2021–22 Everton F.C. (women) season

Everton
2021–22 season
Head coach	Willie Kirk; (until 16 October); Jean-Luc Vasseur; (from 29 October)
Stadium	Walton Hall Park, Liverpool
League Cup	Group stage
Highest home attendance	5,998; (vs. Manchester City, 4 September)
Lowest home attendance	502; (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 6 November)
Average home league attendance	2,447

The 2021–22 Everton F.C. (women) season is the club's fifth consecutive campaign in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

After a poor start to the season, Everton sacked manager Willie Kirk on 16 October 2021. Kirk had been in charge since December 2018.[1] Jean-Luc Vasseur, who had last been in charge of Olympique Lyon until his sacking in April 2021, was announced as his replacement on 29 October.[2]

Squad

As of 24 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Sandy MacIver
3	DF	ENG	Danielle Turner (captain)
4	DF	DEN	Rikke Sevecke
5	DF	SWE	Nathalie Björn
6	DF	ENG	Gabrielle George
7	MF	FRA	Kenza Dali
8	MF	ENG	Izzy Christiansen
9	FW	ENG	Toni Duggan
10	FW	NIR	Simone Magill
11	FW	SCO	Claire Emslie
13	FW	FRA	Valérie Gauvin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	DEN	Nicoline Sørensen
17	MF	SCO	Lucy Graham
18	GK	IRL	Courtney Brosnan
19	FW	SWE	Anna Anvegård
20	MF	ENG	Megan Finnigan
21	DF	GER	Leonie Maier
22	MF	ITA	Aurora Galli
26	MF	ENG	Grace Clinton
28	MF	SWE	Hanna Bennison
30	DF	ENG	Poppy Pattinson

Preseason

31 July 2021 Friendly	Everton	2–1	Rangers	Halewood
15:00	Sevecke Sørensen	Report	Ross	Stadium: Finch Farm Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

8 August 2021 Friendly	Everton	–	Blackburn Rovers	Halewood
15:00				Stadium: Finch Farm
Note: No official scoreline released

15 August 2021 Friendly	Everton	6–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Halewood
15:00	Finnigan Duggan Sørensen Christiansen Emslie	Report	Geum-min	Stadium: Finch Farm Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

18 August 2021 Friendly	Sheffield United	Cancelled	Everton	Burngreave
19:00				Stadium: SUFC Academy

21 August 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Everton	Walsall
12:00	Petzelberger 48'	Report	Emslie 28' Christiansen 53' (pen.) Clinton 65'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

28 August 2021 Friendly	Hibernian	0–2	Everton	Riccarton
13:00			Anvegård Dali	Stadium: Oriam

FA 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
9	3	2	4	9	15	−6	11	1	2	2	5	8	−3	2	0	2	4	7	−3

Last updated: 12 December 2021.
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	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D
Position	12	12	9	8	8	10	10	9	9

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

Results

4 September 2021 1	Everton	0–4	Manchester City	Liverpool
13:30	Björn 90+2'	Report	Losada 26' Beckie 36' Shaw 38' Houghton 67'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 5,998 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

12 September 2021 2	Chelsea	4–0	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
12:30	Kirby 25' Kerr 47', 74' Ingle 75' England 79'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Amy Fearn

25 September 2021 3	Everton	3–1	Birmingham City	Liverpool
11:30	Maier 13' Bennison 73' Sevecke 90+7'	Report	Pennock 32'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Referee: Helen Conley

3 October 2021 4	Reading	0–3	Everton	Reading
14:00	Woodham 90+1'	Report	Anvegård 2' Emslie 38' Turner 45+9'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 740 Referee: Lucy May

10 October 2021 5	Arsenal	3–0	Everton	Borehamwood
15:00	McCabe 32' Wubben-Moy 41' Maanum 86'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,165 Referee: Helen Conley

6 November 2021 6	Everton	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
17:30	George 28'	Report	Whelan 61', 82' Walsh 90+1'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 502 Referee: Lucy May

14 November 2021 7	Everton	1–1	Manchester United	Liverpool
12:30	Sevecke 59' Magill 76'	Report	Toone 10' Zelem 60'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 840 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

21 November 2021 8	Leicester City	0–1	Everton	Burton upon Trent
14:00	Sigsworth 80'	Report	Magill 81'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 685 Referee: Lucy May

12 December 2021 9	Everton	1–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:00	Duggan 76' George 78' Sevecke 90'	Report	Svitková 31' Wyne 40'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Referee: Lucy May

