5 Incredible Jose Mourinho Records at Chelsea FC
Here’s 5 Jose Mourinho records at Chelsea that will take some breaking:
1. Highest number of league points claimed in a season:
He was a highly talked-about media darling when Jose Mourinho announced himself as ‘The special one’ on his arrival to the club, but it just took him a single season to prove his words. He won the 2004-05 season with a record 95 points with 3 matchdays to spare, and that wasn’t it; he won 91 points in the season to follow, which is the second highest score in the same record list. Here’s our Chelsea FC’s season detailed review.
After all this, you can say Jose Mourinho has both gold and silver medals in the same race. Truly special feet, indeed!
2. The least number of goals conceded in a season:
Well! It’s no secret that Jose Mourinho lays his team’s foundation on a solid defense, and he proved it in his very first season in charge of the club, when the mighty Blues conceded only 15 goals in 38 league matches.
Well, breach that!
3. Highest number of home league games unbeaten at home:
I guess this is the stat most of our readers are aware of. Jose Mourinho remained unbeaten at the Bridge during his first stint at Chelsea, and after a streak of 77 unbeaten home games under his belt, Jose was defeated by the hands of an unlikely Gus Poyet’s team in a third-party affair.
Here’s Jose Mourinho’s complete home record:
Played: 101
Won: 77
Drawn: 22
Lost: 2
Goals for: 207
Goals against: 52
Win%: 76.8
The bridge is our holy fortress for a reason.
4. Highest number of league points by a manager after 200 games:
Jose Mourinho has gained a whopping 456 league points in 201 league games at Chelsea. In doing so, Jose Mourinho also holds the record for reaching the 400-point mark with the least number of games. (173 games). Closest to Jose’s record is Alex Ferguson, who had 416 points at his 200th game mark.
5. The first manager in world football history to sell players for over €150 million and still win the league:
Money Club Isn’t that what we are supposed to be? Haters? Well, facts say something else. When Jose Mourinho arrived at Chelsea for his second spell in charge, he sold the likes of Juan Mata, Kevin De Bruyne, and Romelu Lukaku, and who would forget the world record transfer fee for a defender for David Luiz? He was criticized heavily by the media, but then, typical Jose, he silenced all his critics in style by winning the league in 2014–15, exactly a decade after he had done the same in the 2004–05 season.
Notable Mention:
The stats 1, 2, and 3 are world records for which Jose Mourinho received merit certificates from the Guinness World Records recently!
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