# 2014 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2014 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 27th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the fourth 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 former against Everton in June. They also competed in the UEFA Women's Champions League, losing at the Quarter Final stage to Birmingham City, triggering a 5-year exile from the competition. After a poor start to the season, including three straight home defeats, Shelley Kerr stood down as Arsenal manager following the FA Cup Final win over Everton, and was replaced on an interim basis by their Centre of Excellence, John Bayer, and then later by Kelly Smith, who operated in a player-manager capacity. On the 29th August, Arsenal appointed Pedro Martinez Losa to be their full-time manager.
As this season bridged the gap between the Men's Team's 2013-14 and 2014-15 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 | December 2013 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 15 | Siobhan Chamberlain | (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41) | 2013 | December 2013 | Bristol Academy |
| 28 | Cherie Rowlands ‡ | (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 36) | 2013 | | Barnet |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Steph Houghton ‡ | (1988-04-23) 23 April 1988 (age 36) | 2010 | August 2010 | Leeds Carnegie |
| 22/2 | Alex Scott (captain) | (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 40) | 2012 | January 2014 | Boston Breakers |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracey ‡ | (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44) | 2000 | | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 18/3 | Emma Mitchell | (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | July 2013 | SGS Essen |
| 4 | Yukari Kinga | (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 (age 40) | 2014 | February 2014 | INAC Kobe Leonessa |
| 5 | Gilly Flaherty ‡ | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) | 2003 | | Millwall Lionesses |
| 5 | Casey Stoney | (1982-05-13) 13 May 1982 (age 42) | 2014 | January 2014 | Lincoln |
| 6 | Anouk Hoogendijk | (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 39) | 2014 | January 2014 | Ajax |
| 19 | Niamh Fahey | (1987-10-13) 13 October 1987 (age 37) | 2008 | | Salthill Devon |
| 25 | Jade Bailey | (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25) | 2013 | December 2013 | Homegrown |
| 34 | Vyan Sampson | (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | | Homegrown |
| 28 | Taome Oliver | (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28) | | | Homegrown |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 32) | 2010 | November 2013 | Sunderland |
| 14 | Leah Williamson | (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | | Homegrown |
| 16 | Kim Little ‡ | (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34) | 2008 | | Hibernian |
| 16 | Christie Murray | (1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 34) | 2014 | January 2014 | Glasgow City |
| 17 | Katie Chapman ‡ | (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42) | 2010 | | Chicago Red Stars |
| 17 | Turid Knaak | (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 34) | 2014 | July 2014 | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 20 | Caroline Weir | (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29) | 2013 | July 2013 | Hibernian |
| 24 | Freda Ayisi | (1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 (age 30) | 2013 | December 2013 | Homegrown |
| 30 | Bianca Bragg | (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 31) | | | Homegrown |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Shinobu Ohno | (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 41) | 2014 | February 2014 | Lyon |
| 9 | Ellen White ‡ | (1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 35) | 2010 | | Leeds Carnegie |
| 15/9 | Danielle Carter | (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31) | 2009 | November 2013 | Homegrown |
| 23/10 | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29) 29 October 1978 (age 46) | 2012 | January 2014 | Boston Breakers |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | January 2014 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 12 | Gemma Davison ‡ | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | 2012 | | Sky Blue FC |
Italic indicates an academy player.
‡ = Player played in the earlier rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League, but departed Arsenal before the start of the WSL Season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | UWCL | UWCL | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 15 | Siobhan Chamberlain | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | Cherie Rowlands ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | Steph Houghton ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22/2 | Alex Scott (captain) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 7 |
| 3 | Yvonne Tracey ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18/3 | Emma Mitchell | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | Yukari Kinga | 9+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20+4 | 1 |
| 5 | Gilly Flaherty ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Casey Stoney | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 6 | Anouk Hoogendijk | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 19 | Niamh Fahey | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 1 |
| 25 | Jade Bailey | 10+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 |
| 34 | Vyan Sampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Taome Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | Jordan Nobbs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17+1 | 9 |
| 14 | Leah Williamson | 11+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 21+4 | 2 |
| 16 | Kim Little ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Christie Murray | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 17 | Katie Chapman ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | Turid Knaak | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 |
| 20 | Caroline Weir | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 4+11 | 2 |
| 24 | Freda Ayisi | 4+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2+4 | 2 | 0+4 | 1 | 8+15 | 5 |
| 30 | Bianca Bragg | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | Shinobu Ohno | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20+2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ellen White ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | Danielle Carter | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6+1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 29+1 | 15 |
| 10 | Kelly Smith | 6+4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3+2 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 15+8 | 13 |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | 12+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25+6 | 3 |
| 12 | Gemma Davison ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
Italic indicates an academy player.
‡ = Player played in the earlier rounds of the UEFA Women's Champions League, but departed Arsenal before the start of the WSL Season

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | FA Cup | WSL Cup | UWCL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | Casey Stoney | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 22/2 | DF | Alex Scott (captain) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | Freda Ayisi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | Kim Little ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | Shinobu Ohno | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | Leah Williamson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | Caroline Weir | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | Turid Knaak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | Ellen White ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | Niamh Fahey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | Yukari Kinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | Steph Houghton ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 78 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | UWCL | UWCL | Total | Total |
| 1 | 19 | DF | Niamh Fahey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 18/3 | DF | Emma Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Danielle Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 24 | MF | Freda Ayisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 22/2 | DF | Alex Scott (captain) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | Casey Stoney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Name | Super League | FA Cup | WSL Cup | UWCL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Emma Byrne | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 15 | Siobhan Chamberlain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |

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

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 19 December 2013 | 15 | GK | Siobhan Chamberlain | Bristol Academy |
| 2 January 2014 | 5 | DF | Casey Stoney | Lincoln |
| 13 January 2014 | 6 | DF | Anouk Hoogendijk | Ajax |
| 30 January 2014 | 16 | MF | Christie Murray | Glasgow City |
| 15 February 2014 | 4 | DF | Yukari Kinga | INAC Kobe Leonessa |
| 15 February 2014 | 7 | FW | Shinobu Ohno | Lyon |

### Loans in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 4 July 2014 | 17 | MF | Turid Knaak | Bayer Leverkusen |

### Contract extensions

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | At Arsenal since |
| 8 November 2013 | 8 | MF | Jordan Nobbs | 2010 |
| 8 November 2013 | 9 | MF | Danielle Carter | Homegrown |
| 19 December 2013 | 1 | GK | Emma Byrne | 2000 |
| 23 December 2013 | 25 | FW | Jade Bailey | Homegrown |
| 23 December 2013 | 24 | MF | Freda Ayisi | Homegrown |
| 3 January 2014 | 2 | DF | Alex Scott | 2012 |
| 22 January 2014 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 2005 |
| 28 January 2014 | 10 | FW | Kelly Smith | 2012 |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 20 November 2013 | 16 | MF | Kim Little | Seattle Reign |
| 5 December 2013 | 2 | DF | Steph Houghton | Manchester City |
| 17 December 2013 | 12 | FW | Gemma Davison | Liverpool |
| 20 December 2013 | 9 | FW | Ellen White | Notts County |
| 9 January 2014 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman | Chelsea |
| 9 January 2014 | 5 | DF | Gilly Flaherty | Chelsea |
| 3 February 2014 | 3 | DF | Yvonne Tracy | Retired |
| 3 February 2014 | 7 | MF | Ciara Grant | Reading |
| 26 March 2014 | 31 | GK | Sophie Harris | London Bees |
| 4 April 2014 | 32 | DF | Molly Bartrip | Reading |
| 2014 | 28 | GK | Cherie Rowlands | London Bees |
| 2 July 2014 | 6 | DF | Anouk Hoogendijk | Ajax |
| 4 July 2014 | 30 | MF | Bianca Bragg | Reading |

## Club
### Kit (2013-14)

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper 4 |

#### Kit information

Nike supplied their last kit for Arsenal this season, which saw an end to 20 years of contract. Puma became the club's new supplier kit for next season.
* Home: The home kit from last season was unchanged. As usual, Arsenal switched to red socks in an event of a socks clashes in some away games.
* Away: The away kit used the traditional Arsenal colours of yellow and blue. The design appealed to a lot of fans. The kit was yellow with a blue polo neck collar and deep blue cuffs on the sleeves, both featuring thin yellow stripes. The away shorts were blue while the away socks featured the traditional Arsenal hoops socks design in blue and yellow, harking back to the style of those worn in the 1930s under the management of Herbert Chapman.
* Keeper: There were four goalkeeper kits, and all of them were all based on Nike's two-tone goalkeeper template. The home kit was grey and black with lime green accents. The away kit was in two shades of purple, while the third kit was in two tones of light green and was the most commonly worn strip. The fourth and the last kit was in two tones of silver.
| Kit | Combination | Usage | Usage |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks. | WSL | Notts County (A) Manchester City (H) Birmingham City (H) Bristol Academy (H) Chelsea (H) Everton (A) Notts County (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks. | WSL Cup | Watford (H) Reading (A) Chelsea (H) London Bees (H) Millwall (A) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks. | FA Cup | Gillingham (H) Birmingham City (A) Chelsea (A) Everton (N) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts White socks. | UWCL | CSHVSM-Kairat (A) CSHVSM-Kairat (H) Glasgow City (H) Birmingham City (A) Birmingham City (H) |
| Away | Yellow body Yellow Sleeves Blue shorts Hooped socks. | WSL | Liverpool (A) |
| Away | Yellow body Yellow Sleeves Blue shorts Hooped socks. | UWCL | Glasgow City (A) |

### Kit (2014-15)

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

#### Kit usage (2014-15)

| Kit | Combination | | Usage |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts Red hooped socks. | WSL | Manchester City (A) Birmingham City (A) Chelsea (H) Liverpool (H) Everton (H) |
| Home | Red body White sleeves White shorts Red hooped socks. | WSL Cup | Notts County (H) Manchester City (N) |
| Away | Yellow body Navy sleeves Navy shorts Navy hooped socks. | WSL | Bristol Academy (A) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Chelsea | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 26 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 25 | |
| 4 | Arsenal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 21 | |
| 5 | Manchester City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Notts County | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### FA WSL Cup
#### Group stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | ARS | WAT | MIL | REA | LON |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 12 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–0 | — | 13–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 12 | Advance to Knockout stage | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | — | — | 7–0 |
| 3 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | — | 1–5 | — | — |
| 4 | Millwall Lionesses | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5 | | — | 0–4 | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| 5 | Reading | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | AWD | — | — | — |
| 6 | London Bees | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 1 | | — | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–8 | — |
* ↑ Reading had three points deducted due to fielding a cup-tied player in the win against London Bees.
* ↑ Awarded win for Watford. Fixture was not played as Reading were removed from the Cup after fielding a cup-tied player the match earlier.

#### Knockout stage
### UEFA Women's Champions League
#### Round of 32

Match details

#### Round of 16

Match details

#### Quarter-Finals

Match details