“To play for Chelsea was the best thing that could happen to me in my life, not only as a player but as a person. I made a lot of friends here which is very difficult normally in football, and they will be my friends for life because we made history here.” - Didier Drogba
DIDIER DROGBA 2004-2012 - 157 CHELSEA GOALS, 341 GAMES
2004/05 (16 goals in 30+11 games)
1 Aug 24 Crystal Palace (away) W 2-0 2, 3 Sep 14 Paris St Germain (Champions League Gp away) W 3-0 4 Sep 25 Middlesbrough (away) W 1-0 5 Sep 29 Porto (Champions League Gp home) W 3-1 6 Dec 4 Newcastle (home) W 4-0 (sub) 7 Dec 18 Norwich (home) W 4-0 (sub) 8, 9 Jan 4 Middlesbrough (home) W 2-0 10, 11 Jan 22 Portsmouth (home) W 3-0 12 Feb 27 Liverpool (League Cup final Cardiff) W 3-2 13 Mar 15 West Brom (home) W 1-0 14 Apr 6 Bayern Munich (Champions League QF home) W 4-2 15 Apr 9 Birmingham (home) D 1-1 (sub) 16 Apr 12 Bayern Munich (Champions League QF away) L 2-3
2005/06 (16 goals in 29+12 games) 17, 18 Aug 7 Arsenal (Community Shield Cardiff) W 2-1 19 Aug 21 Arsenal (home) W 1-0 (sub) 20 Aug 24 West Brom (home) W 4-0 21 Sep 10 Sunderland (home) W 2-0 (sub) 22, 23 Oct 15 Bolton (home) W 5-1 24 Oct 19 Real Betis (Champions League Gp home) W 4-0 25 Oct 29 Blackburn (home) W 4-2 26 Jan 2 West Ham (away) W 3-1 27 Mar 4 West Brom (away) W 2-1 28, 29 Mar 25 Man City (home) W 2-0 30 Apr 9 West Ham (home) W 4-1 31 Apr 17 Everton (home) W 3-0 32 Apr 22 Liverpool (FA Cup SF Old Trafford) L 1-2
2006/07 (33 goals in 54+6 games)
33 Aug 20 Man City (home) W 3-0 34 Aug 27 Blackburn (away) W 2-0 (sub) 35 Sep 9 Charlton (home) W 2-1 36 Sep 17 Liverpool (home) W 1-0 37, 38, 39 Sep 27 Levski Sofia (Champions League Gp away) W 3-1 40 Sep 30 Aston Villa (home) D 1-1 41 Oct 18 Barcelona (Champions League Gp home) W 1-0 42 Oct 31 Barcelona (Champions League Gp away) D 2-2 43 Nov 8 Aston Villa (League Cup home) W 4-0 44, 45, 46 Nov 11 Watford (home) W 4-0 47 Dec 13 Newcastle (home) W 1-0 (sub) 48 Dec 17 Everton (away) W 3-2 49 Dec 20 Newcastle (League Cup QF away) W 1-0 (sub) 50, 51 Dec 26 Reading (home) D 2-2 52 Dec 30 Fulham (home) D 2-2 53 Jan 13 Wigan (home) W 4-0 54 Jan 28 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup 4 home) W 3-0 55 Jan 31 Blackburn (home) W 3-0 56, 57 Feb 10 Middlesbrough (home) W 3-0 58 Feb 17 Norwich (FA Cup 5 home) W 4-0 59, 60 Feb 25 Arsenal (League Cup final Cardiff) W 2-1 61 Mar 3 Portsmouth (away) W 2-0 62 Apr 4 Valencia (Champions League QF home) D 1-1 63 Apr 18 West Ham (away) W 4-1 64 May 13 Everton (home) D 1-1 65 May 19 Man Utd (FA Cup final Wembley) W 1-0
2007/08 (15 goals in 29+3 games) 66 Aug 15 Reading (away) W 2-1 67 Oct 3 Valencia (Champions League Gp away) W 2-1 68 Oct 20 Middlesbrough (away) W 2-0 69 Oct 24 Schalke (Champions League Gp home) W 2-0 70, 71 Oct 27 Man City (home) W 6-0 72 Nov 11 Everton (home) D 1-1 73, 74 Nov 28 Rosenborg (Champions League Gp away) W 4-0 75 Feb 24 Tottenham (League Cup final Wembley) L 1-2 76 Mar 19 Tottenham (away) D 4-4 77, 78 Mar 23 Arsenal (home) W 2-1 79, 80 Apr 30 Liverpool (Champions League SF home) W 3-2
2008/09 (14 goals in 29+13 games) 81 Nov 12 Burnley (League Cup 4 home) D 1-1 (lost on pens) 82 Dec 9 CFR Cluj (Champions League Gp home) W 2-1 (sub) 83 Dec 26 West Brom (home) W 2-0 84 Feb 25 Juventus (Champions League last 16 home) W 1-0 85 Mar 3 Portsmouth (away) W 1-0 86 Mar 7 Coventry (FA Cup QF away) W 2-0 87 Mar 10 Juventus (Champions League last 16 away) D 2-2 88 Apr 8 Liverpool (Champions League QF away) W 3-1 89, 90 Apr 11 Bolton (home) W 4-3 91 Apr 14 Liverpool (Champions League QF home) D 4-4 92 Apr 18 Arsenal (FA Cup SF Wembley) W 2-1 93 May 2 Fulham (home) W 3-1 94 May 30 Everton (FA Cup final Wembley) W 2-1
2009/10 (37 goals in 41+3 games) 95, 96 Aug 15 Hull (home) W 2-1 97 Aug 23 Fulham (away) W 2-0 98 Sep 12 Stoke (away) W 2-1 99 Sep 20 Tottenham (home) W 3-0 100 Sep 26 Wigan (away) L 1-3 101 Oct 17 Aston Villa (away) L 1-2 102 Oct 24 Blackburn (home) W 5-0 103 Oct 28 Bolton (League Cup 4 home) W 4-0 (sub) 104 Oct 31 Bolton (away) W 4-0 105, 106 Nov 3 Atlético Madrid (Champions League Gp away) D 2-2 107, 108 Nov 29 Arsenal (away) W 3-0 109 Dec 2 Blackburn (League Cup 5 away) D 3-3 (lost on pens) (sub) 110 Dec 8 APOEL (Champions League Gp home) D 2-2 111, 112 Dec 12 Everton (home) D 3-3 113 Dec 28 Fulham (home) W 2-1 114 Feb 2 Hull (away) D 1-1 115, 116 Feb 7 Arsenal (home) W 2-0 117 Feb 13 Cardiff (FA Cup 5 home) W 4-1 118, 119 Feb 20 Wolves (away) W 2-0 120, 121 Mar 13 West Ham (home) W 4-1 122 Mar 21 Blackburn (away) D 1-1 123, 124 Mar 24 Portsmouth (away) W 5-0 125 Apr 3 Man Utd (away) W 2-1 (sub) 126 Apr 10 Aston Villa (FA Cup semi-final Wembley) W 3-0 127 May 2 Liverpool (away) W 2-0 128, 129, 130 May 9 Wigan (home) W 8-0 (1 penalty) 131 May 15 Portsmouth (FA Cup final Wembley) W 1-0
2010/11 (13 goals in 37+9 games) 132, 133, 134 Aug 14 West Bromwich Albion (home) W 6-0 135 Aug 28 Stoke City (home) W 2-0 (penalty) 136 Oct 3 Arsenal (home) W 2-0 137 Nov 3 Spartak Moscow (Champions League home) W 4-1 (penalty) 138 Dec 4 Everton (home) D 1-1 (penalty) 139 Dec 12 Tottenham Hotspur (away) D 1-1 (sub) 140 Jan 2 Aston Villa (home) D 3-3 141 Jan 24 Bolton Wanderers (away) W 4-0 142 Apr 2 Stoke City (away) D 1-1 143 Apr 12 Man Utd (Champions League away) L 1-2 (sub) 144 Apr 16 West Bromwich Albion (away) W 3-1
2011/12 (13 goals in 25+10 games) 145 Sep 24 Swansea (home) W 4-1 (sub) 146 Nov 23 Bayer Leverkusen (Champions League away) L 1-2 147 Dec 3 Newcastle (away) W 3-0 148 149 Dec 6 Valencia (Champions League home) W 3-0 150 Dec 31 Aston Villa (home) L 1-3 (penalty) 151 Feb 25 Bolton Wanderers (home) W 3-0 152 Mar 10 Stoke City (home) W 1-0 153 Mar 14 Napoli (Champions League last 16 home) W 4-1 154 Apr 15 Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup SF Wembley) W 5-1 155 Apr 18 Barcelona (Champions League SF home) W 1-0 156 May 5 Liverpool (FA Cup final Wembley) W 2-1 157 May 19 Bayern Munich (Champions League final Munich) D 1-1 (won on pens)