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The following is a list of every club which has competed in the FA WSL - the highest level of women's football in England - since its inception in 2011. The eight teams who competed in the inaugural season are listed in italics, whilst current members are listed in bold. As of the 2017-18 season, four teams - Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea and Liverpool - have competed in every season. | Club | Town or City | Total
Seasons | Total
Spells | Longest
Spell | Last
Promotion | Last
Relegation | Total
Seasons
Absent | Seasons | Most Recent
Finish | Highest
Finish | Top Scorer | Most Appearances |
|---|
| Arsenal | Borehamwood | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1992 | - | 0 | 2011- | 3|3rd}} | 1|1st}} | 26|Danielle Carter & Jordan Nobbs (26)}} | 81|Danielle Carter (81)}} | | Birmingham City | Solihull | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2002 | - | 0 | 2011- | 7|7th}} | 2|2nd}} | 20|Rachel Williams (20)}} | 93|Kerys Harrop (93)}} | | Bristol City{{efn-lg>Originally joined the league as Bristol Academy, renamed Bristol City in 2016.[1]}} | Filton | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2016 | 2015 | 1 | 2011-2015
2017- | 8|8th}} | 2|2nd}} | 12|Natalia Pablos (12)}} | 57|Grace McCatty (57)}} | | Chelsea | Kingston upon Thames | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2005 | - | 0 | 2011- | 1|1st}} | 1|1st}} | 26|Eniola Aluko (26)}} | 67|Drew Spence (67)}} | | Doncaster Rovers | Doncaster | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2015 | 2016 | 4 | 2011-2013
2016 | 11|WSL2
2nd}} | 7|7th}} | 5|Aine O'Gorman (5)}} | 54|Kasia Lipka (54)}} | | Everton | Widnes | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2017 | 2014 | 3 | 2011-2014;
2017- | 10|WSL2
1st}} | 3|3rd}} | 12|Nikita Parris (12)}} | 55|Michelle Hinnigan (55)}} | | Liverpool | Widnes | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2010 | - | 0 | 2011- | 4|4th}} | 1|1st}} | 20|Natasha Dowie (20)}} | 65|Gemma Bonner (65)}} | | Manchester City | Manchester | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2013 | - | 3 | 2014- | 2|2nd}} | 1|1st}} | 19|Toni Duggan (19)}} | 47|Jill Scott (47)}} | | Notts County{{efn-lg>Originally joined the league as Lincoln Ladies, renamed Notts County in 2014.[2]}} | Nottingham | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2010 | - | 2 | 2011-2016 | Defunct | 4|4th}} | 23|Jess Clarke (23)}} | 83|Jess Clarke (83)}} | | Reading | Farnborough | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2015 | - | 4 | 2016- | 6|6th}} | 6|6th}} | 6|Melissa Fletcher (6)}} | 23|Kirsty McGee (23)}} | | Sunderland | Hetton-le-Hole | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2014 | - | 3 | 2015- | 5|5th}} | 3|3rd}} | 18|Beth Mead (18)}} | 37|Stephanie Bannon (37)}} | | Yeovil Town | Yeovil | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2016 | - | 6 | 2017- | 9|9th}} | 9|9th}} | 2|Lucy Quinn (2)}} | 8|Eight players (8)}} |
Notes:{{notelist-lg}}In addition, the following teams were members of the 2009-10 FA Women's Premier League - its final season as the national top division - but have never competed in WSL1 (teams listed in italics are members of the second-tier WSL2 for the 2017-18 season): - Blackburn Rovers
- Leeds Carnegie
- Millwall
- Nottingham Forest
- Watford
External links{{Portal|Women's association football|England}}- {{Official website|http://www.fawsl.com/index.html}}
References1. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34873469 |title=Bristol Academy to rebrand as Bristol City Women's FC |date=20 November 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=10 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23375268 |title=Lincoln Ladies defend Notts County relocation |date=19 July 2013 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=10 December 2018}}
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