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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 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea F
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria, a suburb ** Chelsea railway station, Melbourne Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia, a community * Chelsea, Quebec, a municipality United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency at Westminster until the 1997 redistribution ** Chelsea (London County Council constituency), 1949–1965 ** King's Road Chelsea railway station, a proposed railway station ** Chelsea Bridge, a bridge across the Thames ** Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, a former borough in London United States * Chelsea, Alabama, a city * Chelsea (Delaware City, Delaware), a historic house * Chelsea, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Chelsea, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Chelsea, Iowa, in Tama County * Chelsea, Maine, a town * Chelsea, Massachusetts, a city ** Bellingham Square station, which includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United Kingdom, it has resulted in confirmed cases, and is associated with deaths up to 26 January 2025. The virus began circulating in the country in early 2020, arriving primarily from travel elsewhere in Europe. Various sectors responded, with more widespread public health measures incrementally introduced from March 2020. The first wave was at the time one of the world's largest outbreaks. By mid-April the peak had been passed and restrictions were gradually eased. A second wave, with a new variant that originated in the UK becoming dominant, began in the autumn and peaked in mid-January 2021, and was deadlier than the first. The UK started a COVID-19 vaccination programme in early December 2020. Generalised restrictions were gradually lifted and were mostly ended by Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonna Andersson
Jonna Ann-Charlotte Andersson (born 2 January 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish club Linköpings FC and the Sweden women's national football team. Club career Andersson joined Linköpings FC in 2009 and made two league appearances in her first season as the club won the Damallsvenskan title. After three seasons where she was mainly a substitute, she became an important starting player of the team in the 2013 season. In December 2017, Andersson joined the FA WSL side Chelsea. In 2019, she renewed her contract until 2022. With Chelsea, Andersson won three consecutive Women's Super League titles, in 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22. The 2020 WSL title was given to Chelsea on a points per game basis after the league was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 April 2022, Andersson confirmed she would return to Damallsvenskan, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby IF. The transfer came to effect in August when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Women's National Football Team
The Sweden women's national football team (), nicknamed ''Blågult'' ("The Blue-Yellow"), represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions. It was established in 1973 and is governed by the Swedish Football Association. The team has represented Sweden at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions. They were runners-up in 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2003 and bronze medalists in 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1991, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019, and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023. Sweden have been to seven Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, winning silver medals in Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2016 and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2021. On the continental level, the team has participated in the UEFA Women's Championship, UEFA Women's Euro eleven times, becoming champions in 1984 European Competition for Women's Football, 1984 and finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guro Reiten
Guro Reiten (; born 26 July 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for English Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Kattem, Trondheims-Ørn, and LSK Kvinner. She made her debut for Norway in 2014 and appeared with the team at the UEFA European Championship 2017, 2019 FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship 2022, and 2023 FIFA World Cup. Club career Sunndal Born in Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal, Reiten began her senior career with local side Sunndal, then in the second division of the Norwegian football. Kattem At age 16, Reiten joined Toppserien side Kattem in 2011. During her year-and-a-half spell with Kattem, she made 35 league appearances and scored 11 goals in her second season, becoming the club's 2012 top scorer. Trondheims-Ørn After Kattem pulled out of the Toppserien, Reiten joined Trondheims-Ørn in 2013. During her four seasons with T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway Women's National Football Team
The Norway women's national football team () represents Norway in international Women's association football, football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. However, the team has endured less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. History Norway women's national football team emerged in 1978 for the 1978 Women's Nordic Football Championship, Nordic Championship tournament, which was relatively early for Western Europe, but late for the Nordic countries, beating only Iceland women's national football team, Iceland. Having little culture for official clubs and a series system, Norway had a lot to do to catch up with neighboring Sweden women's national football team, Sweden and Denmark women's national football team, Denmark. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbors and eventually beating Northern Ireland women's nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maren Mjelde
