Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent

The Chelsea team in September 1905 before their inaugural season in the Football League Second Division.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional association football club based Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they were elected to play in The Football League as members of the Second Division.[1] They were promoted into the First Division in the club's second season.[2] Chelsea remained in the Football League, in the First or Second division, until 1992 when clubs in the First Division broke away from The Football League to form the Premier League.[3] The club has remained in the top division of the English football league system since 1989. In their latest spell in the Second Division Chelsea achieved their highest points total achieving 99 in the 1988–89 season.[4] As of the 2016–17 season, the club holds the records for the most points, most goals scored and most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 95 points in 2004–05, 103 goals in 2009–10 and 25 clean sheets in 2004–05. Chelsea have been English football champions six times.[5]

Chelsea played their inaugural league fixture as part of the Football League Second Division on 2 September 1905 against Stockport County.[6] Since that game they have faced eighty different sides in league football with their most regular opponent having been Arsenal, whom they have played on 162 occasions since their first meeting on 9 November 1907.[7] They met their most recent different league opponent, Wigan Athletic, for the first time in the 2005–06 FA Premier League season.[8] The club has won 61 of their league matches against Sunderland, which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club.[9] Chelsea have drawn more matches with Arsenal and Everton than with any other club; with 49 matches finished without a winner.[10] The side has lost more league games to Liverpool than to any other club, having been defeated by them 66 times in 149 encounters.[11]

Key

  • The table includes results of matches played by Chelsea in The Football League (First Division and Second Division) and the Premier League. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Small Heath, Woolwich Arsenal and The Wednesday are integrated into the records against Birmingham City, Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, respectively
  •    Premier League team Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2017–18 Premier League alongside Chelsea.
  •    defunct Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = goals for; A = goals against; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Chelsea played league matches against each opponent