19 December 2021 10	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Everton	Canons Park
				Stadium: The Hive

9 January 2022 11	Aston Villa	v	Everton	Walsall
				Stadium: Bescot Stadium

16 January 2022 12	Everton	v	Chelsea	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

23 January 2022 13	West Ham United	v	Everton	Dagenham
				Stadium: Victoria Road

6 February 2022 14	Everton	v	Reading	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

13 February 2022 15	Everton	v	Aston Villa	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

6 March 2022 16	Manchester City	v	Everton	Manchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

13 March 2022 17	Everton	v	Leicester City	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

27 March 2022 18	Manchester United	v	Everton	Leigh
				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

3 April 2022 19	Birmingham City	v	Everton	Birmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's

24 April 2022 20	Everton	v	Arsenal	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

1 May 2022 21	Everton	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

8 May 2022 22	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Everton	Crawley
				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	West Ham United	9	3	4	2	12	11	+1	13
8	Reading	9	4	1	4	11	12	−1	13
9	Everton	9	3	2	4	9	15	−6	11
10	Aston Villa	9	3	1	5	6	17	−11	10
11	Birmingham City	9	0	1	8	4	24	−20	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup

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

30 January 2022 Fourth round	Huddersfield Town	v	Everton	Kirkburton
				Stadium: The Stafflex Arena

FA Women's League Cup

Group stage

13 October 2021 Group stage	Manchester City	5–1	Everton	Manchester
19:00	Weir 8' Shaw 32' Hemp 74' Park 79' White 89'	Report	Clinton 10'	Stadium: Academy Stadium

3 November 2021 Group stage	Leicester City	1–3	Everton	Burton upon Trent
19:00	Plumptre 82'	Report	Anvegård 2' Christiansen 39' Gauvin 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

5 December 2021 Group stage	Everton	1–0	Durham	Liverpool
13:00	Maier 30' Duggan 61'	Report	Hill 49'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park

15 December 2021 Group stage	Everton	0–2	Manchester United	Liverpool
19:00	Graham 19' Björn 82'	Report	D. Turner 20' (o.g.) Thomas 23'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MNU	MCI	EVE	LEI	DUR
1	Manchester United	4	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	9	Advances to knock-out stage	—	2–1		2–2
2	Manchester City	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking		—	5–1		3–0
3	Everton	4	2	0	0	2	5	8	−3	6		0–2		—		1–0
4	Leicester City	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5			P–P	1–3	—
5	Durham	4	0	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1		2–2			1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 15 December 2021

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Sandy MacIver	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Danielle Turner	12	1	9	1	0	0	2+1	0
4	DF	DEN	Rikke Sevecke	12	1	7+2	1	0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	SWE	Nathalie Björn	8	0	5	0	0	0	2+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Gabrielle George	13	0	9	0	0	0	3+1	0
7	MF	FRA	Kenza Dali	13	0	8+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Izzy Christiansen	13	1	9	0	0	0	4	1
9	FW	ENG	Toni Duggan	12	2	8+1	1	0	0	3	1
10	FW	NIR	Simone Magill	7	2	1+3	2	0	0	1+2	0
11	FW	SCO	Claire Emslie	8	1	5+2	1	0	0	0+1	0
13	MF	FRA	Valérie Gauvin	10	1	2+6	0	0	0	1+1	1
14	FW	DEN	Nicoline Sørensen	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Lucy Graham	9	0	3+2	0	0	0	1+3	0
18	GK	IRL	Courtney Brosnan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	FW	SWE	Anna Anvegård	9	2	5+1	1	0	0	1+2	1
20	MF	ENG	Megan Finnigan	7	0	2+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
21	DF	GER	Leonie Maier	9	1	5	1	0	0	3+1	0
22	MF	ITA	Aurora Galli	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
26	MF	ENG	Grace Clinton	7	1	1+3	0	0	0	3	1
28	MF	SWE	Hanna Bennison	13	1	3+6	1	0	0	3+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Poppy Pattinson	8	0	0+5	0	0	0	3	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
1 July 2021	MF	Kenza Dali	West Ham United	[3]
9 July 2021	FW	Toni Duggan	Atlético Madrid	[4]
10 July 2021	FW	Anna Anvegård	FC Rosengård	[5]
10 July 2021	DF	Nathalie Björn	FC Rosengård	[6]
16 July 2021	DF	Leonie Maier	Arsenal	[7]
26 July 2021	GK	Courtney Brosnan	West Ham United	[8]
28 July 2021	MF	Aurora Galli	Juventus	[9]
20 August 2021	GK	Cecilía Rúnarsdóttir	KIF Örebro	[10]
24 August 2021	MF	Hanna Bennison	FC Rosengård	[11]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
18 May 2021	DF	Ingrid Moe Wold	Retired	[12]
15 June 2021	FW	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	Aston Villa	[13][14]
29 June 2021	DF	Georgia Brougham	Leicester City	[15][16]
	MF	Maéva Clemaron	Tottenham Hotspur	[15][17]
	GK	Tinja-Riikka Korpela	Tottenham Hotspur	[15][18]
	MF	Molly Pike	Leicester City	[15][19]
	DF	Hannah Coan	Blackburn Rovers	[15][20]
23 July 2021	GK	Anna Pedersen	London City Lionesses	[21]
27 July 2021	MF	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	West Ham United	[22]
30 July 2021	FW	Elise Hughes	Charlton Athletic	[23]
17 August 2021	FW	Hayley Raso	Manchester City	[24]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
20 August 2021	GK		Cecilía Rúnarsdóttir	KIF Örebro	31 December 2021	[10]

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