Chelsea F.C. seasons

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This is a record of all seasons played by Chelsea Football Club since their foundation in 1905, including their seasonal performances in all major Association Football competitions.

1 Key
2 Seasons
3 International Record
4 Notes
5 References

[edit] Key

CL = UEFA Champions League.
FC = Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
UC = UEFA Cup.
CWC = UEFA Cup Winners Cup.
SC = UEFA Super Cup
CS = FA Charity Shield/Community Shield.
FMC = Full Members Cup

Note: Bold text indicates a competition won.
Note 2: Where fields are left blank, the club did not participate in a competition that season.

[edit] Seasons

Season	Div	Pos	League record							FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other	Top scorer^[1]
			P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1905-06	2	3rd	38	22	9	7	90	37	53	PR3^[2]				Frank Pearson/Jimmy Windridge	18
1906-07	2	2nd	38	26	5	7	80	34	57	1				George Hilsdon	27
1907-08	1	13th	38	14	8	16	53	62	36	2				George Hilsdon	30
1908-09	1	11th	38	14	9	15	56	61	37	2				George Hilsdon	27
1909-10	2	19th	38	11	7	20	47	70	29	2				Jimmy Windridge	6
1910-11	2	3rd	38	20	9	9	71	35	49	S/F				Bob Whittingham	34
1911-12	2	2nd	38	24	6	8	64	34	54	2				Bob Whittingham	26
1912-13	1	18th	38	11	6	21	51	73	28	2				Bob Whittingham	12
1913-14	1	8th	38	16	7	15	46	55	39	1				Harold Halse	10
1914-15	1	19th^[3]	38	8	13	17	51	65	29	R/U				Bob Thomson	18
In 1915, competitive football was abandoned in Britain owing to World War I
1919-20	1	3rd	42	22	5	15	56	51	49	S/F				Jack Cock	24
1920-21	1	18th	42	13	13	16	48	58	38	Q/F				Jack Cock	15
1921-22	1	9th	42	17	12	13	40	43	46	1				Jack Cock	13
1922-23	1	19th	42	9	18	15	45	53	36	2				Harry Ford/Buchanan Sharp	10
1923-24	1	21st	42	9	14	19	31	53	32	1				Andy Wilson	6
1924-25	2	5th	42	16	15	11	51	37	47	1				William Whitton	16
1925-26	2	3rd	42	19	14	9	76	49	52	4				Bob Turnbull	30
1926-27	2	4th	42	20	12	10	62	52	52	Q/F				Bob Turnbull	23
1927-28	2	3rd	42	23	8	11	75	45	54	3				Jimmy Thompson	25
1928-29	2	9th	42	17	10	15	64	65	44	5				G. Biswell/A. Wilson/J. Thompson	9
1929-30	2	2nd	42	22	11	9	74	46	55	3				George Mills	14
1930-31	1	12th	42	15	10	17	64	67	40	Q/F				Hughie Gallacher	14
1931-32	1	12th	42	16	8	18	69	73	40	S/F				Hughie Gallacher	30
1932-33	1	18th	42	14	7	21	63	73	35	3				Hughie Gallacher	19
1933-34	1	19th	42	14	8	20	67	69	36	5				Hughie Gallacher	16
1934-35	1	12th	42	16	9	17	73	82	41	3				Dick Spence	19
1935-36	1	8th	42	15	13	14	65	72	43	5				Joe Bambrick	19
1936-37	1	13th	42	14	13	15	52	55	41	4				George Mills	23
1937-38	1	10th	42	14	13	15	65	65	41	3				George Mills	13
1938-39	1	20th	42	12	9	21	64	80	33	Q/F				Joe Payne	19
1939-40	1	n/a^[4]	3	1	1	1	4	4	3
In 1939, competitive football was abandoned in Britain owing to World War II
1945-46										5
1946-47	1	15th	42	16	7	19	69	84	39	4				Tommy Lawton	30
1947-48	1	18th	42	14	9	19	53	71	37	4				Ken Armstrong	13
1948-49	1	13th	42	12	14	16	69	68	38	5				Roy Bentley	22
1949-50	1	13th	42	12	16	14	58	65	40	S/F				Roy Bentley	22
1950-51	1	20th	42	12	8	22	53	65	32	5				Roy Bentley	11
1951-52	1	19th	42	14	8	20	52	72	36	S/F				Roy Bentley	17
1952-53	1	19th	42	12	11	19	56	66	35	5				Roy Bentley	17
1953-54	1	8th	42	16	12	14	74	68	44	3				Roy Bentley	21
1954-55	1	1st	42	20	12	10	81	57	52	5				Roy Bentley	21
