2022–23 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea
2022–23 season
Chairman	Adrian Jacob
Manager	Emma Hayes
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
FA WSL	1st
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Kerr (12); All: Sam Kerr (30)
Highest home attendance	38,350; (vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 20 November 2022, WSL)
Lowest home attendance	916; (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 8 March 2023, WSL)
Average home league attendance	5,804
Biggest win	8–0; (vs. Vllaznia (H), 26 October 2022, Champions League); 8–0; (vs. Leicester City (A), 3 December 2022, WSL)
Biggest defeat	1–3; (vs. Arsenal (N), 5 March 2023, League Cup); 0–2; (vs. Manchester City (A), 26 March 2023, WSL)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was Chelsea Women's 31st competitive season and 13th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. Chelsea competed in the domestic league as three-time defending champions since the 2019–20 season, and successfully managed to retain the title for the fourth time in a row, in addition to achieving a third consecutive double by also retaining the FA Cup once more.^[1]

Squad information

First team squad

As of 4 January 2023^[2]

No.	Name	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Zećira Mušović	2021	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)	Rosengård
30	Ann-Katrin Berger	2019	(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)	Birmingham City
32	Emily Orman	2019	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)	Homegrown
Defenders
3	Aniek Nouwen	2021	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	PSV
4	Millie Bright	2014	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
7	Jessica Carter	2018	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Birmingham City
15	Ève Périsset	2022	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 30)	Bordeaux
16	Magdalena Eriksson (captain)	2017	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)	Linköping
18	Maren Mjelde	2016	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35)	Avaldsnes IL
21	Niamh Charles	2020	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)	Liverpool
26	Kadeisha Buchanan	2022	(1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 29)	Lyon
27	Alsu Abdullina	2021	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23)	Lokomotiv Moscow
29	Jorja Fox	2021	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown
Midfielders
5	Sophie Ingle	2018	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)	Liverpool
8	Melanie Leupolz	2020	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)	Bayern Munich
11	Guro Reiten	2019	(1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 30)	LSK Kvinner
13	Kateřina Svitková	2022	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)	West Ham United
17	Jessie Fleming	2020	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)	UCLA Bruins
19	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	2022	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 27)	BK Häcken
22	Erin Cuthbert	2016	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)	Glasgow City
28	Jelena Čanković	2022	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29)	FC Rosengård
34	Charlotte Wardlaw	2019	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown
Forwards
10	Lauren James	2021	(2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)	Manchester United
14	Fran Kirby	2015	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)	Reading
20	Sam Kerr	2019	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)	Chicago Red Stars
23	Pernille Harder	2020	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 32)	Wolfsburg
33	Agnes Beever-Jones	2021	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown

Academy players

Position	Name	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
FW	Aimee Claypole	2022	(2004-11-08) 8 November 2004 (age 20)	Academy
2	Ashanti Akpan	2023	(2004-11-24) 24 November 2004 (age 20)	Academy
FW	Reanna Blades	2023	(2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20)	Academy
DF	Cerys Brown	2023	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20)	Academy
MF	Zarah Dilan	2023	(2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 20)	Academy
MF	Kori Sinckler	2023	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	Academy
FW	Ria Bose	2022	(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18)	Academy
FW	Tatiana Flores	2023	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19)	Academy
GK	Niamh Samura	2023	(2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 (age 20)	Academy
GK	Olivia Hutchinson	2023	(2004-02-19) 19 February 2004 (age 20)	Academy
FW	Lauren Everstone	2023	(2003-12-29) 29 December 2003 (age 20)	Academy
MF	Amelia Halawi	2023	(2004-09-30) 30 September 2004 (age 20)	Academy
DF	Daisy Hind	2023	(2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 (age 18)	Academy
GK	Olivia Hutchinson	2023	(2004-02-19) 19 February 2004 (age 20)	Academy
MF	Lola Nesbeth	2023	(2007-11-14) 14 November 2007 (age 17)	Academy
RW	Lexi Potter	2023	(2004-02-19) 19 February 2004 (age 20)	Academy

