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2022–23 FA Women's League Cup

The 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup was the twelfth edition of the Women's Super League and Women's Championship's league cup competition. It was sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation in 2011, and was officially known as the FA Women's Continental Tyres League Cup[1] for sponsorship reasons. All 24 teams from the WSL and Championship contested the competition. Manchester City were the defending champions.[2]

Format

The competition kept the same format as the previous season, starting with a group stage split regionally. Teams competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage are exempt from the League Cup group stage, earning a provisional bye to the quarter-finals. As a result, the initial group stage draw made on 9 August 2022 featured 21 of the 24 teams: one Northern group had five teams drawn into it with the remaining Northern group and all three Southern groups initially featuring four teams each. The three teams excluded from the draw were Chelsea, who automatically entered the Champions League group stage and therefore joined the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, and Manchester City and Arsenal who will take part in the Champions League qualifying rounds. Should either team be eliminated during qualification, they would enter the League Cup group stage and be drawn into an existing group of four in their geographical region.[3] Manchester City were eliminated from the Champions League in the first qualifying round and were therefore placed in Group B as the only Northern group with four teams.

The first place team in each of the five groups will qualify for the knock-out stage. Because Manchester City failed to progress from Champions League qualifying, one best-placed runner-up will also progress to make up eight teams in the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Group A

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 2,109[4]
Referee: Melissa Burgin[5]
Maiden Castle, Durham
Attendance: 324[6]
Referee: Matthew Corlett[7]
Walton Hall Park, Liverpool
Attendance: 1,202[8]
Referee: Thomas Kirk[9]
Maiden Castle, Durham
Attendance: 1,695[10]
Referee: Thomas Parsons[11]
Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Bescot Stadium, Walsall
Attendance: 526
Referee: Leigh Doughty
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 1,519[12]
Referee: Simon Kirk
Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 104[13]
Referee: Andrew Kitchen[14]
Rossett Park, Crosby
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Attendance: 1,273[15]

Group B

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Eppleton CW, Hetton-le-Hole
Attendance: 590[16]
Referee: Phoebe Cross[17]
Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge
Attendance: 247[18]
Referee: Melissa Cairns[19]
Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
Attendance: 354[20]
Referee: Tom Nield[21]
Academy Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 1,419[22]
Referee: Melissa Burgin[23]
Academy Stadium, Manchester
Attendance: 1,672
Referee: Stacey Fullicks
Prenton Park, Birkenhead
Attendance: 969
Referee: Melissa Burgin
Prenton Park, Birkenhead
Attendance: 965[24]
Referee: Martin Woods[25]
Eppleton CW, Hetton-le-Hole
Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
Attendance: 651[28]
Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge

Group C

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 461[31]
Referee: Ritchie Watkins
Princes Park, Dartford
Attendance: 410[32]
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Princes Park, Dartford
Attendance: 268
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Victoria Road, Dagenham
Attendance: 585[33]
Referee: Emily Heaslip
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 481[34]
Referee: Jeda Wardle
Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Group D

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
The Dripping Pan, Lewes
Attendance: 403
Referee: C. Small
Robins High Performance Centre, Failand
Attendance: 423[36]
Hayes Lane, Bromley
Attendance: 296
Referee: Aimee Keir
The Oakwood, Bexley
Attendance: 296[37]
Referee: Nicoleta Bria
The Oakwood, Bexley
Attendance: 302[39]
The Dripping Pan, Lewes

Group E

Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Amy Fearn
Butts Park Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 264[41]
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 4,258
Referee: Louise Saunders
Brisbane Road, Leyton
Attendance: 566
Referee: Josh Smith
Butts Park Arena, Coventry
Attendance: 192
Referee: Phoebe Cross
St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Stacey Fullicks

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to Manchester City's failure to progress from Champions League qualifying, they entered the League Cup group stage. With only two teams receiving byes to the League Cup quarter-finals, the best-placed runner-up team progressed with the five group winners to make up the final eight. With the three Southern groups containing one fewer team than the two Northern groups, the ranking to determine which second-placed team progressed was calculated on a points-per-game basis.

Source: [citation needed]

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Chelsea and Arsenal entered the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, having been exempt from the group stage due to their participation in the Champions League group stage.

Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 2,647
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Prenton Park, Birkenhead
Attendance: 510
Referee: Martin Woods
Brisbane Road, Leyton
Attendance: 657 [42]
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
Meadow Park, Borehamwood
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Carl Brook

Semi-finals

Meadow Park, Borehamwood
Attendance: 1,795
Referee: Abigail Byrne
Victoria Road, Dagenham
Attendance: 1,092
Referee: Louise Saunders

Final

On 5 December 2022, it was announced that the 2023 FA Women's League Cup Final would be held at Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace, for the first time. The final took place on 5 March 2023.[43]

Selhurst Park, Selhurst
Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Top goalscorers

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sunderland vs Leicester City was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 8 December 2022.[26]
  2. ^ Leicester City v Manchester City was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 17 December 2022.[27]
  3. ^ Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 15 December 2022.[29] The game was postponed for a second time on 18 January 2023, again for a frozen pitch.[30]
  4. ^ Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 17 December 2022.[35]
  5. ^ Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 18 December 2022.[38]
  6. ^ Lewes v Bristol City was postponed due to a frozen pitch on 16 December 2022. The game had been switched to a Bristol City home match on 16 December after Lewes had deemed their pitch unplayable the previous day but reverted back to a Lewes home game once rescheduled.[40]

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  3. ^ "2022–23 Conti Cup draw made". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. 9 August 2022.
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  5. ^ "Villa beat Man Utd in Women's League Cup shootout". BBC Sport.
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  10. ^ "Championship side Durham twice fought back before beating Manchester United in a League Cup penalty shootout". BBC Sport.
  11. ^ "Championship side Durham twice fought back before beating Manchester United in a League Cup penalty shootout". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Manchester United Women v Everton Women". BBC Sport.
  13. ^ "Sheffield United Women v Aston Villa Women". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ "Sheffield United Women v Aston Villa Women". BBC Sport.
  15. ^ "Manchester United Women v Liverpool Women match programme, WSL, 15.01.23". Issuu.com.
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  17. ^ "Sunderland Ladies v Liverpool Women". BBC Sport.
  18. ^ "Blackburn Ladies v Leicester City Women". BBC Sport.
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  29. ^ "Postponed: Rovers Ladies vs Sunderland". Blackburn Rovers. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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  35. ^ "Women's Conti Cup fixture against Brighton postponed". www.whufc.com. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  36. ^ "2022/23 - Barclays FAC". Bristol City.
  37. ^ "Charlton Athletic Women vs Bristol City Women". BBC Sport.
  38. ^ "Game off: Charlton Women v Crystal Palace". www.charltonafc.com. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  39. ^ "REPORT CHARLTON 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 0". Charlton Athletic FC.
  40. ^ "Lewes fixture postponed". www.bcfc.co.uk. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  41. ^ "Coventry United Women vs Southampton Women 2022-10-02". Southampton FC.
  42. ^ "Spurs Women eliminated from Conti Cup by Chelsea". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  43. ^ "Selhurst Park to host 22/23 Women's League Cup final - News". Crystal Palace F.C.
  44. ^ "The FA Women's League Cup Top Scorers". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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