2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

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2018–19 FA Women's League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	18 August 2018 – 23 February 2019
Teams	22
Defending champions	Arsenal
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	218 (3.82 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Vivianne Miedema (9)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup was the 8th edition of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship's league cup competition. It is sponsored by Continental AG, who have sponsored the competition since its creation, and is officially known as the FA Continental Tyres League Cup. All 22 teams of the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship contest the competition - the largest field in the history of the cup.

Arsenal are the defending champions. Before the competition, only Manchester City and Arsenal had won the cup in the previous seven seasons it was contested in.

Format changes

Following the previous season's reversion to a group format in the initial stage, the 2018–19 WSL Cup will keep the same format but expand to accommodate the increase in teams in the top two divisions of women's football to 22. As a result, two of the four groups will contain six teams while the others remain at five, with only the top two going through to the quarter-finals from each.

Group stage

Group One North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	BIR	BRI	SHU	AST	LEI
1	Manchester City	5	4	1	0	0	17	0	+17	14	Advance to knock-out stage	—	—	—	6–0	—	4–0
2	Birmingham City	5	3	0	2	0	10	0	+10	11	Advance to knock-out stage	0–0	—	0–0	—	2–0	—
3	Bristol City	5	2	1	1	1	10	8	+2	9		0–3	—	—	3–1	5–2	—
4	Sheffield United	5	2	0	0	3	6	13	−7	6		—	0–2	—	—	—	3–1
5	Aston Villa	5	1	0	0	4	4	13	−9	3		0–4	—	—	1–2	—	—
6	Leicester City Women	5	0	1	0	4	3	16	−13	2		—	0–6	2–2	—	0–1	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored 18 August 201819:00

Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield United
Hanssen 54'	Report	Cox 40' Marsden 85'

Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, BoldmereAttendance: 194 19 August 201814:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Birmingham City	0–0	Manchester City
	Report
Penalties
Mannion Staniforth Harrop Quinn White Mayling Ladd	4–5	Parris Weir Emslie Houghton McManus Walsh Beattie

Damson Park, SolihullAttendance: 572Referee: Jack Shepherd 19 August 2018

Leicester City Women	2–2	Bristol City
Johnson 1' Domingo 77'	Report	Graham 55' (pen.), 86'
Penalties
	4–2

Farley Way Stadium, QuornAttendance: 294Referee: Jamie O’Connor

26 August 2018

Birmingham City	2–0	Aston Villa
Harrop 71' Wellings	Report

Damson Park, SolihullAttendance: 638 26 August 2018

Bristol City	3–1	Sheffield United
Graham 26' Dykes 58' Woolley 73'	Report	Pennock 12'

Stoke Gifford Stadium, FiltonReferee: Richard Lawrence 26 August 2018

Manchester City	4–0	Leicester City Women
Wullaert 53', 79' McCue 71' (o.g.) Nadim 82'

Academy Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 1,609Referee: James Bell

16 September 2018

Leicester City Women	0–1	Aston Villa
	Report	Welsh 19'

Farley Way Stadium, QuornAttendance: 312 16 September 2018

Sheffield United	0–2	Birmingham City
	Report	Staniforth 72' Hayles 84'

Bracken Moor, StocksbridgeAttendance: 331Referee: Asaka Matsushita 16 September 2018

Bristol City	0–3	Manchester City
		Emslie 52' Nadim 65' (pen.) Weir 72'

Stoke Gifford Stadium, FiltonAttendance: 451Referee: Savvas Yianni

5 December 2018

Manchester City	6–0	Sheffield United
Beckie 8', 25', 49', 79' Park 14' Stanway 53' (pen.)

Academy Stadium, ManchesterReferee: Helen Conley 5 December 2018

Bristol City	5–2	Aston Villa
Graham 7', 19' Kemppi 34', 52' Robinson 85'	Report	Baptiste 60' Hanssen 89'

Stoke Gifford Stadium, FiltonAttendance: 218Referee: Stacey Pearson 5 December 2018

Leicester City Women	0–6	Birmingham City
	Report	Hayles 3', 60' Staniforth 22' Arthur 31' Wellings 37' Mannion 73' (pen.)

