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2017–18 Arsenal W.F.C. season

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Arsenal Women
2017–18 season
ManagerPedro Martinez Losa

Ismael García Gomez (interim)

Joe Montemurro
StadiumMeadow Park
Women's Super League3rd
FA Women's CupRunners-up
WSL CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Beth Mead (8)
All: Beth Mead (16)
Highest home attendance1,807 (vs Chelsea, 1 April 2018)

The 2017–18 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 31st season of competitive football. They won the WSL Cup for the 5th time and finished Runner-Up to Chelsea for the FA Women's Cup. Arsenal finished 3rd in the Women's Super League, missing out on a spot in UEFA Women's Champions League by 1 point.

Joe Montemurro took over as Manager of Arsenal on 5 December 2017 after Pedro Martínez Losa had departed the club, one month into the season.[1]

Squad statistics

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First team squad

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Squad statistics correct as of May 2018[2]

Squad No. Name Date of Birth (Age*) Since Last Contract Signed From
Goalkeepers
1 Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) 2015 April 2016[3] Belgium FC Twente
13 England Anna Moorhouse (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) 2017 February 2017[4] England Doncaster Rovers Belles
31 England Lucy Thomas (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) Homegrown
32 England Emma Gibson[5] Homegrown
Defenders
2 England Alex Scott (captain) (1984-10-30) 30 October 1984 (age 40) 2012 July 2017[6] United States Boston Breakers
3 Scotland Emma Mitchell (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32) 2013 August 2015[7] Germany SGS Essen
5 Germany Josephine Henning (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35) 2017 August 2017[8] France Lyon
6 England Leah Williamson (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) 2014 July 2015[9] Homegrown
12 Jamaica Vyan Sampson (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28) 2014 January 2016[10] Homegrown
16 Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) 2017 May 2017[11] England Notts County
19 England Jemma Rose (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32) 2014 December 2015[12] England Bristol Academy
25 Sweden Jessica Samuelsson (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32) 2017 August 2017[13] Sweden Linköping FC
29 England Shannon Cooke (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 24) 2018 Homegrown
Midfielders
8 England Jordan Nobbs (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31) 2010 February 2016[14] England Sunderland
10 Scotland Kim Little (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) 2016 October 2016[15] United States Seattle Reign
17 United States Heather O'Reilly (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 39) 2017 January 2017[16] United States Kansas City
20 Netherlands Dominique Janssen (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29) 2015 April 2016[17] Germany SGS Essen
21 Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) 2015 October 2016[18] Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
24 Jamaica Taylor Hinds (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) England Northampton Town
26 England Ava Kuyken (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23) Homegrown
27 England Anna Filbey (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 25) Homegrown
Forwards
9 England Danielle Carter (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) 2009 August 2017[19] Homegrown
11 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28) 2017 May 2017[20] Germany Bayern München
14 England Jodie Taylor (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38) 2016 March 2016[21] United States Portland Thorns
15 Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) 2015 December 2015[22] Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
18 Scotland Lisa Evans (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 32) 2017 June 2017[23] Germany Bayern München
22 England Lauren James (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23) 2014 England Chelsea
23 England Beth Mead (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29) 2017 January 2017[24] England Sunderland
28 England Jessica Naz (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 24) England Tottenham Hotspur

Italic indicates an academy player.

Appearances and goals

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No. Name Super League FA Cup WSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal 14 0 2 0 0 0 19 0
13 England Anna Moorhouse 4 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
31 England Lucy Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 England Emma Gibson[5] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 England Alex Scott (captain) 1+2 0 2 0 2 0 5+3 0
3 Scotland Emma Mitchell 15+2 1 3+1 0 6 3 24+3 4
5 Germany Josephine Henning 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 England Leah Williamson 14+3 1 4 0 7 0 25+3 1
12 Jamaica Vyan Sampson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn 14+2 1 5 1 3+3 1 22+5 3
19 England Jemma Rose 4 0 0 0 6 0 10 0
25 Sweden Jessica Samuelsson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 England Shannon Cooke 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
Midfielders
8 England Jordan Nobbs 17 3 5 2 7 4 29 9
10 Scotland Kim Little 8+1 3 3+1 0 1 1 12+2 4
17 United States Heather O'Reilly 10+6 1 4+1 1 3+4 0 17+11 2
20 Netherlands Dominique Janssen 16+1 3 4 0 6+1 1 26+2 4
21 Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk 17+1 5 4 0 5 1 26+1 6
24 Jamaica Taylor Hinds 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
26 England Ava Kuyken 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+5 0
27 England Anna Filbey 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
Forwards
9 England Danielle Carter 11+6 2 4+1 2 4+2 2 19+9 6
11 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema 9+2 4 1+3 2 5 3 15+5 9
14 England Jodie Taylor 2+1 2 0 0 2+1 3 4+2 5
15 Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe 6+5 2 3+2 0 0+1 0 9+8 2
18 Scotland Lisa Evans 15+3 2 3+2 0 5+1 1 23+6 3
22 England Lauren James 0+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 1 2+7 1
23 England Beth Mead 15+2 8 5 2 3+2 6 25+4 16
28 England Jessica Naz 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0

Italic indicates an academy player.

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Position Name Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 23 FW England Beth Mead 8 2 6 16
2 11 FW Netherlands Vivianne Miedema 4 2 3 9
8 MF England Jordan Nobbs 3 2 4 9
3 21 MF Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk 5 0 1 6
9 FW England Danielle Carter 2 2 2 6
4 14 FW England Jodie Taylor 2 0 3 5
5 20 MF Netherlands Dominique Janssen 3 0 1 4
10 MF Scotland Kim Little 3 0 1 4
4 DF Scotland Emma Mitchell 1 0 3 4
6 18 FW Scotland Lisa Evans 2 0 1 3
16 DF Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn 1 1 1 3
7 15 FW Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe 2 0 0 2
17 MF United States Heather O'Reilly 1 1 0 2
8 6 DF England Leah Williamson 1 0 0 1
22 FW England Lauren James 0 0 1 1
Total 38 10 27 75

Disciplinary record

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Rank Position Name Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 DF Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 DF Netherlands Dominique Janssen 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
3 FW Scotland Lisa Evans 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF England Leah Williamson 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MF United States Heather O'Reilly 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
4 GK Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Jordan Nobbs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Netherlands Vivianne Miedema 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland Emma Mitchell 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF England Jemma Rose 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Germany Josephine Henning 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 10 1 2 0 5 0 17 1

Clean sheets

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Rank Name Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 England Anna Moorhouse 3 3 2 8
2 Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal 5 0 1 6
Total 8 3 3 14

Transfers, loans and other signings

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Transfers in

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Announcement date No. Position Player From club
23 May 2017[25] 11 FW Netherlands Vivianne Miedema Germany Bayern Munich
29 June 2017[26] 18 FW Scotland Lisa Evans Germany Bayern Munich
18 August 2017[27] 25 DF Sweden Jessica Samuelsson Sweden Linköping FC
21 August 2017[28] 5 DF Germany Josephine Henning France Lyon

Contract extensions

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Announcement date No. Position Player At Arsenal since
29 August 2017[29] 9 FW England Danielle Carter Homegrown

Transfers out

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Announcement date No. Position Player To club
29 June 2017[30] 11 MF England Carla Humphrey England Bristol City
30 June 2017[31] 27 GK England Sian Rogers England Aston Villa
11 July 2017[32] 26 FW England Rianna Dean England Millwall Lionesses
27 July 2017[33] 28 MF England Charlie Devlin England Millwall Lionesses
16 August 2017[34] 4 MF England Fara Williams England Reading
21 November 2017[35] 14 FW England Jodie Taylor Australia Melbourne City
25 January 2018[36] 7 FW England Chloe Kelly England Everton
25 January 2018[37] 24 MF Jamaica Taylor Hinds England Everton
16 February 2018[38] 19 DF England Jemma Rose N/A
16 February 2018[39] 12 DF Jamaica Vyan Sampson England West Ham United

Loans out

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Announcement date No. Position Player To club
1 August 2017[40] 15 FW Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe Scotland Glasgow City
30 July 2017[41] 7 FW England Chloe Kelly EnglandEverton

