2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season

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Manchester City Women
2016 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Mubarak
ManagerNick Cushing
StadiumAcademy Stadium
Women's Super LeagueWinners
FA CupSemifinals
WSL CupWinners
Champions LeagueRound of 16
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The 2016 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 28th season of competitive football and its third season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season.[1] This season will also be the first occasion on which City Women contest a European competition, having qualified through their runners-up finish in the 2015 Women's Super League.[2]

Non-competitive[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Friendly[edit]

7 February 2016 Friendly Manchester City England 3–1 Sweden FC Rosengård Manchester
13:00 GMT Christiansen 22'
Duggan 47'
Houghton 70'		 Report Houghton 57' (o.g.) Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,027
Referee: Nick Gibbons

Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy Challenge[edit]

17 February 2016 Friendly Manchester City England 3–0 Australia Melbourne City Abu Dhabi
18:00 GST Houghton 34', 75'
Christiansen 50'		 Report Stadium: New York University Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 500

Friendly[edit]

25 February 2016 Friendly Manchester City England 2–1 Sweden Piteå IF Manchester
13:00 GMT Duggan 23'
Asllani 42'		 Report Norlin 54' Stadium: Academy Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Women's Super League[edit]

Main article: 2016 FA WSL

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 16 13 3 0 36 4 +32 42 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Chelsea 16 12 1 3 42 17 +25 37
3 Arsenal 16 10 2 4 33 14 +19 32
4 Birmingham City 16 7 6 3 18 13 +5 27
5 Liverpool 16 7 4 5 27 23 +4 25
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 13 3 0 36 4  +32 42 6 2 0 18 2  +16 7 1 0 18 2  +16

Last updated: 17 October 2016.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday[edit]

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Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2016. Source: FA WSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

23 March 2016 1 Manchester City 1–0 Notts County Manchester
19:00 GMT Houghton 90+4' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,173
Referee: Joseph Johnson
28 March 2016 2 Manchester City 2–0 Arsenal Manchester
15:00 BST Ross 65'
Duggan 78' (pen.)		 Report Rose Red card 12' Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,914
Referee: Michael Salisbury
24 April 2016 3 Birmingham City 0–2 Manchester City Solihull
14:00 BST Report Corboz 35'
Ross 90+5'		 Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 956
Referee: Simon Barrow
29 April 2016 4 Sunderland 0–2 Manchester City Hetton-le-Hole
19:45 BST Report Parris 40'
Duggan 75'		 Stadium: The Hetton Centre
Attendance: 1,411
Referee: Rebecca Welch
2 May 2016 5 Manchester City 6–0 Doncaster Rovers Belles Manchester
14:00 BST Bronze 7'
Scott 10'
Ross 40'
Beattie 44'
Asllani 45'
Duggan 74'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 2,227
Referee: Lindsey Robinson
19 May 2016 6 Chelsea 0–2 Manchester City Staines
19:30 BST Report Stokes 44'
Beattie 48'		 Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park
Attendance: 1,518
Referee: Nigel Lugg
25 May 2016 7 Liverpool 0–0 Manchester City Widnes
18:30 BST Report Stadium: Halton Stadium
Attendance: 936
Referee: M Woods
26 June 2016 8 Manchester City 1–1 Liverpool Manchester
14:00 BST Ross 66' Report White 4' Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Matthew Donohue
24 July 2016 9 Notts County 1–5 Manchester City Nottingham
16:00 BST Clarke 48' Report Ross 5', 41'
Scott 25'
Stanway 45'
Christiansen 75'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Rebecca Welch
31 July 2016 10 Manchester City 3–0 Sunderland Manchester
14:00 BST Stanway 17', 55', 82' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 2,026
Referee: David McNamara
3 August 2016 11 Reading 1–2 Manchester City High Wycombe
19:45 BST Bruton 89' Report Christiansen 38'
Duggan 80'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 592
11 August 2016 12 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–4 Manchester City Doncaster
18:45 BST Report Ross 1'
Christiansen 15'
Bronze 63'
Corboz 89'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 740
Referee: Antony Tankard
28 August 2016 13 Manchester City 2–0 Reading Manchester
11:15 BST Beattie 48'
Houghton 87'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Michael Denton
11 September 2016 14 Arsenal 0–1 Manchester City Borehamwood
14:00 BST Report Ross 50' Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Colin Lymer
25 September 2016 15 Manchester City 2–0 Chelsea Manchester
14:00 BST Scott 34'
Duggan 50' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 4,096
Referee: Sarah Garratt
30 October 2016 16 Manchester City 1–1 Birmingham City Manchester
14:00 GMT Stadium: Academy Stadium

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 FA Women's Cup
19 March 2016 Fifth round Liverpool 0–2 Manchester City Widnes
17:30 GMT Report Stanway 30'
Parris 64'		 Stadium: Halton Stadium
Attendance: 743
Referee: P Gibbons
3 April 2016 Sixth round Manchester City 2–0 Sporting Club Albion Manchester
14:00 GMT Parris 7'
Ross 22'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Peter Gooch
17 April 2016 Semi-final Chelsea 2–1 Manchester City Staines
14:00 GMT So-yun 85'
Kirby 120'		 Report Ross 72' Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park
Attendance: 2,278
Referee: Sam Purkiss

