2017 Arsenal Women F.C. season

Arsenal Ladies FC

2017 season

Manager

Pedro Martinez Losa

Stadium

5th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2017 season is Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 31st season of competitive football and its seventh season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1]

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.^[2] For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.

First team

Last updated on 2 May 2017^[3]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990
13	Anna Moorhouse	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995
Defenders
2	Alex Scott	(1984-10-14) 14 October 1984
3	Emma Mitchell	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992
12	Vyan Sampson	(1996-07-02) 2 July 1996
16	Louise Quinn	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990
19	Jemma Rose	(1992-01-19) 19 January 1992
24	Lotte Wubben-Moy
32	Anna Patten
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984
6	Leah Williamson	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997
8	Jordan Nobbs	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992
10	Kim Little	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990
11	Carla Humphrey	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996
17	Heather O'Reilly	(1985-01-02) 2 January 1985
20	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995
21	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991
Forwards
7	Chloe Kelly	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998
9	Dan Carter	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993
14	Jodie Taylor	(1986-05-17) 17 May 1986
15	Katie McCabe	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995
23	Beth Mead	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Source
7	FW	Chloe Kelly	27 February 2017	^[4]
11	MF	Carla Humphrey	27 February 2017	^[4]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
17 October 2016	MF	10	Kim Little	Seattle Reign FC	Undisclosed	^[5]
18 January 2016	MF	17	Heather O'Reilly	FC Kansas City	Free	^[6]
24 January 2017	FW	23	Beth Mead	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[7]
17 February 2017	GK	13	Anna Moorhouse	Doncaster	Undisclosed	^[8]
3 May 2017^{[lower-alpha 1]}	DF	16	Louise Quinn	Notts County	Free	^[10]

↑ Made her debut on 30 April 2017 prior to the official announcement.^[9]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 November 2016	DF	—	Casey Stoney	Liverpool	Free	^[11]^[12]
15 December 2016	DF	—	Josephine Henning	Lyon	Free	^[13]^[14]
30 December 2016	FW	—	Rachel Yankey	—	Free	^[15]
30 December 2016	GK	—	Emma Byrne	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	^[16]^[17]
11 January 2017	FW	—	Kelly Smith	Retired	—	^[18]
15 February 2017	FW	—	Asisat Oshoala	Dalian Quanjian	Undisclosed	^[19]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
31 March 2017	31 May 2018	MF	28	Charlie Devlin	Millwall Lionesses	Undisclosed	^[20]

Pre-season

Friendlies

1 February 2017 Friendly	Arsenal	1 – 3	Bayern Munich	Seville, Spain
15:00	Carter 63'	Report	Miedema 18' Bürki 81', 88'	Stadium: CD Luis del Sol

Testimonials

22 February 2017 Kelly Smith	Arsenal	4 – 2	All-Stars	Borehamwood
	Little Carter Nobbs Dean	Report	Houghton Smith (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Howard Webb

Competitions

Women's Super League

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
2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 5 May 2017.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D
Position	5	5

Last updated: 5 May 2017.
Source: FA WSL
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

30 April 2017 1	Sunderland	0 – 0	Arsenal	Hetton le Hole
14:00	Holmes 31'	Report		Stadium: Hetton Centre Attendance: 577 Referee: Rebecca Welch

4 May 2017 2	Arsenal	4 – 4	Liverpool	Canons Park
19:30	Kelly 36' Carter 54', 59' Nobbs 80'	Report	Greenwood 13' Harding 43' Weir 44' Bonner 83'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 696 Referee: David Rock

7 May 2017 3	Yeovil Town	–	Arsenal	Taunton
14:00				Stadium: Viridor Stadium

17 May 2017 4	Chelsea	–	Arsenal	Staines
19:30				Stadium: Staines Town FC

20 May 2017 5	Arsenal	–	Birmingham City	Canons Park
13:00				Stadium: The Hive Stadium

28 May 2017 6	Manchester City	–	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30				Stadium: Academy Stadium

31 May 2017 7	Arsenal	–	Reading	Canons Park
19:30				Stadium: The Hive Stadium

3 June 2017 8	Bristol City	–	Arsenal	Filton
18:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium

FA Cup

19 March 2017 Fifth round	Arsenal	10 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
14:00	Carter 22', 30' Janssen 29' Little 38' van de Donk 43', 59', 84' Kelly 65' Mead 69' McCabe 77'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

