List of Chelsea F.C. seasons explained

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 (2023–24). 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.

The club have won every major domestic and international honour, and have never been outside the top two divisions in English football. In total, Chelsea have won six League Championships (the First Division and its successor, the Premier League), eight FA Cups, five League Cups, one FIFA Club World Cup, two UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Europa Leagues, and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. The club 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 2023–24 season, Chelsea have spent 89 seasons in the top division.

Key

• Prem – Premier League
• Div 1 – Football League First Division
• Div 2 – Football League Second Division
• CS – FA Community Shield
• CL – UEFA Champions League
• EL – UEFA Europa League
• CW – UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• SC – UEFA Super Cup
• CWC – FIFA Club World Cup
• FM – Full Members' Cup

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

• 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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Winners

Runners-up

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Relegated ↓

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Top scorer(s) in Chelsea's division

Seasons

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League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other competitions							Top goalscorer(s)
Division			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	CS	CL	EL	CW	SC	CWC	FM	Player(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									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									Bob Whittingham	bgcolor=Yellow	34
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	RU									Bob Thomson	18
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									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									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									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									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
Competitive football was suspended during World War II. Chelsea played in the unofficial Wartime Leagues until 1945.
1945–46	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									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	N/A							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									Jimmy Greaves	22
1958–59	Div 1	42	18	4	20	77	98	40	14th	R4				QF						bgcolor=Yellow	37
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
1961–62	bgcolor=MistyRose	Div 1 ↓	42	9	10	23	63	94	28	bgcolor=mistyrose	22nd	R3	N/A								Bobby Tambling	22
1962–63	bgcolor=honeydew	Div 2 ↑	42	24	4	14	81	42	52	bgcolor=honeydew	2nd	R5	N/A									bgcolor=Yellow	37
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	N/A			SF					George Graham Bobby Tambling	23
1966–67	Div 1	42	15	14	13	67	62	44	9th	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	RU			bgcolor=Gold	W				Keith Weller	14
1971–72	Div 1	42	18	12	12	58	49	48	7th	R5	RU				R2				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								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								Kerry Dixon	bgcolor=Yellow	34
1984–85	Div 1	42	18	12	12	63	48	66	6th	R4	SF								bgcolor=Yellow	36
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	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	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	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	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					Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	bgcolor=Yellow	26
2001–02	Prem	38	17	13	8	66	38	64	6th	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	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						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	2nd	bgcolor=Gold	W	bgcolor=Gold	W	RU	SF						Didier Drogba	bgcolor=Yellow	33
2007–08	Prem	38	25	10	3	65	26	85	2nd	R6	RU	RU	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
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
2010–11	Prem	38	21	8	9	69	33	71	2nd	R4	R3	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	RU	GS	bgcolor=Gold	W		RU	RU		Fernando Torres	22
2013–14	Prem	38	25	7	6	71	27	82	3rd	R5	R5		SF			RU			Eden Hazard	17
2014–15	Prem	38	26	9	3	73	32	87	bgcolor=Gold	1st	R4	bgcolor=Gold	W		R16						Diego Costa	21
2015–16	Prem	38	12	14	12	59	53	50	10th	R6	R4	RU	R16						16
2016–17	Prem	38	30	3	5	85	33	93	bgcolor=Gold	1st	RU	R4								22
2017–18	Prem	38	21	7	10	62	38	70	5th	bgcolor=Gold	W	SF	RU	R16						Eden Hazard	17
2018–19	Prem	38	21	9	8	63	39	72	3rd	R5	RU	RU		bgcolor=Gold	W						21
2019–20	Prem	38	20	6	12	69	54	66	4th	RU	R4		R16			RU			Tammy Abraham	18
2020–21	Prem	38	19	10	9	58	36	67	4th	RU	R4		bgcolor=Gold	W						Tammy Abraham Timo Werner	12
2021–22	Prem	38	21	11	6	76	33	74	3rd	RU	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	RU								Cole Palmer	25

References

• Book: Glanvill, Rick . Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. 2005. 0-7553-1465-4.
• Book: Hockings, Ron . 100 Years of The Blues - A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.