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player/Manager	Date	Contract end	Source
7	DF	Jess Carter	1 June 2022	2023	^[3]
18	DF	Maren Mjelde	1 June 2022	2023	^[3]
4	DF	Millie Bright	11 August 2022	2025	^[4]
29	DF	Jorja Fox	23 August 2022	2025	^[5]
33	FW	Aggie Beever-Jones	25 August 2022	2025	^[6]
7	DF	Jess Carter	18 October 2022	2025	^[7]
17	MF	Jessie Fleming	2 November 2022	2025	^[8]
22	MF	Erin Cuthbert	17 November 2022	2025	^[9]
5	MF	Sophie Ingle	29 December 2022	2025	^[10]
8	MF	Melanie Leupolz	10 January 2023	2026	^[11]
3	DF	Aniek Nouwen	21 January 2023	2025	^[12]
1	GK	Zećira Mušović	7 February 2023	2025	^[13]
14	FW	Fran Kirby	24 May 2023	2024	^[14]

Transfers and loans

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ève Périsset	Bordeaux	Undisclosed	8 June 2022	^[15]
DF	Kadeisha Buchanan	Lyon	Undisclosed	10 June 2022	^[16]
FW	Kateřina Svitková	West Ham United	Undisclosed	6 July 2022	^[17]
FW	Lucy Watson	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	19 July 2022	^[18]
MF	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	BK Häcken	Undisclosed	5 August 2022	^[19]
FW	Maika Hamano	INAC Kobe Leonessa	Undisclosed	13 January 2023	^[20]
FW	Jelena Čanković	FC Rosengård	Undisclosed	26 August 2022	^[21]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ji So-yun	Suwon	Free	24 May 2022	^[22]
DF	Jonna Andersson	Hammarby	Free	1 June 2022	^[23]
MF	Drew Spence	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	20 June 2022	^[24]
GK	Poppy Soper	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	4 August 2022	^[25]
FW	Bethany England	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	4 January 2023	^[26]

Loan out

Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Emma Thompson	Lewes	Free	27 July 2022	^[27]
FW	Lucy Watson	Charlton Athletic	Free	12 August 2022	^[28]
DF	Jorja Fox	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	23 August 2022	^[5]
FW	Aggie Beever-Jones	Everton	Free	25 August 2022	^[6]
FW	Maika Hamano	Hammarby IF	Free	13 January 2023	^[20]
DF	Aniek Nouwen	AC Milan	Free	21 January 2023	^[12]
MF	Charlotte Wardlaw	Lewes	Free	21 January 2023	^[29]

Management team

As of 7 July 2022^[30]

Position	Staff
Manager	Emma Hayes
Assistant manager	Paul Green
Head of technical/Goalkeeping coach	Stuart Searle
Assistant coach	Denise Reddy
Opposition analyst & coach	Leanne Champ

Kits

Home

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Away

Away alt.

Third

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Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Pre-season

August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17) 2022 Women's International Champions Cup	Lyon	2–2 (4–3 p)	Chelsea	Portland, Oregon
17:30 PDT	Marques 71' Horan 76' Bruun 88'	Report	Kerr 8' Cuthbert 45+3' James 51' Périsset 86'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)
	Penalties
	Horan Malard Bruun Cayman Benyahia		Périsset Cuthbert Nouwen Bright Buchanan

August 20, 2022 (2022-08-20) 2022 Women's International Champions Cup	Portland Thorns	0–1	Chelsea	Portland, Oregon
17:00 PDT		Report	Reiten 64'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 11,447 Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

28 August 2022 (2022-08-28) Preseason Friendly	Chelsea	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
2:00PM GMT	Harder 15' James 40'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,400

