Frequently Asked Questions: Women's Super League

Established in 2010, the Women’s Super League held its first matches in 2011. But obviously this wasn’t the start of top level English female football. The Super League replaced the Women’s Premier League.

The Women’s Super League takes place from September through May, just like its male counterparts. However, this has only been the case since 2017.

Before that point, it played during much of the traditional off period for soccer, playing matches from March through October.

A total of eight teams played in the first Women’s Super League season. They were Arsenal, Birmingham City, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Chelsea, Bristol Academy, Liverpool, Lincoln Ladies and Everton.

More recently, a dozen teams take part in each season. Currently, that’s Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Reading, Leicester City and Brighton and Hove Albion.

By far and away the most successful team in the Women’s Super League is Chelsea. Since the first season in 2011, Chelsea have secured six title wins. On top of that, they’ve been winners twice. And their players have held the title of top goal scorers for four of these seasons, including Eniola Aluko, Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr (twice!).

You absolutely can. If you’re based in the United States, you can check out the action on NBC Sports and ATA Football. Meanwhile, Canadian fans can tune into the Women’s Super League on Sportsnet.

If you’re based in the UK, you can use the handy FA Player. Alternatively, Sky Sports, BBC One and BBC Two air matches too.

Yes, you can. One of our favorite places to bet on the Women’s Super League is bet365. Not only do they have a great range of markets and excellent promotions, new players can take advantage of this wild bet365 bonus code to make their sign up extra sweet.