# 2016 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2016 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 29th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the sixth edition of the FA WSL, England's top flight for women's football since 2011. Arsenal also played in the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup, winning the final of the former against Chelsea in May. This was the last full WSL season to played over the summer. The following year, the Spring Series was run, as the WSL transitioned to a winter-based season, in line with the Men's Teams.
As this season bridged the gap between the Men's Team's 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, the team wore two different sets of kits during each half of the season.

## Squad statistics
### First team squad

Squad statistics correct as of May 2018
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Last Contract | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 45) | 2000 | August 2015 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 13 | Sari van Veenendaal | (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) | 2015 | July 2015 | FC Twente |
| 23 | Hollie Augustus | | | | Homegrown |
| 27 | Sian Rogers | (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) | 2015 | | Birmingham City |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Alex Scott (captain) | (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 40) | 2012 | January 2014 | Boston Breakers |
| 3 | Emma Mitchell | (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | August 2015 | SGS Essen |
| 5 | Casey Stoney | (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42) | 2014 | August 2015 | Lincoln |
| 12 | Vyan Sampson | (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | January 2016 | Homegrown |
| 19 | Jemma Rose | (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 33) | 2014 | December 2015 | Bristol Academy |
| 22 | Josephine Henning | (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | February 2016 | Lyon |
| 24 | Lotte Wubben-Moy | (1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 26) | 2015 | | Homegrown |
| 34 | Taylor Hinds | (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) | | | Northampton Town |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Fara Williams | (1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 41) | 2016 | January 2016 | Liverpool |
| 6 | Vicky Losada | (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | January 2015 | Barcelona |
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32) | 2010 | February 2016 | Sunderland |
| 14 | Leah Williamson | (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | July 2015 | Homegrown |
| 16 | Carla Humphrey | (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 28) | 2015 | February 2015 | Homegrown |
| 17 | Marta Corredera | (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | July 2015 | Barcelona |
| 20 | Dominique Janssen | (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 30) | 2015 | July 2015 | SGS Essen |
| 21 | Daniëlle van de Donk | (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | November 2015 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC |
| 28 | Charlie Devlin | (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26) | 2012 | | Homegrown |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Natalia Pablos | (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 39) | 2014 | December 2014 | Bristol Academy |
| 9 | Danielle Carter | (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) | 2009 | January 2016 | Homegrown |
| 10 | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29) 29 October 1978 (age 46) | 2012 | February 2016 | Boston Breakers |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | January 2014 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 15 | Katie McCabe | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | December 2015 | Shelbourne |
| 18 | Jodie Taylor | (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | March 2016 | Portland Thorns |
| 24 | Asisat Oshoala | (1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 (age 30) | 2016 | March 2016 | Liverpool |
| 25 | Chloe Kelly | (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 27) | 2015 | February 2016 | Homegrown |
| 26 | Rianna Dean | (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 26) | | | Homegrown |
Italic indicates an academy player.

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Sari van Veenendaal | 15+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 |
| 23 | Hollie Augustus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Sian Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Alex Scott (captain) | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Emma Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 |
| 5 | Casey Stoney | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 12 | Vyan Sampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Jemma Rose | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 |
| 22 | Josephine Henning | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 |
| 24 | Lotte Wubben-Moy | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | Taylor Hinds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Fara Williams | 12+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17+4 | 6 |
| 6 | Vicky Losada | 12+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 17+3 | 3 |
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | 13+1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20+1 | 5 |
| 14 | Leah Williamson | 7+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 |
| 16 | Carla Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Marta Corredera | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 |
| 20 | Dominique Janssen | 8+7 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14+8 | 4 |
| 21 | Daniëlle van de Donk | 14+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19+2 | 6 |
| 28 | Charlie Devlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Natalia Pablos | 6+5 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+10 | 5 |
| 9 | Danielle Carter | 13 | 6 | 3+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18+1 | 10 |
| 10 | Kelly Smith | 1+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 4+7 | 3 |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Katie McCabe | 5+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 |
| 18 | Jodie Taylor | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 24 | Asisat Oshoala | 7+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 10+7 | 4 |
| 25 | Chloe Kelly | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 26 | Rianna Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Italic indicates an academy player.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | FA Cup | WSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | Daniëlle van de Donk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 4 | MF | Fara Williams | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | Natalia Pablos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | FW | Asisat Oshoala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | Dominique Janssen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Vicky Losada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | FW | Jodie Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | FW | Chloe Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | Casey Stoney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 11 | 6 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | 3 | DF | Emma Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | Jemma Rose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Emma Byrne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | Casey Stoney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | Josephine Henning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Vicky Losada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | Daniëlle van de Donk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | Asisat Oshoala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | Natalia Pablos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | Fara Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | Alex Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Super League | FA Cup | WSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | Sari van Veenendaal | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Emma Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |

## Transfers, loans and other signings
### Transfers in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 20 November 2015 | 21 | MF | Daniëlle van de Donk | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC |
| 23 December 2015 | 15 | FW | Katie McCabe | Shelbourne |
| 5 January 2016 | 4 | MF | Fara Williams | Liverpool |
| 18 February 2016 | 22 | DF | Josephine Henning | Lyon |
| 18 March 2016 | 24 | FW | Asisat Oshoala | Liverpool |
| 24 March 2016 | 18 | FW | Jodie Taylor | Portland Thorns |

