Chelsea 2022–23 football season
The 2022–23 season is Chelsea Football Club 's 117th year in existence and 34th consecutive season in the top flight of English football . In addition to the domestic league , Chelsea are participating in this season's editions of the FA Cup , EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League .[ 1] The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
Kits
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 .[ 2]
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."[ 3]
The consortium led by Todd Boehly , chairman and CEO of Eldridge Industries , and Clearlake Capital, announced completion of the ownership transfer of Chelsea on the 30 May 2022. The consortium also includes Hansjörg Wyss , founder of the Wyss Foundation, and Mark Walter , co-founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners . Walter and Boehly are partial 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.[ 4]
It was announced on 20 June that long-serving Chairman Bruce Buck would step-down after 19 years in the role effective on 30 June.[ 5] A further statement was released on 22 June announcing a new-look Board of Directors including Boehly, Eghbali, Feliciano, Walter, Wyss as well as Jonathan Goldstein , Barbara Charone , Daniel Finkelstein and James Pade. It was also revealed that long serving Marina Granovskaia left the club, with Boehly acting as interim Sporting Director as well as Chairman.[ 6] Then on 27th June, the club announced that Petr Cech, will leave his role as Technical and Performance Advisor at the end of the month.[ 7]
On 13 July, Chelsea announced their first signing of the season, English international winger Raheem Sterling joined the club for a reported fee of £47.5 million.[ 8] Three days later, they completed the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly for a reported fee of £33m.[ 9]
Start of the season
In the first match of the new Premier League season , Chelsea defeated Everton 1–0 at the Goodison Park , with Jorginho scoring the penalty.
Management team
Players
Players and squad numbers last updated on 6 August 2022. Appearances include all competitions.[ 10] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Out
Loans in
Loans out
Summer
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
Summer: £164,600,000
Total: £164,600,000
Income
Summer: £24,000,000
Total: £24,000,000
Net totals
Summer: £140,600,000
Total: £140,600,000
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 .[ 76] A month later the club annonced two further fixtures as part of the FC Series, against América and Charlotte FC .[ 77] On 6 July, Chelsea confirmed they would play Udinese in Italy after the American tour.[ 78]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
Premier League
6 August 2022
28 May 2023
Matchday 1
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100.00
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
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100.00
Last updated: pre-season
Source: [Soccerway]
Premier League
League table
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
[ 80] Notes:
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
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
+1
Last updated: 6 August 2022.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H Result W Position 8
Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2022. Source: SoccerwayA = Away ; H = Home ; W = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss ; P = Postponed
Matches
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
The league fixtures were announced on 16 June 2022.[ 81]
FA Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
v
EFL Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
v
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
v
v
v
v
v
v
Statistics
Appearances
Last updated: 8 August 2022.
Source: FBref.com
Goalscorers
Rank
No.
Pos.
Player
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
UEFA Champions League
Total
1
5
MF
Jorginho
1
0
0
0
1
Totals
1
0
0
0
1
Last updated: 8 August 2022.
Source: FBref.com
Top assists
Rank
No.
Pos.
Player
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
UEFA Champions League
Total
Totals
0
0
0
0
0
Last updated: 8 August 2022.
Source: FBref.com
Clean sheets
Rank
No.
Pos.
Player
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
UEFA Champions League
Total
1
16
GK
Edouard Mendy
1
0
0
0
1
Totals
1
0
0
0
1
Last updated: 8 August 2022.
Source: FBref.com
Discipline
No.
Pos.
Name
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
UEFA Champions League
Total
24
DF
Reece James
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
32
DF
Marc Cucurella
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Totals
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Last updated: 8 August 2022.
Source: FBref.com
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Managers
Seasons
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League competitions
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Combined Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
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