2020 Women's FA Community Shield

The 2020 Women's FA Community Shield was the ninth Women's FA Community Shield, and the first after the competition's revival following an eleven-season abeyance.[1] As with its male equivalent, the Community Shield is an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's league and the previous season's Women's FA Cup. However, as the 2019–20 Women's FA Cup was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the 2020 Community Shield was contested by the 2019–20 FA WSL champions Chelsea and the still-reigning 2018–19 FA Cup winners, Manchester City. Both teams were contesting their first ever Women's Community Shield.

2020 Women's FA Community Shield
Chelsea Manchester City
2 0
Date29 August 2020
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchJi So-yun (Chelsea)
RefereeRebecca Welch (Durham)
Attendance0[note 1]

The match was played as part of a double-header, with both the women's and men's Community Shields contested on the same day, played back to back at Wembley Stadium and was televised live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.[2][3]

Match

Details
Chelsea2–0Manchester City
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Rebecca Welch (Durham)
Chelsea
Manchester City
GK30 Ann-Katrin Berger
DF18 Maren Mjelde
DF4 Millie Bright
DF16 Magdalena Eriksson (c)
DF25 Jonna Andersson 90+4'
MF8 Melanie Leupolz
MF5 Sophie Ingle
MF10 Ji So-yun
FW14 Fran Kirby 71'
FW20 Sam Kerr 72'
FW11 Guro Reiten 88'
Substitutes:
GK28 Carly Telford
DF2 Maria Thorisdottir
DF3 Hannah Blundell
MF7 Jessica Carter
FW9 Bethany England 72'
MF17 Jessie Fleming 90+4'
FW21 Niamh Charles 88'
MF22 Erin Cuthbert 71'
MF24 Drew Spence
Manager:
Emma Hayes
GK26 Ellie Roebuck
DF14 Esme Morgan
DF6 Steph Houghton (c)
DF4 Gemma Bonner
DF3 Demi Stokes
MF24 Keira Walsh
MF19 Caroline Weir 68'
MF8 Jill Scott 32'  62'
FW15 Lauren Hemp 26'
FW9 Chloe Kelly
FW10 Georgia Stanway 83'
Substitutes:
GK1 Karen Bardsley
GK34 Karima Benameur Taieb
DF5 Megan Campbell
MF7 Laura Coombs
FW11 Janine Beckie 26'
FW16 Jess Park
FW18 Ellen White 83'
MF22 Sam Mewis 68'
Manager:
Gareth Taylor

Player of the match

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores are level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions in three stoppages.

Notes
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[2]

References
  1. "Chelsea and Man City to contest first Women's Community Shield since 2008". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. "First ever double header men's and women's Community Shield to be played at Wembley". www.thefa.com. The Football Association. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. "BBC to broadcast Women's Community Shield double-header at Wembley". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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