The 2020–21 season was Chelsea Women's 29th competitive season and 11th consecutive season in the

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, the top flight of English women's football. Chelsea competed in the domestic league as defending champions from the previous season. With a strong showing by the club, the title was successfully retained in addition to winning all domestic trophies offered – the

FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is Football in England, English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA ...

, the League Cup and the

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. They also finished runners-up in the

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, which was their first appearance as finalists.

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 who is the head coach of the United States women's national team. She was previously manager of Chelsea Women from 2012 to 2024, winning seven Women's Super ...

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, -

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 was an association football competition in England. It was a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It was the first competitive match of the football season. The match ...

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. ...

. 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

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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 Association football, soccer player who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea, and the Australia ...

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Fran Kirby Francesca Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion and played for the England w ...

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Pernille Harder Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

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Guro Reiten Guro Reiten (; born 26 July 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Katte ...

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Erin Cuthbert Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays for Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea in the Women's Super League and is a member of the Scotland women's national football team, Scotl ...

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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 Women's Super League club Everton and captains the Norway national team. She has won several titles while playing ...

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Millie Bright Millie Bright (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea, which she captains, and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles and Leeds ...

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Ji So-yun Ji So-yun (, ; born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League and the South Korea national team. Club career Ji started her career in Jap ...

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Niamh Charles Niamh Louise Charles ( , ; born 21 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England national team. Beginning her youth and senior career with Liverpool as a forwar ...

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Magdalena Eriksson Magdalena "Magda" Eriksson (also Ericsson; born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich and the Sweden national team.Jessica Carter Jessica Leigh Carter (born 27 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Gotham FC and the England national team. She began her senior career at Birmingham City a ...

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Assists

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Jessica Carter Jessica Leigh Carter (born 27 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Gotham FC and the England national team. She began her senior career at Birmingham City a ...

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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. Blundell didn’t play in the 24/25 season due to Pregnancy ...

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Jessie Fleming Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns and Captain (association footbal ...

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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 Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Germany national team, where she has been the number one since 2024. She ha ...

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Clean sheets

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Carly Telford Carly Mitchell Telford (born 7 July 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Telford joined Leeds United Ladies in 2007 from relegated club Sunderland. In May of that year she had turned out for ...

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Zećira Mušović Zećira Mušović (; born 26 May 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club Malmö FF and the Sweden national team. Early life Mušović was born in Falun, Sweden in 1996 to a family of Bosniak ...

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Disciplinary records

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, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0 , - , , FW, , 23, , align=left,

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Awards

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, FA WSL Golden Glove , , - ,

, , -

Notes

References

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