2016 Durham W.F.C. season
| 2017 season | |
| Manager | Amee Clark |
|---|---|
| Stadium | New Ferens Park |
| FA WSL 2 | 4th |
| FA Women's Cup | Fifth round (Eliminated by Notts County) |
| WSL Cup | Preliminary round (Eliminated by Sheffield) |
| Top goalscorer |
League: Beth Hepple (11) All: Beth Hepple (16) |
| Highest home attendance | 537 (vs. Millwall Lionesses, 6 November 2016) |
| Lowest home attendance | 197 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 28 February 2016) |
| Average home league attendance | 391 |
| Biggest win | 9–0 vs. London Bees |
| Biggest defeat | 4–0 vs. Yeovil Town |
The 2016 Durham Women's F.C. season was the third season of football played by Durham Women's F.C.. They competed in FA WSL 2, the second tier of women's football in England, and also took part in the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup.
Durham Women's F.C. were formed in 2013 through a merger between South Durham & Cestria Girls Football Club and the sport department of Durham University. The two organisations had joined forces specifically to apply for a place in the new FA WSL 2, and they became founder members of the division when it began play in 2014.
Their first two seasons had seen them finish in sixth place in 2014, and seventh place in 2015, but they hoped the 2016 season would mark an improvement in form that would lift them into the top four teams of the division.
There was a small amount of activity in the transfer market involving the club over the off-season, with three players leaving and three joining. Northern Ireland international Julie Nelson announced on Twitter the day after the final game of the 2015 season that she would be leaving the club. Caroline Dixon, who had missed the entire 2015 campaign due to a serious knee injury, was released in early December, and goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse left to join WSL 1 side Doncaster Rovers Belles just before Christmas.
The three players brought in were goalkeeper Megan Borthwick from Newcastle United, who was signed to replace the outgoing Moorhouse, and defenders Becky Salicki and Sarah McFadden (a former Northern Irish international), who both joined from Sunderland.
Beth Hepple received international recognition over the winter with call-ups to England Under-20 training camps in October, November and January, while Chloe Macek was placed on stand-by for the England Under-19 training camp in October.
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