2018–19 Liverpool F.C. Women season

Liverpool Women
2018–19 season
Manager	Neil Redfearn (to 14 Sept.); Chris Kirkland (caretaker, from 14 Sept-25 Oct); Vicky Jepson (from 26 Oct)
Stadium	Prenton Park
FA WSL	8th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
FA WSL Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sweetman-Kirk (10); All: Sweetman-Kirk (13)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Liverpool Football Club Women's 30th season of competitive football and its ninth 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] It is also its first season following a re-brand from its former name Liverpool Ladies Football Club.^[2] Neil Redfearn replaced Scott Rogers as manager before the preseason.^[3] Redfearn joins the club after guiding Doncaster Rovers Belles to the crown of FA WSL 2 in the previous season.^[4] Redfearn resigned after three months and only two matches in charge, ending his tenure with a 5–0 loss to Arsenal in the league's opening weekend.^[5]

First team

Last updated on 18 August 2018.^[6]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Anke Preuß	(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 32)
18	Fran Kitching	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Defenders
2	Jasmine Matthews	(1993-03-24) 24 March 1993 (age 31)
3	Leighanne Robe	(1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30)
4	Rhiannon Roberts	(1990-08-30) 30 August 1990 (age 34)
6	Sophie Bradley-Auckland (vice-captain)	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)
12	Leandra Little (captain)	(1984-11-08) 8 November 1984 (age 40)
44	Satara Murray	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
5	Niamh Fahey	(1987-10-13) 13 October 1987 (age 37)
8	Laura Coombs	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33)
10	Christie Murray	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34)
19	Amy Rodgers	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)
Forwards
7	Jess Clarke	(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 35)
9	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	(1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 33)
11	Yana Daniëls	(1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 32)
17	Niamh Charles	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)
20	Rinsola Babajide	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)
24	Kirsty Linnett	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 31)
36	Ashley Hodson	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2018	DF	3	Leighanne Robe	Millwall Lionesses	Undisclosed	^[7]
3 July 2018	DF	2	Jasmine Matthews	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[8]
4 July 2018	FW	11	Yana Daniëls	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[9]
10 July 2018	GK	1	Anke Preuß	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[10]
11 July 2018	DF	12	Leandra Little	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Undisclosed	^[11]
12 July 2018	DF	4	Rhiannon Roberts	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Undisclosed	^[12]
14 July 2018	MF	5	Niamh Fahey	Bordeaux (fr)	Undisclosed	^[13]
14 July 2018	MF	10	Christie Murray	Glasgow City	Undisclosed	^[14]
14 July 2018	DF	6	Sophie Bradley-Auckland	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Undisclosed	^[15]
14 July 2018	FW	9	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	Everton	Undisclosed	^[16]
10 August 2018	GK	18	Fran Kitching	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[17]
11 August 2018	FW	24	Kirsty Linnett	Reading	Undisclosed	^[18]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
18 May 2018	GK	1	Siobhan Chamberlain	Manchester United	Free	^[19]
22 May 2018	MF	7	Kate Longhurst	West Ham United	Free	^[20]
1 June 2018	MF	10	Caroline Weir	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[21]
11 June 2018	DF	22	Alex Greenwood	Manchester United	Free	^[22]
11 June 2018	DF	3	Martha Harris	Manchester United	Free	^[22]
11 June 2018	DF	2	Amy Turner	Manchester United	Free	^[22]
14 June 2018	MF	6	Sophie Ingle	Chelsea	Undisclosed	^[23]
15 June 2018	DF	5	Gemma Bonner	Manchester City	Undisclosed	^[24]
20 July 2018	MF	18	Ali Johnson	Bristol City	Free	^[25]
9 September 2018	GK	23	Becky Flaherty	Everton	Undisclosed	^[26]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
10 August 2018	30 June 2019	DF	26	Ellie Fletcher	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[27]

Pre-season

15 July 2018	Manchester United	Abandoned	Liverpool
		Report

22 July 2018	Everton	0–0	Liverpool
		Report

28 July 2018	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Liverpool
		Report

1 August 2018	SGS Essen	2–1	Liverpool
		Report

5 August 2018	Bayern Munich	1–1	Liverpool
		Report

8 August 2018	Leicester City	0–4	Liverpool
		Report

12 August 2018	Durham	0–3	Liverpool
		Report

24 August 2018	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Liverpool
		Report	Rodgers

Competitions

Women's Super League

FA Cup

10 February 2019 Fourth round	Liverpool	6–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Birkenhead, England
14:00	Coombs 32' Sweetman-Kirk 34' Little 60' Purfield 61', 85' Hodson 78'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park

17 February 2019 Fifth round	Liverpool	2–0	Milwall	Birkenhead, England
14:00	Linnett 57' Babajide 67'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park

17 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Manchester City	3–0	Liverpool	Manchester, England
15:00	Beckie 25' Stanway 68', 87'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium

FA WSL Cup

19 August 2018 Group stage	Liverpool	0–1	Manchester United	Birkenhead, England
14:00		Report	83' Arnot	Stadium: Prenton Park

16 September 2018 Group stage	Durham	3–3 (4–5 p)	Liverpool	Durham, England
12:00	Roberts 3', 21' Cottam 57'	Report	2' Bradley-Auckland 71' Babajide 86' Sweetman-Kirk	Stadium: Esh Group Stadium

12 December 2018 Group stage	Reading	1–1 (4–5 p)	Liverpool	High Wycombe, England
19:30	Furness 63'	Report	65' Sweetman-Kirk	Stadium: Adams Park

