2022–23 Women's Super League
The 2022–23 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the fifth season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football.
| Season | 2022–23 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 September 2022 – 27 May 2023 |
| Champions | Chelsea 6th title |
| Relegated | Reading |
| Champions League | Chelsea Manchester United Arsenal |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 439 (3.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rachel Daly (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Chelsea 7–0 Everton 7 May 2023 |
| Biggest away win | Brighton & Hove Albion 0–8 Tottenham Hotspur 30 October 2022 Leicester City 0–8 Chelsea 3 December 2022 |
| Highest scoring | West Ham United 4–5 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 November 2022 |
| Highest attendance | 47,367 Arsenal 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur (24 September 2022) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
Ahead of the season the top two tiers unveiled a new visual identity, dropping "The FA" from the league names as part of the long term strategy for the leagues to be under new ownership in the future. Due to start on 9 September 2022, the FA postponed all of the weekend's football fixtures following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. The first match was instead played the following week on 16 September.
Chelsea successfully defended their title by defeating Reading, whose relegation from the division after an eight-year stint was confirmed by the result, 3–0 on the final matchday. It was Chelsea's fourth consecutive and sixth overall WSL title. Manchester United became the first side since 2014 to break into the WSL's top three which had been occupied by Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City in various combinations for the previous seven seasons.
Rachel Daly was topscorer and equalled the league record of 22 goals first set by Vivianne Miedema in 2018–19. She became the first English player to win the award since Ellen White in 2017–18. Mary Earps won the golden glove and broke the record for clean sheets in a WSL season with 14.
On 24 September 2022, a new record WSL attendance was set at 47,367 during a match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal won 4–0.