WSL Cup[edit]

Main article: 2016 WSL Cup
2 July 2016 First round Aston Villa 0–8 Manchester City Sutton Coldfield
19:00 BST Report Parris 9', 18', 59'
Ross 17', 90'
Middag 32'
Corboz 79'
Scott 90'		 Stadium: Central Ground
Attendance: 492
Referee: Sarah Garrett
7 August 2016 Second round Manchester City 4–1 Doncaster Rovers Belles Manchester
14:00 BST Christiansen 38'
Stanway 76'
Duggan 82'
Ross 88'		 Report Mathews 80' Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,153
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
4 September 2016 Semi-finals Manchester City 1–0 Arsenal Manchester
14:00 BST Beattie 79' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,643
2 October 2016 Final Manchester City 1–0 Birmingham City Manchester
16:00 BST Bronze 104' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Rebecca Welch

Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase § Round of 32
6 October 2016 First leg Manchester City England 2–0 Russia Zvezda Perm Manchester
19:00 GMT Scott 34'
Bronze 90'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Referee: Monika Mularczyk
12 October 2016 Second leg Zvezda Perm Russia 0–4 England Manchester City Perm
15:00 GMT Report Beattie 22', 53'
Bronze 32'
Christiansen 74'		 Stadium: Zvezda Stadium
Referee: Riem Hussein

Round of 16[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase § Round of 16
9 November 2016 First leg Manchester City England 1–0 Denmark Brøndby Manchester
19:00 GMT Stadium: Academy Stadium
16 November 2016 Second leg Brøndby Denmark 1–1 England Manchester City Brøndby
17:00 GMT Stadium: Brøndby Stadium

Campaign continued in the following season

Squad information[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

As of 17 October 2016

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. WSL FA Cup WSL Cup Champions League Total
Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card Apps Yellow card Red card
1 England Karen Bardsley GK 15 2 2 19
2 England Lucy Bronze DF 15 2 3 1 4 1 2 2 24 5 1
3 England Demi Stokes DF 15 1 3 4 2 24 1
4 Netherlands Tessel Middag MF 7 3 1 2 12 1
5 Scotland Jen Beattie DF 11 3 4 1 2 2 17 6
6 England Steph Houghton DF 15 2 1 3 4 2 24 2 1
7 Sweden Kosovare Asllani FW 10 1 3 2 2 17 1
8 England Jill Scott MF 14 3 2 3 1 2 1 21 5
9 England Toni Duggan FW 14 5 2 3 1 2 21 6
10 United States Daphne Corboz MF 13 2 3 3 1 1 20 3
11 England Isobel Christiansen MF 9 3 1 3 1 2 1 15 5
12 England Georgia Stanway FW 7 4 3 1 1 1 11 6
16 Scotland Jane Ross FW 15 8 3 2 4 3 2 24 13
17 England Nikita Parris FW 14 1 3 2 4 3 2 23 6
18 England Ella Toone FW 1 1
20 Republic of Ireland Megan Campbell DF 3 1 4
21 England Marie Hourihan GK 1 4 5
23 England Abbie McManus DF 9 1 3 12 1
24 England Keira Walsh MF 7 4 2 13
England Amelia Kemp DF 1 1
England Alethea Paul MF 1 1
England Zoe Tynan MF 1 1
England Ellie Roebuck GK 1 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 0 5 1 0 14 0 0 6 0 0 60 3 0

Goalscorers[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of 17 October 2016
No. Nat. Player Pos. WSL FA Cup WSL Cup Champions League Total
16 Scotland Jane Ross FW 8 2 3 0 13
5 Scotland Jen Beattie FW 3 0 1 2 6
9 England Toni Duggan FW 5 0 1 0 6
17 England Nikita Parris FW 1 2 3 0 6
12 England Georgia Stanway FW 4 1 1 0 6
2 England Lucy Bronze DF 2 0 1 2 5
11 England Isobel Christiansen MF 3 0 1 1 5
8 England Jill Scott MF 3 0 1 1 5
10 United States Daphne Corboz MF 2 0 1 0 3
6 England Steph Houghton DF 2 0 0 0 2
7 Sweden Kosovare Asllani FW 1 0 0 0 1
4 Netherlands Tessel Middag MF 0 0 1 0 1
3 England Demi Stokes DF 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 5 14 6 60

Transfers and loans[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Manchester City to compete in WSL top tier after restructure". BBC Sport. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  2. ^ "WSL 1: Manchester City Women 2-1 Notts County Ladies". BBC Sport. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ "MCWFC sign Jane Ross". mcfc.co.uk. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ^ "MCWFC sign Marie Hourihan". mcfc.co.uk. 30 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ^ "MCWFC sign Kosovare Asllani". mcfc.co.uk. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. ^ "MCWFC sign Megan Campbell". mcfc.co.uk. 15 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. ^ "MCWFC sign Tessel Middag". mcfc.co.uk. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Natasha Harding: Wales striker leaves Manchester City Women". BBC Sport. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Everton Sign Georgia Brougham". shekicks.net. 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Blues Bag Brooks". FA WSL. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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