Women's Champions League scouting report: Chelsea | OneFootball

Everything you need to know about our UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final opponents Chelsea.

We were drawn against the defending Barclays Women's Super League champions in Friday's draw from Nyon.

Arsenal are also in the final eight, meaning it's the first time a nation has ever had three teams at this stage of the competition.

The quarter-final ties will be played on 18/19 March and the 26/27 March, with exact fixture dates to be confirmed in due course.

Here we'll learn a little more about our quarter-final opponents...

Champions League history

Chelsea are no strangers to this stage of the competition, having made the final eight in six of the last eight editions of the tournament.

Despite all of their domestic success in recent years, they are yet to win the competition however.

Their best performance came in 2020/21, when they made the final but were beaten by Barcelona on Gothenburg.

Barcelona were also their downfall last season, but at the semi-final stage.

Form this season

Chelsea won all six games in the group stage, scoring 19 times and conceding just six.

They faced Real Madrid, FC Twente and Celtic at that stage.

Sonia Bompastor’s team are also unbeaten in the Barclays Women’s Super League, sitting top of the table with 37 points from 13 games.

Manager

Bompastor took over last summer after Emma Hayes’ long, successful reign came to an end with her move to the US national team.

A midfielder as a player, she played 156 times for France between 2000 and 2013.

After retiring, she coached in Lyon’s academy until 2021 – when she was promoted to the Head Coach role.

After three seasons in the hot seat at France’s most successful club, she moved to the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Recent meetings

City and Chelsea have never met in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

The two sides have played once in this season’s Barclays Women’s Super League, with Chelsea emerging 2-0 victors.