Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent

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 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] 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 173 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 66 of their league matches against Newcastle United which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club.^[9] Chelsea have drawn more matches with Manchester United than with any other club, with 53.^[10] The side has lost more league games to Liverpool than to any other club, having been defeated by them 71 times in 162 encounters.^[11]

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All-time league record

Statistics correct as of match played on 7 April 2024.

Colour key

Positive balance (more wins in total matches)

Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio in total matches)

Negative balance (more losses in total matches)

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.
Bolded clubs competed in the 2023–24 Premier League alongside Chelsea.
Italicised clubs are defunct.
P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = goals for; GA = goals against; GD = goal difference; Win% = percentage of matches won.
The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Chelsea played league matches against each opponent.

Chelsea F.C. league record by opponent
Club	Home								Away								Total								First	Last
Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%	First	Last
Arsenal^[a]	87	31	28	28	117	113	+4	035.63	86	23	23	40	107	134	−27	026.74	173	54	51	68	224	247	−23	031.21	1907–08	2023–24
Aston Villa	74	39	14	21	125	86	+39	052.70	73	21	19	33	103	125	−22	028.77	147	60	33	54	228	211	+17	040.82	1907–08	2023–24
Barnsley	15	11	0	4	35	19	+16	073.33	15	5	5	5	25	23	+2	033.33	30	16	5	9	60	42	+18	053.33	1905–06	1997–98
Birmingham City^[b]	41	23	12	6	78	43	+35	056.10	41	15	12	14	62	64	−2	036.59	82	38	24	20	140	107	+33	046.34	1907–08	2010–11
Blackburn Rovers	51	27	12	12	94	56	+38	052.94	51	16	15	20	56	69	−13	031.37	102	43	27	32	150	125	+25	042.16	1907–08	2011–12
Blackpool	39	20	10	9	82	45	+37	051.28	39	16	4	19	55	64	−9	041.03	78	36	14	28	137	109	+28	046.15	1905–06	2010–11
Bolton Wanderers	54	29	13	12	98	63	+35	053.70	54	18	14	22	83	92	−9	033.33	108	47	27	34	181	155	+26	043.52	1907–08	2011–12
Bournemouth	7	4	0	3	9	5	+4	057.14	8	4	2	2	13	10	+3	050.00	15	8	2	5	22	15	+7	053.33	1988–89	2023–24
Bradford City	17	14	1	2	39	17	+22	082.35	17	3	7	7	19	33	−14	017.65	34	17	8	9	58	50	+8	050.00	1905–06	2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue	7	5	0	2	16	5	+11	071.43	7	3	1	3	9	9	+0	042.86	14	8	1	5	25	14	+11	057.14	1910–11	1929–30
Brentford	8	4	0	4	11	16	−5	050.00	8	2	3	3	7	7	+0	025.00	16	6	3	7	18	23	−5	037.50	1935–36	2023–24
Brighton & Hove Albion	9	6	2	1	15	5	+10	066.67	8	5	2	1	15	9	+6	062.50	17	11	4	2	30	14	+16	064.71	1983–84	2023–24
Bristol City	12	7	5	0	25	9	+16	058.33	12	0	6	6	7	16	−9	000.00	24	7	11	6	32	25	+7	029.17	1905–06	1980–81
Bristol Rovers	4	3	1	0	5	0	+5	075.00	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	025.00	8	4	1	3	8	7	+1	050.00	1975–76	1980–81
Burnley	48	23	9	16	80	59	+21	047.92	48	15	12	21	62	86	−24	031.25	96	38	21	37	142	145	−3	039.58	1905–06	2023–24
Burton United	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	050.00	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00	1905–06	1906–07
