2020–21 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea
2020–21 season
ChairmanAdrian Jacob
ManagerEmma Hayes
StadiumKingsmeadow
FA WSL1st
FA CupWinners
League CupWinners
FA Community ShieldWinners
Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Sam Kerr (21)
All: Sam Kerr (31)

The 2020–21 season was Chelsea Women's 29th competitive season and 11th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, 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 League Cup[a] and the FA Cup. They also finished runners-up in the UEFA Champions League, which was their first appearance as finalists.[1]

Squad information

First team squad

As of 12 May 2021[2]
No. Name Nat Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Zećira Mušović Sweden 2021 (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) Sweden Rosengård
28 Carly Telford England 2017 (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37) England Notts County
30 Ann-Katrin Berger Germany 2019 (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34) England Birmingham City
32 Emily Orman England 2019 (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22) Homegrown
Defenders
3 Hannah Blundell England 2013 (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 30) Homegrown
4 Millie Bright England 2014 (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31) England Doncaster Rovers Belles
7 Jessica Carter England 2018 (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27) England Birmingham City
16 Magdalena Eriksson (captain) Sweden 2017 (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31) Sweden Linköpings
25 Jonna Andersson Sweden 2017 (1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 31) Sweden Linköpings
29 Jorja Fox England 2021 (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21) Homegrown
Midfielders
5 Sophie Ingle Wales 2018 (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33) England Liverpool
8 Melanie Leupolz Germany 2020 (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) Germany Bayern Munich
10 Ji So-yun South Korea 2014 (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33) Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa
11 Guro Reiten Norway 2019 (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 30) Norway LSK Kvinner
17 Jessie Fleming Canada 2020 (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26) United States UCLA Bruins
18 Maren Mjelde Norway 2016 (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35) Norway Avaldsnes IL
24 Drew Spence England 2008 (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32) Homegrown
34 Charlotte Wardlaw England 2019 (2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21) Homegrown
Forwards
9 Beth England England 2016 (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30) England Doncaster Rovers Belles
14 Fran Kirby England 2015 (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31) England Reading
20 Sam Kerr Australia 2019 (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31) United States Chicago Red Stars
21 Niamh Charles England 2020 (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25) England Liverpool
22 Erin Cuthbert Scotland 2016 (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26) Scotland Glasgow City
23 Pernille Harder Denmark 2020 (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 32) Germany Wolfsburg
33 Agnes Beever-Jones England 2021 (2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21) Homegrown
On loan
27 Jamie-Lee Napier Scotland 2019 (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24) Scotland Hibernian
35 Emily Murphy England 2019 (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21) Homegrown

New contracts

No. Pos Player Contract end Date Source
9 FW England Beth England 2024 29 July 2020 [3]
22 FW Scotland Erin Cuthbert 2023 31 July 2020 [4]
11 MF Norway Guro Reiten 2023 5 August 2020 [5]
4 DF England Millie Bright 2023 7 August 2020 [6]
16 DF Sweden Magdalena Eriksson 2023 12 November 2020 [7]
18 MF Norway Maren Mjelde 2022 25 January 2021 [8]
5 MF Wales Sophie Ingle 2023 11 February 2021 [9]
28 GK England Carly Telford 2022 17 February 2021 [10]

Transfers and loans

In

Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
MF Germany Melanie Leupolz Germany Bayern Munich Undisclosed 23 March 2020 [11]
FW England Niamh Charles England Liverpool Out of contract 23 June 2020 [12]
MF Canada Jessie Fleming United States UCLA Bruins Undisclosed 22 July 2020 [13]
FW Denmark Pernille Harder Germany Wolfsburg £300,000 1 September 2020 [14][15]
GK Sweden Zećira Mušović Sweden Rosengård Undisclosed 18 December 2020 [16]

Out

Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
FW Finland Adelina Engman France Montpellier End of contract 16 June 2020 [17]
DF England Deanna Cooper England Reading End of contract 17 June 2020 [18][19]
DF England Anita Asante England Aston Villa End of contract 19 June 2020 [20][21]
FW Switzerland Ramona Bachmann France Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed 3 July 2020 [22]
MF England Charlotte Fleming England Leicester City Undisclosed 21 January 2021 [23]
DF Norway Maria Thorisdottir England Manchester United Undisclosed 22 January 2021 [24][25]

Loan out

No. Pos Player To Date Until Fee Source
27 MF Scotland Jamie-Lee Napier England Birmingham City 6 September 2020 30 June 2021 Free [26]
35 FW England Emily Murphy England Birmingham City 16 January 2021 30 June 2021 Free [27]

Management team

Position Staff
Manager England Emma Hayes
Assistant manager England Paul Green
Assistant coach United States Denise Reddy
Head of technical/Goalkeeping coach England Stuart Searle
Head of performance Belgium Bart Caubergh
Opposition analyst & coach England Leanne Champ

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Competitions

Community Shield

Main article: 2020 Women's FA Community Shield

In August 2020, the FA announced the return of the Women's FA Community Shield for the first time since 2008. The tie was contested between 2019–20 FA WSL 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 match was part of a Wembley double-header on the same day as the men's equivalent.[28]

29 August 2020 Chelsea 2–0 Manchester City London
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 0[b]
Referee: Rebecca Welch

Women's Super League

Main article: 2020–21 FA WSL

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 22 18 3 1 69 10 +59 57 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Manchester City 22 17 4 1 65 13 +52 55 Qualification for the Champions League second round
3 Arsenal 22 15 3 4 63 15 +48 48 Qualification for the Champions League first round
4 Manchester United 22 15 2 5 44 20 +24 47
5 Everton 22 9 5 8 39 30 +9 32
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 18 3 1 69 10  +59 57 10 0 1 42 6  +36 8 3 0 27 4  +23

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122
ResultDWWWWWDWWPWWLWWWWWWWWW
Position5333433223211111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 September 2020 1 Manchester United 1–1 Chelsea Leigh
14:30 BST Ökvist Yellow card 76'
Galton 79'
Zelem Yellow card 85'		 Report Kerr 25' Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Rebecca Welch
13 September 2020 2 Chelsea 9–0 Bristol City Kingston upon Thames
12:30 BST Kirby 15'
Mjelde 31' (pen.)
Leupolz 34'
Cuthbert 36'
Bright 40'
England 66'
Charles 69'
Harder 73'
Kerr 86'		 Report Bryson Yellow card 90+3' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Stacey Pearson
4 October 2020 3 Birmingham City 0–1 Chelsea Solihull
14:00 BST Report Kirby 9' Stadium: SportNation.Bet Stadium
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Abigail Bryne
11 October 2020 4 Chelsea 3–1 Manchester City Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST Bright Yellow card 33'
Mjelde 36' (pen.) Yellow card 88'
Kerr 57'
Kirby 79'		 Report White Yellow card 36'
Mewis Yellow card 45+3'
Kelly 73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Rebecca Welch
17 October 2020 5 Aston Villa 0–4 Chelsea Walsall
14:00 BST Hanssen Yellow card 45' Report Kerr 3'
England 35'
Harder 68'
Eriksson 70'
Bright Yellow card 71'		 Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Helen Conley
Note: The match was played on 27 January 2021.
8 November 2020 6 Chelsea 4–0 Everton Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Ji 16'
Bright Yellow card 65'
England 73', 76'
Harder 90+7'		 Report Emslie Yellow card 64' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Abigail Byrne
15 November 2020 7 Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea Borehamwood
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Maier Yellow card 33'
Mead 86'		 Report Ji Yellow card 63'
Wubben-Moy 90' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
6 December 2020 8 Chelsea 3–2 West Ham United Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Kerr 15', 55', 68' Report Daly Yellow card 33' 47'
Eriksson 88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rebecca Welch
13 December 2020 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Chelsea Crawley
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report Kerr 21' Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 457
Referee: Lisa Benn
10 January 2021 10 Reading 0–5 Chelsea Reading
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Williams Yellow card 45+1'
Moloney Yellow card 45+2'		 Report Kirby 16', 23', 45+2', 53'
Ji 86'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Abigail Bryne
17 January 2021 11 Chelsea 2–1 Manchester United Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Harder 30'
Kirby 65'
Reiten Yellow card 90+5'		 Report James 61'
Groenen Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Rebecca Welch
31 January 2021 12 Chelsea 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Kingston upon Thames
12:30 GMT (UTC+00:00) Leupolz 27', 63' (pen.)
McManus 29' (o.g.)
Kerr 38'		 Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Sarah Garratt
7 February 2021 13 Chelsea 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Kerr 5' Report Whelan 8'
Connolly 78'
Bance Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Cristiana Hattersley
10 February 2021 14 Chelsea 3–0 Arsenal Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Leupolz Yellow card 22'
Ji Yellow card 43'
Harder 48', 58'
Kirby 90'		 Report Williamson Yellow card 89' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Amy Fearn
14 February 2021 15 Bristol City 0–5 Chelsea Bath
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report Kirby 14', 40'
Harder 36'
Kerr 55'
England 60'		 Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Emily Heaslip
7 March 2021 16 West Ham United 0–2 Chelsea Dagenham
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report Kerr 7'
England 47'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Robert Whitton
17 March 2021 17 Everton 0–3 Chelsea Liverpool
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Raso Yellow card 49' Report Kirby 14'
Harder 60'
Leupolz Yellow card 72' 79'		 Stadium: Walton Hall Park
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Emily Heaslip
28 March 2021 18 Chelsea 2–0 Aston Villa Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST Kerr 24', 57' Report McLoughlin Yellow card 75' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Sarah Garratt
4 April 2021 19 Chelsea 6–0 Birmingham City Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST Kerr 25', 45', 45+3'
Kirby 61', 90+1'
Reiten 73'
Spence Yellow card 80'		 Report Littlejohn Yellow card 45+2' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Jane Simms
21 April 2021 20 Manchester City 2–2 Chelsea Manchester
14:00 BST Kelly 29'
Hemp 74'
Greenwood Yellow card 77'		 Report Kerr 25'
Harder 34' (pen.)		 Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Rebecca Welch
6 May 2021 21 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Chelsea Canons Park
14:00 BST McManus Yellow card 90+1' Report Kerr 41', 52' Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Amy Fearns
8 May 2021 22 Chelsea 5–0 Reading Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST Leupolz 2'
Kirby 43', 57'
Kerr 71'
Cuthbert 75'		 Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[c]
Referee: Stacey Pearson

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Women's FA Cup
16 April 2021 Fourth round proper Chelsea 5–0 London City Lionesses Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Charles 21'
Carter 29'
Leupolz 35'
Spence 56', 79'		 Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[31]
Referee: Chloe Anderson
20 May 2021 Fifth round proper Chelsea 3–0 Everton Kingston upon Thames
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Reiten 29'
Kerr 77'
Spence 86'		 Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[31]
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
29 September 2021 Quarter-final Birmingham City 0–4 Chelsea Birmingham
19:45 Report
Stadium: St Andrew's
Referee: Elizabeth Simms
31 October 2021 Semi-final Manchester City 0–3 Chelsea Manchester
12:45 Report
Stadium: Academy Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Welch
5 December 2021 Final Arsenal 0–3 Chelsea Wembley
14:00 WET (UTC+0) Report
Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 40,942
Referee: Helen Conley

League Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Women's League Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE ARS TOT LCL
1 Chelsea 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advanced to knock-out stage — 4–1 2–0 —
2 Arsenal 3 1 1 0 1 7 6 +1 5 Possible knock-out stage based on ranking — — 2–2 —
3 Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 0 1 1 6 4 +2 4 — — — 4–0
4 London City Lionesses 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0 C–C[α] 0–4 — —
Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
  1. ^ Match originally postponed following three positive COVID-19 tests by London City Lionesses players.[32] An independent tribunal determined the fixture would not be rescheduled as it would have no effect on qualifying.[33]

Group B

7 October 2020 1 Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST Eriksson 5'
Reiten 10', 15'
Ingle Yellow card 31'
England 90'		 Report Foord 8'
van de Donk Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[34]
Referee: Scott Jackson
3 November 2020 2 Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Fleming Yellow card 67'
Cuthbert 70'
Leupolz 84' (pen.)		 Report Neville Yellow card 90' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[34]
Referee: Emily Heaslip
18 November 2020 3 London City Lionesses Postponed Chelsea Dartford
19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00) Report Stadium: Princes Park
Note: Postponed after two first-team players and one member of staff at City Lionesses tested positive for COVID-19.[35]

Knockout phase

20 January 2021 Quarter-final Manchester City 2–4 (a.e.t.) Chelsea Manchester
17:30 GMT (UTC+00:00) Kelly 52'
Hemp 85'		 Report Leupolz 43'
Charles 89'
Reiten 95'
Ingle 105'		 Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0[34]
Referee: Ritchie Watkins
3 February 2021 Semi-final Chelsea 6–0 West Ham United Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00) Harder 4', 25', 86'
Ingle 15'
England 27'
Kirby 69'		 Report Leon Yellow card 59'
Longhurst Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0[34]
Referee: Stacey Pearson
14 March 2021 Final Bristol City 0–6 Chelsea Watford
14:30 GMT (UTC+00:00) Palmer Yellow card 77'
Rafferty Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Kerr 3', 10', 48'
Kirby 28', 34'
Reiten 55'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 0[34]
Referee: Abi Byrne

Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

9 December 2020 First leg Benfica Portugal 0–5 Chelsea Lisbon
16:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Ucheibe Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 76' Report Kirby 2', 33'
Bright 29'
Harder 45'
England 54'
Cuthbert Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Estádio da Tapadinha
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
16 December 2020 Second leg Chelsea 3–0 Portugal Benfica Kingston upon Thames
20:00 WET (UTC+00:00) England 28', 90+1'
Kerr 65'		 Report Vitória Yellow card 59'
Cameirão Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Round of 16

3 March 2021 First leg Chelsea 2–0 Spain Atlético Madrid Kingston upon Thames
19:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Ingle Red card 12'
Ji Yellow card 56'
Mjelde 58' (pen.)
Kirby 64'
Kerr Yellow card 90'		 Report Castellanos Yellow card 44' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
10 March 2021 Second leg Atlético Madrid Spain 1–1 Chelsea Monza
13:30 WET (CET+00:00) García Yellow card 77'
Laurent 90+3'		 Report Charles Yellow card 74'
Mjelde 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Brianteo Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Note: Location moved to Italy because of travel restrictions due to COVID-19.[36]

Quarter-finals

24 March 2021 First leg Chelsea 2–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Budapest
17:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Kerr 55'
Charles Yellow card 60'
Harder 66'
Leupolz Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Popp Yellow card 16'
Doorsoun Yellow card 18'
Janssen 70' (pen.)
Oberdorf Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Jana Adamkova (Czech Republic)
31 March 2021 Second leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 0–3 Chelsea Budapest
14:00 WET (CET+00:00) Report Harder 27' (pen.)
Kerr 31'
Kirby Yellow card 56' 80'		 Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoytova(Russia)

Note: Location for both legs moved to Budapest because of travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37]

Semi-finals

25 April 2021 First leg Bayern Munich Germany 2–1 Chelsea Munich
17:00 WET (UTC+00:00) Lohmann 12'
Zadrazil Yellow card 22'
Glas 56'		 Report Leupolz 23'
Harder Yellow card 33'		 Stadium: FC Bayern Campus
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
2 May 2021 Second leg Chelsea 4–1 Germany Bayern Munich Kingston upon Thames
13:30 WET (UTC+00:00) Kirby 10', 90+5'
Ji 43'
Carter Yellow card 47'
Harder 84'		 Report Zadrazil 29'
Magull Yellow card 42'
Simon Yellow card 74'
Beerensteyn Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Final

16 May 2021 Final Chelsea 0–4 Spain Barcelona Gothenburg
13:30 WET (UTC+00:00) Report
Stadium: Gamla Ullevi
Attendance: 0[d]
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 December 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total FA WSL FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers:
1 GK Sweden SWE Zećira Mušović 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK England ENG Carly Telford 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
30 GK Germany GER Ann-Katrin Berger 33 0 17 0 3 0 4 0 8 0 1 0
32 GK England ENG Emily Orman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders:
3 DF England ENG Hannah Blundell 13 0 4+4 0 1 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Millie Bright 40 3 20+1 1 4 0 5 0 9 1 1 1
7 DF England ENG Jessica Carter 21 1 3+6 0 5 1 0+1 0 5+1 0 0 0
16 DF Sweden SWE Magdalena Eriksson 36 2 19+1 1 4 0 5 1 5+1 0 1 0
25 DF Sweden SWE Jonna Andersson 34 0 18+1 0 2+1 0 5 0 6 0 1 0
29 DF England ENG Jorja Fox 3 0 0+1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Aniek Nouwen 3 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders:
5 MF Wales WAL Sophie Ingle 37 2 13+5 0 3+2 0 3+2 2 8 0 1 0
8 MF Germany GER Melanie Leupolz 35 10 17+2 5 4 2 4 2 7 1 1 0
10 MF South Korea KOR Ji So-yun 33 3 16+3 2 0+1 0 4 0 7+1 1 1 0
11 MF Norway NOR Guro Reiten 36 6 9+10 1 3 1 2+3 4 3+5 0 1 0
17 MF Canada CAN Jessie Fleming 29 0 3+11 0 2+3 0 1+4 0 1+3 0 0+1 0
18 MF Norway NOR Maren Mjelde 23 4 14+1 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 0
24 MF England ENG Drew Spence 18 3 2+6 0 2+3 3 0+2 0 0+3 0 0 0
34 MF England ENG Charlotte Wardlaw 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards:
9 FW England ENG Beth England 35 12 10+9 6 2+3 1 2+2 2 4+2 3 0+1 0
14 FW England ENG Fran Kirby 34 28 16+2 16 2+1 3 2+1 3 8+1 6 1 0
20 FW Australia AUS Sam Kerr 38 31 19+3 21 2+1 4 4 3 8 3 1 0
21 FW England ENG Niamh Charles 30 3 7+6 1 1+3 1 2+2 1 5+3 0 0+1 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Erin Cuthbert 37 6 14+5 2 5 2 2+3 1 2+5 0 0+1 1
23 FW Denmark DEN Pernille Harder 38 17 15+7 9 0+3 1 4 3 8+1 4 0 0
33 FW England ENG Agnes Beever-Jones 3 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players have left the club:
2 DF Norway NOR Maria Thorisdottir 5 0 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Jamie-Lee Napier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Charlotte Fleming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW England ENG Emily Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

As of 5 December 2021
Rank Pos. No. Player FA WSL FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
1 FW 20 Australia Sam Kerr 21 4 3 3 0 31
2 FW 14 England Fran Kirby 16 3 3 6 0 28
3 FW 23 Denmark Pernille Harder 9 1 3 4 0 17
4 FW 9 England Beth England 6 1 2 3 0 12
5 MF 8 Germany Melanie Leupolz 5 2 2 1 0 10
6 MF 11 Norway Guro Reiten 1 1 4 0 0 6
7 FW 22 Scotland Erin Cuthbert 2 1 1 0 1 5
8 MF 18 Norway Maren Mjelde 2 0 0 2 0 4
9 DF 4 England Millie Bright 1 0 0 1 1 3
MF 10 South Korea Ji So-yun 2 0 0 1 0
FW 21 England Niamh Charles 1 1 1 0 0
MF 24 England Drew Spence 0 3 0 0 0
13 MF 5 Wales Sophie Ingle 0 0 2 0 0 2
DF 16 Sweden Magdalena Eriksson 1 0 1 0 0
15 DF 7 England Jessica Carter 0 1 0 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 0 0 2
Total 69 17 22 21 2 131

Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total assists are equal.

