With waves of change brewing across the table, here is a guide to 2024-25 Women’s Super League season.
From four managerial changes to various player moves, this Women’s Super League (WSL) season promises to be unpredictable yet super competitive with another tough title fight anticipated.
Now here is a comprehensive guide to everything that you need to know about the new WSL season.
How Many Teams Competing in WSL?
12 teams will complete in the 2023-24 WSL including reigning champions, Chelsea whilst Bristol City return to the women’s top-flight after a two-season absence, replacing Reading who were relegated at the end of last season.
Here is a full list of all 12 teams set to participate in this season’s WSL plus their main stadium, although some teams – whose main stadium is not the same as their men’s team – will play selected fixtures at the stadium of their men’s teams throughout the season.
| Team | Ground | Capacity |
| Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,704 |
| Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42.640 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Broadfield Stadium | 6,134 |
| Chelsea | Kingsmeadow | 4,850 |
| Crystal Palace | Gander Green Lane | 7,032 |
| Everton | Walton Hall Park | 2,200 |
| Leicester City | King Power Stadium | 32,212 |
| Liverpool | Totally Wicked Stadium | 18,000 |
| Manchester City | Academy Stadium | 7,000 |
| Manchester United | Leigh Sport Village | 12,000 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Brisbane Road | 9,271 |
| West Ham United | Victoria Road | 6,078 |
*Arsenal, Brighton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham will play selected fixtures at their men’s stadiums.
How Long will 2024-25 WSL Season Run?
The 2024-25 WSL season will commence on Friday 20 September and run across 22 matchweeks for seven-and-a-half months, climaxing with the concluding round of fixtures on the weekend of 10-11 May.
There will be a festive mid-season break commencing on 16 December 2023 after the tenth matchweek across 14-15 December, with the season resuming on the weekend of 18-19 January 2024 with matchweek 11.
How to Watch WSL?
Selected fixtures will be broadcast live across BBC and Sky Sports in the UK throughout every matchweek of the season, with all other fixtures available to be streamed on WSL’s YouTube channel.
Five Stand-Out Pointers
- Chelsea could be set for a season of transition following Sonia Bompastor’s appointment as manager, following Emma Hayes’ exit at end of last season.
- Having recruited well amidst a wave of player exits, Manchester City will be early title favourite with the firepower of Bunny Shaw and Vivianne Miedema.
- Following two seasons of flirting with relegation, Brighton have invested well in quality players which means that mid-table will be a serious expectation.
- After a below-par campaign, Man Utd will look to bounce back this season following positive investment in improving their squad.
- Despite this being their first WSL season, Palace will need to focus to getting results against teams around them if want to avoid instant relegation.