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The first Chelsea team in September 1905. 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 . It details their record in every major competition entered, as well as the top goalscorers for each season.
First UEFA Champions League match: Chelsea v. Skonto Riga, third qualifying round, 11 August 1999; First UEFA Champions League match (proper): Chelsea v. Milan, first group stage, 15 September 1999; First FA Cup winners at the new Wembley Stadium: Chelsea v. Manchester United, 2007 FA Cup final, 19 May 2007; First domestic double: Chelsea v.
As of the 2022–23 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. [5] Chelsea played their inaugural league fixture as part of the Football League Second Division on 2 September 1905 against Stockport County. [6]
In 2018 Conte was sacked after a fifth-place finish and replaced with Maurizio Sarri, [53] [54] under whom Chelsea reached the League Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester City [55] and won the Europa League for a second time, beating Arsenal 4–1 in the final.
The club won the league in 2004–05, 12 points ahead of runners-up Arsenal, scoring 72 goals and conceding 15 in the process. [18] [19] Chelsea won a second successive Premier League title in 2005–06 before Manchester United became the third different club to win the league in four seasons in 2006–07. [20] [21]
It was also the first time in Chelsea's history that they were under four different managers in a single season. As Chelsea finished in 12th place, this was the first season since 1995–96 that the team failed to finish in the top half of the league table and the club's lowest league finish since ending the 1993–94 season in 14th place.
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Chelsea only managed one shot on target during the entire game, and the result saw Manchester City move 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League table. [82] Two days later, Chelsea drew 1–1 with Brighton. The result meant that Chelsea had only won three of their last ten Premier League matches. [83]