Competitions

Women's Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	22	19	1	2	66	15	+51	58	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Manchester United	22	18	2	2	56	12	+44	56	Qualification for the Champions League second round
3	Arsenal	22	15	2	5	49	16	+33	47	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	Manchester City	22	15	2	5	50	25	+25	47
5	Aston Villa	22	11	4	7	47	37	+10	37

Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ England's UEFA association coefficient meant, as the 4th ranked association, the WSL champions qualified for the second round. However, as 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League winners Barcelona had already qualified for the group stage as 2022–23 Liga F champions, the title holders' berth to the group stage was redistributed to Chelsea.^[31]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	19	1	2	66	15	+51	58	11	0	0	35	6	+29	8	1	2	31	9	+22

Last updated: 27 May 2023.
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	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	8	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 September 2022 2	Liverpool	2–1	Chelsea	Birkenhead
14:00 BST	Holland 18' Stengel 67' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Campbell 90+4'	Report	Kirby 3' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Emily Heaslip

25 September 2022 3	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	Kirby 42' Mjelde 78' (pen.)	Report	Ouahabi 52'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,403 Referee: Abigail Byrne

28 September 2022 1	Chelsea	3–1	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
19:05 BST	Kirby 40' Kerr 58' Bright 62' James 77'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir 3' Cissoko 48' Ziu 74' Parker 76'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,842 Referee: Tom Reeves
Note: This match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 September 2022, was included in the league-wide postponement due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.^[32] Match re-arranged and moved from Stamford Bridge to Kingsmeadow.^[33]

16 October 2022 4	Everton	1–3	Chelsea	Liverpool
14:00 BST	Buchanan 53' (o.g.)	Report	Harder 37', 59' (pen.) Charles 90+5'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 1,668 Referee: Lauren Impey

23 October 2022 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Chelsea	Crawley
14:00 BST	Olme 86'	Report	England 58' Harder 86'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,626 Referee: Abigail Byrne

30 October 2022 6	Chelsea	3–1	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST	James 22', 47' Kerr 63' Ingle 90'	Report	Daly 38' Blindkilde 45+1'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,373 Referee: Martin Woods

6 November 2022 7	Manchester United	1–3	Chelsea	Leigh
18:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Russo 71' Turner 90'	Report	Kerr 60' James 64' Cuthbert 90+2'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 6,186 Referee: Cheryl Foster

20 November 2022 8	Chelsea	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Kerr 12' Cuthbert 26' Reiten 36' (pen.)	Report	Ildhusøy 9' Neville 36' Summanen 62'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,350 Referee: Rebecca Welch

3 December 2022 9	Leicester City	0–8	Chelsea	Leicester
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Tierney 36'	Report	Reiten 4' Fleming 13', 50' Kirby 39', 82' Charles 41' Kerr 45' England 75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Amy Fearn

11 December 2022 10	Chelsea	3–2	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
18:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Kirby 16' Čanković 29', 33'	Report	Cooper 49' Troelsgaard 60' Eikeland 61' Bryson 64'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,184 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

15 January 2023 11	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	Holloway
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Little 57' (pen.) McCabe 88'	Report	James 39' Kerr 89'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 46,881 Referee: Emily Heaslip

5 February 2023 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	Chelsea	Leyton
12:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	England 16' Karczewska 88'	Report	Carter 8' James 27' Buchanan 28' Cuthbert 45+2' Reiten 64'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,880 Referee: Abigail Byrne

8 March 2023 14	Chelsea	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Reiten 12' (pen.) J. Carter 21' Rytting Kaneryd 71'	Report	Sarri 68' D. Carter 88'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 916 Referee: Abigail Byrne

12 March 2023 15	Chelsea	1–0	Manchester United	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Kerr 23' Leupolz 34'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,277 Referee: Cheryl Foster

26 March 2023 16	Manchester City	2–0	Chelsea	Manchester
12:40 BST	Angeldahl 21' Hemp 30', 73' Kelly 84'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Paul Howard

