# 2017–18 Everton L.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Everton Ladies Football Club's first season returning to the FA Women's Super League since the 2014 season, having been promoted after winning the WSL2 Spring Series, and being one of the league's foundation clubs.
Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation for which to be competed.

## First team

    As of 12 February 2018.
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 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham |
| 5 | DF | NED | Siri Worm |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jodie Brett |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly |
| 12 | MF | WAL | Angharad James |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Lizzie Durack |
| 14 | MF | NED | Marthe Munsterman |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Emma Doyle |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Olivia Chance |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Mollie Green |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Faye Bryson |
| 28 | MF | WAL | Elise Hughes |

## New contracts

| Date | Pos | No. | Player | Contract end | Ref |
| 29 June 2017 | FW | 9 | Claudia Walker | 2019 | |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | 10 | Simone Magill | 2019 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Entry date | Pos | No. | Player | From club | Contract end | Fee |
| 28 March 2017 | FW | 21 | Mollie Green | Liverpool | | N/A |
| 27 June 2017 | DF | 23 | Gabrielle George | First professional club | 2019 | N/A |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | 5 | Siri Worm | Twente | | N/A |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | 14 | Marthe Munsterman | Twente | | N/A |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | 12 | Angharad James | Yeovil | | Free |
| 10 July 2017 | GK | 13 | Lizzie Durack | Notts County | | N/A |
| 27 July 2017 | MF | 8 | Jodie Brett | Chelsea | | N/A |
| 31 July 2017 | FW | 11 | Chloe Kelly | Arsenal | 2018 | Loan |
| 31 July 2017 | FW | 7 | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah | First professional club | 2018 | N/A |
| 13 September 2017 | FW | 18 | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2018 | FW | 11 | Chloe Kelly | Arsenal | 2020 | Permanent transfer |
| 25 January 2018 | DF | 15 | Taylor Hinds | Arsenal | 2019 | Permanent transfer |

### Out

| Exit date | Pos | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 15 June 2017 | MF | | Lauren Davies | Fylde | N/A |
| 15 June 2017 | MF | | Emily Hollinshead | Sheffield | N/A |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | | Rosella Ayane | Chelsea | End loan |
| 15 June 2017 | FW | | Amber Stobbs | West Ham United | N/A |
| 12 September 2017 | DF | 5 | Fern Whelan | Brighton | N/A |
| 12 September 2017 | FW | 22 | Aileen Whelan | Brighton | N/A |
| 21 September 2017 | MF | 8 | Michelle Hinnigan | Retired | N/A |
| 22 September 2017 | DF | | Ellie Stewart | Sunderland | N/A |
| | MF | 11 | Kelly Jones | | N/A |
| | DF | | Vicky Jones | | N/A |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Liverpool | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Sunderland (R) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 16 | Did not apply for a licence, Relegated to the FA Women's National League |
| 8 | Bristol City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 47 | −34 | 16 | |
| 9 | Everton | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 14 | |
| 10 | Yeovil Town | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 54 | −52 | 2 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 May 2018. Source: ELFC

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches
### WSL Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | EVE | BIR | DON | OXF |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Everton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | 1–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | | — | — | — | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Oxford United | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | | 0–6 | — | — | 1–5 | — |

#### Knock-out Rounds
## Statistics

    As of 26 May 2018
    Players without any appearance are not included.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Kirstie Levell | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Lizzie Durack | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner | 26 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham | 21 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Siri Worm | 23 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Faye Bryson | 18 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jodie Brett | 21 | 2 | 11+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | WAL | Angharad James | 23 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NED | Marthe Munsterman | 15 | 1 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Olivia Chance | 19 | 3 | 6+5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | WAL | Elise Hughes | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah | 17 | 5 | 9+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker | 9 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill | 11 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 24 | 10 | 13+2 | 3 | 4+1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | 27 | 9 | 17+1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Mollie Green | 17 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
* Source:

## Honours

* FA WSL Player of the Month - November: FW Courtney Sweetman-Kirk