# 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. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Squad information
### First team squad

    As of 4 January 2019.
| No. | Name | 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 |
| 10 | MF | Ji So-yun | 2020 | 21 May 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Maren Mjelde | 2021 | 29 May 2018 |
| 14 | FW | Fran Kirby | 2021 | 1 June 2018 |
| 16 | DF | Magdalena Eriksson | 2021 | 21 August 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Millie Bright | 2021 | 22 August 2018 |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| GK | Lizzie Durack | Everton | Undisclosed | 8 June 2018 |
| MF | Sophie Ingle | Liverpool | Undisclosed | 14 June 2018 |
| MF | Jessica Carter | Birmingham City | Undisclosed | 19 June 2018 |
| DF | Ali Riley | FC Rosengård | Undisclosed | 26 June 2018 |
| FW | Adelina Engman | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | Undisclosed | 29 June 2018 |
| GK | Ann-Katrin Berger | Birmingham City | Undisclosed | 4 January 2019 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| MF | Katie Chapman | Retired | | 10 May 2018 |
| FW | Eniola Aluko | Juventus | Free | 16 May 2018 |
| DF | Claire Rafferty | West Ham United | Free | 17 May 2018 |
| GK | Becky Spencer | West Ham United | Free | 21 May 2018 |
| GK | Fran Kitching | Sheffield United | Free | 22 May 2018 |
| FW | Gemma Davison | Reading | Free | 13 June 2018 |
| DF | Gilly Flaherty | West Ham United | Undisclosed | 25 June 2018 |

## 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.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

### WSL Cup

Group 1 South
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 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 | |

#### Knockout rounds
### Champions League
#### Round of 32

Chelsea won 11–0 on aggregate.

#### Round of 16

Chelsea won 7–0 on aggregate.

#### Quarter-finals

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Semi-finals

Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.