Futsal Women’s World Cup qualifying: Format, calendar

UEFA have provided an update on the FIFA Futsal WWC 2025 qualifying format: no preliminary round, a main round and an elite round to decide the four UEFA side that will qualify for the tournament.

UEFA qualifying contenders

Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Czechia
England
Finland
France
Gibraltar
Hungary
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Ukraine

Main round (draw and match dates TBC)

  • The 24 teams (all entrants apart from top seeds Portugal and Spain) are drawn into six groups of four
  • The group winners and, if necessary*, the best runner-up qualify for the elite round.

*Depending on an eventual European World Cup host selection

Elite round (draw and match dates TBC)

  • The eight teams, including Portugal and Spain, are drawn into two groups of four.
  • The top two in each group qualify for the finals.

France will hope to make it to the Elite Round for their first time in any UEFA tournament. We can also note that the FIGC has expressed an interest in hosting the World Cup in 2025 and it could potentially impact the qualification.

France Futsal WNT earn their first ever win

In their fourth game, the French team defeated Slovenia away three goals to one to record their first ever win. The full record is P4 W1 D2 L1.

The first game was a double header in France that ended with a 1-1 draw and a 1-2 defeat against Finland and then France played a double header away to Slovenia with a 2-2 draw and a 3-1 win.

The France Futsal WNT was recently created as part of the FFF commitment towards the sport and with the FIFA Futsal WWC being set for 2025, it came at right time for France to enter the tournament qualification. Those qualifiers will start in October.

The FFF has pledged 18.4 M€ for the 2022-25 cycle in order to develop men and women futsal. The MNT has recently qualified for the 2024 FIFA WC, obviously the WNT will try their best to get one of the four spots for the 2025 FIFA WWC, but it is unlikely as the team has just started with the first ever training camp taking place back in September 23.

If we look at the goalscorers for France for those four games

France 1 Finland 1 (Lena Jouan)

France 1 Finland 2 (Alexandra Atamaniuk) a player who won the u-19 2013 Euros in Wales in 11 a side football alongside M’Bock Bathy, Tounkara, Tolleti, Durand, Lavogez, Le Bihan etc

Slovenia 2 France 2 (Amandine Billon, Lena Jouan)

Slovenia 1 France 3 ( Alexandra Atamaniuk, Lena Jouan x2)

To recap Lena Jouan 4, Alexandra Atamaniuk 2, Amandine Billon 1)

Up next will be a tournament in Serbia in 14,16,17 and 18 March, here France will take on the host, plus Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.

FIFA Futsal WWC 2025 qualifiers UEFA zone

As France recently started the futsal WNT and I was one of the lucky person who managed to attend the two games against Finland, it was great to learn that FIFA finally launched the FIFA Futsal WWC and it will take place in 2025 with the host to be named soon.

UEFA have therefore announced that the Euros will now take place every four years instead of every two years which makes sense in alternance with the World Cup. They have also announced the qualifying mode: there will be three phases

Preliminary round (draw 27 February, matches 14–19 May)

  • The teams are drawn into groups of three or four teams, depending on the level of entries.
  • Group winners and if required the best runner(s)-up progress to the main round.

Main round (draw 27 February, match dates TBC)

  • The 24 teams (including a number entering directly in the main round depending on the level of entries) are drawn into six groups of four
  • The group winners and, if necessary*, the best runner-up qualify for the elite round.

*Depending on an eventual European World Cup host selection

Elite round (draw and match dates TBC)

  • The eight teams, including Portugal and Spain, are drawn into two groups of four.
  • The top two in each group qualify for the finals.

Now there were 24 teams involved in the last Euros and we can now add Norway, France and England at least. So there should a lot of teams involved in the Preliminary Round

France name their preliminary World Cup 2023 squad

Herve Renard has chose 26 players who will report today at Clairefontaine to prepare the tournament. France will play two friendlies Republic of Ireland away on 06 July and Australia away on 14th of July before the tournament starts.

Here is the full squad:

There are four goalkeepers, eight defenders, eight midfield and six forwards. Herve Renard said Solene Durand with compete with Mylene Chavas for the third GK place. The fourth goalkeeper will travel to Australia in case of an injury as it is a specific position unlike an outfield player.

