2016–17 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

2016–17 season
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Antonio Conte
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Costa (11 goals) All: Diego Costa (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,484 vs Manchester United (23rd October 2016)[1]
Lowest home attendance	39,266 vs Bristol Rovers (23 August 2016)[2]
Average home league attendance	40,394
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 season is Chelsea's 103rd competitive season, 27th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, 25th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 111th year in existence as a football club.^[3] They enter this season looking to rebound from a disappointing 2015–16 campaign. Chelsea will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup, but will not participate in any UEFA competition for the first time since the 1996–97 season. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Month by month review

June

It was announced that on the opening day, Chelsea will kick-off the season at home against West Ham United.

On 9 June, Vitesse signed an extension on Nathan's loan^[4] and then two weeks later signed an extension on Lewis Baker's loan as well.^[5]

On 13 June, Chelsea announced they had released two players, Marco Amelia and Kevin Wright,^[6] and also confirmed that loanee Radamel Falcao and Alexandre Pato will be returning to their respective teams. After spending a season-and-a-half on loan at Udinese, Udinese activated a clause in Perica's contract to sign him on a permanent basis.^[7]

On 22 June, Charly Musonda's loan at Real Betis was extended for the 2016–17 campaign.^[8] On June 27, Chelsea youngster Kyle Scott joins Dutch club Willem II on trial after handing in multiple transfer requests back in April 2016.^[9] On 29 June, Aké joined AFC Bournemouth on loan after a successful loan season with Watford in 2015–16.^[10]

In the month of June, Chelsea submitted a total of three bids for Roma's Radja Nainggolan, with the third reportedly valued at €40 million; the player ultimately decided to stay after receiving an improved contract from Roma the following month.^[11][12]

July

On 1 July, it was announced that Pedro would switch to the number 11 shirt at Chelsea, recently vacated by the loan expiration of Alexandre Pato.^[13]

On 3 July, Michy Batshuayi signed a five-year deal at Chelsea after an accepted bid of €40 million (£33.2 million).^[14] Batshuayi became the first signing by new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. After being linked with multiple teams, on 6 July, Boga joined La Liga side Granada on a season-long loan.^[15]

After months of speculation, promising right-back Ola Aina signed a new four-year contract.^[16] Although Tika Musonda was on the release list, Chelsea opted to give him a new one-year contract.^[17]

On 11 July, Chelsea under-21 assistant manager Andy Myers joined Vitesse on a one-year deal as Henk Fraser's assistant manager.^[18] With Myers joining the Dutch side, Ian Howell is promoted as the new U-21 assistant manager.

On 12 July, Players' Player of the Year Willian signed a new four-year contract.^[19] On 13 July, Tomáš Kalas returned to the Championship, joining Fulham on a season-long loan.^[20] After promotion to the first-team in the previous season, Kasey Palmer joins Huddersfield Town on 15 July.^[21] On 20 July, Kiwomya joined League 2 side Crewe Alexandra on loan until 9 January 2017.^[22] On 22 July, it was announced that Matej Delač would join Belgian side Mouscron-Péruwelz on a season-long loan.^[23]

John Swift was given a new contract in June, but decided to turned it down to sign with Championship side Reading on July 14.^[24]

On 16 July, N'Golo Kanté signed a five-year contract with Chelsea valued at £30 million, becoming Conte's second signing.^[25][26]

Chelsea lost their first pre-season match against Rapid Wien, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to the Austrian side.^[27] In the following match of their Austrian tour, Chelsea won 3–0 against Wolfsberger AC, with youngsters Bertrand Traoré, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah each scoring a goal.^[28] The following day, Chelsea had a closed-door friendly with local team Atus Ferlach, ending their Austrian tour with a 8–0 win over the Austrian Fourth Division champions.^[29]

On 28 July, Chelsea started off their U.S. tour with a 1–0 victory over Premier League rival Liverpool thanks to an early goal from Gary Cahill.^[30] On 30 July, Chelsea set a record during the 3–2 loss against Real Madrid, with a record attendance of 105,826.^[31]

August

Youngsters Fikayo Tomori^[32] and Mukhtar Ali^[33] both signed a new long-term contracts.

On 2 August, Baba Rahman returned to the Bundesliga on a season-long loan with Schalke 04 after failing to impress Conte during the pre-season.^[34] Although Roma announced the signing Mohamed Salah back in October 2015, on 3 August Chelsea finalised the move for an additional €15 million.^[35] On 5 August, Abraham signed for Championship side Bristol City on a season-long loan, with no recall clause^[36] and Papy Djilobodji joined for Sunderland for a fee reported to be in the region of £8 million.^[37] On 6 August, Houghton joined Doncaster Rovers on loan until 3 January 2017.^[38]

On 3 August, Chelsea beat Milan in their U.S. tour with a 3–1 win.^[39] Chelsea concluded their pre-season campaign with a 4–2 victory over Werder Bremen.^[40]

On 12 August, Bertrand Traoré signed a new three-year contract. He then joined Ajax on loan for the season^[41] while Aleksandar Pantić joined Excelsior on loan.^[42] On 14 August 2016, Michael Hector joined German side Eintracht Frankfurt on a season-long loan.^[43] On 15 August 2016, goalkeeper Jamal Blackman joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on loan until 3 January 2017^[44] while Brown joined Rotherham United on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[45] On 23 August, Marko Marin joined Greek side Olympiacos on a three-year deal for a fee thought to be in the region of £3 million.^[46] On 25 August 2016, Eduardo joined Chelsea on free transfer, signing a one-year deal.^[47] On 27 August, Mario Pašalić joined Milan on a season-long loan.^[48]

On 30 August, strikers Patrick Bamford and Loïc Rémy joined Burnley^[49] and Crystal Palace^[50] respectively on season-long loans. Later in the day, Kenedy was also confirmed to have left on a season-long loan deal, to Watford.^[51]

Chelsea started off the season with a 2–1 win over London rivals, West Ham, with goals scored by Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.^[52] In their second league game, Chelsea left it late yet again, scoring two late goals in the second half to earn their first away win of the season over Watford.^[53] Chelsea continued their winning streak, beating Bristol Rovers to advance to the third round of the EFL Cup.^[54]

On 27 August, in the 3–0 home victory over Burnley, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois kept the first clean sheet of the season and broke a run of 13 home Premier League games without a clean sheet, with their last being in a 1–0 win over Norwich City in November 2015.^[55] In the month of August, Chelsea earned all nine available points and was in second place of the Premier League.

Last day of the transfer window

On the last day of the transfer window, Chelsea completed a total of thirteen transfers, with 11 loan deals and two additions. Youngsters, Dion Conroy and Nathan Baxter,^[56] both joined up with semi-professional clubs, while Jake Clarke-Salter and Charlie Colkett^[57] both joined League One side, Bristol Rovers. Lucas Piazon joined Tomáš Kalas at Fulham^[58] until 15 January 2017 while Christian Atsu joined Newcastle United^[59] on a season loan. Kenneth Omeruo returned to the Turkish league, joining newly promoted side Alanyaspor after signing a new contract until 2019.^[60] Cristián Cuevas returned to Sint-Truiden^[56] for a second season while Islam Feruz joined fellow loanee Matej Delač at Mouscron-Péruwelz.^[56] Matt Miazga joined up with the Dutch side Vitesse after his move to Espanyol fell through due to paperwork.^[61]

Juan Cuadrado would return on loan to Juventus for three seasons which will see Juventus pay a loan fee of €5 million a season, and also contain a buy-out clause €25 million with add-on clauses.^[62]

