Chelsea FC Women have announced a new partnership with Fertility Plus, introducing dedicated fertility support for every player in the club’s women’s team.

The partnership, which makes Fertility Plus Chelsea Women’s Official Fertility Partner, is designed to give players access to personalised medical support while helping create a more open conversation around fertility and reproductive health in women’s football.

The partnership reflects a growing focus on the wider needs of female athletes, recognising that player care extends beyond what happens on the pitch.

Chelsea Put Player Wellbeing at the Heart of New Partnership

Elite football demands a huge amount from players.

Training schedules, matches, travel and recovery can dominate the lives of professional footballers, with performance often understandably placed at the centre of the conversation.

Chelsea Women believe player care needs to go further.

Through the new partnership, every member of the women’s team will have access to a dedicated fund providing bespoke fertility support through Fertility Plus.

That includes fertility assessments, treatments, counselling and educational workshops, giving players access to expert advice and the information they need to make informed decisions about their futures.

For Chelsea, the aim is not simply to provide another medical service.

It is about giving players greater knowledge and control over a subject that can be difficult to navigate, particularly within elite sport.

Chelsea Aim to Break the Silence Around Fertility in Football

Fertility is rarely discussed openly in football.

Yet for many female athletes, decisions around their careers and starting a family can overlap with some of the most important years of their reproductive lives.

Chelsea and Fertility Plus want to help change how fertility is discussed in football.

The two organisations will work together to provide evidence-based educational content, including myth-versus-medicine resources and insights from Chelsea Women ambassadors.

The partnership will also aim to educate the wider Chelsea community, helping supporters understand more about reproductive health and challenge some of the misconceptions surrounding fertility.

A 2025 study examining the fertility knowledge gap found that 41 per cent of respondents actively trying to conceive did not know when their fertile window was.

Chelsea believe greater access to accurate information can help close that gap.

A New Approach to Player Care in Women's Football

For female professional footballers, career planning has traditionally centred around performance, contracts and progression.

But women's sport is increasingly recognising that supporting athletes means understanding the realities of their lives away from competition too.

Chelsea's partnership with Fertility Plus reflects that wider shift.

Rather than treating fertility as a subject that players have to navigate privately, the club is providing access to specialist support and information as part of its player-care programme.

Giulia Mazzia, commercial director for Chelsea FC Women, said the partnership was another example of the club looking to push progress for its players and wider community.

“This first-of-its-kind partnership with Fertility Plus will open up the conversation about fertility, help to raise awareness for our incredible fanbase and beyond, and give practical support to our players off the field as well as on it.”

That final point is particularly important.

Supporting performance is only one part of looking after an athlete, and Chelsea's approach suggests player care is beginning to evolve alongside the women's game.