The big question is who will be the two outfield players that will not travel to Australia. During his press conference, Herve Renard was quite clear that Aissatou Tounkara was behind all the other defenders in the pecking order. As we know she has not had any real playing time with Manchester United this season.

In all logic, we will therefore have Eve Perisset at right-back with Elisa De Almeida as her back-up. The left-backs will be Sakina Karchaoui and Salma Bacha, who will also compete for the left-winger spot. At Centre-back, Captain Wendie Renard, Elisa De Almeida and Estelle Cascarino.

Then you would expect a midfielder to be left out, because with seven defenders only, you would not want to go to Australia with six defenders, if for example Maelle Lakrar another defender at the back of the pecking order was the second players to be released. It would mean a 3-6-8-6 configuration and quite a risk. If you get one injury and one suspension during the tournament, you end up short of defenders.

The midfield list has two defensive midfielders Amandine Henry and Oriane Jean-Francois, that’s one experienced and one up and coming player. There is one deep playmaker in Sandie Toletti. Two box to box players in Grace Geoyro and Laurina Fazer, again one experienced player and one upcoming youngster. Two playmakers Kenza Dali and Lea Le Garrec who has recently come back into the squad after years in the wilderness and one left-winger Amel Majri. It has to be said, should two defenders be left-out of the final squad, it means the coah intends to use either Geyoro or Henry as emergency centre-back solutions.

There are only six forwards in the long list, you would certainly expect all of them to be selected in the final 23. It is interesting to note that two youngsters Vicky Becho and Naomie Feller have been selected ahead of more experienced players and will be used as super-subs during the tournament. I was lucky to see them recently play the Netherlands u-23 away in Almere and they certainly looked good.

The final 23 are likely to be named just before leaving to play the friendly in Dublin. There are probably five or six players on the fringe fighting not to be left out and they have two weeks to convince the staff to take them on the trip to Australia.

Who could make the France WWC 2023 squad?

Looking at Herve Renard’s choices and options for the tournament

Herve Renard has taken over the France WNT team following the sacking of Corinne Diacre due to the players’ rebellion validated by the FFF. He has managed two games already and will be left with two more friendlies away to Ireland and Australia before the tournament’s start.

We will have a look at the players who are likely to be on the plane, those who have a chance and those who are more or less blacklisted already and will not travel to Australia unless something big happens.

Originally, Herve Renard had selected 27 players in his first squad list. Of course, he had limited time and knowledge of the women players and therefore was helped with a 51 players long-list provided to him by people in the know. He was also helped by the women’s football committee to choose those players. In the end only 26 players came as one of them got injured the day before the list was revealed.

So I have split the players into four categories: those who are definitely going to Australia if they don’t get injured before the tournament. Those who are definitely going if they come back to full fitness as they are currently injured. Those who can possibly go as they are on the edge of the squad, those who have an outside chance.

I believe 18 players are definitely going to the World Cup:

Three goalkeepers Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, Constance Picaud and Mylene Chavas. The first two got a game each and with the goalkeeping coach the only survivor from Diacre’s coaching staff, PPM is still number one in the hierarchy.

One right-back Eve Perisset, there is no doubt the Chelsea defender will be there.

Two left-backs Selma Bacha and Sakina Karchaoui, the Lyon and PSG defenders are also definitely going too.

Three centre-backs Wendie Renard, Elisa De Almeida, Estelle Cascarino. Renard being the captain is guaranteed to go. De Almeida and Cascarino got a games as starters and can also play at full-back is needed. Their versatility is an asset and De Almeida could compete for the right-back spot with Perisset as per Herve Renard post match conference against Canada.

One defensive midfield Oriane Jean-Francois got one start and one game as sub with a good performance. There is also the fact that three other defensive midfielders have not been called up is a clear sign she is ahead of them.

Two central midfield Sandie Toletti and Grace Geyoro, both are key players and likely to be starters in July

Two attacking midfield Kenza Dali and Lea Le Garrec, there is no doubt Dali who has been ever present in the squad will be there. Le Garrec returned to the team after a five years absence and therefore has to fight for her place in the 23. She did really well when she came on against Canada getting a goal and with the lack of playmakers in the squad, she could be an excellent option from the bench in the tournament.

