# 2021–22 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Manchester City Women's Football Club's 34th season of competitive football and their ninth season in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chelsea (C) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 11 | +51 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Arsenal | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 10 | +55 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Manchester City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Manchester United | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 42 | |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 32 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2022. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, Manchester City entered the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

### League Cup

As a result of failing to progress from the Champions League qualifying rounds, Manchester City entered the FA Women's League Cup at the group stage. With the groups already drawn prior to their elimination, they were placed into the existing group of four in their geographical region.
Group stage
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Advances to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Possible knock-out stage based on ranking |
| 3 | Everton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Leicester City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | Durham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |
Knockout stage

### Champions League

Manchester City entered the revised format of the Champions League in the second qualifying round.
Second qualifying round

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 15 May 2022
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 | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Karen Bardsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Demi Stokes | 33 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Alex Greenwood | 36 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Steph Houghton | 9 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Laura Coombs | 27 | 4 | 6+10 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jill Scott | 11 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 7 | 2 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Georgia Stanway | 33 | 13 | 19+3 | 8 | 2+3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SWE | Filippa Angeldal | 23 | 2 | 6+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso | 22 | 4 | 8+5 | 3 | 0+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Esme Morgan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Lauren Hemp | 35 | 21 | 20+2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Jess Park | 23 | 2 | 8+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Vicky Losada | 21 | 5 | 6+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Ellen White | 34 | 10 | 13+9 | 4 | 3+1 | 3 | 4+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Caroline Weir | 32 | 14 | 17+2 | 6 | 4+1 | 3 | 3+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Lucy Bronze | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | JAM | Khadija Shaw | 27 | 16 | 9+8 | 9 | 2+2 | 3 | 3+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Keira Walsh | 28 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Ellie Roebuck | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Ruby Mace | 15 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy | 22 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | FRA | Karima Benameur Taieb | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Khiara Keating | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | NOR | Julie Blakstad | 13 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Ginny Lackey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Jemima Dahou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for the club but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | CAN | Janine Beckie | 20 | 2 | 5+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |