Club | Chelsea |
---|---|
Seasons played | 31 |
Most appearances | John Terry (124) |
Top scorer | Didier Drogba (36) |
First entry | 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
Latest entry | 2022–23 UEFA Champions League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 2 (2012, 2021) |
Europa League | 2 (2013, 2019) |
Cup Winners' Cup | 2 (1971, 1998) |
Super Cup | 2 (1998, 2021) |
FIFA Club World Cup | 1 (2021) |
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London. The club's involvement in international competitions dates back to the 1950s. As champions of England, the club was invited to participate in the inaugural European Champions' Cup in 1955, but were denied entry by The Football Association. Three years later, Chelsea made their European debut against Copenhagen XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, on 30 September 1958.
Chelsea won their first European title in 1971, defeating Real Madrid to win the European Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, they won the same trophy again, followed by the UEFA Super Cup later that year. In 2012, Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League, becoming the fifth English team, and the first and only team from London to date, to win the competition. In 2013, Chelsea won the UEFA Europa League and became the fourth club to win all three main UEFA club competitions. [1] Due to a change in competition dates, with the final of the Champions League being played a week after the Europa League final, Chelsea held both the Champions and Europa League trophies simultaneously, the only side to ever do so. [2] Chelsea once again lifted the Europa League trophy in 2019. [3] In 2021, Chelsea won their second Champions League title, [4] giving them the distinction of being the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. [5] They are presently England's second-most successful club in UEFA competitions, with eight trophies in total.
John Terry holds the club record for appearances in European competitions with 124, while striker Didier Drogba is the club's leading European goalscorer with 36 goals. [6] Chelsea's biggest European win is 13–0, which came against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971. Their 21–0 aggregate win over the same opposition is a joint-record in European football. [7]
Chelsea were invited to take part in the inaugural European Cup, now UEFA Champions League, in 1955 after they claimed their first league title the previous season. However, Chelsea were pressured into withdrawing from the tournament by The Football Association. [8] They had thus missed the chance to become the first English club to participate in what is now the most prestigious club competition in European football. It was not until 44 years later that they would make their debut in the Champions League.
The 1999–2000 season saw the club progress through the group stage and the second group stage to reach the quarter-finals where they faced Barcelona of Spain. Chelsea won the first leg 3–1 at Stamford Bridge with Gianfranco Zola scoring the opener and Tore André Flo a brace. However, they were beaten 5–1 in Spain two weeks later and knocked out of the competition 6–4 on aggregate, thus ended their first Champions League journey. [9]
Chelsea qualified for the 2003–04 Champions League by finishing fourth in the 2002–03 FA Premier League. Their place in the Champions League was secured on the final day of the season, beating fifth-place Liverpool 2–1 at home. The game was dubbed 'the £20m match' as Chelsea were only ahead of Liverpool on goal difference before kickoff; a win for either side would see them qualify for the following season's Champions League at the expense of the other. [10] Jesper Grønkjær scored the winner in the 26th minute. The goal would later seem by many as the most important in the club's history and said to be worth £1 billion, as many believe had Liverpool won on that day the subsequent takeover by a Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich would never have happened. [11]