One right-winger Delphine Cascarino, she simply could be a world class player if her performances and final product were consistent. That consistency has been her problem for many many years, because her talent is incredible.

One left-winger Amel Majri, she has returned to the squad with her baby in tow thanks to the new FFF policy decided under Diacre and implemented by Renard. She can also play in central midfield too.

Two centre-forwards Eugenie Le Sommer-Dariel and Clara Mateo. Le Sommer returned to the squad thanks to Herve Renard who named her vice-captain as well. She is guaranteed to go to Australia to bring her experience and probably to come late in games as a super-sub. Mateo Has been very consistent in D1Arkema and has matured as a player in recent seasons.

Now we can add four more players who will definitely travel to Australia if they can prove their fitness as they are key players:

1 cente-back Griedge M’Bock Bathy

1 defensive midfield Amandine Henry

1 right-winger Kadidiatou Diani

1 striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto

There are questions mark about M’Bock-Bathy and Katoto because their clubs do not communicate much about when they will come back. Diani will be back soon from her collarbone injury. Henry is back to full fitness but off sick. She is currently in conflict with her club Lyon, because she wanted to leave early to sign for Angel City, while the club does not want to release her.

Herve Renard clearly counts on those four players and has called them when he took over. Potentially up to 22 players are more or less on the plane and only one available spot

We can also talk about those who have not been called up and seem out of the reckoning despite being important players under Diacre: Marion Torrent, Ella Pallis and Charlotte Bilbault. As always with a new coach, some players simply disappear because they do not fit into what the manager want.

Keira Hamraoui was not called up as well and Herve Renard explained why in his firsts press conference “ first of all a sporting choice, but also when you build up a squad, there are many elements to be taken into consideration. You have to ask the right questions and build up your squad accordingly”. It is quite clear, some players do not get on with her and it is enough not to call her up.

Who could be the final player in the squad. Two wingers are really on the fringe and fighting for that last spot. Sandy Baltimore on the left side, whose form has not been as brilliant as it was in previous season. She was recently fined by the police 1 500€ with 1000€ suspended for violence against a former friend and has to pay 1 500€ to the victim too.

The other winger is Vivianne Asseyi who is having a superb season with West Ham in England. She faces a lot of competition in attack on the right-wing, with Cascarino and Diani.

All the other players called up during the international break for the games against Colombia and Canada are basically outsiders. Two of them were actually called-up for the u-23 team that was playing a friendly in the Netherlands forward Melvine Malard and right-back Jade le Guilly.

You also have two centre-backs who made the bench for only one game out of two and got zero minute and therefore are clearly at the back in the pecking order: Maelle Lakrar and Hawa Cissoko. Same situation for the striker Ouleymata Sarr who made the bench only once and got zero minute too. last but not least Kessya Bussy who was originally called up, but pulled out of the camp and was replaced by Malard.

One of those seven players is likely to make the squad if one of the player ahead of them ends up injured before the tournament, or if one of the four players who need to prove their fitness does not make it.

France were planning to go into camp early June as the coach needs to learn about his players quickly. A big squad with up to 30 players would be selected and then trimmed to 23 at a point before the Ireland friendly in Dubin. But those plans might go to the bin now that the ECA has said that players would only be released ten days before the tournament start as per the FIFA regulations.

Herve Renard’s contract run until the end of the Paris 2024 Olympics, and he said the aim was to reach the semi-finals of both tournament. It will not be easy at all considering the strength of the opposition in both tournament. The pressure is certainly on him and mainly on the players who managed to get Corinne Diacre sacked and questions will be asked if the team fails to win again.

Update 25 May.

Delphine Cascarino and Kessya Bussy are out of the tournament due to injuries. The squad announcement will take place on 6 June.

