2015 FA WSL
The 2015 season of the Women's Super League was the fifth season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England. The season was played from 25 March to 4 October. Liverpool were the defending champions from the 2014 FA WSL. Chelsea became the title winners and together with Manchester City (who finished as runners-up) qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League. This was the second season since the WSL 2 was introduced. As part of a two-year expansion plan, the WSL 1 will increase to nine teams  for the 2016 season. By the end of the 2015 season two teams (Reading and Doncaster Rovers Belles) were promoted from WSL 2 to WSL 1 and only one team (Bristol Academy) relegated to WSL 2, with one team being promoted from Premier League to WSL 2. Background. In December 2014, the FA WSL announced a two-year plan to expand WSL 1 from an eight to 10-team league. Two teams will be promoted from WSL 2, while one team will be relegated to WSL 2. Also, for the first time, a team from the FA Women's Premier  League earned promotion to WSL 2, effectively connecting the WSL to the rest of the English women's football pyramid. This will leave WSL 1 with nine teams and WSL 2 with 10 teams for the 2016 season, and with the process repeated the following year, both WSL 1 and WSL 2 will have 10 teams each for the 2017 season. WSL 1. Sunderland earned promotion last season after they won WSL 2 and met off-field licensing requirements. Everton were relegated. Table. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> WSL 2. Everton were relegated from WSL 1 last season. Table. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>  WSL Cup. All WSL 1 and WSL 2 teams take part. In addition to last season a quarter-final stage was added to the knock-out stage. The first match was played on 21 July 2015, after the WSL break for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Group 1. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 2. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group 3. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Knock-out stage. Quarter-finals. Reading are the only WSL 2 team to progress from the group stages. The quarter-finals were drawn on 1 September 2015.