# 2015 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2015 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 27th season of competitive football and its second season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chelsea (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 32 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 30 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 27 | |
| 4 | Sunderland | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 20 | |
| 5 | Notts County | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 15 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 October 2015. Source: FA WSL

#### Results by matchday

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | LIV | DON | SUN | EVE | DUR |
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 15 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | — | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | — | 5–2 | — |
| 5 | Everton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Durham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | | — | — | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knock-out stages
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 4 October 2015
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | WSL | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Karen Bardsley | GK | 11 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 6 | | | | 18 | | | 1 |
| 2 | | Lucy Bronze | DF | 11 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 17 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | | Demi Stokes | DF | 14 | | 1 | | 3 | | | | 5 | | | | 22 | | 1 | |
| 5 | | Jennifer Beattie | DF | 14 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | 21 | | | |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 11 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | | | 18 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 | | Krystle Johnston | FW | 11 | | | | 2 | | | | 5 | 2 | | | 18 | 2 | | |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | 5 | | | | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 10 | 6 | | | 3 | 2 | | | 5 | 4 | | | 18 | 12 | | |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 14 | 6 | 1 | | 3 | | | | 6 | 3 | | | 23 | 9 | 1 | |
| 12 | | Georgia Stanway | FW | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 5 | 2 | | |
| 13 | | Alexandra Brooks | GK | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 15 | | Chelsea Nightingale | DF | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 16 | | Emma Lipman | DF | 3 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 7 | | 1 | |
| 17 | | Nikita Parris | FW | 13 | 4 | | | 3 | 3 | | | 5 | 4 | | | 21 | 11 | | |
| 19 | | Natasha Flint | MF | 6 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | 12 | | | |
| 20 | | Georgia Brougham | DF | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 23 | | Abbie McManus | DF | 7 | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | | 13 | | | |
| 24 | | Keira Walsh | MF | 6 | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | 11 | | | |
| 27 | | Daphne Corboz | MF | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 11 | 1 | | |
| 33 | | Kathleen Radtke | DF | 11 | | | | 3 | | | | 5 | | | | 19 | | | |
| 40 | | Natasha Harding | MF | 10 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 13 | 1 | | |
| Released | | Sarah Wiltshire | FW | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 25 | 6 | 2 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | 15 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | 7 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
    Correct as of 4 October 2015
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | FA Cup | WSL Cup | TOTAL |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 17 | | Nikita Parris | FW | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | | Lucy Bronze | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Krystle Johnston | FW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | | Georgia Stanway | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | | Daphne Corboz | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | | Natasha Harding | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 6 | 15 | 46 |