The countdown to the return of football is under way, with less than a month remaining until Chelsea return to the pitch, when we begin our pre-season tour of the USA ahead of the start of the 2023/24 campaign, with tickets still available to see us back in action in America.
New faces
The matches will be the first to be played with our new head coach Mauricio Pochettino at the helm, and with the signing of Christopher Nkunku confirmed, the France international is due to be part of the travelling squad for the summer fixtures.
The games
We begin pre-season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Wednesday 19 July, when Chelsea take on Wrexham at the Kenan Stadium as part of the 2023 FC Series. General admission tickets are already sold out for that match (Club Chelsea hospitality packages are on sale), but there are still tickets available for all of our other four games in the USA this summer.
The Blues are touring the USA for the second year in a row, having visited Las Vegas, Charlotte and Orlando in 2022. This time, we will be following up that opening match with Wrexham at the University of North Carolina by competing in the first-ever Premier League Summer Series in America.
We will open the tournament when we face Brighton at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday 22 July, before moving on to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium to play Newcastle United on Wednesday 26 July and then Landover, Maryland, where we will be up against Fulham on Sunday 30 July.
In additional to our involvement in the FC Series and Premier League Summer Series, Chelsea will play a further friendly fixture with German side Borussia Dortmund at Soldier Field in Chicago, on Wednesday 2 August, before we return to London.
For access to general sale tickets, click on the links below.
19 July – Chelsea vs Wrexham – Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill - general admission tickets sold out! Club Chelsea packages still available to purchase here
22 July – Chelsea vs Brighton – Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
26 July – Chelsea vs Newcastle – Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
30 July – Chelsea vs Fulham – FedEx Field, Landover
2 August – Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund – Soldier Field, Chicago
Watch the Blues train
Supporters in North Carolina can see the Chelsea players take to the pitch in an open training session at WakeMed Soccer Park on Tuesday 18 July, the day before our fixture with Wrexham. Tickets are available from FCSeries.com priced from $12 each, including access to both teams’ training at the same venue that day.
Watch the games in style
For the first time in the Blues’ history, we are bringing our award-winning Club Chelsea hospitality overseas. We are offering a limited number of premium VIP packages across all the matchday locations, with availability remaining for every game.