Maren Nævdal Mjelde (; born 6 November 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton and captains the Norway national team. She has won several titles while playing with Chelsea, including the Super League and the FA Cup. In addition, she played for Norway both in the Euro in 2009 and 2013, where Norway got bronze and silver, respectively. Club career Arna-Bjørnar (2005–2012) Mjelde was born in Bergen. She joined the Norwegian club, Arna-Bjørnar, as a 15-year-old in 2005. She made her debut in the Toppserien in 2006 at the age of 16 and played a total of 155 league games until 2012, in which she scored 49 goals. The club finished the 2012 Toppserien league in third place, earning the bronze medal that year. Turbine Potsdam (2013–2014) Mjelde transferred to the German club Turbine Potsdam before the 2013 season. She played all the club's matches as captain in the latter part of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thorisdottir
Maria Thorisdottir ( ; born 5 June 1993) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English Women's Super League and the Norway national team. Prior to fully focusing on football, she also played handball in the Eliteserien for Sola and Stabæk. Club career Klepp Thorisdottir began her career at Norwegian first division team Klepp IL. Originally a midfielder or striker within the Klepp youth system, she first transitioned to centre-back while with the youth national team. She made her senior debut as a 66th-minute substitute on 5 April 2010 in a 0–0 draw with Amazon Grimstad. She scored her first goal for the club on 29 August 2010, a 90th-minute consolation goal in a 3–1 defeat to Arna-Bjørnar. In September 2012 Thorisdottir decided to retire from football due to injury, most notably citing her struggle with patellar tendinitis. During this spell she began playing handball, signing for Stabæk in June 2013. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Kirby
Francesca Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion and played for the England women's national football team, England national team. She began her career with hometown club Reading F.C. Women, Reading before moving to Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea in July 2015 where she remained until 2024. In August 2014, Kirby won her first senior Cap (sports), cap for England. She represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. She is considered as one of the best players of her generation. For the 2017–18 in English football, 2017–18 season, Kirby was awarded her first PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award. Alongside the inaugural FWA Women's Footballer of the Year, Football Writers' Women's Footballer of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Ballon D'Or
The 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognising the best footballer in the world for 2018. The winners were announced on 3 December 2018, and for the first time in its history, the Ballon d'Or Féminin and Kopa Trophy were awarded to the best female footballer and male under-21 footballer, respectively. Luka Modrić, who was integral to Real Madrid's Champions League victory and Croatia's journey to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final, was awarded the Ballon d'Or. His win meant that it was the first time since Kaká in 2007 that a player other than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, ending the 10-year Messi–Ronaldo dominance. Ballon d'Or The nominees for the awards were announced on 8 October 2018. Ballon d'Or Féminin Kopa Trophy References {{Kopa Trophy 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFA Women's Players' Player Of The Year
The Professional Footballers' Association Women's Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is voted to have been the best of the year in Women's football in England, English women's football. The award has been presented since the 2012–13 in English football, 2012–13 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). The current holder is Khadija Shaw who won the award on 20 August 2024. The first winner of the award was Arsenal L.F.C., Arsenal midfielder Kim Little in 2013. Every spring, each member of the association votes for two players. A shortlist of nominees is published in April and the winner of the award, along with the winners of the PFA's other annual awards, is announced at a gala event in London a few days later. Winners The women's award has been presented since 2013 while the men's PFA Players' Player of the Year has been awarded since 1974. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Telford
Carly Mitchell Telford (born 7 July 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Telford joined Leeds United Ladies in 2007 from relegated club Sunderland. In May of that year she had turned out for Charlton Athletic in a tournament in Spain, but Charlton disbanded their women's team shortly afterwards. At Leeds, Telford was named player of the match in the 2008 FA Women's Cup final, after an impressive performance in Leeds' 4–1 defeat to Arsenal. In summer 2010, Telford was called into the England squad as an unattached player, having left Leeds Carnegie. Matt Beard signed her for Chelsea Ladies ahead of the inaugural 2011 FA WSL season. In October 2012 it was announced that Telford would join Australian club Perth Glory for the 2012–13 winter season. Telford left Chelsea after three years in December 2013, signing for Notts County ahead of the 2014 FA WSL season. There she was reunited with her former Leeds coach Rick Passmoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
