2009–10 Chelsea F.C. season
The 2009–10 season was Chelsea Football Club's 96th competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the Premier League, 104th year in existence as a football club and their first season coached by Carlo Ancelotti. Despite disappointment in the Champions League going out to eventual winners Inter Milan in the round of 16, the club had the most successful season in its history, winning the Premier League for a third time and retaining the FA Cup for the first time, thus becoming the seventh English club to complete the "Double".
| 2009–10 season | ||||
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Chelsea's domestic double parade including their 6th FA Cup title | ||||
| Owner | Roman Abramovich | |||
| Chairman | Bruce Buck | |||
| Manager | Carlo Ancelotti | |||
| Stadium | Stamford Bridge | |||
| Premier League | 1st | |||
| FA Cup | Winners | |||
| League Cup | Fifth round | |||
| FA Community Shield | Winners | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Didier Drogba (29) All: Didier Drogba (37) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 41,836 (vs. Manchester United, 8 November 2009) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 37,781 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 23 September 2009) | |||
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The season is also notable for the attacking football that was displayed, which resulted in the team breaking several Premier League records and statistics including most goals scored in a season (103), most goals scored at home in a season (68) and best goal difference in a season (+71). Chelsea became the first top-flight team to reach a century of league goals since Tottenham Hotspur in 1962/63. The team only failed to score in two of 53 games, a club record. As of 2022, the team holds the Premier League record for most goals scored at home in a season.