26 March 2017 Sixth round	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Arsenal	Solihull
14:00	Ewers 77'	Report		Stadium: Autotech Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 May 2017

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK		Sari van Veenendaal	4	0	2	0	2	0
Defenders:
2	DF		Alex Scott	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	DF		Louise Quinn	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
24	DF		Lotte Wubben-Moy	2	0	2	0	0	0
32	DF		Anna Patten	3	0	2	0	0+1	0
Midfielders:
4	MF		Fara Williams	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
6	MF		Leah Williamson	3	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Jordan Nobbs	4	1	2	1	2	0
10	MF		Kim Little	2	1	0	0	2	1
17	MF		Heather O'Reilly	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
20	MF		Dominique Janssen	4	1	2	0	2	1
21	MF		Daniëlle van de Donk	4	3	2	0	2	3
Forwards:
7	FW		Chloe Kelly	4	2	1+1	1	0+2	1
9	FW		Danielle Carter	4	4	2	2	2	2
14	FW		Jodie Taylor	4	0	1+1	0	2	0
15	FW		Katie McCabe	3	1	0+1	0	2	1
23	FW		Beth Mead	2	1	0	0	0+2	1

Source:

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

As of 2 May 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA Cup	Total
1	MF	21	Daniëlle van de Donk	3	3
2	FW	9	Danielle Carter	2	2
3	FW	7	Chloe Kelly	1	1
	MF	10	Kim Little	1	1
	FW	15	Katie McCabe	1	1
	MF	20	Dominique Janssen	1	1
	FW	23	Beth Mead	1	1
Total				10	10

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

As of 2 May 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	GK	1	Sari van Veenendaal	1	1	2
Total				1	1	2

Honours

PFA Special Achievement Award: Kelly Smith^[21]
2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: Jordan Nobbs^[22]

References

↑ "Ladies History". Arsenal FC. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Women's Super League to switch to winter season in 2017". BBC Sport. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
↑ "Ladies Players". Arsenal FC. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
1 2 "Promising duo sign new contracts". Arsenal FC. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Kim Little rejoins Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Arsenal Ladies sign Heather O'Reilly". Arsenal FC. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Arsenal Ladies sign Beth Mead". Arsenal FC. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Anna Moorhouse joins Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ Quinn, Louise. "Very happy to say I've signed with @ArsenalLadies for the Spring Series! Buzzing to be back on the pitch! Onwards and upwards 🔴⚪". Twitter. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Quinn signs for Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
↑ "Casey Stoney departs Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Casey Stoney: England defender joins Liverpool Ladies after leaving Arsenal". BBC. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Josephine Henning leaves Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Welcome Josephine Henning!! The Olympic Champion just signed a 6 months contract with the Olympique Lyonnais! #teamOL". Twitter. @OL_English. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Rachel Yankey leaves Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Emma Byrne leaves Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal FC. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ Magee, Emily (24 January 2017). "Brighton & Hove Albion Women add four new signings ahead of the Spring Series". VAVEL. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Kelly Smith ends playing career". Arsenal FC. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Oshoala joins Dalian Quanjian". Arsenal FC. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Devlin heads out on loan". Arsenal FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "Kelly Smith winner of the PFA Special Achievement Award". ThePFA.com. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
↑ "The PFA FA WSL Team of the Year". ThePFA.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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Level 1	FA WSL 1 ('16, Spring Series)
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Club seasons
FA WSL	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Durham Liverpool Manchester City ('16, Spring Series) Reading Yeovil Town

2016–17 in European women's football (UEFA)
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England '16, Spring Series France Germany Gibraltar Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Moldova Netherlands Norway '16 '17 Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia '16 '17 Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden '16 '17 Turkey
Domestic cups	England Germany Iceland '16 '17 Israel Moldova Scotland '16 Spain '16 '17
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