Jose Mourinho is making his first appearance at Stamford Bridge on Sunday since being sacked as the Chelsea manager last December.
Mourinho’s two tenures with the Blues lasted 2,075 days (1,176 days during his first term, 899 during his second). Over the 318 matches that ‘The Special One’ managed at Chelsea (182 in his first spell and 136 in his second), he finished with a record of 202 wins, 65 draws and 51 losses (122-38-22 the first go around, 80-27-29 the second).
During that span, he used 105 players in those 318 matches — 55 players during his stint and 50 during his second — ranging anywhere from John Terry’s Mourinho-leading 265 appearance under the Portuguese, to Frank Lampard’s 173 matches, to Eden Hazard’s 125 caps, to Sam Hutchinson and Papy Djilobodji’s lone appearance under Mourinho.
Today we attempt to compile the best combined Chelsea XI from Mourinho’s two terms at Stamford Bridge. In true Mourinho fashion, we’ll be using a goalkeeper, four defenders, three central midfielders, two wide players and a striker.
*All data compiled from Transfermarkt
