Chelsea Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they were elected to play in The Football League as members of the Second Division. They were promoted into the First Division in the club's second season. 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. 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. As of the 2025–26 season, the club holds the records for the most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 25 in 2004–05. Chelsea have been English football champions six times.
Chelsea played their inaugural league fixture as part of the Football League Second Division on 2 September 1905 against Stockport County. 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 179 occasions. The club has won 70 of their league matches against Tottenham Hotspur which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club. Chelsea have drawn more matches with Manchester United than with any other club, with 54. The side has lost more league games to Liverpool than to any other club, having been defeated by them 72 times. They met their most recent different league opponent, Wigan Athletic, for the first time in the 2005–06 FA Premier League season.
All-time league record Statistics correct as of match played on 18 September 2026.
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Key The table includes results of matches played by Chelsea in The Football League (First Division and Second Division) and the Premier League. League play-off matches are not included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded. For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Woolwich Arsenal, Small Heath, and The Wednesday are integrated into the records against Arsenal, Birmingham City, and Sheffield Wednesday, respectively. Bolded clubs competed in the 2026–27 Premier League alongside Chelsea. Italicised clubs are defunct. P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference; Win% = percentage of matches won.
+Chelsea F.C. league record by opponentClub Home Away Total Notes Ref.P W D L GF GA GD Win%P W D L GF GA GD Win%P W D L GF GA GD Win%Arsenal
Aston Villa
Barnsley
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
Bournemouth
Bradford City
Bradford Park Avenue
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Bristol City
Bristol Rovers
Burnley
Burton United
Bury
Cambridge United
Cardiff City
Carlisle United
Charlton Athletic
Chesterfield
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Darlington
Derby County
Everton
Fulham
Gainsborough Trinity
Glossop North End
Grimsby Town
Hereford United
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Ipswich Town
Leeds City
Leeds United
Leicester City
Leyton Orient
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Luton Town
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Newcastle United
Northampton Town
Norwich City
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Rotherham United
Scunthorpe United
Sheffield United
Sheffield Wednesday
Shrewsbury Town
South Shields
Southampton
Stockport County
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Swindon Town
Tottenham Hotspur
Walsall
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Wigan Athletic
Wimbledon
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wrexham
York City
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