2021–22 Manchester City W.F.C. season

Manchester City Women
2021–22 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Mubarak
Manager	Gareth Taylor
Stadium	Academy Stadium
Highest home attendance	1,126; (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 12 September)
Average home league attendance	1,126
	← 2020–21

The 2021–22 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 34th season of competitive football and their ninth season in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.

Competitions[]

Women's Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Aston Villa	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
6	Chelsea	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
7	Manchester City	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
8	West Ham United	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
9	Leicester City	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2021. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

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
2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3	0	0	1	1	2	−1	1	0	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: 12 September 2021.
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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L
Position	1	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results[]

4 September 2021 1	Everton	0–4	Manchester City	showLiverpool
13:30	Björn 90+2'	Report	Losada 26' Beckie 36' Shaw 38' Houghton 67'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 5,998 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

12 September 2021 2	Manchester City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	showManchester
18:45	Hemp 6' Morgan 11'	Report	Williams 61' Benameur Taieb 86' (o.g.) Neville 90+6'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Abigail Byrne

26 September 2021 3	Arsenal	v	Manchester City	showBorehamwood
18:45				Stadium: Meadow Park

3 October 2021 4	Manchester City	v	West Ham United	showManchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

9 October 2021 5	Manchester United	v	Manchester City	showLeigh
13:30				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

7 November 2021 6	Leicester City	v	Manchester City	showLeicester
				Stadium: King Power Stadium

14 November 2021 7	Manchester City	v	Chelsea	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

21 November 2021 8	Manchester City	v	Asrton Villa	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

12 December 2021 9	Birmingham City	v	Manchester City	showBirmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's

19 December 2021 10	Manchester City	v	Reading	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

9 January 2022 11	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Manchester City	showCrawley
				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

16 January 2022 12	Aston Villa	v	Manchester City	showWalsall
				Stadium: Bescot Stadium

23 January 2022 13	Manchester City	v	Arsenal	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

6 February 2022 14	Chelsea	v	Manchester City	showKingston upon Thames
				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

13 February 2022 15	Manchester City	v	Manchester United	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

6 March 2022 16	Manchester City	v	Everton	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

13 March 2022 17	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester City	showCanons Park
				Stadium: The Hive

27 March 2022 18	Manchester City	v	Birmingham City	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

3 April 2022 19	West Ham United	v	Manchester City	showDagenham
				Stadium: Victoria Road

24 April 2022 20	Manchester City	v	Leicester City	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

1 May 2022 21	Manchester City	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	showManchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

8 May 2022 22	Reading	v	Manchester City	showReading
				Stadium: Madejski Stadium

FA Cup[]

As a member of the top two tiers, Manchester City will enter FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

League Cup[]

As a result of failing to progress from the Champions League qualifying rounds, Manchester City entered the FA Women's League Cup at the group stage. With the groups already drawn prior to their elimination, they were placed into the existing group of four in their geographical region.^[1]

Group stage

Pos	Team v	Qualification	DUR	EVE	LEI	MCI	MNU
1	Durham	Advances to knock-out stage	—
2	Everton	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		—
3	Leicester City				—
4	Manchester City					—
5	Manchester United						—

First match(es) will be played on 13 October 2021. 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

13 October 2021 Group stage	Manchester City	v	Everton	showManchester
19:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

13 October 2021 Group stage	Manchester City	v	Durham	showManchester
19:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

17 November 2021 Group stage	Manchester United	v	Manchester City	showLeigh
19:00				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

15 December 2021 Group stage	Leicester City	v	Manchester City	showBurton upon Trent
19:00				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Champions League[]

Manchester City entered the revised format of the Champions League in the second qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

31 August 2021 R2 first leg	Real Madrid	1–1	Manchester City	showMadrid, Spain
21:00 (CET)	Robles 90+2'	Report	Weir 47'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

8 September 2021 R2 second leg	Manchester City	0–1	Real Madrid	showManchester, England
19:00	Morgan 62' Hemp 89'	Report	Zornoza 44' Carmona 85'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Squad information[]

Playing statistics[]

As of 12 September 2021

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL				League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karen Bardsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Demi Stokes	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Alex Greenwood	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Steph Houghton	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF		Laura Coombs	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Jill Scott	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW		Chloe Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Georgia Stanway	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Janine Beckie	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
12	MF		Filippa Angeldal	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Hayley Raso	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	DF		Esme Morgan	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	FW		Lauren Hemp	4	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	FW		Jess Park	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Vicky Losada	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	FW		Ellen White	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Caroline Weir	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	DF		Lucy Bronze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Khadija Shaw	4	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF		Keira Walsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Ellie Roebuck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Ruby Mace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Alanna Kennedy	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Karima Benameur Taieb	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Transfers and loans[]

