2020–21 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea
2020–21 season
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Emma Hayes
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
FA WSL	1st
FA Cup	TBA
League Cup	TBA
FA Community Shield	Winners
Champions League	TBA
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Kerr (7 goals); Fran Kirby (7 goals); All: Sam Kerr (7 goals); Fran Kirby (7 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season is Chelsea Women's 29th competitive season and 11th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top flight of English women's football.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 22January2021^[1]

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

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract end	Date	Source
9	FW	Beth England	2024	29 July 2020	^[2]
22	FW	Erin Cuthbert	2023	31 July 2020	^[3]
11	MF	Guro Reiten	2023	5 August 2020	^[4]
4	DF	Millie Bright	2023	7 August 2020	^[5]
16	DF	Magdalena Eriksson	2023	12 November 2020	^[6]

Transfers and loans

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Melanie Leupolz	Bayern Munich	Undisclosed	23 March 2020	^[7]
FW	Niamh Charles	Liverpool	Out of contract	23 June 2020	^[8]
MF	Jessie Fleming	UCLA Bruins	Undisclosed	22 July 2020	^[9]
FW	Pernille Harder	Wolfsburg	£300,000	1 September 2020	^[10]^[11]
GK	Zecira Musovic	FC Rosengard	Undisclosed	1 January 2021

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Adelina Engman	Montpellier	End of contract	16 June 2020	^[12]
DF	Deanna Cooper	Reading	End of contract	17 June 2020	^[13]^[14]
DF	Anita Asante	Aston Villa	End of contract	19 June 2020	^[15]^[16]
FW	Ramona Bachmann	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed	3 July 2020	^[17]
MF	Charlotte Fleming	Leicester City	Undisclosed	21 January 2021	^[18]
DF	Maria Thorisdottir	Manchester United	Undisclosed	22 January 2021	^[19]

Loan in

No.	Pos	Player	From	Date	Until	Fee	Source

Loan out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Date	Until	Fee	Source
27	MF	Jamie-Lee Napier	Birmingham City	6 September 2020	30 June 2021	Free	^[20]

Management team

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

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Competitions

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.^[21]

29 August 2020	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	London
12:30 BST	Bright 66' Cuthbert 90+1'	Report	Scott 19' 62'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Rebecca Welch

Women's Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
8	6	2	0	23	5	+18	20	4	0	0	19	3	+16	2	2	0	4	2	+2

Last updated: 13 December 2020.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Result	D	W	W	W	P	W	D	W	W	P	W	W
Position	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 September 2020 1	Manchester United	1–1	Chelsea	Leigh
14:30 BST	Ökvist 76' Galton 79' Zelem 85'	Report	Kerr 25'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} 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 90+3'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 0^[24] 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^[24] Referee: Abigail Bryne

11 October 2020 4	Chelsea	3–1	Manchester City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Bright 33' Mjelde 36' (pen.) 88' Kerr 57' Kirby 79'	Report	White 36' Mewis 45+3' Kelly 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Rebecca Welch

17 October 2020 5	Aston Villa	Postponed	Chelsea	Walsall
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Note: The FA confirmed postponement due to a COVID-19 positive test case.

8 November 2020 6	Chelsea	4–0	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Ji 16' Bright 65' England 73', 76' Harder 90+7'	Report	Emslie 64'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Abigail Byrne

15 November 2020 7	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Maier 33' Mead 86'	Report	Ji 63' Wubben-Moy 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 0^[24] 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 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 Referee: Lisa Benn

20 December 2020 10	Chelsea	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Note: The FA confirmed postponement due to a COVID-19 positive test case.

10 January 2021 11	Reading	0–5	Chelsea	Reading
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)			Kirby 16, 23, 45+2, 53' So-Yun 86'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 0

17 January 2021 12	Chelsea	2–1	Manchester United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)			James 61'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow

24 January 2021 13	Bristol City	–	Chelsea	Bath
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Twerton Park

31 January 2021 13	Chelsea	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
12:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Melanie Leupolz 27, 68' Abbie McManus 29 (og)' Sam Kerr 32'			Stadium: Kingsmeadow

7 February 2021 14	Chelsea	–	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

10 February 2021 15	Chelsea	–	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

6 March 2021 16	West Ham United	–	Chelsea	Dagenham
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Victoria Road

17 March 2021 17	Everton	–	Chelsea	Liverpool
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Walton Hall Park

28 March 2021 18	Chelsea	–	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

4 April 2021 19	Chelsea	–	Birmingham City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

24 April 2021 20	Manchester City	–	Chelsea	Manchester
14:00 BST				Stadium: Academy Stadium

2 May 2021 21	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Chelsea	Canons Park
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive Stadium

8 May 2021 22	Chelsea	–	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

FA Cup

League Cup

Pos	Team v t e	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

^ Match originally postponed following three positive COVID-19 tests by London City Lionesses players.^[25] An independent tribunal determined the fixture would not be rescheduled as it would have no effect on qualifying.^[26]

Group B

7 October 2020 1	Chelsea	4–1	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST	Eriksson 5' Reiten 10', 15' Ingle 31' England 90'	Report	Foord 8' van de Donk 67'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Scott Jackson

3 November 2020 2	Chelsea	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Fleming 67' Cuthbert 70' Leupolz 84' (pen.)	Report	Neville 90'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 0^[24] Referee: Emily Heaslip

