Wembley Stadium

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Wembley Stadium is a 90,000 capacity stadium in Wembley Park, north west London. It is used primarily for football matches, including the home matches of the England national football team and domestic and European club finals. The original stadium, with its distinctive twin towers, first opened to the public on 28 April 1923, and remained in use until 2000, when it was closed with a new stadium to be built on the site. Though the original structure was closed in 2000, it was not demolished until 2003, after which construction began on the new stadium, originally intended to open in 2006. This was later delayed until early 2007. The final completion date of the stadium was 9 March 2007, when the stadium was handed over to the FA.

Chelsea have played 24 competitive matches at Wembley: nine FA Cup finals, five FA Cup semi-finals, three League Cup finals, two Full Members Cup finals and five Charity/Community Shield matches. Chelsea first played at Wembley in the 1944 War Cup South final against Charlton; the Blues lost 3-1. Their first Wembley FA Cup final appearance came in 1967, losing 2-1 to Tottenham. Three years later they returned to Wembley for another FA Cup final, this time against Leeds United and again in 1972 for the League Cup final against Stoke City. That proved to be the Blues' last major Wembley cup final appearance for 22 years, though they did play two Full Members Cup finals there in 1986 and 1990. In the former, David Speedie became the first player to score a Wembley hat-trick since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup final.

At the fourth attempt, Chelsea finally won an FA Cup final at Wembley by beating Middlesbrough 2-0 in 1997. In 2000, Chelsea won the last FA Cup final held at the old Wembley and seven years later completed a unique achievement by beating Manchester United to win the first FA Cup final held at the new Wembley. Didier Drogba's winning goal made him the first player to score in an FA Cup final at the new Wembley. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech also became the first goalkeeper not to concede a goal in a competitive game at Wembley. As of 2015, Chelsea have played 13 matches at the new Wembley, a record, and have won more matches at the new stadium than any other club. Drogba is Chelsea's top scorer at Wembley, with eight goals in ten appearances.

Chelsea matches at Wembley

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Comp	Opposition	Result	Score	Additional information
1966-67	Sat	20	May	1967	FAC	Tottenham Hotspur	Lost	1-2
1969-70	Sat	11	Apr	1970	FAC	Leeds United	Drew	2-2
1971-72	Sat	4	Mar	1972	LC	Stoke City	Lost	1-2
1985-86	Sun	23	Mar	1986	FMC	Manchester City	Won	5-4
1989-90	Sun	25	Mar	1990	FMC	Middlesbrough	Won	1-0
1993-94	Sat	9	Apr	1994	FAC	Luton Town	Won	2-0
1993-94	Sat	14	May	1994	FAC	Manchester United	Lost	0-4
1996-97	Sat	17	May	1997	FAC	Middlesbrough	Won	2-0
1997-98	Sun	3	Aug	1997	CS	Manchester United	Drew	1-1*	*Chelsea lost 4-2 on penalties
1997-98	Sun	29	Mar	1998	LC	Middlesbrough	Won	2-0
1999-00	Sun	9	Apr	2000	FAC	Newcastle United	Won	2-1
1999-00	Sat	20	May	2000	FAC	Aston Villa	Won	1-0
2000-01	Sun	13	Aug	2000	CS	Manchester United	Won	2-0
2006-07	Sat	19	May	2007	FAC	Manchester United	Won	1-0
2007-08	Sun	5	Aug	2007	CS	Manchester United	Drew	1-1*	*Chelsea lost 0-3 on penalties
2007-08	Sun	24	Feb	2008	LC	Tottenham Hotspur	Lost	1-2
2008-09	Sat	18	Apr	2009	FAC	Arsenal	Won	2-1
2008-09	Sat	30	May	2009	FAC	Everton	Won	2-1
2009-10	Sun	9	Aug	2009	CS	Manchester United	Drew	2-2*	*Chelsea won 4-1 on penalties
2009-10	Sat	10	Apr	2010	FAC	Aston Villa	Won	3-0
2009-10	Sat	15	May	2010	FAC	Portsmouth	Won	1-0
2010-11	Sun	8	Aug	2010	CS	Manchester United	Lost	1-3
2011-12	Sun	15	Apr	2012	FAC	Tottenham Hotspur	Won	5-1
2011-12	Sat	5	May	2012	FAC	Liverpool	Won	2-1
2012-13	Sat	14	Apr	2013	FAC	Manchester City	Lost	1-2
2014-15	Sun	1	Mar	2015	LC	Tottenham Hotspur	Won	2-0