Competitions

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Women's Super League

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Matches

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24 September 2017 1 Arsenal 3–2 Birmingham City Borehamwood
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Abigail Byrne
30 September 2017 2 Manchester City 5–2 Arsenal Manchester
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,646
Referee: Amy Rayner Fearn
8 October 2017 3 Arsenal 1–1 Bristol City Borehamwood
12:30 BST Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Sarah Garratt
29 October 2017 4 Everton 0–2 Arsenal Widnes
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Report
Stadium: Halton Stadium
Attendance: 435
Referee: Lindsey Robinson
12 November 2017 5 Arsenal 3–0 Sunderland Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Lloyd Wood
7 January 2018 6 Chelsea 3–2 Arsenal Kingston Upon Thames
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Adrian Quelch
28 January 2018 7 Reading 0–0 Arsenal High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 690
Referee: Helen Byrne
7 February 2018 8 Liverpool 0–3 Arsenal Widnes
19:00 GMT (UTC+0) Report
Stadium: Halton Stadium
Attendance: 461
Referee: Rebecca Welch
11 February 2018 9 Arsenal 4–0 Yeovil Town Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Report Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 740
Referee: Sarah Garratt
23 February 2018 10 Arsenal 1–0 Everton Borehamwood
19:30 GMT (UTC+0) Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 813
Referee: Alan Dale
1 April 2018 11 Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea Borehamwood
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,807
Referee: Paul Howard
18 April 2018 12 Arsenal 3–1 Reading Borehamwood
19:30 BST Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Christopher ODonnell
21 April 2018 13 Yeovil Town 0–0 Arsenal Weston-super-Mare
15:00 BST Jones Yellow card 77' Report Evans Yellow card 78' Stadium: Woodspring Stadium
Attendance: 317
Referee: Abigail Byrne
24 April 2018 14 Arsenal 3–0 Liverpool Borehamwood
19:30 BST
Report Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Ian Fissenden
29 April 2018 15 Birmingham City 3–0 Arsenal Solihull
14:00 BST
Report Janssen Yellow card 57' Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 921
Referee: Daniel Middleton
12 May 2018 16 Arsenal 2–1 Manchester City Borehamwood
12:15 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,514
Referee: Rebecca Welch
16 May 2018 17 Sunderland 0–2 Arsenal South Shields
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mariners Park
Attendance: 321
Referee: John Matthews
20 May 2018 18 Bristol City 1–6 Arsenal Stoke Gifford
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Attendance: 724
Referee: Dale Wootton

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea (C, Q) 18 13 5 0 44 13 +31 44 Qualification for the Champions League
2 Manchester City (Q) 18 12 2 4 51 17 +34 38
3 Arsenal 18 11 4 3 38 18 +20 37
4 Reading 18 9 5 4 40 18 +22 32
5 Birmingham City 18 9 3 6 30 18 +12 30
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 11 4 3 38 18  +20 37 7 2 0 21 6  +15 4 2 3 17 12  +5

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

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Matchday123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAAAHHHHAHAHAA
ResultWLDWWLDWWWDWDWLWWW
Position134334443343333333
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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4 February 2018 Fourth round Yeovil Town 0–3 Arsenal Weston-super-Mare
14:00 GMT (UTC+0) Report
Stadium: Woodspring Stadium
Attendance: 323
25 March 2018 Quarter-finals Arsenal 5–0 Charlton Athletic Borehamwood
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Lee Brennan
15 April 2018 Semi-Finals Everton 1–2 Arsenal Crosby
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Rossett Park
Attendance: 1,457
Referee: Abigail Marriott[42]
5 May 2018 Final Arsenal 1–3 Chelsea Wembley Park
17:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 45,423
Referee: Lindsey Robinson

WSL Cup

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Group match between Arsenal and London Bees.

Group stage

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Group 1 South

24 September 2017 1 Arsenal 7–0 London Bees Borehamwood
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
1 November 2017 2 Millwall Lionesses 2–5 Arsenal Rotherhithe
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: St Pauls Sports Ground
Attendance: 451
5 November 2017 3 Arsenal 1–2 Reading Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park
16 November 2017 4 Watford 0–6 Arsenal Kings Langley
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Report
Stadium: Gaywood Park

Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REA ARS WAT MIL LON
1 Reading 4 4 0 0 0 15 1 +14 12 Advance to knock-out stage 4–0 4–0
2 Arsenal 4 3 0 0 1 19 4 +15 9 1–2 7–0
3 Watford 4 1 0 1 2 2 11 −9 4 0–6 1–0
4 Millwall Lionesses 4 1 0 0 3 6 14 −8 3 0–5 2–5
5 London Bees 4 0 1 0 3 4 16 −12 2 1–1 3–4
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Knockout rounds

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17 December 2017 Quarter-finals Arsenal 3–1 Sunderland Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Josh Smith
14 January 2018 Semi-finals Reading 2–3 Arsenal High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 749
Referee: Ryan Atkin
14 March 2018 Final Manchester City 0–1 Arsenal High Wycombe
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 2,136
Referee: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire)

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