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Revision as of 15:20, 10 June 2022

Chelsea
2022–23 season
OwnerTodd Boehly
Clearlake Capital
Hansjörg Wyss
Mark Walter
ChairmanBruce Buck
Head coachThomas Tuchel
StadiumStamford Bridge
FA CupThird round
EFL CupThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
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The 2022–23 season is the 109th season in the existence of Chelsea Football Club and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top-flight. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.

Season summary

Pre-season

On 23 May it was announced that long serving goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon would leave the club after having joined from Rennes in 2007 to help with the training of former Goalkeeper Petr Čech.[1]

On 28 May Chelsea FC released a statement via the club website stating that "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that a final and definitive agreement was entered into last night to sell the Club to the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital consortium. It is expected that the transaction will be completed on Monday."[2]

The consortium led by Todd Boehly, chairman and CEO of Eldridge, and Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), announced completion of the ownership transfer of Chelsea Football Club (“Chelsea FC” or “the Club”) on the 30 May. The consortium also includes Hansjörg Wyss, founder of the Wyss Foundation, and Mark Walter, co-founder and CEO of Guggenheim Capital. Walter and Boehly are owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Sparks. The transaction has received all necessary approvals from The Government of the United Kingdom, The Premier League, and other authorities.[3]

Management team

Position Name
Head coach Germany Thomas Tuchel
Assistant head coach Germany Arno Michels
Assistant coaches Hungary Zsolt Lőw
England Anthony Barry
Goalkeeper coach Portugal Henrique Hilário

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 June 2022. Appearances include all competitions.[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed in Contract ends Signed from Transfer fee Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Kepa Arrizabalaga Spain GK (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 30) 2018 2025[5] Spain Athletic Bilbao £71.5M[6] 124 0
13 Marcus Bettinelli England GK (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32) 2021 2023[7] England Fulham Free[8] 1 0
16 Édouard Mendy Senegal GK (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992 (age 32) 2020 2025[9] France Rennes £22M[10] 93 0
Defenders
3 Marcos Alonso Spain LWB / LB (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 33) 2016 2023[11] Italy Fiorentina £24M[12] 212 29
6 Thiago Silva Brazil CB (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984 (age 40) 2020 2023[13] France Paris Saint-Germain Free 82 5
14 Trevoh Chalobah England CB / DM (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25) 2018 2026[14] England Chelsea Academy N/A 30 4
21 Ben Chilwell England LB / LWB (1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 27) 2020 2025[15] England Leicester City £45M[16] 55 7
24 Reece James England RB / RWB (1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 24) 2018 2025[17] England Chelsea Academy N/A 123 9
28 César Azpilicueta (captain) Spain RB / CB (1989-08-29) 29 August 1989 (age 35) 2012 2023[18] France Marseille £7M[19] 476 17
31 Malang Sarr France CB / LB (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 25) 2020 2025[20] France Nice Free[20] 21 0
Midfielders
5 Jorginho (vice-captain) Italy DM / CM (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 32) 2018 2023[21] Italy Napoli £50M[22] 188 26
7 N'Golo Kanté France CM / DM (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33) 2016 2023[23] England Leicester City £32M[24] 260 13
8 Mateo Kovačić Croatia CM / DM (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994 (age 30) 2019 2024[25] Spain Real Madrid £40M[26] 184 4
12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek England CM / DM (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996 (age 28) 2014 2024[27] England Chelsea Academy N/A 122 13
18 Ross Barkley England AM / CM (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 30) 2018 2023[28] England Everton £15M[28] 100 12
19 Mason Mount England AM / CM (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25) 2017 2024[29] England Chelsea Academy N/A 160 30
23 Kenedy Brazil LM / LWB (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28) 2015 2023 Brazil Fluminense £6.3M 30 3
68 Harvey Vale England AM / CM (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 21) 2021 2023 England Chelsea Academy N/A 5 0
Forwards
9 Romelu Lukaku Belgium ST (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) 2021 2026[30] Italy Inter Milan £97.5M[31] 59 15
10 Christian Pulisic United States LW / RW (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26) 2019 2024[32] Germany Borussia Dortmund £58M[33] 115 25
11 Timo Werner Germany ST / LW (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28) 2020 2025[34] Germany RB Leipzig £47.5M[35] 89 23
20 Callum Hudson-Odoi England LW / RWB (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23) 2018 2024[36] England Chelsea Academy N/A 126 16
22 Hakim Ziyech Morocco RW / AM (1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31) 2020 2025[37] Netherlands Ajax £37M[38] 83 14
29 Kai Havertz Germany CF / AM (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25) 2020 2025[39] Germany Bayer Leverkusen £72M[40] 92 23

Transfers

In

Date No. Pos. Player From Fee Source

Out

Date No. Pos. Player To Fee Source
1 July 2022 2 DF Germany Antonio Rüdiger Spain Real Madrid Free [41]
4 DF Denmark Andreas Christensen Unattached Free Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
DF England Jake Clarke-Salter Unattached Free [42]
MF England Danny Drinkwater Unattached Free [42]
MF Belgium Charly Musonda Unattached Free [42]

Loans in

Date No. Pos. Player From Fee Source

Loans out

Date No. Pos. Player To Fee Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Chelsea announced they would travel to the United States to take part in the FC Series with a friendly against Arsenal.[43] A month later the club annonced two further fixtures as part of the FC Series, against Club América and Charlotte.[44]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

16 July 2022 FC Series Club América v Chelsea Paradise, United States
TBC EDT Stadium: Allegiant Stadium
20 July 2022 FC Series Charlotte v Chelsea Charlotte, United States
TBC EDT Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
23 July 2022 FC Series Arsenal v Chelsea Orlando, United States
TBC EDT Stadium: Camping World Stadium

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 6–7 August 2022 28 May 2023 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup 6–9 January 2023 TBC Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 8–10 November 2022 TBC Third round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 6–7 September 2022 TBC Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

Premier League

Main article: 2022–23 Premier League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Fulham 38 15 7 16 55 53 +2 52
11 Crystal Palace 38 11 12 15 40 49 −9 45
12 Chelsea 38 11 11 16 38 47 −9 44
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 31 58 −27 41
14 West Ham United 38 11 7 20 42 55 −13 40 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[45]
Notes:
  1. ^ West Ham United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on pre-season. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

The league fixtures were announced on ...

1 v

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Third round v

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Third round v

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League group stage
6–7 September 2022 1 v
13–14 September 2022 2 v
4–5 October 2022 3 v
11–12 October 2022 4 v
25–26 October 2022 5 v
1–2 November 2022 6 v

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