manchester City) 15 MF  ENG Molly Pike 16 FW  ENG Hannah Cain 17 MF  SCO Lucy Graham (captain) 18 GK  ENG Sandy MacIver 20 MF  ENG Megan Finnigan 21 MF  FRA Maéva Clémaron 23 GK  FIN Tinja-Riikka Korpela 25 DF  ENG Hannah Coan 27 MF  ENG Izzy Christiansen

Pre-season

26 July 2019 Friendly	Aston Villa	2–1	Everton	Boldmere
19:30	Johnson Ale		Boye-Hlorkah	Stadium: Boldmere St Michael's

4 August 2019 Friendly	Sheffield United	–	Everton	Sheffield
14:00				Stadium: Sheffield United Academy
Note: No official scoreline released

11 August 2019 Friendly	Durham	0–2	Everton	Durham
14:00		Report	Christon  (o.g.) Kaagman	Stadium: New Ferens Park

17 August 2019 Friendly	Ajax	1–2	Everton	Amsterdam, Netherlands
13:00	van den Bighelaar  14' (pen.)		Cain  49' (pen.) Finnigan  60'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion

FA Women's Super League

Everton planned to only play their opening two home games at Haig Avenue in Southport before moving to their new Walton Hall Park site in time for their third home game, scheduled for 27 October 2019 against Brighton & Hove Albion. However, delays meant the move was postponed until February 2020.[7] The Merseyside derby was also moved to Goodison Park, originally scheduled for 9 February although the game rearranged to March because of Storm Ciara.[8][9][10]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	1	7	21	21	0	19	4	0	3	13	9	+4	2	1	4	8	12	−4

Last updated: 23 February 2020.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	3	1	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	7

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

8 September 2019 1	Birmingham City	0–1	Everton	Solihull
14:00	Harrop  22' Grant  83'	Report	Morgan  39' Harrop  46' (o.g.)	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 873 Referee: Elliott Swallow

15 September 2019 2	Everton	2–0	Bristol City	Southport
12:30	George  14' Kelly  44', 45+1' Clémaron  72'	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 441 Referee: Amy Fearn

29 September 2019 3	Everton	0–1	Manchester City	Southport
12:30		Report	Houghton  7' Wullaert  12' Mannion  45' Scott  58' Beckie  78'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 378 Referee: Lewis Smith

13 October 2019 4	Reading	3–2	Everton	High Wycombe
14:00	Moore  7', 17' Farrow  55' Utland  70'	Report	Kelly  10',  80' Graham  23' (pen.),  69' Clémaron  90+3'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 616 Referee: Alan Dale

27 October 2019 5	Everton	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southport
12:30	Clémaron  25' Kelly  58' Morgan  68'	Report	Buet  80'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 331 Referee: Jane Simms

17 November 2019 6	Liverpool	0–1	Everton	Liverpool
14:00		Report	Graham  45+1',  56'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Amy Fearn

24 November 2019 7	Everton	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Southport
12:30	Pike  7' Filbey  26' (o.g.) Morgan  35' George  43' Graham  56' Kaagman  90+1'	Report	Quinn  19' Green  23' Leon  67'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 150 Referee: Michael Barlow

1 December 2019	Everton	P–P	Chelsea	Southport
12:30				Stadium: Haig Avenue
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

8 December 2019 8	Manchester United	3–1	Everton	Leigh
12:00	James  4', 45' Zelem  11' (pen.) Ladd  33'	Report	Earps  2' (o.g.) Clemaron  68'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,805 Referee: Joe Hull

15 December 2019 9	Everton	1–3	Arsenal	Southport
12:30	George  32' Kelly  78'	Report	Miedema  14', 57' Little  55'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 451 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

5 January 2020	West Ham United	P–P	Everton	Romford
15:00				Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Note: Postponed due to flu outbreak[11]

11 January 2020 10	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	Manchester
17:30	Bremer  18', 53' Hemp  54' Bonner  64'	Report	Kaagman  38' Stringer  64' Stanway  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Amy Fearn

19 January 2020 11	Everton	3–1	Reading	Southport
14:00	Kelly  11', 59', 65' Stringer  48'	Report	Williams  31' (pen.) Allen  81' Moore  90+4'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 167 Referee: Peter Shackleton

2 February 2020 12	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Everton	Crawley
14:00	A. Whelan  39' Umotong  63' Barton  75' Green  82' Gibbons  87'	Report	Stringer  38' Cain  90+4'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 830 Referee: Abigail Byrne