1955-56	1	16th	42	14	11	17	64	77	39	5			CS W	Roy Bentley	16
1956-57	1	13th	42	13	13	16	73	73	39	4				John McNichol	11
1957-58	1	11th	42	15	12	15	83	79	42	4				Jimmy Greaves	22
1958-59	1	14th	42	18	4	20	77	98	40	4		FC R2		Jimmy Greaves	37
1959-60	1	18th	42	14	9	19	76	91	37	4				Jimmy Greaves	30
1960-61	1	12th	42	15	7	20	98	100	37	3	4^[5]			Jimmy Greaves	43
1961-62	1	22nd	42	9	10	23	63	94	28	3				Bobby Tambling	22
1962-63	2	2nd	42	24	4	14	81	42	52	5				Bobby Tambling	37
1963-64	1	5th	42	20	10	12	72	56	50	4	2			Bobby Tambling	19
1964-65	1	3rd	42	24	8	10	89	54	56	S/F	Winners			Barry Bridges	27
1965-66	1	5th	42	22	7	13	65	53	51	S/F		FC S/F		George Graham/Bobby Tambling	23
1966-67	1	9th	42	15	14	13	67	62	44	R/U	3			Bobby Tambling	28
1967-68	1	6th	42	18	12	12	62	68	48	Q/F	2			Peter Osgood	17
1968-69	1	5th	42	20	10	12	73	53	50	Q/F	3	FC R2		Bobby Tambling	19
1969-70	1	3rd	42	21	13	8	70	50	55	Winners	4			Peter Osgood	31
1970-71	1	6th	42	18	15	9	52	42	51	4	4	CWC Winners	CS R/U	Keith Weller	14
1971-72	1	7th	42	18	12	12	58	49	48	5	R/U	CWC R2		Peter Osgood	31
1972-73	1	12th	42	13	14	15	49	51	40	Q/F	S/F			Peter Osgood	17
1973-74	1	17th	42	12	13	17	56	60	37	3	2			Tommy Baldwin	9
1974-75	1	21st	42	9	15	18	42	72	33	4	3			Ian Hutchinson	9
1975-76	2	11th	42	12	16	14	53	54	40	5	2			Ray Wilkins	12
1976-77	2	2nd	42	21	13	8	73	53	55	3	4			Steve Finnieston	26
1977-78	1	16th	42	11	14	17	46	69	36	5	2			Tommy Langley	13
1978-79	1	22nd	42	5	10	27	44	92	20	3	2			Tommy Langley	16
1979-80	2	4th	42	23	7	12	66	52	53	3	2			Mike Fillery/Clive Walker	13
1980-81	2	12th	42	14	12	16	46	41	40	3	2			Colin Lee	16
1981-82	2	12th	42	15	12	15	60	60	57	Q/F	3			Clive Walker	17
1982-83	2	18th	42	11	14	17	51	61	47	4	3			Mike Fillery	12
1983-84	2	1st	42	25	13	4	90	40	88	3	3			Kerry Dixon	34
1984-85	1	6th	42	18	12	12	63	48	66	4	S/F			Kerry Dixon	36
1985-86	1	6th	42	20	11	11	57	56	71	4	Q/F		FMC W	Kerry Dixon	23
1986-87	1	14th	42	13	13	16	53	64	52	4	3		FMC R4	Kerry Dixon	12
1987-88	1	18th^[6]	40	9	15	16	50	68	42	4	2		FMC R3	Gordon Durie	20
1988-89	2	1st	46	29	12	5	96	50	99	3	2		FMC R3	Kerry Dixon	28
1989-90	1	5th	38	16	12	10	58	50	49	4	2		FMC W	Kerry Dixon	25
1990-91	1	11th	38	13	10	15	58	69	49	3	S/F		FMC R3	Kerry Dixon/Gordon Durie	15
1991-92	1	14th	42	13	14	15	50	60	53	Q/F	2		FMC S/F	Dennis Wise	14
1992-93	P	11th	42	14	14	14	51	54	56	3	Q/F			Mick Harford	11
1993-94	P	14th	42	13	12	17	49	53	51	R/U	3			Gavin Peacock/Mark Stein	14
1994-95	P	11th	38	13	15	14	50	55	54	4	3	CWC S/F		Paul Furlong/John Spencer	13
1995-96	P	11th	38	12	14	12	46	44	50	S/F	2			John Spencer	14
1996-97	P	6th	38	16	11	11	58	55	59	Winners	3			Mark Hughes	14
1997-98	P	4th	38	20	3	15	71	43	63	3	Winners	CWC Winners	CS R/U	Gianluca Vialli	19
1998-99	P	3rd	38	20	15	3	57	30	75	Q/F	Q/F	CWC S/F	SC W	Gianfranco Zola	15
1999-00	P	5th	38	18	11	9	53	34	65	Winners	3	CL Q/F		Tore André Flo	19
2000-01	P	6th	38	17	10	11	68	45	61	5	3	UC R1	CS W	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	26
2001-02	P	6th	38	17	13	8	66	38	64	R/U	S/F	UC R2		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	29
2002-03	P	4th	38	19	10	9	68	38	67	Q/F	Q/F	UC R1		Gianfranco Zola	16
2003-04	P	2nd	38	24	7	7	67	30	79	5	Q/F	CL S/F		Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	17
2004-05	P	1st	38	29	8	1	72	15	95	5	Winners	CL S/F		Frank Lampard	19
2005-06	P	1st	38	29	4	5	72	22	91	S/F	3	CL R2	CS W	Frank Lampard	20