2 April 2023 17	Aston Villa	0–3	Chelsea	Walsall
18:45 BST		Report	Čanković 22' Reiten 43' Kerr 56' Buchanan 90+4'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,835 Referee: Louise Saunders

3 May 2023 12	Chelsea	2–1	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
19:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Charles 41' Kerr 86'	Report	Koivisto 2', 34' Kirby 85'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,664 Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: This match was initially scheduled for 22 January 2023. The match kicked off but was abandoned in the 5th minute due to safety concerns over a frozen pitch.^[34]^[35]

7 May 2023 20	Chelsea	7–0	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
18:45 BST	Reiten 12' Kerr 25' Harder 33', 81' Ingle 44' Fleming 45+2' Cuthbert 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,074 Referee: Lisa Benn

10 May 2023 18	Chelsea	6–0	Leicester City	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST	Reiten 8' Cuthbert 18' Harder 32', 42' James 56' Fleming 72' Čanković 90+3'	Report	Cain 73'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,308 Referee: Rebecca Welch
Note: This match, originally scheduled to be played on 23 April 2023, was postponed due to Chelsea's progression to the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[36]

17 May 2023 19	West Ham United	0–4	Chelsea	Dagenham
20:15 BST	Cissoko 28'	Report	Charles 13' Harder 48' Ingle 64' Cuthbert 90+3'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,373 Referee: Louise Saunders
Note: This match, originally scheduled to be played on 30 April 2023, was postponed due to Chelsea's progression to the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[37]

21 May 2023 21	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
12:30 BST	Reiten 22' Eriksson 41'	Report	Wubben-Moy 34' McCabe 45+1', 60'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Abigail Byrne

27 May 2023 22	Reading	0–3	Chelsea	Reading
14:30 BST	Cooper 3'	Report	Kerr 18', 88' Reiten 42'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,305 Referee: Rebecca Welch

FA Cup

29 January 2023 Fourth round proper	Chelsea	3–2	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
13:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Kerr 32', 52', 79'	Report	Holland 62' Bonner 85'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,682 Referee: Stacey Fullicks

26 February 2023 Fifth round proper	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Ingle 21' Charles 45' Kerr 56'	Report	Maritz 90+4'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Abigail Byrne

19 March 2023 Quarter-final	Reading	1–3	Chelsea	Reading
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Hendrix 25' Bryson 45+3' Troelsgaard 53', 70'	Report	Carter 23' Mjelde 26' (pen.) Reiten 51'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Carl Brook

16 April 2023 Semi-final	Aston Villa	0–1	Chelsea	Walsall
14:15 BST		Report	Kerr 59' Mušović 84'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,292 Referee: Cheryl Foster

14 May 2023 Final	Manchester United	0–1	Chelsea	London
14:30 BST		Report	Reiten 53' Charles 56' Kerr 68' James 80' Ingle 87'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 77,390 Referee: Emily Heaslip

League Cup

Knockout phase

25 January 2023 Quarter-final	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Chelsea	Leyton
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Ayane 67' Spence 90+4'	Report	Kerr 38', 86' Kirby 68' Reiten 75' James 90+5'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 657 Referee: Stacey Pearson

9 February 2023 Semi-final	West Ham United	0–7	Chelsea	Dagenham
19:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report	Kerr 3', 22', 45+1', 60' Kirby 10' Eriksson 53' James 55' Reiten 65'	Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Louise Saunders

5 March 2023 Final	Chelsea	1–3	Arsenal	Selhurst
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Kerr 2' Leupolz 51' James 83'	Report	Blackstenius 16' Little 24' (pen.) McCabe 32' Charles 45+5' (o.g.) Foord 90+6'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 19,010 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

