2021–22 West Ham United F.C. Women season

West Ham United
2021–22 season
Head Coach	Olli Harder
Stadium	Victoria Road, Dagenham
FA WSL	6th
FA Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dagný Brynjarsdóttir; (4 goals); All: ; Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and; Claudia Walker; (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	2,585; (vs. Arsenal, 8 May)
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,106; (vs. Aston Villa, 11 September); All: 615; (vs. Chelsea, 19 January, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	1,465
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 West Ham United F.C. Women season was the club's 31st season in existence and their fourth in the FA 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 20 May 2021, Jack Sullivan stepped down as managing director after four years in the job.^[1]

Following the final game of the season, it was announced Olli Harder had informed the club of his resignation to pursue new opportunities. Assistant manager Paul Konchesky was immediately announced as his successor on a two-year contract.^[2]

Squad[edit]

As of 16 January 2022^[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
1	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold
2	MF	USA	Zaneta Wyne
4	MF	ENG	Abbey-Leigh Stringer
5	DF	ENG	Gilly Flaherty (captain)
7	MF	SCO	Lisa Evans (on loan from Arsenal)
8	MF	DEN	Emma Snerle
9	FW	ENG	Claudia Walker
10	MF	CZE	Kateřina Svitková
12	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst
13	MF	AUS	Tameka Yallop
14	MF	JPN	Yui Hasegawa
15	DF	ENG	Lucy Parker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ENG	Melisa Filis
18	GK	NZL	Anna Leat
19	FW	CAN	Adriana Leon
20	DF	ENG	Lois Joel
22	DF	ENG	Grace Fisk
23	DF	FRA	Hawa Cissoko
24	MF	ENG	Brooke Cairns
25	MF	ENG	Grace Garrad
26	GK	CAN	Emily Moore
27	DF	ENG	Maisy Barker
32	MF	ISL	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
33	MF	ENG	Halle Houssein (dual registration with Arsenal)

Preseason[edit]

15 August 2021 Friendly	London City Lionesses	0–1	West Ham United	Dartford
14:00		Report	Filis 30'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

22 August 2021 Friendly	Lewes	2–2	West Ham United	Lewes
14:00	Balfour 8', 32'	Report	Walker 51', 86'	Stadium: The Dripping Pan

FA Women's Super League[edit]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	7	6	9	23	33	−10	27	3	4	4	14	15	−1	4	2	5	9	18	−9

Last updated: 8 May 2022.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	10	8	7	5	6	6	7	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	6

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

Results[edit]

5 September 2021 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	West Ham United	Falmer
14:00	Kaagman 33' (pen.) Geum-min 41' Symonds 57'	Report	Cissoko 32' Longhurst 58' Stringer 61'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 2,264 Referee: Emily Heaslip

11 September 2021 2	West Ham United	1–1	Aston Villa	Dagenham
11:30	Leon 8' Stringer 65'	Report	Littlejohn 66' Allen 90+2'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,106 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

26 September 2021 3	West Ham United	4–0	Leicester City	Dagenham
15:00	Yallop 26' Walker 38' Plumptre 45+1' (o.g.) Levell 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Emily Heaslip

3 October 2021 4	Manchester City	0–2	West Ham United	Manchester
14:00		Report	Brynjarsdóttir 39' Cissoko 90+2' Hasegawa 90+4'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,298 Referee: Helen Conley

10 October 2021 5	West Ham United	1–1	Birmingham City	Dagenham
15:00	Walker 7', 54' Stringer 86'	Report	Lo. Quinn 67'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Amy Fearn

7 November 2021 6	Arsenal	4–0	West Ham United	Borehamwood
18:45	Little 39', 52' Mead 61' Fisk 84' (o.g.) McCabe 90+2'	Report	Cissoko 14'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,736 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

14 November 2021 7	West Ham United	2–2	Reading	Dagenham
15:00	Evans 19' Fisk 35' Walker 59'	Report	Harding 32' Chaplen 58' Bryson 68' Stringer 70' (o.g.) Harries 90+2'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,496 Referee: Emily Heaslip

21 November 2021 8	West Ham United	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Dagenham
15:00	Brynjarsdóttir 69' Longhurst 88'	Report	Graham 16' Simon 71' Percival 76' Ayane 81'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Lisa Benn

12 December 2021 9	Everton	1–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:00	Duggan 76' George 78' Sevecke 90'	Report	Svitková 31' Wyne 40'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 432 Referee: Lucy May

19 December 2021	Chelsea	P–P	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
12:15				Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Note: Postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Chelsea^[4]

9 January 2022	West Ham United	P–P	Manchester United	Dagenham
18:45				Stadium: Victoria Road
Note: Postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at West Ham^[5]

16 January 2022 10	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	West Ham United	Canons Park
18:45	Clemaron 45+4' Ayane 54' (pen) Zadorsky 74'	Report	Stringer 18' Cissoko 30' 56' Snerle 57' Longhurst 90+2'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 678 Referee: Amy Fearn

23 January 2022 11	West Ham United	3–0	Everton	Dagenham
15:00	Svitková 41' Brynjarsdóttir 57' Walker 86'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,372 Referee: Lauren Impey

26 January 2022 12	Chelsea	2–0	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
19:00	England 51' Cuthbert 82'	Report	Parker 17' Cissoko 20'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,554 Referee: Ryan Atkin
Note: Rescheduled from 19 December 2021

6 February 2022 13	Aston Villa	1–2	West Ham United	Walsall
18:00	Lehmann 42' (pen.)	Report	Stringer 12', 36' Walker 40' Svitková 52' Longhurst 60'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 334 Referee: Lucy May

13 February 2022 14	Leicester City	3–0	West Ham United	Burton upon Trent
14:00	Flint 2', 76' Plumptre 9' Gregory 50' Devlin 81' O'Brien 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 551 Referee: Abigail Byrne

10 March 2022 15	West Ham United	1–4	Chelsea	Dagenham
19:45	Brynjarsdóttir 48'	Report	Harder 21', 32' Charles 24' Kerr 63'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,735 Referee: Carl Brook
Note: Rescheduled from 6 March due to Chelsea's involvement in the 2022 FA Women's League Cup Final.

13 March 2022 16	Birmingham City	0–1	West Ham United	Birmingham
14:00		Report	Leon 41' Stringer 45+10' Yallop 88' Longhurst 90+2'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 587 Referee: Louise Saunders

16 March 2022 17	West Ham United	1–1	Manchester United	Dagenham
19:30	Fisk 45+2', 90+3'	Report	Caldwell 7' Toone 54', 89'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Neil Hair
Note: Rescheduled from 9 January 2022

27 March 2022 18	West Ham United	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dagenham
15:00		Report	Whelan 3' Kaagman 81'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,411 Referee: Paul Howard

2 April 2022 19	West Ham United	0–2	Manchester City	Dagenham
11:30		Report	Stanway 8' Shaw 63'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,475 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

24 April 2022 20	Reading	1–2	West Ham United	Reading
14:00	Harding 12' Bryson 41', 90+5'	Report	Snerle 46' Hasegawa 86'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Tom Reeves

1 May 2022 21	Manchester United	3–0	West Ham United	Leigh
12:00	Thomas 12' Fisk 20' (o.g.) Galton 49' Batlle 75'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 2,546 Referee: Lucy May

8 May 2022 22	West Ham United	0–2	Arsenal	Dagenham
12:00	Brynjarsdottir 54'	Report	Maritz 6' Blackstenius 60' Catley 66'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Emily Heaslip

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Manchester United	22	12	6	4	45	22	+23	42
5	Tottenham Hotspur	22	9	5	8	24	23	+1	32
6	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	23	33	−10	27
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	2	12	24	38	−14	26
8	Reading	22	7	4	11	21	40	−19	25

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup[edit]

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

30 January 2022 Fourth round	Sheffield United	1–4	West Ham United	Sheffield
13:00	Rayner 6'	Report	Filis 4' Walker 21', 57' Brynjarsdóttir 63'	Stadium: Bramall Lane

27 February 2022 Fifth round	Reading	0–1 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United	Reading
14:00	Eikeland 65' Bryson 87'	Report	Arnold 42' Fisk 49' Brynjarsdóttir 105+1' Walker 117' Joel 118'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium

20 March 2022 Quarter-final	Ipswich Town	0–1	West Ham United	Felixstowe
12:30		Report	Evans 32'	Stadium: Goldstar Ground Referee: Amy Fearn

16 April 2022 Semi-final	West Ham United	1–4	Manchester City	Dagenham
12:15	Evans 42'	Report	White 22' Kelly 37', 53' Hemp 66', 90+1'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Abigail Byrne

FA Women's League Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

13 October 2021 Group stage	London City Lionesses	0–1	West Ham United	Dartford
19:00	Primus 65'	Report	Parker 15', 37' Cissoko 90+2'	Stadium: Princes Park

17 November 2021 Group stage	Birmingham City	0–4	West Ham United	Birmingham
19:30	Pennock 45+2' Holloway 64' Scott 81'	Report	Lo. Quinn 38' (o.g.) Walker 41', 58' Parker 74' Svitková 78'	Stadium: St Andrew's

15 December 2021 Group stage	West Ham United	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Dagenham
19:30	Longhurst 26' Filis 40' Svitková 90+4'	Report	Symonds 14'	Stadium: Victoria Road

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Ham United	3	3	0	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advances to knock-out stage
2	London City Lionesses	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	0	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Birmingham City	3	0	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Knockout stage[edit]

19 January 2022 Quarter-final	West Ham United	2–4	Chelsea	Dagenham
19:30	Svitková 34' Houssein 83'	Report	Harder 25', 61', 66', 82' Cuthbert 58'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 615 Referee: Paul Howard

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

As of 8 May 2022

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold	21	0	18	0	3	0	0	0
2	MF	USA	Zaneta Wyne	25	1	13+5	1	1+2	0	3+1	0
4	MF	ENG	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	25	1	13+5	1	3	0	3+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Gilly Flaherty	26	0	19	0	3+1	0	3	0
7	MF	SCO	Lisa Evans	22	3	12+4	1	3+1	2	0+2	0
8	MF	DEN	Emma Snerle	12	1	5+3	1	2+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Claudia Walker	27	6	16+4	3	2+2	2	3	1
10	MF	CZE	Kateřina Svitková	26	5	17+2	2	3	0	2+2	3
12	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst	29	2	20+2	1	2+2	0	2+1	1
13	MF	AUS	Tameka Yallop	22	1	13+3	1	2+1	0	3	0
14	MF	JPN	Yui Hasegawa	23	2	16+1	2	2+1	0	3	0
15	DF	ENG	Lucy Parker	22	2	8+6	0	4	0	4	2
17	MF	ENG	Melisa Filis	25	2	4+15	0	2	1	4	1
18	GK	NZL	Anna Leat	9	0	4	0	1	0	4	0
19	FW	CAN	Adriana Leon	16	2	11+2	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
20	DF	ENG	Lois Joel	17	0	0+10	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Grace Fisk	23	2	15+1	2	4	0	3	0
23	DF	FRA	Hawa Cissoko	23	0	19	0	1	0	2+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Brooke Cairns	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Grace Garrad	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
26	GK	CAN	Emily Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Maisy Barker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	ISL	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	27	6	19+1	4	1+3	2	2+1	0
33	MF	ENG	Halle Houssein	8	1	0+5	0	2	0	0+1	1

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
10 May 2021	MF	Tameka Yallop	Brisbane Roar	^[6]
28 June 2021	MF	Zaneta Wyne	Glasgow City	^[7]
1 July 2021	FW	Claudia Walker	Birmingham City	^[8]
2 July 2021	MF	Melisa Filis	London Bees	^[9]
27 July 2021	MF	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	Everton	^[10]
3 August 2021	DF	Lucy Parker	UCLA Bruins	^[11]
6 August 2021	GK	Anna Leat	Georgetown Hoyas	^[12]
18 August 2021	MF	Yui Hasegawa	Milan	^[13]
19 August 2021	MF	Brooke Cairns	Everton	^[14]
19 August 2021	MF	Grace Garrad	Arsenal	^[14]
6 January 2022	MF	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	^[15]
11 January 2022	MF	Halle Houssein^[a]	Arsenal	^[16]
16 January 2022	GK	Emily Moore	UBC Thunderbirds	^[17]

^ Dual registration

Loans in[edit]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
13 August 2021	MF		Lisa Evans	Arsenal	End of season	^[18]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
21 May 2021	GK	Courtney Brosnan	Everton	^[19]^[20]
	MF	Kenza Dali	Everton	^[19]^[21]
	MF	Emily van Egmond	Orlando Pride	^[19]^[22]
	FW	Leanne Kiernan	Liverpool	^[19]^[23]
	DF	Cecilie Redisch	Sandviken	^[19]^[24]
	FW	Martha Thomas	Manchester United	^[19]^[25]
	DF	Laura Vetterlein	FC Zürich	^[19]^[26]
30 June 2021	FW	Alisha Lehmann	Aston Villa	^[27]
2 July 2021	MF	Cho So-Hyun	Tottenham Hotspur	^[28]
16 August 2021	DF	Maz Pacheco	Aston Villa	^[29]
3 September 2021	FW	Nor Mustafa	Le Havre	^[30]

References[edit]

^ "Britain's 'youngest football boss' quits". BBC Sport.
^ "Konchesky appointed women's manager, as Harder departs". www.whufc.com.
^ "Teams - Women - West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
^ "Chelsea's WSL clash with West Ham called off due to COVID-19". Reuters. 17 December 2021.
^ "West Ham Women vs Man Utd Women in the Women's Super League called off due to Covid-19". Sky Sports.
^ "Yallop makes West Ham move". BBC Sport.
^ "Zaneta Wyne joins West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
^ "West Ham United sign forward Claudia Walker". West Ham United.
^ "Mel Filis signs for West Ham United". www.whufc.com.
^ "West Ham United bring in Abbey-Leigh Stringer". West Ham United.
^ "Lucy Parker joins West Ham United". West Ham United.
^ "West Ham United bring in New Zealand goalkeeper Anna Leat". West Ham United.
^ "West Ham United sign Japanese international Yui Hasegawa". West Ham United.
^ ^a ^b "West Ham United bring in young talents Brooke Cairns & Grace Garrad". West Ham United.
^ "West Ham sign Denmark midfielder Snerle". BBC Sport.
^ "Midfielder Halle Houssein joins West Ham United Women". West Ham United.
^ "Emily Moore links up with West Ham United Women". West Ham United.
^ "Lisa Evans joins West Ham on loan". www.arsenal.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "West Ham United Women announce retained list". www.whufc.com.
^ "Brosnan Signs For Everton". Everton FC.
^ "Kenza Dali Signs For Everton". Everton FC.
^ "Orlando Pride Re-Signs Emily van Egmond, Kaylie Collins Through 2021 Season". www.orlandocitysc.com.
^ "Leanne Kiernan: Liverpool Women sign Republic of Ireland striker from West Ham". Sky Sports.
^ "Cecilie tilbake i Sandviken". Sandviken Toppfotball (in Norwegian).
^ "Manchester United sign Scotland's Martha Thomas on two-year deal". The Guardian. 28 July 2021.
^ "Die FCZ Frauen verpflichten Laura Vetterlein". FC Zürich (in German).
^ "Alisha Lehmann joins Villa Women". Aston Villa Football Club.
^ "Cho transfer confirmed". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ "Maz Pacheco departs for Aston Villa". West Ham United.
^ "Nor Mustafa departs for Le Havre". West Ham United.

[16] Dual registration

[1] "Britain's 'youngest football boss' quits". BBC Sport.

[2] "Konchesky appointed women's manager, as Harder departs". www.whufc.com.

[3] "Teams - Women - West Ham United". www.whufc.com.

[4] "Chelsea's WSL clash with West Ham called off due to COVID-19". Reuters. 17 December 2021.

[5] "West Ham Women vs Man Utd Women in the Women's Super League called off due to Covid-19". Sky Sports.

[6] "Yallop makes West Ham move". BBC Sport.

[7] "Zaneta Wyne joins West Ham United". www.whufc.com.

[8] "West Ham United sign forward Claudia Walker". West Ham United.

[9] "Mel Filis signs for West Ham United". www.whufc.com.

[10] "West Ham United bring in Abbey-Leigh Stringer". West Ham United.

[11] "Lucy Parker joins West Ham United". West Ham United.

[12] "West Ham United bring in New Zealand goalkeeper Anna Leat". West Ham United.

[13] "West Ham United sign Japanese international Yui Hasegawa". West Ham United.

[19Aug-14] "West Ham United bring in young talents Brooke Cairns & Grace Garrad". West Ham United.

[15] "West Ham sign Denmark midfielder Snerle". BBC Sport.

[17] "Midfielder Halle Houssein joins West Ham United Women". West Ham United.

[18] "Emily Moore links up with West Ham United Women". West Ham United.

[19] "Lisa Evans joins West Ham on loan". www.arsenal.com.

[contract_expiry-20] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "West Ham United Women announce retained list". www.whufc.com.

[21] "Brosnan Signs For Everton". Everton FC.

[22] "Kenza Dali Signs For Everton". Everton FC.

[23] "Orlando Pride Re-Signs Emily van Egmond, Kaylie Collins Through 2021 Season". www.orlandocitysc.com.

[24] "Leanne Kiernan: Liverpool Women sign Republic of Ireland striker from West Ham". Sky Sports.

[25] "Cecilie tilbake i Sandviken". Sandviken Toppfotball (in Norwegian).

[26] "Manchester United sign Scotland's Martha Thomas on two-year deal". The Guardian. 28 July 2021.

[27] "Die FCZ Frauen verpflichten Laura Vetterlein". FC Zürich (in German).

[28] "Alisha Lehmann joins Villa Women". Aston Villa Football Club.

[29] "Cho transfer confirmed". Tottenham Hotspur.

[30] "Maz Pacheco departs for Aston Villa". West Ham United.

[31] "Nor Mustafa departs for Le Havre". West Ham United.

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