# 2019–20 Everton F.C. (women) season

The 2019–20 Everton F.C. season was the club's third consecutive campaign in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been promoted at the end of the 2017 Spring Series. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, the team dropped Ladies from their name. Although now simply called Everton whenever possible, the club uses Everton Women in a formal capacity when necessary to avoid confusion with the men's team.
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. After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect. Everton sat in 7th at the time but moved ahead of Tottenham Hotspur into 6th on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.

## Squad

    As of 30 January 2020.
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 | Kirstie Levell |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kika van Es |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah |
| 8 | MF | NED | Inessa Kaagman |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Elise Hughes |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Abbey-Leigh Stringer |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Esme Morgan (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Molly Pike |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Hannah Cain |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Lucy Graham (captain) |
| 18 | GK | ENG | Sandy MacIver |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maéva Clémaron |
| 23 | GK | FIN | Tinja-Riikka Korpela |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Hannah Coan |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Izzy Christiansen |

## FA Women's Super League

Everton planned to only play their opening two home games at Haig Avenue in Southport before moving to their new Walton Hall Park site in time for their third home game, scheduled for 27 October 2019 against Brighton & Hove Albion. However, delays meant the move was postponed until February 2020. The Merseyside derby was also moved to Goodison Park, originally scheduled for 9 February although the game rearranged to March because of Storm Ciara.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 4 | Manchester United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 23 | 1.64 |
| 5 | Reading | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 21 | 1.50 |
| 6 | Everton | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 1.36 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 20 | 1.33 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 16 | 1.14 |

## Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Everton entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating Championship side London Bees in their opening fixture. On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020. Everton reached the final for the first time since 2014.

## FA Women's League Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MNU | MCI | BIR | EVE | LEI |
| 1 | Manchester United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | 11–1 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | 2–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | | 1–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Everton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Leicester City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | | — | — | 1–5 | 0–4 | — |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Kirstie Levell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds | 11 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner | 22 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Kika van Es | 14 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah | 18 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Inessa Kaagman | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Elise Hughes | 8 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill | 16 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 18 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Abbey-Leigh Stringer | 18 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Esme Morgan | 15 | 2 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Molly Pike | 21 | 2 | 7+6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Hannah Cain | 18 | 1 | 5+8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Lucy Graham | 22 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | ENG | Sandy MacIver | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Maéva Clémaron | 18 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | FIN | Tinja-Riikka Korpela | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Hannah Coan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Izzy Christiansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | DF | ENG | Aimee Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Ingrid Moe Wold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Damaris Egurrola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | DEN | Nicoline Sørensen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Valérie Gauvin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Rikke Sevecke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Poppy Pattinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Everton but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | ENG | Faye Bryson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | FA WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Chloe Kelly | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Lucy Graham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Inessa Kaagman | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | Valérie Gauvin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | DF | Esme Morgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | Molly Pike | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | Taylor Hinds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | Danielle Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Elise Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | Simone Magill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | Nicoline Sørensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | FW | Hannah Cain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 12 | 5 | 38 |
* 1 2 Joined during 2020–21 season but scored in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | Kika van Es | Ajax |
| 2 July 2019 | GK | Tinja-Riikka Korpela | Vålerenga |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Lucy Graham | Bristol City |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | Molly Pike | Chelsea |
| 11 July 2019 | MF | Maéva Clémaron | Fleury 91 |
| 27 December 2019 | MF | Izzy Christiansen | Olympique Lyon |
| 2 January 2020 | GK | Sandy MacIver | Clemson Tigers |
| 17 January 2020 | FW | Hayley Raso | Portland Thorns |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. |
| 16 August 2019 | DF | | Esme Morgan | Manchester City | End of season | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| 23 May 2019 | MF | Olivia Chance | Bristol City |
| 24 May 2019 | GK | Becky Flaherty | Sheffield United |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Emma Brownlie | Rangers |
| 3 June 2019 | FW | Claudia Walker | Birmingham City |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Dominique Bruinenberg | PEC Zwolle |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | Siri Worm | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | Angharad James | Reading |
| 18 January 2020 | DF | Faye Bryson | Bristol City |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Until | Ref. |
| 4 January 2020 | FW | | Elise Hughes | Bristol City | 30 January 2020 | |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | | Georgia Brougham | Birmingham City | End of season | |