League record
What the numbers show
Chelsea won 78.9% of league matches and avoided defeat in 33 of 38. The side averaged 2.24 goals scored and 0.87 conceded per match, producing a +52 goal difference.
Against the preceding comparable campaign, league position improved by 9 and goal difference moved from +6 to +52.
The campaign
The 2016–17 league record placed Chelsea 1st in the Premier League. A +52 goal difference and 33 unbeaten league matches show the balance behind that finish; the position was 9 places higher than 2015–16.
Beyond the league, the recorded competition outcomes were FA Cup: runners-up; League Cup: fourth round. No cup victory is recorded for this campaign.
The managerial record links the campaign to Guus Hiddink, Antonio Conte. Diego Costa led the recorded scoring list with 22 goals.
Place in Chelsea history
Antonio Conte’s switch of structure helped produce thirty league wins and Chelsea’s fifth Premier League title.
Related Chelsea history
The season in detail
Antonio Conte's first season turned the previous campaign's tenth-place finish into a championship. Chelsea won thirty league matches, then a Premier League record for a thirty-eight-game season.
A change of shape during the autumn is widely associated with the winning run that followed, but this archive avoids claiming one tactical switch explains every result. The evidence includes consistency, availability and scoring contributions across the team.
Diego Costa led the recorded scoring, while Eden Hazard and Pedro added attacking variety. The title was secured with ninety-three points and a positive fifty-two goal difference.
Chelsea reached the FA Cup final but lost to Arsenal, preventing a Double. That defeat belongs in the season's conclusion because it distinguishes an outstanding league campaign from complete domestic control.
Across 38 league matches Chelsea won 30, drew 3 and lost 5, finishing with a +52 goal difference. FA Cup: RU; League Cup: R4.