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 3 January 2018.
Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last Note(s)
PWDL PWDL PWDLFA
Arsenal Premier League team 81302625 81212337 162 51 49 62 209 226 031.48 1907–08 2017–18 [lower-alpha 1]
Aston Villa 69371319 69181932 138 55 32 51 214 202 039.86 1907–08 2015–16
Barnsley 151104 15555 30 16 5 9 60 42 053.33 1905–06 1997–98
Birmingham City 4123126 41151214 82 38 24 20 140 107 046.34 1907–08 2010–11 [lower-alpha 2]
Blackburn Rovers 51271212 51161520 102 43 27 32 150 125 042.16 1907–08 2011–12
Blackpool 3920109 3916419 78 36 14 28 137 109 046.15 1905–06 2010–11
Bolton Wanderers 54291312 54181422 108 47 27 34 181 155 043.52 1907–08 2011–12
A.F.C. Bournemouth Premier League team 3201 4301 7 5 0 2 13 4 071.43 1988–89 2017–18
Bradford City 171412 17377 34 17 8 9 58 50 050.00 1905–06 2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue 7502 7313 14 8 1 5 25 14 057.14 1910–11 1929–30
Brentford 5401 5113 10 5 1 4 14 13 050.00 1935–36 1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League team 3300 2200 5 5 0 0 8 1 100.00 1983–84 2017–18
Bristol City 12750 12066 24 7 11 6 32 25 029.17 1905–06 1980–81
Bristol Rovers 4310 4103 8 4 1 3 8 7 050.00 1975–76 1980–81
Burnley Premier League team 4321616 4291221 85 30 18 37 111 136 035.29 1905–06 2017–18
Burton United Defunct team 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 9 4 075.00 1905–06 1906–07
Bury 5401 5014 10 4 1 5 20 18 040.00 1907–08 1962–63
Cambridge United 5410 5401 10 8 1 1 20 4 080.00 1979–80 1983–84
Cardiff City 181125 18666 36 17 8 11 58 46 047.22 1921–22 2013–14
Carlisle United 5311 5212 10 5 2 3 14 11 050.00 1974–75 1983–84
Charlton Athletic 3316710 3312912 66 28 16 22 108 96 042.42 1929–30 2006–07
Chesterfield 2101 2110 4 2 1 1 9 2 050.00 1905–06 1906–07 [lower-alpha 3]
Coventry City 271764 278811 54 25 14 15 90 71 046.30 1924–25 2000–01
Crystal Palace Premier League team 20983 211065 41 19 14 8 62 36 046.34 1924–25 2017–18
Darlington Defunct team 2110 2020 4 1 3 0 10 7 025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Derby County 47211511 47131024 94 34 25 35 137 138 036.17 1910–11 2007–08
Everton Premier League team 79412612 79182338 158 59 49 50 250 233 037.34 1907–08 2017–18
Fulham 3520132 352195 70 41 22 7 119 61 058.57 1910–11 2013–14
Gainsborough Trinity 4301 4211 8 5 1 2 15 8 062.50 1905–06 1911–12
Glossop North End 4310 4301 8 6 1 1 20 7 075.00 1905–06 1911–12 [lower-alpha 4]
Grimsby Town 201523 205510 40 20 7 13 73 47 050.00 1905–06 1983–84
Hereford United Defunct team 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 7 3 050.00 1976–77 1976–77
Huddersfield Town Premier League team 281378 2911117 57 24 8 25 85 86 042.11 1910–11 2017–18
Hull City 181503 181044 36 25 4 7 64 21 069.44 1905–06 2016–17
Ipswich Town 191342 19667 38 19 10 9 66 47 050.00 1961–62 2001–02
Leeds City Defunct team 4400 4130 8 5 3 0 18 6 062.50 1905–06 1911–12
Leeds United 45211311 4551228 90 26 25 39 107 136 028.89 1927–28 2003–04
Leicester City divisional rivals 4833114 49131620 97 46 27 24 172 117 047.42 1905–06 2017–18 [lower-alpha 5]
Leyton Orient 14743 14824 28 15 6 7 46 29 053.57 1905–06 1981–82 [lower-alpha 6]
Lincoln City 3300 3210 6 5 1 0 22 3 083.33 1905–06 1910–11
Liverpool Premier League team 74381620 75111846 149 49 34 66 204 229 032.89 1907–08 2017–18
Luton Town 191054 19568 38 15 11 12 60 51 039.47 1955–56 1991–92
Manchester City Premier League team 73362215 72231732 145 59 39 47 203 182 040.69 1907–08 2017–18
Manchester United Premier League team 76262030 75192630 151 45 46 60 188 238 029.80 1905–06 2017–18
Middlesbrough 5335135 53141623 106 49 29 28 163 118 046.23 1907–08 2016–17
Millwall 4211 4112 8 3 2 3 12 10 037.50 1928–29 1989–90
Newcastle United Premier League team 72421911 71161837 143 58 37 48 218 182 040.56 1907–08 2017–18
Northampton Town 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.00 1965–66 1965–66
Norwich City 201064 20668 40 16 12 12 55 47 040.00 1962–63 2015–16
Nottingham Forest 4222137 42111318 84 33 26 25 107 121 039.29 1906–07 1998–99
Notts County 16943 16349 32 12 8 12 49 52 037.50 1907–08 1991–92
Oldham Athletic 241473 245613 48 19 13 16 77 60 039.58 1912–13 1993–94
Oxford United 5311 5131 10 4 4 2 21 17 040.00 1975–76 1988–89
Plymouth Argyle 4130 4301 8 4 3 1 18 9 050.00 1962–63 1988–89
Port Vale 7610 7133 14 7 4 3 29 13 050.00 1905–06 1928–29 [lower-alpha 7]
Portsmouth 3719126 37141013 74 33 22 19 135 105 044.59 1924–25 2009–10
Preston North End 3518107 3510619 70 28 16 26 103 93 040.00 1907–08 1980–81
Queens Park Rangers 231265 235108 46 17 16 13 61 57 036.96 1968–69 2014–15
Reading 7430 7322 14 7 5 2 22 17 050.00 1926–27 2012–13
Rotherham United 3111 3102 6 2 1 3 6 12 033.33 1962–63 1982–83
Scunthorpe United 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 3 3 050.00 1962–63 1962–63
Sheffield United 3720107 3713519 74 33 15 26 122 103 044.59 1907–08 2006–07
Sheffield Wednesday 50211712 5061925 100 27 36 37 126 152 027.00 1907–08 1999–2000 [lower-alpha 8]
Shrewsbury Town 6402 6123 12 5 2 5 21 18 041.67 1979–80 1988–89
South Shields Defunct team 4220 4022 8 2 4 2 14 10 025.00 1924–25 1927–28
Southampton Premier League team 44211211 43181213 87 39 24 24 137 111 044.83 1924–25 2017–18
Stockport County 6420 6222 12 6 4 2 17 13 050.00 1905–06 1925–26
Stoke City Premier League team 4426117 4419817 88 45 19 24 142 108 051.14 1922–23 2017–18 [lower-alpha 9]
Sunderland 6040119 60211029 120 61 21 38 218 173 050.83 1907–08 2016–17
Swansea City Premier League team 161441 15465 34 18 10 6 56 31 052.94 1925–26 2017–18 [lower-alpha 10]
Swindon Town 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 9 4 075.00 1988–89 1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League team 69341619 70242521 139 58 41 40 209 198 041.73 1909–10 2017–18
Walsall 2101 2200 4 3 0 1 14 2 075.00 1962–63 1988–89
Watford Premier League team 13544 12714 25 12 5 8 44 38 048.00 1979–80 2017–18
West Bromwich Albion Premier League team 61311614 62241424 123 55 30 38 203 178 044.72 1905–06 2017–18
West Ham United Premier League team 48251112 4916825 97 41 19 37 155 148 042.27 1923–24 2017–18
Wigan Athletic 8710 8611 16 13 2 1 40 10 081.25 2005–06 2012–13
Wimbledon Defunct team 13454 13652 26 10 10 6 38 34 038.46 1986–87 1999–2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers 50211415 50161222 100 37 26 37 171 172 037.00 1906–07 2011–12
Wrexham 3210 3102 6 3 1 2 11 11 050.00 1979–80 1981–82
York City 1010 1010 2 0 2 0 2 2 000.00 1975–76 1975–76

Notes

  1. Record against Woolwich Arsenal included
  2. Record against Small Heath and Birmingham included
  3. Record against Chesterfield Town included
  4. Record against Glossop included
  5. Record against Leicester Fosse included
  6. Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included
  7. Record against Burslem Port Vale included
  8. Record against The Wednesday included
  9. Record against Stoke included
  10. Record against Swansea Town included

References

General
  • "Chelsea football club: record v other sides". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  • "Chelsea Head To Head". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  • "Chelsea » Select Opponent". Statto.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
Specific
  1. "Team History – Introduction". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. "Chelsea". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. "Second Division championship: 1988/89". Chelsea F.C. official website. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  5. McNulty, Phil (3 May 2015). "Chelsea 1 0 Crystal Palace". BBC Online. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. "Chelsea football club match record: 1905-06 season". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. "Head-to-head v Arsenal". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. "Head-to-head v Wigan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  9. "Head-to-head v Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  10. "Head-to-head v Everton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  11. "Head-to-head v Liverpool". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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