Chelsea reached the semi-finals after defeating derby rivals Arsenal 2–1 at Highbury. Having not beaten Arsenal since November 1998, they went into the second leg with a 1–1 home draw. José Antonio Reyes' goal before the half time gave the Gunners the lead, however Chelsea managed to come back and won in the second half through Frank Lampard's goal within six minutes of the restart and Wayne Bridge's winning goal in the 87th minute. [12] The first leg of the semi-final however turned out to be a disaster for Chelsea as they were defeated 3–1 by ten-man Monaco at Stade Louis II stadium. Two weeks later at Stamford Bridge, they were leading 2–0 shortly before the halftime. Had they kept this score to the final whistle, they would go through on away goals. However, Monaco eventually came back in the second half and the game ended in a 2-2 draw. [13] As a consequence, Claudio Ranieri was sacked at the end of the season. [14]
Chelsea came very close to winning the Champions League several times during the 2000s. The closest they came was in the 2008 final, held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. This was the first ever all-English Champions League/European Cup final, with Chelsea facing Manchester United. The game was tightly contested, with the final score after extra time 1–1. In the penalty shoot-out, Chelsea were one kick away from winning the Champions League (Petr Čech having saved Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty). However, Chelsea's captain John Terry slipped on his run up for the final penalty and his shot hit the post. Edwin van der Sar then saved Nicolas Anelka's spot kick and Manchester United were crowned European Champions for the third time in their history. [15]
The following season, Chelsea were on course to make their second final in two years. Following a 0–0 draw at the Camp Nou, Chelsea were beating Barcelona 1–0 at the Stamford Bridge, but Barcelona managed to score an equaliser in the 94th minute of the game. With the score at 1–1, Barcelona progressed to the 2009 Champions League Final on away goals. Numerous Chelsea players protested after the final whistle, most notable José Bosingwa and Didier Drogba. Drogba shouted into television cameras that the game was "a fucking disgrace". [16] Both players were handed bans by UEFA for their actions.
Chelsea would not feature in a Champions League final again until the 2012 final that was being held at the Munich's Allianz Arena. After eliminating Napoli, Benfica and Barcelona, Chelsea faced German side Bayern Munich, who would be playing the final at their home ground. Bayern controlled the game for the most part, and took the lead in the 83rd minute through Thomas Müller. Didier Drogba equalised five minutes later with a header from a corner from Juan Mata. In extra time, Bayern missed several opportunities (including a penalty from former Chelsea player Arjen Robben) and the game was to be decided with a penalty shoot-out. Chelsea eventually triumphed 4–3, despite Juan Mata missing their first penalty. Two Bayern Munich players, Ivica Olić and Bastian Schweinsteiger, failed to convert their penalties. Drogba scored the final penalty of the shootout to secure the Blues' first ever Champions League title. [17] As title holders, Chelsea secured a place in next season's Champions League after missing out of qualification, as a result of finishing sixth in Premier League. [18]
Nine years after their Champions League triumph, Chelsea were able to secure a place in the 2021 final, which was held at Estádio do Dragão in Porto against fellow English side Manchester City. This was the third time that two English sides would face in the final (after 2008 – which Chelsea also involved – and 2019). Despite the odds being in Manchester City's favour and City dominating the possession throughout the game, [19] Chelsea prevailed and were crowned European champions for the second time in the club's history as Kai Havertz scored the only goal of the match three minutes before half-time when he received a pass from Mason Mount, which led to Havertz taking the ball round Manchester City's goalkeeper Ederson and slotting it into the net. [4]
All results (home, away and neutral) list Chelsea's goal tally first.
