title: 2017–18 Manchester City W.F.C. season
text: # 2017–18 Manchester City W.F.C. season
  
  The 2017–18 season was Manchester City Women's Football Club's 30th season of competitive football and its fifth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football.
  
  Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017–18 season was the first season in the WSL era in which the calendar runs Autumn to Spring in line with the men's game. Due to another re-organisation of the women's game, with WSL 1 becoming a league for fully professional teams only, there was no relegation in the league for this season.
  
  ## Non-competitive
  
  ### Pre-season
  
  **Toulouse International Ladies Cup**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Montpellier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
  | Olympique Lyonnais | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 |
  | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
  | Liverpool | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Women's Super League
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chelsea (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League |
  | 2 | Manchester City (Q) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League |
  | 3 | Arsenal | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 37 | |
  | 4 | Reading | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 32 | |
  | 5 | Birmingham City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 30 | |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: FA WSL
  
  **Results by matchday**
  
  | Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H |
  | Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W |
  | Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  
  ### WSL Cup
  
  **Group stage**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | EVE | BIR | DON | OXF |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
  | 2 | Everton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | 1–0 | — | 4–0 |
  | 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | | — | — | — | 3–2 | 4–0 |
  | 4 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
  | 5 | Oxford United | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | | 0–6 | — | — | 1–5 | — |
  
  ## Squad information
  
  ### Playing statistics
  
      As of end of season
  
  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 | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | Apps | | |
  | 1 | | Karen Bardsley | GK | 7 | | | | | | 4 | | | 3 | | | 14 | | |
  | 2 | | Mie Jans | DF | 4 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 10 | | |
  | 3 | | Demi Stokes | DF | 15 | | | 4 | 1 | | 4 | | | 8 | 2 | | 31 | 3 | |
  | 4 | | Tessel Middag | MF | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
  | 5 | | Jen Beattie | DF | 18 | 2 | | 4 | | | 7 | 3 | | 8 | 1 | | 37 | 6 | |
  | 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 15 | 2 | | 1 | | | 7 | | | 8 | 1 | | 31 | 3 | |
  | 7 | | Melissa Lawley | FW | 12 | 1 | | 3 | | | 4 | | | 7 | 1 | | 26 | 2 | |
  | 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 16 | 7 | | 3 | | | 6 | | | 8 | 1 | | 33 | 8 | |
  | 9 | | Pauline Bremer | FW | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | |
  | 10 | | Nadia Nadim | FW | 12 | 4 | | 4 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | 20 | 6 | |
  | 11 | | Izzy Christiansen | MF | 17 | 9 | | 4 | 1 | | 7 | 2 | | 7 | 3 | | 35 | 15 | |
  | 12 | | Georgia Stanway | FW | 14 | 5 | | 3 | 1 | | 5 | 3 | | 6 | 2 | | 28 | 11 | |
  | 14 | | Esme Morgan | DF | 7 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 10 | | |
  | 16 | | Jane Ross | FW | 12 | 3 | | 2 | 2 | | 5 | 1 | | 5 | 4 | | 24 | 10 | |
  | 17 | | Nikita Parris | FW | 18 | 11 | | 4 | | | 6 | 3 | | 8 | 4 | | 36 | 18 | |
  | 18 | | Ella Toone | FW | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | 7 | 1 | |
  | 20 | | Megan Campbell | DF | 4 | | | | | | 2 | | | 4 | | | 10 | | |
  | 21 | | Marie Hourihan | GK | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | |
  | 22 | | Claire Emslie | FW | 17 | 4 | | 4 | 2 | | 7 | 3 | | 8 | 1 | | 36 | 10 | |
  | 23 | | Abbie McManus | DF | 16 | 2 | | 4 | | | 7 | | | 8 | | | 35 | 2 | |
  | 24 | | Keira Walsh | MF | 18 | | | 3 | | | 7 | | | 8 | | | 36 | | |
  | 26 | | Ellie Roebuck | GK | 11 | | | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | 21 | | |
  | 33 | | Jess Park | MF | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
  | | | Julia Spetsmark | MF | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 4 | | |
  | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 0 | |
  | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 51 | 0 | | 9 | 0 | | 16 | 0 | | 20 | 0 | | 96 | 0 |
  