Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies Football Club, are an English

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club based in

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. Founded in 1992, they compete in the

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, the top flight of women's football in England, and play their home games at the

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with some select games at

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. Since 2004, the club has been affiliated with

Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England. The club was founded in 1905 and named after neighbouring area Chelsea. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, pl ...

, the men's team in the

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. Chelsea Women were a founding member of the Super League in 2010. From 2005 to 2010, the side competed in the Premier League National Division, the top tier of women's football in England at the time. One of the most successful clubs in English women's football, Chelsea have won a record eight Women's Super League championships, as well as the

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in 2017, and have the second-highest number of outright league championships after

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. They have also won six

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titles, three

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titles, and were

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winners in 2020. They reached their first

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final in 2021, where they finished as runners-up to

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History

Earlier unofficial team

In the early 1970s, an unofficial Chelsea Ladies F.C. was formed soon after

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had lifted its 50-year ban on women's football. Under the management of John Martin, they beat

Millwall Lionesses Millwall Lionesses Football Club is an English women's football club based in Rotherhithe, south-east London, that plays in the , the fifth tier of English women's football. Founded in 1973, the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at ...

to win the 1974 London Women's Football Challenge Cup in a season when they did a league and cup double. They repeated the feat the following season. Although more of a supporters team rather than an official representative of

, the club's president at the time was

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, who was a long-time Chelsea player.

Establishment and promotion (1992–2005)

Chelsea Ladies Football Club was formed in 1992 after supporters of Chelsea F.C. expressed desire for a women's side. Tony Farmer, a longtime Chelsea supporter who became interested in women's football when his girlfriend Val Lightfoot joined

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, wrote a letter to Chelsea F.C. to propose adding a women's side. Upon approval, Farmer became the club's first manager, lobbied for it to be promoted in men's match programmes, and began recruiting youth players to the club, including

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and

Fara Williams Fara Tanya Franki Merrett (born 25 January 1984), known professionally as Fara Williams, is an English former Women's association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. A consistent goalscorer and set-piece specialist, Williams was co ...

as 12-year-olds in 1994 and 1996, respectively. The side's first home pitch was

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. Farmer managed the club from the Greater London Regional League Division 3 to the Greater London Regional Premier Division before resigning in 1997. In June 2004, Chelsea Ladies were taken over and funded by Chelsea's Football in the Community department, and in 2004–05 Chelsea won promotion to the Premier League National Division. The club has participated at the top level ever since.

FA Premier League National Division (2005–2010)

After starting 2005–06 with one point from six games, manager George Michealas was fired in September after four years in charge. They finished bottom of the league that season under Shaun Gore, but won a promotion/relegation play-off against Northern Division runners-up

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4–1 on aggregate to stay in the Premier League National Division. During the season the club had been linked with a

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bid for North American star players

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and

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. After an eighth-place finish in 2006–07, Gore drafted in

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players

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, Casey Stoney and

Eniola Aluko Eniola Aluko (born 21 February 1987) is a British football executive, football broadcaster and former professional player who played as a winger and striker. Aluko has been a regular broadcaster for live football on ITV, BT Sport, Amazon Prim ...

that summer. American

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winner

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, regarded as one of the best midfielders in the women's game, joined in January as Chelsea finished 2007–08 in fifth position. Chelsea Ladies introduced a new manager for the 2008–09 season, former

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reserve team coach Steve Jones. On 2 July 2008 Chelsea surprisingly signed

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and

Anita Asante Anita Amma Ankyewah Asante (born 27 April 1985) is an English association football, football Coach (sports), coach and former player who is the first-team coach at Bristol City W.F.C., Bristol City. A defender (association football), defender o ...

from Arsenal Ladies, in addition to veteran

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. Then Arsenal Ladies manager

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criticised his former players as disrespectful, while pursuing players from other clubs to bolster his own squad. Chelsea Ladies finished the 2008–09 season third behind Arsenal and Everton.

retired a month into the new season, Aluko and Asante left for the new WPS in March 2009, while Fair missed the whole campaign with a cruciate ligament injury sustained in May 2008. Jones departed as manager in January 2009, leaving Stoney to act as

player/manager A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make change ...

