2018–19 Chelsea F.C. Women season

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.

Chelsea
2018–19 season
ChairmanAdrian Jacob
ManagerEmma Hayes
StadiumKingsmeadow
FA WSL3rd
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupSemi-finals
Champions LeagueSemi-finals

Squad information edit

First team squad edit

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 29)   Everton
28 Carly Telford   2017 (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 36)   Notts County
30 Ann-Katrin Berger   2019 (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 33)   Birmingham City
Defenders
2 Maria Thorisdottir   2017 (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30)   Klepp
3 Hannah Blundell   2013 (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 29) Homegrown
4 Millie Bright (vice-captain)   2014 (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 30)   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 36)   FC Rosengård
16 Magdalena Eriksson   2017 (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 30)   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 30)   London Bees
25 Jade Bailey   2016 (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 28)   Arsenal
Midfielders
5 Sophie Ingle   2018 (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 32)   Liverpool
7 Jessica Carter   2018 (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 26)   Birmingham City
8 Karen Carney (captain)   2016 (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 36)   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 34)   Avaldsnes IL
24 Drew Spence   2008 (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 31) Homegrown
Forwards
14 Fran Kirby   2015 (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 30)   Reading
15 Beth England   2016 (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 29)   Doncaster Rovers Belles
17 Adelina Engman   2018 (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29)   Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
22 Erin Cuthbert   2016 (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 25)   Glasgow City
23 Ramona Bachmann   2017 (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990 (age 33)   Wolfsburg

New contracts edit

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 edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pre-season edit

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
5 August 2018 Friendly FC Barcelona   1–1   Chelsea Barcelona
19:00 EST Bárbara   78' Report Carney   90+1' Stadium: Mini Estadi
8 August 2018 Friendly   Chelsea 3–0   Juventus Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST Bachmann   42'
Mjelde   86'
Kirby   90'
Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Competitions edit

Women's Super League edit

Matches edit

Sun 9 Sept 2018 1 Chelsea 0–0 Manchester City Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST Eriksson   53' Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Rebecca Welch
Wed 19 Sept 2018 2 Bristol City 0–0 Chelsea Bristol
19:00 BST Report Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Attendance: 459
Referee: Stacey Pearson
Sun 23 Sept 2018 3 Everton 0–0 Chelsea Southport
14:00 BST Report
Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Helen Conley
Sun 30 Sept 2018 4 Chelsea 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Abby Marriott
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
Sun 21 Oct 2018 6 Birmingham City 0–0 Chelsea Solihull
12:30 BST
Report Bright   48' Stadium: Automated Technology Group Stadium
Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Amy Fearn
Sun 28 Oct 2018 7 Chelsea 1–0 Liverpool Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT
Report Babajide   65' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 1,528
Referee: Stacey Pearson
Sun 4 Nov 2018 8 West Ham United 0–2 Chelsea Rush Green
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Attendance: 962
Referee: Paul Howard
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
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
Sun 9 Dec 2018 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–4 Chelsea Crawley
14:30 GMT Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 733
Referee: David Rick
Sun 6 Jan 2019 12 Chelsea 3–0 Everton Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 3,221
Referee: Lee Brennan
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
Sun 27 Jan 2019 14 Chelsea 2–3 Birmingham City Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Helen Conley
Sun 10 Feb 2019 15 Manchester City 2–2 Chelsea Manchester
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 3,078
Referee: Matthew Dicicco
Wed 20 Feb 2019 16 Chelsea 6–0 Bristol City Kingston upon Thames
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 1,821
Referee: Tom Bishop
Thur 14 Mar 2019 17 Liverpool 0–4 Chelsea Birkenhead
20:00 BST L. Little   39' Report
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 237
Referee: Joe Hull
Sun 31 Mar 2019 18 Chelsea 1–1 West Ham United Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 2,854
Referee: Stacey Pearson
Sun 21 Apr 2019 19 Yeovil Town 0–8 Chelsea Dorchester
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: The Avenue Stadium
Attendance: 843
Referee: Gary Parsons
Sun 12 May 2019 20 Reading 2–3 Chelsea Buckinghamshire
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 612
Referee: Abigail Bryne

League table edit

Pos Team 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 edit

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 edit

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
ResultDDDWLDWWWWWWWLDWWDWW
Position55655544333333333333
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup edit

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

Group 1 South

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
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
Sun 16 Sept 2018 3 Crystal Palace 0–4 Chelsea London
14:00 BST Nuttall   31'
Nash   68'
Report
Stadium: The H2T Group Stadium
Attendance: 476
Referee: David Spain
Wed 5 Dec 2018 4 Chelsea 7–0 Yeovil Town Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT
Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 916
Referee: Lisa Benn
Wed 12 Dec 2018 5 Tottenham Hotspur 0–5 Chelsea Cheshunt
19:30 GMT Naz   69' Report
Stadium: Cheshunt Stadium
Attendance: 358
Referee: Abigail Marriott

Pos Team 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 edit

Wed 9 Jan 2019 Quarter-finals Chelsea 4–0 Reading Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT
Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 973
Referee: Abigail Marriott
Wed 6 Feb 2019 Semi-finals Chelsea 0–2 Manchester City Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT
Report Parris   49', 81' Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 1,358
Referee: David Rock

Champions League edit

Round of 32 edit

SFK 2000  0–5  Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
Chelsea  6–0  SFK 2000
Spence   4'
Kirby   31', 77'
Mjelde   50'
Blundell   86'
Cuthbert   90'
Report
Attendance: 667
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

Chelsea won 11–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16 edit

  Chelsea1–0  Fiorentina
Report
  Fiorentina0–6  Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 3,015
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Chelsea won 7–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Chelsea  2–0  Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
Paris Saint-Germain  2–1  Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 13,220
Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Lyon  2–1  Chelsea
Report
Chelsea  1–1  Lyon
Report
Attendance: 4,670
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.

References edit

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