Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent

The Chelsea team in September 1905 before their inaugural season in the Football League Second Division.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they were elected to play in The Football League as members of the Second Division.^[1] They were promoted into the First Division in the club's second season.^[2] Chelsea remained in the Football League, in the First or Second division, until 1992 when clubs in the First Division broke away from The Football League to form the Premier League.^[3] The club has remained in the top division of the English football league system since 1989. In their latest spell in the Second Division Chelsea achieved their highest points total achieving 99 in the 1988–89 season.^[4] As of the 2017–18 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] Since that game they have faced eighty different sides in league football with their most regular opponent having been Arsenal, whom they have played on 168 occasions since their first meeting on 9 November 1907.^[7] They met their most recent different league opponent, Wigan Athletic, for the first time in the 2005–06 FA Premier League season.^[8] The club has won 63 of their league matches against Newcastle United which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club.^[9] Chelsea have drawn more matches with Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United than with any other club, with 50.^[10] The side has lost more league games to Liverpool than to any other club, having been defeated by them 70 times in 156 encounters.^[11]

Key[]

• The table includes results of matches played by Chelsea in The Football League (First Division and Second Division) and the Premier League. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
• For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Small Heath, Woolwich Arsenal and The Wednesday are integrated into the records against Birmingham City, Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, respectively
•    Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2021–22 Premier League alongside Chelsea.
•    Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = goals for; A = goals against; Win% = percentage of total matches won
• The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Chelsea played league matches against each opponent

All-time league record[]

Statistics correct as of match played on 14 August 2021.

Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent

Club	Home				Away				Total						Win%	First	Last	Note(s)
	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A
Arsenal	84	31	27	26	84	22	23	39	168	53	50	65	217	237	031.55	1907–08	2020–21	[a]
Aston Villa	71	38	14	19	71	19	19	33	142	57	33	52	220	206	040.14	1907–08	2020–21
Barnsley	15	11	0	4	15	5	5	5	30	16	5	9	60	42	053.33	1905–06	1997–98
Birmingham City	41	23	12	6	41	15	12	14	82	38	24	20	140	107	046.34	1907–08	2010–11	[b]
Blackburn Rovers	51	27	12	12	51	16	15	20	102	43	27	32	150	125	042.16	1907–08	2011–12
Blackpool	39	20	10	9	39	16	4	19	78	36	14	28	137	109	046.15	1905–06	2010–11
Bolton Wanderers	54	29	13	12	54	18	14	22	108	47	27	34	181	155	043.52	1907–08	2011–12
A.F.C. Bournemouth	6	3	0	3	6	3	1	2	12	6	1	5	17	14	050.00	1988–89	2019–20
Bradford City	17	14	1	2	17	3	7	7	34	17	8	9	58	50	050.00	1905–06	2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue	7	5	0	2	7	3	1	3	14	8	1	5	25	14	057.14	1910–11	1929–30
Brentford	5	4	0	1	5	1	1	3	10	5	1	4	14	13	050.00	1935–36	1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	5	1	0	6	5	1	0	12	10	2	0	23	4	083.33	1983–84	2020–21
Bristol City	12	7	5	0	12	0	6	6	24	7	11	6	32	25	029.17	1905–06	1980–81
Bristol Rovers	4	3	1	0	4	1	0	3	8	4	1	3	8	7	050.00	1975–76	1980–81
Burnley	46	23	7	16	46	13	12	21	92	36	19	37	131	141	039.13	1905–06	2020–21
Burton United	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	9	4	075.00	1905–06	1906–07
Bury	5	4	0	1	5	0	1	4	10	4	1	5	20	18	040.00	1907–08	1962–63
Cambridge United	5	4	1	0	5	4	0	1	10	8	1	1	20	4	080.00	1979–80	1983–84
Cardiff City	19	12	2	5	19	7	6	6	38	19	8	11	64	48	050.00	1921–22	2018–19
Carlisle United	5	3	1	1	5	2	1	2	10	5	2	3	14	11	050.00	1974–75	1983–84
Charlton Athletic	33	16	7	10	33	12	9	12	66	28	16	22	108	96	042.42	1929–30	2006–07
Chesterfield	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	9	2	050.00	1905–06	1906–07	[c]
Coventry City	27	17	6	4	27	8	8	11	54	25	14	15	90	71	046.30	1924–25	2000–01
Crystal Palace	25	14	8	3	24	13	6	5	49	27	14	8	84	41	055.10	1924–25	2021–22
Darlington	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	10	7	025.00	1925–26	1926–27
Derby County	47	21	15	11	47	13	10	24	94	34	25	35	137	138	036.17	1910–11	2007–08
Everton	82	43	27	12	82	18	23	41	164	61	50	53	257	239	037.20	1907–08	2020–21
Fulham	37	22	13	2	37	23	9	5	74	45	22	7	126	62	060.81	1910–11	2020–21
Gainsborough Trinity	4	3	0	1	4	2	1	1	8	5	1	2	15	8	062.50	1905–06	1911–12
Glossop North End	4	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	8	6	1	1	20	7	075.00	1905–06	1911–12	[d]
Grimsby Town	20	15	2	3	20	5	5	10	40	20	7	13	73	47	050.00	1905–06	1983–84
Hereford United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	7	3	050.00	1976–77	1976–77
Huddersfield Town	30	14	8	8	30	12	1	17	60	26	9	25	94	87	043.33	1910–11	2018–19
Hull City	18	15	0	3	18	10	4	4	36	25	4	7	64	21	069.44	1905–06	2016–17
Ipswich Town	19	13	4	2	19	6	6	7	38	19	10	9	66	47	050.00	1961–62	2001–02
Leeds City	4	4	0	0	4	1	3	0	8	5	3	0	18	6	062.50	1905–06	1911–12
Leeds United	46	22	13	11	46	5	13	28	92	27	26	39	110	137	029.35	1927–28	2020–21
Leicester City	52	34	13	5	52	13	18	21	104	47	31	26	177	124	045.19	1905–06	2020–21	[e]
Leyton Orient	14	7	4	3	14	8	2	4	28	15	6	7	46	29	053.57	1905–06	1981–82	[f]
Lincoln City	3	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	6	5	1	0	22	3	083.33	1905–06	1910–11
Liverpool	78	39	17	22	78	12	18	48	156	51	35	70	211	241	032.69	1907–08	2020–21
Luton Town	19	10	5	4	19	5	6	8	38	15	11	12	60	51	039.47	1955–56	1991–92
Manchester City	76	38	22	16	76	24	17	35	152	62	39	51	211	196	040.79	1907–08	2020–21
Manchester United	79	26	22	31	79	19	28	32	158	45	50	63	192	249	028.48	1905–06	2020–21
Middlesbrough	53	35	13	5	53	14	16	23	106	49	29	28	163	118	046.23	1907–08	2016–17
Millwall	4	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	8	3	2	3	12	10	037.50	1928–29	1989–90
Newcastle United	75	45	19	11	75	18	18	39	150	63	37	50	227	188	042.00	1907–08	2020–21
Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.00	1965–66	1965–66
Norwich City	21	11	6	4	21	7	6	8	42	18	12	12	59	49	042.86	1962–63	2019–20
Nottingham Forest	42	22	13	7	42	11	13	18	84	33	26	25	107	121	039.29	1906–07	1998–99
Notts County	16	9	4	3	16	3	4	9	32	12	8	12	49	52	037.50	1907–08	1991–92
Oldham Athletic	24	14	7	3	24	5	6	13	48	19	13	16	77	60	039.58	1912–13	1993–94
Oxford United	5	3	1	1	5	1	3	1	10	4	4	2	21	17	040.00	1975–76	1988–89
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	8	4	3	1	18	9	050.00	1962–63	1988–89
Port Vale	7	6	1	0	7	1	3	3	14	7	4	3	29	13	050.00	1905–06	1928–29	[g]
Portsmouth	37	19	12	6	37	14	10	13	74	33	22	19	135	105	044.59	1924–25	2009–10
Preston North End	35	18	10	7	35	10	6	19	70	28	16	26	103	93	040.00	1907–08	1980–81
Queens Park Rangers	23	12	6	5	23	5	10	8	46	17	16	13	61	57	036.96	1968–69	2014–15
Reading	7	4	3	0	7	3	2	2	14	7	5	2	22	17	050.00	1926–27	2012–13
Rotherham United	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	6	2	1	3	6	12	033.33	1962–63	1982–83
Scunthorpe United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	3	050.00	1962–63	1962–63
Sheffield United	39	21	11	7	39	14	5	20	78	35	16	27	130	110	044.87	1907–08	2020–21
Sheffield Wednesday	50	21	17	12	50	6	19	25	100	27	36	37	126	152	027.00	1907–08	1999–2000	[h]
Shrewsbury Town	6	4	0	2	6	1	2	3	12	5	2	5	21	18	041.67	1979–80	1988–89
South Shields	4	2	2	0	4	0	2	2	8	2	4	2	14	10	025.00	1924–25	1927–28
Southampton	47	21	14	12	47	21	13	13	94	42	27	25	151	120	044.68	1924–25	2020–21
Stockport County	6	4	2	0	6	2	2	2	12	6	4	2	17	13	050.00	1905–06	1925–26
Stoke City	44	26	11	7	44	19	8	17	88	45	19	24	142	108	051.14	1922–23	2017–18	[i]
Sunderland	60	40	11	9	60	21	10	29	120	61	21	38	218	173	050.83	1907–08	2016–17
Swansea City	16	11	4	1	16	5	6	5	32	16	10	6	57	31	050.00	1925–26	2017–18	[j]
Swindon Town	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	9	4	075.00	1988–89	1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur	73	36	17	20	73	26	25	22	146	62	42	42	218	205	042.47	1909–10	2020–21
Walsall	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	14	2	075.00	1962–63	1988–89
Watford	15	7	4	4	15	9	1	5	30	16	5	9	55	44	053.33	1979–80	2019–20
West Bromwich Albion	63	32	16	15	63	24	15	24	126	56	31	39	211	186	044.44	1905–06	2020–21
West Ham United	51	26	12	13	52	17	9	26	103	43	21	39	161	153	041.75	1923–24	2020–21
Wigan Athletic	8	7	1	0	8	6	1	1	16	13	2	1	40	10	081.25	2005–06	2012–13
Wimbledon	13	4	5	4	13	6	5	2	26	10	10	6	38	34	038.46	1986–87	1999–2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	53	22	16	15	53	17	12	24	106	39	28	39	181	179	036.79	1906–07	2020–21
Wrexham	3	2	1	0	3	1	0	2	6	3	1	2	11	11	050.00	1979–80	1981–82
York City	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	000.00	1975–76	1975–76

Notes[]

References[]

General

• "Chelsea football club: record v other sides". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
• "Chelsea Head To Head". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
• "Chelsea » Select Opponent". Statto.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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