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After an underwhelming preseason, Chelsea had a rough start to their 2024–25 season, losing 0–2 to Manchester City at home. Erling Haaland opened the scoring in the 18th minute, but despite the Blues' best efforts to equalize, former Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovačić scored from outside of the box to win the game for City. [2]
The 2022–23 season was Chelsea Football Club's 117th year in existence and 34th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league , Chelsea participated in this season's editions of the FA Cup , EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League .
2022–23 shirts of City's new players hang alongside 2021–22 shirts of others before presentation. Manchester City had already resolved their most pressing squad issue before the end of the previous season, having announced their agreement to recruit a prolific centre-forward in Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.
The club's "football firm", originally known as the Chelsea Shed Boys, and subsequently as the Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for football violence, alongside hooligan firms from other clubs such as West Ham United's Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwackers, before, during and after matches. [154]
The 2023–24 season was Chelsea Women's 32nd competitive season and 14th consecutive season in the FA Women's Super League, the top flight of English women's football. It was Chelsea's last season under manager Emma Hayes as she left the club at the end of the season to become the new manager of the United States women's national team .
An example of the Adidas balls used in the final on display in London in 2024.. For Manchester City, this was their third European final and second UEFA Champions League final appearance; they won the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final but lost the 2021 UEFA Champions League final 1–0 to Chelsea, who were the most recent new European champions, having won in 2012.
Manchester City jointly held the record for most second division titles with Leicester City, both clubs having won the league on seven occasions, before Leicester clinched their eighth title in 2023–24. [189] Man City's first victory was in 1898–99, and the most recent in 2001–02. [14]
Chelsea; 1923–24 season; Chairman: Claude Kirby: Manager: David Calderhead: Stadium: Stamford Bridge: First Division: 21st: FA Cup: Second round: Top goalscorer: League: Andy Wilson (5) All: Andy Wilson (6) Highest home attendance: 50,000 vs West Ham United (20 October 1923) Lowest home attendance: 15,000 vs Notts County (9 February 1924 ...