the last time chelsea won the champions league was 2012.
the last time chelsea won the champions league was 2012.
when was the last time chelsea won the champions league?
2012
torres came on as a substitute for didier drogba on 24 april 2012 to score a last-minute goal against barcelona in the champions league semi-final, which gave chelsea a 2–2 draw, and also eliminated barcelona from the tournament, as chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate. he scored the first hat-trick of his chelsea career in a 6–1 win against queens park rangers at stamford bridge on 29 april 2012. torres came on in the second half of the 2012 uefa champions league final on 19 may 2012, directly after bayern munich's opening goal, and following a 1–1 draw after extra time chelsea won the penalty shoot-out 4–3. his first full season at chelsea finished with 11 goals in 49 appearances.
fernando torres
controversy still dogged the player as before the uefa champions league semi-final second leg clash with liverpool, drogba was accused of diving by liverpool manager rafael benítez. benítez claimed to have compiled a four-year dossier of drogba's "diving" antics but drogba hit back at benítez in an interview. on 30 april 2008, drogba scored two goals in the second leg of the semi-final against liverpool, which chelsea won 3–2 at stamford bridge. this was the first time chelsea had beaten liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league, having lost their previous two meetings to liverpool. this also led to chelsea reaching their first champions league final. drogba became chelsea's top scorer in european competition, the two goals he scored put his total at 17, surpassing peter osgood's record of 16. drogba was sent off in the 117th minute of the champions league final for slapping defender vidić, becoming only the second player to be sent off in a european cup final – after jens lehmann in 2006 – and the first for violent conduct. chelsea went on to lose 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in extra time. chelsea assistant boss henk ten cate revealed drogba was due to take the decisive fifth spot-kick in the shootout. team captain john terry took his place but missed after slipping whilst taking the penalty.
didier drogba