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 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

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of matches played on 3 December 2016.
Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent
Club Home Away Total Win% First Last Note(s)
P W D L P W D L P W D L F A
Arsenal Premier League team 79292525 80212237 159 50 47 62 204 223 31.45 1907–08 2016–17 [upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa 69371319 69181932 138 55 32 51 214 202 39.86 1907–08 2015–16
Barnsley 151104 15555 30 16 5 9 60 42 53.33 1905–06 1997–98
Birmingham City 4123126 41151214 82 38 24 20 140 107 46.34 1907–08 2010–11 [upper-alpha 2]
Blackburn Rovers 51271212 51161520 102 43 27 32 150 125 42.16 1907–08 2011–12
Blackpool 3920109 3916419 78 36 14 28 137 109 46.15 1905–06 2010–11
Bolton Wanderers 54291312 54181422 108 47 27 34 181 155 43.52 1907–08 2011–12
A.F.C. Bournemouth Premier League team 2101 2101 4 2 0 2 6 3 50.00 1988–89 2015–16
Bradford City 171412 17377 34 17 8 9 58 50 50.00 1905–06 2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue 7502 7313 14 8 1 5 25 14 57.14 1910–11 1929–30
Brentford 5401 5113 10 5 1 4 14 13 50.00 1935–36 1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion 2200 2200 4 4 0 0 6 1 100.000 1983–84 1988–89
Bristol City 12750 12066 24 7 11 6 32 25 29.17 1905–06 1980–81
Bristol Rovers 4310 4103 8 4 1 3 8 7 50.00 1975–76 1980–81
Burnley Premier League team 4221615 4191121 83 30 17 36 108 132 36.14 1905–06 2016–17
Burton United Defunct team 2200 2101 4 3 0 1 9 4 75.00 1905–06 1906–07
Bury 5401 5014 10 4 1 5 20 18 40.00 1907–08 1962–63
Cambridge United 5410 5401 10 8 1 1 20 4 80.00 1979–80 1983–84
Cardiff City 181125 18666 36 17 8 11 58 46 47.22 1921–22 2013–14
Carlisle United 5311 5212 10 5 2 3 14 11 50.00 1974–75 1983–84
Charlton Athletic 3316710 3312912 66 28 16 22 108 96 42.42 1929–30 2006–07
Chesterfield 2101 2110 4 2 1 1 9 2 50.00 1905–06 1906–07 [upper-alpha 3]
Coventry City 271764 278811 54 25 14 15 90 71 46.30 1924–25 2000–01
Crystal Palace Premier League team 19982 19964 38 18 14 6 59 32 47.37 1924–25 2015–16
Darlington Defunct team 2110 2020 4 1 3 0 10 7 25.00 1925–26 1926–27
Derby County 47211511 47131024 94 34 25 35 137 138 36.17 1910–11 2007–08
Everton Premier League team 78402612 77172238 155 57 48 50 245 233 36.77 1907–08 2016–17
Fulham 3520132 352195 70 41 22 7 119 61 58.57 1910–11 2013–14
Gainsborough Trinity 4301 4211 8 5 1 2 15 8 62.50 1905–06 1911–12
Glossop North End 4310 4301 8 6 1 1 20 7 75.00 1905–06 1911–12 [upper-alpha 4]
Grimsby Town 201523 205510 40 20 7 13 73 47 50.00 1905–06 1983–84
Hereford United Defunct team 1100 1010 2 1 1 0 7 3 50.00 1976–77 1976–77
Huddersfield Town 281378 2810117 56 23 8 25 82 85 41.07 1910–11 1983–84
Hull City Premier League team 171403 181044 35 24 4 7 62 21 68.57 1905–06 2016–17
Ipswich Town 191342 19667 38 19 10 9 66 47 50.00 1961–62 2001–02
Leeds City Defunct team 4400 4130 8 5 3 0 18 6 62.50 1905–06 1911–12
Leeds United 45211311 4551228 90 26 25 39 107 136 28.89 1927–28 2003–04
Leicester City divisional rivals 4833114 47111620 95 44 27 24 167 116 46.32 1905–06 2016–17 [upper-alpha 5]
Leyton Orient 14743 14824 28 15 6 7 46 29 53.57 1905–06 1981–82 [upper-alpha 6]
Lincoln City 3300 3210 6 5 1 0 22 3 83.33 1905–06 1910–11
