The Blues were unable to find the net on our first appearance in the FA Cup final – way back in 1915, at the end of our 10th season in existence as a football club – but have averaged above a goal a game in the 15 finals we have played since.

That has contributed to us lifting the trophy on no less than eight occasions – possibly soon to be nine when we take on Manchester City in this season’s final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

In the build-up to the 2025/26 showpiece, get in the mood by reliving all 17 goals Chelsea have scored in previous FA Cup finals…

Bobby Tambling | Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea | 1967

The honour of scoring the first-ever Chelsea FA Cup final goal went to Tambling, who had become our all-time top scorer with another goal against Tottenham earlier that season - a record he would hold for almost half a century, before being surpassed by Frank Lampard in 2013.

Unfortunately, this goal was merely a consolation, beating goalkeeper Pat Jennings to Johnny Boyle’s cross to head in with 85 minutes on the clock, as by that time we were two goals down and there would be no late equaliser.

Peter Houseman | Chelsea 2-2 Leeds United | 1970

Chelsea were back at Wembley again looking to lift the FA Cup trophy for the first time in our history three years later, taking on a Leeds side where there was famously no love lost between the two groups of players on the pitch, who had become fierce rivals, but also shared a huge amount of respect for each other.

That rivalry would only grow stronger over the course of this gruelling final, as we twice came from behind. The first of our equalisers arrived shortly before half-time, when Houseman’s shot from outside the box bobbled along the terrible pitch and evaded the grasp of goalkeeper Gary Sprake.

Ian Hutchinson | Chelsea 2-2 Leeds United | 1970

Leeds took a deserved lead again in the second half, but once more Chelsea refused to surrender and fought back to level with seven minutes of the game remaining.

A short free-kick was whipped into the box by John Hollins, where Hutchinson met it first and glanced a brilliant header in at the near post. With no further goals during extra time, it meant this final would be decided on another day.

Peter Osgood | Chelsea 2-1 Leeds United | 1970

So bad had the Wembley pitch been in the first game, that we moved on to Old Trafford for the replay. It would be the venue for one of the most iconic Chelsea FA Cup final goals off all time.

We were trailing again in the second half when Charlie Cooke finally unlocked the Leeds defence with a beautifully clipped ball over the back line to pick out Osgood in the penalty area, the striker stooping to direct a diving-header into the back of the net. Extra time beckoned again.

David Webb | Chelsea 2-1 Leeds United | 1970

This surely must have been the most physically demanding FA Cup final ever, played over 240 minutes with two teams who fiercely – and at times outright violently – contested every ball.

With 104 minutes on the clock in the second game, it was Webb who had the most spring left in his legs. When Hutchinson’s famous long throw was flicked on, the defender overpowered two Leeds players at the back post to head in from close range. Chelsea were FA Cup winners at last.

Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough | 1997

It was a very different Chelsea who took to the field for the 1997 FA Cup final, looking for the club’s first piece of major silverware in 26 years with a new continental style and swagger under the management of Ruud Gullit.

It was perhaps fitting that it would be a member of our foreign legion who would open the scoring, and he did so after just 43 seconds – then the fastest goal ever scored in a cup final at Wembley. Di Matteo caught everyone off guard by letting fly from long distance inside the first minute, his powerful shot dipping beyond the goalkeeper and in off the underside of the crossbar.

Eddie Newton | Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough | 1997

We retained our narrow lead over Middlesbrough as the game entered the last 10 minutes, and then stretched our advantage to put the result beyond doubt with another brilliant goal.

Dan Petrescu’s chipped cross was kept in play and sent back into danger with a brilliant back-heeled volley from Gianfranco Zola – and there was Newton.

A product of the Chelsea youth system, Newton's sweeping strike was a moment of redemption, having conceded the penalty for the opening goal of our FA Cup final defeat to Manchester United three years earlier.

Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa | 2000

The last FA Cup final ever to be played at the original Wembley Stadium, before it was demolished and rebuilt into the arena we know today, was a tight and tense affair decided by one moment midway through the second half.

That came when Zola’s free-kick was curled in from the left and Villa goalkeeper David James failed in his attempt to come and claim it.

The ball ricocheted off a defender as it dropped, but Di Matteo reacted quickly to swivel and smash a half-volley into the roof of the net. After waiting so long between our first two triumphs, Chelsea had claimed the FA Cup for the second time in three years.

Didier Drogba | Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United | 2007

It appeared Chelsea were set for our first-ever FA Cup final penalty shootout with five minutes left of extra time when the FA Cup final returned to the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium for the first time in 2007.

Drogba had other ideas, though. It was a goal worthy of settling the contest, as the striker played a first-time pass around the corner and raced forward as Lampard lifted a delicate one-two over the United defence.

Drogba got there ahead of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to toe the ball into the net for a dramatic winner late in extra time.