Marcos Alonso returned to the Premier League for a fee believed to be £23 million from Fiorentina, signing a five-year contract.^[63] Chelsea's last summer transfer deal was the £30 million signing of David Luiz, who returned to the London side from Paris Saint-Germain after joining PSG from Chelsea in 2014.^[64] His return was completed after he insisted on the move and stated that it was a "good deal" for the French champions after they initially refused the offer.^[65]

Position at the end of August

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9

September

After the international break, Chelsea faced Swansea City at Wales on 11 September. The match ended in a 2–2 draw, meaning that it was the first game that Chelsea dropped points.^[66] In the closing minutes, John Terry suffered an ankle injury and left the fields on crutches; scans later showed that his injury ruled him out for approximately ten days.^[67] On 16 September, Chelsea suffered their first lost of the season at home as Liverpool won 2–1 at Stamford Bridge.^[68] On 20 September, Chelsea beat Leicester City 4–2 after extra-time to advance into the fourth round of the EFL Cup. In the match, youngster Nathaniel Chalobah made his first-team debut and Gary Cahill served as captain for the first time.^[69] It was then followed by another defeat at Emirates Stadium, with the scoreline being 3-0 with Alexis Sánchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Özil on the score sheet.^[70] In the month of September, Chelsea earned only a single point out of nine available points and was in eighth place of the Premier League.

Position at the end of September

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10

October

After suffering back-to-back Premier League losses to top-four rivals Liverpool and Arsenal, Conte switched to and debuted a 3–4–3 formation against Hull City on the 1 October which earned him a 2–0 victory.^[71] On 15 October, Chelsea earned a 3–0 home victory over Premier League champions, Leicester City.^[72]

On 23 October, Chelsea stunned Manchester United and former manager José Mourinho at Stamford Bridge with a 4–0 win.^[73] With this win, Chelsea had gone eight league games, winning four and drawing four, without losing against Manchester United, making it their best run against the Red Devils in club history.^[74] Chelsea lost their next game, an EFL Cup game, 2–1 against West Ham at the newly renovated Olympic Stadium on 26 October 2016, which meant they were out of the competition.^[75] However, they bounced back with a 2–0 win in the Premier League over Southampton at St Mary's Stadium on 30 October.^[76] The win meant Chelsea won all their Premier League matches in the month of October, a run of four games, scoring 11 goals without conceding any. The last time Chelsea had a four game winning run was April 2015 and the four consecutive clean sheet were also the first since August 2010 when Chelsea had a run of six consecutive Premier League games without conceding.^[77]

Position at the end of October

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Chelsea	10	7	1	2	21	8	+13	22

November

On 5 November, Chelsea stunned Everton at Stamford Bridge with a 5–0 win. With this win, Chelsea had five consecutive league victories, scoring 16 goals and conceding none. The win also temporarily sent The Blues top of the Premier League table.^[78]

On 18 November 2016, Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Antonio Conte both won the Premier League Player of the Month and the Premier League Manager of the Month awards respectively for the month of October.^[79][80]

On 20 November 2016, Chelsea earn their sixth consecutive league victory, beating 1–0 Middlesbrough, in the progress Costa became the first player to reach double digit in the league when he scored his 10th goal of the season.^[81] On 26 November, Chelsea ended the unbeaten league streak of Tottenham Hotspur, where Chelsea won 2–1.^[82]

Position at the end of November

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	13	10	1	2	29	9	+20	31

December

On 3 December, Chelsea gave Manchester City their first home defeat after the Blues came back from a Gary Cahill own goal in the first half with three second half goals to earn a 3–1 victory. The match ended in a brawl when Sergio Agüero lunged a two legged tackled into David Luiz, after the brawl, Aguero and Fernandinho were both sent off with straight reds.^[83]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
First-team Manager	Antonio Conte
Assistant Managers	Angelo Alessio
	Steve Holland
	Gianluca Conte
Technical Director	Michael Emenalo
Goalkeeper Coaches	Gianluca Spinelli
	Henrique Hilário
Head Fitness Coaches	Paolo Bertelli
	Julio Tous
	Chris Jones
Assistant Fitness Coach	Constantino Coratti
Club Ambassador/Assistant to the First-team	Carlo Cudicini
Consultant Personal Trainer/Nutritionist	Tiberio Ancora
Senior Opposition Scout	Mick McGiven
Medical Director	Paco Biosca
Head of Youth Development	Neil Bath
Under-21 Team Manager	Adi Viveash
Under-18 Team Manager	Jody Morris
Head of Match Analysis/Scout	James Melbourne

