- List of Chelsea F.C. seasons
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This is a list of all seasons played by Chelsea Football Club in English and European football, from their inaugural season in 1905–06 to their last completed season. It details their record in every major competition entered, as well as the top goalscorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the English league that season.
The club have won every major domestic honour, and have never been outside the top two divisions in English football. In total, Chelsea have won four League Championships (the First Division and its successor, the Premier League), six FA Cups, four Football League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. The club have also won various lesser honours, including four FA Community/Charity Shields, two Full Members Cups and one UEFA Super Cup.
Contents
Seasons
Season League FA
CupLeague
CupEurope / Other Top goalscorer(s)[1] Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals 1905–06 Div 2 38 22 9 7 90 37 53 3rd 3Q[2] Frank Pearson
Jimmy Windridge18 1906–07 38 26 5 7 80 34 57 2nd R1 George Hilsdon 27 1907–08 Div 1 38 14 8 16 53 62 36 13th R2 30 1908–09 38 14 9 15 56 61 37 11th R2 27 1909–10 38 11 7 20 47 70 29 19th R2 Jimmy Windridge 6 1910–11 Div 2 38 20 9 9 71 35 49 3rd SF Bob Whittingham 34 1911–12 38 24 6 8 64 34 54 2nd R2 26 1912–13 Div 1 38 11 6 21 51 73 28 18th R2 12 1913–14 38 16 7 15 46 55 39 8th R1 Harold Halse 10 1914–15 38 8 13 17 51 65 29 19th[3] R/U Bob Thomson 18 In 1915, competitive football was abandoned in Britain owing to World War I 1919–20 Div 1 42 22 5 15 56 51 49 3rd SF Jack Cock 24 1920–21 42 13 13 16 48 58 38 18th QF 15 1921–22 42 17 12 13 40 43 46 9th R1 13 1922–23 42 9 18 15 45 53 36 19th R2 Harry Ford
Buchanan Sharp10 1923–24 42 9 14 19 31 53 32 21st R1 Andy Wilson 6 1924–25 Div 2 42 16 15 11 51 37 47 5th R1 William Whitton 16 1925–26 42 19 14 9 76 49 52 3rd R4 Bob Turnbull 30 1926–27 42 20 12 10 62 52 52 4th QF 23 1927–28 42 23 8 11 75 45 54 3rd R3 James Thompson 25 1928–29 42 17 10 15 64 65 44 9th R5 G. Biswell
Andy Wilson
James Thompson9 1929–30 42 22 11 9 74 46 55 2nd R3 George Mills 14 1930–31 Div 1 42 15 10 17 64 67 40 12th QF Hughie Gallacher 14 1931–32 42 16 8 18 69 73 40 12th SF 30 1932–33 42 14 7 21 63 73 35 18th R3 19 1933–34 42 14 8 20 67 69 36 19th R5 16 1934–35 42 16 9 17 73 82 41 12th R3 Dick Spence 19 1935–36 42 15 13 14 65 72 43 8th R5 Joe Bambrick 19 1936–37 42 14 13 15 52 55 41 13th R4 George Mills 23 1937–38 42 14 13 15 65 65 41 10th R3 13 1938–39 42 12 9 21 64 80 33 20th QF Joe Payne 19 1939–40 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 n/a[4] In 1939, competitive football was abandoned in Britain owing to World War II 1945–46 R5 1946–47 Div 1 42 16 7 19 69 84 39 15th R4 Tommy Lawton 30 1947–48 42 14 9 19 53 71 37 18th R4 Ken Armstrong 13 1948–49 42 12 14 16 69 68 38 13th R5 Roy Bentley 22 1949–50 42 12 16 14 58 65 40 13th SF 22 1950–51 42 12 8 22 53 65 32 20th R5 11 1951–52 42 14 8 20 52 72 36 19th SF 17 1952–53 42 12 11 19 56 66 35 19th R5 17 1953–54 42 16 12 14 74 68 44 8th R3 21 1954–55 42 20 12 10 81 57 52 1st R5 21 1955–56 42 14 11 17 64 77 39 16th R5 Charity Shield W 16 European Cup N/A [5] 1956–57 42 13 13 16 73 73 39 13th R4 Johnny McNichol 11 1957–58 42 15 12 15 83 79 42 11th R4 Jimmy Greaves 22 1958–59 42 18 4 20 77 98 40 14th R4 Fairs Cup QF 37 1959–60 42 14 9 19 76 91 37 18th R4 30 1960–61 42 15 7 20 98 100 37 12th R3 R4[6] 43 1961–62 42 9 10 23 63 94 28 22nd R3 Bobby Tambling 22 1962-63 Div 2 42 24 4 14 81 42 52 2nd R5 37 1963–64 Div 1 42 20 10 12 72 56 50 5th R4 R2 19 1964–65 42 24 8 10 89 54 56 3rd SF W Barry Bridges 27 1965–66 42 22 7 13 65 53 51 5th SF Fairs Cup SF George Graham
Bobby Tambling23 1966–67 42 15 14 13 67 62 44 9th R/U R3 Bobby Tambling 28 1967–68 42 18 12 12 62 68 48 6th QF R2 Peter Osgood 17 1968–69 42 20 10 12 73 53 50 5th QF R3 Fairs Cup R2 Bobby Tambling 19 1969–70 42 21 13 8 70 50 55 3rd W R4 Peter Osgood 31 1970–71 42 18 15 9 52 42 51 6th R4 R4 Charity Shield R/U Keith Weller 14 Cup Winners' Cup W 1971–72 42 18 12 12 58 49 48 7th R5 R/U Cup Winners' Cup R2 Peter Osgood 31 1972–73 42 13 14 15 49 51 40 12th QF SF 17 1973–74 42 12 13 17 56 60 37 17th R3 R2 Tommy Baldwin 9 1974–75 42 9 15 18 42 72 33 21st R4 R3 Ian Hutchinson 9 1975–76 Div 2 42 12 16 14 53 54 40 11th R5 R2 Ray Wilkins 12 1976–77 42 21 13 8 73 53 55 2nd R3 R4 Steve Finnieston 26 1977–78 Div 1 42 11 14 17 46 69 36 16th R5 R2 Tommy Langley 13 1978–79 42 5 10 27 44 92 20 22nd R3 R2 16 1979–80 Div 2 42 23 7 12 66 52 53 4th R3 R2 Mike Fillery
