# 2019–20 Chelsea F.C. Women season

The 2019–20 season was Chelsea Women's 28th competitive season and 10th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. Chelsea managed to take back the title of the domestic league since the 2017–18 season, as well as winning the League Cup. They were also unbeaten in the league before it was concluded on a points-per-game ratio due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Review

This season began with the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France from 7 June to 7 July 2019. A total of twelve players are across the Channel with six different countries, making Chelsea the best-represented English club. England took the most players from Chelsea, as midfielder and club captain Karen Carney, center back Millie Bright, goalkeeper Carly Telford, and 2017-18 FWA, PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and inaugural Ballon d’Or Féminin nominee Fran Kirby headed to France with The Lionesses. Blues defender Maria Thorisdottir and midfielder Maren Mjelde headed to the World Cup for Norway along with new signing Guro Reiten. Sweden took Chelsea left back Jonna Andersson, versatile defender Magdalena Eriksson, and departing star goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl. Chelsea left back and New Zealand captain Ali Riley debuted for the Football Ferns in 2007 and played in her fourth World Cup. South Korea and Scotland took one each of Chelsea players, Ji So-yun and Erin Cuthbert respectively.

## Squad information
### First team squad

    As of 13 December 2019.
| No. | Name | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 28 | Carly Telford | 2017 | (1987-07-07)7 July 1987 (aged 32) | Notts County |
| 30 | Ann-Katrin Berger | 2019 | (1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 28) | Birmingham City |
| 32 | Emily Orman | 2019 | (2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 16) | Homegrown |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Maria Thorisdottir | 2017 | (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 (aged 26) | Klepp |
| 3 | Hannah Blundell | 2013 | (1994-05-25)25 May 1994 (aged 25) | Homegrown |
| 4 | Millie Bright | 2014 | (1993-08-21)21 August 1993 (aged 26) | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 6 | Anita Asante | 2018 | (1985-04-27)27 April 1985 (aged 34) | FC Rosengård |
| 16 | Magdalena Eriksson (captain) | 2017 | (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 26) | Linköpings |
| 21 | Deanna Cooper | 2017 | (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (aged 26) | London Bees |
| 25 | Jonna Andersson | 2017 | (1993-01-02)2 January 1993 (aged 26) | Linköpings |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | Sophie Ingle | 2018 | (1991-09-02)2 September 1991 (aged 28) | Liverpool |
| 7 | Jessica Carter | 2018 | (1997-10-27)27 October 1997 (aged 21) | Birmingham City |
| 10 | Ji So-yun | 2014 | (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 28) | INAC Kobe Leonessa |
| 11 | Guro Reiten | 2019 | (1994-07-26)26 July 1994 (aged 25) | LSK Kvinner |
| 18 | Maren Mjelde | 2017 | (1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 29) | Avaldsnes IL |
| 24 | Drew Spence | 2008 | (1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 26) | Homegrown |
| 27 | Jamie-Lee Napier | 2019 | (2000-04-06)6 April 2000 (aged 19) | Hibernian |
| 31 | Charlotte Fleming | 2019 | (2002-01-09)9 January 2002 (aged 17) | Homegrown |
| 34 | Charlotte Wardlaw | 2019 | (2003-02-20)20 February 2003 (aged 16) | Homegrown |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Beth England | 2016 | (1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 25) | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 14 | Fran Kirby | 2015 | (1993-06-29)29 June 1993 (aged 26) | Reading |
| 17 | Adelina Engman | 2018 | (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 24) | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC |
| 20 | Sam Kerr | 2019 | (1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 25) | Chicago Red Stars |
| 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 2016 | (1998-07-19)19 July 1998 (aged 21) | Glasgow City |
| 23 | Ramona Bachmann | 2017 | (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 28) | Wolfsburg |
| 33 | Lexi Lloyd-Smith | 2019 | (2003-03-05)5 March 2003 (aged 16) | Homegrown |
| 35 | Emily Murphy | 2019 | (2003-03-02)2 March 2003 (aged 16) | Homegrown |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract end | Date |
| 10 | MF | Ji So-yun | 2022 | 7 August 2019 |
| 25 | DF | Jonna Andersson | 2022 | 22 November 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Hannah Blundell | 2022 | 13 February 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Drew Spence | 2022 | 11 March 2020 |

## Transfers and loans
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| MF | Guro Reiten | LSK Kvinner | £12,000 | 31 May 2019 |
| FW | Sam Kerr | Chicago Red Stars | Out of contract | 13 November 2019 |
| MF | Jamie-Lee Napier | Hibernian | Out of contract | 13 December 2019 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| GK | Hedvig Lindahl | VfL Wolfsburg | End of contract | 11 May 2019 |
| MF | Karen Carney | Retired | | 6 July 2019 |
| DF | Jade Bailey | Liverpool | Undisclosed | 9 July 2019 |
| GK | Lizzie Durack | Retired | | 15 July 2019 |
| DF | Ali Riley | Bayern Munich | Undisclosed | 18 July 2019 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Emma Hayes |
| Assistant Manager | Paul Green |
| Coach | TJ O'Leary |
| Goalkeeper coach | Stuart Searle |
Source: Chelsea F.C.

