2023–24 West Ham United F.C. Women season

West Ham United
2023–24 season
Head Coach	Rehanne Skinner
Stadium	Victoria Road, Dagenham
WSL	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Viviane Asseyi and Riko Ueki (6); All: Viviane Asseyi and Riko Ueki (7)
Highest home attendance	4,172; (vs. Arsenal, 4 February)
Lowest home attendance	614; (vs. Everton, 10 December)
Average home league attendance	1,897
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 West Ham United F.C. Women season was the club's 33rd season in existence and their sixth in the Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 28 May 2023, following the final game of the 2022–23 season, it was announced head coach Paul Konchesky had been sacked with immediate effect after one season in charge.^[1] On 20 July 2023, the club announced Rehanne Skinner as head coach. Skinner had most recently been head coach of Tottenham Hotspur but was sacked in March 2023.^[2]

Squad

As of 31 January 2024^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	IRL	Jessica Ziu
18	DF	ENG	Anouk Denton
19	MF	JPN	Honoka Hayashi
20	FW	FRA	Viviane Asseyi
21	DF	ENG	Shannon Cooke
22	MF	AUS	Katrina Gorry
23	DF	FRA	Hawa Cissoko (vice captain)
25	GK	IRL	Megan Walsh
30	GK	ENG	Katie O'Hanlon
35	FW	ENG	Princess Ademiluyi
36	MF	ENG	Soraya Walsh

Preseason

20 August 2023 Friendly	Lewes	1–2	West Ham United	Lewes
	Grey	Report	Evans Filis (pen.)	Stadium: The Dripping Pan

10 September 2023 Friendly	West Ham United	3–0	Bristol City	Dagenham
	Asseyi 58', 63', 90'			Stadium: Victoria Road

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
22	3	6	13	20	45	−25	15	1	4	6	12	19	−7	2	2	7	8	26	−18

Last updated: 18 May 2024.
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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	L
Position	12	7	9	8	8	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

1 October 2023 1	West Ham United	0–2	Manchester City	Dagenham
15:00	Cissoko 90+5'	Report	Castellanos 16' Hemp 48' Roord 55' Ouahabi 71'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Abigail Bryne

8 October 2023 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	West Ham United	Crawley
12:00	Thorisdottir 24' Bergsvand 65'	Report	Smith 12' Ueki 24', 51' Asseyi 38' Evans 75' Atkinson 89' Shimizu 90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Amy Fearn

14 October 2023 3	Chelsea	2–0	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
17:30	Leupolz 18' Kerr 36' Cuthbert 90'	Report	Cissoko 34'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,313 Referee: Stacey Pearson

22 October 2023 4	West Ham United	1–1	Liverpool	Dagenham
15:00	Ueki 38', 90+5'	Report	Höbinger 52' Bonner 73'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,163 Referee: Steven Hughes

5 November 2023 5	West Ham United	2–3	Bristol City	Dagenham
15:00	Asseyi 27' (pen.) Ueki 45+3'	Report	Napier 5' Furness 17' Thestrup 32' Powell 37' Aspin 55' Harrison 80' Connolly 90+2'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 791 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

12 November 2023 6	Manchester United	5–0	West Ham United	Leigh
12:00	Geyse 3' Turner 42' Parris 45+1' García 88' Malard 90'	Report	Tysiak 21' Denton 59' Cissoko 80'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 4,396 Referee: Phoebe Cross

19 November 2023 7	West Ham United	2–3	Aston Villa	Dagenham
15:00	Asseyi 27' (pen.) Stringer 39' Filis 49' Evans 80' Cooke 85'	Report	Mayling 21' Patten 31' Leon 50' Daly 85', 90+2' Nobbs 90+6'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 November 2023 8	Arsenal	3–0	West Ham United	Borehamwood
14:00	Maanum 2' Mead 18', 41'	Report	Cissoko 37'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,686 Referee: Lisa Benn

10 December 2023 9	West Ham United	0–1	Everton	Dagenham
15:00	Asseyi 53'	Report	Finnigann 34' K. Holmgaard 63'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 614 Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

17 December 2023 10	Leicester City	1–1	West Ham United	Leicester
15:00	Palmer 28' Petermann 68' Green 90+1'	Report	Ziu 35' Stringer 79' Cissoko 90+3' 90+5' Hayashi 90+8'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 1,521 Referee: Abigail Byrne

21 January 2024 11	West Ham United	3–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Dagenham
19:00	Ueki 21' Cissoko 29' Shimizu 35' Gorry 42' Asseyi 62', 87' Tysiak 70'	Report	Clinton 6', 48' Bizet 43' Naz 75' Bartip 84'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,293 Referee: Stacey Pearson

28 January 2024 12	Bristol City	1–2	West Ham United	Bristol
14:00	Connolly 46' Thestrup 48' Powell 90+8'	Report	Hayashi 13' Harries 23' Asseyi 55' Shimizu 90+5' Smith 90+14'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 6,214 Referee: Lauren Impey

4 February 2024 13	West Ham United	2–1	Arsenal	Dagenham
12:30	Asseyi 50' (pen.), 90+6' Cissoko 58' Smith 78' Cooke 86'	Report	Russo 43' Lacasse 88'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 4,172 Referee: Melissa Burgin

18 February 2024 14	Everton	2–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:00	Finnigan 58' Piemonte 83' Galli 86' Stenevik 90+3' Olesen 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 997 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

3 March 2024 15	West Ham United	1–1	Manchester United	Dagenham
15:00	Asseyi 85' Snerle 87'	Report	Williams 4'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 3,171 Referee: Melissa Burgin

17 March 2024 16	Liverpool	3–1	West Ham United	Birkenhead
12:00	Kiernan 41' Kearns 50' Haug 73' Clark 85' Daniëls 90+4'	Report	Ueki 87'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,397 Referee: Emily Heaslip

24 March 2024 17	West Ham United	0–2	Chelsea	Dagenham
16:30	Bergman-Lundin 64'	Report	Beever-Jones 2' Leupolz 72' Cuthbert 88'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Marc Wilson

31 March 2024 18	West Ham United	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dagenham
15:00	Ueki 69'	Report	Losada 31' Olme 34' Haley 64' Symonds 89'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,769 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

21 April 2024 19	Manchester City	5–0	West Ham United	Manchester
14:15	Ouahabi 1' Shaw 3', 24' Greenwood 74' Blindkilde 81' Park 86'	Report	Shimizu 59' Cissoko 84'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 4,385 Referee: Abigail Byrne

28 April 2024 20	Aston Villa	1–1	West Ham United	Walsall
14:00	Patten 64' Lehmann 72' Dali 90+4' Turner 90+6'	Report	Smith 27' Cooke 90+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,282 Referee: Emily Heaslip

5 May 2024 21	West Ham United	1–1	Leicester City	Dagenham
15:00	Ueki 13' Tysiak 90+5'	Report	Howard 36' Ale 47' Thibaud 87'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,904 Referee: Abigail Byrne

18 May 2024 22	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	West Ham United	Leyton
15:00	England 4' Ahtinen 60' Naz 86' Grant 90+8' Spence 90+9'	Report	Ueki 50' Smith 54'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 9,999 Referee: Phoebe Cross

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Everton	22	6	5	11	24	37	−13	23
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	4	13	26	48	−22	19
10	Leicester City	22	4	6	12	26	45	−19	18
11	West Ham United	22	3	6	13	20	45	−25	15
12	Bristol City (R)	22	1	3	18	20	70	−50	6	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Women's Super League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the first tier, West Ham entered the FA Cup in the fourth round proper.

14 January 2024 Fourth round	Chelsea	3–1 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
13:00	Fishel 70' Reiten 86' Cuthbert 101' Nüsken 105+2', 108'	Report	Tysiak 12' Asseyi 18' Shimizu 44' Arnold 68' Gorry 72'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Emily Heaslip

FA Women's League Cup

11 October 2023 Group stage	West Ham United	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Dagenham
19:30	Harries 58' Atkinson 78', 90+2'	Report	Humphrey 20' Muya 77'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 413 Referee: Lauren Impey

22 November 2023 Group stage	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	West Ham United	Crawley
19:30	Thorisdottir 28' Bergsvan 45+1' Losada 52' (pen.) Sarri 61' (pen.) Pattinson 64'	Report	Stapleton 23' Asseyi 28' Stringer 44' Cooke 51' Cissoko 89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 845 Referee: Amy Fearn

25 January 2024 Group stage	Birmingham City	2–1	West Ham United	Birmingham
19:00	Agg 18' Harris 48', 90+7' Choe 67'	Report	Ueki 90+2'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 781 Referee: Amy Fearn

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brighton & Hove Albion (Q)	3	3	0	8	2	+6	9	Advanced to knock-out stage
2	Charlton Athletic	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3	West Ham United	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Birmingham City	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 18 May 2024

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	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold	21	0	19	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	SCO	Kirsty Smith	25	1	22	1	1	0	2	0
3	DF	JPN	Risa Shimizu	26	1	22	1	1	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	11	0	7+1	0	0	0	2+1	0
5	DF	BEL	Amber Tysiak	20	1	16+1	1	1	0	1+1	0
7	MF	SWE	Marika Bergman-Lundin	8	0	0+8	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	DEN	Emma Snerle	13	0	5+6	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	JPN	Riko Ueki	26	7	22	6	1	0	1+2	1
10	MF	ISL	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Emma Harries	20	1	7+10	0	0+1	0	1+1	1
14	DF	CAN	Shelina Zadorsky	10	0	8+1	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	USA	Kristie Mewis	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	IRL	Jessica Ziu	19	0	11+5	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
18	DF	ENG	Anouk Denton	19	0	12+3	0	0+1	0	3	0
19	MF	JPN	Honoka Hayashi	23	2	21	2	1	0	1	0
20	FW	FRA	Viviane Asseyi	26	7	22	6	1	1	3	0
21	DF	ENG	Shannon Cooke	23	1	8+11	1	1	0	3	0
22	MF	AUS	Katrina Gorry	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Hawa Cissoko	23	2	19+1	1	0	0	2+1	1
25	GK	IRL	Megan Walsh	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK	ENG	Katie O'Hanlon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Princess Ademiluyi	15	0	0+11	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Soraya Walsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
17	MF	ENG	Mel Filis	11	0	2+7	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	DF	IRL	Jessie Stapleton	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
41	MF	ENG	Keira Flannery	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
7	MF	SCO	Lisa Evans	11	1	8+1	1	0	0	0+2	0
11	MF	IRL	Izzy Atkinson	9	1	1+6	0	0	0	1+1	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
28 July 2023	DF	Jessie Stapleton	Shelbourne	^[4]
2 August 2023	FW	Emma Harries	Reading	^[5]
11 August 2023	GK	Katelin Talbert	Benfica	^[6]
18 August 2023	GK	Megan Walsh	Brighton & Hove Albion	^[7]
12 September 2023	FW	Riko Ueki	Tokyo Verdy Beleza	^[8]
1 January 2024	MF	Kristie Mewis	Gotham FC	^[9]
5 January 2024	MF	Katrina Gorry	Vittsjö GIK	^[10]
31 January 2024	MF	Marika Bergman-Lundin	BK Häcken	^[11]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
3 January 2024	DF		Shelina Zadorsky	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	^[12]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
28 May 2023	MF	Kate Longhurst	Charlton Athletic	^[13]^[14]
29 June 2023	DF	Grace Fisk	Liverpool	^[15]^[16]
	DF	Lucy Parker	Aston Villa	^[15]^[17]
	MF	Brooke Cairns	Wolverhampton Wanderers	^[15]^[18]
	GK	Sophie Hillyerd	London City Lionesses	^[15]^[19]
7 July 2023	DF	Maisy Barker	Ipswich Town	^[20]
25 January 2024	MF	Lisa Evans	Bristol City	^[21]^[22]
27 January 2024	MF	Izzy Atkinson	Crystal Palace	^[23]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	To	Until	Ref.
11 August 2023	GK	Katelin Talbert	Djurgårdens	End of season	^[24]
16 August 2023	MF	Macey Nicholls^[a]	Hashtag United	End of season	^[25]
7 September 2023	MF	Halle Houssein	Reading	End of season	^[26]
28 September 2023	GK	Katie O'Hanlon^[a]	Billericay Town	End of season	^[27]
28 September 2023	MF	Soraya Walsh^[a]	Billericay Town	End of season	^[27]
10 January 2024	MF	Mel Filis	Charlton Athletic	End of season	^[28]
26 January 2024	DF	Jessie Stapleton	Reading	End of season	^[29]
31 January 2024	MF	Keira Flannery	Reading	End of season	^[30]

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