Chelsea Football Club records

Attendances

• Highest home attendance (estimate): 100,000, against Dynamo Moscow, 13 November 1945
• Highest home attendance (official): 82,905, against Arsenal, First Division, 12 October 1935
• Highest home attendance (Second Division): 67,000, against Manchester United, 13 April 1906
• Highest home attendance (FA Cup): 77,952, against Swindon Town, 13 March 1911
• Highest home attendance (League Cup): 43,330, against Tottenham Hotspur, 22 December 1971
• Highest home attendance (Europe): 59,541, against Milan, 16 February 1966
• Highest season home aggregate: 1,014,352 (1954–55 season)
• Highest league home average: 48,302 (1954–55 season)
• Highest attendance for any Chelsea match: 105,826, against Real Madrid, Michigan Stadium, United States, 30 July 2016
• Highest away attendance: 98,436, against Barcelona, UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg, 7 March 2006
• Lowest home attendance: 3,000, against Lincoln City, Second Division, 17 February 1906

Source: Chelsea F.C. official website

Firsts

• First match – v. Stockport County, Second Division, 2 September 1905
• First win – v. Liverpool, friendly match, 4 September 1905
• First competitive goalscorer – John Robertson, v. Blackpool, Second Division, 9 September 1905
• First FA Cup match – v. First Grenadier Guards, First Qualifying Round, 7 October 1905
• First FA Cup match (proper) – v. Lincoln City, First Round, 12 January 1907
• First League Cup match – v. Millwall, First Round, 10 October 1960
• First European match – v. BK Frem, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 30 September 1958
• First Cup Winners' Cup match – v. Aris, First Round, 16 September 1970
• First UEFA Champions League match – v. Skonto Riga, Third Qualifying Round, 11 August 1999
• First UEFA Champions League match (proper) – v. Milan, First Group Stage, 15 September 1999
• First FA Cup winners at the new Wembley Stadium – v. Manchester United, 2007 FA Cup Final, 19 May 2007
• First domestic double – v. Portsmouth, 2010 FA Cup Final, 15 May 2010 (also winning the 2009–10 Premier League)
• 100 League goals in a season – 2009–10 Premier League season
• The first English team to qualify for the UEFA European Cup, winning the 1954–55 First Division (Chelsea were not allowed to participate by the Football Association)
• The first London based team to win the UEFA Champions League – 2011–12 season
• The first UEFA Champions League holders to get knocked out in the group stage the following year – 2012–13 season
• The first English team to win all three major UEFA competitions
• The first UEFA Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League the following year – 2012–13 season
• The first team in history of the European competitions to be holders of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League at the same time (winning the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final on 15 May 2013, and still being holders of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League until 25 May 2013)