Chelsea's pre-season results

Bayer Leverkusen - Stamford Bridge - W 2-0
AC Milan - Stamford Bridge - W 4-1

24 players have been used in our two pre-season games.

- Pre-Season Briefing: Part One

Minutes

Tosin 138, Neto 121, Caicedo 120, Cucurella 120, Acheampong 110, Palmer 108, Estevao 106, Santos 106, Chalobah 103, Gittens 102, Delap 94, Gusto 93, Sanchez 92, Jorgensen 91, James 90, Joao Pedro 89, George 81, Essugo 63, Hato 63, Fernandez 62, Walsh 17, Anselmino 15, Rak-Sakyi 15, Antwi 14.

Scorers

Delap 2 (1 pen), Joao Pedro 2, Estevao 1, own goal 1

Assists

Antwi 1, Estevao 1, James 1, Neto 1, Palmer 1, Santos 1

Chelsea transfers in summer 2025

Chelsea transfers out summer 2025

Chelsea loans out summer 2025

*All transfers correct as of 13 August

Summer international honours

UEFA Nations League

Winners – Pedro Neto, Renato Veiga and Joao Felix (Portugal)

Runners-up – Marc Cucurella (Spain)

Under-21 European Championships

Winner – Teddy Sharman-Lowe (England)

Under-20 South American Championships

Winner - Deivid Washington (Brazil)

Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations

Winner - Ibrahim Rabbaj (Morocco)

Upcoming Chelsea milestones

Moises Caicedo - Two appearances to reach 100 in all competitions

Cole Palmer - Three appearances to reach 100 in all competitions

Robert Sanchez - Two league appearances to reach 50 in the Premier League

Reece James - 10 appearances to reach 200 in all competitions

Cole Palmer - Seven goals to reach 50 in all competitions

Chelsea career appearances

James 190, Fernandez 115, Cucurella 113, Chilwell 107, Chalobah 104, Caicedo 98, Palmer 97, Gusto 85, Jackson 81, Sterling 81, Colwill 75, Mudryk 73, Nkunku 62, Disasi 61, Sanchez 61, Badiashile 55, Neto 51, Tosin 41, W Fofana 34, Chukwuemeka 32, George 26, Jorgensen 24, Lavia 23, Veiga 18, Gilchrist 17, Acheampong 14, Delap 6, Mheuka 5, D Fofana 4, Rak-Sakyi 4, Santos 4, Essugo 3, Joao Pedro 3, Antwi 2, Matos 2, Tauriainen 2, Walsh 2, Ampah 1, Anselmino 1, Dyer 1, Murray-Campbell 1

Chelsea career goals

Palmer 43 (13 pens), Jackson 30, Sterling 19, Nkunku 18 (4 pens), Fernandez 16 (1 pen), James 14, Mudryk 10, Chilwell 9, Neto 9, Cucurella 8, Chalobah 5, Disasi 5, Tosin 5, Caicedo 3, Colwill 3, George 3, Joao Pedro 3, Badiashile 2, Chukwuemeka 2, W Fofana 2, Veiga 2, Delap 1, Gilchrist 1

Upcoming club milestones

• Excluding qualifying games, our third Champions League game will be our 200th in the competition.

• We need to score five more FA Cup goals to reach 800 in our history.

Looking to extend...

• Chelsea remain unbeaten in our last 30 Premier League home games against Everton (17 wins, 13 draws). It’s our longest run without defeat against an opponent at Stamford Bridge in our top-flight history, exceeding our previous record of 27 set against Tottenham between 1990 and 2016.

• We continue our remarkable record in March, not losing a Premier League home game since 2001 when Sunderland won 4-2 at the Bridge, 41 games ago (33 wins, seven draws).
  

Anniversaries in 2025/26

• 70 years since Chelsea withdrew from the inaugural European Cup (now Champions League), bowing to pressure from the Football League. (25 Jul 1955)

• 60 years since John Boyle replaced George Graham to become the first substitute to come on for Chelsea away to Fulham in a 3-0 victory. (28 Aug 1965)

• 120 years since newly-formed Chelsea’s first ever victory was recorded at home to Hull City, Jimmy Windridge netting the club’s maiden hat-trick in a 5-1 win. (11 Sep 1905)
  

• 70 years since champions Chelsea won the Charity Shield for the first time, beating FA Cup holders Newcastle 3-0 at the Bridge. (14 Sep 1955)

• 120 years since Chelsea’s FA Cup debut at the Bridge against 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards ended in a 6-1 victory for the Pensioners. (7 Oct 1905)

• 90 years since Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1 drew a club-record crowd of 82,905 to Stamford Bridge, then the league’s highest ever attendance and still the second. (12 Oct 1935)

• 120 years since Chelsea’s first ever London derby, a 3-0 victory at Clapton Orient in Division Two. (11 Nov 1905)

• 80 years since over 100,000 swamped Stamford Bridge for the visit of Moscow Dynamo, a diplomatic 3-3 draw. (13 Nov 1945)
  

• 100 years since Chelsea cleverly exploited the new offside law to remain unbeaten in the opening 14 league matches, having played the only official trial match the previous January. (14 Nov 1925)

• 120 years since Chelsea were forced to field different teams on the same day losing 7-1 in the cup at Crystal Palace but beating Burnley 1-0 in the league. (18 Nov 1905)

• 90 years since the first ever top-flight west London derby, a 2-1 Chelsea win over Brentford at Stamford Bridge in Division One. (23 Nov 1935)

• 60 years ago, for a 2-1 win against Tottenham, the old West Stand opened fully for the first time, adding 15,500 to the Bridge’s capacity. (8 Jan 1966)

• 60 years since Ron Harris won a coin toss to beat AC Milan at the San Siro after an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup round three play-off. The skipper chose heads because 'he didn’t like the tails’ – a double-headed eagle. (2 Mar 1966)

• 40 years since Chelsea won the Full Members’ Cup final, an extraordinary 5-4 victory over Man City, featuring Wembley’s first hat-trick since Geoff Hurst in 1966. (23 Mar 1986)

• 20 years since Chelsea’s only back-to-back league title success was secured with a 3-0 win at home to Man United. (29 Apr 2006)

• 40 years since the popular rampant lion badge was last worn before being replaced – it returned two decades later, in 2005/06. (5 May 1986)

• 60 years since Tommy Docherty’s Chelsea reached a European semi-final for the first time, losing an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup play-off at Camp Nou, beamed back to the Bridge – a first in this country. (25 May 1966)

• Five years since Chelsea wore the UEFA Champions League crown for the second time after beating Man City 1-0 in Porto. (29 May 2021)