Bury	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	080.00	5	0	1	4	4	10	−6	000.00	10	4	1	5	20	18	+2	040.00	1907–08	1962–63
Cambridge United	5	4	1	0	16	3	+13	080.00	5	4	0	1	4	1	+3	080.00	10	8	1	1	20	4	+16	080.00	1979–80	1983–84
Cardiff City	19	12	2	5	38	17	+21	063.16	19	7	6	6	26	31	−5	036.84	38	19	8	11	64	48	+16	050.00	1921–22	2018–19
Carlisle United	5	3	1	1	9	6	+3	060.00	5	2	1	2	5	5	+0	040.00	10	5	2	3	14	11	+3	050.00	1974–75	1983–84
Charlton Athletic	33	16	7	10	60	42	+18	048.48	33	12	9	12	48	54	−6	036.36	66	28	16	22	108	96	+12	042.42	1929–30	2006–07
Chesterfield^[c]	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	050.00	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00	4	2	1	1	9	2	+7	050.00	1905–06	1906–07
Coventry City	27	17	6	4	51	29	+22	062.96	27	8	8	11	39	42	−3	029.63	54	25	14	15	90	71	+19	046.30	1924–25	2000–01
Crystal Palace	27	16	8	3	51	23	+28	059.26	27	16	6	5	42	21	+21	059.26	54	32	14	8	93	44	+49	059.26	1924–25	2023–24
Darlington	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	050.00	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00	4	1	3	0	10	7	+3	025.00	1925–26	1926–27
Derby County	47	21	15	11	79	54	+25	044.68	47	13	10	24	58	84	−26	027.66	94	34	25	35	137	138	−1	036.17	1910–11	2007–08
Everton	84	43	29	12	157	77	+80	051.19	85	19	23	43	104	168	−64	022.35	169	62	52	55	261	245	+16	036.69	1907–08	2023–24
Fulham	39	23	14	2	60	25	+35	058.97	39	24	9	6	70	39	+31	061.54	78	47	23	8	130	64	+66	060.26	1910–11	2023–24
Gainsborough Trinity	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	050.00	8	5	1	2	15	8	+7	062.50	1905–06	1911–12
Glossop North End^[d]	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10	075.00	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	075.00	8	6	1	1	20	7	+13	075.00	1905–06	1911–12
Grimsby Town	20	15	2	3	52	19	+33	075.00	20	5	5	10	21	28	−7	025.00	40	20	7	13	73	47	+26	050.00	1905–06	1983–84
Hereford United	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	050.00	1976–77	1976–77
Huddersfield Town	30	14	8	8	53	31	+22	046.67	30	12	1	17	41	56	−15	040.00	60	26	9	25	94	87	+7	043.33	1910–11	2018–19
Hull City	18	15	3	0	36	3	+33	083.33	18	10	4	4	28	18	+10	055.56	36	25	7	4	64	21	+43	069.44	1905–06	2016–17
Ipswich Town	19	13	4	2	42	18	+24	068.42	19	6	6	7	24	29	−5	031.58	38	19	10	9	66	47	+19	050.00	1961–62	2001–02
Leeds City	4	4	0	0	14	3	+11	100.00	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	025.00	8	5	3	0	18	6	+12	062.50	1905–06	1911–12
Leeds United	48	24	13	11	82	50	+32	050.00	48	6	13	29	35	92	−57	012.50	96	30	26	40	117	142	−25	031.25	1927–28	2022–23
Leicester City^[e]	54	35	14	5	109	47	+62	064.81	54	15	18	21	77	80	−3	027.78	108	50	32	26	186	127	+59	046.30	1905–06	2022–23
Leyton Orient^[f]	14	7	4	3	23	15	+8	050.00	14	8	2	4	23	14	+9	057.14	28	15	6	7	46	29	+17	053.57	1905–06	1981–82
Lincoln City	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	066.67	6	5	1	0	22	3	+19	083.33	1905–06	1910–11
Liverpool	81	39	20	22	131	85	+46	048.15	81	12	20	49	85	164	−79	014.81	162	51	40	71	216	249	−33	031.48	1907–08	2023–24
Luton Town	20	11	5	4	40	22	+18	055.00	20	6	6	8	26	31	−5	030.00	40	17	11	12	66	53	+13	042.50	1955–56	2023–24
Manchester City	79	38	23	18	129	89	+40	048.10	79	24	18	37	87	116	−29	030.38	158	62	41	55	216	205	+11	039.24	1907–08	2023–24
Manchester United	82	27	24	31	122	132	−10	032.93	82	19	29	34	79	129	−50	023.17	164	46	53	65	201	261	−60	028.05	1905–06	2023–24