. At Stoney's recommendation,

Matt Beard Matthew Beard (born 9 January 1978) is an English professional football manager, who was most recently head coach of FA Women's Super League club Liverpool F.C. Women. He has previously managed West Ham, Chelsea, Boston Breakers, Millwall an ...

became manager for the 2009–10 season. Cuts to the Ladies club's funding were offset by financial assistance from

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and other Chelsea F.C. players. A further blow arrived when Sanderson left for the 2010 WPS season.

Women's Super League (2011–present)

The club bid successfully to be one of eight founding teams in the

FA Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...

(WSL) in March 2011. On 13 April 2011, the first-ever WSL fixture was played — at

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, Chelsea's home ground — between them and Arsenal, which they lost 1–0. Beard led the club to the

final for the first time in

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, but Chelsea were eventually beaten by

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on a

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after twice taking the lead in a 2–2 draw. In July 2012, Matt Beard resigned as manager after three years in the post. Former assistant at Arsenal,

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, was brought in as manager in 2012, one of the first female managers in the WSL. In Hayes's first season in charge, Chelsea, who were still a part-time professional club, finished third-bottom of the league. The following season, they finished second from the bottom. The 2014 season was successful for Chelsea, as they finished second in the WSL behind Liverpool on goal difference, after eight wins, two draws and four losses. A final day win would have clinched them the league title, but they lost 2–1 away to

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. Their second-place finish meant that they qualified for the

for the first time in the club's history. They also reached the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and the League Cup, where they lost to both eventual winners, Arsenal and Manchester City, respectively. In 2015, it was announced that many of Chelsea's players would be becoming full professionals for the first time. On 1 August 2015, Chelsea won their first ever

. They beat

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scored the only goal of the game and Eniola Aluko won the player of the match award. The team then beat

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4–0 in October 2015 to secure the FA WSL title and a League and Cup

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. Chelsea repeated that feat in the 2017–18 season, winning another FA WSL and Women's FA Cup double; in the same season, the team also reached the

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of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. On 23 May 2018, the club rebranded as Chelsea Football Club Women. Chelsea were awarded the 2019–20 WSL title on a

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basis after the season had to be abruptly terminated due to the

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. The club was unbeaten at the time. Chelsea began the

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season by winning their first ever

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, against Manchester City. The season also saw them win their second consecutive League Cup, winning 6–0 against

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. Chelsea and manager Hayes won their fourth WSL title, the most by any WSL team at the time, by two points on the final day of the

2020–21 FA WSL The 2020–21 FA WSL season (also known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the FA Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It was the third season after the rebranding of the f ...

season with a 5–0 victory over

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. Chelsea broke the record for most points in a season (57) and tied the record for most wins in a season (18). In addition, they became just the third team to defend the League title after Liverpool and Arsenal.

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won the WSL ''Golden Boot'' for most goals scored by an individual (21), while

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was joint top for assists (11) and goalkeeper

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registered the most clean sheets (12), winning the ''Golden Glove''. Given their remarkable performances over the season, Suzanne Wrack of ''

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'' stated that Chelsea was "one of the best women's teams to ever play in England's top flight". On 16 May 2021, Chelsea, on course for a quadruple, lost 4–0 to

in their first-ever Champions League final appearance. On 5 December 2021, Chelsea won the delayed

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, beating the league leaders Arsenal 3–0 in a dominant display with goals from Kirby and two from Kerr, winning their first domestic treble. Chelsea successfully retained the WSL title during the 2021–22,

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(with both seasons also retaining the FA Cup) as well as the 2023–24 seasons, the latter of which was the club's last season under manager Emma Hayes as she left the club at the end of the season to become the manager of the United States women's national team. She was replaced by

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from the 2024–25 season, who was previously at

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. In her first season, Bompastor led Chelsea to a domestic treble as the club remained unbeaten in all three domestic competitions, and finished the WSL season with a record-breaking 60 points for a sixth consecutive title.

