Chelsea F.C. Women

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Chelsea Women
Chelsea FC.svg
Full nameChelsea Football Club Women
Nickname(s)The Blues
Founded1992;32 years ago (1992) [1]
Ground Kingsmeadow
Stamford Bridge (select home games)
Capacity4,850 (Kingsmeadow)
40,173 (Stamford Bridge)
Owner BlueCo [2]
ChairmanAdrian Jacob [3]
Manager Emma Hayes
League Women's Super League
2022–23 WSL, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season
Imperial Fields, Chelsea's home ground in 2011 Imperial Fields - geograph.org.uk - 2434693.jpg
Imperial Fields, Chelsea's home ground in 2011

Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies Football Club, are an English women's football club based in Kingston upon Thames, London. Founded in 1992, they compete in the Women's Super League, the top flight of women's football in England, and plays their home games at the Kingsmeadow with some select games at Stamford Bridge. Since 2004, the club has been affiliated with Chelsea F.C., the men's team in the Premier League. Chelsea Women were a founding member of the Super League in 2010. From 2005 to 2010, the side competed in the Premier League National Division, the top tier of women's football in England at the time.

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One of the most successful clubs in English women's football, Chelsea have won a record six Women's Super League championships, as well as the FA WSL Spring Series in 2017, and have the second-highest number of outright league championships after Arsenal. [4] They have also won five Women's FA Cup titles, two FA Women's League Cup titles, and were Women's FA Community Shield winners in 2020. They reached their first UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2021, where they finished as runners-up.

History

Establishment and promotion (1992–2005)

Chelsea Ladies Football Club was formed in 1992 after supporters of Chelsea F.C. expressed desire for a women's side. [5] Tony Farmer, a longtime Chelsea supporter who became interested in women's football when his girlfriend Val Lightfoot joined Crystal Palace, [6] wrote a letter to Chelsea F.C. to propose adding a women's side. [7] [8]

Upon approval, Farmer became the club's first manager, lobbied for it to be promoted in men's match programmes, [8] [9] and began recruiting youth players to the club, including Casey Stoney and Fara Williams as 12-year-olds in 1994 and 1996, respectively. [7] The side's first home pitch was Hurlingham Park in Fulham. [6] Farmer managed the club from the third division of the Greater London Women's Football League to the Premier League Southern Division before resigning in 1997. [7]

In June 2004, Chelsea Ladies were taken over and funded by Chelsea's Football in the Community department, [10] and in 2004–05 Chelsea won promotion to the Premier League National Division. The club has participated at the top level ever since. [8]

FA Premier League National Division (2005–2010)

After starting 2005–06 with one point from six games, manager George Michealas was fired in September after four years in charge. [11] They finished bottom of the league that season under Shaun Gore, but won a promotion/relegation play-off against Northern Division runners-up Liverpool 4–1 on aggregate to stay in the Premier League National Division. [12] During the season the club had been linked with a transfer bid for North American star players Tiffeny Milbrett and Christine Sinclair. [13]

After an eighth-place finish in 2006–07, Gore drafted in England players Siobhan Chamberlain, Casey Stoney and Eniola Aluko that summer. [14] American World Cup winner Lorrie Fair, regarded as one of the best midfielders in the women's game, joined in January as Chelsea finished 2007–08 in fifth position. [15]

Chelsea Ladies introduced a new manager for the 2008–09 season, former Arsenal Ladies reserve team coach Steve Jones. On 2 July 2008 Chelsea surprisingly signed Lianne Sanderson and Anita Asante from Arsenal Ladies, [16] in addition to veteran Mary Phillip. Then Arsenal Ladies manager Vic Akers criticised his former players as disrespectful, [16] while pursuing players from other clubs to bolster his own squad.

Chelsea Ladies finished the 2008–09 season third behind Arsenal and Everton. Mary Phillip retired a month into the new season, [17] Aluko and Asante left for the new WPS in March 2009, while Fair missed the whole campaign with a cruciate ligament injury sustained in May 2008. [18] Jones departed as manager in January 2009, leaving Stoney to act as player/manager. [19]

At Stoney's recommendation, Matt Beard became manager for the 2009–10 season. Cuts to the Ladies club's funding were offset by financial assistance from John Terry and other Chelsea F.C. players. [19] A further blow arrived when Sanderson left for the 2010 WPS season. [20]

Women's Super League (2011–present)

The club bid successfully to be one of eight founding teams in the FA Women's Super League (WSL) in March 2011. [21] On 13 April 2011, the first-ever WSL fixture was played — at Imperial Fields, Chelsea's home ground — between them and Arsenal, which they lost 1–0. [22] Beard led the club to the Women's FA Cup final for the first time in 2012, but Chelsea were eventually beaten by Birmingham City on a penalty shootout after twice taking the lead in a 2–2 draw. [23]

