Chelsea To Play All Wsl Games At Stamford Bridge

Chelsea will play each of their Women's Super League matches astatine Stamford Bridge from nan commencement of adjacent season.

It ends a nine-year enactment astatine Kingsmeadow - a Kingston upon Thames crushed that has a capacity of 4,850, including 2,265 seats, and is usually sold out.

Sonia Bompastor's broadside person been playing selected WSL fixtures astatine Chelsea's main stadium, and, because of Uefa regulations, each of their Women's Champions League games.

Making nan 41,000-seat Stamford Bridge stadium their imperishable location has been a target of main executive serviceman Aki Mandhar since she joined nan women's nine successful September 2024.

"Our committedness reaffirms our ambition and intent to make Chelsea nan starring women's sports nine successful nan world," said Mandhar.

"Playing WSL matches astatine specified an iconic crushed ensures our players and supporters person nan arena they merit arsenic we look to propel nan crippled into its adjacent shape of growth.

"At Chelsea we are ne'er done increasing and pushing advancement to return nan crippled and women's sports to caller heights."

The Blues played their last crippled astatine Kingsmeadow this play connected 6 April erstwhile they hit Tottenham 2-1 to scope nan Women's FA Cup semi-finals.

Their remaining 2 location games of nan play are already scheduled to return spot astatine Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea Fan Advisory Board representatives described nan move arsenic "a earthy step" successful nan club's growth.

Manager Bompastor added: "We will ever consciousness a typical relationship to Kingsmeadow and everything our fans, unit and section organization person helped create for america to guidelines present now, committing our early to Stamford Bridge.

"The squad, and each subordinate to person pulled connected a Chelsea garment earlier them, has worked truthful difficult for this, arsenic has each personnel of unit to guidelines connected nan sidelines.

"We can't hold to invited you successful September, and to supply a stadium that helps america arsenic we constitute nan adjacent section for this astonishing club.

"It's an breathtaking opportunity for america to support growing, to execute astatine nan highest level and to create a typical ambiance successful a stadium we each love."