2022–23 Manchester United W.F.C. season

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Manchester United Women
2022–23 season
Co-chairmenJoel and Avram Glazer
Head coachMarc Skinner
StadiumLeigh Sports Village
Women's Super League2nd
FA CupRunners-up
League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Leah Galton and Alessia Russo
(10 goals)
All:
Alessia Russo
(13 goals)
Highest home attendance30,196
(v. Aston Villa,
3 December 2022)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 3,623
(v. Leicester City,
5 March 2023)
All: 1,273
(v. Sheffield United, 18 December 2022, League Cup)
Average home league attendance10,177
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023.

The 2022–23 season was Manchester United Women's fifth season since they were founded and their fourth in the Women's Super League, the professional top-flight women's league in England. The club also competed in the FA Cup and League Cup.

The season marked the first time Manchester United Women reached a major cup final. The team debuted at Wembley Stadium in the 2023 Women's FA Cup final on 14 May 2023.[1] United lost 1–0 to Chelsea who won their third consecutive FA Cup title. Manchester United also achieved their best league position to date, finishing runner-up to Chelsea and qualifying for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the process.[2]

For the third successive season, Manchester United Women scheduled a game at Old Trafford.[3] The game was played on 3 December 2022 against Aston Villa and set a new club attendance record as 30,196 watched a 5–0 United victory.[4] The team played a second game in the same season at Old Trafford for the first time, against West Ham United on 25 March 2023 as part of The FA's Women's Football Weekend initiative.[5][6] Manchester United Women maintained a 100% winning record at Old Trafford, beating West Ham United 4–0.[7]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Having had an earlier friendly against Championship side Blackburn Rovers cancelled, Manchester United began pre-season with a behind-closed-doors friendly against fellow WSL club Liverpool at Carrington on 13 August. Leah Galton scored the only goal of a 1–0 win. United then travelled to France to take part in the invitational Women's French Cup held in Toulouse. They were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals, winning 1–0 thanks to a Katie Zelem goal to set up a final against Bayern Munich who beat Barcelona on the other side of the draw. Bayern won 3–0.[8] On August 28, United returned to Carrington to end pre-season with a 1–0 win over WSL side Everton. All but the match against Liverpool were broadcast live on MUTV.[9] On the final weekend before the start of the season, United scheduled a game against Championship side Birmingham City. It was set to feature a depleted squad during the international break but it was later called off. In January, the team scheduled a mid-season week-long winter training camp in Malta including a friendly match against Birkirkara.[10] The game was watched in front of 1,053 spectators, setting a new record attendance for a women's football match in Malta, beating the previous record of 764 set in 2019 by the national team.[11]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
10 August 2022 Blackburn Rovers H Cancelled
13 August 2022 Liverpool H 1–0 Galton
16 August 2022 Paris Saint-Germain N 1–0 Zelem 65'
19 August 2022 Bayern Munich N 0–3
28 August 2022 Everton H 1–0 García 80'
4 September 2022 Birmingham City H Cancelled
6 January 2023 Birkirkara N 10–0 Bøe Risa (2), Russo (2), García, Clinton, Moore, Parris, Williams, Thomas 1,053

Women's Super League[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 Women's Super League