In July 2012, Matt Beard resigned as manager after three years in the post. [24]

Former assistant at Arsenal, Emma Hayes, was brought in as manager in 2012, who was one of the first female managers in the WSL. [3] In Hayes' first season in charge, Chelsea, who were still a part-time professional club, [3] finished third-bottom of the League. [25] The following season, they finished second from the bottom. [26]

The 2014 season was successful for Chelsea, as they finished second in the FA Women's Super League behind Liverpool on goal difference, after eight wins, two draws and four losses. [27] A final day win would have clinched them the league title, but they lost 2–1 away to Manchester City. Their second-place finish meant that they qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history. They also reached the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and the League Cup, where they lost to both eventual winners, Arsenal and Manchester City, respectively.

In 2015, it was announced that many of Chelsea's players would be becoming full professionals for the first time. [28]

Chelsea players celebrating their first FA Women's League Cup win in 2020. Chelsea FC Women v Arsenal WFC, 29 February 2020 (08).jpg
Chelsea players celebrating their first FA Women's League Cup win in 2020.

On 1 August 2015, Chelsea won their first ever Women's FA Cup. They beat Notts County Ladies at Wembley Stadium. Ji So-yun scored the only goal of the game and Eniola Aluko won the player of the match award. [29] The team then beat Sunderland 4–0 in October 2015 to secure the FA WSL title and a League and Cup double. [30] Chelsea repeated that feat in the 2017–18 season, winning another FA WSL and Women's FA Cup double; in the same season, the team also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. [31] On 23 May 2018, the club rebranded as Chelsea Football Club Women. [32]

Chelsea were awarded the 2019–20 WSL title on a points-per-game basis after the season had to be abruptly terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [33]

Chelsea began the 2020–21 season by winning their first ever FA Community Shield, against Manchester City. [34] The season also saw them win their second consecutive League Cup, winning 6–0 against Bristol City. [35] Chelsea and manager Hayes won their fourth WSL title, the most by any WSL team, by two points on the final day of the 2020–21 FA WSL season with a 5–0 victory over Reading. [36] Chelsea broke the record for most points in a season (57) and tied the record for most wins in a season (18). In addition, they became just the third team to defend the League title after Liverpool and Arsenal. [37] Sam Kerr won the WSL Golden Boot for most goals scored by an individual (21), while Fran Kirby was joint top for assists (11) and goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger registered the most clean sheets (12), winning the Golden Glove. [37] Given their remarkable performances over the season, Suzzane Wrack of The Guardian stated that Chelsea was "one of the best women's teams to ever play in England's top flight". [38] On 16 May 2021, Chelsea, on course for a quadruple , lost 4–0 to Barcelona in their first-ever Champions League final appearance. [39] On 5 December 2021, Chelsea won the delayed 2020–21 FA Cup, beating the league leaders Arsenal 3–0 in a dominant display, with goals from Kirby and two from Kerr, helping clinch the trophy and their first domestic treble. [40]

Stadium

Chelsea Women play at Kingsmeadow in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, London. Chelsea F.C. bought Kingsmeadow for their youth and women's teams from AFC Wimbledon in 2016 so that Wimbledon could fund their new ground, Plough Lane. [41] Kingsmeadow has a capacity of 4,850. [42]

Between 2012 and 2017, Chelsea played their home games at Wheatsheaf Park. [43] The stadium is located in Staines-upon-Thames and has a capacity for 3,002 spectators. [44]

The team previously played at Imperial Fields during the 2011–12 season, the home ground of Tooting & Mitcham United. [45]

Attendance

The current home attendance record of a Chelsea Women's match is 38,350, set on 20 November 2022 during the 2022–23 Women's Super League season match against Tottenham Hotspur, played at Stamford Bridge. [46] Their current home attendance record at their primary ground of Kingsmeadow is 4,670, set on 28 April 2019 in a Champion's League semi-final leg against Lyon. [47]

Players

Current squad

As of 5 February 2024 [48]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Zećira Mušović
2 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mia Fishel
3 DF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Aniek Nouwen
4 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Millie Bright (captain)
5 MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Sophie Ingle
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sjoeke Nüsken
7 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jess Carter
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Melanie Leupolz
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Catarina Macario
10 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Lauren James
11 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Guro Reiten
12 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Ashley Lawrence
14 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Fran Kirby
15 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Ève Périsset
16 GK Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Nicky Evrard
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Maren Mjelde
19 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
20 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Kerr
21 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Niamh Charles
22 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Erin Cuthbert
23 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Maika Hamano
24 GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Hannah Hampton
26 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kadeisha Buchanan
28 MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Čanković
29 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jorja Fox
30 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Ann-Katrin Berger
33 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Aggie Beever-Jones
35 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Mayra Ramírez
36 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashanti Akpan
39 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Nathalie Björn