As of 5 December 2021
Rank Pos. No. Player FA WSL FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
1 FW 14 England Fran Kirby 11 1 5 2 0 19
2 FW 20 Australia Sam Kerr 8 2 1 2 0 13
3 MF 11 Norway Guro Reiten 3 1 2 7 0 12
4 FW 9 England Beth England 9 1 0 1 0 11
5 FW 22 Scotland Erin Cuthbert 7 1 0 1 0 9
6 FW 23 Denmark Pernille Harder 3 0 0 1 0 4
7 MF 10 South Korea Ji So-yun 1 0 1 0 1 3
MF 18 Norway Maren Mjelde 1 2 0 0 0
9 DF 2 Norway Maria Thorisdottir 0 0 2 0 0 2
DF 7 England Jessica Carter 1 0 0 1 0
MF 8 Germany Melanie Leupolz 1 1 0 0 0
FW 21 England Niamh Charles 1 1 0 0 0
13 DF 3 England Hannah Blundell 0 1 0 0 0 1
DF 4 England Millie Bright 1 0 0 0 0
DF 5 Wales Sophie Ingle 1 0 0 0 0
MF 17 Canada Jessie Fleming 0 1 0 0 0
GK 30 Germany Ann-Katrin Berger 1 0 0 0 0
Total 49 12 11 15 1 88

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

As of 5 December 2021
Rank Pos. No. Player FA WSL FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
1 GK 30 Germany Ann-Katrin Berger 12 3 3 3 1 22
2 GK 28 England Carly Telford 1 1 0 1 0 3
3 GK 1 Sweden Zećira Mušović 2 0 0 0 0 2
Total 15 4 3 4 1 27

Disciplinary records

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.

As of 5 December 2021
Pos. No. Name FA WSL FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
DF 4 England Millie Bright 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 8 Germany Melanie Leupolz 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
MF 10 South Korea Ji So-yun 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
MF 5 Wales Sophie Ingle 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
FW 21 England Niamh Charles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW 22 Scotland Erin Cuthbert 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
DF 7 England Jessica Carter 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 11 Norway Guro Reiten 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW 14 England Fran Kirby 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 17 Canada Jessie Fleming 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 18 Norway Maren Mjelde 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 20 Australia Sam Kerr 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW 23 Denmark Pernille Harder 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF 24 England Drew Spence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 9 0 1 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 22 1

Awards

No. Pos. Player/Manager Award Source
— — England Emma Hayes FA WSL Manager of the Month (January) [39]
FA WSL Manager of the Year [40]
4 DF England Millie Bright FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11 (2020) [41][42]
14 FW England Fran Kirby FA WSL Player of the Month (January) [43]
London Football Awards Women's Player of the Year: Women's Super League Player of the Year [44][45]
FA WSL Player of the Year [46]
PFA Team of the Year [47][48]
PFA Women's Player of the Year [49][50]
16 DF Sweden Magdalena Eriksson UEFA.com fans' Women's Team of the Year 2020 [51][52]
PFA Team of the Year [53][54]
18 MF Norway Maren Mjelde PFA Team of the Year [55][56]
20 FW Australia Sam Kerr FA WSL Player of the Month (May) [57][58]
FA WSL Golden Boot [59][60]
PFA Team of the Year [61][62]
21 FW England Niamh Charles London Football Awards Women's Young Player of the Year: 2021 [63][64]
23 FW Denmark Pernille Harder UEFA Women's Player of the Year [65][66]
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2020 (#1) [67][68]
UEFA.com fans' Women's Team of the Year 2020 [69][70]
FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11 (2020) [71][72]
28 GK England Carly Telford PFA Community Champion Award [73][74]
30 GK Germany Ann-Katrin Berger FA WSL Golden Glove [75][76]
PFA Team of the Year [77][78]

