Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent
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 2014–15 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 five 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, against whom they have played on 159 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 59 of their league matches against Sunderland, which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club.[9] Chelsea have drawn more matches with Everton than with any other club; out of the 155 league matches between the two teams, 48 have 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 147 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
- Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2016–17 Premier League alongside Chelsea.
- Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
- P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; 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 December 2016.
Club | Home | Away | Total | Win% | First | Last | Note(s) | |||||||||||
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P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | P | W | D | L | F | A | |||||
Arsenal | 79 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 80 | 21 | 22 | 37 | 159 | 50 | 47 | 62 | 204 | 223 | 31.45 | 1907–08 | 2016–17 | [upper-alpha 1] |
Aston Villa | 69 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 69 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 138 | 55 | 32 | 51 | 214 | 202 | 39.86 | 1907–08 | 2015–16 | |
Barnsley | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 42 | 53.33 | 1905–06 | 1997–98 | |
Birmingham City | 41 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 82 | 38 | 24 | 20 | 140 | 107 | 46.34 | 1907–08 | 2010–11 | [upper-alpha 2] |
Blackburn Rovers | 51 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 102 | 43 | 27 | 32 | 150 | 125 | 42.16 | 1907–08 | 2011–12 | |
Blackpool | 39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 78 | 36 | 14 | 28 | 137 | 109 | 46.15 | 1905–06 | 2010–11 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 54 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 108 | 47 | 27 | 34 | 181 | 155 | 43.52 | 1907–08 | 2011–12 | |
A.F.C. Bournemouth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | 1988–89 | 2015–16 | |
Bradford City | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 50 | 50.00 | 1905–06 | 2000–01 | |
Bradford Park Avenue | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 57.14 | 1910–11 | 1929–30 | |
Brentford | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 50.00 | 1935–36 | 1946–47 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 100.00 | 1983–84 | 1988–89 | |
Bristol City | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 29.17 | 1905–06 | 1980–81 | |
Bristol Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 50.00 | 1975–76 | 1980–81 | |
Burnley | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 83 | 30 | 17 | 36 | 108 | 132 | 36.14 | 1905–06 | 2016–17 | |
Burton United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 75.00 | 1905–06 | 1906–07 | |
Bury | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 40.00 | 1907–08 | 1962–63 | |
Cambridge United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 80.00 | 1979–80 | 1983–84 | |
Cardiff City | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 47.22 | 1921–22 | 2013–14 | |
Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 50.00 | 1974–75 | 1983–84 | |
Charlton Athletic | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 66 | 28 | 16 | 22 | 108 | 96 | 42.42 | 1929–30 | 2006–07 | |
Chesterfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 50.00 | 1905–06 | 1906–07 | [upper-alpha 3] |
Coventry City | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 90 | 71 | 46.30 | 1924–25 | 2000–01 | |
Crystal Palace | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 32 | 47.37 | 1924–25 | 2015–16 | |
Darlington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 25.00 | 1925–26 | 1926–27 | |
Derby County | 47 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 94 | 34 | 25 | 35 | 137 | 138 | 36.17 | 1910–11 | 2007–08 | |
Everton | 78 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 77 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 155 | 57 | 48 | 50 | 245 | 233 | 36.77 | 1907–08 | 2016–17 | |
Fulham | 35 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 41 | 22 | 7 | 119 | 61 | 58.57 | 1910–11 | 2013–14 | |
Gainsborough Trinity | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 62.50 | 1905–06 | 1911–12 | |
Glossop North End | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 75.00 | 1905–06 | 1911–12 | [upper-alpha 4] |
Grimsby Town | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 47 | 50.00 | 1905–06 | 1983–84 | |
Hereford United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 50.00 | 1976–77 | 1976–77 | |
Huddersfield Town | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 82 | 85 | 41.07 | 1910–11 | 1983–84 | |
Hull City | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 21 | 68.57 | 1905–06 | 2016–17 | |
Ipswich Town | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 47 | 50.00 | 1961–62 | 2001–02 | |
Leeds City | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 62.50 | 1905–06 | 1911–12 | |
Leeds United | 45 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 90 | 26 | 25 | 39 | 107 | 136 | 28.89 | 1927–28 | 2003–04 | |
Leicester City | 48 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 95 | 44 | 27 | 24 | 167 | 116 | 46.32 | 1905–06 | 2016–17 | [upper-alpha 5] |
Leyton Orient | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 53.57 | 1905–06 | 1981–82 | [upper-alpha 6] |
Lincoln City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 83.33 | 1905–06 | 1910–11 | |
Liverpool | 74 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 73 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 147 | 49 | 32 | 66 | 202 | 227 | 33.33 | 1907–08 | 2016–17 | |
Luton Town | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 51 | 39.47 | 1955–56 | 1991–92 | |
