2017–18 FA WSL
Team Location Ground Capacity 2016 season Spring Series
Arsenal Borehamwood Meadow Park 4,502 3rd 3rd
Birmingham City Solihull Damson Park 3,050 5th 7th
Bristol City Filton Stoke Gifford Stadium 1,500 2nd , WSL 2 8th
Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Kingsmeadow 4,850 2nd 1st
Everton Widnes Select Security Stadium 13,350 3rd , WSL 2 1st , WSL2
Liverpool Widnes Select Security Stadium 13,350 4th 4th
Manchester City Manchester Academy Stadium 7,000 1st 2nd
Reading High Wycombe Adams Park 9,617 8th 6th
Sunderland South Shields Mariners Park 3,000 7th 5th
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,565 1st , WSL 2 9th
Teams
With the collapse of Notts County Ladies just prior to the Spring Series , the ten clubs of WSL2 were invited to apply for a place in the 2017–18 season . Two sides , champions Everton and runners-up Doncaster Rovers , applied . On 9 June 2017 , subject to appeal , Everton were awarded the position . [ 6 ] WSL 1 ArsenalBirmingham CityBristol CityChelseaEvertonLiverpoolManchester CityReadingSunderlandYeovil Town Locations of the 2017–18 WSL 1 teams
The 2017-18 FA WSL was the seventh edition of the FA WSL since it was formed in 2010. It was the first season of WSL which ran as a winter league. It started in September 2017 and ended in May 2018, with ten teams competing in both leagues. The Football Association removed promotion and relegation between the two tiers for the end of the season. The league was instead restructured, with clubs required to apply for licenses under new criteria for the top tier in the 2018-19 season. A one-off competition, the FA WSL Spring Series, ran from February to May 2017 to bridge the gap from the 2016 FA WSL season and acted as a warm up tournament.