| Club: | Chelsea |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Manager: | Emma Hayes |
| Chairman: | Adrian Jacob |
| Stadium: | Kingsmeadow |
| League: | FA WSL |
| League Result: | 1st |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-final |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Runner-up |
| Cup3: | Champions League |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-final |
| League Topscorer: | Lauren James (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lauren James (16) |
| Updated: | 18 May 2024 |
| Highest Attendance: | 39,398 (vs. Barcelona, 27 April 2024, Champions League) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 765 (vs. Sunderland, 7 February 2024, League Cup) |
| Largest Win: | 8–0 (vs. Bristol City, 5 May 2024, WSL) |
| Largest Loss: | 1–4 (vs. Arsenal, 10 December 2023, WSL) |
| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
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The 2023–24 season was Chelsea Women's 32nd competitive season and 14th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. It was Chelsea's last season under manager Emma Hayes as she left the club at the end of the season to become the new manager of the United States women's national team.[1] [2]
| Name | Nat | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Zećira Mušović |  | 2021 | 26 May 1996 | Rosengård | ||
| 16 | Nicky Evrard |  | 2023 | 26 May 1995 | OH Leuven | ||
| 24 | Hannah Hampton | 2023 | 16 November 2000 | Aston Villa | |||
| 32 | Emily Orman | 2019 | 5 November 2002 | Homegrown | |||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 3 | Aniek Nouwen | 2021 | 9 March 1999 | PSV | |||
| 4 | Millie Bright (captain) | 2014 | 21 August 1993 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | |||
| 7 | Jess Carter | 2018 | 27 October 1997 | Birmingham City | |||
| 12 | Ashley Lawrence |  | 2023 | 11 June 1995 |  Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 15 | Ève Périsset | | 2022 | 24 December 1994 | Bordeaux | ||
| 18 | Maren Mjelde |  | 2016 | 6 November 1989 | Avaldsnes IL | ||
| 21 | Niamh Charles | 2020 | 21 June 1999 | Liverpool | |||
| 26 | Kadeisha Buchanan | | 2022 | 5 November 1995 | Lyon | ||
| 27 | Alsu Abdullina |  | 2021 | 11 April 2001 | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| 29 | Jorja Fox | 2021 | 28 August 2003 | Homegrown | |||
| 39 | Nathalie Björn | | 2023 | 4 May 1997 | Everton | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 5 | Sophie Ingle | 2018 | 2 September 1991 | Liverpool | |||
| 6 | Sjoeke Nüsken | 2023 | 22 January 2001 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
| 8 | Melanie Leupolz | 2020 | 14 April 1994 | Bayern Munich | |||
| 11 | Guro Reiten | | 2019 | 26 July 1994 | LSK Kvinner | ||
| 13 | Kateřina Svitková |  | 2022 | 20 March 1996 | West Ham United | ||
| 19 | Johanna Rytting Kaneryd | | 2022 | 12 February 1997 | BK Häcken | ||
| 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 2016 | 19 July 1998 | Glasgow City | |||
| 28 | Jelena Čanković |  | 2022 | 13 August 1995 | FC Rosengård | ||
| 34 | Charlotte Wardlaw | 2019 | 20 February 2003 | Homegrown | |||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 2 | Mia Fishel |  | 2023 | 30 April 2001 |  Tigres | ||
| 9 | Catarina Macario | | 2023 | 4 October 1999 | Olympique Lyonnais | ||
| 10 | Lauren James | 2021 | 29 September 2001 | Manchester United | |||
| 14 | Fran Kirby | 2015 | 29 June 1993 | Reading | |||
| 20 | Sam Kerr |  | 2019 | 10 September 1993 | Chicago Red Stars | ||
| 23 | Maika Hamano |  | 2023 | 19 May 2004 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | ||
| 25 | Lucy Watson | 2022 | 14 November 2003 | Sheffield United | |||
| 33 | Aggie Beever-Jones | 2021 | 27 July 2003 | Homegrown | |||
