# 2026–27 Liverpool F.C. Women season
The 2026–27 season is Liverpool F.C. Women's campaign in the Barclays Women's Super League, the first season of the competition's expanded 14-team format, played under head coach Gareth Taylor between September 2026 and May 2027. Liverpool entered the season seeking a recovery from an 11th-place finish in 2025–26, their second-lowest position in the competition, and opened with a 4–0 win away to newly promoted Charlton Athletic, their first victory in a season opener since 2023.[1](https://theanalyst.com/articles/liverpool-evolution-wsl-top-four-contenders)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Competition | Barclays Women's Super League, expanded from 12 to 14 teams for 2026–27, with 26 league matches per club[2](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/competition/the-wsl-is-expanding-next-season-everything-you-need-to-know-about-promotion-relegation-and-the-play-off) |
| Head coach | Gareth Taylor, 53, who won the Women's FA Cup and the League Cup with Manchester City in 2020 and 2022[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) |
| Previous season | 11th of 12 in the 2025–26 WSL, eight points clear of bottom-placed Leicester City[1](https://theanalyst.com/articles/liverpool-evolution-wsl-top-four-contenders) |
| Season opener | 4–0 win away to Charlton Athletic on 6 September 2026, the first season-opening win since 2023[1](https://theanalyst.com/articles/liverpool-evolution-wsl-top-four-contenders) • [4](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/liverpool/fixtures-results/mjejb0x57ms54j9ry6s8njwh) |
| Notable signings | Germany striker Vivien Endemann and Japanese midfielder Mao Itamura, named Eredivisie player of the year the previous season[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) |
| Home grounds | Three league matches at Anfield (Everton, Arsenal, Aston Villa); the rest at St Helens Stadium[5](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fc-womens-2026-27-wsl-fixture-list-revealed) |
| Cup competitions | Subway Players Cup, renamed from the Subway Women's League Cup with a new Swiss-style league phase[6](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/2026-27-subway-players-cup-league-phase-fixtures-confirmed) |
## Background
Liverpool ended the 2025–26 season in 11th place, eight points clear of bottom-placed Leicester City, and it took the team until late January to record their first league win of that campaign.[1](https://theanalyst.com/articles/liverpool-evolution-wsl-top-four-contenders) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) The 2026–27 season is the first in which the [Women's Super League](https://www.edgepedia.org/womens-super-league) runs with 14 teams, a change announced in advance of the 2025–26 season and settled through a promotion play-off in which Charlton Athletic beat [Leicester](https://www.edgepedia.org/leicester) for the final place in the top flight.[2](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/competition/the-wsl-is-expanding-next-season-everything-you-need-to-know-about-promotion-relegation-and-the-play-off) The expanded calendar gives each club 26 league matches instead of 22, with the season beginning in early September and running to late May.[2](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/competition/the-wsl-is-expanding-next-season-everything-you-need-to-know-about-promotion-relegation-and-the-play-off)
## Management and squad
**Gareth Taylor** leads the team for his first full season after arriving during 2025–26. The Guardian's preview noted that the 53-year-old had yet to win over the fanbase but pointed to his record of winning the [Women's FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/womens-fa-cup) and the League Cup with Manchester City in 2020 and 2022, and of coming close to a league title there.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) In his own first column of the season, Taylor wrote that he believed the team could kick on.[7](https://lfcbeta.liverpoolfc.com/de/nachrichten/gareth-taylor-column-i-really-believe-team-can-kick-season)
The summer window brought Vivien Endemann, a Germany striker, and Mao Itamura, a Japanese player who was named [Eredivisie](https://www.edgepedia.org/eredivisie) player of the year before moving to Liverpool.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) Departures included the center-back Gemma Bonner.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) Ahead of the opener, Taylor reported injury updates on Josendal, Itamura, Ward, Parry, and Roman Haug.[8](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/lfc-women-team-news-updates-josendal-itamura-ward-parry-and-roman-haug?amp=1)
## League season
Liverpool began away to promoted Charlton Athletic on Sunday 6 September 2026 and won 4–0, described by WSL Football's own match coverage as blowing away the newly promoted side.[5](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fc-womens-2026-27-wsl-fixture-list-revealed) • [9](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/the-2026-27-fixtures-are-out) • [10](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/wsl/how-good-can-this-liverpool-side-be-under-gareth-taylor) The home league schedule follows the pattern of recent seasons: three matches at Anfield, against Everton, Arsenal, and Aston Villa, with the remaining home fixtures at St Helens Stadium.[5](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fc-womens-2026-27-wsl-fixture-list-revealed)
Results through October ran as follows: a 1–1 home draw with Tottenham Hotspur on 13 September, a 4–2 defeat away to Manchester City on 18 September, a 2–0 [Merseyside derby](https://www.edgepedia.org/merseyside-derby) win over Everton at Anfield on 27 September, and a 1–0 defeat away to Manchester United on 3 October.[4](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/liverpool/fixtures-results/mjejb0x57ms54j9ry6s8njwh) After four league rounds the club's own table showed Liverpool with two wins, one draw, and two defeats, nine goals scored and six conceded.[11](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/matches/womens-team/table/2026)
## Cup competitions
**Subway Players Cup.** The League Cup was renamed the Subway Players Cup for 2026–27 and restructured from a group stage into a Swiss-style league phase with fixtures drawn by region, guaranteeing each club a minimum of six matches.[6](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/2026-27-subway-players-cup-league-phase-fixtures-confirmed) Liverpool opened with a 4–2 home win over [Sunderland](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunderland) on 23 September and won 4–3 away at Birmingham City on 30 September, before hosting Manchester United on 21 October.[4](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/liverpool/fixtures-results/mjejb0x57ms54j9ry6s8njwh) • [6](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/2026-27-subway-players-cup-league-phase-fixtures-confirmed)
## Off-field picture
The Guardian's preview reported that the women's team has not received the scale of cash injections from owners [Fenway Sports Group](https://www.edgepedia.org/fenway-sports-group) that the women's sides of Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester City have had from theirs, while Liverpool have recorded an overall profit of more than £500,000 across the past eight seasons combined and consistently break even, with training facilities at the Melwood base.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool) Guardian writers' average prediction for the season was an 8th-place finish, with the squad judged capable of staying up but a long way off challenging for Europe.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool)
## References
1. [Liverpool's Evolution: From Survival Mode to WSL Top-Four Contenders, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/liverpool-evolution-wsl-top-four-contenders)
2. [Everything you need to know about the first ever WSL play-off as the WSL expands next year, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/competition/the-wsl-is-expanding-next-season-everything-you-need-to-know-about-promotion-relegation-and-the-play-off)
3. [Women's Super League 2026-27 preview No 9: Liverpool, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/30/womens-super-league-2026-27-preview-no-9-liverpool)
4. [Liverpool FC Women Fixtures & Results 2026/2027 Season, Goal.com UK](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/liverpool/fixtures-results/mjejb0x57ms54j9ry6s8njwh)
5. [Liverpool FC Women's 2026-27 WSL fixture list revealed, Liverpool FC](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-fc-womens-2026-27-wsl-fixture-list-revealed)
6. [2026-27 Subway Players Cup League Phase Fixtures Confirmed, WSL Football](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/2026-27-subway-players-cup-league-phase-fixtures-confirmed)
7. [Gareth Taylor column: 'I really believe this team can kick on this season', Liverpool FC](https://lfcbeta.liverpoolfc.com/de/nachrichten/gareth-taylor-column-i-really-believe-team-can-kick-season)
8. [LFC Women team news: Updates on Josendal, Itamura, Ward, Parry and Roman Haug, Liverpool FC](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/lfc-women-team-news-updates-josendal-itamura-ward-parry-and-roman-haug?amp=1)
9. [The 2026-27 Fixtures Are Out, WSL Football](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/the-2026-27-fixtures-are-out)
10. [How good can this Liverpool side be under Gareth Taylor?, WSL Football](https://www.wslfootball.com/news/wsl/how-good-can-this-liverpool-side-be-under-gareth-taylor)
11. [Women's Team 2026 table, Liverpool FC](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/matches/womens-team/table/2026)
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