2018–19 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea

2018–19 season
Chairman	Adrian Jacob
Manager	Emma Hayes
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
FA WSL	3rd
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Semi-finals
Home colours Away colours

The 2018–19 season was Chelsea Women's 27th competitive season and 9th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It was the first season after the naming switch from Chelsea Ladies and also the first season in the rebranded FA Women's Super League.^[1] The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 4 January 2019.^[2]

No.	Name	Nat	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Hedvig Lindahl		2014	(1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 41)	Kristianstads DFF
12	Lizzie Durack		2018	(1994-05-20) 20 May 1994 (age 30)	Everton
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
Defenders
2	Maria Thorisdottir		2017	(1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 31)	Klepp
3	Hannah Blundell		2013	(1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 30)	Homegrown
4	Millie Bright (vice-captain)		2014	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
6	Anita Asante		2018	(1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 39)	FC Rosengård
11	Ali Riley		2018	(1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 (age 37)	FC Rosengård
16	Magdalena Eriksson		2017	(1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31)	Linköpings
20	Jonna Andersson		2017	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993 (age 31)	Linköpings
21	Deanna Cooper		2017	(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 31)	London Bees
25	Jade Bailey		2016	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29)	Arsenal
Midfielders
5	Sophie Ingle		2018	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)	Liverpool
7	Jessica Carter		2018	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Birmingham City
8	Karen Carney (captain)		2016	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)	Birmingham City
10	Ji So-yun		2014	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
18	Maren Mjelde		2017	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35)	Avaldsnes IL
24	Drew Spence		2008	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)	Homegrown
Forwards
14	Fran Kirby		2015	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)	Reading
15	Beth England		2016	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
17	Adelina Engman		2018	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 30)	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
22	Erin Cuthbert		2016	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)	Glasgow City
23	Ramona Bachmann		2017	(1990-10-25) 25 October 1990 (age 34)	Wolfsburg

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract end	Date	Source
10	MF	Ji So-yun	2020	21 May 2018	[3]
18	MF	Maren Mjelde	2021	29 May 2018	[4]
14	FW	Fran Kirby	2021	1 June 2018	[5]
16	DF	Magdalena Eriksson	2021	21 August 2018	[6]
4	DF	Millie Bright	2021	22 August 2018	[7]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
	GK	Lizzie Durack	Everton	Undisclosed	8 June 2018	[8]
	MF	Sophie Ingle	Liverpool	Undisclosed	14 June 2018	[9]
	MF	Jessica Carter	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	19 June 2018	[10]
	DF	Ali Riley	FC Rosengård	Undisclosed	26 June 2018	[11]
	FW	Adelina Engman	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	Undisclosed	29 June 2018	[12]
	GK	Ann-Katrin Berger	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	4 January 2019	[13]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Katie Chapman	Retired		10 May 2018	[14]
	FW	Eniola Aluko	Juventus	Free	16 May 2018	[15]
	DF	Claire Rafferty	West Ham United	Free	17 May 2018	[16]
	GK	Becky Spencer	West Ham United	Free	21 May 2018	[17]
	GK	Fran Kitching	Sheffield United	Free	22 May 2018	[18]
	FW	Gemma Davison	Reading	Free	13 June 2018	[19]
	DF	Gilly Flaherty	West Ham United	Undisclosed	25 June 2018	[20]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Emma Hayes
Assistant manager	Paul Green
Coach	TJ O'Leary
Head of Player Development	Robert Udberg

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Montpellier v Chelsea

2 August 2018 Friendly	Montpellier	3–2	Chelsea	Montpellier
18:00 EST	Cayman 11' Le Bihan 45', 63'	Report	Cuthbert 37' Ji 70'	Stadium: Domaine de Grammont

FC Barcelona v Chelsea

5 August 2018 Friendly	FC Barcelona	1–1	Chelsea	Barcelona
19:00 EST	Bárbara 78'	Report	Carney 90+1'	Stadium: Mini Estadi

Chelsea v Juventus

8 August 2018 Friendly	Chelsea	3–0	Juventus	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST	Bachmann 42' Mjelde 86' Kirby 90'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2018–19 FA WSL

Matches

Chelsea v Manchester City

Sun 9 Sept 2018 1	Chelsea	0–0	Manchester City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Eriksson  53'	Report	Beattie  3' Bonner  67'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Bristol City v Chelsea

Wed 19 Sept 2018 2	Bristol City	0–0	Chelsea	Bristol
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 459 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Everton v Chelsea

Sun 23 Sept 2018 3	Everton	0–0	Chelsea	Southport
14:00 BST		Report	Eriksson  64' Mjelde  74'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Helen Conley

Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion

Sun 30 Sept 2018 4	Chelsea	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Kirby 32' Cuthbert 36' Thorisdottir  67'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Abby Marriott

Chelsea v Arsenal

Sun 14 Oct 2018 5	Chelsea	0–5	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Spence  63'	Report	K. Little 21' (pen.) Miedema 38', 57' Nobbs 52', 67'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Birmingham City v Chelsea

Sun 21 Oct 2018 6	Birmingham City	0–0	Chelsea	Solihull
12:30 BST	Scott  62' Ladd  12'  85'	Report	Bright  48'	Stadium: Automated Technology Group Stadium Attendance: 1,177 Referee: Amy Fearn

Chelsea v Liverpool

Sun 28 Oct 2018 7	Chelsea	1–0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT	Eriksson 27' Spence  53' Cuthbert  69'	Report	Babajide  65'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Stacey Pearson

West Ham United v Chelsea

Sun 4 Nov 2018 8	West Ham United	0–2	Chelsea	Rush Green
15:00 GMT	Flaherty  29' de Graaf  50'	Report	Bachmann 62', 85' Andersson  83'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 962 Referee: Paul Howard

Chelsea v Yeovil Town

Sun 18 Nov 2018 9	Chelsea	5–0	Yeovil Town	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT	Bright 20' Ji 27' Cuthbert 42' Bachmann 45' Carney  76' England 79'	Report	Cousins  40'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,484 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Chelsea v Reading

Sun 2 Dec 2018 10	Chelsea	1–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT	Ji 49'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Lucy Oliver

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea

Sun 9 Dec 2018 11	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	Chelsea	Crawley
14:30 GMT		Report	Eriksson  59' 65' England 69', 90+1' Ji 76'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 733 Referee: David Rick

Chelsea v Everton

Sun 6 Jan 2019 12	Chelsea	3–0	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	England 6' Spence 60' Blundell 68'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Lee Brennan

Arsenal v Chelsea

Sun 13 Jan 2019 13	Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea	Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
12:30 BST	Miedema 80'	Report	Cuthbert 26', 63' Carney  38' Ingle  80'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Chelsea v Birmingham City

Sun 27 Jan 2019 14	Chelsea	2–3	Birmingham City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Cuthbert 13', 83' Bachmann  63'	Report	Follis 36' Quinn 61' Williams  82' White 90+3'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Helen Conley

Manchester City v Chelsea

Sun 10 Feb 2019 15	Manchester City	2–2	Chelsea	Manchester
14:00 BST	Wullaert 12' Stanway 24' Walsh  90'	Report	Bright  6' Spence  18' Ji 50', 89'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 3,078 Referee: Matthew Dicicco

Chelsea v Bristol City

Wed 20 Feb 2019 16	Chelsea	6–0	Bristol City	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 BST	Kirby 2', 34', 82' (pen.) England 6', 61', 89'	Report	Pattinson  68' Evans  82'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Tom Bishop

Liverpool v Chelsea

Thur 14 Mar 2019 17	Liverpool	0–4	Chelsea	Birkenhead
20:00 BST	L. Little  39'	Report	Kirby 17', 22' (pen.), 52' Engman 90+4'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 237 Referee: Joe Hull

Chelsea v West Ham United

Sun 31 Mar 2019 18	Chelsea	1–1	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Carter  15' England 42'	Report	Reichardt  35' Flaherty 65'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,854 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Yeovil Town v Chelsea

Sun 21 Apr 2019 19	Yeovil Town	0–8	Chelsea	Dorchester
15:00 BST		Report	England 4', 27', 45+2' Cuthbert 16', 51' Engman 28' Kirby 84', 87'	Stadium: The Avenue Stadium Attendance: 843 Referee: Gary Parsons

Reading v Chelsea

Sun 12 May 2019 20	Reading	2–3	Chelsea	Buckinghamshire
14:00 BST	Harding 50' Williams 52' Allen  75'	Report	Ji 8' Carney 51' England 64'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 612 Referee: Abigail Bryne

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal (C)	20	18	0	2	70	13	+57	54	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Manchester City	20	14	5	1	53	17	+36	47
3	Chelsea	20	12	6	2	46	14	+32	42
4	Birmingham City	20	13	1	6	29	17	+12	40
5	Reading	20	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27

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
20	12	6	2	46	14	+32	42	6	2	2	21	9	+12	6	4	0	25	5	+20

Last updated: 2 December 2018.
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
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W
Position	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Women's FA Cup