Colour key
Key
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate | Notes |
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1955–56 | European Cup | Denied entry by the Football League | [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
1958–60 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Copenhagen XI | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–2 | |
Quarter-final | Belgrade XI | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | |||
1965–66 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Roma | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
Second round | Wiener Sport-Club | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||
Third round | AC Milan | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) [lower-alpha 2] | ||
Quarter-final | 1860 Munich | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |||
Semi-final | Barcelona | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 [lower-alpha 3] | ||
1968–69 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Greenock Morton | 5–0 | 4–3 | 9–3 | |
Second round | DWS | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | [lower-alpha 4] | ||
1970–71 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Aris Thessaloniki | 5–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | |
Second round | CSKA Sofia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Club Brugge | 4–0 ( a.e.t. ) | 0–2 | 4–2 | |||
Semi-final | Manchester City | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
Final | Real Madrid | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (N) | 2–1 (N) [lower-alpha 5] | ||||
1971–72 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Jeunesse Hautcharage | 13–0 | 8–0 | 21–0 | |
Second round | Åtvidaberg | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) | |||
1994–95 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Viktoria Žižkov | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | |
Second round | Austria Vienna | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | |||
Quarter-final | Club Brugge | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||
Semi-final | Zaragoza | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | |||
1997–98 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Second round | Tromsø | 7–1 | 2–3 | 9–4 | |||
Quarter-final | Real Betis | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | |||
Semi-final | Vicenza | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |||
Final | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 (N) | |||||
1998 | UEFA Super Cup | — | Real Madrid | 1–0 (N) | |||
1998–99 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Helsingborg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Second round | Copenhagen | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
Quarter-final | Vålerenga | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–2 | |||
Semi-final | Mallorca | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
1999–2000 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Skonto | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
First group stage (Group H) | AC Milan | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1st | |||
Hertha Berlin | 2–0 | 1–2 | |||||
Galatasaray | 1–0 | 5–0 | |||||
Second group stage (Group D) | Feyenoord | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||
Lazio | 1–2 | 0–0 | |||||
Marseille | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||
Quarter-final | Barcelona | 3–1 | 1–5 ( a.e.t. ) | 4–6 | |||
2000–01 | UEFA Cup | First round | St. Gallen | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
2001–02 | UEFA Cup | First round | Levski Sofia | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
Second round | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |||
2002–03 | UEFA Cup | First round | Viking | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
2003–04 | UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Žilina | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
Group G | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1st | |||
Beşiktaş | 0–2 | 2–0 | [lower-alpha 6] | ||||
Lazio | 2–1 | 4–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Arsenal | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |||
Semi-final | Monaco | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 | |||
2004–05 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |
Porto | 3–1 | 1–2 | |||||
CSKA Moscow | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Barcelona | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | |||
Quarter-final | Bayern Munich | 4–2 | 2–3 | 6–5 | |||
Semi-final | Liverpool | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||
2005–06 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | Anderlecht | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2nd | |
Liverpool | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
Real Betis | 4–0 | 0–1 | |||||
Round of 16 | Barcelona | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |||
2006–07 | UEFA Champions League | Group A | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1st | |
Levski Sofia | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||||
Barcelona | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||||
Round of 16 | Porto | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
Quarter-final | Valencia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |||
Semi-final | Liverpool | 1–0 | 0–1 ( a.e.t. ) | 1–1 (1–4 p) | |||
2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | Group B | Rosenborg | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |
Valencia | 0–0 | 2–1 | |||||
Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Olympiacos | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | |||
Semi-final | Liverpool | 3–2 ( a.e.t. ) | 1–1 | 4–3 | |||
Final | Manchester United | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (5–6 p) (N) | |||||
2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Group A | Bordeaux | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2nd | |
CFR Cluj | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Roma | 1–0 | 1–3 | |||||
Round of 16 | Juventus | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |||
Quarter-final | Liverpool | 4–4 | 3–1 | 7–5 | |||
Semi-final | Barcelona | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) | |||
2009–10 | UEFA Champions League | Group D | Porto | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1st | |
APOEL | 2–2 | 1–0 | |||||
Atlético Madrid | 4–0 | 2–2 | |||||
Round of 16 | Internazionale | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||
2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | Group F | Žilina | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |
Marseille | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||
Spartak Moscow | 4–1 | 2–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Copenhagen | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Manchester United | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||
2011–12 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1st | |
Valencia | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Genk | 5–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Round of 16 | Napoli | 4–1 ( a.e.t. ) | 1–3 | 5–4 | |||
Quarter-final | Benfica | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |||
Semi-final | Barcelona | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |||
Final | Bayern Munich | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (4–3 p) (N) | [lower-alpha 7] | ||||
2012 | UEFA Super Cup | — | Atlético Madrid | 1–4 (N) | |||
2012 | FIFA Club World Cup | Semi-final | Monterrey | 3–1 (N) | |||
Final | Corinthians | 0–1 (N) | |||||
2012–13 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | Juventus | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3rd | |
