2013 Arsenal L.F.C. season

Arsenal Ladies
2013 Season season
Manager	Laura Harvey ; Shelley Kerr
Stadium	Meadow Park
FA WSL	Third
FA Women's Cup	Winners
FA WSL Cup	Winners
Champions League	Semi-finals
	← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 26th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the third edition of the FA WSL, England's top flight for women's football since 2011. Arsenal also played in the FA Women's Cup, and the FA WSL Cup, winning the former against Bristol Academy in June^[1] and the latter against Lincoln in October.^[2] They also competed in the UEFA Women's Champions League, losing at the Semi Final stage to Wolfsburg.^[3] In December 2012, manager Laura Harvey left Arsenal to take charge of Seattle Reign.^[4] In February 2013, Shelley Kerr was appointed to manage Arsenal ahead of the new WSL season.^[5] In September 2013, Arsenal were charged with playing an unregistered player in their trip to Liverpool.^[6] The resulting three point deduction saw them fall to third place and miss out on qualifying for Europe in the 2014–15 season.

Competitions

FA WSL

7 May 2013 1	Arsenal	0–4	Liverpool	Holloway
19:00 BST	Carter 10'	Report	Da Costa 37', 53' Dowie 57' Fors 58'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Sasa Ihringova

15 May 2013 2	Lincoln	1–1	Arsenal	Lincoln
19:30 BST	Roberts 89' Stoney 90'	Report	Houghton 90'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 389 Referee: Ian Dudley

30 May 2013 3	Bristol Academy	2–3	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
19:00 BST	Natalia 47' Yorston 79' (pen.) McCatty 63' 76'	Report	Houghton 32' Little 42' Flaherty 51' Little 76' Yankey 63'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Robin Cox

6 June 2013 4	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	Borehamwood
19:45 BST	Flaherty 23' A. Scott 60'	Report	Aluko 63' Vidarsdottir 52' Longhurst 89'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Dean Treleaven

3 August 2013 5	Liverpool	0–3	Arsenal	Widnes
19:00 BST	Dowie 65'	Report	Nobbs 9', 74' A. Scott 35' Davison 57' Flaherty 68'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 746 Referee: John Brooks

11 August 2013 6	Arsenal	5–0	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Carter 5', 29' Little 22' (pen.) Davison 53' Nobbs 67'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 629 Referee: Ashvin Degnarain

18 August 2013 7	Birmingham City	1–3	Arsenal	Tiddington
14:00 BST	Potter 54' Moore 69'	Report	Houghton 7' White 19' Davison 39' Flaherty 66'	Stadium: Knights Lane Attendance: 561 Referee: Shaun Barry

21 August 2013 8	Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–6	Arsenal	Doncaster
19:45 BST		Report	Flaherty 29' Nobbs 31' Carter 32', 73' White 67' Houghton 77'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 320 Referee: Nicholas Hopton

29 August 2013 9	Chelsea	0–1	Arsenal	Staines
19:30 BST	Aluko 66'	Report	Carter 29'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 1,074 Referee: John Busby

1 September 2013 10	Arsenal	3–1	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Carter 35' Little 53' (pen.) Nobbs 70'	Report	Smith 47'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 406

5 September 2013 11	Arsenal	0–0	Lincoln	Borehamwood
14:00 BST		Report	Turner 83'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 467 Referee: Stuart Cheek

8 September 2013 12	Arsenal	0–0	Bristol Academy	Borehamwood
14:00 BST		Report	Windell 88'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 602 Referee: Paul Howard

15 September 2013 13	Arsenal	2–0	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Nobbs 3' Yankey 58' Mitchell 73'	Report	Christiansen 73'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 412 Referee: Stuart Franklin

29 September 2013 14	Everton	1–2	Arsenal	Crosby
14:00 BST	Duggan 34' Jones 41'	Report	White 66' Yankey 81'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 752 Referee: Helen Byrne

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	14	12	0	2	46	19	+27	36	Qualification to Champions League
2	Bristol Academy	14	10	1	3	30	20	+10	31	Qualification to Champions League
3	Arsenal^[a]	14	10	3	1	31	11	+20	30
4	Birmingham City	14	5	3	6	16	21	−5	18
5	Everton	14	4	3	7	23	30	−7	15

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Arsenal were deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player^[7]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	10	3	1	31	11	+20	30	4	2	1	12	6	+6	6	1	0	19	5	+14

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	1	6	7	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

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

FA Women's Cup

31 March 2013 Fifth Round	Nottingham Forest	0–7	Arsenal	Gedling
14:00 BST		Report	Carter 20', 89' Beattie 25' Ludlow 30' White 35' Nobbs 40' Houghton 45'	Stadium: Bill Stokeld Stadium

9 April 2013 Quarter-Final	Arsenal	6–0	Birmingham City	Bishop's Stortford
14:00 BST	Davison 10', 75' Nobbs 30' White 43', 52' Little 55'	Report		Stadium: Woodside Park Attendance: 520
Note: Note: Game was moved from Meadow Park due to renovation work.