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 1 | Chelsea (C) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 11 | +36 | 39 | 2.60 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 9 | +30 | 40 | 2.50 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | +27 | 36 | 2.40 | |
| 4 | Manchester United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 23 | 1.64 | |
| 5 | Reading | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 21 | 1.50 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 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 | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | P | W | D | W | W | W | W | P | W | D | P | P | P | P | P |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

* Note: The FA confirmed the termination of the 2019/20 Women’s Super League due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | REA | WHU | TOT | CRY | LEW |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to Knock-out stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 | Advance to Knock-out stage | — | — | 0–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | | — | — | — | 2–2 | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | | — | 0–4 | — | — | — | 6–0 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 | | 0–3 | — | — | 0–3 | — | — |
| 6 | Lewes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 2–3 | — |

#### Knockout phase
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 27 September 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||||||
| 28 | GK | ENG | Carly Telford | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Ann-Katrin Berger | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Emily Orman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Maria Thorisdottir | 8 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Hannah Blundell | 14 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Millie Bright | 24 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Anita Asante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Magdalena Eriksson | 23 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Deanna Cooper | 8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | DF | SWE | Jonna Andersson | 24 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | WAL | Sophie Ingle | 23 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jessica Carter | 15 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KOR | Ji So-yun | 19 | 7 | 12+1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Guro Reiten | 24 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Maren Mjelde | 21 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Drew Spence | 23 | 7 | 8+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Jamie-Lee Napier | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Charlotte Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Charlotte Wardlaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Beth England | 25 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 7 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Fran Kirby | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Adelina Engman | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Sam Kerr | 8 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SCO | Erin Cuthbert | 24 | 5 | 12+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | SUI | Ramona Bachmann | 19 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Lexi Lloyd-Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Emily Murphy | 6 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 |
* Source: Chelsea F.C.

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    As of 27 September 2020
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | FA WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Beth England | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Guro Reiten | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 24 | Drew Spence | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Ji So-yun | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Maren Mjelde | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 5 | Sophie Ingle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 35 | Emily Murphy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 16 | Magdalena Eriksson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 21 | Deanna Cooper | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Maria Thorisdottir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Hannah Blundell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Millie Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Jessica Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 17 | Adelina Engman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 20 | Sam Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 23 | Ramona Bachmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 6 | 19 | 72 |

### Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total assists are equal.
    As of 23 February 2020
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | FA WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Guro Reiten | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Beth England | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 14 | Fran Kirby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 25 | Jonna Andersson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Ji So-yun | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Ramona Bachmann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 24 | Drew Spence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 5 | Sophie Ingle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 18 | Maren Mjelde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Millie Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Jessica Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | Magdalena Eriksson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 20 | Sam Kerr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 21 | Deanna Cooper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 27 | Jamie-Lee Napier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 35 | Charlotte Fleming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 3 | 10 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
    As of 17 February 2020
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | FA WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 28 | Carly Telford | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Ann-Katrin Berger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |

## Awards

| No. | Pos. | Player/Manager | Award |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | FA WSL Manager of the Month (October) |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | FA WSL Manager of the Month (January) |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | FA WSL Manager of the Month (February) |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | BBC WSL Manager of the Season |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | FA WSL Manager of the Season |
| — | — | Emma Hayes | LMA Manager of the Year |
| 4 | DF | Millie Bright | FA WSL Player of the Month (November) |
| 4 | DF | Millie Bright | PFA WSL Team of the Year |
| 5 | MF | Sophie Ingle | The Athletic's Team of the Year |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | FA WSL Player of the Month (January) |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | FA WSL Player of the Month (February) |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | The Athletic's Player of the Year |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | The Athletic's Team of the Year |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | FA WSL Player of the Season |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year |
| 9 | FW | Bethany England | PFA WSL Team of the Year |
| 10 | MF | Ji So-yun | PFA WSL Team of the Year |
| 11 | MF | Guro Reiten | The Athletic's Team of the Year |
| 16 | DF | Magdalena Eriksson | The Athletic's Team of the Year |
| 16 | DF | Magdalena Eriksson | PFA WSL Team of the Year |
| 18 | DF | Maren Mjelde | The Athletic's Team of the Year |
| 18 | DF | Maren Mjelde | PFA WSL Team of the Year |
| 30 | GK | Ann-Katrin Berger | PFA WSL Team of the Year |