Middlesbrough	53	35	13	5	102	37	+65	066.04	53	14	16	23	61	81	−20	026.42	106	49	29	28	163	118	+45	046.23	1907–08	2016–17
Millwall	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	050.00	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	025.00	8	3	2	3	12	10	+2	037.50	1928–29	1989–90
Newcastle United	78	47	20	11	152	78	+74	060.26	78	19	18	41	84	118	−34	024.36	156	66	38	52	236	196	+40	042.31	1907–08	2023–24
Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00	1965–66	1965–66
Norwich City	22	12	6	4	42	19	+23	054.55	22	8	6	8	27	31	−4	036.36	44	20	12	12	69	50	+19	045.45	1962–63	2021–22
Nottingham Forest	44	22	14	8	62	47	+15	050.00	43	11	14	18	48	78	−30	025.58	87	33	28	26	110	125	−15	037.93	1906–07	2023–24
Notts County	16	9	4	3	34	22	+12	056.25	16	3	4	9	15	30	−15	018.75	32	12	8	12	49	52	−3	037.50	1907–08	1991–92
Oldham Athletic	24	14	7	3	47	25	+22	058.33	24	5	6	13	30	35	−5	020.83	48	19	13	16	77	60	+17	039.58	1912–13	1993–94
Oxford United	5	3	1	1	11	7	+4	060.00	5	1	3	1	10	10	+0	020.00	10	4	4	2	21	17	+4	040.00	1975–76	1988–89
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	3	0	10	5	+5	025.00	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	075.00	8	4	3	1	18	9	+9	050.00	1962–63	1988–89
Port Vale^[g]	7	6	1	0	19	5	+14	085.71	7	1	3	3	10	8	+2	014.29	14	7	4	3	29	13	+16	050.00	1905–06	1928–29
Portsmouth	37	19	12	6	78	49	+29	051.35	37	14	10	13	57	56	+1	037.84	74	33	22	19	135	105	+30	044.59	1924–25	2009–10
Preston North End	35	18	10	7	62	31	+31	051.43	35	10	6	19	41	62	−21	028.57	70	28	16	26	103	93	+10	040.00	1907–08	1980–81
Queens Park Rangers	23	12	6	5	36	26	+10	052.17	23	5	10	8	25	31	−6	021.74	46	17	16	13	61	57	+4	036.96	1968–69	2014–15
Reading	7	4	3	0	10	5	+5	057.14	7	3	2	2	12	12	+0	042.86	14	7	5	2	22	17	+5	050.00	1926–27	2012–13
Rotherham United	3	1	1	1	5	5	+0	033.33	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	033.33	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	033.33	1962–63	1982–83
Scunthorpe United	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00	1962–63	1962–63
Sheffield United	40	22	11	7	81	44	+37	055.00	40	14	6	20	53	68	−15	035.00	80	36	17	27	134	112	+22	045.00	1907–08	2023–24
Sheffield Wednesday^[h]	50	21	17	12	66	50	+16	042.00	50	6	19	25	60	102	−42	012.00	100	27	36	37	126	152	−26	027.00	1907–08	1999–2000
Shrewsbury Town	6	4	0	2	14	7	+7	066.67	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	016.67	12	5	2	5	21	18	+3	041.67	1979–80	1988–89
South Shields	4	2	2	0	11	2	+9	050.00	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	000.00	8	2	4	2	14	10	+4	025.00	1924–25	1927–28
Southampton	49	22	14	13	81	60	+21	044.90	49	22	13	14	80	64	+16	044.90	98	44	27	27	161	124	+37	044.90	1924–25	2022–23
Stockport County	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	066.67	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	033.33	12	6	4	2	17	13	+4	050.00	1905–06	1925–26
Stoke City^[i]	44	26	11	7	86	50	+36	059.09	44	19	8	17	56	58	−2	043.18	88	45	19	24	142	108	+34	051.14	1922–23	2017–18
Sunderland	60	40	11	9	137	61	+76	066.67	60	21	10	29	81	112	−31	035.00	120	61	21	38	218	173	+45	050.83	1907–08	2016–17
Swansea City^[j]	16	11	4	1	40	14	+26	068.75	16	5	6	5	17	17	+0	031.25	32	16	10	6	57	31	+26	050.00	1925–26	2017–18
Swindon Town	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	075.00	1988–89	1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur	75	37	18	20	113	87	+26	049.33	76	28	20	28	116	123	−7	036.84	151	65	38	48	229	210	+19	043.05	1909–10	2023–24
