The newly crowned world champions are enjoying some well-deserved time off ahead of the 2025–26 season.
Chelsea ranked among the outsiders to go all the way at the revamped Club World Cup this summer, but Enzo Maresca’s side made the most of a kind run to the final before producing an outstanding performance to beat European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the showpiece event.
The Blues are not the best club side in world football, but their success in the United States means optimism is rife in west London heading into the new season. Their month-long campaign across the pond means a shortened pre-season is in store, but it won’t be long until Enzo Maresca’s side are in action again with 2025–26 edging ever closer.
Here‘s when Chelsea’s first pre-season game of the summer will take place.