Notes

  1. ^ Second consecutive win from the previous season.
  2. ^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[29]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[30]
  4. ^ The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[38]

References

  1. ^ Marsh, Charlotte (10 May 2021). "Chelsea Women win 2020/21 Women's Super League title with Man City Women second, Bristol City Women relegated". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Chelsea Women First team squad". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Bethany England extends". Chelsea F.C. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Cuthbert commits by signing a new deal". Chelsea F.C. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Reiten signs a new deal". Chelsea F.C. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Bright to stay with the Blues". Chelsea F.C. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Captain Eriksson pens new deal". Chelsea F.C. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Mjelde signs new deal". Chelsea F.C. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Ingle signs new Blues deal". Chelsea F.C. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Telford signs new Chelsea contract". Chelsea F.C. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Melanie Leupolz transfer agreed". Chelsea F.C. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Chelsea FC Women recruit Niamh Charles". Chelsea F.C. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Chelsea FC Women sign Canadian Jessie Fleming". Chelsea F.C. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Pernille Harder joins Chelsea FC Women". Chelsea F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Chelsea Women sign Pernille Harder from Wolfsburg for world record fee". The Guardian. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Chelsea FC Women sign Sweden's Zecira Musovic". Chelsea F.C. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Adelina Engman exits Chelsea FC Women". Chelsea F.C. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Deanna Cooper departs". Chelsea F.C. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Deanna Cooper leaves WSL champions to sign for Reading FC Women". www.readingfc.co.uk. 17 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Asante departure confirmed". Chelsea F.C. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Anita Asante signs for Villa Women". www.avfc.co.uk.
  22. ^ "Bachmann departs Chelsea". Chelsea F.C. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Charlotte Fleming departs". Chelsea F.C. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  24. ^ "Maria Thorisdottir moves on". Chelsea F.C. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  25. ^ "Man Utd Women complete transfer of Maria Thorisdottir". Manchester United F.C. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  26. ^ "Napier loaned to Birmingham". Chelsea F.C. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Birmingham City sign Chelsea's Emily Murphy & Leicester City's Ruesha Littlejohn". BBC Sport. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  28. ^ Association, The Football. "First ever double header men's and women's Community Shield to be played at Wembley". www.thefa.com.
  29. ^ "First ever double header men's and women's Community Shield to be played at Wembley". The Football Association. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  30. ^ "Manchester United to host champions Chelsea on WSL opening day as women's football returns in September". independent.co.uk. 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  31. ^ a b The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
  32. ^ "London City Lionesses' clash with Chelsea postponed". FAWSL Full-Time. 18 November 2020.
  33. ^ "FA Women's League Cup quarter-final draw date". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  34. ^ a b c d e The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
  35. ^ "Lionesses' clash with Chelsea postponed". FAWSL Full-Time. 18 November 2020.
  36. ^ "Women's Champions League dates confirmed". Chelsea F.C. 24 February 2021.
  37. ^ "Women's Champions League:Chelsea's quarter-final with Wolfsburg moved to Budapest". BBC Sport. 16 March 2021.
