2025–26 Manchester City W.F.C. season

Manchester City Women
2025–26 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Mubarak
Manager	Andrée Jeglertz
Stadium	Academy Stadium

The 2025–26 season will be Manchester City Women's Football Club's 38th season of competitive football and their thirteenth season in the Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.

Andrée Jeglertz was announced as the team's new head coach on 3 July 2025, beginning work following the conclusion of Denmark's UEFA Euro 2025 campaign.^[1]^[2]

Pre-season

9 August 2025 Friendly	Manchester City	0–0	Manchester United	Manchester
13:00		Report		Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

26 August 2025 Friendly	Manchester City	4–0	Nottingham Forest	Manchester
	Shaw Kerolin Miedema	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

Competitions

Women's Super League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	14	0	2	47	13	+34	42	9	0	0	32	6	+26	5	0	2	15	7	+8

Last updated: 13 February 2026.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	8	6	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

5 September 2025 1	Chelsea	2–1	Manchester City	Fulham
19:30	Beever-Jones 31' Hamano 64'	Report	Lohmann 56' Charles 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 14,182 Referee: Emily Heaslip

12 September 2025 2	Manchester City	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
19:30	Shaw 58' Hasegawa 74'	Report	Kirby 14' Rayner 25' Rule 85'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,136 Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

19 September 2025 3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–5	Manchester City	Leyton
19:30	Grant 46' Hunt 55' Tandberg 58' Holdt 87'	Report	Fujino 23' Miedema 39' Casparij 43' Clinton 80' Coombs 90+5'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,631 Referee: Stacey Fullicks

28 September 2025 4	Manchester City	4–1	London City Lionesses	Manchester
12:00	Miedema 11' Blindkilde Brown 14' Shaw 69' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Fujino 90+4'	Report	Parris 19'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,341 Referee: Phoebe Cross

4 October 2025 5	Manchester City	3–2	Arsenal	Manchester
12:00	Shaw 36' Casparij 61' Beney 88'	Report	Caldentey 46' Kelly 83'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Melissa Burgin

12 October 2025 6	Liverpool	1–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
14:00	Kapocs 52'	Report	Greenwood 55' Beney 65' Fujino 86'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 9,387 Referee: William Davis

1 November 2025 7	Manchester City	1–0	West Ham United	Manchester
12:00	Fujino 26'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Ryan Atkins

9 November 2025 8	Everton	1–2	Manchester City	Liverpool
14:00	Gago 40' Pacheco 57' Snoeijs 88'	Report	Miedema 21' Shaw 54'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 3,042 Referee: William Davis

15 November 2025 9	Manchester City	3–0	Manchester United	Manchester
13:30	Knaak 26', 29' Shaw 43' Hemp 45+2'	Report	Janssen 22'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 17,520 Referee: Grace Lowe

7 December 2025 10	Leicester City	0–3	Manchester City	Leicester
12:00		Report	Shaw 74', 83' Kerolin 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Phoebe Cross

14 December 2025 11	Manchester City	6–1	Aston Villa	Manchester
11:55	Shaw 37', 45+2', 84', 90+4' Knaak 56' Fujino 62' Miedema 73'	Report	Parker 70'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

11 January 2026 12	Manchester City	2–0	Everton	Manchester
12:00	Kerolin 26' Miedema 63' Greenwood 74'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

25 January 2026 13	London City Lionesses	1–2	Manchester City	Bromley
11:55	Pattinson 64' Godfrey 68'	Report	Knaak 6' Kerolin 11' Shaw 86'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 3,418 Referee: Lisa Benn

1 February 2026 14	Manchester City	5–1	Chelsea	Manchester
14:30	Kerolin 13', 49', 54' Shaw 36' Miedema 72'	Report	Thompson 68'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 13,228 Referee: Melissa Burgin

8 February 2026 15	Arsenal	1–0	Manchester City	Holloway
12:00	Smith 17' Van Domselaar 80'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 39,155 Referee: Abigail Byrne

