The 2020–21 FA WSL season (also known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the

FA Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...

(WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the third season after the rebranding of the four highest levels in English women's football. From the 2020–21 season, the FA WSL was given three Champions League places per season, increased from the previous two. Chelsea were the defending champions, having been awarded the 2019–20 title on a points-per-game basis following the curtailment of the season due to

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. They became the first team since

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to defend a WSL title.

Teams

Twelve teams contested the FA WSL this season. At the end of the previous season,

were relegated while

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have p ...

were promoted.

Stadium changes

Four teams changed home ground prior to the start of the season: Reading relocated from

Adams Park Adams Park is a Association football, football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of the local Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers Football Club in EFL League One, League One, with a c ...

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to the

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, home of the team's male affiliate since it was constructed in 1998. Newly-promoted Aston Villa signed a two-year deal with

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to play their home games at

Bescot Stadium Bescot Stadium, currently known as the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the area of Bescot, Walsall, West Midlands, England, and is the current home ground of Walsall Football Club and Aston Vill ...

, moving from the Trevor Brown Memorial Ground and West Ham United signed a one-year deal with Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. to play at Victoria Road for the season having previously played at the club's Rush Green training ground stadium. In a bid to enable increased attendances amid COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing measures, Bristol City announced they were moving from the 1,500 capacity

Stoke Gifford Stadium Stoke Gifford Stadium is an association football stadium based in Filton, in South Gloucestershire, England. Until August 2020 it was the home of FA Women's Super League team Bristol City W.F.C. and the Bristol Aztecs american football team. I ...

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which had been purpose-built by the club in 2011 ahead of the first WSL season, to

Twerton Park Twerton Park is a association football, football stadium in the Twerton suburb of Bath, Somerset, Bath, England. It has a physical capacity of 8,840, containing 1,006 seats. It is currently the home of Bath City F.C., who have played there si ...

, an 3,528 capacity stadium home to Bath City.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

References

External links

Official website
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