List of Chelsea F.C. seasons

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{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

File:Chelsea Team 1905.jpg

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 (2024–25). 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 Chelsea's division that season.

Chelsea have won every major domestic and international honour, and have never been outside the top two divisions in English football. In total, the club have won six League Championships (the First Division and its successor, the Premier League), eight FA Cups, five League Cups, two UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, one UEFA Conference League, and two FIFA Club World Cups. In addition, Chelsea have also won various minor honours, including four FA Community/Charity Shields, two Full Members' Cups, and two UEFA Super Cups.

As of the end of the 2024–25 season, Chelsea have spent 90 seasons in the top division.

Key

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  • Pld – Matches played
  • W – Matches won
  • D – Matches drawn
  • L – Matches lost
  • GF – Goals for
  • GA – Goals against
  • Pts – Points
  • Pos – Final position

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  • 1Q – First qualifying round
  • 2Q – Second qualifying round
  • 3Q – Third qualifying round
  • PO – Play-off round
  • R32 – Round of 32
  • R16 – Round of 16
  • R1 – Round 1
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R3 – Round 3
  • R4 – Round 4
  • R5 – Round 5
  • R6 – Round 6
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • RU – Runners-up
  • W – Winners

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|bgcolor=Gold|Winners

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|Runners-up

|bgcolor=Honeydew|Promoted ↑

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Relegated ↓

|bgcolor=Yellow|Top scorer(s) in Chelsea's division

{{notelist}}

Seasons

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|+Results of league and cup competitions by season

!rowspan=2 width=8% scope=col|Season

!colspan=9|League

!rowspan=2|FA Cup

!rowspan=2|League
Cup

!colspan=8|Other competitions

!colspan=2|Top goalscorer(s){{efn|name=Goals|Competitive matches only. Includes all goals scored in the Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Full Members' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, and Charity/Community Shield.}}

DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosCSUCLUELUECCWCUSCFWCFMPlayer(s)Goals
1905–06

|Div 2

|38||22||9||7||90||37||53||3rd||3Q||

|||||||||||||||

|Frank Pearson


Jimmy Windridge||18
1906–07

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|38||26||5||7||80||34||57||bgcolor=honeydew|2nd||R1||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=3|George Hilsdon||27

1907–08

|Div 1

|38||14||8||16||53||62||36||13th||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|30

1908–09

|Div 1

|38||14||9||15||56||61||37||11th||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|27

1909–10

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Div 1 ↓

|38||11||7||20||47||70||29||bgcolor=mistyrose|19th||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|Jimmy Windridge||6

1910–11

|Div 2

|38||20||9||9||71||35||49||3rd||SF||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=3|Bob Whittingham||bgcolor=Yellow|34{{efn|name=Whittingham|31 goals in the Second Division.}}

1911–12

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|38||24||6||8||64||34||54||bgcolor=honeydew|2nd||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|26

1912–13

|Div 1

|38||11||6||21||51||73||28||18th||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|12

1913–14

|Div 1

|38||16||7||15||46||55||39||8th||R1||

|||||||||||||||

|Harold Halse

|10

1914–15

|Div 1

|38||8||13||17||51||65||29||19th{{efn|name=1915Relegation|Chelsea ended the 1914–15 season in a relegation position, but when the league was expanded after the First World War the club was invited to rejoin the First Division.}}||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||

|||||||||||||||

|Bob Thomson||18

colspan="22" align="center" |Competitive football was suspended during World War I. Chelsea played in the unofficial Football Combination until 1919.
1919–20

|Div 1

|42||22||5||15||56||51||49||3rd||SF||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=3|Jack Cock||24

1920–21

|Div 1

|42||13||13||16||48||58||38||18th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|15

1921–22

|Div 1

|42||17||12||13||40||43||46||9th||R1||

|||||||||||||||

|13

1922–23

|Div 1

|42||9||18||15||45||53||36||19th||R2||

|||||||||||||||

|Harry Ford


Buchanan Sharp||10
1923–24

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Div 1 ↓

|42||9||14||19||31||53||32||bgcolor=mistyrose|21st||R1||

|||||||||||||||

|Andy Wilson||6

1924–25

|Div 2

|42||16||15||11||51||37||47||5th||R1||

|||||||||||||||

|William Whitton||16

1925–26

|Div 2

|42||19||14||9||76||49||52||3rd||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=2|Bob Turnbull||30

1926–27

|Div 2

|42||20||12||10||62||52||52||4th||R6||

|||||||||||||||

|23

1927–28

|Div 2

|42||23||8||11||75||45||54||3rd||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|James Thompson||25

1928–29

|Div 2

|42||17||10||15||64||65||44||9th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|George Biswell


Jimmy Thompson
Andy Wilson||9
1929–30

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|42||22||11||9||74||46||55||bgcolor=honeydew|2nd||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|George Mills||14

