Guide to 2025-26 Women’s Super League season as the new campaign prepares to get underway.
Chelsea begin the season as reigning champions but will expect to face a fierce title challenge from reigning European champions, Arsenal, as Renee Slegers’ Gunners look to go toe-to-toe with their London rivals for the ultimate domestic accolade in women’s football.
Manchester City and Manchester United meanwhile both look to mount an outside title challenge whilst they likely battle over the last UEFA Women’s Champions League qualification spot.
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 2025-26 WSL including reigning champions, Chelsea whilst London City Lionesses will compete in the top flight for the first time, replacing Crystal Palace 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 |
| Everton | Goodison Park | 39,414 |
| Leicester City | King Power Stadium | 32.212 |
| Liverpool | Totally Wicked Stadium | 18,000 |
| London City Lionesses | Copperjax Stadium | 5,000 |
| 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 |
*Brighton, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd and Tottenham will play selected fixtures at their men’s stadiums.
How Long will 2025-26 WSL Season Run?
The 2025-26 WSL season will commence on Friday 5 September and run across 22 matchweeks for seven-and-a-half months, climaxing with the concluding round of fixtures on Saturday 16 May.
There will be a festive mid-season break commencing on 15 December 2025 after matchweek 11 across 13-14 December, with the season resuming on the weekend of 10-11 January 2026 with matchweek 12.
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.
Three Stand-Out Pointers
- Chelsea will look to continue their dominance after having gone the 2024-25 WSL season unbeaten despite Sonia Bompastor having replaced Emma Hayes as manager in June 2024.
- As European champions, Arsenal will be expected to now mount a serious WSL title challenge given the quality in their squad and record women’s football signing of Olivia Smith from Liverpool.
- Having invested heavily this summer in their squad, London City Lionesses will seek to consolidate their new WSL status and avoid instant relegation.
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