### Contract extensions

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | At Arsenal since |
| 15 December 2015 | 19 | DF | Jemma Rose | 2014 |
| 19 January 2016 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | Homegrown |
| 25 January 2016 | 12 | DF | Vyan Sampson | 2014 |
| 16 February 2016 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 2010 |
| 24 February 2016 | 25 | FW | Chloe Kelly | Homegrown |
| 25 February 2016 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 2012 |
| 17 June 2016 | 22 | DF | Josephine Henning | 2016 |
| 28 June 2016 | 28 | MF | Charlie Devlin | 2012 |
| 4 April 2016 | 13 | GK | Sari van Veenendaal | 2015 |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 20 November 2015 | 12 | FW | Chioma Ubogagu | Houston Dash |
| 18 December 2015 | 15 | GK | Siobhan Chamberlain | Liverpool |
| 11 January 2016 | 25 | DF | Jade Bailey | Chelsea |
| 31 March 2016 | 28 | DF | Taome Oliver | Notts County |
| | 21 | FW | Evie Clarke | London Bees |
| 7 July 2016 | 23 | GK | Hollie Augustus | AFC Fylde |

### Loans out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 11 October 2015 | 23 | GK | Hollie Augustus | Lewes |
| 20 January 2016 | 16 | MF | Carla Humphrey | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 18 March 2016 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | Notts County |
| 30 June 2016 | 25 | FW | Chloe Kelly | Everton |

## Club
### Kit (2015-16)

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

### Kit information

This is Puma's second year supplying Arsenal kit, having taken over from Nike at the beginning of the 2014–15 season.
* Home: The home kit features Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white. The kit features red trim on the sleeves and a grandad collar. Additionally, golden trim features on the kit for the first time since 2006–07. The traditional white socks are returned to the kit after the club played in hooped socks last season.
* Away: The away kit features the colours gold and navy, and is similar to the away kit worn in the 2001–02 season. The shirt has navy shoulders and a crew-neck, but the most striking feature of the kit is the subtle diamond graphic on the body of the shirt. The strip is combined with navy shorts and socks.
* Third: The third kit, which is set to be used in cup competitions, is mainly anthracite with white, gold and 'Capri Breeze' (turquoise) diagonal sashes. The kit features a monochromatic golden Arsenal badge and is combined with anthracite shorts and socks.
* Keeper: The goalkeeper kits are based in Puma new goalkeeper template utilised by the supplier's top clubs, which feature contrasting hoops on the top half of the body. The first-choice strip is dark grey with golden hoops and a lighter grey stripe on the sleeves, while the second-choice strip is aqua with black hoops and golden detailing. The alternative strip is orange and also features black hoops.

#### Kit usage (2015-16)

| Kit | Combination | Usage | Usage |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks | WSL | Reading (H) Manchester City (A) Chelsea (H) Reading (A) Birmingham City (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks | FA Cup | Birmingham City (A) Notts County (H) Sunderland (H) Chelsea (N) |
| Away | Gold body Navy sleeves Navy shorts Navy socks | WSL | Sunderland (A) |

### Kit (2016-17)

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away |

### Kit information

This is third consecutive season Puma has supplied Arsenal with kits.
* Home: The home kit features Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white, with the addition of a dark trim around the lowered neck line, on the sleeve (hooped) and along the red stripe on the shorts. The distinguishing feature of the kit is the darkened, vertical, red stripe across the centre of the kit. It also features predominantly red socks for the first time since the 2004–05 season (as opposed to only featuring on the alternate kits).
* Away: The away kit is predominantly yellow following the trend of recent Arsenal away kits. The contrasting colour is "gunmetal grey" which appears on the collar (alongside a thin, centred, yellow line), as a trim on the v-shaped neck line and on the sleeve, separated by a large yellow strip across the shoulders and multiple hooped yellow lines across the bottom section of the sleeve. The shorts are predominantly gunmetal grey, with a yellow trim along the sides. The socks are yellow with multiple gunmetal grey hooped lines on the upper section.
* Third: The third kit is an abstraction from previous alternate kits for Arsenal as it predominantly features a single colour of dark blue. A vibrant neon yellow forms the detail across a wide strip on the shoulder and on the cuffs of the sleeves. The shorts are also dark blue with neon yellow detail along the sides and the kit is completed with single-colour neon yellow socks with a single dark blue hoop on the upper section.

#### Kit usage (2016-17)

| Kit | Combination | Usage | Usage |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts Red socks | WSL | Sunderland (H) Birmingham City (A) Notts County (H) Chelsea (A) Liverpool (H) Notts County (A) Manchester City (H) Doncaster Rovers Belles (A) Doncaster Rovers Belles (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts Red socks | WSL Cup | Reading (A) Notts County (H) Manchester City (A) |
| Away | Yellow body Grey sleeves Grey shorts Yellow socks | WSL | Liverpool (A) |

## Competitions
### FA WSL
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester City (C) | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Chelsea | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 37 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 32 | |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 27 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 25 | |

### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |