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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Arsenal vs Man City kicks off 2024-25 WSL</li><li>Champions Chelsea start against Aston Villa</li><li>GOAL has all the key dates for your diary</li></ul>

WSL 2024-25 fixtures revealed: Dates for your diary as Arsenal vs Man City showdown headlines opening weekend & Chelsea begin post-Emma Hayes era vs Aston Villa

<p>That first home game for the Gunners is one of the most eye-catching from Monday's fixture release, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/vivianne-miedema-explains-decision-to-join-manchester-city-from-women-s-super-league-rivals-arsenal/blt6efd64d3908cdc45" target="_blank">especially as it will see new Man City striker Vivianne Miedema go up against her old club straight away</a>. Arsenal also end the season on a big note, at home to Manchester United. The Red Devils, meanwhile, kick things off at home to West Ham. Brighton vs Everton, Liverpool vs Leicester and Tottenham vs newly-promoted Crystal Palace are the rest of the opening weekend games.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p><a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/chelsea-bounced-back-quadruple-disappointment-uswnt-bound-emma-hayes-perfect-farewell-wsl-title/bltfe074f59e0cf75a3" target="_blank">Chelsea have been crowned champions of England in each of the previous five years</a> but the new campaign will certainly be different. That's because <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/emma-hayes-replacement-sonia-bompastor-success-chelsea/bltcdab0cc3b4da1881" target="_blank">it'll be the first under former Lyon boss Sonia Bompastor</a> after Hayes' 12-year stint came to an end in May, as she took over the United States women's national team. There are some testing fixtures early on for Bompastor, too, with Manchester United at home and Arsenal away coming back-to-back in October.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<table><thead><tr><th>Matchday</th><th>Date</th><th>Fixture</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Sept 21/22</td><td>Arsenal vs Man City (Opening weekend)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Oct 5/6</td><td>Chelsea vs Man Utd</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Oct 12/13</td><td>Arsenal vs Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Nov 2/3</td><td>Man Utd vs Arsenal</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Nov 16/17</td><td>Chelsea vs Man City</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Jan 18/19</td><td>Man City vs Man Utd</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Jan 25/26</td><td>Chelsea vs Arsenal</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Feb 1/2</td><td>Man City vs Arsenal</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>March 22/23</td><td>Man City vs Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Apr 26/27</td><td>Man Utd vs Chelsea</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>May 3/4</td><td>Man Utd vs Man City</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>May 10/11</td><td>Arsenal vs Man Utd (Final weekend)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

<p>Fixtures for the 2024-25 season of the Women's Championship were also revealed on Monday, with London City Lionesses and Newcastle United going head to head on the opening weekend. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/michele-kang-london-city-lionesses-championship-wsl/blt9794bbaa0e247217" target="_blank">The club from the capital are backed by the investment of Michele Kang, who also owns Lyon and the Washington Spirit, and have made a real splash in this summer window as a result</a>. The same can be said of the Magpies, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/newcastle-women-signing-lionesses-euro-2022-promotion-wsl/blt87815d7fc7dff616" target="_blank">who recently signed Demi Stokes - one of England's Euro 2022 winners</a>.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>The Championship will kick off first, on the weekend of September 7 and 8, with the WSL to follow on September 21 and 22 as Chelsea pursue what would be an incredible sixth-successive title.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

WSL 2024-25 fixtures revealed: Dates for your diary as Arsenal vs Man City showdown headlines opening weekend & Chelsea begin post-Emma Hayes era vs Aston Villa | Goal.com

Arsenal will face Man City on the opening weekend of the 2024-25 WSL season, while Chelsea start life without Emma Hayes at home to Aston Villa.

WSL 2024-25 fixtures revealed: Dates for your diary as Arsenal vs Man City showdown headlines opening weekend &amp; Chelsea begin post-Emma Hayes era vs Aston Villa