The 2020–21 season was

Chelsea Women Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies Football Club, are an English women's football club based in Norbiton that competes in the Women's Super League, the top flight of women's football in England. Since 2004, the clu ...

's 29th competitive season and 11th consecutive season in the

FA Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

, the top flight of English women's football.

Squad information

First team squad

New contracts

Transfers and loans

In

Out

Loan out

Management team

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Emma Hayes Emma Carol Hayes (born 18 October 1976) is an English professional football manager. She is currently the manager of FA WSL club Chelsea Women. She previously served as the head coach and director of football operations for Chicago Red Stars o ...

, - , Assistant manager, , Paul Green , - , Assistant coach, ,

Denise Reddy Denise Reddy (born September 14, 1970) is an American professional association football, soccer coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League. Reddy holds a UEFA Pro Lic ...

, - , Head of technical/Goalkeeping coach, ,

Stuart Searle Stuart Andrew Searle (born 27 February 1979) is an English football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Chelsea Women. Club career Born in Wimbledon, London, Searle joined Premier Leag ...

, - , Head of performance, , Bart Caubergh , - , Opposition analyst & coach , ,

Leanne Champ Leanne Kelly Champ (born 10 August 1983) is an English football player and coach, who last played for North Jersey Valkyries of the North American W-League. A tough-tackling full back who can also play in midfield, Champ previously played for ...

, -

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Competitions

Community Shield

In August 2020, the FA announced the return of the

Women's FA Community Shield The Women's FA Community Shield is an association football match in England. It is a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It is the first competitive match of the football season. The match is compe ...

for the first time since 2008. The tie was contested between

2019–20 FA WSL The 2019–20 FA WSL season (also known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the second season after the rebranding of the ...

champions Chelsea and Manchester City, who qualified as reigning 2019 FA Cup winners due to the unfinished nature of the

2019–20 Women's FA Cup The 2019–20 Women's FA Cup was the 50th staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten West Ham United 3–0 in the previous final. T ...

. The match was part of a Wembley double-header on the same day as the men's equivalent.

Women's Super League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Group B

Knockout phase

Champions League

Round of 32

Round of 16

''Note'': Location moved to Italy because of travel restrictions due to Covid-19.

Quarter-finals

''Note'': Location for both legs moved to Budapest because of travel restrictions due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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Sam Kerr Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team (the ''Matildas''), which she has captained si ...

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Fran Kirby Francesca "Fran" Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. She began her career with hometown club Reading before moving to Chelsea in July 20 ...

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Melanie Leupolz Melanie Leupolz (born 14 April 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Germany national team. Club career Leupolz started her career with TSV Ratzenried and TSV Tettn ...

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Guro Reiten Guro Reiten (born 26 July 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Kattem, Trondheims-Ørn, and ...

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Erin Cuthbert Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA WSL and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from the Open Uni ...

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Maren Mjelde Maren Nævdal Mjelde (born 6 November 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Chelsea and captains the Norway national team. She previously played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Dama ...

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Millie Bright Millie Bright (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles, Leeds Ladies and represented England on the under-19 an ...

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Ji So-yun Ji So-yun ( ko, 지소연, ; born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WK League club Suwon FC and the South Korean national team. Club career Ji started her career in Japan, playing for L ...

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Niamh Charles Niamh Louise Charles (born 21 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. Early career Charles grew up on the Wirral in Merseyside an ...

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Drew Spence Drew Spence (born 23 October 1992) is an English-born Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA WSL club Tottenham Hotspur and the Jamaica women's national football team. She played for the England women's national foot ...

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Sophie Ingle Sophie Louise Ingle (born 2 September 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays for the FA WSL club Chelsea and is the captain of the Wales national team. She has previously represented Bristol Academy, Cardiff City, and Liverpool. Ingle plays as ...

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Magdalena Eriksson Magdalena Lilly Eriksson (also Ericsson, born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea Women in the English Women's Super League as well as for the Swedish national team.

, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0 , - , rowspan="1" , 15 , , DF, , 7, , align=left,

Jessica Carter Jess Carter (born 27 October 1997) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea and the England women's national fo ...

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Assists

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Hannah Blundell Hannah Jayne Blundell (born 25 May 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Manchester United in the Women's Super League and the England national team. Club Youth career Blundell grew up in Eastbourne and began ...

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, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , , MF, , 17, , align="left" ,

Jessie Fleming Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada national team. Fleming previously played collegiate soccer in the Unite ...

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Ann-Katrin Berger Ann-Katrin Berger (born 9 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Chelsea and the Germany national team. Early life At the age of four, Berger began playing football in the KSG Eislingen. As ...

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Clean sheets

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Carly Telford Carly Mitchell Telford (born 7 July 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Diego Wave and the England national team. Club career Telford joined Leeds United Ladies in 2007 from relegated club Sunderland. In May of t ...

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Disciplinary records

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, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0 , - , , FW, , 14, , align=left,

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, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0 , - , , MF, , 18, , align=left,

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Awards

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, FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11 (2020) , , - , rowspan="5", 14 , rowspan="5", FW , rowspan="5",

, FA WSL Player of the Month (January) , , - , London Football Awards Women's Player of the Year: Women's Super League Player of the Year , , - , FA WSL Player of the Year , , - ,

PFA Team of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's English football; the Premie ...

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, UEFA.com fans' Women's Team of the Year 2020 , , - ,

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, , - , rowspan="3", 20 , rowspan="3", FW , rowspan="3",

, FA WSL Player of the Month (May) , , - , FA WSL Golden Boot , , - ,

, , - , 21 , FW ,

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, PFA Community Champion Award , , - , rowspan="2", 30 , rowspan="2", GK , rowspan="2",

, FA WSL Golden Glove , , - ,

, , -

Notes

References

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