Matches[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
10 September 2022 Tottenham Hotspur A Postponed due to the death of Elizabeth II
17 September 2022 Reading H 4–0 Le Tissier (2) 4', 25', Zelem 14' (pen.), Russo 35' 7,315 2nd
25 September 2022 West Ham United A 2–0 García 50', Blundell 55' 2,104 2nd
16 October 2022 Brighton & Hove Albion H 4–0 Toone (2) 14', 26', Galton 40', Leon 78' 3,685 1st
23 October 2022 Leicester City A 1–0 Parris 34' 4,007 2nd
30 October 2022 Everton A 3–0 Parris 13', Galton 55', Ladd 68' 1,752 1st
6 November 2022 Chelsea H 1–3 Russo 71' 6,186 3rd
19 November 2022 Arsenal A 3–2 Toone 39', Turner 85', Russo 90+1' 40,064 2nd
3 December 2022 Aston Villa H 5–0 Zelem 13', Galton 28', Russo 51', Batlle 76', Williams 90+3' 30,196 2nd
11 December 2022 Manchester City A 1–1 Galton 27' 44,259 3rd
15 January 2023 Liverpool H 6–0 García 6', Russo 24', Ladd 41', Koivisto 63' (o.g.), Thomas 72', Williams 84' 7,662 2nd
22 January 2023 Reading A 1–0 Williams 87' 5,108 1st
5 February 2023 Everton H 0–0 5,040 2nd
12 February 2023 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 Galton 67', Bartrip 76' (o.g.) 21,940 1st
5 March 2023 Leicester City H 5–1 Russo (3) 15', 36', 53', Galton 64', García 84' 3,623 1st
12 March 2023 Chelsea A 0–1 3,277 2nd
25 March 2023 West Ham United H 4–0 Zelem 52' (pen.), García (2) 65', 90+1', Ladd 84' 27,919 1st
1 April 2023 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4–0 Galton (2) 12', 66', Williams 86', García 87' 4,375 1st
19 April 2023[a] Arsenal H 1–0 Russo 45+6' 6,658 1st
28 April 2023 Aston Villa A 3–2 Galton 15', Parris 62', Turner 90+3' 4,176 1st
7 May 2023 Tottenham Hotspur H 3–0 Galton 32', Russo 35', Parris 53' 5,796 1st
21 May 2023 Manchester City H 2–1 Ladd 2', García 90+1' 7,864 2nd
27 May 2023 Liverpool A 1–0 García 72' 5,778 2nd
  1. ^ This match, originally scheduled for 22 April 2023, was rescheduled due to Arsenal's progression to the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League.[12]

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 22 19 1 2 66 15 +51 58 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a]
2 Manchester United 22 18 2 2 56 12 +44 56 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Arsenal 22 15 2 5 49 16 +33 47 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Manchester City 22 15 2 5 50 25 +25 47
5 Aston Villa 22 11 4 7 47 37 +10 37
Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ England's UEFA association coefficient meant, as the 4th ranked association, the WSL champions qualified for the second round. However, as 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League winners Barcelona had already qualified for the group stage as 2022–23 Liga F champions, the title holders' berth to the group stage was redistributed to Chelsea.[13]

Women's FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 Women's FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, United entered the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
29 January 2023 Round 4 Sunderland A 2–1 Parris (2) 39', 69' 1,810
26 February 2023 Round 5 Durham H 5–0 Bøe Risa 42', Galton 53', Blundell 67', Russo 78', Parris 88' 1,735
19 March 2023 Quarter-final Lewes A 3–1 Russo 8', Bøe Risa 68', Parris 89' 2,801
15 April 2023 Semi-final Brighton & Hove Albion H 3–2 Galton 46', Russo 71', Williams 89' 4,096
14 May 2023 Final Chelsea N 0–1 77,390

FA Women's League Cup[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup

Group stage[edit]

As a team not qualified for the group stage of the Champions League, Manchester United entered the League Cup at the group stage.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
1 October 2022 Aston Villa A 1–1
(3–4 p) 		Parris 16' 2,109 2nd
26 October 2022 Durham A 2–2
(1–3 p) 		Moore 22', Bøe Risa 66' 1,695 3rd
7 December 2022 Everton H 4–2 Bøe Risa (2) 1', 20', Williams 12', Moore 27' 1,519 2nd
18 December 2022 Sheffield United H 4–0 Leon (2) 12', 44', Wilson 51' (o.g.), Thomas 63' 1,273 2nd

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aston Villa 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 9 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Manchester United 4 2 0 2 0 11 5 +6 8 Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3 Durham 4 1 2 0 1 6 6 0 7
4 Everton 4 1 1 0 2 6 6 0 5
5 Sheffield United 4 0 0 1 3 4 12 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 B Liverpool 4 3 0 0 1 6 2 +4 9 2.25 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 A Manchester United 4 2 0 2 0 11 5 +6 8 2.00
3 E Reading 3 2 0 0 1 8 2 +6 6 2.00
4 C Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 0 0 1 6 2 +4 6 2.00
5 D Lewes 3 2 0 0 1 6 2 +4 6 2.00
Source: [citation needed]

Squad statistics[edit]