26 April 2013 Semi-Final	Liverpool	1–2	Arsenal	Liverpool
19:00 BST	Dowie 45'	Report	White 25' Little 53'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,008 Referee: Nathan Walker

26 May 2013 Final	Arsenal	3–0	Bristol Academy	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Houghton 2' Nobbs 72' White 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 4,988 Referee: Jane Simms

FA WSL Cup

Group Stage

2 May 2013 1	Lincoln	1–1	Arsenal	Lincoln
19:30 BST	Clarke 23'	Report	White 82'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 283 Referee: Stuart Richardson

11 May 2013 2	Arsenal	2–1	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
13:00 BST	Davison 51' White 88'	Report	Williams 48' (pen.) Linnett 86'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Adam Crysell

19 September 2013 3	Arsenal	4–2	Bristol Academy	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	White 25' Nobbs 49' Carter 54' Little 85'	Report	Watts 27' Curson 42' Curson 75'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 446 Referee: Anthony Da Costa

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	LIN	BIR	BRI
1	Arsenal	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to Knockout stage	—	—	2–1	4–2
2	Lincoln Ladies	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to Knockout stage	1–1	—	—	—
3	Birmingham City	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4		—	1–1	—	—
4	Bristol Academy	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0		—	0–1	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

8 August 2013 Semi-Final	Arsenal	4–0	Everton	Borehamwood
19:45 BST	Nobbs 8' Carter 35' White 40' Houghton 56'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 629 Referee: Ashvin Degnarain

4 October 2013 Final	Arsenal	2–0	Lincoln	Canons Park
19:30 BST	White 76' Little 86'	Report	Clarke 62'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Lisa Rashid

UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

26 September 2012 First Leg	Barcelona	0–3	Arsenal	Barcelona
19:00 BST		Report	Beattie 31' Nobbs 55' Chapman 67'	Stadium: Mini Estadi Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Christine Baitinger (Germany)

4 October 2012 Second Leg	Arsenal	4–0	Barcelona	Borehamwood
15:00 BST	Beattie 53', 78', 90+3' (pen.) Little 57' Tracy 41' Little 55' Yankey 88'	Report	Rafols 90'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 662 Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

Round of 16

1 November 2012 First Leg	Arsenal	2–1	Turbine Potsdam	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Chapman 70' White 82'	Report	Ōgimi 90' Goransson 45' Hanebeck 72'	Stadium: Meadow Park, Attendance: 832 Referee: Esther Azzopardi (Malta)

7 November 2012 Second Leg	Turbine Potsdam	3–4	Arsenal	Potsdam
18:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Göransson 48', 59' Winters 55'	Report	Smith 27', 34', 57' White 81' Houghton 67'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 3,260 Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

Quarter-Finals

20 March 2013 First Leg	Arsenal	3–1	Torres	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Smith 23' Nobbs 49' Little 63' Grant 80'	Report	Mändly 71' Piacezzi 38' Bartoli 80'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

27 March 2013 Second Leg	Torres	0–1	Arsenal	Sassari
14:30 BST		Report	Fahey 4'	Stadium: Stadio Vanni Sanna Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Semi-Finals

14 April 2013 First Leg	Arsenal	0–2	Wolfsburg	Borehamwood
15:00 BST		Report	Pohlers 29' Müller 85' Popp 60'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

21 April 2013 Second Leg	Wolfsburg	2–1	Arsenal	Wolfsburg
12:00 BST	Wagner 14' Keßler 61' Keßler 61' Odebrecht 73'	Report	Little 54' Flaherty 42' Little 61'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: Wolfsburg Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)

References

^ "FA Women's Cup final: Arsenal Ladies beat Bristol Academy". BBC Sport. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "Lincoln 0–2 Arsenal – Report". Lincoln 0–2 Arsenal – Report. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "Ladies: Wolfsburg 2–1 Arsenal – Report". Ladies: Wolfsburg 2–1 Arsenal – Report. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "Arsenal Ladies manager Laura Harvey to join Seattle Reign". BBC Sport. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "Kerr appointed Arsenal Ladies manager". Kerr appointed Arsenal Ladies manager. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "FA CHARGE ARSENAL LADIES". 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-18. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
^ "FA Charge Arsenal Ladies". London. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

[table_note_ARS0.60423670551006-8] Arsenal were deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player^[7]

[1] "FA Women's Cup final: Arsenal Ladies beat Bristol Academy". BBC Sport. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[2] "Lincoln 0–2 Arsenal – Report". Lincoln 0–2 Arsenal – Report. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[3] "Ladies: Wolfsburg 2–1 Arsenal – Report". Ladies: Wolfsburg 2–1 Arsenal – Report. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[4] "Arsenal Ladies manager Laura Harvey to join Seattle Reign". BBC Sport. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[5] "Kerr appointed Arsenal Ladies manager". Kerr appointed Arsenal Ladies manager. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[6] "FA CHARGE ARSENAL LADIES". 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-18. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

[7] "FA Charge Arsenal Ladies". London. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

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