9 February 2020	Everton	P–P	Liverpool	Liverpool
14:00				Stadium: Goodison Park
Note: All WSL games postponed due to adverse weather conditions[9]

12 February 2020 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Everton	Canons Park
19:30	Percival  61' Addison  68' Ayane  77' Mitchell  78'	Report	Kelly  29',  31' Kaagman  57' Cain  86'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 768 Referee: Ryan Atkin

23 February 2020 14	Everton	2–3	Manchester United	Liverpool
12:30	D. Turner  68' Graham  83'	Report	M. Turner  20' Galton  21', 29' Ladd  56' Toone  63' Smith  90+2'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 893 Referee: Andrew Sykes

22 March 2020 15	Chelsea	Cancelled	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
14:00				Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

25 March 2020 16	Everton	Cancelled	Liverpool	Liverpool
19:00				Stadium: Goodison Park
Note: Rescheduled from 9 February 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

29 March 2020 17	Everton	Cancelled	Birmingham City	Liverpool
12:30				Stadium: Walton Hall Park
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

1 April 2020 18	West Ham United	Cancelled	Everton	Romford
19:30				Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from 5 January 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

5 April 2020 19	Bristol City	Cancelled	Everton	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

26 April 2020 20	Everton	Cancelled	West Ham United	Liverpool
12:30				Stadium: Walton Hall Park
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

3 May 2020 21	Everton	Cancelled	Chelsea	Liverpool
12:30				Stadium: Walton Hall Park
Note: Rescheduled from 1 December 2019. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

16 May 2020 22	Arsenal	Cancelled	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00				Stadium: Meadow Park
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
4	Manchester United	14	7	2	5	24	12	+12	23	1.64
5	Reading	14	6	3	5	21	24	−3	21	1.50
6	Everton	14	6	1	7	21	21	0	19	1.36
7	Tottenham Hotspur	15	6	2	7	15	24	−9	20	1.33
8	West Ham United	14	5	1	8	19	34	−15	16	1.14

Source: FA WSL, BBC
Rules for classification: Initially: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. After abandonment of season: 1) Points per game

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Everton entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating Championship side London Bees in their opening fixture.[12] On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020.[13] Everton reached the final for the first time since 2014.[14]

26 January 2020 Fourth round	Everton	1–0	London Bees	Southport
	Kaagman  45'	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue

17 February 2020 Fifth round	Bristol City	0–5	Everton	Bristol
		Report	Kaagman  8', 53' Morgan  18' Graham  39' Cain  59'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 1,889

15 March 2020 Quarter-final	Everton	P–P	Chelsea	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park
Note: Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

27 September 2020 Quarter-final	Everton	2–1	Chelsea	Liverpool
13:00	Graham  40' Christiansen  51' Gauvin  63'	Report	Cuthbert  5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Rescheduled from 15 March 2020

30 September 2020 Semi-final	Birmingham City	0–3	Everton	Solihull
19:15	Scott  29' Murray  68'	Report	Magill  44' Sørensen  60' Gauvin  87'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Amy Fearns

1 November 2020 Final	Everton	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City	London
14:30	Raso  25' Gauvin  60'	Report	Bronze  16' Mewis  40' Stanway  82',  111' Beckie  120+2'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Rebecca Welch

FA Women's League Cup

Group Stage

22 September 2019 Group stage	Birmingham City	1–0	Everton	Solihull
14:00	Williams  73'	Report	Kelly  45+2' van Es  56'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 511 Referee: Lucy Oliver

3 November 2019 Group stage	Everton	0–3	Manchester United	Southport
12:30	Kelly  63'  90+4' Morgan  74'	Report	James  22' A. Turner  72',  86' Zelem  79' (pen.) Sigsworth  90+3'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 361 Referee: Rebecca Welsh

21 November 2019 Group stage	Everton	1–4	Manchester City	Crosby
19:30	Pike  48'	Report	Beckie  36' Wullaert  50' Bonner  65' Hemp  86'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 327 Referee: Philip Jones

11 December 2019 Group stage	Leicester City	0–4	Everton	Quorn
19:45		Report	Boye-Hlorkah  44' Hughes  46' Hinds  52' Kaagman  85'	Stadium: Farley Way Stadium Attendance: 342 Referee: Amy Fearn