13 February 2026 16	Manchester City	6–0	Leicester City	Manchester
19:00	Shaw 22' Miedema 28', 36' Hasegawa 38' Kerolin 48' Fujino 66'	Report	Neville 62'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: William Davis

15 March 2026 17	Aston Villa	v	Manchester City	Aston
14:00				Stadium: Villa Park

22 March 2026 18	Manchester City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
12:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

29 March 2026 19	Manchester United	v	Manchester City	Trafford
13:00				Stadium: Old Trafford

26 April 2026 20	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Manchester City	Crawley
14:00				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

3 May 2026 21	Manchester City	v	Liverpool	Manchester
12:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

16 May 2026 22	West Ham United	v	Manchester City	Dagenham
14:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	16	14	0	2	47	13	+34	42	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Manchester United	16	10	4	2	35	16	+19	34	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3	Chelsea	16	10	3	3	29	13	+16	33	Qualification for the Champions League third round
4	Arsenal	14	8	5	1	26	10	+16	29
5	Tottenham Hotspur	16	9	2	5	26	24	+2	29

Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, Manchester City will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

18 January 2026 Fourth round	Bournemouth	0–6	Manchester City	Totton
13:00	Wilson 35'	Report	Shaw 19' Hemp 40' Coombs 43', 44' Miedema 58', 85'	Stadium: Snows Stadium Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Sophie Dennington

21/22 February 2026 Fifth round	Manchester City	v	Sheffield United	Manchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

League Cup

As a result of not being involved in the UEFA Champions League, Manchester City entered the League Cup at the group stage.

Group stage

24 September 2025 Group stage	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	Manchester
19:00	Rose 21' Hasegawa 53' Miedema 76' Beney 86'	Report	Mace 66' Kitagawa 82'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Sophie Dennington

19 October 2025 Group stage	Newcastle United	3–3 (6–7 p)	Manchester City	Gateshead
14:00	Joel 11' Boddy 45' Gregory 82' Hayles 90+1'	Report	Coombs 45+3' Hasegawa 47' Ouahabi 60' Prior 63' Greenwood 84'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Stacey Fullicks
	Penalties
	Hayles Mannion Lumsden Murphy Nobbs Gregory Stokes		Casparij Hasegawa Shaw Greenwood Miedema Ouahabi Blindkilde Brown

22 November 2025 Group stage	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Manchester City	West Bridgford
14:00		Report	Clinton 32' Hemp 38'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 2,624 Referee: Lauren Impey

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester City	3	2	1	0	0	8	4	+4	8	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Everton	3	1	1	0	1	5	5	0	5
3	Nottingham Forest	3	1	0	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Newcastle United	3	0	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Knockout stage

21 December 2025 Quarter-final	West Ham United	1–5	Manchester City	Dagenham
13:00	Ueki 26' Tysiak 29' Hanshaw 55'	Report	Kerolin 3' Hemp 8' Clinton 42' Shaw 55' Coombs 75'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

21 January 2026 Semi-final	Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea	Manchester
19:00	Casparij 80'	Report	Bronze 21' Kaptein 41'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,967 Referee: Phoebe Cross