Update 26 May

Le Parisien reports Marie-Antoinette Katoto will not be ready for the World Cup. The article also mentions that Griedge M’Bock Bathy is even further away from fitness than Katoto. https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/equipe-de-france-feminine-katoto-vers-un-forfait-pour-la-coupe-du-monde-26-05-2023-ACUWUS5RKRF57H4VEOTENDXI3E.php?at_creation=Le%20Parisien%20|%20PSG&at_campaign=Partage%20Twitter%20CM&at_medium=Social%20media and https://www.flashscore.fr/actualites/football-coupe-du-monde-femmes-bleues-katoto-au-mondial-on-va-se-donner-toutes-les-chances-dit-herve-renard-a-l-afp/WYtXQdae/

Herve Renard should announce an extended squad on 6 June with more than 23 players.

France Nations’ League and Euro qualifiers dates announced

New UEFA competition starting next September making it a busy calendar for our national team

The Nations League schedule is now out and France will be play their six group games at the following dates:

France – Portugal 22 September 23 to be played at Valenciennes, Stade du Hainault
Austria – France 26 September 23
Norway – France 27 October 23
France – Norway 31 October 23 to be played at Reims, Stade Auguste-Delaune
France – Austria 30 November 23 to be played at Rennes, Roazhon Park
Portugal – France 5 December 23

Should France make it to the finals by winning the group, they will be played between 21 and 28 February 24. Should France not make the Nations League finals, they will play a home friendly in Sochaux, Stade Bonal.

Should France finish in the bottom two teams: all fourth-placed teams in Leagues A and B, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team in League B, will be relegated to the next league. The third-placed teams in League A play matches against the League B runners-up, with the winners playing in League A and the defeated teams in League B.

The Nations League also act as a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympics. France automatically qualify as host with UEFA getting three slots overall that will be attributed to the Nations League finalists. Or to the third place play-off winner should France make the Nations League final.

It is also important to note that the Euro qualifiers will start straightaway after the Nations League finishes.

And there we have a huge problem in term of players welfare when you look at the UEFA calendar 2023/24 and the FIFA international calendar .

Euro qualifiers Matchday 1-2: 01-09 April 24

Euro qualifiers Matchday 3-4: 27 May- 04 Jun 24

Euro qualifiers Matchday 5-6: 08 – 16 July 24

Teams then will go straight into the Paris Olympics 25 July – 10 August 24.

Autumn 2024 will see the Euro play-offs take place as follows:

Direct qualification for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

The final European Qualifiers league ranking will reward the eight top teams in League A with direct qualification for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025. If hosts Switzerland have not qualified automatically, they will be guaranteed a slot.

European Qualifiers play-offs for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025

The remaining slots will be contested over two rounds of home-and-away European Qualifiers play-offs. The play-off path illustrated below may be adjusted to take into account the performance of the team(s) of the host association(s).

In the first round, the teams finishing third and fourth in League A will play the winners and three best-ranked runners-up in League C. The eight winners progress to the second round.

The four group winners and two best-ranked runners-up in League B will be drawn into six ties against the remaining two runners-up and four third-placed teams in League B. The six winners progress to the second round.

In the second round, the teams will be drawn into seven ties, with the seven winners progressing to the final tournament.

Play-offs first round dates: 21 – 29 October 24

Play-offs second round dates: 25 November – 03 December 24

At that point, all 16 teams that have qualified for the Euro 25 will be known.

Then there will be 3 international windows between January and June 25, where teams will be able to play up to seven friendlies overall. Basically the same situation we have right-now pre-world cup where teams have only played friendlies between Jan 23 and July 23.

Division 1 Arkema and D2 Feminine latest news

Here are the latest League updates from the French D1 and D2

D1 Arkema

Matchday 19

Dijon 0 Le Havre 2

Reims 1 Fleury 3

Bordeaux 3 Soyaux 0

Rodez 2 Montpellier 3

Guingamp 0 Paris SG 1

Lyon 2 Paris FC 0

League table

The title race will go down the wire between Lyon and PSG as usual. They will play each other on Matchday 21 Sunday 21 May at 9pm CET live on Canal Plus.  

The third place race will also go down the wire too. FC Fleury have overtaken Paris FC, both teams have 35 points, but the head to head results the first tie-breaker means Fleury are in front.

At the bottom of the table, two out of three from Soyaux, Rodez and Dijon will go down. Soyaux are nearly down, only one point separates Rodez and Dijon. Rodez have the head to head advantage, so can afford to finish level on point with Dijon.