  38. ^ "2021 Women's Champions League final: Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021. Due to current restrictions implemented by the local authorities in Sweden, the UEFA Womens' [sic] Champions League final will be played behind closed doors and therefore no tickets will be on sale.
  39. ^ "Hayes And Kirby Win Manager And Player Of Month Awards". Chelsea F.C. 17 January 2021.
  40. ^ "Hayes And Kirby Win Manager And Player Of Month Awards". Chelsea F.C. 25 May 2021.
  41. ^ "FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11". fifa.com. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
  42. ^ "Bright and Harder named in FIFA World 11". Chelsea F.C. 18 December 2020.
  43. ^ "Hayes And Kirby Win Manager And Player Of Month Awards". Chelsea F.C. 17 January 2021.
  44. ^ "Kirby and Charles secure honours at London Football Awards 2021". Chelsea F.C. 28 April 2021.
  45. ^ "Tottenham's Harry Kane and Chelsea's Fran Kirby win top honours at London Football Awards". Sky Sports. 28 April 2021.
  46. ^ "Hayes And Kirby Win Manager And Player Of Month Awards". Chelsea F.C. 25 May 2021.
  47. ^ "Five Blues in Women's PFA Team of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  48. ^ "PFA WSL Team of the Year". thepfa.com. 4 June 2021.
  49. ^ "Fran Kirby named PFA Player of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 7 June 2021.
  50. ^ "Fran Kirby wins PFA Player of the Year". thepfa.com. 6 June 2021.
  51. ^ "Two Chelsea Women stars in UEFA best team". Chelsea F.C. 20 January 2021.
  52. ^ "UEFA.com fans' Women's Team of the Year 2020: stats breakdown". UEFA. 20 January 2021.
  53. ^ "Five Blues in Women's PFA Team of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  54. ^ "PFA WSL Team of the Year". thepfa.com. 4 June 2021.
  55. ^ "Five Blues in Women's PFA Team of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  56. ^ "PFA WSL Team of the Year". thepfa.com. 4 June 2021.
  57. ^ "Kerr scoops April's Player of the Month award". Chelsea F.C. 7 May 2021.
  58. ^ "Four goals in two games. Presenting the @BarclaysFooty April Player of the Month... @samkerr1! 🥇 @ChelseaFCW #BarclaysFAWSL". twitter.com. 7 May 2021.
  59. ^ "Berger and Kerr on winning Golden Glove and Golden Boots awards". Chelsea F.C. 11 May 2021.
  60. ^ "21 goals in 22 games. The 2020-21 @BarclaysFooty Golden Boot winner... @samkerr1! 🙌 #BarclaysFAWSL". twitter.com. 11 May 2021.
  61. ^ "Five Blues in Women's PFA Team of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  62. ^ "PFA WSL Team of the Year". thepfa.com. 4 June 2021.
  63. ^ "Kirby and Charles secure honours at London Football Awards 2021". Chelsea F.C. 28 April 2021.
  64. ^ "Tottenham's Harry Kane and Chelsea's Fran Kirby win top honours at London Football Awards". Sky Sports. 28 April 2021.
  65. ^ "Pernille Harder announced as best in Europe". Chelsea F.C. 1 October 2020.
  66. ^ "Pernille Harder named 2019/20 UEFA Women's Player of the Year". UEFA. 1 October 2020.
  67. ^ "The 100 best female footballers in the world 2020". theguardian.com. 8 December 2020.
  68. ^ "Harder tops list of world's best female footballers and talks about Chelsea start". Chelsea F.C. 12 December 2020.
  69. ^ "Two Chelsea Women stars in UEFA best team". Chelsea F.C. 20 January 2021.
  70. ^ "UEFA.com fans' Women's Team of the Year 2020: stats breakdown". UEFA. 20 January 2021.
  71. ^ "FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11". fifa.com. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019.
  72. ^ "Bright and Harder named in FIFA World 11". Chelsea F.C. 18 December 2020.
  73. ^ "James and Telford awarded PFA Community Champions". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  74. ^ "In recognition of their support of the @CFCFoundation, @ReeceJames_24 and @CarlyTelford1 have been named our 2020/21 @PFA Community Champions! 👏🏆 Thanks for all your support. 💙". CFCFoundation. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  75. ^ "Berger and Kerr on winning Golden Glove and Golden Boots awards". Chelsea F.C. 11 May 2021.
  76. ^ "Presenting your 2020–21 @BarclaysFooty Golden Glove winner... @berger_ann! 🙌 #BarclaysFAWSL @ChelseaFCW". twitter.com. 11 May 2021.
  77. ^ "Five Blues in Women's PFA Team of the Year". Chelsea F.C. 4 June 2021.
  78. ^ "PFA WSL Team of the Year". thepfa.com. 4 June 2021.