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First Cup Winners' Cup match: Chelsea v. Aris, first round, 16 September 1970; First UEFA Champions League match: Chelsea v. Skonto Riga, third qualifying round, 11 August 1999; First UEFA Champions League match (proper): Chelsea v. Milan, first group stage, 15 September 1999; First FA Cup winners at the new Wembley Stadium: Chelsea v.
Chelsea is the only London club to have won the UEFA Champions League. [191] [192] Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the first English club to win all four UEFA club trophies and the only club to hold the Champions League and the Europa League at the same time. [193]
In total, Chelsea have won six League Championships (the First Division and its successor, the Premier League), eight FA Cups, five League Cups, one FIFA Club World Cup, two UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Europa Leagues, and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups.
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London.The club's involvement in international competitions dates back to the 1950s. As English champions, Chelsea were invited to participate in the inaugural European Champions' Cup in 1955; however, they were pressured into withdrawing from the tournament by the Football League.
In the Champions League, Chelsea were drawn against Barcelona in the knockout round. In the first leg at the Camp Nou, Chelsea took a 1–0 lead but had Didier Drogba controversially sent-off in the second half with Chelsea still ahead, and the Catalans eventually won 2–1. [15]
Marcos Alonso hit the post for Chelsea with a free-kick before Messi's 100th Champions League goal — following a mistake by César Azpilicueta — took the hosts out of sight. Alonso was then denied a penalty after a challenge by Gerard Piqué as Barça joined La Liga rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla in the competition's quarter-final draw. [98]
Chelsea went into the match as the underdogs, similarly to 2012, and defeated Manchester City 1–0 to win the Champions League, with Kai Havertz's goal in the first-half goal sealing Chelsea's second Champions League title. Chelsea became the third English club to win the Champions League multiple times, after Liverpool (2005, 2019) and ...
Qualification for the Champions League group stage: 3 Manchester United: 38 18 12 8 66 36 +30 66 4 Chelsea: 38 20 6 12 69 54 +15 66 5 Leicester City: 38 18 8 12 67 41 +26 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage: 6 Tottenham Hotspur: 38 16 11 11 61 47 +14 59 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [a]