2017 Chelsea L.F.C. season

Chelsea Ladies FC

2017 season

Manager

Emma Hayes

Stadium

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The 2017 season is Chelsea Ladies Football Club's 25th season of competitive football and its seventh season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1]

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.^[2] For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.

First team

As of 3 May 2017.^[3]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29) 29 April 1983
12	Becky Spencer	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991
28	Carly Telford	(1987-07-07) 7 July 1987
40	Fran Kitching	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998
Defenders
3	Hannah Blundell	(1994-05-25) 25 May 1994
5	Gilly Flaherty	(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991
6	Niamh Fahey	(1987-10-13) 13 October 1987
11	Claire Rafferty	(1989-01-11) 11 January 1989
21	Deanna Cooper
Midfielders
4	Millie Bright	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993
7	Gemma Davison	(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987
8	Karen Carney	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987
10	Ji So-yun	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991
15	Beth England	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994
17	Katie Chapman	(1982-06-15) 15 June 1982
18	Maren Mjelde	(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989
22	Erin Cuthbert	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998
24	Drew Spence	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992
25	Jade Bailey	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995
Forwards
9	Eniola Aluko	(1987-02-21) 21 February 1987
14	Fran Kirby	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993
19	Crystal Dunn	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992
23	Ramona Bachmann	(1990-12-25) 25 December 1990

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract end	Date	Source
16	MF	Ana Borges	2018	19 December 2016	^[4]
3	DF	Hannah Blundell	2019	11 January 2017	^[5]
4	MF	Millie Bright	2020	11 January 2017	^[5]
12	GK	Becky Spencer	2018	11 January 2017	^[5]
20	MF	Jodie Brett	2017	11 January 2017	^[5]
29	FW	Millie Farrow	2017	11 January 2017	^[5]
40	GK	Fran Kitching	2017	11 January 2017	^[5]
8	MF	Karen Carney	2020	23 March 2017	^[6]
1	GK	Hedvig Lindahl	2019	30 March 2017	^[7]
15	MF	Beth England	2019	20 April 2017	^[8]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Contract end	Fee	Ref.
22 November 2016	MF	18	Maren Mjelde	Avaldsnes IL	2018	Undisclosed	^[9]
6 December 2016	FW	23	Ramona Bachmann	VfL Wolfsburg	2019	Undisclosed	^[10]
8 December 2016	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	Glasgow City	2019	Undisclosed	^[11]
3 January 2017	FW	19	Crystal Dunn	Washington Spirit	2018	Free	^[12]
13 February 2017	DF	21	Deanna Cooper	London Bees	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	^[13]
2 May 2017	GK	28	Carly Telford	Notts County	2017	Free	^[14]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
11 April 2017	MF	—	Laura Coombs	Liverpool	Undisclosed	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
19 December 2016	30 June 2017	MF	16	Ana Borges	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	^[4]
24 January 2017	31 May 2017	MF	20	Jodie Brett	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[16]
24 January 2017	31 May 2017	FW	29	Millie Farrow	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[16]

Pre-season

6 February 2017 Friendly	Chelsea	2 – 0	Hyundai Steel Red Angels	Carshalton
14:00	Mjelde Bright	Report		Stadium: Carshalton Athletic FC

12 February 2017 Friendly	Chelsea	2 – 2	FC Rosengård	Carshalton
11:00	Carney Chapman	Report	Schelin Masar McLeod	Stadium: Carshalton Athletic FC

17 February 2017 Friendly	Chelsea	2 – 0	Fortuna Hjørring	Algarve, Portugal
16:00	Dunn Aluko	Report

20 February 2017 Friendly	Chelsea	3 – 0	LSK Kvinner FK	Staines
14:00	Bachmann Cuthbert	Report		Stadium: Staines Town FC

23 February 2017 Friendly	Manchester City	Cancelled	Chelsea	Manchester
16:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

12 March 2017 Friendly	Chelsea	1 – 0	Kristianstads DFF	Staines
14:00	Cuthbert	Report		Stadium: Staines Town FC

Competitions

Women's Super League

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
2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	6	1	0	0	6	0	+6	1	0	0	4	0	+4

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W
Position	2	1

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: FA WSL
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

30 April 2017 1	Chelsea	6 – 0	Yeovil Town	Staines
14:00	Ji 45', 45+1' Spence 54' Cuthbert 67' Dunn 73' Bachmann 75'	Box Report		Stadium: Staines Town FC Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Ian Fissenden