Farley Way Stadium, QuornAttendance: 364Referee: Abigail Marriott

11 December 2018

Aston Villa	0–4	Manchester City
	Report	Bonner 21' Beckie 25' Park 77' Hemp 84'

Trevor Brown Memorial Ground, BoldmereAttendance: 458Referee: Robert Massey Ellis 12 December 2018

Birmingham City	0–0	Bristol City
	Report
Penalties
	1–3

Damson Park, SolihullAttendance: 363Referee: Lucy Oliver 12 December 2018

Sheffield United	3–1	Leicester City Women
Jones 7' Dixon 8' Cox 19'	Report	Franklin-Fraiture 33'

Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium, SheffieldAttendance: 234Referee: Melissa Burgin

Group Two North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MNU	REA	EVE	DUR	LIV
1	Manchester United	4	3	0	0	1	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knock-out stage	—	0–2	—	1–0	—
2	Reading	4	2	0	1	1	9	5	+4	7	Advance to knock-out stage	—	—	—	4–1	1–1
3	Everton	4	2	0	0	2	6	7	−1	6		0–3	3–2	—	—	—
4	Durham	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4		—	—	1–0	—	3–3
5	Liverpool	4	0	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4		0–1	—	1–3	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored 19 August 2018

Liverpool	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	Arnot 83'

Prenton Park, BirkenheadAttendance: 829Referee: Nat Cox 19 August 2018

Reading	4–1	Durham
Pearce 6' Williams 13', 23', 82'	Report	Hepple 79'

Adams Park, High WycombeAttendance: 246Referee: Alex Rayment

25 August 2018

Manchester United	0–2	Reading
	Report	Chaplen 63' Davison 90+'

Leigh Sports Village, LeighAttendance: 4,835Referee: Anthony Tankard 26 August 2018

Durham	1–0	Everton
Ness 20'	Report

New Ferens Park, DurhamAttendance: 284Referee: Lewis Sandoe

16 September 2018

Durham	3–3	Liverpool
Roberts 3', 21' Cottam 57'	Report	Bradley-Auckland 2' Babajide 71' Sweetman-Kirk 86'
Penalties
Hill Wilson Hepple Worthington Johnson Atkinson Christon Gears	4 – 5	Greenwood Coombs Bonner England Harding Stoney Charles Weir

New Ferens Park, DurhamAttendance: 352Referee: Lucy Oliver 16 September 2018

Everton	3–2	Reading
Walker 14', 27' Kaagman 56'	Report	Finnigan 24' (o.g.) Chaplen 79'

Haig Avenue, SouthportAttendance: 143Referee: Rebecca Welch

5 December 2018

Manchester United	1–0	Durham
Green 1'	Report

Leigh Sports Village, LeighAttendance: 686Referee: Samuel Barrott

12 December 2018

Reading	1–1	Liverpool
Furness 64'	Report	Sweetman-Kirk 66'
Penalties
Allen	4–5	Bradley-Auckland

Adams Park, High WycombeAttendance: 323Referee: Lisa Benn 13 December 2018

Everton	0–3	Manchester United
	Report	James 12' Galton 17' Zelem 37'

Haig Avenue, SouthportAttendance: 267Referee: Rebecca Walsh 16 December 2018

Liverpool	1–3	Everton
Fahey 14'	Report	Boye-Hlorkah 2' Magill 10' Hughes

Prenton Park, BirkenheadAttendance: 207Referee: Jon Kenny

Group One South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	BHA	CRY	TOT	LON	YEO
1	Chelsea	5	5	0	0	0	25	2	+23	15	Advance to knock-out stage	—	3–1	—	—	—	7–0
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	0	1	1	15	8	+7	10	Advance to knock-out stage	—	—	5–1	—	3–1	—
3	Crystal Palace	5	2	1	0	2	10	12	−2	8		0–4	—	—	1–1	7–2	—
4	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	1	2	9	12	−3	6		0–5	2–2	—	—	—	—
5	London Bees	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5		1–6	—	—	4–2	—	1–1
6	Yeovil Town	5	0	0	1	4	2	17	−15	1		—	1–4	0–1	0–4	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored 19 August 2018

Chelsea	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Spence 45' Kirby 68' England 87'	Report	Whelan 77'

Kingsmeadow, Kingston Upon ThamesAttendance: 1,095Referee: Jack Packman 19 August 2018

Crystal Palace	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Balfour 64'	Report	Green 37'
Penalties
	5–4