UEFA Women's Champions League

Group stage

Chelsea were drawn into Group A alongside Paris Saint Germain, Real Madrid and Vllaznia.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	PAR	MAD	VLL
1	Chelsea	6	5	1	0	19	1	+18	16	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	3–0	2–0	8–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	1	2	11	5	+6	10	Advance to Quarter-finals	0–1	—	2–1	5–0
3	Real Madrid	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8		1–1	0–0	—	5–1
4	Vllaznia	6	0	0	6	1	28	−27	0		0–4	0–4	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 October 2022 1	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Chelsea	Paris
21:00	Ilestedt 34'	Report	Buchanan 16' Bright 27'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

26 October 2022 2	Chelsea	8–0	Vllaznia	Kingston upon Thames
21:00	Kerr 10', 37', 57', 60' Périsset 21' Harder 38', 72', 88' Carter 73' Svitková 78'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Sabina Bolic (Croatia)

23 November 2022 3	Chelsea	2–0	Real Madrid	Kingston upon Thames
21:00	Ingle 67' James 69' Cuthbert 76'	Report	González 57'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,336 Referee: Maria Sole Caputi (Italy)

8 December 2022 4	Real Madrid	1–1	Chelsea	Madrid
21:00	del Castillo 21' Weir 36'	Report	M. Rodríguez 59' (o.g.) Carter 63' James 66'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium Attendance: 1,883 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

16 December 2022 5	Vllaznia	0–4	Chelsea	Shkodër
18:45	Gjergji 25' Popović 44'	Report	Ingle 12' Kirby 20' Svitková 87' Mjelde 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Attendance: 220 Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

22 December 2022 6	Chelsea	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Fulham
21:00	Kerr 42' James 55', 62'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 10,129 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Quarter-finals

22 March 2023 First leg	Lyon	0–1	Chelsea	Décines-Charpieu
18:45 CET		Report	Reiten 28' Ingle 54' Cuthbert 57'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 18,751 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

30 March 2023 Second leg	Chelsea	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Lyon	Fulham
20:00 BST	Ingle 117' Mjelde 120+8' (pen.)	Report	Gilles 77' Van de Donk 84' Däbritz 110' Marozsán 120+1'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 15,111 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
	Penalties
	Mjelde Kerr Fleming James Carter		Marozsán Hegerberg Renard Däbritz Horan

Semi-finals

22 April 2023 First leg	Chelsea	0–1	Barcelona	Fulham
12:30 BST	Kerr 38' James 71'	Report	Graham Hansen 4' León 41' Walsh 63' Paños 90+3'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 27,697 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

27 April 2023 Second leg	Barcelona	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Chelsea	Barcelona
18:45 CEST	Graham Hansen 63'	Report	Reiten 18', 67' Cuthbert 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,262 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 27 May 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	SWE	Zećira Mušović	14	0	7	0	3	0	1	0	3	0
30	GK	GER	Ann-Katrin Berger	26	0	15	0	2	0	2	0	7	0
32	GK	ENG	Emily Orman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
4	DF	ENG	Millie Bright	25	2	14	1	3	0	3	0	5	1
7	DF	ENG	Jess Carter	31	3	9+8	2	3+2	1	1	0	5+3	0
15	DF	FRA	Ève Périsset	32	0	13+5	0	3	0	3	0	6+2	0
16	DF	SWE	Magdalena Eriksson	36	1	18+2	1	4+1	0	2	0	8+1	0
18	DF	NOR	Maren Mjelde	18	4	6+1	1	3+1	1	0+1	0	3+3	2
21	DF	ENG	Niamh Charles	39	4	15+6	4	4+1	0	2+1	0	8+2	0
26	DF	CAN	Kadeisha Buchanan	28	0	14+2	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	8	0
27	DF	RUS	Alsu Abdullina	9	0	0+6	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
38	DF	ENG	Cerys Brown	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	WAL	Sophie Ingle	38	5	15+6	2	2+3	1	3	0	7+2	2
8	MF	GER	Melanie Leupolz	17	0	5+2	0	2+2	0	0+2	0	4	0
11	MF	NOR	Guro Reiten	39	13	18+3	9	5	1	3	1	10	2
13	MF	CZE	Kateřina Svitková	5	2	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	2
17	MF	CAN	Jessie Fleming	36	3	14+6	3	3+2	0	0+2	0	4+5	0
19	MF	SWE	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	37	1	7+13	1	1+3	0	0+3	0	2+8	0
22	MF	SCO	Erin Cuthbert	33	6	16+2	5	4	0	3	0	8	1
28	MF	SRB	Jelena Čanković	22	4	6+8	4	2	0	2+1	0	2+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Ashanti Akpan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards:
10	FW	ENG	Lauren James	33	8	15+3	5	4	0	3	1	4+4	2
14	FW	ENG	Fran Kirby	16	9	5+3	6	1	0	1+1	2	3+2	1
20	FW	AUS	Sam Kerr	38	29	19+2	12	4	6	3	6	10	5
23	FW	DEN	Pernille Harder	15	11	7+3	8	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	3
31	FW	ENG	Aimee Claypole	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	Reanna Blades	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players have left the club:
3	DF	NED	Aniek Nouwen	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Bethany England	10	2	2+6	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
29	DF	ENG	Jorja Fox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	ENG	Agnes Beever-Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Charlotte Wardlaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [1]