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Other information

Stamford Bridge

Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Directors	Marina Granovskaia Eugene Tenenbaum
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stamford Bridge (41,663 / 103x67 metres)
Training Ground	Cobham Training Centre

Source: Chelsea F.C.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 1 September 2016.^[84]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Asmir Begović 2 DF Branislav Ivanović (vice-captain) 3 DF Marcos Alonso 4 MF Cesc Fàbregas 5 DF Kurt Zouma 7 MF N'Golo Kanté 8 MF Oscar 10 MF Eden Hazard 11 MF Pedro 12 MF John Obi Mikel 13 GK Thibaut Courtois 14 MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek 15 MF Victor Moses

No. Position Player 19 FW Diego Costa 21 MF Nemanja Matić 22 MF Willian 23 FW Michy Batshuayi 24 DF Gary Cahill (third-captain) 26 DF John Terry (captain) 28 DF César Azpilicueta 29 MF Nathaniel Chalobah 30 DF David Luiz 34 DF Ola Aina 37 GK Eduardo 41 FW Dominic Solanke

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
—	CB	Trevoh Chalobah	3 years	2019	29 June 2016	[85]
—	RB	Joseph Colley	3 years	2019	29 June 2016	[85]
—	GK	Nathan Baxter	2 years	2018	29 June 2016	[85]
—	LW	Harvey St Clair	2 years	2018	29 June 2016	[85]
—	CF	Malakai Hinckson-Mars	2 years	2018	29 June 2016	[85]
—	LB	Cole Dasilva	1 year	2017	29 June 2016	[85]
42	GK	Bradley Collins	2 years	2018	1 July 2016	[86]
—	RW	Alex Kiwomya	1 year	2017	1 July 2016	[86]
34	RB	Ola Aina	4 years	2020	6 July 2016	[87]
—	DM	Tika Musonda	1 year	2017	6 July 2016	[17][88]
22	RW	Willian	4 years	2020	12 July 2016	[89]
33	CB	Fikayo Tomori	4 years	2020	1 August 2016	[32]
—	CM	Mukhtar Ali	2 years	2018	3 August 2016	[90][91]
—	CM	Ruben Sammut	2 years	2018	4 August 2016	[91]
—	RB	Richard Nartey	1 year	2017	4 August 2016	[91]
14	RW	Bertrand Traoré	3 years	2019	12 August 2016	[92]
—	CB	Kenneth Omeruo	3 years	2019	31 August 2016	[60]
—	RB	Todd Kane	3 years	2019	23 September 2016	[93]