Hayes Lane, BromleyAttendance: 372Referee: James Simpson 19 August 2018

London Bees	1–1	Yeovil Town
Wilson 29'	Report	Fergusson 40'
Penalties
	5–3

The Hive Stadium, Canons ParkAttendance: 246Referee: Ian Stewart

26 August 2018

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Dean 7' Wynne 35'	Report	Williams 51' Umotong 90+1'
Penalties
	10–9

Theobalds Lane, CheshuntAttendance: 144Referee: Andreas Anastasiou 26 August 2018

London Bees	1–6	Chelsea
Pickett 40'	Report	Bachmann 7', 45' Spence 9', 36' Kirby 79' England 81'

The Hive Stadium, Canons ParkAttendance: 374Referee: Neil Morrison 26 August 2018

Yeovil Town	0–1	Crystal Palace
	Report	Butler 82'

The Avenue Stadium, DorchesterAttendance: 301Referee: Scott Robertson

16 September 2018

Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	London Bees
Umotong 27' Brazil 36' Whelan 88'	Report	Howells 22'

Broadfield Stadium, CrawleyAttendance: 171Referee: Stacey Pearson 16 September 2018

Crystal Palace	0–4	Chelsea
	Report	Engman 10' England 56', 64' Spence 59'

Hayes Lane, BromleyAttendance: 476Referee: David Spain 16 September 2018

Yeovil Town	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	Wiltshire 7' Haines 22', 39', 61'

The Avenue Stadium, DorchesterAttendance: 415Referee: Matthew Russell

5 December 201819:30 GMT

Chelsea	7–0	Yeovil Town
Engman 2', 77' Spence 17', 63' England 24' Cousins 37' (o.g) Cuthbert 75'	Report

Kingsmeadow, Kingston Upon ThamesAttendance: 916Referee: Lisa Benn 5 December 2018

Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1	Crystal Palace
Perry 14' Natkiel 38', 64' Brett 40' Gibbons 72'	Report	Burr 85'

Broadfield Stadium, CrawleyAttendance: 204Referee: Alex Blake 5 December 2018

London Bees	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Davy 45', 46' Wilkinson 60' Forman 84'	Report	Dean 5' Wiltshire 40'

The Hive Stadium, Canons ParkAttendance: 146Referee: Michael Begley

12 December 2018

Tottenham Hotspur	0–5	Chelsea
		Cooper 10' Riley 18' Carney 46' England 60', 72'

Theobalds Lane, CheshuntAttendance: 358Referee: Abigail Marriott 12 December 2018

Yeovil Town	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion
Syme 37'	Report	Brazil 15' Buet 45+2' Green 53' Roe 83'

The Avenue Stadium, DorchesterAttendance: 224Referee: James Robinson 13 December 2018

Crystal Palace	7–2	London Bees
Hincks 12', 24', 45+2' (pen.), 67' Burr 52', 70' True 76'	Report	Pickett 15' Davy 21'

Hayes Lane, BromleyAttendance: 146Referee: Chris Myers

Group Two South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	WHU	LEW	CHA	MIL
1	Arsenal	4	4	0	20	2	+18	12	Advance to knock-out stage	—	3–1	—	5–0	—
2	West Ham United	4	3	1	11	4	+7	9	Advance to knock-out stage	—	—	4–1	—	4–0
3	Lewes	4	2	2	8	13	−5	6		0–9	—	—	5–0	—
4	Charlton Athletic	4	1	3	4	14	−10	3		—	0–2	—	—	4–2
5	Millwall Lionesses	4	0	4	3	13	−10	0		1–3	—	0–2	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored 19 August 2018

Arsenal	3–1	West Ham United
McCabe 12', 80' Mead 44'	Report	Visalli 48'

Meadow Park, BorehamwoodAttendance: 834Referee: Stephen Bates 19 August 2018

Lewes	5–0	Charlton Athletic
Bergin 11' (pen.), 43' Lane 22' Carter 86', 90+1'	Report

The Dripping Pan, LewesAttendance: 205Referee: Jamie Wells

26 August 2018

Charlton Athletic	4–2	Millwall Lionesses
Graham 11', 48' Bailes 60' Bryan 83'	Report	Ravenscroft 39' Clarke 45'

The Oakwood, CrayfordAttendance: 204Referee: Isaac Hearle 26 August 2018

West Ham United	4–1	Lewes
Ross 25', 49' (pen.) Kiernan 29' Simic 32'	Report	Lane 8'

