2019–20 Liverpool F.C. Women season explained

The 2019–20 Liverpool F.C. Women season was the club's 31st season of competitive football and its 10th season in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1] Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020.^{[2] [3]} After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect.^[4] Liverpool sat bottom of the table at the time and were relegated on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.^{[5] [6]}

Squad

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Pre-season

Liverpool spent part of their preseason on tour in the United States in conjunction with the men's team.^[9]

FA Women's Super League

See main article: article and 2019–20 FA WSL.

League table

Women's FA Cup

See main article: 2019–20 Women's FA Cup. As a member of the top two tiers, Liverpool entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating Championship side Blackburn Rovers in their opening fixture.^[10] Following a series of postponements at EFL League One ground Prenton Park, the game was moved to Blackburn's home ground at Bamber Bridge although Liverpool remained the designated home team.^[11]

FA Women's League Cup

See main article: 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup. For the League Cup group stage, Liverpool were drawn as the only FA WSL team in a group that otherwise contained five FA Women's Championship teams.

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|}

Goalscorers

			Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	20	FW	Rinsola Babajide	1	4	3	8
2	17	FW	Niamh Charles	2	1	3	6
3	24	FW	Kirsty Linnett	0	1	3	4
	27	MF	Rachel Furness	4	0	0
5	11	MF	Melissa Lawley	1	0	1	2
	14	FW	Ashley Hodson	0	0	2
7	4	MF	Rhiannon Roberts	0	0	1	1
	5	DF	Niamh Fahey	0	1	0
	7	FW	Jessica Clarke	0	0	1
	9	FW	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	0	0	1
	21	MF	Missy Bo Kearns	0	0	1
Own goal				0	1	0	1
Total				8	8	16	32

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
10 June 2019	DF		Becky Jane	Reading	[12]
15 June 2019	MF		Melissa Lawley	Manchester City	[13]
9 July 2019	MF		Jade Bailey	Chelsea	[14]
28 December 2019	MF		Rachel Furness	Reading	[15]
23 January 2020	GK		Rylee Foster	West Virginia Mountaineers	[16]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
24 May 2019	MF		Laura Coombs	Manchester City	[17] [18]
	DF		Leandra Little	Sheffield United	[19]
15 June 2019	DF		Jasmine Matthews	Bristol City	[20] [21]
	FW		Yana Daniëls	Bristol City	[22]
19 June 2019	MF		Aimee Everett	Leicester City	[23]
22 June 2019	FW		Annabel Blanchard	Leicester City	[24]
12 August 2019	MF		Lauren Thomas	Blackburn Rovers	[25]
23 January 2020	DF		Ellie Fletcher	Blackburn Rovers	[26]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
24 August 2019	DF		Ellie Fletcher	Sheffield United	Recalled 10 January 2020	[27]
10 January 2020	MF		Missy Bo Kearns	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LIVERPOOL LADIES FC CLUB HISTORY . Liverpool Ladies FC . 26 April 2017 . 27 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170427010924/http://ladies.liverpoolfc.com/clubHistory.html#e5G2K8wmFBMwxzVL.97 . dead .
2. Web site: Association . The Football . Decision made to postpone professional football until Friday 3 April at the earliest . www.thefa.com.
3. Web site: Flood . George . Women's Super League and Championship suspended due to coronavirus . Evening Standard. 13 March 2020.
4. Web site: Statement: FA Barclays WSL and Women's Championship season ended . womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
5. Web site: Chelsea named Women's Super League champions, Liverpool relegated . BBC Sport . en-gb . 5 June 2020.
6. Web site: Association . The Football . Chelsea Women awarded Barclays FA WSL title and Aston Villa win Women's Championship . www.thefa.com . en.
7. Web site: LIVERPOOL FC WOMEN . Liverpool FC . 3 July 2019.
8. News: Kelly . Andy . Niamh Fahey appointed vice-captain of Liverpool FC Women . 6 August 2019 . Liverpool FC . 5 August 2019.
9. Web site: Liverpool FC Women to join club's USA pre-season tour . Liverpool FC.
10. Web site: Women's FA Cup dates. Association. The Football. www.thefa.com.
11. Web site: Women's FA Cup: Liverpool switch Blackburn home tie to Bamber Bridge . BBC Sport . 18 January 2020.
12. Web site: LFC Women agree terms for Becky Jane signing. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
13. Web site: Liverpool FC Women sign Melissa Lawley. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
14. Web site: Liverpool FC Women sign Jade Bailey. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
15. Web site: Liverpool FC Women complete signing of Rachel Furness . Liverpool FC.
16. Web site: Liverpool FC Women complete signing of Rylee Foster . Liverpool FC.
17. Web site: Laura Coombs and Leandra Little to leave LFC Women. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
18. Web site: City sign Laura Coombs. MCFC. en. 2019-09-03.
19. Web site: Leandra Little signs for the Blades. www.sufc.co.uk. en-gb. 2019-09-03.
20. Web site: Matthews and Daniels leave Liverpool FC Women. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
21. Web site: Matthews re-joins City Women. Bristol City. en. 2019-09-03.
22. Web site: Yana Daniëls is a Robin. Bristol City.
23. Web site: Aimee Everett signs for Leicester City Women. 2019-06-19. Leicester City Women Football Club. en-GB. 2019-09-03. 3 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201003061912/https://lcwfc.com/everettsigns/. dead.
24. Web site: Annabel Blanchard signs for Leicester City Women. 2019-06-22. Leicester City Women Football Club. en-GB. 2019-09-03. 24 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190624152041/https://lcwfc.com/blanchardsigns/. dead.
25. Web site: Rovers recruit Thomas. www.rovers.co.uk. en-gb. 2019-09-03.
26. Web site: Fletcher is a Blue . www.rovers.co.uk.
27. Web site: Ellie Fletcher completes loan move to Sheffield United Women. Liverpool FC. 2019-09-03.
28. News: Kelly . Andy . Missy Bo Kearns signs first professional contract with Liverpool FC Women . 10 January 2020 . Liverpool FC . 10 January 2020.