| 35 | Mayra Ramírez |  | 2024 | 23 March 1999 |  Levante | ||
| Player/Manager | Date | Contract end | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FW | Lauren James | 1 June 2023 | 2027 | [4] | |
| 18 | DF | Maren Mjelde | 4 June 2023 | 2024 | [5] | |
| 32 | GK | Emily Orman | 3 August 2023 | 2025 | [6] | |
| — | MF | Lexi Potter | 3 September 2023 | 2026 | [7] | |
| 25 | FW | Lucy Watson | 15 September 2023 | 2025 | [8] | |
| 11 | MF | Guro Reiten | 2 December 2023 | 2026 | [9] | |
| 21 | DF | Niamh Charles | 19 January 2024 | 2027 | [10] | |
| 33 | FW | Aggie Beever-Jones | 28 January 2024 | 2026 | [11] |
| Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Alejandra Bernabé | Real Sociedad | Undisclosed | 23 June 2023 | [12] | |
| GK | Nicky Evrard | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 | [13] | |
| MF | Sjoeke Nüsken | Eintracht Frankfurt | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 | [14] | |
| MF | Catarina Macario | Olympique Lyonnais | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 | [15] | |
| DF | Ashley Lawrence | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 | [16] | |
| GK | Hannah Hampton | Aston Villa | Free | 4 July 2023 | [17] | |
| DF | Brooke Aspin | Bristol City | Undisclosed | 7 July 2023 | [18] | |
| FW | Mia Fishel | Tigres | Undisclosed | 3 August 2023 | [19] | |
| MF | Wieke Kaptein | Twente | Undisclosed | 4 September 2023 | [20] | |
| DF | Nathalie Björn | Everton | Undisclosed | 10 January 2024 | [21] | |
| FW | Mayra Ramírez | Levante | Undisclosed | 26 January 2024 | [22] |
| Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Magdalena Eriksson | Bayern Munich | Free | 1 July 2023 | [23] [24] | |
| FW | Pernille Harder | Bayern Munich | Free | 1 July 2023 | ||
| FW | Emma Thompson | Southampton | Undisclosed | 18 August 2023 | [25] | |
| MF | Jessie Fleming | Portland Thorns | Undisclosed | 31 January 2024 | [26] | |
| GK | Ann-Katrin Berger | NJ/NY Gotham FC | Undisclosed | 19 April 2024 | [27] |
| Player | To | Date | Until | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Maika Hamano | Hammarby IF | 13 January 2023 | December 2023 | [28] | |
| DF | Alejandra Bernabé | Real Sociedad | 1 July 2023 | End of season | ||
| DF | Brooke Aspin | Bristol City | 7 July 2023 | End of season | ||
| FW | Reanna Blades | Lewes | 19 July 2023 | End of season | [29] | |
| GK | Emily Orman | Reading | 3 August 2023 | End of season | ||
| MF | Charlotte Wardlaw | Glasgow City | 15 August 2023 | End of season | [30] | |
| DF | Alsu Abdullina | Paris FC | 23 August 2023 | End of season | [31] | |
| MF | Lexi Potter | Crystal Palace | 3 September 2023 | End of season | ||
| MF | Wieke Kaptein | Twente | 4 September 2023 | End of season | ||
| GK | Nicky Evrard | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 September 2023 | 9 January 2024 | [32] [33] | |
| FW | Lucy Watson | Crystal Palace | 15 September 2023 | End of season | ||
| DF | Cerys Brown | Watford | 31 January 2024 | End of season | [34] | |
| MF | Kateřina Svitková | Slavia Prague | 5 February 2024 | End of season | [35] |
| Position | Staff | ||||||||||||||
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| Manager | Emma Hayes | ||||||||||||||
| Assistant manager | Paul Green | ||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach | Denise Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Tanya Oxtoby | |||||||||||||||
| Head of technical/Goalkeeping coach | Stuart Searle | ||||||||||||||
| Movement coach | Harry McCulloch | ||||||||||||||
| Scouting co-ordinator and academy coach | TJ O'Leary | ||||||||||||||
| Performance analyst | Ferdia O'Hanrahan | ||||||||||||||
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