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Chelsea Ladies FC

2017 season
Manager	Emma Hayes
Stadium	Wheatsheaf Park
FA WSL	1st
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Semi-finals
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The 2017 season was 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.

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

First team

As of 3 May 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hedvig Lindahl		(1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 41)
12	Becky Spencer		(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 33)
28	Carly Telford		(1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37)
40	Fran Kitching		(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Defenders
3	Hannah Blundell		(1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 30)
5	Gilly Flaherty (vice-captain)		(1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33)
6	Niamh Fahey		(1987-10-13) 13 October 1987 (age 37)
11	Claire Rafferty		(1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 (age 35)
21	Deanna Cooper
Midfielders
4	Millie Bright		(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)
7	Gemma Davison		(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37)
8	Karen Carney		(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)
10	Ji So-yun		(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)
15	Beth England		(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)
17	Katie Chapman (captain)		(1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42)
18	Maren Mjelde		(1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35)
22	Erin Cuthbert		(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)
24	Drew Spence		(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)
25	Jade Bailey		(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 29)
Forwards
9	Eniola Aluko		(1987-02-21) 21 February 1987 (age 37)
14	Fran Kirby		(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)
19	Crystal Dunn		(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32)
23	Ramona Bachmann		(1990-12-25) 25 December 1990 (age 33)

New contracts

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

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
6 December 2016	FW	23	Ramona Bachmann	VfL Wolfsburg	2019	Undisclosed
8 December 2016	MF	22	Erin Cuthbert	Glasgow City	2019	Undisclosed
3 January 2017	FW	19	Crystal Dunn	Washington Spirit	2018	Free
13 February 2017	DF	21	Deanna Cooper	London Bees	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
2 May 2017	GK	28	Carly Telford	Notts County	2017	Free
15 July 2017	DF	16	Magdalena Eriksson	Linköpings FC women	2019	Undisclosed

Transfers out

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

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
24 January 2017	31 May 2017	MF	20	Jodie Brett	Bristol City	Undisclosed
24 January 2017	31 May 2017	FW	29	Millie Farrow	Bristol City	Undisclosed

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

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

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

Honours

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

References

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• Chelsea F.C. Women seasons
• English football clubs 2016–17 season
• 2016–17 in English women's football