Manchester City win first Women’s Super League title in a decade after Arsenal drop points

Brighton scored just before half-time via Fuka Tsunoda, before Frida Manuum equalised for the visitors in the 62nd minute. It was the second time in as many months that Arsenal have failed to beat the south-coast side, having been knocked out of the FA Cup by Brighton in April. City have won 17 of their 21 league matches in their first season under head coach Andree Jeglertz, who was appointed as the permanent successor to Gareth Taylor in the summer of 2025 following his European Championship campaign in charge of Denmark.

Notably, Jeglertz’s City won all 11 of their home league matches this season; Chelsea were the last side to achieve that feat, in the 2022-23 campaign. By clinching the title, City broke Chelsea’s string of six successive league-winning campaigns. It is City’s second-ever WSL title after their first in 2016, with Chelsea having finished top in eight of the nine years since.

City’s Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (19), Vivianne Miedema (10) and Kerolin (9) comprise three of the WSL’s top six goalscorers. The champions holding the strongest attacking record in the league with 58 goals in 21 matches. City suffered a disappointing 2024-25 season which saw them fail to qualify for the Champions League with a fourth-placed finish.

However, there was no major overhaul to the squad, with only a handful of January signings including Grace Clinton, Sydney Lohmann and Sam Coffey adding to the team’s core which was largely in place last season. City surpassed the 50-point mark for the third time since the WSL expanded to 11 teams in 2018, and could match their highest-ever recorded points tally of 55 if they beat West Ham on the final day. They previously hit that total in 2023-24 and 2020-21.