Walsall	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00	4	3	0	1	14	2	+12	075.00	1962–63	1988–89
Watford	16	8	4	4	33	24	+9	050.00	16	10	1	5	26	22	+4	062.50	32	18	5	9	59	46	+13	056.25	1979–80	2021–22
West Bromwich Albion	63	32	16	15	128	82	+46	050.79	63	24	15	24	83	104	−21	038.10	126	56	31	39	211	186	+25	044.44	1905–06	2020–21
West Ham United	54	29	12	13	97	67	+30	053.70	55	17	10	28	74	94	−20	030.91	109	46	22	41	171	161	+10	042.20	1923–24	2023–24
Wigan Athletic	8	7	1	0	23	4	+19	087.50	8	6	1	1	17	6	+11	075.00	16	13	2	1	40	10	+30	081.25	2005–06	2012–13
Wimbledon	13	4	5	4	22	23	−1	030.77	13	6	5	2	16	11	+5	046.15	26	10	10	6	38	34	+4	038.46	1986–87	1999–2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	56	23	17	16	111	82	+29	041.07	56	17	13	26	78	106	−28	030.36	112	40	30	42	189	188	+1	035.71	1906–07	2023–24
Wrexham	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	033.33	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	050.00	1979–80	1981–82
York City	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00	1975–76	1975–76
Total	2,183	1,165	561	457	4,007	2,387	+1620	053.37	2,183	687	563	933	2,821	3,478	−657	031.47	4,366	1,852	1,124	1,390	6,828	5,865	+963	042.42	1905–06	2023–24

Notes

^ Record against Woolwich Arsenal included.
^ Record against Small Heath and Birmingham included.
^ Record against Chesterfield Town included.
^ Record against Glossop included.
^ Record against Leicester Fosse included.
^ Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included.
^ Record against Burslem Port Vale included.
^ Record against The Wednesday included.
^ Record against Stoke included.
^ Record against Swansea Town included.

References

General

"Chelsea football club: record v other sides". 11v11.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
"Opposition Stats". www.bounder.friardale.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
"Chelsea Head To Head". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
"Chelsea » Select Opponent". Statto.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.

Specific

^ "Team History – Introduction". Chelsea F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "Chelsea". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^ "Second Division championship: 1988/89". Chelsea F.C. official website. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ McNulty, Phil (3 May 2015). "Chelsea 1 0 Crystal Palace". BBC Online. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^ "Chelsea football club match record: 1905-06 season". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Head-to-head v Arsenal". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Head-to-head v Wigan". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Head-to-head v Newcastle". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
^ "Head-to-head v Manchester United". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Head-to-head v Liverpool". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

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Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Aston Villa Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Cardiff City Coventry City Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
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