2023–24 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season

Tottenham Hotspur
2023–24 season
Head coach	Robert Vilahamn
Stadium	Brisbane Road, Leyton
WSL	3rd
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Highest home attendance	1,605; (vs. Bristol City, 8 October)
Average home league attendance	1,605

The 2023–24 season is Tottenham Hotspur's fifth season in the top flight of the English football league system and 39th season in existence. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Ahead of the new season, Robert Vilahamn was named head coach on 7 July 2023, departing BK Häcken FF who were top of the 2023 Damallsvenskan after 17 games.[1] Tottenham had ended the previous season under interim manager Vicky Jepson following the sacking of Rehanne Skinner in March 2023.[2]

On 15 September, Bethany England was named captain. Olga Ahtinen and Molly Bartrip were named vice-captains.[3]

Squad

As of 21 October 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CZE	Barbora Votíková
3	DF	CAN	Shelina Zadorsky
4	DF	ENG	Amy Turner
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip (vice-captain)
7	FW	ENG	Jessica Naz
8	MF	ENG	Grace Clinton (on loan from Manchester United)
9	FW	ENG	Bethany England (captain)
10	FW	ENG	Ellie Brazil
11	MF	GER	Ramona Petzelberger
12	MF	NZL	Ria Percival
13	DF	ENG	Asmita Ale
14	FW	NOR	Celin Bizet Ildhusøy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	WAL	Angharad James
16	FW	ENG	Kit Graham
17	FW	SCO	Martha Thomas
18	FW	CHN	Zhang Linyan (on loan from Wuhan Jianghan University)
20	MF	FIN	Olga Ahtinen (vice-captain)
21	DF	SUI	Luana Bühler
22	GK	JAM	Rebecca Spencer
23	FW	MAR	Rosella Ayane
24	MF	JAM	Drew Spence
25	MF	FIN	Eveliina Summanen
26	DF	ENG	Gracie Pearse
29	DF	ENG	Ashleigh Neville

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
8 July 2023	DF	Luana Bühler	1899 Hoffenheim	[4]
16 August 2023	MF	Olga Ahtinen	Linköpings FC	[5]
17 August 2023	GK	Barbora Votíková	Paris Saint-Germain	[6]
14 September 2023	FW	Martha Thomas	Manchester United	[7]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
14 August 2023	MF		Grace Clinton	Manchester United	End of season	[8]
14 September 2023	FW		Zhang Linyan	Wuhan Jianghan University	End of season	[9]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
2 June 2023	DF	Kerys Harrop	Retired	[10][11]
	FW	Kyah Simon	Central Coast Mariners	[10][12]
	FW	Chioma Ubogagu		[10]
	MF	Cho So-hyun	Birmingham City	[10][13]
	DF	Esther Morgan	Heart of Midlothian	[10][14]
9 June 2023	GK	Tinja-Riikka Korpela	AS Roma	[15][16]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 September 2023	FW	Lenna Gunning-Williams	Ipswich Town	End of season	[17]
5 September 2023	FW	Nikola Karczewska	Bayer Leverkusen	End of season	[18]
21 October 2023	GK	Eleanor Heeps	Sheffield United	31 December 2023	[19]

Preseason

26 August 2023 Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Aston Villa	Tottenham
		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

30 August 2023 Friendly	London Bees	0–9	Tottenham Hotspur	Enfield
		Report	Bizet Ildhusøy Graham James Naz Clinton Nevillle	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

10 September 2023 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Lancing
		Report		Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre

17 September 2023 Friendly	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Manchester United	Burton upon Trent
14:00 BST		Report	García 26'	Stadium: St George's Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

Women's Super League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	9	1	0	0	3	1	+2	2	0	1	8	5	+3

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W
Position	9	6	4	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

1 October 2023 1	Chelsea	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham
17:30	Fishel 28' James 51'	Report	Spence 30' Thomas 76'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 14,776 Referee: Cheryl Foster

8 October 2023 2	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Bristol City	Leyton
14:00	Neville 23' Ahtinen 31' Thomas 35' Summanen 45+4'	Report	Napier 12' Aspin 59' Thestrup 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,605 Referee: Lauren Impey

15 October 2023 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Brighton and Hove
16:00	Terland 8' Pinto 81'	Report	Thomas 45+3' Clinton 65' Percival 90+4'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

21 October 2023 4	Aston Villa	2–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Walsall
12:30	Daly 5' (pen.) Corsie 76' Parker 90+6'	Report	Thomas 33', 64', 72', 67' Neville 45+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 2,810 Referee: Lauren Impey

5 November 2023 5	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Everton	Leyton
14:00				Stadium: Brisbane Road

12 November 2023 6	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Liverpool	Leyton
12:30				Stadium: Brisbane Road

19 November 2023 7	Leicester City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

25/26 November 2023 8	Manchester City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
				Stadium: Academy Stadium

9/10 December 2023 9	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester United	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

16/17 December 2023 10	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Arsenal	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

20/21 January 2024 11	West Ham United	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Dagenham
				Stadium: Victoria Road

27/28 January 2024 12	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Manchester City	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

3/4 February 2024 13	Liverpool	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Birkenhead
				Stadium: Prenton Park

17/18 February 2024 14	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Aston Villa	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

2/3 March 2024 15	Arsenal	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
				Stadium: Meadow Park

16/17 March 2024 16	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Leicester City	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

23/24 March 2024 17	Bristol City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Bristol
				Stadium: Ashton Gate

30/31 March 2024 18	Totenham Hotspur	v	Chelsea	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

20/21 April 2024 19	Manchester United	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Leigh
				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

27/28 April 2024 20	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

4/5 May 2024 21	Everton	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

18/19 May 2024 22	Tottenham Hotspur	v	West Ham United	Leyton
				Stadium: Brisbane Road

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	10	Qualification for the Champions League second round
2	Chelsea	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Tottenham Hotspur	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	9	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Manchester United	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	8
5	Leicester City	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, Tottenham will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

January 2024 Fourth round

TBD

FA Women's League Cup

11 October 2023 Group stage	Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Reading	Leyton
19:30	Linyan 10' Graham 19' Ale 47' Percival 56' Naz 62' Thomas 72' Ayane 85'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 531

22 November 2023 Group stage	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Bristol City	Leyton
19:30				Stadium: Brisbane Road

24 January 2024 Group stage	Southampton	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Eastleigh
19:00				Stadium: Ten Acres

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Advanced to knock-out stage
2	Southampton	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3	Bristol City	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Reading	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2023. Source: FA Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 21 October 2023

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Barbora Votíková	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	CAN	Shelina Zadorsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Amy Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip	5	0	4	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	FW	ENG	Jessica Naz	5	1	1+3	0	0	0	1	1
8	MF	ENG	Grace Clinton	5	1	4	1	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Bethany England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Ellie Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Ramona Petzelberger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
12	MF	NZL	Ria Percival	3	2	0+2	1	0	0	1	1
13	DF	ENG	Asmita Ale	3	1	0+2	0	0	0	1	1
14	FW	NOR	Celin Bizet Ildhusøy	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	WAL	Angharad James	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
16	FW	ENG	Kit Graham	5	1	0+4	0	0	0	1	1
17	FW	SCO	Martha Thomas	5	7	4	6	0	0	0+1	1
18	FW	CHN	Zhang Linyan	2	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	1
20	MF	FIN	Olga Ahtinen	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SUI	Luana Bühler	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	JAM	Rebecca Spencer	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	MAR	Rosella Ayane	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	JAM	Drew Spence	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	FIN	Eveliina Summanen	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Gracie Pearse	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK	ENG	Eleanor Heeps	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Ashleigh Neville	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0

References

"Tottenham Women appoint Robert Vilahamn as head coach on two-year deal to replace Rehanne Skinner". Sky Sports.
"Tottenham sack manager Rehanne Skinner after nine WSL defeats in a row". The Guardian. 13 March 2023.
"Bethany England appointed captain". Tottenham Hotspur. 15 September 2023.
"Luana Bühler completes move". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Olga Ahtinen arrives". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Barbora Votíková signs". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Martha Thomas arrives". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Clinton joins Tottenham Hotspur on loan". www.manutd.com.
"Zhang Linyan to join on loan". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
"Spurs Women player update". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Former Birmingham City and Spurs defender Harrop announces retirement". FAWSL Full-Time. 24 August 2023.
"Central Coast Mariners sign Matildas Forward Kyah Simon". Central Coast Mariners.
"Blues Women sign Cho So-hyun!". Birmingham City FC.
"Wales defender Morgan joins Hearts". BBC Sport.
"Player update: Tinja-Riikka Korpela". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Tinja-Riikka Korpela signs for Roma!". www.asroma.com.
"Ipswich loan for Gunning-Williams". Tottenham Hotspur.
"Spurs forward Karczewska joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan". FAWSL Full-Time. 5 September 2023.
"Sheffield United loan for Heeps". Tottenham Hotspur.

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[1] "Tottenham Women appoint Robert Vilahamn as head coach on two-year deal to replace Rehanne Skinner". Sky Sports.

[2] "Tottenham sack manager Rehanne Skinner after nine WSL defeats in a row". The Guardian. 13 March 2023.

[3] "Bethany England appointed captain". Tottenham Hotspur. 15 September 2023.

[4] "Luana Bühler completes move". Tottenham Hotspur.

[5] "Olga Ahtinen arrives". Tottenham Hotspur.

[6] "Barbora Votíková signs". Tottenham Hotspur.

[7] "Martha Thomas arrives". Tottenham Hotspur.

[8] "Clinton joins Tottenham Hotspur on loan". www.manutd.com.

[9] "Zhang Linyan to join on loan". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

[departures-10] "Spurs Women player update". Tottenham Hotspur.

[11] "Former Birmingham City and Spurs defender Harrop announces retirement". FAWSL Full-Time. 24 August 2023.

[12] "Central Coast Mariners sign Matildas Forward Kyah Simon". Central Coast Mariners.

[13] "Blues Women sign Cho So-hyun!". Birmingham City FC.

[14] "Wales defender Morgan joins Hearts". BBC Sport.

[15] "Player update: Tinja-Riikka Korpela". Tottenham Hotspur.

[16] "Tinja-Riikka Korpela signs for Roma!". www.asroma.com.

[17] "Ipswich loan for Gunning-Williams". Tottenham Hotspur.

[18] "Spurs forward Karczewska joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan". FAWSL Full-Time. 5 September 2023.

[19] "Sheffield United loan for Heeps". Tottenham Hotspur.