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
—	CM	Juan Familia-Castillo	Ajax	Free (scholar)	1 July 2016	[94]
23	CF	Michy Batshuayi	Marseille	£33,200,000	3 July 2016	[95][96]
—	CF	Charlie Brown	Ipswich Town	Free (scholar)	9 July 2016	[97]
7	CM	N'Golo Kanté	Leicester City	£30,000,000	16 July 2016	[98][99]
—	GK	Marcin Bułka	FCB Escola Varsovia	Free (scholar)	29 July 2016	[100][101]
37	GK	Eduardo	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	25 August 2016	[102]
3	LB	Marcos Alonso	Fiorentina	£23,000,000	31 August 2016	[63]
30	CB	David Luiz	Paris Saint-Germain	£30,000,000	31 August 2016	[64]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
32	GK	Marco Amelia	Unattached	Free	30 June 2016	[103]
9	CF	Radamel Falcao	Monaco	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[104]
11	CF	Alexandre Pato	Corinthians	End of Loan	30 June 2016	[104]
—	CF	Stipe Perica	Udinese	£3,400,000	1 July 2016	[7]
—	LW	Reece Mitchell	Chesterfield	Free	1 July 2016	[105]
—	CM	John Swift	Reading	Free	14 July 2016	[24]
—	RW	Mohamed Salah	Roma	£14,500,000	3 August 2016	[35]
—	CB	Papy Djilobodji	Sunderland	£8,000,000	5 August 2016	[106]
—	AM	Marko Marin	Olympiacos	£3,000,000	23 August 2016	[107]
—	CB	Zech Medley	Unattached	Free	14 October 2016	[108]
—	LB	Kevin Wright	Carlisle United	Free	1 December 2016	[109]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
—	RB	Wallace	Grêmio	7 January 2016	30 June 2017	[110][111]
—	LB	Nathan Aké	AFC Bournemouth	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[10]
—	CM	Lewis Baker	Vitesse	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[5]
—	GK	Mitchell Beeney	Crawley Town	1 July 2016	3 January 2017	[112]
—	CB	Andreas Christensen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[113]
—	LW	Charly Musonda	Real Betis	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[8]
—	LW	Nathan	Vitesse	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[4]
—	CF	Joao Rodríguez	Santa Fe	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	[114]
—	AM	Jérémie Boga	Granada	6 July 2016	30 June 2017	[15][115]
—	CB	Tomáš Kalas	Fulham	13 July 2016	30 June 2017	[116]
38	AM	Kasey Palmer	Huddersfield Town	15 July 2016	30 June 2017	[21]
—	RW	Alex Kiwomya	Crewe Alexandra	20 July 2016	9 January 2017	[117]
—	DM	Victorien Angban	Granada	22 July 2016	30 June 2017	[38][118]
—	GK	Matej Delač	Mouscron-Péruwelz	22 July 2016	30 June 2017	[23][38]
6	LB	Baba Rahman	Schalke 04	2 August 2016	30 June 2017 [lower-alpha 1]	[120]
32	CF	Tammy Abraham	Bristol City	5 August 2016	30 June 2017	[121]
—	CM	Jordan Houghton	Doncaster Rovers	6 August 2016	3 January 2017	[38]
—	CB	Alex Davey	Crawley Town	11 August 2016	3 January 2017	[122]
14	RW	Bertrand Traoré	Ajax	12 August 2016	30 June 2017	[123]
—	CM	Danilo Pantić	Excelsior	12 August 2016	30 June 2017	[124]
30	CB	Michael Hector	Eintracht Frankfurt	14 August 2016	30 June 2017	[43]
27	GK	Jamal Blackman	Wycombe Wanderers	15 August 2016	3 January 2017	[44]
—	RW	Isaiah Brown	Rotherham United	15 August 2016	30 June 2017	[125]
—	CM	Mario Pašalić	Milan	27 August 2016	30 June 2017	[48]
—	CF	Patrick Bamford	Burnley	30 August 2016	30 June 2017	[126]
18	CF	Loïc Rémy	Crystal Palace	30 August 2016	30 June 2017	[127]
16	LW	Kenedy	Watford	30 August 2016	30 June 2017	[51]
—	CB	Dion Conroy	Aldershot Town	31 August 2016	15 January 2017	[56]
—	LM	Cristián Cuevas	Sint-Truiden	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[56]
40	GK	Nathan Baxter	Metropolitan Police	31 August 2016	15 January 2017	[56]
—	CF	Islam Feruz	Mouscron-Péruwelz	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[56]
—	CB	Kenneth Omeruo	Alanyaspor	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[60]
17	RW	Juan Cuadrado	Juventus	31 August 2016	30 June 2019	[128]
—	CB	Jake Clarke-Salter	Bristol Rovers	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[57]
—	CM	Charlie Colkett	Bristol Rovers	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[57]
—	LW	Lucas Piazon	Fulham	31 August 2016	15 January 2017	[58]
—	RW	Christian Atsu	Newcastle United	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[59]
20	CB	Matt Miazga	Vitesse	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	[129]

