The 2011 FA WSL was the inaugural season of the FA WSL, the top-level women's football league of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The season began on 13 April 2011 and ended on 28 August 2011. The league also took a break between 12 May and mid-July in order to allow preparation for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Arsenal won the season, the eighth consecutive English title, Birmingham finished second. As the second entry to the UEFA Women's Champions League is given to the FA Women's Cup

FA Women's Cup

The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England – designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier...

 winner, only Arsenal booked a place.

Teams

Team	Location	Ground	2009–10 season
Arsenal Arsenal L.F.C. Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...	Borehamwood Borehamwood -Film industry:Since the 1920s, the town has been home to several film studios and many shots of its streets are included in final cuts of 20th century British films. This earned it the nickname of the "British Hollywood"...	Meadow Park Meadow Park (Borehamwood) Meadow Park is a football ground, located in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It is the home of Boreham Wood of the Conference South division, Arsenal Ladies of the FA Women's Premier League, and Watford Reserves of the Football Combination East division. The stadium has a capacity of 4,502...
Birmingham City Birmingham City L.F.C. Birmingham City L.F.C. is a semi-professional English Women's football club who are affiliated to Birmingham City F.C.. They play their home games at Knights Lane, the home of Stratford Town F.C., and were named as founder members of the FA Women's Super League which started in 2011.-History:The...	Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...	The DCS Stadium
Bristol Academy Bristol Academy W.F.C. Bristol Academy Women's Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with the Bristol Academy of Sport, based at Filton College. They were admitted to the FA WSL in 2010.-History:...	Filton Filton Filton is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Bristol, about from the city centre. Filton lies in Bristol postcode areas BS7 and BS34. The town centres upon Filton Church, which dates back to the 12th century and is a grade II listed building...	Stoke Gifford Stadium
Chelsea Chelsea L.F.C. Chelsea Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with Chelsea F.C.. They have competed in the top tier of women's football in England, the Premier League National Division, since 2005...	Morden Morden Morden is a district in the London Borough of Merton. It is located approximately South-southwest of central London between Merton Park , Mitcham , Sutton and Worcester Park .- Origin of name :...	Imperial Fields Imperial Fields Imperial Fields is a football stadium in Morden, south London that is home to Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. and Chelsea L.F.C.. The stadium opened in 2002 and has a total capacity of 3,500 . Tooting & Mitcham United moved in 2002 from an all-wooden facility at Sandy Lane in Tooting, which had been...
Doncaster Rovers Belles	Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...	Keepmoat Stadium
Everton Everton L.F.C. Everton Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional women's association football team from the city of Liverpool, who compete in the FA WSL. They were runners-up to Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League National Division season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Women's Cup on...	Crosby Crosby, Merseyside Crosby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Historically part of Lancashire it is situated north of Bootle, south of Southport, Formby and west of Netherton-History:...	The Arriva Park
Lincoln Ladies	Lincoln	Sincil Bank Sincil Bank Sincil Bank is a football stadium in Lincoln, England and has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since the club's 1884 inception. Sincil Bank has an overall capacity of 10,120 and is colloquially known to fans as "The... /Ashby Avenue
Liverpool Liverpool L.F.C. Liverpool Ladies Football Club is a semi–professional women's football club affiliated with Liverpool Football Club and playing in the FA WSL...	Skelmersdale Skelmersdale Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, to the west of Wigan, to the northeast of Liverpool, south-southwest of Preston. As of 2006, Skelmersdale had a population of 38,813, down from 41,000 in 2004. The town is known locally as Skem.The...	Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Stadium

Sixteen clubs applied for a place in the inaugural season of the league: Arsenal

Arsenal L.F.C.

Arsenal Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Arsenal F.C.. Founded in 1987, they are the most successful club in English women's football having won 34 major trophies to date; which are 12 FA Women's Premier League titles, 11 FA Women's Cups, ten...

, Barnet, Birmingham City

Birmingham City L.F.C.

Birmingham City L.F.C. is a semi-professional English Women's football club who are affiliated to Birmingham City F.C.. They play their home games at Knights Lane, the home of Stratford Town F.C., and were named as founder members of the FA Women's Super League which started in 2011.-History:The...

, Bristol Academy

Bristol Academy W.F.C.

Bristol Academy Women's Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with the Bristol Academy of Sport, based at Filton College. They were admitted to the FA WSL in 2010.-History:...

, Chelsea

Chelsea L.F.C.

Chelsea Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with Chelsea F.C.. They have competed in the top tier of women's football in England, the Premier League National Division, since 2005...

, Colchester United

Colchester United L.F.C.

Colchester United Ladies Football Club are an English ladies football team based in Colchester, Essex and are affiliated to Colchester United F.C.-History:The club was founded in 1992 under the name of Colchester Royals...

, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton

Everton L.F.C.

Everton Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional women's association football team from the city of Liverpool, who compete in the FA WSL. They were runners-up to Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League National Division season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Women's Cup on...

, Leeds Carnegie, Leicester City

Leicester City W.F.C.

Leicester City Women Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Leicester City F.C.. The club is distinct from Leicester City Ladies Football Club who play at Midland Combination level. LCWFC currently play in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division...

, Lincoln Ladies, Liverpool

Liverpool L.F.C.

Liverpool Ladies Football Club is a semi–professional women's football club affiliated with Liverpool Football Club and playing in the FA WSL...

, Millwall Lionesses

Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.

Millwall Lionesses Ladies Football Club were founded in March 1972 by Patricia Maslin and Rita Bullions. In a time when women's football was almost unheard of the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at first snubbed by Millwall FC but went on to became the first women's football team to...

, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest L.F.C.

Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Nottingham Forest F.C.. They were promoted to the Women's Premier League in 2008 after winning the Northern Division and currently play their home matches at Carlton Town's Bill Stokeld Stadium.The first...

 and Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Sunderland AFC Women is a women's football club based in Sunderland, North East England. They play their home games at The Hetton Centre in Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear.-History:...

. Leeds Carnegie later withdrew their application.

Eight clubs were then picked by the FA from the remaining fifteen applicants: Arsenal, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton, Lincoln Ladies, and Liverpool.

League table

Results

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rachel Williams Rachel Williams (footballer) Rachel Louise Williams is an English international women's footballer. She currently plays club football for FA WSL club Birmingham City Ladies, where she has been converted from an attacking midfielder to a striker.-Club career:...	Birmingham City	14
2	Kim Little Kim Little Kim Little is a Scottish female international football midfielder. She currently plays her club football for Arsenal Ladies and has represented Scotland at Senior level. She was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.-Club career:...	Arsenal	8
3	Natasha Dowie Natasha Dowie Natasha Dowie is an English female football striker. She currently plays her club football for Everton. She has also represented England at youth and senior level.-Club career:...	Everton	7
4	Ellen White Ellen White (footballer) Ellen Toni White is an English female international football forward. She currently plays her club football for Arsenal Ladies.-Club career:...	Arsenal	6
5	Rachel Yankey Rachel Yankey Rachel Abba Yankey, MBE is an English football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and for the England national team. She plays as a left-winger or forward, and wears the number 11 for Arsenal and England. She is of Ghanaian descent, from her father's side.Yankey is the most-capped...	Arsenal	5