1930–31

|Div 1

|42||15||10||17||64||67||40||12th||R6||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=4|Hughie Gallacher||14

1931–32

|Div 1

|42||16||8||18||69||73||40||12th||SF||

|||||||||||||||

|30

1932–33

|Div 1

|42||14||7||21||63||73||35||18th||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|19

1933–34

|Div 1

|42||14||8||20||67||69||36||19th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|16

1934–35

|Div 1

|42||16||9||17||73||82||41||12th||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|Dick Spence||19

1935–36

|Div 1

|42||15||13||14||65||72||43||8th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|Joe Bambrick||19

1936–37

|Div 1

|42||14||13||15||52||55||41||13th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=2|George Mills||23

1937–38

|Div 1

|42||14||13||15||65||65||41||10th||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|13

1938–39

|Div 1

|42||12||9||21||64||80||33||20th||R6||

|||||||||||||||

|Joe Payne||19

colspan="22" |Competitive football was suspended during World War II. Chelsea played in the unofficial Wartime Leagues until 1945.
1945–46

|colspan="9"|The FA Cup was resumed in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume for another season.

|R5

|||||||||||||||

|||

1946–47

|Div 1

|42||16||7||19||69||84||39||15th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|Tommy Lawton||30

1947–48

|Div 1

|42||14||9||19||53||71||37||18th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|Ken Armstrong||13

1948–49

|Div 1

|42||12||14||16||69||68||38||13th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=8|Roy Bentley||22

1949–50

|Div 1

|42||12||16||14||58||65||40||13th||SF||

|||||||||||||||

|22

1950–51

|Div 1

|42||12||8||22||53||65||32||20th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|11

1951–52

|Div 1

|42||14||8||20||52||72||36||19th||SF||

|||||||||||||||

|17

1952–53

|Div 1

|42||12||11||19||56||66||35||19th||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|17

1953–54

|Div 1

|42||16||12||14||74||68||44||8th||R3||

|||||||||||||||

|21

1954–55

|Div 1

|42||20||12||10||81||57||52||bgcolor=Gold|1st||R5||

|||||||||||||||

|21

1955–56

|Div 1

|42||14||11||17||64||77||39||16th||R5||

|bgcolor=Gold|W

|w/d{{efn|name=EuropeanCup|As English champions, Chelsea qualified for the inaugural European Champions' Cup, but withdrew under pressure from the Football League, whose chairman Alan Hardaker felt priority should be given to domestic competitions.}}|||||||||||||

|16

1956–57

|Div 1

|42||13||13||16||73||73||39||13th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|Johnny McNichol||11

1957–58

|Div 1

|42||15||12||15||83||79||42||11th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=4|Jimmy Greaves||22

1958–59

|Div 1

|42||18||4||20||77||98||40||14th||R4||

||||||QF||||||||||

|bgcolor=Yellow|37{{efn|name=Greaves59|33 goals in the First Division.}}

1959–60

|Div 1

|42||14||9||19||76||91||37||18th||R4||

|||||||||||||||

|30

1960–61

|Div 1

|42||15||7||20||98||100||37||12th||R3||R4

|||||||||||||||

|bgcolor=Yellow|43{{efn|name=Greaves61|41 goals in the First Division.}}

1961–62

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Div 1 ↓

|42||9||10||23||63||94||28||bgcolor=mistyrose|22nd||R3

|w/d{{efn|name=LeagueCup|In the early years of the League Cup, some clubs opted not to participate. Chelsea withdrew from the competition in 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1965–66.}}|||||||||||||||||

|rowspan=3|Bobby Tambling||22

1962–63

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|42||24||4||14||81||42||52||bgcolor=honeydew|2nd||R5||w/d{{efn|name=LeagueCup}}

|||||||||||||||

|bgcolor=Yellow|37{{efn|name=Tambling|35 goals in the Second Division.}}

1963–64

|Div 1

|42||20||10||12||72||56||50||5th||R4||R2

|||||||||||||||

|19

1964–65

|Div 1

|42||24||8||10||89||54||56||3rd||SF||bgcolor=gold|W

|||||||||||||||

|Barry Bridges||27

1965–66

|Div 1

|42||22||7||13||65||53||51||5th||SF||w/d{{efn|name=LeagueCup}}

|||||SF||||||||||

|George Graham


Bobby Tambling||23
1966–67

|Div 1

|42||15||14||13||67||62||44||9th||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R3

|||||||||||||||

|Bobby Tambling||28

1967–68

|Div 1

|42||18||12||12||62||68||48||6th||R6||R2

|||||||||||||||

|Peter Osgood||17

1968–69

|Div 1

|42||20||10||12||73||53||50||5th||R6||R3

|||||R2||||||||||

|Bobby Tambling||19

1969–70

|Div 1

|42||21||13||8||70||50||55||3rd||bgcolor=gold|W||R4

|||||||||||||||

|Peter Osgood||31

1970–71

|Div 1

|42||18||15||9||52||42||51||6th||R4||R4

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||||||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||

