CHELSEA

Record while in the Football League.

Chelsea were elected to the Football League shortly after 
their foundation, without having kicked a ball in anger! 
Voting details.

Summary of Home and Away League results by season.

Chelsea results in European competitions.

Chelsea programmes for sale.

 

Season

Div

P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup - Round reached

League Cup - Round reached
1905/06 Div 2 38 22 9 7 90 37 53 3rd Table Results 3rd Qual -
1906/07 Div 2 38 26 5 7 80 34 57 2nd Promoted Table Results 1st -
1907/08 Div 1 38 14 8 16 53 62 36 13th Table Results 2nd -
1908/09 Div 1 38 14 9 15 56 61 37 11th Table Results 2nd -
1909/10 Div 1 38 11 7 20 47 70 29 19th Relegated Table Results 2nd -
1910/11 Div 2 38 20 9 9 71 35 49 3rd Table Results Semi -
1911/12 Div 2 38 24 6 8 64 34 54 2nd Promoted Table Results 2nd -
1912/13 Div 1 38 11 6 21 51 73 28 18th Table Results 2nd -
1913/14 Div 1 38 16 7 15 46 55 39 8th Table Results 1st -
1914/15 Div 1 38 8 13 17 51 65 29 19th Table Results Final -
1915/16 to 1918/19 Football League suspended due to World War 1

Season

Div

P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup  L Cup
1919/20 Div 1 42 22 5 15 56 51 49 3rd Table 

Results

 Semi -
1920/21 Div 1 42 13 13 16 48 58 39 18th Table  Results 4th -
1921/22 Div 1 42 17 12 13 40 43 46 9th Table  Results 1st -
1922/23 Div 1 42 9 18 15 45 53 36 19th Table  Results 2nd -
1923/24 Div 1 42 9 14 19 31 53 32 21st Relegated Table  Results 1st -
1924/25 Div 2 42 16 15 11 51 37 47 5th Table  Results 1st -
1925/26 Div 2 42 19 14 9 76 49 52 3rd Table  Results 4th -
1926/27 Div 2 42 20 12 10 62 52 52 4th Table  Results 6th -
1927/28 Div 2 42 23 8 11 75 45 54 3rd Table  Results 3rd -
1928/29 Div 2 42 17 10 15 64 65 44 9th Table  Results 5th -
1929/30 Div 2 42 22 11 9 74 46 55 2nd Promoted Table  Results 3rd -
1930/31 Div 1 42 15 10 17 64 67 40 12th Table  Results 6th -
1931/32 Div 1 42 16 8 18 69 73 40 12th Table  Results Semi -
1932/33 Div 1 42 14 7 21 63 73 35 18th Table  Results 3rd -
1933/34 Div 1 42 14 8 20 67 69 36 19th Table  Results 5th -
1934/35 Div 1 42 16 9 17 73 82 41 12th Table  Results 3rd -
1935/36 Div 1 42 15 13 14 65 72 43 8th Table  Results 5th -
1936/37 Div 1 42 14 13 15 52 55 41 13th Table  Results 4th -
1937/38 Div 1 42 14 13 15 65 65 41 10th Table  Results 3rd -
1938/39 Div 1 42 12 9 21 64 80 33 20th Table  Results 6th -
1939/40 Div 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 - Table & Results - -
1939/40 to 1945/46 Football League suspended due to World War 2