Clive Walker13 1980–81 42 14 12 16 46 41 40 12th R3 R2 Colin Lee 16 1981–82 42 15 12 15 60 60 57 12th QF R3 Clive Walker 17 1982–83 42 11 14 17 51 61 47 18th R4 R3 Mike Fillery 12 1983–84 42 25 13 4 90 40 88 1st R3 R3 Kerry Dixon 34 1984–85 Div 1 42 18 12 12 63 48 66 6th R4 SF 36 1985–86 42 20 11 11 57 56 71 6th R4 QF Full Members Cup W 23 1986–87 42 13 13 16 53 64 52 14th R4 R3 Full Members Cup R4 12 1987–88 40 9 15 16 50 68 42 18th[7] R4 R2 Full Members Cup R3 Gordon Durie 20 1988–89 Div 2 46 29 12 5 96 50 99 1st R3 R2 Full Members Cup R3 Kerry Dixon 28 1989–90 Div 1 38 16 12 10 58 50 49 5th R4 R2 Full Members Cup W 25 1990–91 38 13 10 15 58 69 49 11th R3 SF Full Members Cup R3 Kerry Dixon
Gordon Durie15 1991–92 42 13 14 15 50 60 53 14th QF R2 Full Members Cup SF Dennis Wise 14 1992–93 Prem 42 14 14 14 51 54 56 11th R3 QF Mick Harford 11 1993–94 42 13 12 17 49 53 51 14th R/U R3 Gavin Peacock
Mark Stein14 1994–95 38 13 15 14 50 55 54 11th R4 R3 Cup Winners' Cup SF Paul Furlong
John Spencer13 1995–96 38 12 14 12 46 44 50 11th SF R2 John Spencer 14 1996–97 38 16 11 11 58 55 59 6th W R3 Mark Hughes 14 1997–98 38 20 3 15 71 43 63 4th R3 W Charity Shield R/U Gianluca Vialli 19 Cup Winners' Cup W 1998–99 38 20 15 3 57 30 75 3rd QF QF Cup Winners' Cup SF Gianfranco Zola 15 UEFA Super Cup W 1999–2000 38 18 11 9 53 34 65 5th W R3 Champions League QF Tore André Flo 19 2000–01 38 17 10 11 68 45 61 6th R5 R3 Charity Shield W Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 26 UEFA Cup R1 2001–02 38 17 13 8 66 38 64 6th R/U SF UEFA Cup R2 29 2002–03 38 19 10 9 68 38 67 4th QF QF UEFA Cup R1 Gianfranco Zola 16 2003–04 38 24 7 7 67 30 79 2nd R5 QF Champions League SF Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 17 2004–05 38 29 8 1 72 15 95 1st R5 W Champions League SF Frank Lampard 19 2005–06 38 29 4 5 72 22 91 1st SF R3 Community Shield W 20 Champions League R2 2006–07 38 24 11 3 64 24 83 2nd W W Community Shield R/U Didier Drogba 33 Champions League SF 2007–08 38 25 10 3 64 26 85 2nd QF R/U Community Shield R/U Frank Lampard 20 Champions League R/U 2008–09 38 25 8 5 68 24 83 3rd W R4 Champions League SF Nicolas Anelka 25 2009–10 38 27 5 6 103 32 86 1st W QF Community Shield W Didier Drogba 37 Champions League R2 2010–11 38 21 8 9 69 33 71 2nd R4 R3 Community Shield R/U Florent Malouda 14 Champions League QF Key
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
- Div 1 = Football League First Division
- Div 2 = Football League Second Division
- Prem = Premier League
- n/a = Not applicable
- 3Q = Third Qualifying Round
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- R/U = Runners Up
- W= Winners
Champions Runners-up Third-place Play-offs Promoted Relegated References
- ^ Includes all goals scored in FA Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Full Members Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Charity/Community Shield matches
- ^ Chelsea were founded and entered the Football League in time for the 1905-06 season, but not in time to enter the FA Cup first round, thus forcing them to play in the preliminary rounds.
- ^ Having finished 19th Chelsea would normally have been relegated, but when competitive football resumed in 1919 the First Division was expanded to 22 teams; the club were invited to rejoin the division.
- ^ Competitive football in England was abandoned three games into the 1939-40 season and all results were annulled.
- ^ As English champions Chelsea qualified for the inaugural European Cup, but were denied entry by the Football League, whose chairman Alan Hardaker felt priority should be given to domestic competitions.
- ^ In the early years of the League Cup, some bigger clubs opted not to participate. Chelsea withdrew from the competition in 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1965-66.
- ^ Chelsea finished outside the direct relegation zone, but were relegated via the short-lived system which saw teams who finished 4th from bottom of the First Division entered into a play-off competition with Second Division teams who finished 3rd, 4th and 5th.
References
- Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1465-4.
- Hockings, Ron. 90 Years Of The Blues - A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905-1995.
- soccerbase.com Chelsea statistics
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