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Emily Orman(at Reading until June 2024)
— DF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alsu Abdullina (at Paris FC until June 2024)
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Brooke Aspin (at Bristol City until June 2024)
— DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejandra Bernabé (at Real Sociedad until June 2024)
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Cerys Brown(at Watford until June 2024)
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Reanna Blades (at Lewes until June 2024)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wieke Kaptein (at Twente until June 2024)
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lexi Potter (at Crystal Palace until June 2024)
— MF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Svitková (at Slavia Prague until June 2024)
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Charlotte Wardlaw (at Glasgow City until June 2024)
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Aimee Claypole(at Lewes until June 2024)
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Lucy Watson(at Crystal Palace until June 2024)

Former players

For details of former players, see Category:Chelsea F.C. Women players.

Player of the Year

YearPlayerPositionRef.
2015 Flag of England.svg Eniola Aluko Forward [49]
2016 Flag of England.svg Katie Chapman Midfielder [49]
2017 Flag of England.svg Karen Carney Midfielder [49]
2017–18 Flag of England.svg Fran Kirby Forward [49]
2018–19 Flag of Scotland.svg Erin Cuthbert Midfielder [49]
2019–20 Flag of England.svg Bethany England Forward [50]
2020–21 Flag of England.svg Fran Kirby Forward [51]
2021–22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr Forward [52]
2022–23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr Forward [53]

Management team

PositionStaff
Manager Flag of England.svg Emma Hayes
General manager Flag of England.svg Paul Green
Assistant manager Flag of the United States.svg Denise Reddy
Head of performance Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bart Caubergh
Assistant coach Flag of England.svg Stuart Searle
Coach Flag of England.svg Gemma Davison
Movement coaches Flag of England.svg Harry McCulloch
Flag of England.svg Ed Ryan-Moore
Performance analyst Flag of Ireland.svg Ferdia O'Hanrahan
Match analyst Flag of England.svg Jamie Cook
Opposition analyst Flag of England.svg Cameron Meighan
Lead scout Flag of England.svg TJ O'Leary

Source:  Chelsea F.C.

Honours

Chelsea players celebrating winning the 2014-15 FA Women's Cup. 2015 FA Womens Cup Winners.jpg
Chelsea players celebrating winning the 2014–15 FA Women's Cup.

Chelsea's first major trophy was the Women's FA Cup, won in 2015. In the same year, the club also won its first league title. After winning the 2021–22 FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) season, Chelsea became the first team to win the WSL title for three seasons in a row. [54] Their most recent success came in May 2023, when they won their sixth Women's Super League title.

Domestic competitions

League titles

Cups

  • Surrey County Cup [57]
    • Winners (9): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2010–11

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2017 Spring Series was a shortened competition played in a single round-robin format, [55] and is not considered an official WSL title by the FA. [56]

International competitions

Runners-up (1): 2020–21
Runners-up (1): 2013

Other

Doubles

Trebles

Season-by-season records

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (home, away and aggregate) list Chelsea's goal tally first.

SeasonRoundOpponentsHomeAwayAggregate
2015–16 Round of 32 Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow City 1–03–04–0
Round of 16 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 1–20–21–4
2016–17 Round of 32 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 0–31–11–4
2017–18 Round of 32 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 1–01–22–2 (a)
Round of 16 Flag of Sweden.svg Rosengård 3–01–04–0
Quarter-final Flag of France.svg Montpellier 3–12–05–1
Semi-final Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 1–30–21–5
2018–19 Round of 32 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg SFK 2000 6–05–011–0
Round of 16 Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina 1–06–07–0
Quarter-final Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 2–01–23–2
Semi-final Flag of France.svg Lyon 1–11–22–3
2020–21 Round of 32 Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica 3–05–08–0
Round of 16 Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid 2–01–13–1
Quarter-final Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 2–13–05–1
Semi-final Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 4–11–25–3
Final Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 0–4
2021–22 Group stage Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 3–30–43rd place
(Group A)
Flag of Italy.svg Juventus 0–02–1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Servette 1–07–0
2022–23 Group stage Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 3–01–01st place
(Group A)
Flag of Albania.svg Vllaznia 8–04–0
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–01–1
Quarter-final Flag of France.svg Lyon 1–21–02–2 (4–3 p)
Semi-final Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 0–11–11–2
2023–24 Group stage Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–12–21st place
(Group D)
Flag of France.svg Paris FC 4–14–0
Flag of Sweden.svg BK Häcken 0–03–1
Quarter-final Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax 1–13–04–1
Semi-final Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona

Colour key: Green = Chelsea win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

RankTeamPoints
1 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 124.099
2 Flag of France.svg Lyon 118.166
3 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg 104.333
4 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain 97.166
5 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 96.333
6 Flag of England.svg Chelsea81.366
As of 15 May 2023 [58]

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