What is Chelsea’s Champions League squad?

Robin Bairner

14 Sept 2021 10:46 BST
2 min read

Chelsea striker romelu Lukaku — © ProShots

Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time in their history in May, overcoming Manchester City 1-0 in the final.

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Thomas Tuchel’s side showed tremendous organisation and discipline to win the title last term and will start as one of the favourites this time around.

Certainly, they have been placed in a favourable Group H, in which they will tackle Zenit St Petersburg, Juventus and Malmo. They will be red-hot favourites to win that pool.

Over the course of the summer, they focused more on improving the quality of their squad instead of their numbers.

Romelu Lukaku has arrived for a club record fee from Inter and, of course, makes the Champions League squad, while Saul Niguez, who arrived at the last moment from Atletico Madrid, also makes the panel.

There are some more unexpected faces among the group, though. Centre-back Malang Sarr might not have expected to feature, with the defender accustomed to being a member of the club’s loan army, while Ross Barkley and Lewis Baker are two of the more peripheral players who will be involved.

Meanwhile, Trevoh Chalobah, who was highly impressive in pre-season and in the early weeks of the campaign, is also among the group.

Chelsea’s Champions League squad

Goalkeepers

1	Kepa	13	Marcus Betinelli
16	Edouard Mendy	36	Lucas Bergstrom

Defenders

2	Antonio Rudiger	3	Marcus Alonso
4	Andreas Christensen	6	Thiago Silva
14	Trevoh Chalobah	21	Ben Chilwell
24	Reece James	28	Cesar Azpilicueta
31	Malang Sarr

Midfielders

5	Jorginho	7	N'Golo Kante
8	Mateo Kovacic	10	Christian Pulisic
17	Saul Niguez	18	Ross Barkley
19	Mason Mount	20	Callum Hudson-Odoi
22	Hakim Ziyech	29	Kai Havertz
32	Lewis Baker	68	Harry Vale

Forwards

9	Romelu Lukaku	11	Timo Werner
12	Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Read more about: Premier League Chelsea Andreas Christensen Antonio Rüdiger Ben Chilwell Callum Hudson-Odoi Cesar Azpilicueta Christian Pulisic Edouard Mendy Hakim Ziyech Jorginho Kai Havertz Malang Sarr Mason Mount Mateo Kovacic Reece James Romelu Lukaku Ruben Loftus-Cheek Saul Niguez Thiago Alcantara Thiago Silva Timo Werner Trevoh Chalobah