1958–59 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1958–59 season
Chairman	Joe Mears
Manager	Ted Drake
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Greaves (32); All: Jimmy Greaves (37)
Highest home attendance	62,118 vs Wolves; (30 August 1958)
Lowest home attendance	13,104 vs BK Frem; (4 November 1958)
Average home league attendance	40,794
Biggest win	6–2 v Wolves; (30 August 1958)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Bolton Wanderers; (4 March 1959)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-fifth competitive season. The club played in European competition for the first time, and reached the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where they lost on aggregate to a Belgrade XI. With 32 league goals, Jimmy Greaves was the First Division's top goalscorer, becoming the first Chelsea played to achieve this.

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Preston North End	42	17	7	18	70	77	0.909	41
13	Nottingham Forest	42	17	6	19	71	74	0.959	40	1958–59 FA Cup winners
14	Chelsea	42	18	4	20	77	98	0.786	40	Participated in 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
15	Leeds United	42	15	9	18	57	74	0.770	39
16	Everton	42	17	4	21	71	87	0.816	38

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

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