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

As of 27 May 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	20	Sam Kerr	12	6	6	5	29
2	MF	11	Guro Reiten	9	1	1	2	13
3	FW	23	Pernille Harder	8	0	0	3	11
4	FW	14	Fran Kirby	6	0	2	1	9
5	FW	10	Lauren James	5	0	1	2	8
6	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	5	0	0	1	6
7	MF	5	Sophie Ingle	2	1	0	2	5
8	DF	18	Maren Mjelde	1	1	0	2	4
	DF	21	Niamh Charles	4	0	0	0	4
	MF	28	Jelena Čanković	4	0	0	0	4
11	DF	7	Jess Carter	2	1	0	0	3
11	MF	17	Jessie Fleming	3	0	0	0	3
13	DF	4	Millie Bright	1	0	0	1	2
	FW	9	Bethany England	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	13	Kateřina Svitková	0	0	0	2	2
16	DF	16	Magdalena Eriksson	1	0	0	0	1
16	MF	19	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	1	1

Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total assists are equal.

As of 27 May 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	MF	11	Guro Reiten	11	2	2	4	19
2	FW	20	Sam Kerr	5	0	0	2	7
2	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	3	0	2	2	7
4	DF	21	Niamh Charles	3	2	0	1	6
4	MF	28	Jelena Čanković	2	1	1	2	6
6	FW	10	Lauren James	2	1	2	0	5
6	FW	23	Pernille Harder	3	1	0	1	5
8	MF	5	Sophie Ingle	3	0	1	0	4
	DF	15	Ève Périsset	3	0	1	0	4
	MF	19	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	3	0	1	0	4
11	FW	14	Fran Kirby	1	1	0	1	3
11	DF	27	Alsu Abdullina	1	1	0	1	3
13	DF	4	Millie Bright	1	0	0	1	2
14	DF	7	Jess Carter	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	13	Kateřina Svitková	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	17	Jessie Fleming	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.

As of 27 May 2023

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	GK	30	Ann-Katrin Berger	8	2	1	3	14
2	GK	1	Zećira Mušović	3	1	0	3	7

Disciplinary records

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total disciplinary records are equal.