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 13 February 2026

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Eartha Cumings	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	ENG	Naomi Layzell	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	CAN	Jade Rose	20	1	13+1	0	1	0	5	1
5	DF	ENG	Alex Greenwood	17	0	11+1	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
6	MF	ENG	Grace Clinton	16	3	2+9	1	1	0	4	2
7	MF	ENG	Laura Coombs	12	5	0+6	1	1	2	3+2	2
8	FW	AUS	Mary Fowler	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	JAM	Khadija Shaw	22	17	16	15	1	1	5	1
10	FW	NED	Vivianne Miedema	21	11	16	8	0+1	2	1+3	1
11	FW	ENG	Lauren Hemp	16	4	11+1	1	1	1	3	2
13	DF	AUT	Laura Wienroither	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
14	FW	BRA	Kerolin	10	8	5+4	7	0	0	1	1
15	DF	ESP	Leila Ouahabi	18	0	10+3	0	1	0	4	0
17	MF	USA	Sam Coffey	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	NED	Kerstin Casparij	21	2	16	2	0+1	0	3+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Laura Blindkilde Brown	22	1	14+2	1	1	0	3+2	0
20	FW	JPN	Aoba Fujino	14	5	9+3	5	0	0	1+1	0
22	MF	GER	Sydney Lohmann	9	0	1+6	0	0	0	2	0
24	FW	SUI	Iman Beney	19	2	4+9	2	1	0	2+3	0
25	MF	JPN	Yui Hasegawa	22	4	16	2	1	0	5	2
27	DF	GER	Rebecca Knaak	13	1	9	1	1	0	3	0
28	DF	ENG	Gracie Prior	10	1	5+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	1
31	GK	JPN	Ayaka Yamashita	16	0	14	0	0	0	2	0
35	GK	ENG	Khiara Keating	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
40	GK	ENG	Katie Startup	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	ENG	Codie Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
46	FW	ENG	Lily Murphy	3	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
52	MF	IRL	Eve O'Carroll	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	DF	WAL	Mayzee Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	MF	RUS	Samira Shikhshabekova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club
18 June 2025	DF	4	Jade Rose	Harvard Crimson^[3]
22 June 2025	FW	24	Iman Beney	Young Boys^[4]
9 July 2025	MF	22	Sydney Lohmann	Bayern Munich^[5]^[6]
8 August 2025	GK	1	Eartha Cumings	FC Rosengård^[7]
15 August 2025	DF	13	Laura Wienroither	Arsenal^[8]^[9]
4 September 2025	MF	6	Grace Clinton	Manchester United^[10]^[11]
14 January 2026	MF	17	Sam Coffey	Portland Thorns^[12]^[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Player	To club
10 May 2025	DF	4	Laia Aleixandri	Barcelona^[14]^[15]^[16]
24 May 2025	MF	10	Jill Roord	Twente^[17]
30 June 2025	FW	9	Chloe Kelly	Arsenal^[18]^[19]^[20]
4 September 2025	FW	16	Jess Park	Manchester United^[21]^[11]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
5 August 2025	31 December 2025	MF	30	Aemu Oyama	FC Rosengård^[22]
4 September 2025	31 December 2025	DF	26	Tara O'Hanlon	Sunderland^[23]
	15 January 2026	FW	17	Poppy Pritchard	Durham^[24]^[25]
	30 June 2026	GK	12	Eve Annets	Crystal Palace^[26]
	30 June 2026	DF	2	Risa Shimizu	Liverpool^[27]
28 September 2025	16 November 2025	GK	40	Katie Startup^[a]	Everton^[28]^[29]
23 January 2026	30 June 2026	FW	17	Poppy Pritchard	Celtic^[30]
23 January 2026	30 June 2026	DF	26	Tara O'Hanlon	Celtic^[30]

^ Emergency goalkeeper loan

References

^ Coates, Charlotte (3 July 2025). "Man City appoint Denmark boss Jeglertz as head coach". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
^ Kelsey, George (3 July 2025). "Andrée Jeglertz appointed Manchester City Women Head Coach". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
^ Cox, Sam (18 June 2025). "Rose becomes City's first summer signing". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ Kelsey, George (22 June 2025). "City sign Iman Beney". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ Kelsey, George (9 July 2025). "Sydney Lohmann signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ Millington, Adam (9 July 2025). "Man City sign Germany midfielder Lohmann". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ Cox, Sam (8 August 2025). "City capture Cumings signature". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
^ Cox, Sam (15 August 2025). "Wienroither signs permanent City deal". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "Man City sign Arsenal's Wienroither until 2027". BBC Sport. 15 August 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ Cox, Sam (4 September 2025). "Clinton signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ ^a ^b Sanders, Emma (4 September 2025). "Clinton joins Man City as Park moves to Man Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ Kelsey, George (14 January 2026). "US international Coffey signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
^ Sanders, Emma (14 January 2026). "Manchester City sign USA midfielder Coffey". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
^ Kelsey, George (10 May 2025). "Aleixandri set for City exit". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ "Aleixandri joins Barcelona". www.mancity.com. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ "Laia Aleixandri, blaugrana until 2029". FC Barcelona. 16 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ Kelsey, George (24 May 2025). "Roord joins FC Twente". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ McCowen, Beth (1 July 2025). "Chloe Kelly confirms departure from Manchester City". The Halfway Line. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
^ "Chloe Kelly signs permanently for Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "'Excited for more trophies' - Kelly signs for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
^ "Park leaves Manchester City". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ Cox, Sam (5 August 2025). "Oyama joins Rosengard on loan". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
^ "O'Hanlon set for Sunderland loan switch". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ "Pritchard moves to Durham on loan". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ "Poppy Pritchard recalled by Manchester City". Durham W.F.C. 15 January 2026. Archived from the original on 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
^ Kelsey, George (4 September 2025). "Annets seals Crystal Palace loan". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ "Shimizu joins Liverpool on loan". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
^ "Startup joins Everton on emergency loan". www.mancity.com. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
^ "Startup back at City after emergency loan". www.mancity.com. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
^ ^a ^b "O'Hanlon and Pritchard join Celtic on loan". www.mancity.com. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

[gk-28] Emergency goalkeeper loan

[1] Coates, Charlotte (3 July 2025). "Man City appoint Denmark boss Jeglertz as head coach". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

[2] Kelsey, George (3 July 2025). "Andrée Jeglertz appointed Manchester City Women Head Coach". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

[3] Cox, Sam (18 June 2025). "Rose becomes City's first summer signing". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[4] Kelsey, George (22 June 2025). "City sign Iman Beney". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[5] Kelsey, George (9 July 2025). "Sydney Lohmann signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[6] Millington, Adam (9 July 2025). "Man City sign Germany midfielder Lohmann". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[7] Cox, Sam (8 August 2025). "City capture Cumings signature". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[8] Cox, Sam (15 August 2025). "Wienroither signs permanent City deal". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[9] "Man City sign Arsenal's Wienroither until 2027". BBC Sport. 15 August 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[10] Cox, Sam (4 September 2025). "Clinton signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[GCJP-11] Sanders, Emma (4 September 2025). "Clinton joins Man City as Park moves to Man Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[12] Kelsey, George (14 January 2026). "US international Coffey signs for City". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

[13] Sanders, Emma (14 January 2026). "Manchester City sign USA midfielder Coffey". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

[14] Kelsey, George (10 May 2025). "Aleixandri set for City exit". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[15] "Aleixandri joins Barcelona". www.mancity.com. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[16] "Laia Aleixandri, blaugrana until 2029". FC Barcelona. 16 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[17] Kelsey, George (24 May 2025). "Roord joins FC Twente". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[18] McCowen, Beth (1 July 2025). "Chloe Kelly confirms departure from Manchester City". The Halfway Line. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.

[19] "Chloe Kelly signs permanently for Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

[20] "'Excited for more trophies' - Kelly signs for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

[21] "Park leaves Manchester City". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[22] Cox, Sam (5 August 2025). "Oyama joins Rosengard on loan". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

[23] "O'Hanlon set for Sunderland loan switch". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[24] "Pritchard moves to Durham on loan". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[25] "Poppy Pritchard recalled by Manchester City". Durham W.F.C. 15 January 2026. Archived from the original on 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

[26] Kelsey, George (4 September 2025). "Annets seals Crystal Palace loan". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[27] "Shimizu joins Liverpool on loan". www.mancity.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.

[29] "Startup joins Everton on emergency loan". www.mancity.com. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

[30] "Startup back at City after emergency loan". www.mancity.com. 16 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.

[celticloans-31] "O'Hanlon and Pritchard join Celtic on loan". www.mancity.com. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

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