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On 20 August, Liverpool's pre-season began with a 1–0 defeat against Championship side Birmingham City at St Andrew's. [3] [4] The team participated in the sixth edition of the invitational friendly Women's French Cup, losing on penalties following a 1–1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals [5] before a 1–0 defeat in third place play-off against Atlético Madrid.
The 2024–25 season is Liverpool F.C. Women's 36th season of competitive football and third consecutive season back in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup .
The 2022–23 Liverpool F.C. Women season was the club's 34th season of competitive football and first season back in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, since their relegation at the end of the 2019–20 season. [1]
Founded in 1989 as Newton LFC and subsequently renamed Knowsley United WFC, Liverpool Ladies and Liverpool FC Women over the years. The club was a founding member of the top-tier Women's Super League in 2011. A year later, Liverpool became the first English football club to offer every female player full-time professional contracts. [1]
Liverpool scheduled five preseason games ahead of their debut FA Women's Championship campaign, putting particular focus on playing Coventry United away in order to acclimate themselves to the 3G surface that five Championship teams play on. All games were behind closed doors in order to fit with COVID-19 health restrictions.
As a member of the top two tiers, Liverpool entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating Championship side Blackburn Rovers in their opening fixture. [12] Following a series of postponements at EFL League One ground Prenton Park, the game was moved to Blackburn's home ground at Bamber Bridge although Liverpool remained the designated home team.
A product of Liverpool's youth development programme, [2] Hodson made her senior debut on 13 April 2014, in a 2–0 win over Sunderland in the fifth round of the FA Women's Cup. [3] On 20 April 2014, she made her league debut in a 0–0 draw against Chelsea . [ 4 ]
It is the home ground of Tranmere Rovers Football Club since opening in 1912, and formerly the home ground of Liverpool Reserves and Liverpool Women. The ground has had several rebuilds, with the most recent occurring in 1995 in response to the requirement of the Taylor Report to become all-seater .