Chelsea had a good record in the now disbanded Cup Winners’ Cup, winning the trophy twice before the advent of which is now the Europa League.
(table of wins goes here)
Chelsea European Cup Winners’ Cup Wins
1998
Firstly under Ruud Gullit and latterly under Gianluca Vialli, Chelsea had an excellent 1997/98 season winning two trophies, one of them being the Cup Winners’ Cup. In beating Slovan Bratislava (4-0), Tromso (9-4) and Real Betis (5-2) over two legs, Chelsea’s passage to the semi-finals proved to be rather easy.
A nervy semi was to follow, but a 3-2 win over Vicenza put the Blues into the final to play Stuttgart in Stockholm and no mistake was to be made, Vialli’s team coming out 1-0 winners there with a goal from club hero Gianfranco Zola.
1971
Chelsea’s first ever European success came in the 1970/71 season when after a dream run, the club landed in the final of the Cup Winners’ Cup and played Real Madrid in Athens.
A win looked inevitable at 1-0 and with time nearly up in the final, however a very late goal from Zoco took the match to a replay two days later. In the second game, John Dempsey and Peter Osgood came up with what was necessary to land a 2-1 win for the Blues.