Season

Div

P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup  L Cup
1945/46

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 5th -
1946/47 Div 1 42 16 7 19 69 84 39 15th Table Results 4th -
1947/48 Div 1 42 14 9 19 53 71 37 18th Table Results 4th -
1948/49 Div 1 42 12 14 16 69 68 38 13th Table Results 5th -
1949/50 Div 1 42 12 16 14 58 65 40 13th Table Results Semi -
1950/51 Div 1 42 12 8 22 53 65 32 20th Table Results 5th -
1951/52 Div 1 42 14 8 20 52 72 36 19th Table Results Semi -
1952/53 Div 1 42 12 11 19 56 66 35 19th Table Results 5th -
1953/54 Div 1 42 16 12 14 74 68 44 8th Table Results 3rd -
1954/55 Div 1 42 20 12 10 81 57 52 1st Champs Table Results 5th -
1955/56 Div 1 42 14 11 17 64 77 39 16th Table Results 5th -
1956/57 Div 1 42 13 13 16 73 73 39 12th= Table Results 4th -
1957/58 Div 1 42 15 12 15 83 79 42 11th Table Results 4th -
1958/59 Div 1 42 18 4 20 77 98 40 14th European Competition* Table Results 4th -
1959/60 Div 1 42 14 9 19 76 91 37 18th Table Results 4th -
1960/61 Div 1 42 15 7 20 98 100 37 12th Table Results 3rd 4th
1961/62 Div 1 42 9 10 23 63 94 28 22nd Relegated Table Results 3rd DNE
1962/63 Div 2 42 24 4 14 81 42 52 2nd Promoted Table Results 5th DNE
1963/64 Div 1 42 20 10 12 72 56 50 5th Table Results 4th 2nd
1964/65 Div 1 42 24 8 10 89 54 56 3rd Table Results Semi Winners
1965/66 Div 1 42 22 7 13 65 53 51 5th European Competition Table Results Semi DNE
1966/67 Div 1 42 15 14 13 67 62 44 9th Table Results Final 3rd
1967/68 Div 1 42 18 12 12 62 68 48 6th Table Results 6th 2nd
1968/69 Div 1 42 20 10 12 73 53 50 5th European Competition Table Results 6th 3rd
1969/70 Div 1 42 21 13 8 70 50 55 3rd Table Results Winners 4th
1970/71 Div 1 42 18 15 9 52 42 51 6th European Competition Table Results 4th 4th
1971/72 Div 1 42 18 12 12 58 49 48 7th European Competition Table Results 5th Final
1972/73 Div 1 42 13 14 15 49 51 40 12th Table Results 6th Semi
1973/74 Div 1 42 12 13 17 56 60 37 17th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1974/75 Div 1 42 9 15 18 42 72 33 21st Relegated Table Results 4th 3rd
1975/76 Div 2 42 12 16 14 53 54 40 11th Table Results 5th 2nd
1976/77 Div 2 42 21 13 8 73 53 55 2nd Promoted Table Results 3rd 4th
1977/78 Div 1 42 11 14 17 46 69 36 16th Table Results 5th 2nd
1978/79 Div 1 42 5 10 27 44 92 20 22nd Relegated Table Results 3rd 2nd
1979/80 Div 2 42 23 7 12 66 52 53 4th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1980/81 Div 2 42 14 12 16 46 41 40 12th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1981/82 Div 2 42 15 12 15 60 60 57 12th Table Results 6th 3rd
1982/83 Div 2 42 11 14 17 51 61 47 18th Table Results 4th 3rd
1983/84 Div 2 42 25 13 4 90 40 88 1st Promoted Table Results 3rd 3rd
1984/85 Div 1 42 18 12 12 63 48 66 6th Table Results 4th Semi
1985/86 Div 1 42 20 11 11 57 56 71 6th Table Results 4th 5th
1986/87 Div 1 42 13 13 16 53 64 52 14th Table Results 4th 3rd
1987/88 Div 1 40 9 15 16 50 68 42 18th Relegated Table Results 4th 2nd
1988/89 Div 2 46 29 12 5 96 50 99 1st Promoted Table Results 3rd 2nd
1989/90 Div 1 38 16 12 10 58 50 60 5th Table Results 4th 2nd
1990/91 Div 1 38 13 10 15 58 69 49 11th Table Results 3rd Semi
1991/92 Div 1 42 13 14 15 50 60 53 14th Table Results 6th 2nd
1992/93 Prem 42 14 14 14 51 54 56 11th Table Results 3rd 5th
1993/94 Prem 42 13 12 17 49 53 51 14th Table Results Final 3rd
1994/95 Prem 42 13 15 14 50 55 54 11th European Competition Table Results 4th 3rd
1995/96 Prem 38 12 14 12 46 44 50 11th Table Results Semi 2nd
1996/97 Prem 38 16 11 11 58 55 59 6th Table Results Winners 3rd
1997/98 Prem 38 20 3 15 71 43 63 4th European Competition Table Results 3rd Winners
1998/99 Prem 38 20 15 3 57 30 75 3rd European Competition Table Results 6th 5th
1999/00 Prem 38 18 11 9 53 34 65 5th European Competition Table Results Winners 3rd
2000/01 Prem 38 17 10 11 68 45 61 6th European Competition Table Results 5th 3rd
2001/02 Prem 38 17 13 8 66 38 64 6th European Competition Table Results Final Semi
2002/03 Prem 38 19 10 9 68 38 67 4th European Competition Table Results 6th 5th
2003/04 Prem 38 24 7 7 67 30 79 2nd European Competition Table Results 5th 5th
2004/05 Prem 38 29 8 1 72 15 95 1st ChampsEuropean Competition Table Results 5th Winners
2005/06 Prem 38 29 4 5 72 22 91 1st ChampsEuropean Competition Table Results Semi 3rd
2006/07 Prem 38 24 11 3 64 24 83 2nd European Competition Table Results Winners Winners
2007/08 Prem 38 25 10 3 65 26 85 2nd European Competition Table Results 6th Final
2008/09 Prem 38 25 8 5 68 24 83 3rd European Competition Table Results Winners 4th
2009/10 Prem 38 27 5 6 103 32 86 1st ChampsEuropean Competition Table Results Winners 5th
2010/11 Prem 38 21 8 9 69 33 71 2nd European Competition Table Results 4th 3rd
2011/12 Prem European Competition Results 5th
DNE - Did Not Enter

European Competition* - The second staging of the Fairs Cup competition was played over the 1958/59 and 1959/60 seasons but Chelsea played matches in just the 1958/59 season.

 

 

'Well, if you really have not heard the good news, I must tell you. Loughborough beat that powerful combination, Woolwich Arsenal, by eight goals - whew! - to none. But that was not all; they had two goals disallowed, one as good a goal as ever was scored, but then we must not be too covetous, eight being pretty conclusive in all conscience'.

Part of the actual match report of the match in 1896 when Arsenal suffered what is still their record League defeat - 0-8 at Loughborough. Read the whole match report.