2019–20 in English women's football

Football in England

Season	2019–20
Women's football
FA Women's Super League	Chelsea
FA Women's Championship	Aston Villa
FA Women's National League	not awarded
FA Women's League Cup	Chelsea
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

National teams

England women's national football team

Friendlies

29 August 2019	Belgium	3–3	England	Leuven, Belgium
19:30 CEST	Telford  38' (o.g.) van Kerkhoven  45+2', 55'	Report	Taylor  22' Mead  26' Parris  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

3 September 2019	Norway	2–1	England	Bergen, Norway
19:00 CEST	Maanum  53' Hansen  89'	Report	Stanway  10'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

5 October 2019	England	1–2	Brazil	Middlesbrough, England
12:45 BST	England  80'	Report	Debinha  49', 67'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,238 Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

8 October 2019	Portugal	0–1	England	Setúbal, Portugal
19:00 CEST		Report	Mead  72'	Stadium: Estádio do Bonfim Referee: Lucia Abruzzese (Italy)

9 November 2019	England	1–2	Germany	London, England
	White  44'		Popp  9' Bühl  90'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,768 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

12 November 2019	Czech Republic	2–3	England	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST	Szewieczková  15', 27'		England  17' Mead  20' Nobbs  84' Williamson  86'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Argentina	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

9 June 2019 Group D	England	2–1	Scotland	Nice, France
18:00	Parris  14' (pen.) White  40'	Report	Emslie  79'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,188 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

14 June 2019 Group D	England	1–0	Argentina	Le Havre, France
21:00	Taylor  62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 20,294 Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

19 June 2019 Group D	Japan	0–2	England	Nice, France
21:00		Report	White  14', 84'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,319 Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

Knockout stage

23 June 2019 Round of 16	England	3–0	Cameroon	Valenciennes, France
17:30	Houghton  14' White  45+4' Greenwood  58'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

27 June 2019 Quarter-finals	Norway	0–3	England	Le Havre, France
21:00		Report	Scott  3' White  40' Bronze  57'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,111 Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

2 July 2019 Semi-finals	England	1–2	United States	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00	White  19'	Report	Press  10' Morgan  31'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 53,512 Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

6 July 2019 3rd place	England	1–2	Sweden	Nice, France
17:00	Kirby  31'	Report	Asllani  11' Jakobsson  22'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,316 Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

2020 SheBelieves Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	England	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair Play ranking.[1]
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

5 March 2020	United States	2–0	England	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Press  53' Lloyd  55'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 16,531 Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

8 March 2020	Japan	0–1	England	Harrison, New Jersey
14:15 ET		Report	White  84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 14,758 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

11 March 2020	England	0–1	Spain	Frisco, Texas
14:15 CT		Report	Putellas  83'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

UEFA competition

UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fiorentina	0–6[upper-alpha 1]	Arsenal	0–4	0–2
Lugano	1–11	Manchester City	1–7	0–4

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Praha	2–13	Arsenal	2–5	0–8
Manchester City	2–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1	1–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arsenal	22 Aug	Paris Saint-Germain

Domestic competition

League structure

Tier	Division(s)
1	FA Women's Super League (1 division)
2	FA Women's Championship (1 division)
3	FA Women's National League Premier (North and South)
4	FA Women's National League Division One (North, Midlands, South East and South West)
5	Regional League Premier Divisions (North West, North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South West, Southern, London & South East, Eastern)
6	Regional League Division One (North West, North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South West, Southern, Eastern)	County League Premier Divisions (Greater London, South East Counties)
7–9	County Leagues (various divisions)

FA Women's Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Chelsea (C)	15	12	3	0	47	11	+36	39	2.60	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Manchester City	16	13	1	2	39	9	+30	40	2.50
3	Arsenal	15	12	0	3	40	13	+27	36	2.40
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
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	3	4	9	11	30	−19	13	0.81
10	Bristol City	14	2	3	9	9	38	−29	9	0.64
11	Birmingham City	13	2	1	10	5	23	−18	7	0.54
12	Liverpool (R)	14	1	3	10	8	20	−12	6	0.43	Relegation to the Championship

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
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

FA Women's Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	14	13	1	0	39	11	+28	40	2.86	Promotion to the WSL[lower-alpha 1]
2	Sheffield United	14	11	1	2	46	16	+30	34	2.43
3	Durham	14	10	2	2	33	10	+23	32	2.29
4	London City Lionesses	15	8	2	5	25	24	+1	26	1.73
5	London Bees	12	4	3	5	16	19	−3	15	1.25
6	Leicester City	15	4	3	8	22	35	−13	15	1.00
7	Blackburn Rovers	12	3	1	8	13	25	−12	10	0.83
8	Lewes	12	2	3	7	10	18	−8	9	0.75
9	Crystal Palace	14	2	4	8	15	33	−18	10	0.71
10	Coventry United	14	2	3	9	19	35	−16	9	0.64
11	Charlton Athletic	12	0	7	5	9	21	−12	7	0.58

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Dependent on obtaining a licence.

