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@cooper09’s Chelsea
@cooper09 took Chelsea back to the summer of 2009 with City’s £900m and came out with 18 major trophies. The real Chelsea won nine in the same nine seasons.
They spent £887.5m of the budget on 39 players.
Three of their titles came in a season City really won.
They built in stages, spending £277.5m in 2009 and the rest over the summers that followed.
The biggest fees: Paul Pogba (£89m, 2016), Wayne Rooney (£72m, 2009) and Alexis Sánchez (£69m, 2015).
They were champions nine times: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Season by season
2009/10
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres and 16 more for £277.5m. Champions with 98 points, 12 points clear of Liverpool. Won 31, drew 5, lost 2; 89 scored, 13 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
Wayne Rooney
£72m
Fernando Torres
£59.5m
Xabi Alonso
£30m
Robin van Persie
£21.5m
Cesc Fàbregas
£17m
Jonny Evans
£10m
Theo Walcott
£9.5m
Nani
£9m
Luka Modrić
£8m
Peter Crouch
£7m
Jermain Defoe
£6m
Micah Richards
£5m
Kyle Walker
£5m
Vincent Kompany
£5m
Fabrice Muamba
£5m
Junior Stanislas
£3m
Joe Hart
£3m
Gareth Bale
£2m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Leighton Baines, Chris Smalling and 4 more for £21.5m. Champions with 100 points, 10 points clear of Man United. Won 32, drew 4, lost 2; 99 scored, 17 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Tottenham in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the fourth round. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Man City 2-4 Chelsea.
Leighton Baines
£7m
Chris Smalling
£6.5m
Javier Hernández
£2.5m
Simon Mignolet
£2m
Marcos Alonso
£2m
Ryan Bertrand
£1.5m
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero and 4 more for £159m and released 5. Champions with 89 points, 2 points clear of Liverpool. Won 28, drew 5, lost 5; 76 scored, 17 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Liverpool in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 5-0 Swansea.
Yaya Touré
£49.5m
Sergio Agüero
£39.5m
David Silva
£24m
David de Gea
£22m
Jack Wilshere
£13.5m
Jérôme Boateng
£10.5m
2012/13
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Luis Suárez for £16m and released 1. Champions with 90 points, 2 points clear of Man City. Won 29, drew 3, lost 6; 87 scored, 22 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Man United in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 7-1 Stoke City.
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Mesut Özil for £42.5m and released 1. Champions with 79 points, ahead of Liverpool on goal difference. Won 24, drew 7, lost 7; 83 scored, 32 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Everton in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-0 Man City.
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · Champions League
That summer they signed Ángel Di María, Luke Shaw and 1 more for £117.5m and released 3. Champions with 96 points, 14 points clear of Man City. Won 30, drew 6, lost 2; 95 scored, 17 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Went out of the League Cup in the third round. Won the Champions League, beating Real Madrid in the final on penalties. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-1 Man City.
Ángel Di María
£59.5m
Luke Shaw
£30m
Romelu Lukaku
£28m
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Alexis Sánchez, Kevin De Bruyne and 1 more for £164.5m and released 3. Champions with 87 points, 8 points clear of Man City. Won 28, drew 3, lost 7; 82 scored, 25 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Won the League Cup, beating Southampton in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Man City 0-1 Chelsea.
Alexis Sánchez
£69m
Kevin De Bruyne
£55m
Harry Kane
£40.5m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Paul Pogba for £89m and released 1. Champions with 88 points, 9 points clear of Liverpool. Won 27, drew 7, lost 4; 74 scored, 29 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 1-0 Man City.
2017/18
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
No signings that summer; they released 2. Champions with 95 points, 2 points clear of Tottenham. Won 30, drew 5, lost 3; 86 scored, 20 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Man City in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the semi-finals. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 5-0 Swansea.