Matchday 20 will take place on Saturday 6 May as the FFF had planned a week-end off for the Champions League semi-final, expecting one of the French team to make them. Then the following week-end will the Coupe de France Feminine final between Lyon and PSG on Saturday 13 May at 4pm CET.

Division 2 Feminine.

The FFF have recently introduced many changes for the Leagues, we will come back on the news later this week to develop the subject. With the introduction of the Division 3, the FFF has decided to reduce the D2 teams’ number from 24 to 12. It means half of the Group A and half of the Group B teams will go down. One team will also go up to the D1 Arkema.

Tables:

With four games to go, there is nearly no doubt than Lille in Group A and Saint-Etienne in Group B will go up.  Then the relegation battle is a dogfight. In Group A, only Strasbourg and Metz are guaranteed to stay up. While in Group B, Marseille, Nice and Thonon-Evian are staying up.  Nimes are already down. Those eight teams are the only ones who are not under pressure. It leaves 16 teams fighting for survival with four games to go.

Matchday 19 will take place on Sunday 23 April, we might know the promoted teams by Sunday night and more relegated teams should be known too.

Group A

Issy-La Roche-sur-Yon

Paris CA-Lille

Lens-Le Mans

Strasbourg-Nantes

Brest-Saint-Malo

Orléans-Metz

Group B

Albi Marssac-Yzeure

Montauban-Le Puy

Nice-Nîmes

Saint-Étienne-Thonon Évian

Grenoble-Clermont

Toulouse-Marseille

TV rights for French women’s football are now on sale

Bids are now open with a closing date of 4th of May.

The rights for France Women national teams and the D1 Arkema are to be sold for the 2023/24 to 2026/27 period, while the rights for for the Trophee des Championnes are to be sold for 2024 to 2026. The rights for this trophy have already been sold for 2023.

During the recent press conference, Jean-Michel Aulas who is one of the four members of the women’s football committee mentioned that D1 Arkema teams will have to play a minimum of three games in their “premium” stadium during the season, in order to improve the quality offered to the viewers. 

The current tv right holder Canal Plus had also asked to have stadiums with a covered stand. Yes not all the clubs in D1 have one! A platform for the tv crews, as they have to build one from scratch at certain grounds, minimum lighting and quality pitches. Those are basic tv requests that have not been fulfilled in the last couple of  seasons.

The FFF has split the  tv rights in six packages:

France Women National Team one package  for 2023/24 to 2026/27

10 to 14 games per season.

Euro 2025 in Switzerland qualifiers. FIFA World Cup 2027 qualifiers.

Pre-Olympics 2024 friendlies. France are already qualified as hosts.

Nations League 2024 from Septembre 2023 with the final four games in February 2024, should France make it.

Must be on free to air tv.

D1 Arkema four packages for 2023/24 to 2026/27 including one for the newly created play-offs.

Up to 100% of the available 132 games

Four play-off games. Semi-finals, final and third place play-off that decides the last champions league place.

10 games that must be on free to air tv.

Trophee des Championnes one package for three years 2024,2025 and 2026

This is the game between the D1 Arkema winner and the French women’s Cup winner.

Game must be shown on free to air tv.

The FFF is clearly trying to improve a product that they have struggled to promote very well.  It will be interesting to see if there are many bids and if the rights sell for a good price. It is hard to gauge the demand with the games currently being shown on pay tv Canal Plus. Getting free to view tv channels interested is not an easy task.

For more information in French:

https://www.footofeminin.fr/Droits-TV-Les-appels-d-offres-lances_a18516.html

Barclays WSL Winter 2023 transfer window

The transfer window will be opened in England from the 1 to the 31 January 2023 for the women professional players

Chelsea

In: Charlotte Wardlaw (end of loan – Liverpool), Maika Hamano (INAC Kobe)

Out: Beth England (Tottenham ), Maika Hamano (Hammarby -loan)

Arsenal

In: Victoria Pelova (Ajax Amsterdam), Katherine Kuhl (FC Nordsjælland), Sabrina D’Angelo
(Vittsjo)

Out : Jordan Nobbs (Aston Villa)

Manchester United

Manchester City

West Ham

Out: Thea Kyvåg (Lillestrom SK), Alex Hennessy, Claudia Walker (Birmingham City) 

Everton

In Clare Wheeler, Sara Holmsgaard

Aston Villa

In: Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Lucy Staniforth ( Manchester United)

Tottenham

In: Beth England ( Chelsea)

Out: Gracie Pearse ( Bristol -loan)

Liverpool

In: Gemma Bonner ( Racing Louisville)

Out: Charlotte Wardlaw (end of loan – Chelsea)

Reading

Brighton

In: Jens Scheuer (manager), Guro Bergsvand (SK Brann), Dejana Stefanovic (Valerenga), Brianna Visalli (Houston Dash), Zoe Morse (Chicago Red Stars)

Leicester

FA WSL Summer 2022 transfer window

Updated 23 August. The transfer windows open 17th of June and close on 8th September just before the season will start.



Chelsea

In: Charlotte Wardlaw (end of loan – Liverpool), Aggie Beever-Jones (end of loan – Bristol), Emily Orman (end of loan – Crystal Palace), Eve Perisset (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Kadeisha Buchan (Olympique Lyonnais), Kateřina Svitková (West Ham), Lucy Watson (Sheffield United), Johanna Rytting Kaneyrd (BK Häcken)

Out: Jana Andersson (Hammarby IF), Ji So-Yun (Suwon FC), Drew Spence (Tottenham), Poppy Soper (Charlton), Emma Thompson (Lewes – loan), Jorja Fox (Brighton – loan)

Arsenal

In: Halle Houssein (end of loan – West Ham), Lisa Evans (end of loan –West Ham), Anna Patten (end of loan – Aston villa), Viktoria Schnaderbeck (end of loan – Tottenham), Kaylan Marckese (HB Køge)


Out:  Tobin Heath, Lisa Evans (West Ham), Viktoria Schnaderbeck (retirement), Halle Houssein (West Ham), Anna Patten (Aston Villa – loan), Lydia Williams (PSG), Hermione Cull (London City Lionesses), Natalia Negri (Crystal Palace), Simone Boye- Sorensen (Hammarby), Alex Hennessy (West Ham), Fran Stenson (Birmingham City – loan), Nikita Parris (Manchester Utd)

Man City

In: Deyna Castellanos (Atletico Madrid), Leila Ouahabi (FC Barcelona), Laia Aleixandri (Atletico Madrid), Mary Fowler (Montpellier HSC), Sandy MacIver (Everton), Kerstin Casparij, FC Twente)


Out: Georgia Stanway (FC Bayern), Lucy Bronze (Barcelona), Caroline Weir (Real Madrid), Jill Scott, Karen Bardsley (retirement), Karima Benameur (Olympique de Marseille), Janine Beckie (Portland Thorns)


Man United

In: Emily Ramsey (end of loan – Birmingham), Fran Bentley (end of loan Bristol City), Adriana Leon (West Ham), Rachel Williams (Tottenham Hotspurs), Grace Clinton (Everton), Lucia Garcia (Athletic Bilbao), Nikita Parris (Arsenal), Aissatou Tounkara (Atletico Madrid)

Out: Karna Solskjaer (Aafk Fortuna), Fran Bentley (Bristol City), Ivana Fuso (Bayer Leverkusen – loan), Martha Harris (Birmingham City), Diane Caldwell (Reading), Kirsty Smith (West Ham), Carrie Jones (Leicester – loan), Tara Bourne (Birmingham -loan), Emily Ramsey (Everton -loan)


Tottenham

In: Gracie Pearse ( end of loan – Crystal Palace),Esther Morgan ( End of loan – Leicester), Eleanor Heeps ( end of loan – Blackburn), Drew Spence (Chelsea), Ellie Brazil (Brighton), Ramona Petzelberger (Aston Villa), Amy Turner (Orlando Pride), Angharad James (Orlando Pride), Nicola Karczewska (FC Fleury ), Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (PSG)

Out:  Josie Green (Leicester), Angela Addison (Charlton), Rachel Williams (Manchester United), Viktoria Schnaderbeck ( end of loan –Arsenal), Tang Jiali ( end of loan – Shanghai Shengli), Maeva Clemaron (Servette  Geneve)

West Ham

In: Jess Ziu (Shelbourne), Halle Houssein (Arsenal), Lisa Evans (Arsenal), Kirsty Smith (Manchester United), Izzy Atkinson (Celtic), Sophie Hillyerd (Charlton), Alex Hennessy (Arsenal), Vivianne Asseyi (FC Bayern), Thea Kyvag,


Out: Ollie Harder (manager), Gilly Flaherty (Liverpool), Lois Joel (London City Lionesse), Anna Leat (Aston Villa), Kateřina Svitková (Chelsea), Zaneta Wyne (Racing Louisville), Halle Houssein ( end of loan – Arsenal), Lisa Evans ( end of loan – Arsenal) , Adriana Leon (Man United), Emily Moore, Tameka Yallop



Brighton

In: Poppy Pattinson (Everton), Veatriki Sarri (Birmingham), Rebekah Stott (Bulleen Lions), Elisabeth Terland (SK Brann), Park Yeeun ( Gyeongju KHNP), Jorja Fox (Chelsea – loan)

Out: Inessa Kaagman ( PSV), Emily Simpkins (Charlton), Fliss Gibbons (Crystal Palace), Danielle Bowman (retirement), Aileen Whelan (Leicester), Danique Kerkdijk (FC Twente), Emma  Koivisto (Liverpool), Ellie Brazil (Tottenham), Maya Le Tissier (Manchester United), Emily Simpkins (Charlton), Faith Nokuthula (Blackburn)

Reading

In:  Brooke Hendrix (Melbourne Victory), Rebecca Jane (Charlton), Jackie Burns (BK Hacken), Lauren Wade (Glentoran), Charlie Wellings (Celtic), Diane Caldwell (Manchester United)

Out: Leila Lister (Colorado Buffs), Natasha Harding (Aston Villa), Brooke Chaplen (retirement), Chloe Peplow (Crystal Palace – loan)

Aston Villa

In: Simone Magill (Everton), Anna Patten (Arsenal – loan), Danielle Turner (Everton), Natasha Harding (Reading), Anna Leat (West Ham), Kenza Dali (Everton), Rachel Daly (Houston Dash)

Out: Anita Asante (retirement), Marisa Ewers (retirement) Jodie Hutton (Bristol), Natalie Haigh, Shania Hayles (Bristol), Sophie Haywood (Sheffield United), Anna Patten (end of loan – Arsenal), Chloe Arthur (Crystal Palace), Ramona Petzelberger (Tottenham), Sian Rogers (Charlton – loan), Emily Syme (Bristol)




Everton

In: Jess Park (Manchester City – loan), Emily Ramsey (Manchester United – loan), Sara Holmgaard (Turbine Potsdam), Karen Holmgaard (Turbine Potsdam), Katja Snoeijs (Girondins de Bordeaux), Katrine Veje (FC Rosengard)

Out: Claire Emslie (Angel City), Simone Magill (Aston Villa), Valerie Gauvin (NC Courage), Danielle Turner (Aston Villa), Poppy Pattinson (Brighton), Grace Clinton (Manchester United), Sandy MacIver (Manchester City), Cecilia Runarsdottir (FC Bayern), Anna Avengard (BK Häcken), Kenza Dali (Aston Villa), Sara Holmgaard (Fortuna Hjorring – loan)



Leicester

In: Josie Green (Tottenham), Aileen Whelan (Brighton), Erin Simon (Racing Louisville), Carrie Jones (Man United – loan)

Out: Esme de Graaf (Feyenoord), Paige Bailey-Gayle (Crystal Palace), Sophie Harris (Southampton), Abbi Grant (Glasgow City), Luana Zajmi, Sophie Barker (Sheffield United – loan), Elysia Boddy (Bristol City), Charlie Devlin (Birmingham – loan)


Liverpool

In: Emma Koivisto (Brighton), Gilly Flaherty (West Ham), Eartha Cummings (Charlton), Shanice van de Sanden (Wolfsburg)


Out: Charlotte Wardlaw (end of loan- Chelsea), Jade Bailey, Rianna Dean (Crystal Palace), Meikayla Moore (Glasgow City), Evie Smith (Blackburn), Charlotte Clarke (WBA -loan), Ashley Hodson (Birmingham  – loan)