5 crazy Chelsea facts that will blow your mind

#4 Fernando Torres at Chelsea is the only player ever to score in seven different competitions in a season

Torres scored in seven different competitions for Chelsea in 2012/13

Fernando Torres didn’t have a great stint with Chelsea following his £50m move in 2011 and is widely remembered in the Chelsea blue for his horrendous open goal miss against Manchester United.

However, the Spaniard set a unique record while playing for the Blues and it is one that is extremely difficult to break. During the 2012/13 season, Torres scored for Chelsea in seven different competitions to break the previous record held by compatriot and now Chelsea player, Pedro Rodriguez, who scored in six different competitions in 2009.

Torres scored for the Blues in the FA Community Shield, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, Capital One Cup, FA Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The only competition in which he played for Chelsea and didn’t score in that season was the UEFA Super Cup.

Chelsea played in eight competitions in 2012/13 season because they qualified to play in the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup as Champions League holders and qualified for the FA Community Shield as FA Cup holders. In addition, they dropped down to the Europa League after finishing third in the Champions League group.

Torres’ record can be broken if and only if a player represents a club that fulfils the following criteria and scores in all eight competitions.

The club should win the League or League Cup in the previous season to qualify for the League’s Super Cup.

The club should win the UEFA Champions League in the previous season so as to qualify for the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The club should be in a league with two different cup competitions (like in England).

The club should exit the Champions League in the group stage by finishing third and then play in the UEFA Europa League.