FA Women's National League

Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	14	13	1	0	53	10	+43	40
2	Derby County	15	9	2	4	46	17	+29	29
3	Nottingham Forest	13	9	1	3	27	19	+8	28
4	Stoke City	14	8	1	5	32	17	+15	25
5	Burnley	11	7	1	3	19	13	+6	22
6	Huddersfield Town	12	5	3	4	35	22	+13	18
7	West Bromwich Albion	11	5	2	4	31	20	+11	17
8	Middlesbrough	15	4	2	9	27	52	−25	14
9	Fylde	14	3	4	7	15	24	−9	13
10	Loughborough Foxes	15	4	1	10	24	42	−18	13
11	Hull City	14	2	0	12	23	64	−41	6
12	Sheffield F.C.	10	1	0	9	7	39	−32	3

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Southern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Crawley Wasps	14	12	1	1	36	9	+27	37
2	Watford	11	9	1	1	40	14	+26	28
3	Oxford United	14	9	0	5	44	20	+24	27
4	Plymouth Argyle	14	9	0	5	42	18	+24	27
5	Yeovil Town	13	8	2	3	47	17	+30	26
6	Cardiff City Ladies	13	8	1	4	23	9	+14	25
7	Portsmouth	9	5	0	4	28	15	+13	15
8	Milton Keynes Dons	14	4	1	9	18	30	−12	13
9	Gillingham	11	3	2	6	12	27	−15	11
10	Keynsham Town	12	2	1	9	9	39	−30	7
11	Hounslow	14	0	3	11	4	74	−70	3
12	Chichester City	13	0	2	11	6	37	−31	2

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division One North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	14	12	2	0	39	14	+25	38
2	Leeds United	16	11	2	3	35	16	+19	35
3	Brighouse Town	12	8	4	0	25	10	+15	28
4	Liverpool Feds	15	8	2	5	29	16	+13	26
5	Durham Cestria	13	6	4	3	33	15	+18	22
6	Newcastle United	15	6	2	7	19	23	−4	20
7	Chester-le-Street	13	4	3	6	24	29	−5	15
8	Norton & Stockton Ancients	12	3	4	5	24	30	−6	13
9	Bolton Wanderers	14	3	2	9	16	31	−15	11
10	Stockport County[lower-alpha 1]	15	3	2	10	25	41	−16	10
11	Chorley	13	2	2	9	10	18	−8	8
12	Bradford City	14	2	1	11	9	45	−36	7

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Stockport County deducted one point

Division One Midlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	14	0	1	83	10	+73	42
2	Birmingham & West Midlands	15	9	3	3	50	23	+27	30
3	Bedworth United	16	9	3	4	50	34	+16	30
4	The New Saints	15	8	3	4	42	31	+11	27
5	Lincoln City	14	8	0	6	44	25	+19	24
6	Long Eaton United	15	7	1	7	25	23	+2	22
7	Leicester United	13	6	1	6	28	41	−13	19
8	Sporting Khalsa	14	5	1	8	28	32	−4	16
9	Leafield Athletic	14	5	1	8	30	35	−5	16
10	Doncaster Rovers Belles	15	5	1	9	24	37	−13	16
11	Solihull Moors	14	3	0	11	18	53	−35	9
12	Burton Albion	12	0	0	12	10	88	−78	0

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division One South East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	14	11	1	2	53	11	+42	34
2	AFC Wimbledon	14	10	3	1	30	12	+18	33
3	AFC Basildon	14	9	2	3	44	31	+13	29
4	Billericay Town	12	9	1	2	39	12	+27	28
5	Leyton Orient	12	8	1	3	27	14	+13	25
6	Enfield Town	13	7	3	3	32	17	+15	24
7	Actonians	12	5	1	6	20	25	−5	16
8	Cambridge United	15	4	2	9	16	31	−15	14
9	Norwich City	16	3	2	11	34	69	−35	11
10	Stevenage	15	3	1	11	32	56	−24	10
11	Cambridge City	13	2	3	8	16	33	−17	9
12	Kent Football United	14	1	0	13	18	50	−32	3

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division One South West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton F.C. Women	11	10	1	0	53	5	+48	31
2	Southampton Women's F.C.	12	9	2	1	39	13	+26	29
3	Exeter City	12	8	1	3	38	27	+11	25
4	Cheltenham Town[lower-alpha 1]	11	9	1	1	19	10	+9	25
5	Chesham United	11	5	2	4	34	29	+5	17
6	Larkhall Athletic	8	5	1	2	19	15	+4	16
7	Buckland Athletic	11	3	2	6	20	21	−1	11
8	Brislington	11	2	2	7	22	35	−13	8
9	Maidenhead United	12	2	0	10	8	42	−34	6
10	Poole Town	11	1	0	10	11	37	−26	3
11	Swindon Town	12	1	0	11	15	44	−29	3

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Cheltenham fined and deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

FA Women's Cup

FA Women's League Cup

Final

29 February 2020

17:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea
Katie McCabe  81' Leah Williamson  85'	Report	Bethany England  8', 90+2' Magdalena Eriksson  59' Erin Cuthbert  77'

City Ground, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

Attendance: 6,743

Referee: Helen Conley

Academy/reserve leagues

Both the FA Women's Super League and the FA Women's National League ran additional leagues alongside their main divisions for academy and reserve teams. The WSL organised the FA WSL Academy league, which is contested by academy teams from eleven of the twelve top-flight clubs. The only team not to enter an academy side in the competition is Tottenham Hotspur, whose place in the league was filled by Ipswich Town's under-21s.

The WNL have six regional divisions for reserve and development teams from clubs in the FA Women's National League and FA Women's Championship. They are Northern divisions 1 and 2, Midland divisions 1 and 2, the South East division and the South West division.

These divisions are all independent of the main women's football pyramid system and there is no promotion or relegation to other leagues.

References

1. "2020 SheBelieves Cup, presented by Visa". US Soccer. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
2. Palmer, Jon (11 November 2019). "Cheltenham Town Ladies hit by fine and points deduction for fielding ineligible player". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

See also

2019–20 in English football