16 December 2018 Group stage	Liverpool	1–3	Everton	Birkenhead, England
12:00	Fahey 14'	Report	2' Boye-Hlorkah 10' Magill 18' Hughes	Stadium: Prenton Park

Pos	Team v t e	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

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Anke Preuß	17	0	14	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Jasmine Matthews	14	0	10	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	ENG	Leighanne Robe	20	0	14	0	2	0	4	0
4	MF	WAL	Rhiannon Roberts	12	0	6+2	0	2	0	2	0
5	DF	IRL	Niamh Fahey	23	1	14+3	0	2+1	0	2+1	1
6	DF	ENG	Sophie Bradley-Auckland	28	1	20	0	3	0	4+1	1
7	FW	ENG	Jessica Clarke	16	2	11+1	2	0	0	3+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Laura Coombs	27	0	20	0	3	0	4	0
9	FW	ENG	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	26	13	15+4	10	3	1	2+2	2
10	MF	SCO	Christie Murray	26	0	16+3	0	3	0	3+1	0
11	MF	BEL	Yana Daniëls	20	1	9+6	1	1	0	2+2	0
12	MF	ENG	Leandra Little	15	1	5+6	0	1+1	1	1+1	0
17	DF	ENG	Niamh Charles	10	1	7+2	1	0	0	1	0
18	GK	ENG	Fran Kitching	10	0	6	0	2	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Amy Rodgers	18	1	9+3	1	2+1	0	2+1	0
20	FW	ENG	Rinsola Babajide	21	6	10+7	4	2+1	1	1	1
21	MF	ENG	Missy Bo Kearns	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Simran Jhamat	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ENG	Jemma Purfield	11	2	6	0	3	2	2	0
24	FW	ENG	Kirsty Linnett	19	3	9+6	2	1	1	2+1	0
27	FW	NIR	Annabel Blanchard	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Lauren Thomas	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Ashley Hodson	9	2	0+6	1	0+3	1	0	0
44	DF	ENG	Satara Murray	18	0	12+2	0	1	0	3	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	10	1	2	13
2	20	FW	Rinsola Babajide	4	1	1	6
3	24	FW	Kirsty Linnett	2	1	0	3
4	7	FW	Jessica Clarke	2	0	0	2
	23	DF	Jemma Purfield	0	2	0
	36	FW	Ashley Hodson	1	1	0
6	5	DF	Niamh Fahey	0	0	1	1
	6	DF	Sophie Bradley-Auckland	0	0	1
	11	FW	Yana Daniëls	1	0	0
	12	FW	Leandra Little	0	1	0
	17	FW	Niamh Charles	1	0	0
	19	MF	Amy Rodgers	1	0	0
Total				22	7	5	34

References

^ "LIVERPOOL LADIES FC CLUB HISTORY". Liverpool Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Liverpool FC Women: A new era begins". Liverpool FC. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "Scott Rogers leaves Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Neil Redfearn appointed Liverpool Ladies manager". Liverpool FC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Chris Kirkland takes charge of Liverpool Women after Redfearn resignation". The Guardian. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Hunter, Steve (18 August 2018). "Meet the Liverpool FC Women squad for 2018-19". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "Ladies complete Leighanne Robe signing". Liverpool FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "Liverpool Ladies sign Jasmine Matthews". Liverpool FC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". Liverpool FC. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ "Ladies sign goalkeeper Anke Preuss". Liverpool FC. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ "Ladies sign experienced defender Leandra Little". Liverpool FC. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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[2] "Liverpool FC Women: A new era begins". Liverpool FC. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[3] "Scott Rogers leaves Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[4] "Neil Redfearn appointed Liverpool Ladies manager". Liverpool FC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[5] "Chris Kirkland takes charge of Liverpool Women after Redfearn resignation". The Guardian. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[6] Hunter, Steve (18 August 2018). "Meet the Liverpool FC Women squad for 2018-19". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[7] "Ladies complete Leighanne Robe signing". Liverpool FC. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[8] "Liverpool Ladies sign Jasmine Matthews". Liverpool FC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[9] "Ladies sign Belgium international Yana Daniels". Liverpool FC. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

[10] "Ladies sign goalkeeper Anke Preuss". Liverpool FC. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[11] "Ladies sign experienced defender Leandra Little". Liverpool FC. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[12] "Ladies sign Wales international Rhiannon Roberts". Liverpool FC. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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[14] "Ladies sign Scotland star Christie Murray". Liverpool FC. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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[16] "Ladies seal move for Courtney Sweetman-Kirk". Liverpool FC. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[17] "LFC Women complete signing of goalkeeper Fran Kitching". Liverpool FC. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[18] "Kirsty Linnett joins Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool FC. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[19] "Siobhan Chamberlain to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[20] "Kate Longhurst to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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[trio-22] "Greenwood, Harris and Turner to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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[24] "Gemma Bonner to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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v t e 2018–19 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '18 '19 Faroe Islands '18 '19 France Germany Hungary Iceland '18 '19 Israel Italy Lithuania '18 '19 Moldova Netherlands Norway '18 '19 Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia '18 '19 Scotland '18 '19 Spain Sweden '18 '19 Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Croatia England Germany Iceland '18 '19 Israel Luxembourg Moldova Norway '18 '19 Romania Scotland '18 '19 Spain Sweden Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Scotland '18 '19
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA qualification 2019 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2019 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification