Women's Super League fixtures: Chelsea to play Tottenham in first weekend; Aston Villa against Manchester United

Chelsea person won the Women's Super League 4 times successful a enactment and finished 2 points up of Manchester United successful 2022-23

Reigning Women's Super League champions Chelsea volition play Tottenham astatine Stamford Bridge connected Sunday, 1 October successful their archetypal lucifer of the 2023-24 season.

Arsenal entertain Liverpool astatine Emirates Stadium successful their opener, with Manchester City distant astatine West Ham.

Newly promoted Bristol City look Leicester, portion Everton play Brighton.

The Women's Championship begins connected 26 August with past season's runners-up Birmingham City making an aboriginal travel to Blackburn Rovers, and recently promoted Watford welcoming Durham successful their opener.

As a effect of the Women's World Cup successful Australia and New Zealand, with the tourney opening connected Thursday earlier the last connected 20 August, the WSL play starts aboriginal than normal.

The Championship ends connected 28 April and the last WSL league fixtures volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday, 18 May, including Manchester United v Chelsea connected the past time of the season.

Emma Hayes' Chelsea broadside person won the rubric successful each of the 4 erstwhile seasons, but volition beryllium without past season's skipper Magdalena Eriksson and guardant Pernille Harder, who person both joined Bayern Munich connected escaped transfers..

Chelsea's opener against Tottenham volition beryllium shown connected Sky Sports and is the archetypal competitory crippled successful complaint for caller Spurs brag Robert Vilahamn aft helium was named the club's new manager earlier this month.

Manchester United finished successful their highest presumption successful 2022-23, taking the rubric contention to the last time of the run and ending 2 points down Chelsea, and volition commencement against a Villa broadside whose squad includes past season's WSL apical goalscorer Rachel Daly.

The Women's Football Weekend makes a instrumentality from 23-24 March 2024, with caller and existing fans encouraged to observe the crippled by attending fixtures crossed the women's pyramid during an planetary model successful the men's calendar.

The fixtures connected that play see Manchester City v Manchester United, Everton v Liverpool and West Ham v Chelsea.

Liverpool look Everton successful the archetypal Merseyside derby of the play successful week three, connected 15 October, and Manchester United play Manchester City connected 19 November.

Tottenham big Arsenal connected 17 December successful the archetypal of the northbound London derbies, with the reverse fixture connected 3 March.

Opening 2 WSL weekends

Sunday, 1 October

• Aston Villa v Manchester United (12:30 BST, Villa Park, unrecorded connected BBC Two)
• Everton v Brighton (13:00, Walton Hall Park)
• Arsenal v Liverpool (14:00, Emirates Stadium)
• Bristol City v Leicester (14:00, Ashton Gate)
• West Ham v Manchester City (15:00, Chigwell Construction Stadium)
• Chelsea v Tottenham (17:30 BST, unrecorded connected Sky Sports)

Sunday, 8 October (dates and times are taxable to alteration due to the fact that of broadcast selections)

• Brighton v West Ham (12:00, Broadfield Stadium)
• Manchester United v Arsenal (12:00, Leigh Sports Village)
• Manchester City v Chelsea (13:00, Academy Stadium)
• Liverpool v Aston Villa (14:00, Prenton Park)
• Tottenham Hotspur v Bristol City (14:00, Brisbane Road Stadium)
• Leicester City v Everton (15:00, King Power Stadium)

Opening 2 Championship weekends

Saturday, 26 August

• Blackburn Rovers v Birmingham City (17:30, Ewood Park)

Sunday, 27 August

• Watford v Durham (12:00, Wealdstone FC)
• Sunderland v London City Lionesses (13:00, Eppleton CW)
• Crystal Palace v Reading (14:00, Sutton United)
• Charlton Athletic v Sheffield United (15:00, The Valley)
• Lewes v Southampton (16:00, The Dripping Pan)

Saturday, 2 September

• Reading v Charlton Athletic (17:15, Select Car Leasing Stadium)

Sunday, 3 September

• Durham v Lewes (12:00, Maiden Castle)
• London City Lionesses v Watford (13:00, Dartford FC)
• Southampton v Blackburn Rovers (14:00, St Mary's)
• Birmingham City v Crystal Palace (15:00, St. Andrews)
• Sheffield United v Sunderland (16:00, Bramall Lane)