List of Manchester City W.F.C. seasons

Manchester City is an English professional association football club based in Manchester, who currently play in the FA WSL. The list covers the period from 1988, when the club was founded, to the present day. It details the club's achievements in senior league and cup competitions, and the top scorers for each season where information is available.

Background

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Manchester City were formed in 1988, though they did not join an organised competition until the following year when they were admitted to the North West Women's Regional Football League.[1] The club would make steady progress upwards until the season, when they would take the Premier League Northern Division title and were promoted to the WPL National, then the highest level of semi-pro football attainable in England, and only below the closed shop FA WSL. City were admitted to the WSL in 2014, coinciding with their decision to turn professional, and the move would ultimately be rewarded with their first senior silverware the same season.

Seasons

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Table correct as of 9 May 2021
Season League FA Cup WSL Cup Europe Other Top scorer Goals
Division (tier) P W D L F A Pts Pos
1989–90 NWWRFL D2 (2) 14 5 3 6 42 52 13 4th R1 League Cup R1
Div2 Cup QF
1990–91 NWWRFL D2 (2) 18 11 2 5 65 37 24 4th R4 League Cup R3
Div2 Cup R2
1991–92 NWWRFL D1 (3)[A] 18 4 2 12 30 52 10 8th R1 League Cup QF
Div1 Cup R1
1992–93 NWWRFL D1 (3) 12 4 1 7 26 49 9 5th R1 League Cup R3
Div1 Cup R2
1993–94 NWWRFL D1 (3) 18 5 3 10 47 56 18 9th R2 League Cup R3
Div1 Cup R2
1994–95 NWWRFL D1 (3) 18 6 3 9 20 51 21 7th R1 League Cup R3
Div1 Cup R2
1995–96 NWWRFL D1 (3) 16 4 3 9 37 44 15 7th R1 League Cup R2
Div1 Cup R1
County FA Cup SF
1996–97 NWWRFL D1 (3) 18 0 2 16 19 99 2 10th League Cup R1
Div1 Cup QF
1997–98 NWWRFL D2 (4) 20 18 2 0 102 26 56 1st League Cup R1 Justine Mason 29
Div1 Cup R1
1998–99 NWWRFL Prem (4)[B] 18 14 2 2 68 31 44 2nd R3 League Cup R3
1999–2000 NWWRFL Prem (4) 18 15 2 1 71 20 47 1st PR League Cup SF Lindsay Savage 26
Challenge Trophy W
PremDiv Cup W
2000–01 Comb (3) 22 16 2 4 80 36 50 1st R4
2001–02 WPL No. (2) 20 4 4 12 19 45 16 10th R3 WPL Cup R1
2002–03 WPL No. (2) 22 5 6 11 31 37 21 8th R3 WPL Cup R2
2003–04 WPL No. (2) 20 7 3 10 35 45 24 7th R3 WPL Cup R1
2004–05 WPL No. (2) 22 7 3 12 29 45 24 10th R3 WPL Cup R2
2005–06 WPL No. (2) 22 3 7 12 19 31 16 11th WPL Cup R2
2006–07 WPL No. (2) 22 6 6 10 27 35 24 10th WPL Cup PR
2007–08 WPL No. (2) 22 7 4 11 29 41 25 7th WPL Cup R1
2008–09 WPL No. (2) 22 13 4 5 42 22 43 3rd WPL Cup R1
2009–10 WPL No. (2) 22 10 6 6 36 25 36 4th R3 WPL Cup R1
2010–11 WPL No. (3)[C] 18 12 1 5 37 18 37 4th R2 WPL Cup GS
2011–12 WPL No. (3) 18 13 1 4 58 19 40 1st R5 WPL Cup R1
2012–13 WPL Nt. (2) 18 7 4 7 32 25 25 4th[D] R5 WPL Cup Ro16
2014 WSL 1 (1) 14 6 1 7 13 16 19 5th QF W Toni Duggan 11
2015 WSL 1 (1) 14 9 3 2 25 11 30 2nd SF QF Toni Duggan 12
2016 WSL 1 (1) 16 13 3 0 36 4 42 1st SF W SF Jane Ross 13
2017 WSL SS (1) 8 6 1 1 17 6 19 2nd W not held not held Lucy Bronze / Jill Scott / Toni Duggan 4
2017–18 WSL 1 (1) 18 12 2 4 51 17 38 2nd SF RU SF Nikita Parris 18
2018–19 WSL 1 (1) 20 14 5 1 53 17 47 2nd W W Ro32 Nikita Parris 24
2019–20 WSL 1 (1) 16 13 1 2 39 9 40 2nd W SF Ro16 Pauline Bremer 22
2020–21 WSL 1 (1) 22 17 4 1 65 13 55 2nd SF QF QF Community Shield RU Chloe Kelly / Ellen White 15
2021–22 WSL 1 (1) 22 15 2 5 60 22 47 3rd RU W QR2 Lauren Hemp 21
2022–23 WSL 1 (1) 12 8 2 2 25 11 26 4th R5 SF QR1 Khadija Shaw 17
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Key

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Footnotes

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  • A Despite being promoted, Manchester City fell from the second tier of women's football to the third tier due to the creation of a new national league (the FA Women's Premier League) with two tiers
  • B The North West Women's Regional Football League Division One was renamed the Premier Division. It moved from being the third tier of women's football to the fourth tier due to the creation of the Northern Combination, an intermediate regional league between the NWWRFL and the Women's Premier League
  • C The Women's Premier League Northern Division moved from being the second tier of women's football to the third tier due to the creation of the FA Women's Super League
  • D Promoted to the WSL via means of application upon league expansion

External sources

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References

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  1. ^ Mather, Neil (28 January 2014). "Guest Blog: Neil Mather on the original City Ladies". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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