2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season
# 2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2016 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 28th season of competitive football and its third season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season. This season will also be the first occasion on which City Women contest a European competition, having qualified through their runners-up finish in the 2015 Women's Super League.

## Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester City (C) | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Chelsea | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 37 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 32 | |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 27 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 25 | |
| 6 | Notts County | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 16 | Club folded after end of season |
| 7 | Sunderland | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 10 | |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 9 | |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 48 | −40 | 3 | Relegation to FA WSL 2 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 17 October 2016. Source: FA WSL

**Results by matchday**

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

### Champions League

**Round of 16**

Campaign continued in the following season

## Squad information

### Playing statistics

    As of 17 October 2016

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | WSL | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Karen Bardsley | GK | 15 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 19 | | | |
| 2 | | Lucy Bronze | DF | 15 | 2 | | | 3 | | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | | | 24 | 5 | 1 | |
| 3 | | Demi Stokes | DF | 15 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | 24 | 1 | | |
| 4 | | Tessel Middag | MF | 7 | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 12 | 1 | | |
| 5 | | Jen Beattie | DF | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | | | 17 | 6 | | |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 15 | 2 | 1 | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | 24 | 2 | 1 | |
| 7 | | Kosovare Asllani | FW | 10 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 17 | 1 | | |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 14 | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | 21 | 5 | | |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 14 | 5 | | | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 21 | 6 | | |
| 10 | | Daphne Corboz | MF | 13 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 20 | 3 | | |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 9 | 3 | | | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | 15 | 5 | | |
| 12 | | Georgia Stanway | FW | 7 | 4 | | | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | | |
| 16 | | Jane Ross | FW | 15 | 8 | | | 3 | 2 | | | 4 | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 24 | 13 | | |
| 17 | | Nikita Parris | FW | 14 | 1 | | | 3 | 2 | | | 4 | 3 | | | 2 | | | | 23 | 6 | | |
| 18 | | Ella Toone | FW | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | | Megan Campbell | DF | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 21 | | Marie Hourihan | GK | | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 23 | | Abbie McManus | DF | 9 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 1 | |
| 24 | | Keira Walsh | MF | 7 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | 13 | | | |
| | | Amelia Kemp | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | | Alethea Paul | MF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | | Zoe Tynan | MF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | | Ellie Roebuck | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 14 | 0 | 0 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 60 | 3 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

    Correct as of 17 October 2016

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | FA Cup | WSL Cup | Champions League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | | Jane Ross | FW | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | | Jen Beattie | FW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | | Nikita Parris | FW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | | Georgia Stanway | FW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | | Lucy Bronze | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | | Daphne Corboz | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Kosovare Asllani | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Tessel Middag | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Demi Stokes | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 60 |
