2025–26 Liverpool F.C. Women season

Liverpool
2025–26 season
OwnerFenway Sports Group
ChairmanTom Werner
ManagerGareth Taylor
StadiumTotally Wicked Stadium
Super LeaguePre-season
FA CupFourth round
League CupGroup stage

The 2025–26 season is Liverpool Football Club Women's 37th season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also participate in the Women's FA Cup and the Women's League Cup.

This is the first season since 2017–18 without captain Niamh Fahey, who retired from professional football after her contract expired. On 11 July 2025, Diogo Jota's squad number 20 was retired across all levels to commemorate his death a week prior.[1] One week later, Olivia Smith transferred to Arsenal for a world record fee of £1 million.[2]

On 8 August 2025, Gareth Taylor was appointed as the team's new head coach.[3]

Squad

As of pre-season[4]
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from Apps Goals Assists
Goalkeepers
1 Rachael Laws England (1990-11-05) 5 November 1990 England Reading 106 0 0
12 Rafaela Borggräfe Germany (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 Germany SC Freiburg 0 0 0
22 Faye Kirby England (2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 England Everton 5 0 0
Defenders
2 Lucy Parry England (2004-05-07) 7 May 2004 England LFC Academy 31 0 0
3 Gemma Evans Wales (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 England Manchester United 22 0 0
4 Grace Fisk England (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 England West Ham United 51 2 3
16 Lily Woodham Wales (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 United States Seattle Reign 0 0 0
17 Jenna Clark Scotland (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 Scotland Glasgow City 52 1 0
23 Gemma Bonner England (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 United States Racing Louisville 172 13 4
34 Hannah Silcock England (2004-09-18) 18 September 2004 England LFC Academy 17 0 0
Midfielders
8 Fūka Nagano Japan (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 United States North Carolina Courage 64 1 4
14 Marie Höbinger Austria (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 Switzerland Zürich 55 9 9
15 Sofie Lundgaard Denmark (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 36 0 0
18 Ceri Holland Wales (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 United States Kansas Jayhawks 106 10 8
19 Kirsty Maclean Scotland (2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 Scotland Rangers 0 0 0
24 Sam Kerr Scotland (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 Germany Bayern Munich 14 1 1
36 Zara Shaw England (2007-06-06) 6 June 2007 England LFC Academy 9 1 1
Forwards
7 Cornelia Kapocs Sweden (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 Sweden Linköping 26 4 2
9 Leanne Kiernan Republic of Ireland (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 England West Ham United 69 23 3
10 Sophie Román Haug Norway (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 Italy Roma 43 12 7
13 Mia Enderby England (2005-05-31) 31 May 2005 England Sheffield United 42 6 4

New contracts

Date Pos. No. Player Until Ref.
24 June 2025 MF 18 Wales Ceri Holland Undisclosed [5]
25 July 2025 GK 1 England Rachael Laws Undisclosed [6]
29 July 2025 GK 22 England Faye Kirby Undisclosed [7]
31 July 2025 FW 13 England Mia Enderby Undisclosed [8]
1 August 2025 MF 8 Japan Fūka Nagano Undisclosed [9]
4 August 2025 DF 23 England Gemma Bonner Undisclosed [10]
5 August 2025 DF 34 England Hannah Silcock Undisclosed [11]
5 August 2025 MF 36 England Zara Shaw Undisclosed[a] [12]
20 August 2025 FW 9 Republic of Ireland Leanne Kiernan Undisclosed [13]
  1. ^ First professional contract.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. No. Player From Fee Ref.
14 July 2025 MF 19 Scotland Kirsty Maclean Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [14]
18 July 2025 GK 12 Germany Rafaela Borggräfe Germany SC Freiburg Free transfer [15]
18 July 2025 MF 24 Scotland Sam Kerr Germany Bayern Munich Undisclosed [16]
28 July 2025 DF 16 Wales Lily Woodham United States Seattle Reign Free transfer [17]
Decrease Spending: £0

Out

Date Pos. No. Player To Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 DF 5 Republic of Ireland Niamh Fahey Retired [18]
30 June 2025 DF 6 England Jasmine Matthews England Burnley Free transfer [19][20]
30 June 2025 DF 12 Jamaica Taylor Hinds England Arsenal Free transfer [21][22]
30 June 2025 GK 16 Australia Teagan Micah France Lyon Free transfer [19][23]
30 June 2025 FW 20 Belgium Yana Daniëls England Burnley Free transfer [19][24]
17 July 2025 FW 11 Canada Olivia Smith England Arsenal £1,000,000 [25]
Increase Income: £1,000,000

Loans in

Date Pos. No. Player From Date until Ref.

Loans out

Date Pos. No. Player To Date until Ref.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 25 July 2025, Liverpool announced their first pre-season fixture against Manchester United in Leigh.[26] Five days later, two behind-closed-doors friendlies against Aston Villa and Durham were confirmed.[27]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 Friendly Aston Villa 5–1 Liverpool Bodymoor Heath
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
17 August 2025 Friendly Liverpool 0–1 Durham Liverpool
13:30 BST Report
  • Hepple 80'
 Stadium: Melwood
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
20 August 2025 Friendly Manchester United 2–2 Liverpool Leigh
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
24 August 2025 Friendly Liverpool v West Ham United Liverpool
13:00 BST Report Stadium: Melwood
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
31 August 2025 Friendly Birmingham City v Liverpool Birmingham
14:00 BST Report Stadium: St Andrew's

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Women's Super League 7 September 2025 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Women's FA Cup January 2026 TBD Fourth round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Women's League Cup October 2025 TBD Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Soccerway