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MNU	MCI	BIR	EVE	LEI
1	Manchester United	4	4	0	0	0	19	2	+17	12	Advance to knock-out stage		—	2–0	—	—	11–1
2	Manchester City	4	3	0	0	1	11	4	+7	9			—	—	2–1	—	5–0
3	Birmingham City	4	2	0	0	2	8	6	+2	6			1–3	—	—	1–0	—
4	Everton	4	1	0	0	3	5	8	−3	3			0–3	1–4	—	—	—
5	Leicester City	4	0	0	0	4	2	25	−23	0			—	—	1–5	0–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2019. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kirstie Levell	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF		Taylor Hinds	11	1	2+4	0	1	0	3+1	1
3	DF		Danielle Turner	22	1	14	1	4+1	0	3	0
5	DF		Kika van Es	14	0	8+2	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
6	DF		Gabrielle George	17	0	13	0	2	0	2	0
7	FW		Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	18	1	6+4	0	3+2	0	2+1	1
8	MF		Inessa Kaagman	18	5	12	1	2	3	2+2	1
9	FW		Elise Hughes	8	1	1+3	0	0	0	3+1	1
10	FW		Simone Magill	16	1	10+2	0	3+1	1	0	0
11	FW		Chloe Kelly	18	9	12	9	2	0	3+1	0
12	FW		Hayley Raso	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
13	MF		Abbey-Leigh Stringer	18	0	5+6	0	2+3	0	2	0
14	DF		Esme Morgan	15	2	10+1	1	2	1	2	0
15	MF		Molly Pike	21	2	7+6	1	0+4	0	2+2	1
16	FW		Hannah Cain	18	1	5+8	0	1	1	3+1	0
17	MF		Lucy Graham	22	6	14	4	5	2	2+1	0
18	GK		Sandy MacIver	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
20	MF		Megan Finnigan	18	0	10	0	5	0	3	0
21	MF		Maéva Clémaron	18	0	11+2	0	2	0	3	0
23	GK		Tinja-Riikka Korpela	13	0	11	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF		Hannah Coan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Izzy Christiansen	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
–	DF		Aimee Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup:
2	DF		Ingrid Moe Wold	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
12	MF		Damaris Egurrola	3	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
14	FW		Nicoline Sørensen	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
19	MF		Valérie Gauvin	3	3	0	0	1+2	3	0	0
22	DF		Rikke Sevecke	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	DF		Poppy Pattinson	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
4	DF		Georgia Brougham	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who appeared for Everton but left during the season:
22	DF		Faye Bryson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Chloe Kelly	9	0	0	9
2	17	MF	Lucy Graham	4	2	0	6
3	8	MF	Inessa Kaagman	1	3	1	5
4	19	FW	Valérie Gauvin[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0	3
5	14	DF	Esme Morgan	1	1	0	2
	15	MF	Molly Pike	1	0	1
7	2	DF	Taylor Hinds	0	0	1	1
	3	DF	Danielle Turner	1	0	0
	7	FW	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	0	0	1
	9	FW	Elise Hughes	0	0	1
	10	FW	Simone Magill	0	1	0
	14	FW	Nicoline Sørensen[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	16	FW	Hannah Cain	0	1	0
Own goal				4	0	0	4
Total				21	12	5	38

1. Joined during 2020–21 season but scored in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
1 July 2019	DF		Kika van Es	Ajax	[15]
2 July 2019	GK		Tinja-Riikka Korpela	Vålerenga	[16]
4 July 2019	MF		Lucy Graham	Bristol City	[17]
	MF		Molly Pike	Chelsea	[18]
11 July 2019	MF		Maéva Clémaron	Fleury 91	[19]
27 December 2019	MF		Izzy Christiansen	Olympique Lyon	[20]
2 January 2020	GK		Sandy MacIver	Clemson Tigers	[21]
17 January 2020	FW		Hayley Raso	Portland Thorns	[22]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
16 August 2019	DF		Esme Morgan	Manchester City	End of season	[23]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
23 May 2019	MF		Olivia Chance	Bristol City	[24][25]
24 May 2019	GK		Becky Flaherty	Sheffield United	[26][27]
31 May 2019	DF		Emma Brownlie	Rangers	[28][29]
3 June 2019	FW		Claudia Walker	Birmingham City	[30]
30 June 2019	MF		Dominique Bruinenberg	PEC Zwolle	[31][32]
5 July 2019	DF		Siri Worm	Tottenham Hotspur	[33]
17 July 2019	MF		Angharad James	Reading	[34]
18 January 2020	DF		Faye Bryson	Bristol City	[35]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
4 January 2020	FW		Elise Hughes	Bristol City	30 January 2020	[36][37]
10 January 2020	DF		Georgia Brougham	Birmingham City	End of season	[38]

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