1. A £500,000 loan fee has been applied to the loan for Baba Rahman.^[119]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: £116,200,000 Winter: £ Total: £116,200,000

Income Summer: £28,900,000 Winter: £ Total: £28,900,000

Expenditure Summer: £87,300,000 Winter: £ Total: £87,300,000

Pre-season

On 13 April 2016, it was announced that Chelsea would visit Austria for two pre-season friendlies against Rapid Wien and Wolfsberger AC.^[130] Chelsea will conclude their pre-season campaign facing Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in Germany.^[131]

Rapid Wien v Chelsea

16 July 2016 Friendly	Rapid Wien	2–0	Chelsea	Vienna, Austria
17:00 CEST	Joelinton  8' Tomi  82'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

Wolfsberger AC v Chelsea

20 July 2016 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	0–3	Chelsea	Klagenfurt, Austria
19:00 CEST		Report	Ivanović  39' Traoré  41' Loftus-Cheek  84' Chalobah  90+1'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 7800 Referee: Chiristian-Petru Ciochirca

Atus Ferlach v Chelsea

21 July 2016 Friendly	Atus Ferlach	0–8	Chelsea	Ferlach, Austria
10:00 CEST		Report	Rémy  11', 41', 81' Mikel  35' Batshuayi  49', 67' Pedro  56', 76'	Attendance: 'Behind closed doors'

Werder Bremen v Chelsea

7 August 2016 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–4	Chelsea	Bremen, Germany
15:00 CEST	Pizarro  33' (pen.) Thy  65' Fritz  69'	Report	Hazard  7' Oscar  9' Matić  32' Costa  45' Pedro  90'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 23,611 Referee: Sven Jablonski

International Champions Cup

On 22 March 2016, the schedule for the 2016 International Champions Cup was announced that Chelsea would play Liverpool, Real Madrid and Milan.^[132]

Chelsea v Liverpool

27 July 2016 ICC	Chelsea	1–0	Liverpool	Pasadena, California, United States
20:00 PDT	Cahill  10',  24' Fàbregas  70'	Report	Moreno  6' Grujić  12' Ejaria  39' Lovren  53' Stewart  72'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 53,117 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Real Madrid v Chelsea

30 July 2016 ICC	Real Madrid	3–2	Chelsea	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
15:00 EDT	Marcelo  19', 26' Mariano  37' Casemiro  57' Fernández  78'	Report	Traoré  28' Pedro  33' Cahill  42' Hazard  80', 90+1'	Stadium: Michigan Stadium Attendance: 105,826 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Milan v Chelsea

3 August 2016 ICC	Milan	1–3	Chelsea	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
20:00 CDT	Romagnoli  5' Bonaventura  38' Calabria  64'	Report	Traoré  24' Oscar  70' (pen.), 87'	Stadium: U.S. Bank Stadium Attendance: 64,101 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	14	11	1	2	32	11	+21	78.57
FA Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
EFL Cup	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	66.67
Total	17	13	1	3	40	17	+23	76.47

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea	14	11	1	2	32	11	+21	34	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	14	9	4	1	33	14	+19	31
3	Liverpool	14	9	3	2	35	18	+17	30
4	Manchester City	14	9	3	2	30	15	+15	30	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	6	1	24	10	+14	27	Qualification for the Europa League group stage

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2016. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[133]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	11	1	2	32	11	+21	34	6	0	1	20	4	+16	5	1	1	12	7	+5

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	4	1	2	3	8	6	5	4	4	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Statto
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 15 June 2016 at 9am.^[134][135]

Chelsea v West Ham United

15 August 2016 1	Chelsea	2–1	West Ham United	London
20:00 BST	Kanté  3' Costa  19',  89' Hazard  47' (pen.) Azpilicueta  75' Pedro  90+3'	Report	Collins  21',  77' Antonio  46'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,521 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Watford v Chelsea

