The 2018–19 season was Chelsea Women's 27th competitive season and 9th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It was the first season after the naming switch from Chelsea Ladies and also the first season in the rebranded FA Women's Super League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Squad information
First team squad
Name Nat Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Hedvig Lindahl 2014 Kristianstads DFF 12 Lizzie Durack 2018 Everton 28 Carly Telford 2017 Notts County 30 Ann-Katrin Berger 2019 Birmingham City Defenders 2 Maria Thorisdottir 2017 Klepp 3 Hannah Blundell 2013 Homegrown 4 Millie Bright (vice-captain) 2014 Doncaster Rovers Belles 6 Anita Asante 2018 FC Rosengård 11 Ali Riley 2018 FC Rosengård 16 Magdalena Eriksson 2017 Linköpings 20 Jonna Andersson 2017 Linköpings 21 Deanna Cooper 2017 London Bees 25 Jade Bailey 2016 Arsenal Midfielders 5 Sophie Ingle 2018 Liverpool 7 Jessica Carter 2018 Birmingham City 8 Karen Carney (captain) 2016 Birmingham City 10 Ji So-yun 2014 INAC Kobe Leonessa 18 Maren Mjelde 2017 Avaldsnes IL 24 Drew Spence 2008 Homegrown Forwards 14 Fran Kirby 2015 Reading 15 Beth England 2016 Doncaster Rovers Belles 17 Adelina Engman 2018 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 22 Erin Cuthbert 2016 Glasgow City 23 Ramona Bachmann 2017 Wolfsburg
New contracts PlayerContract endDateSource 10 MF Ji So-yun 2020 21 May 2018 18 MF Maren Mjelde 2021 29 May 2018 14 FW Fran Kirby 2021 1 June 2018 16 DF Magdalena Eriksson 2021 21 August 2018 4 DF Millie Bright 2021 22 August 2018
Transfers
In
PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource GK Lizzie Durack Everton Undisclosed 8 June 2018 MF Sophie Ingle Liverpool Undisclosed 14 June 2018 MF Jessica Carter Birmingham City Undisclosed 19 June 2018 DF Ali Riley FC Rosengård Undisclosed 26 June 2018 FW Adelina Engman Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Undisclosed 29 June 2018 GK Ann-Katrin Berger Birmingham City Undisclosed 4 January 2019
Out
PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource MF Katie Chapman Retired 10 May 2018 FW Eniola Aluko Juventus Free 16 May 2018 DF Claire Rafferty West Ham United Free 17 May 2018 GK Becky Spencer West Ham United Free 21 May 2018 GK Fran Kitching Sheffield United Free 22 May 2018 FW Gemma Davison Reading Free 13 June 2018 DF Gilly Flaherty West Ham United Undisclosed 25 June 2018
Coaching staff {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Manager|| Emma Hayes |- |Assistant manager|| Paul Green |- |Coach|| TJ O'Leary |- |Head of Player Development|| Robert Udberg
Non-competitive
Pre-season
Competitions
Women's Super League
Matches
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
FA Cup
WSL Cup
Group 1 South
Knockout rounds
Champions League
Round of 32
Chelsea won 11–0 on aggregate.
Round of 16
Chelsea won 7–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Lyon won 3–2 on aggregate.
References