2013 FA WSL

English women's football league April 2014 April 2014 FA WSL 2013 Liverpool (1st title) Champions League 56 177 Natasha Dowie Arsenal 5–0 Everton Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–9 Liverpool Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–9 Liverpool 2012 2014 The 2013 FA WSL was the third season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season began on 14 April and ended on 29 September. Arsenal were the defending champions, having won their ninth consecutive English title last season. The top two teams qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League. The season was the last before the creation of a second division of the WSL. All teams had to reapply for a place in WSL 1 in the next season. Doncaster Belles were the only current WSL team not granted a WSL 1 place, thus they played in the WSL 2 the following season. This decision had already been taken before Doncaster finished the season bottom of the WSL with the lowest points tally, as no relegation to the WSL 2 based on points was scheduled until the WSL 2 had completed its inaugural season to produce a corresponding promotion team. The reason for Doncaster's relegation from WSL 1 was a failed reapplication based on financial criteria, which is an aspect of the WSL the FA monitors very closely since it funds the participating teams and the teams must regularly prove they can match the FA funding. The Belles' place in the top flight the following season was taken by the Manchester City Ladies team from the FA Women's Premier League National Division, but now re-branded as Manchester City Women. Likewise, Lincoln retained their place in WSL 1 but relocated and re-branded as Notts County Ladies for the following season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22314500 Manchester City to compete in WSL top tier after restructure BBC Sport 26 April 2013 26 April 2013 17 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150617234413/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22314500 live Teams The same teams as last season returned, as there was no relegation system in place. Liverpool, who finished bottom in 2011 and 2012, relocated from Skelmersdale to the Halton Stadium in Widnes prior to the 2013 season as part of an ambitious programme of investment.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21057789 WSL: Liverpool Ladies to play at Stobart Stadium BBC 24 March 2013 17 January 2013 29 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130129212359/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21057789 live Lincoln left Ashby Avenue to return full-time to Sincil Bank.http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Lincoln-Ladies-deal-play-home-games-Sincil-Bank/story-17781794-detail/story.html#axzz2OSUHW85C https://archive.today/20130505073926/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Lincoln-Ladies-deal-play-home-games-Sincil-Bank/story-17781794-detail/story.html#axzz2OSUHW85C dead Lincoln Ladies in deal to play home games at Sincil Bank Lincolnshire Echo 24 March 2013 7 January 2013 5 May 2013 Team Location Ground 2012 WSL finish Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park 1st Birmingham City Stratford-upon-Avon The DCS Stadium 2nd Bristol Academy Filton Stoke Gifford Stadium 4th Chelsea Staines Wheatsheaf Park 6th Doncaster Rovers Belles Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 7th Everton Crosby The Arriva Stadium 3rd Lincoln Lincoln Sincil Bank 5th Liverpool Widnes Halton Stadium 8th England 300 Locations of the 2013 Super League teams England 51.6578 -0.2723 Arsenal England 52.19 -1.71 Birmingham City England 51.5293 -2.5692 Bristol Academy left England 51.2511 -0.3007 Chelsea England 53.516 -1.133 Doncaster Rovers Belles top England 53.4872 -3.0343 Everton left England 53.2327 -0.5376 Lincoln right England 53.5495 -2.7712 Liverpool bottom League table main WDL FA WSL 5 QR LIV Liverpool BRI Bristol Academy ARS Arsenal BIR Birmingham City EVE Everton LIN Lincoln CHE Chelsea DON Doncaster Rovers Belles 12 0 2 46 19 C 10 1 3 30 20 10 3 1 31 11 -3 5 3 6 16 21 4 3 7 23 30 2 4 8 10 15 3 1 10 20 27 1 3 10 9 42 Arsenal were deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered playerFA Charge Arsenal Ladies http://www.fawsl.com/news/fa_charge_arsenal_ladies.html 16 September 2013 16 September 2013 London 18 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130918075912/http://www.fawsl.com/news/fa_charge_arsenal_ladies.html bot: unknown Doncaster Rovers Belles relegated to the Super League Second Division on financial grounds. green1 Qualification for the Champions League knockout phase CL CL red1 Relegation to the FA WSL 2 R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored complete FA WSL Results main FBR grey ARS BIR BRI CHE DON EVE LIV LIN Arsenal 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 0–4 0–0 Birmingham City 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 Bristol Academy 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–3 3–4 2–1 Chelsea 0–1 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–4 2–1 0–2 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–6 0–3 3–4 0–4 1–1 0–9 1–0 Everton 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–2 1–4 1–0 Liverpool 0–3 4–1 2–0 4–3 2–0 4–2 3–2 Lincoln 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 15 September FA WSL results Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals2013 Goal scorers https://int.soccerway.com/national/england/wsl/2013/regular-season/ women.soccerway.com 20 February 2018 16 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130316101709/http://int.soccerway.com/national/england/wsl/2013/regular-season/ livethe stats http://www.fawsl.com/stats.html fawsl.com 1 March 2013 2 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051427/http://www.fawsl.com/stats.html live 1Natasha DowieLiverpool132Nicole RolserLiverpool103Natalia PablosBristol Academy94Louise ForsLiverpool75Danielle CarterArsenal6Jordan NobbsArsenal6Nikita ParrisEverton6Toni DugganEverton6Sofia JakobssonChelsea6Eniola AlukoChelsea6 References External links Official website Season on soccerway.com 2013 1 England