Manchester City | 71 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 72 | 23 | 17 | 32 | 143 | 58 | 39 | 46 | 201 | 180 | 40.56 | 1907–08 | 2016–17 | |
Manchester United | 75 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 74 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 149 | 44 | 46 | 59 | 187 | 236 | 29.53 | 1905–06 | 2016–17 | |
Middlesbrough | 52 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 53 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 105 | 48 | 29 | 28 | 160 | 118 | 45.71 | 1907–08 | 2016–17 | |
Millwall | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 37.50 | 1928–29 | 1989–90 | |
Newcastle United | 71 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 71 | 16 | 18 | 37 | 142 | 57 | 37 | 48 | 215 | 181 | 40.14 | 1907–08 | 2015–16 | |
Northampton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 100.00 | 1965–66 | 1965–66 | |
Norwich City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 55 | 47 | 40.00 | 1962–63 | 2015–16 | |
Nottingham Forest | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 84 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 107 | 121 | 39.29 | 1906–07 | 1998–99 | |
Notts County | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 52 | 37.50 | 1907–08 | 1991–92 | |
Oldham Athletic | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 77 | 60 | 39.58 | 1912–13 | 1993–94 | |
Oxford United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 40.00 | 1975–76 | 1988–89 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 50.00 | 1962–63 | 1988–89 | |
Port Vale | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 50.00 | 1905–06 | 1928–29 | [upper-alpha 7] |
Portsmouth | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 74 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 135 | 105 | 44.59 | 1924–25 | 2009–10 | |
Preston North End | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 70 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 103 | 93 | 40.00 | 1907–08 | 1980–81 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 61 | 57 | 36.96 | 1968–69 | 2014–15 | |
Reading | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 50.00 | 1926–27 | 2012–13 | |
Rotherham United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 33.33 | 1962–63 | 1982–83 | |
Scunthorpe United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50.00 | 1962–63 | 1962–63 | |
Sheffield United | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 122 | 103 | 44.59 | 1907–08 | 2006–07 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 50 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 50 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 100 | 27 | 36 | 37 | 126 | 152 | 27.00 | 1907–08 | 1999–2000 | [upper-alpha 8] |
Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 41.67 | 1979–80 | 1988–89 | |
South Shields | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 25.00 | 1924–25 | 1927–28 | |
Southampton | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 85 | 37 | 24 | 24 | 132 | 109 | 43.53 | 1924–25 | 2016–17 | |
Stockport County | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 50.00 | 1905–06 | 1925–26 | |
Stoke City | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 41 | 19 | 24 | 127 | 105 | 48.81 | 1922–23 | 2015–16 | [upper-alpha 9] |
Sunderland | 59 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 118 | 59 | 21 | 38 | 212 | 172 | 50.00 | 1907–08 | 2015–16 | |
Swansea City | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 30 | 44.83 | 1925–26 | 2016–17 | [upper-alpha 10] |
Swindon Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 75.00 | 1988–89 | 1993–94 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 69 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 68 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 137 | 57 | 41 | 39 | 207 | 195 | 41.61 | 1909–10 | 2016–17 | |
Walsall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 75.00 | 1962–63 | 1988–89 | |
Watford | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 43.48 | 1979–80 | 2016–17 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 60 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 120 | 52 | 30 | 38 | 197 | 178 | 43.33 | 1905–06 | 2015–16 | |
West Ham United | 48 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 95 | 40 | 19 | 36 | 153 | 146 | 42.11 | 1923–24 | 2016–17 | |
Wigan Athletic | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 81.25 | 2005–06 | 2012–13 | |
Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 38.46 | 1986–87 | 1999–2000 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 50 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 100 | 37 | 26 | 37 | 171 | 172 | 37.00 | 1906–07 | 2011–12 | |
Wrexham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 50.00 | 1979–80 | 1981–82 | |
York City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 1975–76 | 1975–76 |
Notes
- ↑ Record against Woolwich Arsenal included
- ↑ Record against Small Heath and Birmingham included
- ↑ Record against Chesterfield Town included
- ↑ Record against Glossop included
- ↑ Record against Leicester Fosse included
- ↑ Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included
- ↑ Record against Burslem Port Vale included
- ↑ Record against The Wednesday included
- ↑ Record against Stoke included
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Team History – Introduction". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "Chelsea". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Second Division championship: 1988/89". Chelsea F.C. official website. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (3 May 2015). "Chelsea 1 0 Crystal Palace". BBC Online. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Chelsea football club match record: 1905-06 season". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Head-to-head v Arsenal". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Head-to-head v Wigan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Head-to-head v Sunderland". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Head-to-head v Everton". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "Head-to-head v Liverpool". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 March 2016.