Who has won the Barclays Women's Super League? Every winner so far

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There have been four different Barclays FA Women's Super League winners since it began in 2011

Chelsea Women, WSL
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Four different teams have been Barclays FA Women's Super League winners since the league began in 2011. Over the past decade, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool have all won the title with the competition having expanded from eight to 12 teams in that time. 

Arsenal were the inaugural WSL winners back in 2011 where a familiar pairing of Ellen White and Steph Houghton helped the most successful club team in women's football to what was technically their 13th league title.

It was a similar story the following year when Arsenal went unbeaten to become back-to-back Barclay's FA Women's Super League winners with Kim Little finishing as top scorer on 11 goals. It would be seven years until the next time they won the title in 2018/19.

Who has won the Women's Super League?

Matt Beard, Manager of Liverpool, shows appreciation to the fans following the Women's League Cup match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Leigh Sports Village on October 02, 2024 in Leigh, England.

Matt Beard is a manager who has won the WSL title (Image credit: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

It was Matt Beard's Liverpool who ended Arsenal's initial dominance by winning the league in both 2013 and 2014, with a young Lucy Bronze playing a starring role.

The 2014 title saw all three of Chelsea, Liverpool and Birmingham City in with a chance of winning the league on the final day of the season. In a dramatic turn of events, Chelsea lost to Manchester City, which saw Liverpool retain the title on goal difference.

Emma Hayes looks on during Chelsea's WSL match against Aston Villa in November 2023.

Emma Hayes won seven WSL titles in her reign at Chelsea (Image credit: Getty Images)

Chelsea were not going to make the same mistake again in 2015, as Emma Hayes' side picked up their first WSL title.

It was the club's first league title in their history and they have gone on to win it again in 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. One of their most impressive seasons was the 2020/21 campaign where forward pairing of Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr scored 37 goals between them.

The 2020/21 season also went down to the wire on the last day, with Manchester City finishing just two points of Emma Hayes's side – and close-run title races have become commonplace in the top flight.

Manchester City meanwhile won their first, and only, WSL title in 2016.

Chelsea have had a stranglehold on the league for the past five seasons and are currently on track to win the title again in the 2024/25 season.

Here full list of Barclay's FA Women's Super League winners:

  • Chelsea - Seven (2015, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)
  • Arsenal - Three (2011, 2012, 2018/19)
  • Liverpool - Two (2013, 2014)
  • Manchester City - One (2016)
Jessy Parker Humphreys

Jessy Parker Humphreys is a freelance women's football writer. A Chelsea fan, Jessy has been following the women's game since being taken to the 2003/04 FA Cup final at Loftus Road and seeing Arsenal thrash Jessy's local side Charlton. Fortunately, Arsenal don't win quite as much as they used to – although Jessy hopes Charlton will also be back at the top of the women's game one day.

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