18 November 2020 3	London City Lionesses	P–P	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 London City Lionesses tested positive for COVID-19.^[27]

Quarter-finals

20 January 2021 Quarter-final	Manchester City	2-4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Manchester
17h30 (GMT)	Kelly 52' Hemp 85'		Leupolz 43' Charles 89' Reiten 95' Ingle 105'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Ritchie Watkins

Semi-finals

3 February 2021 Semi-final	Chelsea	6-0	West Ham	Kingsmeadow Kingston upon Thames
15h00 (GMT)	Harder 4', 27', 86' Ingle 15' England 27' Kirby 69'

Champions League

Round of 32

9 December 2020 First leg	Benfica	0–5	Chelsea	Lisbon
15:00 WET (UTC+00:00)	Ucheibe 28' 76'	Report	Kirby 2', 33' Bright 29' Harder 45' England 54' Cuthbert 77'	Stadium: Estádio da Tapadinha Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

16 December 2020 Second leg	Chelsea	3–0	Benfica	Kingston upon Thames
				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 December 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Community Shield
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
28	GK	ENG	Carly Telford	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Ann-Katrin Berger	10	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
32	GK	ENG	Emily Orman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
2	DF	NOR	Maria Thorisdottir	5	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Hannah Blundell	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Millie Bright	12	3	7+1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1
7	DF	ENG	Jessica Carter	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	DF	SWE	Magdalena Eriksson	12	1	8	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0
25	DF	SWE	Jonna Andersson	11	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	WAL	Sophie Ingle	11	0	4+3	0	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF	GER	Melanie Leupolz	10	2	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
10	MF	KOR	Ji So-yun	12	1	7+1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
11	MF	NOR	Guro Reiten	9	2	2+3	0	0	0	1+1	2	1	0	1	0
17	MF	CAN	Jessie Fleming	7	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	NOR	Maren Mjelde	11	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	ENG	Drew Spence	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	ENG	Charlotte Fleming	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Charlotte Wardlaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards:
9	FW	ENG	Beth England	12	5	5+3	3	0	0	0+2	1	1	1	0+1	0
14	FW	ENG	Fran Kirby	9	5	6	3	0	0	0+1	0	1	2	1	0
20	FW	AUS	Sam Kerr	11	7	5+3	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	ENG	Niamh Charles	8	1	0+4	1	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
22	FW	SCO	Erin Cuthbert	12	3	6+2	1	0	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+1	1
23	FW	DEN	Pernille Harder	11	3	5+3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Lexi Lloyd-Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Emily Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players have left the club:
27	MF	SCO	Jamie-Lee Napier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Goalscorers

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

As of 13 December 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	FW	20	Sam Kerr	7	0	0	0	0	7
2	FW	9	Beth England	3	0	1	1	0	5
2	FW	14	Fran Kirby	3	0	0	2	0	5
4
	DF	4	Millie Bright	1	0	0	1	1	3
	FW	22	Erin Cuthbert	1	0	1	0	1	3
	FW	23	Pernille Harder	2	0	0	1	0	3
7
	MF	8	Melanie Leupolz	1	0	1	0	0	2
	MF	11	Guro Reiten	0	0	2	0	0	2
	MF	18	Maren Mjelde	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	MF	10	Ji So-yun	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	16	Magdalena Eriksson	0	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	21	Niamh Charles	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0	0	0	1
Total				23	0	6	5	2	36

Assists

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

As of 13 December 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	14	Fran Kirby	4	0	0	4
2	FW	9	Beth England	2	0	1	3
	MF	11	Guro Reiten	0	0	3	3
	FW	22	Erin Cuthbert	3	0	0	3
5	DF	2	Maria Thorisdottir	0	2	0	2
5	FW	23	Pernille Harder	2	0	0	2
7	DF	4	Millie Bright	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Melanie Leupolz	1	0	0	1
	MF	10	Ji So-yun	0	0	1	1
	MF	18	Maren Mjelde	1	0	0	1
	FW	21	Niamh Charles	1	0	0	1
	DF	25	Jonna Andersson	1	0	0	1
Total				16	2	5	23

Clean sheets

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

As of 13 December 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	GK	30	Ann-Katrin Berger	4	0	1	1	1	7
Total				4	0	1	1	1	7

Disciplinary records

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

As of 9 December 2020

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Community Shield		Total
Rank	Pos.	No.	Player
1	DF	4	Millie Bright	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	MF	5	Sophie Ingle	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	10	Ji So-yun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	17	Jessie Fleming	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Maren Mjelde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	22	Erin Cuthbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total				4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0

Awards

No.	Pos.	Player/Manager	Award	Source

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^ The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[22]
^ The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[23]

[LCLCHE-29] Match originally postponed following three positive COVID-19 tests by London City Lionesses players.^[25] An independent tribunal determined the fixture would not be rescheduled as it would have no effect on qualifying.^[26]

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[13] "Deanna Cooper departs". Chelsea F.C. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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[FA_WSL_behind_closed_doors-26] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

[27] "London City Lionesses' clash with Chelsea postponed". FAWSL Full-Time. 18 November 2020.

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[30] "London City Lionesses' clash with Chelsea postponed". FAWSL Full-Time. 18 November 2020.

[Community_Shield_behind_closed_doors-23] The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[22]

[FA_WSL_behind_closed_doors-25] The match will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[23]

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