As of 27 May 2023

Pos.	No.	Name	FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total
Pos.	No.	Name
GK	1	Zećira Mušović	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	5	Sophie Ingle	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
DF	7	Jess Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
MF	8	Melanie Leupolz	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
FW	10	Lauren James	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	7	0
MF	11	Guro Reiten	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
DF	15	Ève Périsset	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	16	Magdalena Eriksson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	17	Jessie Fleming	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW	20	Sam Kerr	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
DF	21	Niamh Charles	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
DF	26	Kadeisha Buchanan	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0

Awards

WSL GOAL of the month; Scotland Erin Cuthbert (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)

WSL GOAL of the month; England Lauren James (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)

WSL GOAL of the month; Australia Sam Kerr (vs. Manchester United)

WSL Manager of the Month; Emma Hayes and Denise Reddy

FWA Footballer of the Year ; Sam Kerr

Barclays WSL Manager of the Season; Emma Hayes

FA cup final Player of the match; Sam Kerr

WSL Academy cup final Player of the match; Reanna Blades

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[table_note_res_CLGS0.51069246116592-32] England's UEFA association coefficient meant, as the 4th ranked association, the WSL champions qualified for the second round. However, as 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League winners Barcelona had already qualified for the group stage as 2022–23 Liga F champions, the title holders' berth to the group stage was redistributed to Chelsea.^[31]

[1] Wrack, Suzanne (27 May 2023). "Chelsea crowned WSL champions for fourth straight year after win at Reading". The Observer. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] "Chelsea Women Senior squad". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[CarterMjelde-3] "Carter and Mjelde contracts extended". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[4] "Millie Bright commits to Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[Fox_New_Contract-5] "Fox extends Chelsea Women contract". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[New_contract_and_loan_for_Beever-Jones-6] "New contract and loan for Beever-Jones". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[Jess_Carter_extends_Chelsea_contract-7] "Jess Carter extends Chelsea contract". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[Fleming_commits_to_Chelsea-8] "Fleming commits to Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[Erin_Cuthbert_pens_new_deal_with_Chelsea_Women-9] "Erin Cuthbert pens new deal with Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[Sophie_Ingle_extends_stay_with_Chelsea_Women-10] "Sophie Ingle extends stay with Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[Melanie_Leupolz_commits_to_Chelsea_Women-11] "Melanie Leupolz commits to Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[Aniek_Nouwen_extends_Chelsea_contract_and_heads_out_on_loan-12] "Aniek Nouwen extends Chelsea contract and heads out on loan". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[Musovic_extends_contract_with_Chelsea_Women-13] "Musovic extends contract with Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[Chelsea_extend_Kirby_Contract-14] "Chelsea Extend Kirby Contract". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[15] "French defender Ève Perisset signs for Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[16] "Kadeisha Buchanan joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[17] "Katerina Svitkova joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[18] "Lucy Watson signs for Chelsea FC Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[19] "Johanna Rytting Kaneryd signs for Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[Hamano-20] "Maika Hamano is a Blue". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[21] "Cankovic joins Chelsea Women". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[22] "Ex-Chelsea FC Women star Ji So-yun signs with S. Korean club Suwon". Yonhap News Agency. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[23] "Jonna Andersson to depart Chelsea at end of season". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[24] "Drew Spence completes move". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[25] "Poppy Soper departs Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[26] "Bethany England departs Chelsea Women after seven years of service". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

[27] "Thompson joins on loan from Chelsea". Lewes. 27 July 2022.

[28] "Watson goes on loan to Charlton Athletic". Chelsea. 12 August 2022.

[29] "Charlotte Wardlaw joins Lewes on loan". Chelsea. 21 January 2023.

[30] "Women Staff". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[31] Rendell, Sarah (3 June 2023). "Barcelona 3-2 Wolfsburg: Women's Champions League final 2023 – as it happened". The Guardian.

[33] "BWSL and BWC opening games postponed". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

[34] "West Ham WSL match at Chelsea moved to Kingsmeadow". BBC Sport.

[35] "WSL: Chelsea v Liverpool is called off after six minutes due to frozen pitch". BBC Sport. 21 January 2023.

[36] "Ticket news announced for WSL clash with Liverpool". Chelsea F.C. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

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