Everton v Chelsea

Sun 3 Feb 2019 Fourth round proper	Everton	0–2	Chelsea	Cheshire
15:00 BST		Report	Spence 66' Blundell 90+2'	Stadium: The Select Security Stadium Referee: Dean Watson

Chelsea v Arsenal

Sun 17 Feb 2019 Fifth round proper	Chelsea	3–0	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	England 5', 58' Andersson 39'	Report	Mitchell  69'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,232 Referee: Paul Howard

Durham v Chelsea

Sun 17 Mar 2019 Quarter-finals	Durham	0–1	Chelsea	Durham
12:00 BST		Report	Ji 28'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 1,629 Referee: David Richardson

Manchester City v Chelsea

Sun 14 Apr 2019 Semi-finals	Manchester City	1–0	Chelsea	Manchester
15:30 BST	Wullaert  60' Stanway  75' Eriksson 90+2' (o.g)	Report	Ingle  17'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Rebecca Welch

WSL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

Group 1 South

Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion

Sun 19 Aug 2018 1	Chelsea	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Spence 45' Kirby 68' England 87'	Report	Whelan  59' 77'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,095 Referee: Jack Packman

London Bees v Chelsea

Sun 26 Aug 2018 2	London Bees	1–6	Chelsea	Canons Park
14:00 BST	Pickett 44'	Report	Bachmann 7', 45' Spence 9', 36' Kirby 79' England 81'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 374 Referee: Neil Morrison

Crystal Palace v Chelsea

Sun 16 Sept 2018 3	Crystal Palace	0–4	Chelsea	London
14:00 BST	Nuttall  31' Nash  68'	Report	Engman 10' England 56', 64' Spence 59'	Stadium: The H2T Group Stadium Attendance: 476 Referee: David Spain

Chelsea v Yeovil Town

Wed 5 Dec 2018 4	Chelsea	7–0	Yeovil Town	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT	Engman 2', 77' Spence 17', 63' England 24' Cousins 37' (o.g) Cuthbert 75'			Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 916 Referee: Lisa Benn

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

Wed 12 Dec 2018 5	Tottenham Hotspur	0–5	Chelsea	Cheshunt
19:30 GMT	Naz  69'	Report	Cooper 11' Riley 19'  68' Carney 46' England 60', 72'	Stadium: Cheshunt Stadium Attendance: 358 Referee: Abigail Marriott

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	5	5	0	0	0	25	2	+23	15	Advance to knock-out stage
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	0	1	1	15	8	+7	10
3	Crystal Palace	5	2	1	0	2	10	12	−2	8
4	Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	1	1	2	9	12	−3	6
5	London Bees	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
6	Yeovil Town	5	0	0	1	4	2	17	−15	1

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Knockout rounds

Chelsea v Reading

Wed 9 Jan 2019 Quarter-finals	Chelsea	4–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT	Kirby 3', 86' Asante 37' Riley 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 973 Referee: Abigail Marriott

Chelsea v Manchester City

Wed 6 Feb 2019 Semi-finals	Chelsea	0–2	Manchester City	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT	Cooper  48' Eriksson  56'	Report	Parris 49', 81'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,358 Referee: David Rock

Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase

12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)

15:00 BST

SFK 2000	0–5	Chelsea
Nikolic  48' Bojat  52' Spahić  81' Hadžić  90+3'	Report	Bright 6' Spence 22' Thorisdottir 36' Ji 87' Engman 89'

Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)

19:30 BST

Chelsea	6–0	SFK 2000
Spence 4' Kirby 31', 77' Mjelde 50' Blundell 86' Cuthbert 90'	Report

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 667

Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

Chelsea won 11–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16

17 October 2018 (2018-10-17)

19:35 BST

Chelsea	1–0	Fiorentina
Carney 8' (pen.)	Report

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 804

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)

18:30 BST

Fiorentina	0–6	Chelsea
	Report	Spence 23' Kirby 38' 53' (pen.) 63' Cuthbert 57' Bachmann 67'

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 3,015

Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Chelsea won 7–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)

19:05 BST

Chelsea	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Blundell 73' Cuthbert 88'	Report

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 2,616

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

27 March 2019 (2019-03-27)

18:00 BST

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Chelsea
Diani 47' Berger 56' (o.g.)	Report	Mjelde 90+1'

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris

Attendance: 13,220

Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)

16:00 BST

Lyon	2–1	Chelsea
Cascarino 27' Henry 39'	Report	Cuthbert 72'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 22,911

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)

14:00 BST

Chelsea	1–1	Lyon
Ji 34'	Report	Le Sommer 17'

Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames

Attendance: 4,670

Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.

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