[edit] International Record

Season	Achievement	Notes
Champions League
1999-00	Quarter-finals	eliminated by FC Barcelona 3-1 in London ,1-5 in Barcelona (after extra time)
2003-04	Semi-finals	eliminated by AS Monaco FC 1-3 in Monaco ,2-2 in London
2004-05	Semi-finals	eliminated by Liverpool FC 0-0 in London ,0-1 in Liverpool
Cup Winners' Cup
1970-71	Winner	won Real Madrid CF 1-1 first match, 2-1 match replay
1994-95	Semi-finals	eliminated by Real Zaragoza 0-3 in Zaragoza, 3-1 in London
1997-98	Winner	won VfB Stuttgart 1-0
1998-99	Semi-finals	eliminated by RCD Mallorca 1-1 in London, 0-1 in Mallorca
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1959-60	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Belgrade XI 1-0 in London, 1-4 in Belgrade
1965-66	Semi-finals	eliminated by FC Barcelona 0-2 in Barcelona, 2-0 in London, 0-5 in playoff
Super Cup
1998	Winner	won Real Madrid CF 1-0

[edit] Notes

^ Includes all goals scored in FA Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Full Members Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Charity/Community Shield matches
^ Chelsea were founded and entered the Football League in time for the 1905-06 season, but not in time to enter the FA Cup first round, thus forcing them to play in the preliminary rounds.
^ Having finished 19th Chelsea would normally have been relegated, but when competitive football resumed in 1919 the First Division was expanded to 22 teams; the club were invited to rejoin the division.
^ Competitive football in England was abandoned three games into the 1939-40 season and all results were annulled.
^ In the early years of the League Cup, some bigger clubs opted not to participate. Chelsea withdrew from the competition in 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1965-66.
^ Chelsea finished outside the direct relegation zone, but were relegated via the short-lived system which saw teams who finished 4th from bottom of the First Division entered into a play-off competition with Second Division teams who finished 3rd, 4th and 5th.

[edit] References

Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1465-4.
Hockings, Ron. 90 Years Of The Blues - A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905-1995.
soccerbase.com Chelsea statistics