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
Date29 August 2020
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchJi So-yun (Chelsea)
RefereeRebecca Welch (Durham)
Attendance0[note 1]
2008

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

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Details

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Chelsea2–0Manchester City
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Chelsea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester City
GK 30   Ann-Katrin Berger
DF 18   Maren Mjelde
DF 4   Millie Bright
DF 16   Magdalena Eriksson (c)
DF 25   Jonna Andersson   90+4'
MF 8   Melanie Leupolz
MF 5   Sophie Ingle
MF 10   Ji So-yun
FW 14   Fran Kirby   71'
FW 20   Sam Kerr   72'
FW 11   Guro Reiten   88'
Substitutes:
GK 28   Carly Telford
DF 2   Maria Thorisdottir
DF 3   Hannah Blundell
MF 7   Jessica Carter
FW 9   Bethany England   72'
MF 17   Jessie Fleming   90+4'
FW 21   Niamh Charles   88'
MF 22   Erin Cuthbert   71'
MF 24   Drew Spence
Manager:
  Emma Hayes
GK 26   Ellie Roebuck
DF 14   Esme Morgan
DF 6   Steph Houghton (c)
DF 4   Gemma Bonner
DF 3   Demi Stokes
MF 24   Keira Walsh
MF 19   Caroline Weir   68'
MF 8   Jill Scott   32'   62'
FW 15   Lauren Hemp   26'
FW 9   Chloe Kelly
FW 10   Georgia Stanway   83'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Karen Bardsley
GK 34   Karima Benameur Taieb
DF 5   Megan Campbell
MF 7   Laura Coombs
FW 11   Janine Beckie   26'
FW 16   Jess Park
FW 18   Ellen White   83'
MF 22   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

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References

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  1. ^ "Chelsea and Man City to contest first Women's Community Shield since 2008". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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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