|Keith Weller||14

1971–72

|Div 1

|42||18||12||12||58||49||48||7th||R5||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU

|||||||||R2||||||

|rowspan=2|Peter Osgood||31

1972–73

|Div 1

|42||13||14||15||49||51||40||12th||R6||SF

|||||||||||||||

|17

1973–74

|Div 1

|42||12||13||17||56||60||37||17th||R3||R2

|||||||||||||||

|Tommy Baldwin||9

1974–75

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Div 1 ↓

|42||9||15||18||42||72||33||bgcolor=mistyrose|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

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|42||21||13||8||73||53||55||bgcolor=honeydew|2nd||R3||R4

|||||||||||||||

|Steve Finnieston||26

1977–78

|Div 1

|42||11||14||17||46||69||36||16th||R5||R2

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=2|Tommy Langley||13

1978–79

|bgcolor=mistyrose|Div 1 ↓

|42||5||10||27||44||92||20||bgcolor=mistyrose|22nd||R3||R2

|||||||||||||||

|16

1979–80

|Div 2

|42||23||7||12||66||52||53||4th||R3||R2

|||||||||||||||

|Mike Fillery


Clive Walker||13
1980–81

|Div 2

|42||14||12||16||46||41||40||12th||R3||R2

|||||||||||||||

|Colin Lee||16

1981–82

|Div 2

|42||15||12||15||60||60||57||12th||R6||R3

|||||||||||||||

|Clive Walker||17

1982–83

|Div 2

|42||11||14||17||51||61||47||18th||R4||R3

|||||||||||||||

|Mike Fillery||12

1983–84

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|42||25||13||4||90||40||88||bgcolor=honeydew|1st||R3||R3

|||||||||||||||

|rowspan=4|Kerry Dixon||bgcolor=Yellow|34{{efn|name=Dixon84|28 goals in the Second Division.}}

1984–85

|Div 1

|42||18||12||12||63||48||66||6th||R4||SF

|||||||||||||||

|bgcolor=Yellow|36{{efn|name=Dixon85|24 goals in the First Division; joint top scorer alongside Gary Lineker (Leicester City).}}

1985–86

|Div 1

|42||20||11||11||57||56||71||6th||R4||R5

|||||||||||||||bgcolor=Gold|W

|23

1986–87

|Div 1

|42||13||13||16||53||64||52||14th||R4||R3

||||||||||||||||QF

|12

1987–88

|bgcolor=MistyRose|Div 1 ↓

|40||9||15||16||50||68||42||bgcolor=mistyrose|18th{{efn|name=Relegation88|Chelsea were relegated after losing a two-legged play-off against Middlesbrough.}}||R4||R2

|||||||||||||||R3

|Gordon Durie||20

1988–89

|bgcolor=honeydew|Div 2 ↑

|46||29||12||5||96||50||99||bgcolor=honeydew|1st||R3||R2

|||||||||||||||R3

|rowspan=2|Kerry Dixon||28

1989–90

|Div 1

|38||16||12||10||58||50||60||5th||R4||R2

|||||||||||||||bgcolor=Gold|W

|25

1990–91

|Div 1

|38||13||10||15||58||69||49||11th||R3||SF

|||||||||||||||R3

|Kerry Dixon


Gordon Durie||15
1991–92

|Div 1

|42||13||14||15||50||60||53||14th||R6||R2

|||||||||||||||SF

|Dennis Wise||14

1992–93

|Prem

|42||14||14||14||51||54||56||11th||R3||R5

||||||||||||||||

|Mick Harford||11

1993–94

|Prem

|42||13||12||17||49||53||51||14th||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R3

||||||||||||||||

|Gavin Peacock


Mark Stein||14
1994–95

|Prem

|42||13||15||14||50||55||54||11th||R4||R3

|||||||||SF||||||

|Paul Furlong


John Spencer||13
1995–96

|Prem

|38||12||14||12||46||44||50||11th||SF||R2

|||||||||||||||

|John Spencer||14

1996–97

|Prem

|38||16||11||11||58||55||59||6th||bgcolor=Gold|W||R3

|||||||||||||||

|Mark Hughes||14

1997–98

|Prem

|38||20||3||15||71||43||63||4th||R3||bgcolor=Gold|W

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||||||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||

|Gianluca Vialli||19

1998–99

|Prem

|38||20||15||3||57||30||75||3rd||R6||R5

|||||||||SF||bgcolor=Gold|W||||

|Gianfranco Zola||15

1999–2000

|Prem

|38||18||11||9||53||34||65||5th||bgcolor=Gold|W||R3

|||QF||||||||||||

|Tore André Flo||19

2000–01

|Prem

|38||17||10||11||68||45||61||6th||R5||R3

|bgcolor=Gold|W||||R1||||||||||

|rowspan=2|Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink||bgcolor=Yellow|26{{efn|name=JFH|23 goals in the Premier League.}}