Nordsjælland | 6–1 | 4–0 | |||||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–2 | 1–2 | |||||
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | Sparta Prague | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Round of 16 | Steaua București | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | |||
Quarter-final | Rubin Kazan | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–4 | |||
Semi-final | Basel | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | |||
Final | Benfica | 2–1 (N) | |||||
2013 | UEFA Super Cup | — | Bayern Munich | 2–2 ( a.e.t. ) (4–5 p) (N) | |||
2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | Basel | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1st | |
Steaua București | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||||
Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Galatasaray | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |||
Quarter-final | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) | |||
Semi-final | Atlético Madrid | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |||
2014–15 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |
Sporting CP | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||||
Maribor | 6–0 | 1–1 | |||||
Round of 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–2 ( a.e.t. ) | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) | |||
2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | Group G | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |
Porto | 2–0 | 1–2 | |||||
Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |||
2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | Group C | Qarabağ | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2nd | |
Atlético Madrid | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||||
Roma | 3–3 | 0–3 | |||||
Round of 16 | Barcelona | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | |||
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | Group L | PAOK | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1st | |
MOL Vidi | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||||
BATE Borisov | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||||
Round of 32 | Malmö FF | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | |||
Round of 16 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 | 5–0 | 8–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Slavia Prague | 4–3 | 1–0 | 5–3 | |||
Semi-final | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) | 1–1 | 2–2 (4–3 p) | |||
Final | Arsenal | 4–1 (N) | |||||
2019 | UEFA Super Cup | — | Liverpool | 2–2 ( a.e.t. ) (4–5 p) (N) | |||
2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Valencia | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2nd | |
Lille | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||||
Ajax | 4–4 | 1–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Bayern Munich | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–7 | |||
2020–21 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | Sevilla | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |
Krasnodar | 1–1 | 4–0 | |||||
Rennes | 3–0 | 2–1 | |||||
Round of 16 | Atlético Madrid | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
Quarter-final | Porto | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | [lower-alpha 8] | ||
Semi-final | Real Madrid | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |||
Final | Manchester City | 1–0 (N) | |||||
2021 | UEFA Super Cup | — | Villarreal | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (6–5 p) (N) | |||
2021 | FIFA Club World Cup | Semi-final | Al Hilal | 1–0 (N) | |||
Final | Palmeiras | 2–1 ( a.e.t. ) (N) | |||||
2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | Group H | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2nd | |
Juventus | 4–0 | 0–1 | |||||
Malmö FF | 4–0 | 1–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Lille | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |||
Quarter-final | Real Madrid | 1–3 | 3–2 ( a.e.t. ) | 4–5 | |||
2022–23 | UEFA Champions League | Group E | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1st | |
Red Bull Salzburg | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||||
AC Milan | 3–0 | 2–0 | |||||
Round of 16 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||
Quarter-final | Real Madrid | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
All statistics are correct as of 18 April 2023.
Including matches in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League, European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, and each competition's associated qualifying rounds. [6] [27]
Colour key
Positive balance (more wins) Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio) Negative balance (more losses) |
Competition | Apps | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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UEFA Champions League [28] [29] | 19 | 201 | 104 | 53 | 44 | 342 | 181 | +161 | 51.74 |
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League [30] [31] | 5 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 30 | +34 | 68.75 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup [32] | 5 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 28 | +53 | 58.97 |
UEFA Super Cup [33] [34] | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 20.00 |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup [35] [36] [37] | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 50.00 |
FIFA Club World Cup [38] [39] [40] | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 75.00 |
Total | 39 | 301 | 163 | 76 | 62 | 533 | 275 | +258 | 54.15 |
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Austria | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 33.33 |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 100.00 |
Belarus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
Belgium | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 62.50 |
Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
Bulgaria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 100.00 |
Croatia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
Czech Republic | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 62.50 |
Denmark | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 75.00 |
England | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 40.00 |
France | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 50.00 |
Germany [lower-alpha 9] | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 44.44 |
Greece | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 66.67 |
Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 50.00 |
Italy | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 37.93 |
Latvia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50.00 |
Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 100.00 |
Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 50.00 |
Norway | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 62.50 |
Portugal | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 73.33 |
Romania | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 66.67 |
Russia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 70.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 100.00 |
Slovakia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 100.00 |
Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 50.00 |
Spain | 54 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 75 | 69 | +6 | 38.89 |
Sweden | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 62.50 |
Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 50.00 |
Turkey | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 62.50 |
Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 66.67 |
Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 50.00 |
All statistics are correct as of 18 April 2023.
