2025–26 Chelsea F.C. Women season

Chelsea 2025–26
Club information
Manager	Sonia Bompastor
Stadium	Kingsmeadow
League Season information
Final League position	Super League, TBD
Cup placements
Women's FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Champions League	League phase
Season statistics
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The 2025–26 season is Chelsea Women's 34th competitive season and 16th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. Chelsea will compete in the domestic league as six-time defending champions since the 2019–20 season, as well as defending champions in both the Women's FA Cup and Women's League Cup.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 5 September 2025

No.	Name	Nat	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Livia Peng		2025	14 March 2002 (2002-03-14)	Werder Bremen
24	Hannah Hampton		2023	16 November 2000 (2000-11-16)	Aston Villa
38	Rebecca Spencer		2025	22 February 1991 (1991-02-22)	Tottenham Hotspur
Defenders
2	Ellie Carpenter		2025	28 April 2000 (2000-04-28)	Lyon
4	Millie Bright (captain)		2014	21 August 1993 (1993-08-21)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
5	Veerle Buurman		2024	21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)	PSV
14	Nathalie Björn		2024	4 May 1997 (1997-05-04)	Everton
16	Naomi Girma		2025	14 June 2000 (2000-06-14)	San Diego Wave FC
21	Niamh Charles		2020	21 June 1999 (1999-06-21)	Liverpool
22	Lucy Bronze		2024	28 October 1991 (1991-10-28)	Barcelona
26	Kadeisha Buchanan		2022	5 November 1995 (1995-11-05)	Lyon
Midfielders
6	Sjoeke Nüsken		2023	22 January 2001 (2001-01-22)	Eintracht Frankfurt
8	Erin Cuthbert		2016	19 July 1998 (1998-07-19)	Glasgow City
11	Guro Reiten		2019	26 July 1994 (1994-07-26)	LSK Kvinner
18	Wieke Kaptein		2023	29 August 2005 (2005-08-29)	Twente
19	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd		2022	12 February 1997 (1997-02-12)	BK Häcken
27	Oriane Jean-François		2024	14 August 2001 (2001-08-14)	Paris Saint-Germain
30	Keira Walsh		2025	8 April 1997 (1997-04-08)	Barcelona
32	Lexi Potter		2023	17 August 2006 (2006-08-17)	Homegrown
Forwards
7	Mayra Ramírez		2024	23 March 1999 (1999-03-23)	Levante
9	Catarina Macario		2023	4 October 1999 (1999-10-04)	Lyon
10	Lauren James		2021	29 September 2001 (2001-09-29)	Manchester United
12	Alyssa Thompson		2025	7 November 2004 (2004-11-07)	Angel City FC
17	Sandy Baltimore		2024	19 February 2000 (2000-02-19)	Paris Saint-Germain
20	Sam Kerr		2019	10 September 1993 (1993-09-10)	Chicago Red Stars
23	Maika Hamano		2023	19 May 2004 (2004-05-19)	INAC Kobe Leonessa
29	Mara Alber		2025	6 September 2005 (2005-09-06)	TSG Hoffenheim
33	Aggie Beever-Jones		2021	27 July 2003 (2003-07-27)	Homegrown

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player/Manager	Date	Contract end
19	MF	Johanna Rytting Kaneryd	4 June 2025	2027
—	MF	Ashanti Akpan	27 June 2025	2026
31	FW	Aimee Claypole	27 June 2025	2026
23	FW	Maika Hamano	11 September 2025	2029
6	MF	Sjoeke Nüsken	6 October 2025	2027

Pre-season

Friendly 17 August 2025	Ajax	1–1	Chelsea	Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands
15:00 CEST	Tolhoek  90+3'	Report	Reiten  69'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Leon Welbers

Friendly 30 August 2025	Chelsea	4–1	AC Milan	Kingston upon Thames
13:00	Beever-Jones  16', 45+4', 62' Rytting Kaneryd  85'	Report	Ijeh  26'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2025–26 Women's Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	7	6	1	0	14	3	+11	19	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Manchester City	7	6	0	1	18	8	+10	18
3	Manchester United	7	5	2	0	19	5	+14	17	Qualification for the Champions League third round
4	Tottenham Hotspur	7	5	0	2	9	8	+1	15
5	Arsenal	7	4	2	1	17	7	+10	14

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2025. Source: Women's Super League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

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
6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	3	0	0	4	1	+3	2	1	0	8	2	+6

Last updated: 12 October 2025
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	W	W	W	W	D	W
Position	4	3	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 October 2025. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Women's League Cup

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League

League phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	OH Leuven	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to the knockout phase play-offs
9	Paris FC	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1
10	Chelsea	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4
11	Twente	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
12	Benfica	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

1 8 October 2025	Twente	1–1	Chelsea	Enschede
18:45 CEST	Van Ginkel  63'	Report	Baltimore  71' (pen.)	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 4,193 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

2 15 October 2025	Chelsea	4–0	Paris FC	Fulham
20:00 BST	Baltimore  31' (pen.) Rytting Kaneryd  39' Thompson  47' Cuthbert  63'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 2,752 Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

3 11 November 2025	St. Pölten	v	Chelsea	Sankt Pölten
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: NV Arena

4 20 November 2025	Chelsea	v	Barcelona	Fulham
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

5 10 December 2025	Chelsea	v	Roma	Fulham
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

6 17 December 2025	VfL Wolfsburg	v	Chelsea	Wolfsburg
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

External links

• Official website

Chelsea L.F.C. seasons

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