2001–02

|Prem

|38||17||13||8||66||38||64||6th||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||SF

|||||R2||||||||||

|29

2002–03

|Prem

|38||19||10||9||68||38||67||4th||R6||R5

|||||R1||||||||||

|Gianfranco Zola||16

2003–04

|Prem

|38||24||7||7||67||30||79||bgcolor=DCDCDC|2nd||R5||R5

|||SF||||||||||||

|Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink||17

2004–05

|Prem

|38||29||8||1||72||15||95||bgcolor=Gold|1st||R5||bgcolor=Gold|W

|||SF||||||||||||

|rowspan=2|Frank Lampard||19

2005–06

|Prem

|38||29||4||5||72||22||91||bgcolor=Gold|1st||SF||R3

|bgcolor=Gold|W||R16||||||||||||

|20

2006–07

|Prem

|38||24||11||3||64||24||83||bgcolor=DCDCDC|2nd||bgcolor=Gold|W||bgcolor=Gold|W

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||SF||||||||||||

|Didier Drogba||bgcolor=Yellow|33{{efn|name=Drogba07|20 goals in the Premier League.}}

2007–08

|Prem

|38||25||10||3||65||26||85||bgcolor=DCDCDC|2nd||R6||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||||||||||

|Frank Lampard||20

2008–09

|Prem

|38||25||8||5||68||24||83||3rd||bgcolor=Gold|W||R4

|||SF||||||||||||

|Nicolas Anelka||bgcolor=Yellow|25{{efn|name=Anelka|19 goals in the Premier League.}}

2009–10

|Prem

|38||27||5||6||103||32||86||bgcolor=Gold|1st||bgcolor=Gold|W||R5

|bgcolor=Gold|W||R16||||||||||||

|Didier Drogba||bgcolor=Yellow|37{{efn|name=Drogba10|29 goals in the Premier League.}}

2010–11

|Prem

|38||21||8||9||69||33||71||bgcolor=DCDCDC|2nd||R4||R3

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||QF||||||||||||

|Nicolas Anelka||16

2011–12

|Prem

|38||18||10||10||65||46||64||6th||bgcolor=Gold|W||R5

|||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||||||||

|Frank Lampard||16

2012–13

|Prem

|38||22||9||7||75||39||75||3rd||SF||SF

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||GS||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||

|Fernando Torres||22

2013–14

|Prem

|38||25||7||6||71||27||82||3rd||R5||R5

|||SF||||||||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||

|Eden Hazard||17

2014–15

|Prem

|38||26||9||3||73||32||87||bgcolor=Gold|1st||R4||bgcolor=Gold|W

|||R16||||||||||||

|rowspan="3"|Diego Costa||21

2015–16

|Prem

|38||12||14||12||59||53||50||10th||R6||R4

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R16||||||||||||

|16

2016–17

|Prem

|38||30||3||5||85||33||93||bgcolor=Gold|1st||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R4

|||||||||||||||

|22

2017–18

|Prem

|38||21||7||10||62||38||70||5th||bgcolor=Gold|W||SF

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R16||||||||||||

|rowspan="2"|Eden Hazard||17

2018–19

|Prem

|38||21||9||8||63||39||72||3rd||R5||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU

|bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||||||

|21

2019–20

|Prem

|38||20||6||12||69||54||66||4th||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R4

|||R16||||||||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||||

|Tammy Abraham||18

2020–21

|Prem

|38||19||10||9||58||36||67||4th||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||R4

|||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||||||||

|Tammy Abraham


Timo Werner||12
2021–22

|Prem

|38||21||11||6||76||33||74||3rd||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU

|||QF||||||||bgcolor=Gold|W||bgcolor=Gold|W||

|Romelu Lukaku||15

2022–23

|Prem

|38||11||11||16||38||47||44||12th||R3||R3

|||QF||||||||||||

|Kai Havertz


Raheem Sterling||9
2023–24

|Prem

|38||18||9||11||77||63||63||6th||SF||bgcolor=DCDCDC|RU

|||||||||||||||

|Cole Palmer||25

2024–25

|Prem

|38||20||9||9||64||43||69||4th||R4||R4

|||||||bgcolor=Gold|W||||||bgcolor=Gold|W||

|Cole Palmer||18

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book | author=Glanvill, Rick | title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years| publisher=Headline Book Publishing Ltd| year=2005| isbn=0-7553-1465-4}}
  • {{cite book | author=Hockings, Ron | title=100 Years of The Blues - A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006}}

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