Including matches in UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League, European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, and each competition's associated qualifying rounds.
Key
Rank | Player | Chelsea career | UCL | UEL | CWC | USC | FC | FCWC | Total |
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1 | Didier Drogba [41] | 2004–2012, 2014–2015 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
2 | Frank Lampard [42] | 2001–2014 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
3 | Fernando Torres [43] | 2011–2014 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Olivier Giroud [44] | 2018–2021 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | Peter Osgood [45] | 1964–1974, 1978–1979 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
6 | John Terry [46] | 1998–2017 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Willian [47] | 2013–2020 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | Tore André Flo [48] | 1997–2000 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Nicolas Anelka [49] | 2008–2012 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eden Hazard [50] | 2012–2019 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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This page details statistics of the European Cup and Champions League. Unless noted, these statistics concern all seasons since the inception of the European Cup in the 1955–56 season, and renamed since 1992 as the UEFA Champions League. This does not include the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League, unless otherwise noted.
The history of the European Cup and UEFA Champions League spans over sixty years of competition, finding winners and runners-up from all over the continent.
This page details statistics of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. Unless notified these statistics concern all seasons since inception of the UEFA Cup in the 1971–72 season, including qualifying rounds. The UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1971–72 season, so the Fairs Cup is not considered a UEFA competition, and hence clubs' records in the Fairs Cup are not considered part of their European record.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional association football club in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions. Since 1964, they have won fourteen European and Worldwide trophies, more than any other British club. These consist of the UEFA Champions League six times, the UEFA Europa League three times, the UEFA Super Cup four times and the FIFA Club World Cup once.
With 48 continental trophies won, English football clubs are the third-most successful in European football, behind Italy (49) and Spain (65). In the top-tier, the UEFA Champions League, a record six English clubs have won a total of 15 titles and lost a further 11 finals, behind Spanish clubs with 19 and 11, respectively. In the second-tier, the UEFA Europa League, English clubs are also second, with nine victories and eight losses in the finals. In the former second-tier UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, English teams won a record eight titles and had a further five finalists. In the non-UEFA organized Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, English clubs provided four winners and four runners-up, the second-most behind Spain with six and three, respectively. In the newly created third-tier UEFA Europa Conference League, English clubs have a joint-record one title so far. In the former fourth-tier UEFA Intertoto Cup, England won four titles and had a further final appearance, placing it fifth in the rankings, although English clubs were notorious for treating the tournament with disdain, either sending "B" squads or withdrawing from it altogether. In the one-off UEFA Super Cup, England has ten winners and ten runners-up, the second-most behind Spain with 16 and 15, respectively. Similarly to the Intertoto Cup, English teams did not take the former Intercontinental Cup seriously enough, despite its international status of the Club World Championship. They made a total of six appearances in the one-off competition, winning only one of them, and withdrew a further three times. English clubs have won the FIFA-organized Club World Cup four times, tied for the second-most with Brazil and behind only Spain, with eight.
Eintracht Frankfurt played their very first official match in competitive European football on 11 November 1959. This was a European Cup first round game against BSC Young Boys of Switzerland. The match ended in a 4–1 away victory for the Eintracht. However, a Frankfurt XI took part already earlier in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with several Eintracht players in the squad. Requirements had it that the best players from the eligible teams Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach and SpVgg 03 Neu-Isenburg were picked to form a representative inter-city side.
