For the first time in 2026, Chelsea Women will take to the pitch in European action on Tuesday evening. Despite being in the continental competition, it will be an all-London affair, as we make the short trip to the Emirates Stadium for the first leg of our quarter-final against Arsenal.

We will be hoping to continue our impressive form in the competition, remaining unbeaten throughout our six matches to finish third in the league phase, meaning we skipped the play-off round and moved straight to the last eight.

Refresh your memory of how the Blues have progressed along the road to Oslo 2026 so far…

Twente 1-1 Chelsea, 8 October

A tough start to our campaign in the Netherlands saw our Dutch opponents defending stubbornly to absorb wave after wave of Chelsea attacks and soak up the pressure. Twente grew in confidence as the game went on and took a surprise lead after break.

We levelled from the penalty spot, when Guro Reiten was brought down in the box and Sandy Baltimore fired into the bottom corner, but we had to settle for a point in our first Champions League game of 2025/26.

Chelsea 4-0 Paris FC, 15 October

The Women's Champions League came to Stamford Bridge for the first time in 2025/26 the following week, and this time it was a dominant performance by the Blues as we blew the French visitors away.

We kicked things off with another Baltimore penalty on the half-hour mark and never looked back. A rare header from Johanna Rytting Kaneryd extended our lead, before Alyssa Thompson netted her first goal for Chelsea with an instinctive finish and Erin Cuthbert scrambled home a fourth.

St Polten 0-6 Chelsea, 11 November

Chelsea’s first European win on the road this season couldn’t have been much more emphatic. We made a flying start when Wieke Kaptein turned in an Ellie Carpenter cross, but it wasn’t until nearly half-time that the floodgates opened in Switzerland.

The first of Catarina Macario’s goals came a minute before the break and she got a second from the penalty spot in the second half. The celebrations continued, as Sam Kerr marked her first start for 692 days following a long injury lay-off by scoring twice, either side of a St Polten own goal.

Chelsea 1-1 Barcelona, 20 November

Last season’s beaten finalists Barcelona came to west London for a hard-fought and fiercely-contested match. There was an explosive start to the tie, when Carpenter powered her way down the wing and fired a stunning strike into the back of the net after just 15 minutes.

However, our lead was short lived, as Eva Pajor reacted quickest in a crowded box to equalise for the Catalan side five minutes later. There was plenty of desire and quality on display from both sides, but at the final whistle the points were shared.

Chelsea 6-0 Roma, 10 December

The Blues made short work of Roma at the Bridge, with the Italians doing themselves no favours by turning in a Baltimore cross for an own goal inside the first 15 minutes. Kaptein then swept in a second and Rytting Kaneryd smashed in a third to put us firmly in control by half-time.

A ruthless goal-scoring performance by Chelsea continued after the break, when Sjoeke Nusken rolled home a penalty, and our dominance was underlined when Maika Hamano fired a brilliant shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the box and Lucy Bronze made the final score 6-0 with an audacious chip.

Wolfsburg 1-2 Chelsea, 17 December

Chelsea had to fight back from an early disappointment in our final game of the league phase, but showed resilience to remain unbeaten and end third in the table, ensuring we would skip the play-offs and progress directly to the quarter-finals.

Wolfsburg are two-time Champions League winners and had never lost at home to an English team. They showed why when Alexandra Popp gave them the lead, but Bronze headed us level on the brink of half-time. Kerr then put us ahead and the Blues held on for the last half and hour to book our spot in the quarters.