2017–18 Arsenal W.F.C. season

Arsenal Women
2017–18 season
Manager	Pedro Martinez Losa; Joe Montemurro
Stadium	Meadow Park
Women's Super League	3rd
FA Women's Cup	Runners-up
WSL Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Beth Mead (8); All: Beth Mead (16)
Highest home attendance	1,807 (vs Chelsea, 1 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	400 (vs Sunderland, 12 November 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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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Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age*)
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03)April 3, 1990 (27)
13	Anna Moorhouse	(1995-03-30)March 30, 1995 (22)
Defenders
2	Alex Scott (captain)	(1984-10-14)October 14, 1984 (32)
3	Emma Mitchell	(1992-09-19)September 19, 1992 (24)
5	Josephine Henning	(1989-09-08)September 8, 1989 (27)
6	Leah Williamson	(1997-03-29)March 29, 1997 (20)
16	Louise Quinn	(1990-06-17)June 17, 1990 (27)
25	Jessica Samuelsson	(1992-01-30)January 30, 1992 (25)
29	Shannon Cooke	(2000-02-02)February 2, 2000 (17)
Midfielders
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05)August 5, 1991 (26)
8	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08)December 8, 1992 (24)
10	Kim Little	(1990-06-29)June 29, 1990 (27)
15	Katie McCabe	(1995-09-21)September 21, 1995 (21)
17	Heather O'Reilly	(1985-01-02)January 2, 1985 (32)
20	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17)January 17, 1995 (22)
Forwards
9	Dan Carter	(1993-05-18)May 18, 1993 (24)
11	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (21)
18	Lisa Evans	(1992-05-21)May 21, 1992 (25)
23	Beth Mead	(1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (22)

Age shown as of start of the 2017/18 season

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club
23 May 2017	FW	11	Vivianne Miedema	Bayern Munich^[3]
29 June 2017	FW	18	Lisa Evans	Bayern Munich^[4]
18 August 2017	DF	25	Jessica Samuelsson	Linköpings FC^[5]
21 August 2017	DF	5	Josephine Henning	Olympique Lyonnais^[6]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club
29 June 2017	MF	11	Carla Humphrey	Bristol City^[7]
16 August 2017	DF	4	Fara Williams	Reading^[8]
21 November 2017	FW	14	Jodie Taylor	Melbourne City^[9]
25 January 2018	FW	7	Chloe Kelly	Everton^[10]
16 February 2018	DF	19	Jemma Rose^[11]
16 February 2018	DF	12	Vyan Sampson	West Ham United^[11]

Competitions

Women's Super League

Matches

24 September 2017 1	Arsenal	3–2	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Taylor 35', 90' (pen.) Evans 84' Henning 65' Quinn 80'	Report	White 13', 59' Harrop 86' Mannion 86'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Abigail Byrne

30 September 2017 2	Manchester City	5–2	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30 BST	Ross 40' Houghton 45+3' Stanway 70' Christiansen 74' Scott 80'	Report	Mitchell 45+1' O'Reilly 47' O'Reilly 44'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,646 Referee: Amy Rayner Fearn

8 October 2017 3	Arsenal	1–1	Bristol City	Borehamwood
12:30 BST	Van de Donk 50'	Report	Hemp 30' Brown 70' Biesmans 90+1'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Sarah Garratt

29 October 2017 4	Everton	0–2	Arsenal	Widnes
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Miedema 23' Mead 78'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

12 November 2017 5	Arsenal	3–0	Sunderland	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Quinn 58' Miedema 68' Nobbs 76'	Report	Williams 41' Sjoman 58'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Lloyd Wood

7 January 2018 6	Chelsea	3–2	Arsenal	Kingston Upon Thames
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)	Mjelde 23' Ji 60' Van Veenendaal 83' (o.g.)	Report	Miedema 56' Janssen 63'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Adrian Quelch

28 January 2018 7	Reading	0–0	Arsenal	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Rowe 25' Furness 84'	Report	Miedema 62' Evans 73' Nobbs 74'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 690 Referee: Helen Byrne

7 February 2018 8	Liverpool	0–3	Arsenal	Widnes
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Miedema 29' Miedema 29' Janssen 45' Evans 62'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Rebecca Welch

11 February 2018 9	Arsenal	4–0	Yeovil Town	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Carter 37', 71' Mead 48', 85'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 740 Referee: Sarah Garratt

23 February 2018 10	Arsenal	1–0	Everton	Borehamwood
19:30 GMT (UTC+0)	Mead 38' Van de Donk 88' Van Veenendaal 90'	Report	Bryson 90+5'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 813 Referee: Alan Dale

1 April 2018 11	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	Borehamwood
12:30 BST	Mead 45+1'	Report	Kirby 31' Thorisdottir 88'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,807 Referee: Paul Howard

18 April 2018 12	Arsenal	3–1	Reading	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Little 8' Janssen 27' Van de Donk 64' Williamson 83'	Report	Williams 50' Harding 53' Furness 74' McGee 78'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Christopher ODonnell

21 April 2018 13	Yeovil Town	0–0	Arsenal	Weston-super-Mare
15:00 BST	Jones 77'	Report	Evans 78'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 317 Referee: Abigail Byrne