Rush Green Stadium, RomfordAttendance: 255Referee: Jamie Pope

16 September 2018

Lewes	0–9	Arsenal
	Report	van de Donk 7' Miedema 21', 47', 62' McCabe 26' Little 37' (pen.), 45' (pen.), 68' Evans 59'

The Dripping Pan, LewesAttendance: 945Referee: Alex Blake 16 September 2018

West Ham United	4–0	Millwall Lionesses
de Graaf 6', 86' Visalli 9' Kmita 12'	Report

Rush Green Stadium, RomfordAttendance: 557Referee: Tom Bishop

5 December 2018

Millwall Lionesses	0–2	Lewes
	Report	Carter 68' Quayle 78'

Princes Park, DartfordAttendance: 143Referee: Kirsty Dowle 6 December 2018

Arsenal	5–0	Charlton Athletic
Miedema 6', 76' McCabe 30', 81' Ritchie 59' (o.g.)	Report

Meadow Park, BorehamwoodReferee: Lee Brennan

12 December 2018

Millwall Lionesses	1–3	Arsenal
Ravenscroft 32'	Report	Miedema 55' Grant 56' Williamson 60'

Princes Park, DartfordAttendance: 463Referee: Dean Skipper 12 December 2018

Charlton Athletic	0–2	West Ham United
	Report	Kmita 46' Lehmann 56'

The Oakwood, CrayfordAttendance: 202Referee: Gerry Heron

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round was made on 18 December 2018.

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Manchester United	2–0	West Ham United
Jessica Sigsworth 17', 53' Katie Zelem 91'	Report Report	Brooke Hendrix 24' Kate Longhurst 53' Ria Percival 81'

Leigh Sports Village, LeighAttendance: 1,029

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Arsenal	2–1	Birmingham City
Katie McCabe 42' Daniëlle van de Donk 83' Vivianne Miedema 90+1'	Report Report	Lucy Quinn 61' 90'

Meadow Park, Borehamwood

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Chelsea	4–0	Reading
Fran Kirby 3', 86' Anita Asante 37' Ali Riley 90+1'	Report Report

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon ThamesAttendance: 973

10 January 2019 (2019-01-10)19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Manchester City	7–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Nikita Parris 6' Jill Scott 19' Lauren Hemp 23', 86' Caroline Weir 59' Claire Emslie 88' Georgia Stanway 90' Janine Beckie 90+2'	Report Report	Danielle Buet 9' Emily Simpkins 40' Kayleigh Green 73' Victoria Williams 82'

Academy Stadium, ManchesterAttendance: 786

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 12 January 2019.

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Chelsea	0–2	Manchester City
Deanna Cooper 48' Magda Eriksson 56'	Report	Nikita Parris 49', 81'

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon ThamesAttendance: 1,358Referee: David Rock

7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Arsenal	2–1	Manchester United
Vivianne Miedema 18', 60'	Report	Millie Turner 31' Lauren James 33' Mollie Green 83'

Meadow Park, BorehamwoodAttendance: 1,836Referee: Amy Fearn

Final

Main article: 2019 FA WSL Cup Final 23 February 201912:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Arsenal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City
	Report
Penalties
Little Williamson van de Donk Bloodworth	2–4	Stanway Hemp Emslie Houghton Beckie

Bramall Lane, SheffieldAttendance: 2,424Referee: Lucy Oliver

References

"Continental Tyres League Cup fixtures". The FA. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

External links

Official website

2018–19 in English women's football

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National teams

Senior (2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying round)
U23
U19 (UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying round, 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2018 finals, UEFA Euro 2019 qualifying round)

League
competitions

Level 1	Women's Super League
Level 2	Women's Championship
Level 3	FA Women's National League Premier Division (North, South)
Level 4	FA Women's National League Division One (Midlands, North, South East, South West)

Cup competitions

Youth competitions

Under-18	FA Girls' Youth Cup

Club seasons
FA WSL	Arsenal Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Chelsea Everton Liverpool Manchester City Reading West Ham United Yeovil Town
Championship	Manchester United

English Women's League Cup

FA Women's Premier League Cup

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FA Women's League Cup

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Women's Super League and Women's Championship

Seasons

Women's Super League	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Spring Series 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Championship	2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Clubs

2024–25 Women's Super League	Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United
2024–25 Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Charlton Athletic Durham London City Lionesses Newcastle United Portsmouth Sheffield United Southampton Sunderland

Competition

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Awards

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