Didier Drogba | Chelsea 2-1 Everton | 2009

We had fallen behind inside the first minute when Louis Saha broke Di Matteo’s record for the fastest cup final goal at Wembley, but we wouldn’t stay behind for long.

Few players seemed to thrive on the big stage of a cup final and the national stadium as well as Drogba and he was at it again in 2009. When Florent Malouda delivered his cross into the box there was only going to be one winner, our striker brushing aside Joleon Lescott to power a header into the bottom corner.

Frank Lampard | Chelsea 2-1 Everton | 2009

With just under 20 minutes left on the clock, Chelsea were in the ascendancy, but still looking for a decisive goal. Step up Lampard, who reached the 20-goal landmark for the fourth season in a row with the Blues.

It was all his own making, sending Phil Neville away with a turn and recovering his footing after a slip to smash a left-footed shot that had too much power for Tim Howard to keep out on its way to the roof of the net.

Lampard then raced away to spin around the corner flag, recreating the celebration of his father, Frank Lampard Senior, at Wembley after scoring the winning goal for West Ham United in the 1980 FA Cup semi-finals, also against Everton.

Didier Drogba | Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth | 2010

Chelsea turned dismay into joy in a matter of moments as we looked to follow up our 2009/10 Premier League triumph by adding the FA Cup and securing the club’s first-ever Double.

Just a few minutes after Petr Cech had saved Aruna Dindane’s penalty at one end, Chelsea were awarded a free-kick in a dangerous position at the other end. Cue Drogba once again.

The striker chose to go around the wall and across goal, wrong-footing goalkeeper David James. Didier's power and precision did the rest, as his shot bounced in off the foot of the right-hand post. Portsmouth never looked like recovering from there.

Ramires | Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool | 2012

Chelsea were under the interim leadership of Di Matteo by this stage of the 2011/12 season, and perhaps it was fitting that the man who had twice scored winning FA Cup final goals for us at the old Wembley would lift the trophy again as manager at the new stadium.

The opening goal wasn’t quite as fast as Di Matteo’s in 1997, but still came early as with just 10 minutes played, Ramires followed up his incredible UEFA Champions League semi-final goal at Barcelona with another in the FA Cup final.

Juan Mata’s pass was perfectly weighted, leaving Jose Enrique in two minds whether to stand his ground or step in to try and intercept. That hesitation was all Ramires needed to break free, racing away behind the Liverpool defence and firing in low at the near post.

Didier Drogba | Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool | 2012

The combination of Drogba and Lampard proved decisive for Chelsea once again, as we extended our lead after half-time, with what would turn out to be the winning goal of the 2012 FA Cup final.

Both players showed their class, starting with Lampard bamboozling Jay Spearing with his first touch and sliding a pass into Drogba on the edge of the box.

The striker's control was excellent too, spinning towards goal and keeping Martin Skrtel at arm’s length, before adjusting his feet and skimming a shot into the bottom corner.

Diego Costa | Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea | 2017

When Diego Costa equalised at Wembley, it briefly looked like he had rekindled our chances of sealing the Double by adding the FA Cup to the Premier League trophy we had already lifted in 2016/17. But it was not to be, as Arsenal replied by scoring the winner just two minutes later.

The Blues had already been reduced to 10 men by a red card for Victor Moses and, after an intricate series of passes, it was Willian – the man introduced from the bench in the resulting tactical reshuffle – who delivered the cross.

Diego Costa did brilliantly to bring it down into space on his chest and beat David Ospina at his near post.

Eden Hazard | Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United | 2018

Chelsea’s last FA Cup triumph was sealed from the penalty spot at Wembley, as a tight game of few chances was settled by one demonstration of Hazard’s supreme talent and composure. It was far from the only game for which that could be said.

Hazard brought down Cesc Fabregas’ searching pass impeccably, darting between two defenders and racing towards goal, cleverly keeping his body between the ball and Phil Jones as he readied to shoot. That meant there was only one possible outcome when the Man Utd defender went to ground with a sliding challenge - a penalty to Chelsea.

As we had seen so many times, Hazard casually approached the spot and waited for goalkeeper David de Gea to make the first move, before rolling his penalty into the empty half of the net.

Christian Pulisic | Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea | 2020

There were very few people there to see Chelsea’s most recent FA Cup final goal in person. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the game to be played three months later than originally planned and inside an empty Wembley Stadium, with supporters still banned from attending games during the pandemic lockdown.

Which was initially a pity, as we made another flying start to a cup final with a beautiful goal. Pulisic turned into space and threaded a pass through for Mason Mount.

When the midfielder's low cross was deftly flicked towards the penalty spot by Olivier Giroud, it was the American who had continued his run into the box to collect, twist clear with a lovely shimmy, and lift a calm finish over Emiliano Martinez.

It would have been a worthy FA Cup-winning goal, but unfortunately, Arsenal struck back twice to take the win.