24 April 2018 14	Arsenal	3–0	Liverpool	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	McCabe 65' Nobbs 74' (85)	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Ian Fissenden

29 April 2018 15	Birmingham City	3–0	Arsenal	Solihull
14:00 BST	White 10', 40', 86' Mannion 77'	Report	Janssen 57'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 921 Referee: Daniel Middleton

12 May 2018 16	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City	Borehamwood
12:15 BST	Van de Donk 52' Mead 62'	Report	Nadim 11' Stanway 61'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,514 Referee: Rebecca Welch

16 May 2018 17	Sunderland	0–2	Arsenal	South Shields
19:00 BST	Wyne 11'	Report	Little 9' Mead 30'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 321 Referee: John Matthews

20 May 2018 18	Bristol City	1–6	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
12:30 BST	Arthur 67'	Report	Van de Donk 21', 71' Little 28' (pen.) Williamson 30' Mead 38' McCabe 44'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Dale Wootton

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for the Champions League
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


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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

FA Cup

4 February 2018 Fourth round	Yeovil Town	0–3	Arsenal	Weston-super-Mare
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Nobbs 10' Mead 22' Carter 44' Mead 45+2' Miles 59' (o.g.)	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium Attendance: 323

18 February 2018 Fifth round	Arsenal	1–0	Millwall Lionesses	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Mead 32'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

25 March 2018 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	5–0	Charlton Athletic	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Little 4' (pen.) O'Reilly 56' Miedema 60' Carter 85' Nobbs 90'	Report	Clifford 21' Agg 26'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Lee Brennan

15 April 2018 Semi-Finals	Everton	1–2	Arsenal	Crosby
12:30 BST	Kelly 67' (pen.)	Report	Carter 25' O'Reilly 69' Quinn 90+1'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 1,457 Referee: Abigail Marriott^[12]

5 May 2018 Final	Arsenal	1–3	Chelsea	Wembley Park
17:30 BST	Miedema 73' Janssen 42'	Report	Bachmann 48', 60' Kirby 76'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 45,423 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

WSL Cup

Group stage

Group 1 South

24 September 2017 1	Arsenal	7–0	London Bees	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Evans 24' Mitchell 34', 37' Taylor 52' Mead 58' (pen.), 78' (pen.) Quinn 83' Williamson 54'	Report	Lane 75'	Stadium: Meadow Park

1 November 2017 2	Millwall Lionesses	2–5	Arsenal	Rotherhithe
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)	Mason 20' Rutherford 69' Hincks 66' Wynne 70'	Report	Mead 11' Nobbs 43', 74' Carter 78' James 90' (pen.)	Stadium: St Pauls Sports Ground Attendance: 451

5 November 2017 3	Arsenal	1–2	Reading	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Mead 61' Quinn 49'	Report	Williams 54', 62' Bruton 29' Allen 33'	Stadium: Meadow Park

16 November 2017 4	Watford	0–6	Arsenal	Kings Langley
19:45 GMT (UTC+0)	Maple 22' Murray 63' Will 85'	Report	Taylor 15', 78' Carter 46' Mitchell 60' Jansen 74' Van de Donk 75'	Stadium: Gaywood Park

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knock-out stage	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

17 December 2017 Quarter-finals	Arsenal	3–1	Sunderland	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Nobbs 15' Miedema 38' Mead 75'	Report	Galloway 55' Bruinenberg 67'	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)	Chaplen 7' Bruton 70' Moloney 79'	Report	Mead 5' Rose 55' Miedema 80' Nobbs 83'	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	Miedema 32' Mitchell 30' Janssen 36'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,136 Referee: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire)

References

^ "Joe Montemurro takes over at Arsenal with pledge to maintain tradition". TheGuardian.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "ARSENAL WFC". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Miedema joins Arsenal Ladies". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Lisa Evans joins Arsenal Ladies". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Samuelsson signs for Arsenal". 18 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Henning returns to Arsenal". 21 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Carla Humphrey leaves Arsenal". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Fara Williams leaves Arsenal". 16 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Taylor to leave Arsenal". 21 November 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Kelly and Hinds join Everton Ladies". 25 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Official Exclusive: Arsenal Women's duo leave club". 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ Brennan, Feargal (15 April 2018). "Everton 1–2 Arsenal: SSE Women's FA Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[1] "Joe Montemurro takes over at Arsenal with pledge to maintain tradition". TheGuardian.com. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[2] "ARSENAL WFC". Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[3] "Miedema joins Arsenal Ladies". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[4] "Lisa Evans joins Arsenal Ladies". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[5] "Samuelsson signs for Arsenal". 18 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[6] "Henning returns to Arsenal". 21 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[7] "Carla Humphrey leaves Arsenal". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[8] "Fara Williams leaves Arsenal". 16 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[9] "Taylor to leave Arsenal". 21 November 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[10] "Kelly and Hinds join Everton Ladies". 25 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[arsenal_duo-11] "Official Exclusive: Arsenal Women's duo leave club". 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[12] Brennan, Feargal (15 April 2018). "Everton 1–2 Arsenal: SSE Women's FA Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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