Stadium

Chelsea Women play at

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bought Kingsmeadow for their youth and women's teams from

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in 2016 so that Wimbledon could fund their new ground,

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. Kingsmeadow has a capacity of 4,850. Between 2012 and 2017, Chelsea played their home games at

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. The stadium is located in

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and has a capacity for 3,002 spectators. The team previously played at

during the 2011 season, the home ground of

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. Chelsea Women has increasingly used

for high-profile fixtures in both domestic and European competitions. Since the 2020s, the club has staged its

home matches at Stamford Bridge. In the 2023–24 season, Chelsea Women played a record four Women's Super League matches at the stadium, followed by three matches in the 2024–25 season.

Attendance

The current home attendance record of a Chelsea Women's match is 39,398, set on 27 April 2024 during the

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second leg against

, played at Stamford Bridge. Their current home attendance record at their primary ground of Kingsmeadow is 4,670, set on 28 April 2019 in a Champion's League semi-final leg against

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Former players

''For details of former players, see :Chelsea F.C. Women players.''

Player of the Year

Management team

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, - , Théo Rivrin , - , General manager , Paul Green , - , First-team coach ,

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, - , Goalkeeping coach , Seb Brown , - , Assistant goalkeeping coach , Dan Smith , - , rowspan="2", Movement coaches , Harry McCulloch , - , Ed Ryan-Moore , - , Match analyst , Jamie Cook , - , Opposition analyst , Jack Stephens , - , Lead scout, , TJ O'Leary , -

Managerial history

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, 2009–2012 , , - ,

, 2012–2024 , , - ,

, 2024–present ,

Honours

Chelsea's first trophy was won during the 1998–99 season, when the team defeated Reading Royals 2–1 in the Berks & Bucks County Cup final. The club's first major trophy was the

, won in

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. In the same year, the club also won its first

(FA WSL) title. After winning the 2021–22 FA WSL, Chelsea became the first team to win the WSL title for three seasons in a row. The club's most recent trophy is a sixth Women's FA Cup title, won in 2024–25.

Domestic competitions

League

** Winners (8):

, 2017–18, 2019–20,

, 2021–22,

, 2023–24, 2024–25 ** Runners-up (2):

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* FA WSL Spring Series ** Winners (1):

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* Premier League Southern Division ''(second tier)'' ** Winners (1): 2004–05 ** Runners-up (1): 2000–01 * South East Combination League ''(third tier)'' ** Winners (1): 1999–2000 ** Runners-up (1): 1998–99 * Greater London Regional League – Division 1 ** Runners-up (1): 1994–95 * Greater London Regional League – Division 3 ** Winners (1): 1993–94

Cups

** Winners (6): 2014–15, 2017–18,

, 2021–22,

, 2024–25 ** Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2015–16 *

** Winners (3): 2019–20,

, 2024–25 ** Runners-up (3): 2021–22,

, 2023–24 *

** Winners (1):

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Minor competitions

* South East Combination League Cup ** Winners (1): 1999–2000 * Greater London Regional League Cup ** Runners-up (1): 1996–97 *

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County Cup ** Winners (9): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 ** Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2010–11 * Berks & Bucks County Cup ** Winners (3): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 ** Runners-up (1): 2001–02 *

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County Cup ** Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 1996–97

International competitions

: Runners-up (1):

* International Women's Club Championship : Runners-up (1):

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Other

''Doubles'' * 2014−15: League and FA Cup * 2017–18: League and FA Cup * 2019–20: League and League Cup * 2021–22: League and FA Cup *

: League and FA Cup ''Trebles'' *

: League, FA Cup and League Cup * 2024–25: League, FA Cup and League Cup

Season-by-season records

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

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VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

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Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

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SFK 2000 SFK 2000 Sarajevo ( Bosnian: ŽFK 2000 Sarajevo) is a women's professional football club from the city of Sarajevo that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the highest level of women's football in Bosnia and Herzegovina, th ...

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Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

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Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

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Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

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Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

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Twente Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...

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Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

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, bgcolor="#FFDDDD" style="text-align:center;" , 1–4 , bgcolor="#FFDDDD" style="text-align:center;" , 1–4 , bgcolor="#FFDDDD" style="text-align:center;" , 2–8 Colour key: Green = Chelsea win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

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, , 113.899 , - , 2, , align=left,

, , 95.933 , -bgcolor="#ddffdd" , 3, , align=left, Chelsea, , 86.966 , - , 4, , align=left,

, , 77.933 , - , 5, , align=left,

, , 76.766 , -

Notes

References

External links

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