The 2012 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match which took place on Saturday, 19 May 2012 between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea of England at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The match was to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament. Bayern were making their ninth appearance in the competition's final, having won four and lost four, most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea were appearing in their second final, having lost their first in 2008.
Futebol Clube do Porto, an association football team based in Porto, is the most decorated Portuguese team in international club competitions. They have won two UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Europa League titles, one UEFA Super Cup, and two Intercontinental Cups, for a total of seven international trophies. In addition, they were Cup Winners' Cup runners-up in 1984 – their first European final – and lost three other UEFA Super Cup matches, in 2003, 2004, and 2011.
Manchester City Football Club, an English professional association football club, has gained entry to Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions on multiple occasions. They have represented England in the European Cup on fourteen occasions, the UEFA Cup on eight occasions, in the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup twice, the UEFA Super Cup once, and at the FIFA Club World Cup once. Manchester City are one of thirteen English football clubs to have won European and worldwide titles, in City's case the 1969–70 Cup Winners' Cup, 2022–23 Champions League, 2023 Super Cup, and 2023 Club World Cup.
The 2013 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 15 May 2013, between Portuguese side Benfica and English side Chelsea. Chelsea won 2–1 to secure their first title in this competition.
Nogometni klub Maribor, also simply known as NK Maribor, is a Slovenian professional football club based in Maribor. The club have participated in 40 editions of the club competitions governed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 16 seasons in the UEFA Champions League, 16 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, three seasons in the UEFA Europa Conference League, two seasons in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three seasons in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Counting all of the 185 games the side have played in European competitions since their first entry into the Mitropa Cup in the 1970–71 season, the team's record stands at 66 wins, 46 draws, and 73 defeats as of match played 17 August 2023. The club's most recent participation in a continental competition was in the 2023–24 season, when they played in the qualifying rounds of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Arsenal F.C. are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. The club's first European football match was played against Copenhagen XI on 25 September 1963, and they have since participated in European club competitions on several occasions, most of which organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Arsenal have won two European honours: the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994 – the latter title recognised by the European confederation. The club played the 1994 European Super Cup and repeated its presence in the following year's Cup Winners' Cup final. Arsenal also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 2000 and the Europa League in 2019, and became the first London team to appear in a UEFA Champions League final, in 2006.
The 2019 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 29 May 2019. The match was contested between English sides Chelsea and Arsenal, who had beaten Eintracht Frankfurt and Valencia, respectively, in the semi-finals to set up a London derby in the final. It was the tenth tournament final to feature two teams from the same association, the second all-English final, and the first between teams from the same city.
The 2020 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, the 65th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 28th season since it was re-branded from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played on 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between French club Paris Saint-Germain, in their first European Cup final, and German club Bayern Munich. The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
FC Bayern Munich are a football club based in the city of Munich in Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1900, they have been competing in UEFA competitions since the 1960s and have become one of the most successful teams in Europe, winning eight major continental trophies including six European Cup/Champions League titles and are ranked joint third among all clubs across the continent in this regard. Bayern are by far Germany's most successful international representatives: no other teams from that nation have won Europe's premier competition more than once, or have more than two trophy wins overall.
The 2023 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, the 68th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA. It was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 10 June 2023, between English club Manchester City and Italian club Inter Milan, with Manchester City winning 1–0 via a second-half goal by Rodri, who was named man of the match by UEFA. For Manchester City, this was their first-ever European Cup, and first European trophy since 1970. Having earlier won the Premier League and FA Cup titles, they achieved the continental treble, only the second time it had been achieved in English men's football history. As winners, Manchester City earned the right to play against Sevilla, the winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup, as well as qualifying for the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup; they went on to win both competitions. They also qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup through UEFA's champions pathway.