2023–24 Manchester United W.F.C. season
Manchester United Women 2023–24 football season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2023–24 season is Manchester United Women's sixth season since they were founded and their fifth in the Women's Super League, the professional top-flight women's league in England. The club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and, for the first time in their history, the UEFA Women's Champions League.[1]
2023–24 season | ||||
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Co-chairmen | Joel and Avram Glazer | |||
Head coach | Marc Skinner | |||
Stadium | Leigh Sports Village | |||
Women's Super League | 5th | |||
FA Cup | Champions | |||
League Cup | Group stage | |||
Champions League | Second qualifying round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Nikita Parris (8 goals) All: Nikita Parris (16 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 43,615 (v. Manchester City, 19 November 2023) | |||
Lowest home attendance | League: 4,060 (v. Brighton & Hove Albion, 4 February 2024) All: 1,804 (v. Everton, 9 November 2023, League Cup) | |||
Average home league attendance | 9,179 | |||
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2024–25 → | ||||
All statistics correct as of 12 May 2024. |
The season saw Manchester United Women win their first major trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 at Wembley Stadium in the 2024 Women's FA Cup final on 12 May 2024. It was the team's second major cup final, reaching the Women's FA Cup final for the second consecutive year after finishing as runners-up to Chelsea the previous season. It was the first time since Birmingham City in 2012 that the FA Cup had not been won by Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester City and the first time since 2005 that none of those teams contested the final.[2]
For the fourth consecutive season, Manchester United Women played a game at Old Trafford. They hosted Manchester City in the Manchester derby on 19 November 2023, setting a new team attendance record of 43,615 during a 3–1 defeat.[3] The final match of the season, against Chelsea on 18 May 2024, will also be held at Old Trafford.[4]
On 24 December 2023, it was announced that Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos had purchased a 25% stake of Manchester United. While the Glazers remained majority shareholders, Ineos took control of football operations including "all aspects of women's football operations" and began a string of structural and personnel changes.[5] On 20 January 2024, Omar Berrada was announced as CEO starting July 2024, moving from the City Football Group.[6] He replaced interim CEO, Patrick Stewart, who had been in the role since November 2023 following the departure of Richard Arnold.[7] A further change at boardroom level was announced on 22 February 2024 with Polly Bancroft intending to stand down as head of women’s football at the end of the season to take the position of Chief Executive at Grimsby Town[8]