20 August 2016 2	Watford	1–2	Chelsea	Watford
15:00 BST	Deeney  19' Capoue  55' Britos  69' Holebas  70'	Report	Cahill  20' Costa  56',  87' Batshuayi  80' Hazard  90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,772 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Chelsea v Burnley

27 August 2016 3	Chelsea	3–0	Burnley	London
15:00 BST	Hazard  9' Oscar  31' Willian  41' Ivanović  44' Moses  89'	Report	Keane  50' Tarkowski  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,607 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Swansea City v Chelsea

11 September 2016 4	Swansea City	2–2	Chelsea	Swansea
16:00 BST	Fer  26',  62' Fernández  42' Amat  48' Sigurðsson  59' (pen.)	Report	Costa  18', 81',  40' Courtois  59' Hazard  89' Terry  90+2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,865 Referee: Andre Marriner

Chelsea v Liverpool

16 September 2016 5	Chelsea	1–2	Liverpool	London
20:00 BST	Willian  45+1' Costa  61'	Report	Lovren  17' Henderson  36' Lucas  88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,514 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Arsenal v Chelsea

24 September 2016 6	Arsenal	3–0	Chelsea	London
17:30 BST	Sánchez  11' Walcott  14' Özil  40'	Report	Ivanović  28' Costa  83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,028 Referee: Michael Oliver

Hull City v Chelsea

1 October 2016 7	Hull City	0–2	Chelsea	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore  42' Robertson  79'	Report	Moses  35' Matić  41' Willian  61' Costa  67'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 21,257 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Chelsea v Leicester City

15 October 2016 8	Chelsea	3–0	Leicester City	London
12:30 BST	Costa  7' Hazard  33' Azpilicueta  51' Moses  80'	Report	Huth  27'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Referee: Andre Marriner

Chelsea v Manchester United

23 October 2016 9	Chelsea	4–0	Manchester United	London
16:00 BST	Pedro  1',  1' Cahill  21' David Luiz  41' Hazard  62' Alonso  66' Kanté  70'	Report	Bailly  29' Pogba  75'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,424 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Southampton v Chelsea

30 October 2016 10	Southampton	0–2	Chelsea	Southampton
16:00 BST		Report	Hazard  6' Costa  55'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,827 Referee: Mike Jones

Chelsea v Everton

5 November 2016 11	Chelsea	5–0	Everton	London
17:30 GMT	Hazard  19', 56' Alonso  20' Costa  42' Pedro  65'	Report	Bolasie  15' Jagielka  30' Barry  64'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,429 Referee: Robert Madley

Middlesbrough v Chelsea

20 November 2016 12	Middlesbrough	0–1	Chelsea	Middlesbrough
16:00 BST	Clayton  8' Chambers  74'	Report	Costa  41' Azpilicueta  51' Luiz  64' Kanté  73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,704 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

26 November 2016 13	Chelsea	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	London
17:30 GMT	Luiz  19' Pedro  45' Moses  51' Willian  85'	Report	Eriksen  11' Dembélé  26'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,513 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Chelsea

3 December 2016 14	Manchester City	1–3	Chelsea	Manchester
12:30 GMT	Otamendi  17' Cahill  45' (o.g.) Navas  81' Agüero  90+6' Fernandinho  90+7'	Report	Kanté  49' Costa  60' Willian  70' Hazard  90' Chalobah  90+8' Fàbregas  90+8'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,457 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion

11 December 2016 15	Chelsea	v	West Bromwich Albion	London
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

v

January 2017 Third round		v

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Chelsea v Bristol Rovers

23 August 2016 Second round	Chelsea	3–2	Bristol Rovers	Fulham, London
19:45 BST	Batshuayi  29', 41' Moses  31' Pedro  48'	Report	Hartley  35' Harrison  48' (pen.) Easter  71' Taylor  86'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,266 Referee: Keith Stroud

