# 2017–18 Arsenal W.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Arsenal Women's Football Club's 31st season of competitive football. They won the WSL Cup for the 5th time and finished Runner-Up to Chelsea for the FA Women's Cup. Arsenal finished 3rd in the Women's Super League, missing out on a spot in UEFA Women's Champions League by 1 point.
Joe Montemurro took over as Manager of Arsenal on 5 December 2017 after Pedro Martínez Losa had departed the club, one month into 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 | Sari van Veenendaal | (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) | 2015 | April 2016 | FC Twente |
| 13 | Anna Moorhouse | (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | February 2017 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 31 | Lucy Thomas | (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) | | | Homegrown |
| 32 | Emma Gibson | | | | Homegrown |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Alex Scott (captain) | (1984-10-30) 30 October 1984 (age 40) | 2012 | July 2017 | Boston Breakers |
| 3 | Emma Mitchell | (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | August 2015 | SGS Essen |
| 5 | Josephine Henning | (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | August 2017 | Lyon |
| 6 | Leah Williamson | (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | July 2015 | Homegrown |
| 12 | Vyan Sampson | (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | January 2016 | Homegrown |
| 16 | Louise Quinn | (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | May 2017 | Notts County |
| 19 | Jemma Rose | (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 33) | 2014 | December 2015 | Bristol Academy |
| 25 | Jessica Samuelsson | (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 33) | 2017 | August 2017 | Linköping FC |
| 29 | Shannon Cooke | (2000-02-02) 2 February 2000 (age 25) | 2018 | | Homegrown |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32) | 2010 | February 2016 | Sunderland |
| 10 | Kim Little | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | October 2016 | Seattle Reign |
| 17 | Heather O'Reilly | (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 40) | 2017 | January 2017 | Kansas City |
| 20 | Dominique Janssen | (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 30) | 2015 | April 2016 | SGS Essen |
| 21 | Daniëlle van de Donk | (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | October 2016 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC |
| 24 | Taylor Hinds | (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) | | | Northampton Town |
| 26 | Ava Kuyken | (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23) | | | Homegrown |
| 27 | Anna Filbey | (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 25) | | | Homegrown |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Danielle Carter | (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) | 2009 | August 2017 | Homegrown |
| 11 | Vivianne Miedema | (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28) | 2017 | May 2017 | Bayern Munich |
| 14 | Jodie Taylor | (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | March 2016 | Portland Thorns |
| 15 | Katie McCabe | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | December 2015 | Shelbourne |
| 18 | Lisa Evans | (1992-05-21) 21 May 1992 (age 32) | 2017 | June 2017 | Bayern Munich |
| 22 | Lauren James | (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23) | 2014 | | Chelsea |
| 23 | Beth Mead | (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | January 2017 | Sunderland |
| 28 | Jessica Ngunga | (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000 (age 24) | | | Tottenham Hotspur |
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 | Sari van Veenendaal | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 13 | Anna Moorhouse | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Lucy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Emma Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Alex Scott (captain) | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 |
| 3 | Emma Mitchell | 15+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24+3 | 4 |
| 5 | Josephine Henning | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Leah Williamson | 14+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25+3 | 1 |
| 12 | Vyan Sampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Louise Quinn | 14+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 22+5 | 3 |
| 19 | Jemma Rose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Jessica Samuelsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Shannon Cooke | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 9 |
| 10 | Kim Little | 8+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12+2 | 4 |
| 17 | Heather O'Reilly | 10+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 17+11 | 2 |
| 20 | Dominique Janssen | 16+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 26+2 | 4 |
| 21 | Daniëlle van de Donk | 17+1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26+1 | 6 |
| 24 | Taylor Hinds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | Ava Kuyken | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 27 | Anna Filbey | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Danielle Carter | 11+6 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 19+9 | 6 |
| 11 | Vivianne Miedema | 9+2 | 4 | 1+3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15+5 | 9 |
| 14 | Jodie Taylor | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 | 4+2 | 5 |
| 15 | Katie McCabe | 6+5 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+8 | 2 |
| 18 | Lisa Evans | 15+3 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 23+6 | 3 |
| 22 | Lauren James | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 |
| 23 | Beth Mead | 15+2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3+2 | 6 | 25+4 | 16 |
| 28 | Jessica Ngunga | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
Italic indicates an academy player.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | FW | Beth Mead | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Vivianne Miedema | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | Daniëlle van de Donk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | Jodie Taylor | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | Dominique Janssen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | Kim Little | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | Emma Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 18 | FW | Lisa Evans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 16 | DF | Louise Quinn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | FW | Katie McCabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | Leah Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | FW | Lauren James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 10 | 27 | 75 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | 16 | DF | Louise Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | DF | Dominique Janssen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | Lisa Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | DF | Leah Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | Heather O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | Sari van Veenendaal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | Daniëlle van de Donk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | Vivianne Miedema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Emma Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | Jemma Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | Josephine Henning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Super League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | Anna Moorhouse | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Sari van Veenendaal | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |

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

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 23 May 2017 | 11 | FW | Vivianne Miedema | Bayern Munich |
| 29 June 2017 | 18 | FW | Lisa Evans | Bayern Munich |
| 18 August 2017 | 25 | DF | Jessica Samuelsson | Linköping FC |
| 21 August 2017 | 5 | DF | Josephine Henning | Lyon |

### Contract extensions

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | At Arsenal since |
| 29 August 2017 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | Homegrown |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 29 June 2017 | 11 | MF | Carla Humphrey | Bristol City |
| 30 June 2017 | 27 | GK | Sian Rogers | Aston Villa |
| 11 July 2017 | 26 | FW | Rianna Dean | Millwall Lionesses |
| 27 July 2017 | 28 | MF | Charlie Devlin | Millwall Lionesses |
| 16 August 2017 | 4 | MF | Fara Williams | Reading |
| 21 November 2017 | 14 | FW | Jodie Taylor | Melbourne City |
| 25 January 2018 | 7 | FW | Chloe Kelly | Everton |
| 25 January 2018 | 24 | MF | Taylor Hinds | Everton |
| 16 February 2018 | 19 | DF | Jemma Rose | N/A |
| 16 February 2018 | 12 | DF | Vyan Sampson | West Ham United |

### Loans out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 1 August 2017 | 15 | FW | Katie McCabe | Glasgow City |
| 30 July 2017 | 7 | FW | Chloe Kelly | Everton |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Home alt. 1 | Home alt. 2 | Away |

#### Kit usage

| Kit | Combination | Usage | Usage |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks | WSL | Birmingham City (H) Manchester City (A) Bristol City (H) Everton (A) Sunderland (H) Chelsea (A) Yeovil Town (H) Everton (H) Chelsea (H) Reading (H) Yeovil Town (A) Liverpool (H) Birmingham City (A) Manchester City (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks | FA Cup | Yeovil Town (A) Millwall (H) Charlton Athletic (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks | WSL Cup | London Bees (H) Millwall (A) Reading (H) Watford (A) Sunderland (H) Manchester City (N) |
| Home alt. 1 | Red body White sleeves White shorts Red socks | FA Cup | Everton (A) Chelsea (N) |
| Home alt. 2 | Red body White sleeves Red shorts Red socks | WSL | Reading (A) |
| Home alt. 2 | Red body White sleeves Red shorts Red socks | WSL Cup | Reading (A) |
| Away | Blue body Blue sleeves Blue shorts Blue socks | WSL | Liverpool (A) Yeovil Town (A) Sunderland (A) Bristol City (A) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chelsea (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Manchester City (Q) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 37 | |
| 4 | Reading | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 32 | |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 30 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: FA WSL

### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Group stage

Group 1 South
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REA | ARS | WAT | MIL | LON |
| 1 | Reading | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | 4–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | 1–2 | — | — | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 4 | | — | 0–6 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Millwall Lionesses | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | — | — | — |
| 5 | London Bees | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | | — | — | 1–1 | 3–4 | — |