Chelsea vs. Barcelona: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 18

Chelsea wins: 6

Draws: 6

A familiar sight on Champions League calendars during the 21st century, Chelsea and Barcelona met for the 18th time in a competitive game in the 2025-26 league phase, and nothing can separate the two sides in the head-to-head column.

eight , Barcelona and Chelsea have both claimed six wins, and another six showdowns have ended level - in fact, five of the clubs' last seven meetings have seen a share of the spoils.

One of those stalemates occurred during the 2017-18 Champions League last 16, when Chelsea and Barcelona played out a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, before La Blaugrana strode to a 3-0 second-leg success thanks to a Lionel Messi brace and Ousmane Dembele effort.

Barcelona's triumph that year saw the Blaugrana belatedly avenge their agonising 2011-12 semi-final defeat, in which Chelsea edged out their Spanish counterparts 3-2 on aggregate before famously lifting the trophy in Munich.

Fernando Torres's last-gasp goal at Camp Nou - and Gary Neville's iconic exclamation on commentary - will forever live in Chelsea folklore, as might their semi-final loss to Barcelona three years before for the wrong reasons.

The La Liga side advanced on away goals following a 1-1 second-leg draw at Stamford Bridge, where referee Tom Henning Ovrebo waved away several Chelsea penalty appeals and was the subject of unrelenting verbal abuse from Blues players, including Didier Drogba, whose 'f****** disgrace' line lives on in Champions League infamy.

Barcelona also overcame Chelsea in the 2005-06 last 16 and the 1999-00 quarter-finals, but the Blues were victorious in the last 16 of the 2004-05 competition, where they marched to an unforgettable 4-2 success at Stamford Bridge.

The West London giants also claimed the bragging rights in November 2025, exposing Hansi Flick's high line and then some in a stunning 3-0 league-phase victory.

Prior to their Champions League clashes, Chelsea and Barca's inaugural meetings came all the way back in England's triumphant World Cup year.

The two sides met in the semi-finals of the 1965-66 Fairs Cup, where the scores were level at 2-2 after two legs, but Barcelona thrashed Chelsea 5-0 in a home replay before beating Real Zaragoza 5-0 in the final.