Transfers in[]

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club
11 June 2021	MF	30	Ruby Mace	Arsenal^[2]
17 June 2021	FW	21	Khadija Shaw	Bordeaux^[3]
5 July 2021	MF	17	Vicky Losada	Barcelona^[4]
18 August 2021	FW	13	Hayley Raso	Everton^[5]
27 August 2021	DF	33	Alanna Kennedy	Tottenham Hotspur^[6]
2 September 2021	MF	12	Filippa Angeldal	BK Häcken^[7]

Transfers out[]

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club
17 May 2021	MF	21	Rose Lavelle	OL Reign^[8]
	MF	22	Sam Mewis	North Carolina Courage^[9]
	DF	5	Megan Campbell	Liverpool^[10]^[11]
1 July 2021	DF	2	Aoife Mannion	Manchester United^[12]^[13]
	MF	12	Tyler Toland	Celtic^[12]^[14]
	FW	17	Lee Geum-min	Brighton & Hove Albion^[12]^[15]
20 August 2021	DF	13	Abby Dahlkemper	Houston Dash^[16]^[17]

Loans out[]

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
13 August 2021	30 June 2022	GK	35		Fylde^[18]

References[]

^ "Conti Cup format explained". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
^ "Arsenal's Mace joins Man City Women". BBC Sport.
^ "Manchester City complete signing of Jamaican striker Khadija Shaw from Bordeaux". Sky Sports.
^ "Manchester City Women sign Barcelona captain Vicky Losada". Sky Sports.
^ "Hayley Raso: Australia international forward agrees two-year deal with Manchester City". Sky Sports.
^ "Manchester City sign defender Kennedy". BBC Sport.
^ "Filippa Angeldahl joins Manchester City on a two-year deal". Man City.
^ "Rose Lavelle Joins OL Reign as U.S. Allocated Player". OL Reign. 17 May 2021.
^ "Sam Mewis Returns to North Carolina Courage". North Carolina Courage. 17 May 2021.
^ Oatway, Caroline. "Megan Campbell departs". www.mancity.com.
^ "Liverpool FC Women sign Megan Campbell". Liverpool FC.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Three players leave City". www.mancity.com.
^ "Aoife Mannion signs for United Women". Manchester United (Press release). 26 July 2021.
^ Fallon, John (9 July 2021). "Ireland outcast Tyler Toland set for Champions League football with Celtic". Irish Examiner.
^ "Striker Lee joins Albion on permanent basis". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
^ "Man City's Dahlkemper leaves WSL club". BBC Sport.
^ "Houston Dash acquire USWNT defender Abby Dahlkemper in a trade with North Carolina Courage". Houston Dynamo.
^ "Khiara Keating joins Fylde on loan". AFC Fylde Women twitter. 13 August 2021.

[1] "Conti Cup format explained". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.

[2] "Arsenal's Mace joins Man City Women". BBC Sport.

[3] "Manchester City complete signing of Jamaican striker Khadija Shaw from Bordeaux". Sky Sports.

[4] "Manchester City Women sign Barcelona captain Vicky Losada". Sky Sports.

[5] "Hayley Raso: Australia international forward agrees two-year deal with Manchester City". Sky Sports.

[6] "Manchester City sign defender Kennedy". BBC Sport.

[7] "Filippa Angeldahl joins Manchester City on a two-year deal". Man City.

[8] "Rose Lavelle Joins OL Reign as U.S. Allocated Player". OL Reign. 17 May 2021.

[9] "Sam Mewis Returns to North Carolina Courage". North Carolina Courage. 17 May 2021.

[10] Oatway, Caroline. "Megan Campbell departs". www.mancity.com.

[11] "Liverpool FC Women sign Megan Campbell". Liverpool FC.

[release-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Three players leave City". www.mancity.com.

[13] "Aoife Mannion signs for United Women". Manchester United (Press release). 26 July 2021.

[14] Fallon, John (9 July 2021). "Ireland outcast Tyler Toland set for Champions League football with Celtic". Irish Examiner.

[15] "Striker Lee joins Albion on permanent basis". www.brightonandhovealbion.com.

[16] "Man City's Dahlkemper leaves WSL club". BBC Sport.

[17] "Houston Dash acquire USWNT defender Abby Dahlkemper in a trade with North Carolina Courage". Houston Dynamo.

[18] "Khiara Keating joins Fylde on loan". AFC Fylde Women twitter. 13 August 2021.

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