See also: List of Manchester United W.F.C. records and statistics
As of 27 May 2023
Numbers in brackets denote appearances as substitute.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Emily Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Spain Ona Batlle 19 1 5 0 3 0 27 1 1 0
3 DF Norway Maria Thorisdottir 3(2) 0 1 0 4 0 8(2) 0 0 0
4 MF England Jade Moore 0(3) 0 0 0 3 2 3(3) 2 0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Aoife Mannion 2(3) 0 0(4) 0 0 0 2(7) 0 0 0
6 DF England Hannah Blundell 22 1 4 1 0(3) 0 26(3) 2 3 0
7 FW England Ella Toone 22 3 3(1) 0 0(2) 0 25(3) 3 3 1[a]
8 MF Norway Vilde Bøe Risa 3(9) 0 3 2 4 3 10(9) 5 1 0
9 FW Scotland Martha Thomas 1(19) 1 3(2) 0 4 1 8(21) 2 0 0
10 MF England Katie Zelem (c) 21 3 5 0 0(4) 0 26(4) 3 6 0
11 FW England Leah Galton 20 10 3 2 0(1) 0 23(1) 12 0 0
12 MF Wales Hayley Ladd 19(2) 4 3(1) 0 1(1) 0 23(4) 4 3 0
13 FW Brazil Ivana Fuso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Canada Jayde Riviere 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
15 DF England Maya Le Tissier 22 2 5 0 2(2) 0 29(2) 2 3 0
16 MF Norway Lisa Naalsund 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0
17 FW Spain Lucía García 8(12) 8 3(2) 0 2(1) 0 13(15) 8 1 0
18 FW Scotland Kirsty Hanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Canada Adriana Leon 0(5) 1 0(1) 0 3 2 3(6) 3 0 0
20 DF France Aïssatou Tounkara 0(1) 0 0 0 4 0 4(1) 0 0 0
21 DF England Millie Turner 20(2) 2 5 0 3 0 28(2) 2 3 0
22 FW England Nikita Parris 17(4) 4 2(2) 4 1(1) 1 20(7) 9 1 0
23 FW England Alessia Russo 19(1) 10 3(1) 3 0 0 22(2) 13 1 0
24 MF Wales Carrie Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF England Tara Bourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF England Grace Clinton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK England Mary Earps 22 0 5 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
28 FW England Rachel Williams 0(17) 4 1(4) 1 3 1 4(21) 6 0 0
29 MF France Estelle Cascarino 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
32 GK England Sophie Baggaley 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
37 MF England Lucy Staniforth 2(2) 0 0 0 3 0 5(2) 0 0 0
39 GK Wales Safia Middleton-Patel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW England Alyssa Aherne 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 1 0
45 DF England Jessica Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW England Keira Barry 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Own goals — 2 — 1 — 1 — 4 — —

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Name From Ref.
4 July 2022 FW Canada Adriana Leon England West Ham United [15]
12 July 2022 FW England Rachel Williams England Tottenham Hotspur [16]
15 July 2022 MF England Grace Clinton England Everton [17]
20 July 2022 DF England Maya Le Tissier England Brighton & Hove Albion [18]
25 July 2022 FW Spain Lucía García Spain Athletic Club [19]
6 August 2022 FW England Nikita Parris England Arsenal [20]
10 August 2022 DF France Aïssatou Tounkara Spain Atlético Madrid [21]
21 January 2023 DF Canada Jayde Riviere United States Michigan Wolverines [22]
24 January 2023 MF Norway Lisa Naalsund Norway Brann [23]

Out[edit]

Date Pos. Name To Ref.
12 May 2022 FW Norway Karna Solskjær Norway AaFK Fortuna [24]
10 June 2022 DF England Poppy Lawson Scotland Hibernian [25]
30 June 2022 DF Republic of Ireland Diane Caldwell England Reading[b] [26][27]
DF England Martha Harris England Birmingham City[c] [28][29]
1 July 2022 GK England Fran Bentley England Bristol City [30]
15 July 2022 DF Scotland Kirsty Smith England West Ham United [31]
6 August 2022 FW England Maria Edwards Germany SGS Essen [32]
15 September 2022 MF Netherlands Jackie Groenen France Paris Saint-Germain [33]
9 January 2023 MF England Lucy Staniforth England Aston Villa [34]

Loans in[edit]

Date from Date to Pos. Name From Ref.
21 January 2023 30 June 2023 MF France Estelle Cascarino France Paris Saint-Germain [35]

Loans out[edit]

