Chelsea Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Fulham, London. The club was established in 1905 and plays its home games at Stamford Bridge.
Domestically, Chelsea have won six top-flight titles, eight FA Cups and five League Cups. In international competitions, they have won two UEFA Champions League titles, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup. They are the first English club to win three main UEFA club competitions and are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League. [1] The club's record appearance maker is Ron Harris, who made 795 appearances between 1961 and 1980. Frank Lampard is Chelsea's record goalscorer, scoring 211 goals in total.
The first major trophy won by Chelsea came in 1955, when the team became national champions after winning the 1954–55 First Division title. [2] In the 2009–10 season, Chelsea won their first and only double after winning both the Premier League and the FA Cup. [3] Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the fourth club in history to have won the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League. [4] Their most recent success came in February 2022, when they won their first FIFA Club World Cup title. [5]
Honour | Wins | Years |
---|---|---|
Football League First Division / Premier League | 6 | 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17 |
Football League Second Division | 2 | 1983–84, 1988–89 |
FA Cup | 8 | 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018 |
League Cup | 5 | 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2015 |
FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield | 4 | 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009 |
Full Members' Cup | 2 | 1986, 1990 |
UEFA Champions League | 2 | 2012, 2021 |
UEFA Europa League | 2 | 2013, 2019 |
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1971, 1998 |
UEFA Super Cup | 2 | 1998, 2021 |
FIFA Club World Cup | 1 | 2021 |
Competitive matches only.
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ron Harris | 1961–1980 | 655 | 64 | 48 | 27 | 1 | 795 [6] |
2 | Peter Bonetti | 1959–1979 | 600 | 57 | 45 | 26 | 1 | 729 [6] |
3 | John Terry | 1998–2017 | 492 | 58 | 37 | 124 | 6 | 717 |
4 | Frank Lampard | 2001–2014 | 429 | 58 | 34 | 117 | 10 | 648 |
5 | John Hollins | 1963–1975 1983–1984 | 465 | 51 | 48 | 27 | 1 | 592 [6] |
6 | César Azpilicueta | 2012–2023 | 349 | 39 | 31 | 80 | 9 | 508 |
7 | Petr Čech | 2004–2015 | 333 | 33 | 17 | 103 | 8 | 494 |
8 | Dennis Wise | 1990–2001 | 332 | 38 | 30 | 38 | 7 | 445 [6] |
9 | Steve Clarke | 1987–1998 | 330 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 421 [6] |
10 | Kerry Dixon | 1983–1992 | 335 | 20 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 420 [6] |
1The "Other" column includes appearances in Charity/Community Shield, Football League play-offs, Full Members' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.
Competitive matches only. Appearances in parentheses.
Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Lampard | 2001–2014 | 147 (429) | 26 (58) | 12 (34) | 25 (117) | 1 (10) | 211 (648) |
2 | Bobby Tambling | 1959–1970 | 164 (302) | 25 (36) | 10 (18) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 202 (370) [6] |
3 | Kerry Dixon | 1983–1992 | 147 (335) | 8 (20) | 25 (41) | 0 (0) | 13 (24) | 193 (420) [6] |
4 | Didier Drogba | 2004–2012 2014–2015 | 104 (254) | 12 (29) | 10 (20) | 36 (74) | 2 (4) | 164 (381) |
5 | Roy Bentley | 1948–1956 | 128 (324) | 21 (42) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 150 (367) [6] |
Peter Osgood | 1964–1974 1978–1979 | 105 (289) | 19 (34) | 10 (30) | 16 (26) | 0 (1) | 150 (380) [6] | |
7 | Jimmy Greaves | 1957–1961 | 124 (157) | 3 (7) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 132 (169) [6] |
8 | George Mills | 1929–1943 | 118 (220) | 7 (19) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 125 (239) [6] |
9 | Eden Hazard | 2012–2019 | 85 (245) | 5 (23) | 8 (25) | 11 (53) | 1 (6) | 110 (352) |
10 | George Hilsdon | 1906–1912 | 99 (150) | 9 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 108 (164) [6] |
1The "Other" column includes goals in Charity/Community Shield, Football League play-offs, Full Members' Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup.
The following players have won FIFA awards while playing for Chelsea:
The following players have won UEFA awards while playing for Chelsea:
UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year
UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season
UEFA Club Defender of the Year
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year
The following players have won International Federation of Football History & Statistics awards while playing for Chelsea:
The following players have won PFA awards while playing for Chelsea:
PFA Players' Player of the Year
The following players have won the FWA award while playing for Chelsea:
Premier League Player of the Season
Premier League Playmaker of the Season
Premier League Young Player of the Season
Premier League Game Changer of the Season
Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.
Rank | Player | From | Fee | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Enzo Fernández | Benfica | £106,800,000 [76] | 2023 |
2 | Moisés Caicedo | Brighton & Hove Albion | £100,000,000 [77] | 2023 |
3 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter Milan | £97,500,000 [78] | 2021 |
4 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | Athletic Bilbao | £71,600,000 [79] | 2018 |
5 | Kai Havertz | Bayer Leverkusen | £71,000,000 [80] | 2020 |
6 | Wesley Fofana | Leicester City | £70,000,000 [81] | 2022 |
7 | Mykhailo Mudryk | Shakhtar Donetsk | £62,000,000 [82] | 2023 |
8 | Álvaro Morata | Real Madrid | £58,000,000 [83] | 2017 |
Christian Pulisic | Borussia Dortmund | £58,000,000 [84] | 2019 | |
10 | Jorginho | Napoli | £57,000,000 [85] | 2018 |
Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eden Hazard | Real Madrid | £89,000,000 [86] | 2019 |
2 | Kai Havertz | Arsenal | £65,000,000 [87] | 2023 |
3 | Oscar | Shanghai SIPG | £60,000,000 [88] | 2017 |
4 | Álvaro Morata | Atlético Madrid | £58,000,000 [89] | 2019 |
5 | Diego Costa | Atlético Madrid | £57,000,000 [90] | 2017 |
6 | Mason Mount | Manchester United | £55,000,000 [91] | 2023 |
7 | David Luiz | Paris Saint-Germain | £50,000,000 [92] | 2014 |
8 | Nemanja Matić | Manchester United | £40,000,000 [93] | 2017 |
9 | Ian Maatsen | Aston Villa | £37,500,000 [94] | 2024 |
10 | Juan Mata | Manchester United | £37,100,000 [95] | 2014 |
The following manager has won FIFA awards while managing Chelsea:
The following managers have won UEFA awards while managing Chelsea:
The following managers have won IFFHS awards while managing Chelsea:
The following managers have won LMA awards while managing Chelsea:
The following managers have won Premier League awards while managing Chelsea:
Source: [112]
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