3 May 2017 2	Reading	0 – 4	Chelsea	High Wycombe
19:35	Allen 18' Moore 90' Furness 90'	Report	Carney 32' Spence 64' Ji 69' Blundell 81' Chapman 90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 797 Referee: Christopher O’Donnell

FA Cup

19 March 2017 Fifth round	Chelsea	7 – 0	Doncaster	Staines
	Dunn 12' Ji 33', 37' Little 41' (o.g.) Bachmann 45' Chapman 70' Spence 72'	Report		Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 806

26 March 2017 Sixth round	Chelsea	5 – 1	Sunderland	Staines
	Bachmann 39', 44' Blundell 49', 58' Spence 90'	Report	Staniforth 18' (pen.)	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park

17 April 2017 Semi-final	Birmingham City	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	Chelsea	Solihull
	Sargeant 64'	Report	Spence 88'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 1,425

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2017

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK		Hedvig Lindahl	2	0	0	0	2	0
28	GK		Carly Telford	1	0	1	0	0	0
40	GK		Fran Kitching	2	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders:
3	DF		Hannah Blundell	5	3	1+1	1	3	2
5	DF		Gilly Flaherty	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Niamh Fahey	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	DF		Claire Rafferty	3	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF		Deanna Cooper	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders:
4	MF		Millie Bright	5	0	2	0	3	0
7	MF		Gemma Davison	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Karen Carney	5	1	2	1	3	0
10	MF		Ji So-yun	5	5	1+1	3	3	2
15	MF		Beth England	5	0	2	0	0+3	0
17	MF		Katie Chapman	4	1	1	0	3	1
18	MF		Maren Mjelde	5	0	2	0	3	0
22	MF		Erin Cuthbert	3	1	1	1	0+2	0
24	MF		Drew Spence	5	5	2	2	0+3	3
25	MF		Jade Bailey	2	0	0	0	2	0
Forwards:
9	FW		Eniola Aluko	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Crystal Dunn	5	2	1+1	1	3	1
23	FW		Ramona Bachmann	5	4	1+1	1	3	3

Source:

Goalscorers

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

As of 1 May 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	MF	10	Ji So-yun	2	2	4
	FW	23	Ramona Bachmann	1	3	4
	MF	24	Drew Spence	1	3	4
4	DF	3	Hannah Blundell	0	2	2
4	FW	19	Crystal Dunn	1	1	2
6	MF	17	Katie Chapman	0	1	1
6	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	1	0	1
Own goal				0	1	1
Total				6	13	19

Clean sheets

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

As of 1 May 2017

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	FA WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	GK	1	Hedvig Lindahl	0	1	1
1	GK	40	Fran Kitching	1	0	1
Total				1	1	2

Honours

2017 BBC Women's Footballer of the Year: Hedvig Lindahl (finalist)^[17]
2016–17 PFA Players' Player of the Year: Karen Carney (finalist)^[18]
2016–17 PFA Young Player of the Year: Millie Bright (finalist)^[19]
2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: Eniola Aluko, Karen Carney^[20]
2016–17 FA Cup Player of the Round: Ramona Bachmann (sixth round)^[21]
Football Black List: Eniola Aluko^[22]

References

↑ "About the Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Women's Super League to switch to winter season in 2017". BBC Sport. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
↑ "Chelsea Ladies - Player Profiles". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
1 2 "Borges signs to 2018". Chelsea FC. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ladies squad members sign new deals". Chelsea FC. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Carney commits to Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea FC. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Lindahl lengthens Chelsea career". Chelsea. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "England extends to 2019". Chelsea FC. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Ladies sign Norway skipper". Chelsea FC. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Ladies sign Swiss star". Chelsea FC. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Ladies recruit Scotland international". Chelsea FC. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "USA star signs for Ladies". Chelsea FC. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Ladies sign versatile defender". Chelsea FC. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Telford re-joins Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea FC. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
↑ "Coombs leaves for Liverpool Ladies". Chelsea FC. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
1 2 "Ladies loans and preparing for long schedule". Chelsea FC. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2017: Vote for one of five nominees". BBC. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Women’s PFA Players’ Player of the Year 2017 in association with Sodexo". ThePFA.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year 2017 in association with Sodexo". ThePFA.com. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "The PFA FA WSL Team of the Year". ThePFA.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
↑ "Early reward for Bachmann". Chelsea FC. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
↑ "Duo honoured at Black List awards". Chelsea FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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FA WSL	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Durham Liverpool Manchester City ('16, Spring Series) Reading Yeovil Town

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