Women's Super League

Main article: 2025–26 Women's Super League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Everton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 London City Lionesses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2025. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: September 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAH
Result
Position
Points
Source: The Football Association
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 25 July 2025.[28][29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

7 September 2025 1 Liverpool v Everton Liverpool
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
14 September 2025 2 Leicester City v Liverpool Leicester
12:00 BST Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[30]
21 September 2025 3 Aston Villa v Liverpool Birmingham
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Villa Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 14:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[30]
28 September 2025 4 Liverpool v Manchester United St Helens
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 14:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[30]
5 October 2025 5 London City Lionesses v Liverpool Bromley
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Hayes Lane
12 October 2025 6 Liverpool v Manchester City Liverpool
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Anfield
2 November 2025 7 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Leyton
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Brisbane Road
9 November 2025 8 Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
16 November 2025 9 Liverpool v Chelsea St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
6 December 2025 10 Arsenal v Liverpool Holloway
12:30 GMT Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
13 December 2025 11 West Ham United v Liverpool Dagenham
12:00 GMT Report Stadium: Victoria Road
11 January 2026 12 Liverpool v London City Lionesses St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
25 January 2026 13 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
1 February 2026 14 Manchester United v Liverpool Leigh
13:00 GMT Report Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
8 February 2026 15 Liverpool v Aston Villa St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
15 February 2026 16 Chelsea v Liverpool Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
15 March 2026 17 Liverpool v Leicester City St Helens
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
22 March 2026 18 Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Crawley
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
29 March 2026 19 Everton v Liverpool Liverpool
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Goodison Park
26 April 2026 20 Liverpool v West Ham United St Helens
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
3 May 2026 21 Manchester City v Liverpool Manchester
12:00 BST Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
15–17 May 2026 22 Liverpool v Arsenal Liverpool
TBC BST Report Stadium: Anfield

Women's FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's FA Cup

As a Women's Super League side, Liverpool will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

January 2026 Fourth round TBC v TBC TBC
TBC GMT Report Stadium: TBC

Women's League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's League Cup

As one of the Women's Super League clubs not participating in European competitions, Liverpool will enter the League Cup in the group stage.

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 31 July 2025. Liverpool were drawn into Group B with Durham, Sheffield United and Sunderland.[31]

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sheffield United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. 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
Round123
GroundHAA
Result
Position
Points
Source: The Football Association
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

24 September 2025 1 Liverpool v Sunderland St Helens
19:00 BST Report Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
17 October 2025 2 Durham v Liverpool Durham
19:00 BST Report Stadium: Maiden Castle Sports Centre
22 November 2025 3 Sheffield United v Liverpool TBC
18:30 BST Report Stadium: TBC

Statistics

As of pre-season

Appearances

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Super League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Goals

Rank Pos. No. Player Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Rank No. Player Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
Total 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player Super League FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Diogo Jota: Forever our number 20". Liverpool F.C. 11 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Smith joins Arsenal for world record £1m fee". BBC Sport. 17 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Gareth Taylor appointed head coach of Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 8 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Liverpool Womens". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Ceri Holland signs new contract with Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 24 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Rachael Laws signs new Liverpool FC Women contract". Liverpool F.C. 25 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Faye Kirby signs new contract with Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 29 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Mia Enderby signs new Liverpool FC Women contract". Liverpool F.C. 31 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Fuka Nagano signs new contract with Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 1 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Gemma Bonner signs new Liverpool FC Women contract". Liverpool F.C. 4 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Hannah Silcock agrees new contract at Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 5 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Zara Shaw signs first professional contract with LFC Women". Liverpool F.C. 5 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Leanne Kiernan signs new Liverpool FC Women contract". Liverpool F.C. 20 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Liverpool FC Women complete signing of Kirsty Maclean". Liverpool F.C. 14 July 2025.
  15. ^ "LFC Women complete signing of goalkeeper Rafaela Borggrafe". Liverpool F.C. 18 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Sam Kerr seals return to LFC Women in permanent transfer". Liverpool F.C. 18 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Lily Woodham completes transfer to LFC Women". Liverpool F.C. 28 July 2025.
  18. ^ "LFC Women captain Niamh Fahey to retire from professional football". Liverpool F.C. 2 May 2025.
  19. ^ a b c "Daniels, Matthews and Micah to depart LFC Women at end of season". Liverpool F.C. 3 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Matthews signs for Women's team". Burnley F.C. 6 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Taylor Hinds to leave Liverpool FC Women". Liverpool F.C. 30 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Taylor Hinds returns to Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 7 July 2025.
  23. ^ "La gardienne Teagan Micah rejoint OL Lyonnes" [Goalkeeper Teagan Micah joins OL Lyonnes] (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 18 July 2025.
  24. ^ "Daniëls is a Claret!". Burnley F.C. 6 August 2025.
  25. ^ "Olivia Smith completes transfer to Arsenal". Liverpool F.C. 17 July 2025.
  26. ^ "LFC Women to play Manchester United in pre-season friendly". Liverpool F.C. 25 July 2025.
  27. ^ "LFC Women to face Aston Villa and Durham in pre-season friendlies". Liverpool F.C. 30 July 2025.
  28. ^ "Fixtures confirmed for 2025-26 Barclays WSL and Barclays WSL2 seasons". The Football Association. 25 July 2025.
  29. ^ "Revealed: Liverpool FC Women's WSL fixture list for 2025-26". Liverpool F.C. 25 July 2025.
  30. ^ a b c "WSL fixtures update: Three Liverpool matches in September rescheduled". Liverpool F.C. 11 August 2025.
  31. ^ "Liverpool discover group-stage opponents in Subway Women's League Cup". Liverpool F.C. 31 July 2025.
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