City stars join illustrious list of international WSL winners | OneFootball

The 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League campaign with certainly live long in the memory of everyone connected to Manchester City.

The Blues sealed the title with one match to play – meaning our final day trip to West Ham was a day full of celebration as we got our hands on the trophy.

Andrée Jeglertz’s side’s beat the Hammers 4-1 to match our best-ever points tally in the WSL, but other records were also achieved in the process.

Kerolin has become the first Brazilian to win the English top flight in her first full season at the Joie Stadium, grabbing ten goals and five assists across all competitions.

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But perhaps her standout moment came when she bagged a scintillating hat-trick in our famous 5-1 victory over Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium – a statement victory against the reigning champions.

Mary Fowler, Leila Ouahabi and Laura Wienroither are also only the second players from their respective nations to lift the WSL title.

Australia’s Sam Kerr and Spain’s Alejandra Bernabe have both finished top with Chelsea, while Viktoria Schnaderbeck won the title with Arsenal in 2019, but they now have company in the form of Fowler, Ouahabi and Wienroither on that list.

Returning from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in that 5-1 win over the Londoners in February 2026, Fowler made eight appearances in all competitions last season, while Ouahabi’s fourth campaign in Blue saw her feature 23 times.

Before our march to the title, Maika Hamano was the only Japanese player to win the WSL, but she now rubs shoulders with Yui Hasegawa, Ayaka Yamashita and Aoba Fujino.

The trio were all pivotal to our success this season, with Yamashita keeping seven WSL clean sheets, bettered only by Chelsea’s Hannah Hampton.

Hasegawa, meanwhile, has flourished in a more attacking role this season and ended 2025/26 by doubling her previous best output in terms of goal contributions, while Fujino also contributed an impressive six goals and three assists across the campaign.

Elsewhere, Iman Beney is only the third Swiss star to claim WSL glory, enjoying a fantastic breakout season in English football with ten assists – more than any other City player in all competitions.

Bunny Shaw has once again ripped up the record books with a third Golden Boot in a row – she’s only the fourth Jamaican to be crowned as an English champion, while Jade Rose’s incredible first professional season also ends with her achieving something only three Canadians have done before her.

Centre-half Rebecca Knaak’s dramatic diving header sealed City a late win at Liverpool which moved us within touching distance of the title, with fellow German Sydney Lohmann’s determined midfield displays also key to our success.

They now join only six other Germans as WSL title winners.

Sam Coffey, a January recruit who played an important role in helping us over the line, is just the seventh United States international to taste league success in England as well.

Kerstin Casparij also perhaps enjoyed her finest season for City, finishing top of the assist charts and becoming only the third defender to register 10+ goal contributions in WSL history.

She’s only the ninth Dutch player to win the WSL, joining team-mate Vivianne Miedema on the list.