2022–23 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea
2022–23 season
Chairman	Adrian Jacob
Manager	Emma Hayes
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
FA WSL	Pre-season
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Champions League	Group stage
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is 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.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 5 August 2022^[1]

No.	Name	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Zećira Mušović	2021	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)	Rosengård	16	0
30	Ann-Katrin Berger	2019	(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)	Birmingham City	58	0
32	Emily Orman	2019	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)	Homegrown	0	0
Defenders
3	Aniek Nouwen	2021	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	PSV	22	2
4	Millie Bright	2014	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	Doncaster Rovers Belles	193	12
7	Jessica Carter	2018	(1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27)	Birmingham City	84	2
15	Ève Périsset	2022	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 30)	Bordeaux	0	0
16	Magdalena Eriksson (captain)	2017	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)	Linköpings	134	11
18	Maren Mjelde	2016	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35)	Avaldsnes IL	102	17
21	Niamh Charles	2020	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)	Liverpool	58	4
26	Kadeisha Buchanan	2022	(1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 29)	Lyon	0	0
27	Alsu Abdullina	2021	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23)	Lokomotiv Moscow	11	0
29	Jorja Fox	2021	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown	3	0
Midfielders
5	Sophie Ingle	2018	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)	Liverpool	136	6
8	Melanie Leupolz	2020	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)	Bayern Munich	49	9
11	Guro Reiten	2019	(1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 30)	LSK Kvinner	87	22
13	Kateřina Svitková	2022	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)	West Ham United	0	0
17	Jessie Fleming	2020	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)	UCLA Bruins	57	8
19	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	2022	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 27)	BK Häcken	0	0
22	Erin Cuthbert	2016	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)	Glasgow City	148	38
28	Jelena Čanković	2022	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29)	FC Rosengård	0	0
34	Charlotte Wardlaw	2019	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown	1	0
Forwards
9	Beth England	2016	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	Doncaster Rovers Belles	137	68
10	Lauren James	2021	(2001-09-29) 29 September 2001 (age 23)	Manchester United	16	1
14	Fran Kirby	2015	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)	Reading	143	90
20	Sam Kerr	2019	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)	Chicago Red Stars	72	57
23	Pernille Harder	2020	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 32)	Wolfsburg	62	31
33	Agnes Beever-Jones	2021	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21)	Homegrown	2	0

Academy players with first-team appearances

No.	Name	Nat	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player/Manager	Date	Contract end	Source
7	DF	Jess Carter	1 June 2022	2023	^[2]
18	DF	Maren Mjelde	1 June 2022	2023	^[2]
4	DF	Millie Bright	11 August 2022	2025	^[3]
29	DF	Jorja Fox	23 August 2022	2025	^[4]
33	FW	Aggie Beever-Jones	25 August 2022	2025	^[5]

Transfers and loans

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ève Périsset	Bordeaux	Undisclosed	8 June 2022	^[6]
DF	Kadeisha Buchanan	Lyon	Undisclosed	10 June 2022	^[7]
FW	Katerina Svitkova	West Ham United	Undisclosed	6 July 2022	^[8]
FW	Lucy Watson	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	19 July 2022	^[9]
MF	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	BK Häcken	Undisclosed	5 August 2022	^[10]
MF	Jelena Čanković	FC Rosengård	Undisclosed	26 August 2022	^[11]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ji So-yun	Suwon	Free	24 May 2022	^[12]
DF	Jonna Andersson	Hammarby	Free	1 June 2022	^[13]
MF	Drew Spence	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	20 June 2022	^[14]
GK	Poppy Soper	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	4 August 2022	^[15]

Loan out

Pos	Player	Loaned To	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Emma Thompson	Lewes	Free	27 July 2022	^[16]
FW	Lucy Watson	Charlton Athletic	Free	12 August 2022	^[17]
DF	Jorja Fox	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	23 August 2022	^[4]
FW	Aggie Beever-Jones	Everton	25 August 2022	^[5]

Management team

As of 7 July 2022^[18]

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.^[19]

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
4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	2	0	0	5	1	+4	1	0	1	4	3	+1

