The 2026–27 season will be Chelsea Women's 35th competitive season and 17th consecutive season in the Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football.
Due to changes in the competition's format and the club's participation in the UEFA Champions League, Chelsea will not participate in the League Cup for the first time since 2011.
On 22 April 2026, it was announced that Chelsea would play all of their home WSL matches at Stamford Bridge from this season onwards. Two months later, on 9 June, it was further announced that all domestic cup and pre-knockout Champions League home matches would be played at AFC Wimbledon's Plough Lane stadium, bringing to an end the team's 9-year stay at Kingsmeadow.
Squad information First team squad
Name Nat Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Livia Peng 2025 Werder Bremen 24 Hannah Hampton 2023 Aston Villa 38 Becky Spencer 2025 Tottenham Hotspur Defenders 2 Ellie Carpenter 2025 Lyon 4 Naomi Girma 2025 San Diego Wave FC 5 Veerle Buurman 2024 PSV 14 Nathalie Björn 2024 Everton 15 Katie McCabe 2026 Arsenal 17 Nelly Las 2026 Leicester City 22 Lucy Bronze 2024 Barcelona 26 Kadeisha Buchanan 2022 Lyon 42 Chloe Sarwie 2025 Homegrown Midfielders 6 Sjoeke Nüsken 2023 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 Erin Cuthbert (captain) 2016 Glasgow City 16 Giulia Dragoni 2026 Barcelona 19 Wieke Kaptein 2023 Twente 21 Keira Walsh 2025 Barcelona 25 Lola Brown 2024 Homegrown 29 Manaka Matsukubo 2026 North Carolina Courage 32 Lexi Potter 2023 Homegrown Forwards 7 Mayra Ramírez 2024 Levante 9 Melvine Malard 2026 Manchester United 10 Lauren James 2021 Manchester United 11 Sandy Baltimore 2024 Paris Saint-Germain 12 Alyssa Thompson 2025 Angel City FC 23 Maika Hamano 2023 INAC Kobe Leonessa 33 Aggie Beever-Jones 2021 Homegrown
New contracts Player/ManagerDateContract endSource 11 FW Sandy Baltimore 26 May 2026 2030 22 DF Lucy Bronze 2 July 2026 2027 33 FW Aggie Beever-Jones 6 July 2026 2030 — FW Lois Shooter 22 July 2026 2028 24 GK Hannah Hampton 28 July 2026 2028 — FW Eva Hendle 31 July 2026 2028 34 MF Vera Jones 14 August 2026 2029 40 GK Katie Cox 19 August 2026 2029 25 MF Lola Brown 24 August 2026 2029
Transfers and loans In
PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource DF Katie McCabe Arsenal Free 1 June 2026 MF Manaka Matsukubo North Carolina Courage Undisclosed 3 July 2026 FW Melvine Malard Manchester United Undisclosed 20 July 2026 DF Nelly Las Leicester City Undisclosed 24 July 2026 MF Giulia Dragoni Barcelona Undisclosed 31 July 2026
Out PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource FW Sam Kerr Gotham FC Free 16 May 2026 MF Guro Reiten Gotham FC Free 30 June 2026 MF Johanna Rytting Kaneryd Lyon Undisclosed 6 July 2026 DF Niamh Charles Manchester City Undisclosed 10 July 2026 MF Júlia Bartel Juventus Undisclosed 11 July 2026 DF Brooke Aspin Bristol City Undisclosed 16 July 2026 DF Jorja Fox Ipswich Town Undisclosed 28 August 2026
Loan out PlayerToDateUntilSource FW Louna Ribadeira Fleury 13 July 2026 End of season GK Femke Liefting Ajax 17 July 2026 End of season FW Lois Shooter Nottingham Forest 22 July 2026 End of season FW Eva Hendle Rangers 31 July 2026 End of season FW Mara Alber VfL Wolfsburg 14 August 2026 End of season GK Katie Cox Nottingham Forest 19 August 2026 End of season MF Vera Jones Watford 20 August 2026 End of season
Management team
{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Manager|| Sonia Bompastor |- |rowspan="2"|Assistant coach | Camille Abily |- | Theo Rivrin |- |Assistant coach | Tanya Tate |- |Coach|| Gemma Davison |- |Goalkeeping coach|| Seb Brown |- |Assistant goalkeeping coach|| Dan Smith |- |Movement coach|| Harry McCulloch |- |Match analyst|| Jamie Cook |- |Opposition analyst|| Jack Stephens |- |Scouting co-ordinator and academy coach|| TJ O'Leary
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Women's Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
UEFA Women's Champions League
Third qualifying round
League phase
Statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Goalkeepers:
|colspan="16"|Defenders:
|colspan="16"|Midfielders:
|colspan="16"|Forwards:
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
PlayerFA WSLFA CupChampions LeagueTotal1FW9 Melvine Malard20242FW10 Lauren James2013MF21 Keira Walsh20134DF2 Ellie Carpenter1001DF4 Naomi Girma0011DF5 Veerle Buurman0011MF6 Sjoeke Nüsken1001FW12 Alyssa Thompson1001MF19 Wieke Kaptein0011DF22 Lucy Bronze1001MF23 Maika Hamano1001MF32 Lexi Potter1001Total120719
Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
PlayerFA WSLFA CupChampions LeagueTotal1GK24 Hannah Hampton40262GK1 Livia Peng0011Total3036
Disciplinary records Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal.
Pos. No. Name 1DF15 Katie McCabe1000001002002MF6 Sjoeke Nüsken000000100100MF19 Wieke Kaptein100000000100MF21 Keira Walsh100000000100DF22 Lucy Bronze100000000100DF26 Kadeisha Buchanan100000000100MF32 Lexi Potter000000100100Total500000300800
References