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 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 2014–15 season, the club holds the records for the most points, most goals scored and most clean sheets in a single Premier League season with 95 points in 2004–05, 103 goals in 2009–10 and 25 clean sheets in 2004–05. Chelsea have been English football champions five 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, against whom they have played on 159 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 59 of their league matches against Sunderland, which represents the most Chelsea have won against any club.^[9] Chelsea have drawn more matches with Everton than with any other club; out of the 155 league matches between the two teams, 48 have finished without a winner.^[10] The side has lost more league games to Liverpool than to any other club, having been defeated by them 66 times in 147 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 2016–17 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; 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 matches played on 3 December 2016.

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	79	29	25	25	80	21	22	37	159	50	47	62	204	223	31.45	1907–08	2016–17	[upper-alpha 1]
Aston Villa	69	37	13	19	69	18	19	32	138	55	32	51	214	202	39.86	1907–08	2015–16
Barnsley	15	11	0	4	15	5	5	5	30	16	5	9	60	42	53.33	1905–06	1997–98
Birmingham City	41	23	12	6	41	15	12	14	82	38	24	20	140	107	46.34	1907–08	2010–11	[upper-alpha 2]
Blackburn Rovers	51	27	12	12	51	16	15	20	102	43	27	32	150	125	42.16	1907–08	2011–12
Blackpool	39	20	10	9	39	16	4	19	78	36	14	28	137	109	46.15	1905–06	2010–11
Bolton Wanderers	54	29	13	12	54	18	14	22	108	47	27	34	181	155	43.52	1907–08	2011–12
A.F.C. Bournemouth	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	4	2	0	2	6	3	50.00	1988–89	2015–16
Bradford City	17	14	1	2	17	3	7	7	34	17	8	9	58	50	50.00	1905–06	2000–01
Bradford Park Avenue	7	5	0	2	7	3	1	3	14	8	1	5	25	14	57.14	1910–11	1929–30
Brentford	5	4	0	1	5	1	1	3	10	5	1	4	14	13	50.00	1935–36	1946–47
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	6	1	100.000	1983–84	1988–89
Bristol City	12	7	5	0	12	0	6	6	24	7	11	6	32	25	29.17	1905–06	1980–81
Bristol Rovers	4	3	1	0	4	1	0	3	8	4	1	3	8	7	50.00	1975–76	1980–81
Burnley	42	21	6	15	41	9	11	21	83	30	17	36	108	132	36.14	1905–06	2016–17
Burton United	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	9	4	75.00	1905–06	1906–07
Bury	5	4	0	1	5	0	1	4	10	4	1	5	20	18	40.00	1907–08	1962–63
Cambridge United	5	4	1	0	5	4	0	1	10	8	1	1	20	4	80.00	1979–80	1983–84
Cardiff City	18	11	2	5	18	6	6	6	36	17	8	11	58	46	47.22	1921–22	2013–14
Carlisle United	5	3	1	1	5	2	1	2	10	5	2	3	14	11	50.00	1974–75	1983–84
Charlton Athletic	33	16	7	10	33	12	9	12	66	28	16	22	108	96	42.42	1929–30	2006–07
Chesterfield	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	9	2	50.00	1905–06	1906–07	[upper-alpha 3]
Coventry City	27	17	6	4	27	8	8	11	54	25	14	15	90	71	46.30	1924–25	2000–01
Crystal Palace	19	9	8	2	19	9	6	4	38	18	14	6	59	32	47.37	1924–25	2015–16
Darlington	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	1	3	0	10	7	25.00	1925–26	1926–27
Derby County	47	21	15	11	47	13	10	24	94	34	25	35	137	138	36.17	1910–11	2007–08
Everton	78	40	26	12	77	17	22	38	155	57	48	50	245	233	36.77	1907–08	2016–17
Fulham	35	20	13	2	35	21	9	5	70	41	22	7	119	61	58.57	1910–11	2013–14
Gainsborough Trinity	4	3	0	1	4	2	1	1	8	5	1	2	15	8	62.50	1905–06	1911–12
Glossop North End	4	3	1	0	4	3	0	1	8	6	1	1	20	7	75.00	1905–06	1911–12	[upper-alpha 4]
Grimsby Town	20	15	2	3	20	5	5	10	40	20	7	13	73	47	50.00	1905–06	1983–84
Hereford United	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	7	3	50.00	1976–77	1976–77
Huddersfield Town	28	13	7	8	28	10	1	17	56	23	8	25	82	85	41.07	1910–11	1983–84
Hull City	17	14	0	3	18	10	4	4	35	24	4	7	62	21	68.57	1905–06	2016–17
Ipswich Town	19	13	4	2	19	6	6	7	38	19	10	9	66	47	50.00	1961–62	2001–02
Leeds City	4	4	0	0	4	1	3	0	8	5	3	0	18	6	62.50	1905–06	1911–12
Leeds United	45	21	13	11	45	5	12	28	90	26	25	39	107	136	28.89	1927–28	2003–04
Leicester City	48	33	11	4	47	11	16	20	95	44	27	24	167	116	46.32	1905–06	2016–17	[upper-alpha 5]
Leyton Orient	14	7	4	3	14	8	2	4	28	15	6	7	46	29	53.57	1905–06	1981–82	[upper-alpha 6]
Lincoln City	3	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	6	5	1	0	22	3	83.33	1905–06	1910–11
Liverpool	74	38	16	20	73	11	16	46	147	49	32	66	202	227	33.33	1907–08	2016–17
Luton Town	19	10	5	4	19	5	6	8	38	15	11	12	60	51	39.47	1955–56	1991–92
Manchester City	71	35	22	14	72	23	17	32	143	58	39	46	201	180	40.56	1907–08	2016–17
Manchester United	75	25	20	30	74	19	26	29	149	44	46	59	187	236	29.53	1905–06	2016–17
Middlesbrough	52	34	13	5	53	14	16	23	105	48	29	28	160	118	45.71	1907–08	2016–17
Millwall	4	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	8	3	2	3	12	10	37.50	1928–29	1989–90
Newcastle United	71	41	19	11	71	16	18	37	142	57	37	48	215	181	40.14	1907–08	2015–16
Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	100.000	1965–66	1965–66
Norwich City	20	10	6	4	20	6	6	8	40	16	12	12	55	47	40.00	1962–63	2015–16
Nottingham Forest	42	22	13	7	42	11	13	18	84	33	26	25	107	121	39.29	1906–07	1998–99
Notts County	16	9	4	3	16	3	4	9	32	12	8	12	49	52	37.50	1907–08	1991–92
Oldham Athletic	24	14	7	3	24	5	6	13	48	19	13	16	77	60	39.58	1912–13	1993–94
Oxford United	5	3	1	1	5	1	3	1	10	4	4	2	21	17	40.00	1975–76	1988–89
Plymouth Argyle	4	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	8	4	3	1	18	9	50.00	1962–63	1988–89
Port Vale	7	6	1	0	7	1	3	3	14	7	4	3	29	13	50.00	1905–06	1928–29	[upper-alpha 7]
Portsmouth	37	19	12	6	37	14	10	13	74	33	22	19	135	105	44.59	1924–25	2009–10
Preston North End	35	18	10	7	35	10	6	19	70	28	16	26	103	93	40.00	1907–08	1980–81
Queens Park Rangers	23	12	6	5	23	5	10	8	46	17	16	13	61	57	36.96	1968–69	2014–15
Reading	7	4	3	0	7	3	2	2	14	7	5	2	22	17	50.00	1926–27	2012–13
Rotherham United	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	6	2	1	3	6	12	33.33	1962–63	1982–83
Scunthorpe United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	3	50.00	1962–63	1962–63
Sheffield United	37	20	10	7	37	13	5	19	74	33	15	26	122	103	44.59	1907–08	2006–07
Sheffield Wednesday	50	21	17	12	50	6	19	25	100	27	36	37	126	152	27.00	1907–08	1999–2000	[upper-alpha 8]
Shrewsbury Town	6	4	0	2	6	1	2	3	12	5	2	5	21	18	41.67	1979–80	1988–89
South Shields	4	2	2	0	4	0	2	2	8	2	4	2	14	10	25.00	1924–25	1927–28
Southampton	42	19	12	11	43	18	12	13	85	37	24	24	132	109	43.53	1924–25	2016–17
Stockport County	6	4	2	0	6	2	2	2	12	6	4	2	17	13	50.00	1905–06	1925–26
Stoke City	42	24	11	7	42	17	8	17	84	41	19	24	127	105	48.81	1922–23	2015–16	[upper-alpha 9]
Sunderland	59	39	11	9	59	20	10	29	118	59	21	38	212	172	50.00	1907–08	2015–16
Swansea City	14	9	4	1	15	4	6	5	29	13	10	6	52	30	44.83	1925–26	2016–17	[upper-alpha 10]
Swindon Town	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	9	4	75.00	1988–89	1993–94
Tottenham Hotspur	69	34	16	19	68	23	25	20	137	57	41	39	207	195	41.61	1909–10	2016–17
Walsall	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	14	2	75.00	1962–63	1988–89
Watford	11	3	4	4	12	7	1	4	23	10	5	8	36	33	43.48	1979–80	2016–17
West Bromwich Albion	60	30	16	14	60	22	14	24	120	52	30	38	197	178	43.33	1905–06	2015–16
West Ham United	48	25	11	12	47	15	8	24	95	40	19	36	153	146	42.11	1923–24	2016–17
Wigan Athletic	8	7	1	0	8	6	1	1	16	13	2	1	40	10	81.25	2005–06	2012–13
Wimbledon	13	4	5	4	13	6	5	2	26	10	10	6	38	34	38.46	1986–87	1999–2000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	50	21	14	15	50	16	12	22	100	37	26	37	171	172	37.00	1906–07	2011–12
Wrexham	3	2	1	0	3	1	0	2	6	3	1	2	11	11	50.00	1979–80	1981–82
York City	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	00.00	1975–76	1975–76

Notes

1. Record against Woolwich Arsenal included
2. Record against Small Heath and Birmingham included
3. Record against Chesterfield Town included
4. Record against Glossop included
5. Record against Leicester Fosse included
6. Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included
7. Record against Burslem Port Vale included
8. Record against The Wednesday included
9. Record against Stoke included
10. Record against Swansea Town included

References

General

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• "Chelsea Head To Head". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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