The 2020 Women's FA Community Shield was the ninth
Women's FA Community Shield, and the first after the competition's revival following an eleven-season abeyance.
As with its
male equivalent, the Community Shield is an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's
league and the previous season's
Women's FA Cup. However, as 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 ...
was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confir ...
, the 2020 Community Shield was contested by the
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 the still-reigning
2018–19 FA Cup
The 2018–19 FA Cup (also known as the Football Association Challenge Cup) was the 138th edition of the oldest football tournament in the world. It was sponsored by Emirates and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started ...
winners,
Manchester City
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...
. Both teams were contesting their first ever Women's Community Shield.
The match was played as part of a double-header, with both the women's and
men's Community Shields contested on the same day, played back-to-back at
Wembley Stadium and was televised live on
BBC One and
BBC iPlayer
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.
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