The Manchester City women's squad is reading for another Women's Super League season – and looking to go one further than last time.
Club legend Steph Houghton’s retirement means a changing of the guard at City. Gareth Taylor remains in the dugout and will be hoping to go one better than last season where, if not for a dramatic late collapse against Arsenal in their penultimate game, City would have been champions.
They should challenge again – Khadija Shaw, Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly remain the best front three in the league and will be supplemented by Miedema’s arrival from Arsenal. A fit Jill Roord after her ACL injury will be key.
As a result of finishing second in the Women's Super League last season, Manchester City will enter the Champions League in the second qualifying round. Paris FC are up first, with City's fate known by the end of September.
This means that their League Cup journey is to be determined. Should City qualify for the Women's Champions League group stage, they will enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage: otherwise, they'll be into League Cup group stage.
We do know, however, that the FA Cup will come around in January. As a WSL outfit, the Cityzens are entering at the fourth round.
FourFourTwo has the full lowdown about the Manchester City women's squad for the following season, including previews on the key player in the side and the manager. Read on to find out more and find out more about all WSL squads here.
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Manchester City women's squad
Vivianne Miedema (Image credit: Getty Images)
The Manchester City women's squad for the Women's Super League, 2024/25
GK: Sandy MacIver
GK: Ayaka Yamashita
GK: Khiara Keating
GK: Katie Startup
DF: Risa Shimizu
DF: Naomi Layzell
DF: Laia Aleixandri (vice-captain)
DF: Alex Greenwood (captain)
DF: Alanna Kennedy
DF: Leila Ouahabi
DF: Kerstin Casparij
DF: Tara O'Hanlon
DF: Gracie Prior
MF: Laura Coombs
MF: Jill Roord
MF: Laura Blindkilde Brown
MF: Yui Hasegawa
FW: Vivianne Miedema
FW: Mary Fowler
FW: Chloe Kelly
FW: Lauren Hemp
FW: Jess Park
FW: Aoba Fujino
FW: Khadija Shaw
Squad numbers
The Manchester City women's squad numbers for the Women's Super League, 2024/25
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No.
Player
Pos
2
Risa Shimizu
DF
3
Naomi Layzell
DF
4
Laia Aleixandri (vice-captain)
DF
5
Alex Greenwood (captain)
DF
6
Vivianne Miedema
FW
7
Laura Coombs
MF
8
Mary Fowler
FW
9
Chloe Kelly
FW
10
Jill Roord
MF
11
Lauren Hemp
FW
14
Alanna Kennedy
DF
15
Leila Ouahabi
DF
16
Jess Park
FW
18
Kerstin Casparij
DF
19
Laura Blindkilde Brown
MF
20
Aoba Fujino
FW
21
Khadija Shaw
FW
22
Sandy MacIver
GK
25
Yui Hasegawa
MF
26
Tara O'Hanlon
DF
28
Gracie Prior
DF
31
Ayaka Yamashita
GK
35
Khiara Keating
GK
40
Katie Startup
GK
Key player
Manchester City women's key player: Alex Greenwood
Alex Greenwood (Image credit: Getty)
The experienced defender, who can play at either left-back or centre-back, has been named in the WSL Team of the Year for each of the last three seasons. A lynchpin of the Manchester City team, she previously helped their local rivals win promotion from the Championship.
Greenwood has also claimed silverware at Man City, winning the FA Cup and the League Cup once each, but the WSL title remains their priority. She will have a vital role to play as they seek to regain the trophy and end Chelsea’s winning streak.
Manager
Manchester City women's manager: Gareth Taylor
Gareth Taylor is a different kind of character to what you'd expect of the typical Manchester City overlord in the dugout: a 90s and 2000s journeyman who played at Maine Road for three seasons. This is his first managerial job, having been a youth coach on the men's side of the club since 2011.
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Jack has worked as a sports reporter full-time since 2021. He previously worked as the Chief Women’s Football Writer at the Mirror, covering the England Women’s national team and the Women’s Super League. Jack has reported on a number of major sporting events in recent years including the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on the ground in Australia. When not writing about the game, he can often spotted playing at a pitch somewhere in the west London area.
