During the 1989–90 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
The season was the club's 85th year in existence since their foundation in 1905. It was their 54th season within England's highest tier of football and their first season of their current top-flight spell following promotion at the end of the previous season.
First Division Home club Score Away club Date League position Wimbledon 0–1 Chelsea 19 August 1989 8th Chelsea 1–1 Queens Park Rangers 22 August 1989 6th Chelsea 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday 26 August 1989 1st Charlton Athletic 3–0 Chelsea 29 August 1989 5th Chelsea 2–2 Nottingham Forest 9 September 1989 6th Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Chelsea 16 September 1989 4th Chelsea 1–0 Coventry City 23 September 1989 2nd Chelsea 0–0 Arsenal 30 September 1989 2nd Norwich City 2–0 Chelsea 14 October 1989 5th Derby County 0–1 Chelsea 21 October 1989 4th Chelsea 1–1 Manchester City 28 October 1989 3rd Chelsea 4–0 Millwall 4 November 1989 2nd Everton 0–1 Chelsea 11 November 1989 1st Chelsea 2–2 Southampton 18 November 1989 2nd Manchester United 0–0 Chelsea 25 November 1989 4th
Squad
Transfers
Out Joe McLaughlin - Charlton Athletic, £650,000 Micky Hazard - Portsmouth Billy Dodds - Dundee Dave Mitchell - NEC Nijmegen
Top scorers
Kerry Dixon 20 Kevin Wilson 14 Gordon Durie 5 Steve Clarke 3 Tony Dorigo 3 Graham Roberts 3 John Bumstead 2 Alan Dickens 1 Gareth Hall 1 Graeme Le Saux 1 David Lee 1 Kevin McAllister 1 Ken Monkou 1 Peter Nicholas 1 Graham Stuart 1
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