Leicester City v Chelsea

20 September 2016 Third round	Leicester City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Leicester
19:45 BST	Okazaki  17', 34' Wasilewski  52', 89' Drinkwater  87' Chilwell  103'	Report	Cahill  45+2' Azpilicueta  49' Matić  83' Fàbregas  92', 94' David Luiz  109'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 29,899 Referee: Robert Madley

West Ham United v Chelsea

26 October 2016 Fourth round	West Ham United	2–1	Chelsea	Stratford, London
19:45 BST	Kouyaté  11' Fernandes  48' Noble  63' Reid  76'	Report	Cahill  90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 45,957 Referee: Craig Pawson

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Asmir Begović	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	Branislav Ivanović	6 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	7 (3)	0	2	0
3	DF	Marcos Alonso	8 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	9 (1)	1	1	0
4	MF	Cesc Fàbregas	2 (3)	0	0	0	2	2	4 (3)	2	1	0
5	DF	Kurt Zouma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	N'Golo Kanté	14	1	0	0	1	0	15	1	3	0
8	MF	Oscar	5 (4)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	6 (5)	0	1	0
10	MF	Eden Hazard	14	8	0	0	0 (3)	0	14 (3)	8	2	0
11	MF	Pedro	8 (5)	3	0	0	2 (1)	0	10 (6)	3	3	0
12	MF	John Obi Mikel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Thibaut Courtois	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0
14	MF	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
15	MF	Victor Moses	8 (5)	3	0	0	2	1	10 (5)	4	1	0
19	FW	Diego Costa	14	11	0	0	0 (1)	0	14 (1)	11	4	0
21	MF	Nemanja Matić	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0	2	0
22	MF	Willian	6 (4)	3	0	0	1	0	7 (4)	3	2	0
23	FW	Michy Batshuayi	0 (9)	1	0	0	3	2	3 (9)	3	0	0
24	DF	Gary Cahill	14	1	0	0	3	2	17	3	1	0
26	DF	John Terry	4 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	5 (2)	0	1	0
28	DF	César Azpilicueta	14	0	0	0	3	1	17	1	3	0
29	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	0 (5)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (6)	0	1	0
30	DF	David Luiz	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	4	0
34	DF	Ola Aina	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
37	GK	Eduardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	Dominic Solanke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	19	Diego Costa	11	0	0	11
2	MF	10	Eden Hazard	8	0	0	8
3	MF	15	Victor Moses	3	0	1	4
6	MF	11	Pedro	3	0	0	3
	MF	22	Willian	3	0	0	3
	FW	23	Michy Batshuayi	1	0	2	3
	DF	24	Gary Cahill	1	0	2	3
8	MF	4	Cesc Fàbregas	0	0	2	2
10	DF	3	Marcos Alonso	1	0	0	1
	MF	7	N'Golo Kanté	1	0	0	1
	DF	28	César Azpilicueta	0	0	1	1
#	Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total				32	0	8	40

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	13	Thibaut Courtois	7	0	0	7
2	1	Asmir Begović	0	0	0	0
Total			7	0	0	7

Last updated: 20 November 2016.
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Summary

Games played	17 (14 Premier League) (3 EFL Cup)
Games won	13 (11 Premier League) (2 EFL Cup)
Games drawn	1 (1 Premier League)
Games lost	3 (2 Premier League) (1 EFL Cup)
Goals scored	40 (32 Premier League) (8 EFL Cup)
Goals conceded	17 (11 Premier League) (6 EFL Cup)
Goal difference	+23 (+21 Premier League) (+2 EFL Cup)
Clean sheets	7 (7 Premier League)
Yellow cards	34 (31 Premier League) (3 EFL Cup)
Red cards	0
Most appearances	3 Players (17 Appearances)
Top scorer	Diego Costa (11 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 13/17 (76.47%)

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Awards are available in the clubs official website.

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