# 2022–23 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Manchester City Women's Football Club's 35th season of competitive football and their 10th season in the Women's Super League, the highest level of English women's football.

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Manchester United | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League second round |
| 3 | Arsenal | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 4 | Manchester City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 47 | |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 37 | |
| 6 | Everton | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 30 | |

### 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 being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League at the qualifying stage, Manchester City entered the League Cup at the group stage. Entering after the draw was made, they were placed in the only remaining Northern region group with four teams.
Group stage
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 12 | Advanced to knock-out stage |
| 2 | Liverpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Possible knock-out stage based on ranking |
| 3 | Leicester City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
Knockout stage

### Champions League

As a result of finishing third in the 2021–22 FA Women's Super League, Manchester City entered the Champions League in the first qualifying round.
First qualifying round

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 27 May 2023
Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | WSL | 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 | Ellie Roebuck | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Kerstin Casparij | 25 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Demi Stokes | 9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Laia Aleixandri | 25 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Alex Greenwood | 29 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Steph Houghton | 24 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Laura Coombs | 28 | 5 | 20+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Mary Fowler | 22 | 5 | 0+11 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 30 | 6 | 21+1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | VEN | Deyna Castellanos | 28 | 4 | 12+7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Lauren Hemp | 28 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | SWE | Filippa Angeldahl | 25 | 5 | 12+4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso | 25 | 5 | 1+15 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Esme Morgan | 23 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Leila Ouahabi | 24 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | JAM | Khadija Shaw | 30 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Sandy MacIver | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Yui Hasegawa | 27 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Khiara Keating | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Lois Marley-Paraskevas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Gracie Prior | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Emma Siddall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Jemima Dahou | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 30 | MF | ENG | Ruby Mace | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Annie Hutchings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | NOR | Julie Blakstad | 15 | 9 | 2+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 4 | 4+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for the club but left during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | ESP | Vicky Losada | 6 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Keira Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |