2021–22_Aston_Villa_W.F.C._season

Aston Villa
2021–22 season
Owner	NSWE Group
Chairman	Nassef Sawiris
Manager	Carla Ward
Stadium	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
FA WSL	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Remi Allen; (3 goals); All: ; Remi Allen; (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,367; (vs. Birmingham City, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance	324; (vs. Everton, 2 March)
Average home league attendance	1,639
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2021–22 Aston Villa W.F.C. season

Aston Villa 2021–22 football season

The 2021–22 Aston Villa W.F.C. season was the club's 26th season under their Aston Villa affiliation, the organisation's 48th overall season in existence and their second season in the FA Women's Super League. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

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On 20 May 2021, Carla Ward was named as manager having resigned as manager of WSL rivals Birmingham City a week earlier.^[1] She replaced interim manager Marcus Bignot and departing head coach Gemma Davies who were both sacked at the end of the previous season.^[2]

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14 August 2021 Friendly	Manchester United	2–0	Aston Villa	Carrington
16:30 BST	Thomas 4' Hanson 17'	Report		Stadium: Trafford Training Centre Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

21 August 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Everton	Walsall
12:30 BST	Petzelberger 48'	Report	Emslie 28' Christiansen 53' (pen.) Clinton 65'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

27 August 2021 Friendly	Chelsea	1–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Thames
12:30 BST	England 23'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	6	3	13	13	40	−27	21	1	2	8	5	17	−12	5	1	5	8	23	−15

4 September 2021 1	Aston Villa	2–1	Leicester City	Walsall
12:30	Hutton 36' Asante 59' Mayling 63' Allen 64'	Report	Flint 39' Tierney 79' McManus 82' Brougham 84'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 741 Referee: Helen Conley

2021–22_Aston_Villa_W.F.C._season

2021–22 Aston Villa W.F.C. season

Current squad

Preseason

FA Women's Super League

Results summary

Results by matchday

Results

League table

Women's FA Cup

FA Women's League Cup

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances

Transfers

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

References

External links

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L
Position	5	5	3	6	7	8	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9

11 September 2021 2	West Ham United	1–1	Aston Villa	Dagenham
11:30	Leon 8' Stringer 65'	Report	Littlejohn 66' Allen 90+2'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,106 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

26 September 2021 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Aston Villa	Crawley
14:00		Report	Gielnik 48'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Lisa Benn

2 October 2021 4	Aston Villa	0–4	Arsenal	Aston
17:15	Pacheco 57'	Report	Little 51', 90+2' Iwabuchi 80' McCabe 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Emily Heaslip

10 October 2021 5	Reading	3–0	Aston Villa	Reading
14:00	Eikeland 16' Rowe 19' Dowie 45+3' Vanhaevermaet 73'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 578 Referee: Louise Saunders

6 November 2021 6	Aston Villa	0–1	Chelsea	Walsall
12:30	Allen 56'	Report	Fleming 22' Ingle 28' Andersson 90+1'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 715 Referee: Abigail Byrne

14 November 2021 7	Birmingham City	0–1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
14:00	Sarri 75' Robertson 90+1'	Report	Arthur 22' Asante 25' Lehmann 55' Pacheco 90+3'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

20 November 2021 8	Manchester City	5–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
11:30	Weir 48' Stanway 51' Raso 77', 81' Hemp 78'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Abigail Byrne

12 December 2021 9	Aston Villa	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Walsall
18:00	Allen 19', 77' Littlejohn 45'	Report	Simon 29' (pen.) Williams 45', 68' Clemaron 62'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 385 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

19 December 2021 10	Manchester United	5–0	Aston Villa	Leigh
12:00	Toone 8', 79' Zelem 13' (pen.) Staniforth 50' Thomas 73' Hanson 76' Ladd 90+1'	Report	Littlejohn 52' Mayling 81' Boye-Hlorkah 87'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,001 Referee: Rebecca Welch

8 January 2022	Aston Villa	P–P	Everton	Walsall
12:30				Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: Postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Everton^[4]

15 January 2022 11	Aston Villa	0–3	Manchester City	Walsall
12:30		Report	Stanway 5', 75' Losada 41' Greenwood 58'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: Louise Saunders
Note: Kickoff delayed until 13:00 due to pitch inspection

2 March 2022 15	Aston Villa	0–1	Everton	Walsall
19:00	Mayling 90+4'	Report	Graham 11' Galli 80' Dali 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 324 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
Note: Rescheduled from 8 January 2022

1 May 2022 21	Arsenal	7–0	Aston Villa	Borehamwood
14:15	Miedema 9', 13' Corsie 52' (o.g.) Mead 61' Wubben-Moy 66' Blackstenius 83' Parris 90' (pen.) Foord 90+1'	Report	Petzelberger 54'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Lisa Benn

23 January 2022 12	Leicester City	1–2	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
14:00	Hampton 76' (o.g.)	Report	Purfield 4' (o.g.) Hayles 31' Hampton 77' Lehmann 90+3'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 616 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

6 February 2022 13	Aston Villa	1–2	West Ham United	Walsall
18:00	Lehmann 42' (pen.)	Report	Stringer 12', 36' Walker 40' Svitková 52' Longhurst 60'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Lucy May

13 February 2022 14	Everton	0–2	Aston Villa	Liverpool
13:00		Report	Gielnik 17' Petzelberger 23' Littlejohn 81'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 419 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

5 March 2022 16	Aston Villa	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Walsall
11:30		Report	Le Tissier 28' Carter 90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 496 Referee: Louise Saunders

13 March 2022 17	Chelsea	1–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Thames
14:00		Report	Kerr 90+2', 90+2'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,655 Referee: Abigail Byrne

26 March 2022 18	Aston Villa	1–1	Reading	Walsall
12:30	Petzelberger 76' Corsie 89'	Report	Vanhaevermaet 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Lauren Impey

3 April 2022 19	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Aston Villa	Canons Park
14:00	Clemaron 87'	Report	Petzelberger 87' Pacheco 90+3'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 508 Referee: Farai Hallam

24 April 2022 20	Aston Villa	0–0	Manchester United	Walsall
18:00		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 941 Referee: Emily Heaslip

8 May 2022 22	Aston Villa	0–1	Birmingham City	Aston
12:00	Asante 45'	Report	Sarri 10'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 8,367 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	2	12	24	38	−14	26
8	Reading	22	7	4	11	21	40	−19	25
9	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	13	40	−27	21
10	Everton	22	5	5	12	18	41	−23	20
11	Leicester City	22	4	1	17	14	53	−39	13

29 January 2022 Fourth round	Aston Villa	1–3	Chelsea	Walsall
13:00	Petzelberger 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Reiten 18', 62' Harder 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,093 Referee: Abigail Bryne

13 October 2021 Group stage	Liverpool	1–1 (5–4 p)	Aston Villa	Birkenhead
19:00	Kiernan 66' Lawley 74'	Report	Hayles 2'	Stadium: Prenton Park
	Penalties
	Bailey Holland Daniëls Robe Hodson		Boye-Hlorkah Allen Mayling Hutton Petzelberger

17 November 2021 Group stage	Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield United	Walsall
19:30	Boye-Hlorkah 48', 65' Davison 70'	Report	Lipka 11' Sweetman-Kirk 20' Roberts 61'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

5 December 2021 Group stage	Sunderland	0–7	Aston Villa	Hetton-le-Hole
12:00	Herron 35'	Report	Blindkilde 1' Petzelberger 10' Littlejohn 26' Allen 41', 90' Lehmann 72', 76' Boye-Hlorkah 84'	Stadium: Eppleton CW

15 December 2021 Group stage	Aston Villa	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Walsall
19:45		Report	Leek 69'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	4	1	2	1	0	3	2	+1	8	Advances to knock-out stage
2	Sunderland	4	1	2	0	1	3	9	−6	7	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3	Blackburn Rovers	4	2	0	0	2	4	4	0	6
4	Sheffield United	4	1	0	2	1	3	3	0	5
5	Aston Villa	4	1	0	1	2	9	4	+5	4

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Hannah Hampton	22	0	20	0	1	0	0+1	0
2	MF	ENG	Sarah Mayling	25	1	21	1	1	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Meaghan Sargeant	13	0	10+2	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Remi Allen	22	5	19	3	1	0	1+1	2
6	DF	ENG	Anita Asante	23	1	21	1	1	0	1	0
7	FW	SUI	Alisha Lehmann	23	4	21	2	0	0	2	2
8	MF	SCO	Chloe Arthur	21	0	12+5	0	1	0	0+3	0
9	FW	AUS	Emily Gielnik	17	2	13+2	2	0	0	1+1	0
10	MF	GER	Ramona Petzelberger	23	4	18+1	2	1	1	2+1	1
11	FW	ENG	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	22	2	11+7	0	0	0	2+2	2
12	FW	ENG	Jodie Hutton	9	0	1+3	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
16	DF	ENG	Olivia McLoughlin	14	0	3+7	0	0+1	0	3	0
17	FW	ENG	Sophie Haywood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Laura Blindkilde	15	1	7+4	0	0+1	0	3	1
20	MF	ENG	Jill Scott	8	0	6+1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	JAM	Shania Hayles	17	1	3+10	0	1	0	3	1
23	GK	ENG	Sian Rogers	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	4	0
24	MF	ENG	Olivia Rabjohn	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	ENG	Isobel Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	ENG	Missy Goodwin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	DF	ENG	Evie Rabjohn	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW	IRL	Ruesha Littlejohn	20	0	11+6	0	1	0	2	0
32	MF	WAL	Mary McAteer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF	ENG	Maz Pacheco	25	0	22	0	1	0	1+1	0
42	DF	SCO	Rachel Corsie	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	ENG	Anna Patten	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
5	DF	ENG	Elisha N'Dow	10	0	5+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Natalie Haigh	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
18	MF	ENG	Freya Gregory	6	0	1+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
20	FW	ENG	Gemma Davison	7	0	0+3	0	0	0	3+1	0
21	MF	GER	Marisa Ewers	9	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	2+1	0

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
30 June 2021	FW	Alisha Lehmann	West Ham United	^[5]
1 July 2021	MF	Remi Allen	Leicester City	^[6]
2 July 2021	MF	Sarah Mayling	Birmingham City	^[7]
2 July 2021	FW	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	Everton	^[7]^[8]
3 July 2021	DF	Meaghan Sargeant	Bristol City	^[9]
3 July 2021	GK	Hannah Hampton	Birmingham City	^[10]
16 August 2021	DF	Maz Pacheco	West Ham United	^[11]
1 September 2021	FW	Ruesha Littlejohn	Birmingham City	^[12]
2 September 2021	FW	Emily Gielnik	Vittsjö GIK	^[13]
3 September 2021	FW	Gemma Davison	Tottenham Hotspur	^[14]
27 January 2022	DF	Rachel Corsie	Kansas City Current	^[15]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
4 January 2022	DF		Anna Patten	Arsenal	End of season	^[16]
25 January 2022	MF		Jill Scott	Manchester City	End of season	^[17]

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
18 May 2021	DF	Ella Franklin-Fraiture		^[18]
	MF	Emma Follis	Charlton Athletic	^[18]^[19]
	MF	Amy West	Nottingham Forest	^[18]^[20]
	DF	Caroline Siems	Bayer Leverkusen	^[18]^[21]
	FW	Diana Silva	Sporting CP	^[18]^[22]
	FW	Mana Iwabuchi	Arsenal	^[18]^[23]
	MF	Nadine Hanssen		^[18]
18 June 2021	FW	Stine Larsen	BK Häcken	^[24]^[25]
6 August 2021	DF	Asmita Ale	Tottenham Hotspur	^[26]^[27]
19 August 2021	GK	Lisa Weiß	Wolfsburg	^[28]^[29]
4 January 2022	FW	Gemma Davison	Watford	^[30]^[31]
7 January 2022	FW	Missy Goodwin	Leicester City	^[32]
26 January 2022	MF	Emily Syme	Bristol City	^[33]^[34]
17 February 2022	MF	Marisa Ewers	Retired	^[35]