Liverpool Premier League team 74381620 73111646 147 49 32 66 202 227 33.33 1907–08 2016–17
Luton Town 191054 19568 38 15 11 12 60 51 39.47 1955–56 1991–92
Manchester City Premier League team 71352214 72231732 143 58 39 46 201 180 40.56 1907–08 2016–17
Manchester United Premier League team 75252030 74192629 149 44 46 59 187 236 29.53 1905–06 2016–17
Middlesbrough Premier League team 5234135 53141623 105 48 29 28 160 118 45.71 1907–08 2016–17
Millwall 4211 4112 8 3 2 3 12 10 37.50 1928–29 1989–90
Newcastle United 71411911 71161837 142 57 37 48 215 181 40.14 1907–08 2015–16
Northampton Town 1100 1100 2 2 0 0 4 2 100.000 1965–66 1965–66
Norwich City 201064 20668 40 16 12 12 55 47 40.00 1962–63 2015–16
Nottingham Forest 4222137 42111318 84 33 26 25 107 121 39.29 1906–07 1998–99
Notts County 16943 16349 32 12 8 12 49 52 37.50 1907–08 1991–92
Oldham Athletic 241473 245613 48 19 13 16 77 60 39.58 1912–13 1993–94
Oxford United 5311 5131 10 4 4 2 21 17 40.00 1975–76 1988–89
Plymouth Argyle 4130 4301 8 4 3 1 18 9 50.00 1962–63 1988–89
Port Vale 7610 7133 14 7 4 3 29 13 50.00 1905–06 1928–29 [upper-alpha 7]
Portsmouth 3719126 37141013 74 33 22 19 135 105 44.59 1924–25 2009–10
Preston North End 3518107 3510619 70 28 16 26 103 93 40.00 1907–08 1980–81
Queens Park Rangers 231265 235108 46 17 16 13 61 57 36.96 1968–69 2014–15
Reading 7430 7322 14 7 5 2 22 17 50.00 1926–27 2012–13
Rotherham United 3111 3102 6 2 1 3 6 12 33.33 1962–63 1982–83
Scunthorpe United 1100 1001 2 1 0 1 3 3 50.00 1962–63 1962–63
Sheffield United 3720107 3713519 74 33 15 26 122 103 44.59 1907–08 2006–07
Sheffield Wednesday 50211712 5061925 100 27 36 37 126 152 27.00 1907–08 1999–2000 [upper-alpha 8]
Shrewsbury Town 6402 6123 12 5 2 5 21 18 41.67 1979–80 1988–89
South Shields Defunct team 4220 4022 8 2 4 2 14 10 25.00 1924–25 1927–28
Southampton Premier League team 42191211 43181213 85 37 24 24 132 109 43.53 1924–25 2016–17
Stockport County 6420 6222 12 6 4 2 17 13 50.00 1905–06 1925–26
Stoke City Premier League team 4224117 4217817 84 41 19 24 127 105 48.81 1922–23 2015–16 [upper-alpha 9]
Sunderland Premier League team 5939119 59201029 118 59 21 38 212 172 50.00 1907–08 2015–16
Swansea City Premier League team 14941 15465 29 13 10 6 52 30 44.83 1925–26 2016–17 [upper-alpha 10]
Swindon Town 2200 2110 4 3 1 0 9 4 75.00 1988–89 1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League team 69341619 68232520 137 57 41 39 207 195 41.61 1909–10 2016–17
Walsall 2101 2200 4 3 0 1 14 2 75.00 1962–63 1988–89
Watford Premier League team 11344 12714 23 10 5 8 36 33 43.48 1979–80 2016–17
West Bromwich Albion Premier League team 60301614 60221424 120 52 30 38 197 178 43.33 1905–06 2015–16
West Ham United Premier League team 48251112 4715824 95 40 19 36 153 146 42.11 1923–24 2016–17
Wigan Athletic 8710 8611 16 13 2 1 40 10 81.25 2005–06 2012–13
Wimbledon Defunct team 13454 13652 26 10 10 6 38 34 38.46 1986–87 1999–2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers 50211415 50161222 100 37 26 37 171 172 37.00 1906–07 2011–12
Wrexham 3210 3102 6 3 1 2 11 11 50.00 1979–80 1981–82
York City 1010 1010 2 0 2 0 2 2 00.00 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
Specific
  1. "Team History – Introduction". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. 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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