Last updated: 16 October 2022.
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
Position	8	5	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 September 2022 1	Chelsea	v	West Ham United	Fulham
12:30 BST				Stadium: Stamford Bridge
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.^[20]

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: Match re-arranged from 11 September and moved from Stamford Bridge to Kingsmeadow.^[21]

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	v	Chelsea	Crawley
14:00 BST				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

30 October 2022 6	Chelsea	v	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

6 November 2022 7	Manchester United	v	Chelsea	Leigh
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

20 November 2022 8	Chelsea	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

4 December 2022 9	Leicester City	v	Chelsea	Quorn
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Farley Way Stadium

11 December 2022 10	Chelsea	v	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

15 January 2023 11	Arsenal	v	Chelsea	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Meadow Park

22 January 2023 12	Chelsea	v	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

5 February 2023 13	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Chelsea	Canons Park
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: The Hive Stadium

5 March 2023 14	Chelsea	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

12 March 2023 15	Chelsea	v	Manchester United	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

26 March 2023 16	Manchester City	v	Chelsea	Manchester
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)				Stadium: Academy Stadium

2 April 2023 17	Aston Villa	v	Chelsea	Walsall
14:00 BST				Stadium: Bescot Stadium

23 April 2023 18	Chelsea	v	Leicester City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

30 April 2023 19	West Ham United	v	Chelsea	Dagenham
14:00 BST				Stadium: Victoria Road

7 May 2023 20	Chelsea	v	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

21 May 2023 21	Chelsea	v	Arsenal	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

28 May 2023 22	Reading	v	Chelsea	Reading
14:00 BST				Stadium: Madejski Stadium

FA Cup

League Cup

Main competition phase

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	v	Vllaznia	Kingston upon Thames
21:00		Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

23 November 2022 3	Chelsea	v	Real Madrid	Kingston upon Thames
21:00		Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

8 December 2022 4	Real Madrid	v	Chelsea	Madrid
21:00		Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium

16 December 2022 5	Vllaznia	v	Chelsea	Shkodër
18:45		Report		Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium

22 December 2022 6	Chelsea	v	Paris Saint-Germain	Kingston upon Thames
21:00		Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 20 October 2022

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Ann-Katrin Berger	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	GK	ENG	Emily Orman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	NED	Aniek Nouwen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Millie Bright	5	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7	DF	ENG	Jessica Carter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Ève Périsset	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	SWE	Magdalena Eriksson	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	NOR	Maren Mjelde	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	ENG	Niamh Charles	5	1	1+3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	CAN	Kadeisha Buchanan	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	RUS	Alsu Abdullina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Jorja Fox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders:
5	MF	WAL	Sophie Ingle	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	GER	Melanie Leupolz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	NOR	Guro Reiten	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	CZE	Kateřina Svitková	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	CAN	Jessie Fleming	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF	SWE	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	SCO	Erin Cuthbert	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	SRB	Jelena Čanković	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Charlotte Wardlaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards:
9	FW	ENG	Beth England	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Lauren James	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Fran Kirby	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	AUS	Sam Kerr	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	DEN	Pernille Harder	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	ENG	Agnes Beever-Jones	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 20 October 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	Champions League	Total
1	FW	14	Fran Kirby	3	0	3
2	DF	4	Millie Bright	1	1	2
2	FW	23	Pernille Harder	2	0	2
4	DF	18	Maren Mjelde	1	0	1
	FW	20	Sam Kerr	1	0	1
	DF	21	Niamh Charles	1	0	1

Assists

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

As of 20 October 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	Champions League	Total
1	MF	11	Guro Reiten	3	0	3
2	MF	13	Kateřina Svitková	1	0	1
2	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	0	1	1

Clean sheets

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

As of 20 October 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	GK	30	Ann-Katrin Berger	1	0	0	1	2

Disciplinary records

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

As of 20 October 2022

Pos.	No.	Name	FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Total
Pos.	No.	Name
DF	26	Kadeisha Buchanan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Awards

References

^ "Chelsea Women Senior squad". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Carter and Mjelde contracts extended". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Millie Bright commits to Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Fox extends Chelsea Women contract". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "New contract and loan for Beever-Jones". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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[table_note_res_CLGS0.9544465150472-20] 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.^[19]

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