Date from Date to Pos. Name To Ref.
7 July 2022 30 June 2023 FW Brazil Ivana Fuso Germany Bayer Leverkusen [36]
21 July 2022 MF Wales Carrie Jones England Leicester City [37]
22 July 2022 DF England Tara Bourne England Birmingham City [38]
5 August 2022 GK England Emily Ramsey England Everton [39]
14 August 2022 MF Wales Chloe Williams[d] England Blackburn Rovers [40]
DF Scotland Niamh Murphy[d] [41]
24 August 2022 DF England Alyssa Aherne[d] England Burnley [42]
7 September 2022 FW England Keira Barry[d] England Derby County [43]
8 September 2022 FW Scotland Kirsty Hanson England Aston Villa [44]
18 September 2022 DF England Jessica Simpson[d] England Burnley [45]
14 January 2023 MF England Grace Clinton England Bristol City [46]
28 January 2023 MF England Jade Moore England Reading [47]
11 February 2023 12 February 2023 GK Wales Safia Middleton-Patel[e] England Coventry United [48]
13 April 2023 30 June 2023 FW Canada Adriana Leon United States Portland Thorns [49]
26 April 2023 30 April 2023 GK Wales Safia Middleton-Patel[e] England Blackburn Rovers [50]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Toone was shown a red card during the WSL match against Tottenham Hotspur on 12 February 2023, but it was subsequently overturned following an appeal.[14]
  2. ^ Released, joined Reading on 11 August 2022
  3. ^ Released, joined Birmingham City on 14 July 2022
  4. ^ a b c d e Dual registration
  5. ^ a b Emergency goalkeeper loan

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Man Utd pipped to WSL title despite beating Liverpool". BBC Sport.
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  4. ^ Magee, Will (3 December 2022). "Manchester United v Aston Villa: Women's Super League – as it happened". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "United Women return to Old Trafford for West Ham clash". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Football Weekend returns". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  7. ^ "Manchester United Women 4–0 West Ham Women: United move top of WSL after Lucia Garcia second-half double". Sky Sports.
  8. ^ "United Women to play in Amos French Cup". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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  10. ^ "United Women to visit Malta in January". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  11. ^ Gianluca, Lia (6 January 2023). "Manchester United women show their class in Birkirkara friendly". Times of Malta. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  12. ^ "New date confirmed for United Women v". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ^ Rendell, Sarah (3 June 2023). "Barcelona 3-2 Wolfsburg: Women's Champions League final 2023 – as it happened". The Guardian.
  14. ^ "Toone receives appeal verdict after red card". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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  16. ^ "United Women sign Rachel Williams". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  17. ^ "United Women sign Grace Clinton". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  18. ^ "United Women sign Maya Le Tissier". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  19. ^ "United sign Lucía García". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  20. ^ "United Women sign Nikita Parris". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  21. ^ "United Women sign Aissatou Tounkara". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Jayde Riviere signs for Manchester United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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  25. ^ "Poppy Lawson signs from Manchester United". Hibernian FC. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Diane Caldwell to leave United". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  27. ^ "From Red Devils to Royals". Reading FC. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  28. ^ "Harris departs United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  29. ^ "Martha Harris checks in at Blues". Birmingham City FC. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  30. ^ "Fran Bentley leaves United in permanent move". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  31. ^ "Kirsty Smith joins West Ham United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  32. ^ "Maria Edwards für zwei Jahre von Manchester United verpflichtet". sgs-essen.de (in German). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  33. ^ "Jackie Groenen: Manchester United midfielder joins Paris St-Germain". BBC Sport. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  34. ^ "Lucy Staniforth departs United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  35. ^ "Estelle Cascarino joins United Women on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  36. ^ "Fuso signs contract extension before loan move". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  37. ^ "Carrie Jones to spend 2022/23 with Leicester". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  38. ^ "Tara Bourne joins Blues on loan!". bcfc.com. Birmingham City FC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  39. ^ "Emily Ramsey goes on loan to Everton Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  40. ^ "Chloe's chuffed to be back". rovers.co.uk. Blackburn Rovers FC. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  41. ^ "Murphy makes Rovers move". rovers.co.uk. Blackburn Rovers FC. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  42. ^ "Trio join Claret Women on dual-signing". Burnley FC.
  43. ^ "Keira Barry - Derby County". Derby County Women FC. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  44. ^ "Kirsty Hanson joins Aston Villa on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  45. ^ "Simpson checks in to Claret Women on dual registration". Burnley FC.
  46. ^ "Grace Clinton joins Bristol City on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  47. ^ "A Royal once Moore". Reading FC. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  48. ^ "Safia Middleton-Patel: Coventry United sign Manchester United keeper on emergency loan". BBC Sport. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  49. ^ "Adriana Leon goes on loan from United Women". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  50. ^ "Middleton-Patel joins on loan". Blackburn Rovers FC. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

External links[edit]

  • Official website (in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish)
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