Chelsea have today confirmed their squad numbers ahead of the 2026/27 season, where they will kick off their action against local rivals Fulham on Monday night.
It is important to note that a player receiving a squad number does not guarentee them to stay, however, it does give an indication of where things are headed.
It has been reported by Telegraph Sport that the likes of Tosin, Mudryk, Jackson and Delap are currently training away from Xabi Alonso's first team setup. However, they are not apart of a 'bomb squad' and are still on the same training pitches and allowed to use first team facilities.
Chelsea's full first team squad numbers are as follows:
1 - Robert Sanchez
2 - Marco Palestra
3 - Wesley Fofana
4 - Valentin Barco
5 - Maxence Lacroix
6 - Levi Colwill
7 - Pedro Neto
8 - Enzo Fernandez
9 - Joao Pedro
10 - Cole Palmer
11 - Jamie Gittens
12 - Liam Delap
14 - Jordan Henderson
15 - Nicolas Jackson
16 - Dario Essugo
17 - Morgan Rogers
18 - Danny Welbeck
19 - Mamadou Sarr
21 - Jorrel Hato
22 - Emmanuel Emegha
23 - Geovany Quenda
24 - Reece James
25 - Moises Caicedo
27 - Malo Gusto
28 - Teddy Sharman-Lowe
29 - Pep Chavarria
30 - Aaron Anselmino
31 - Reggie Watson
32 - Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
33 - Mykhailo Mudryk
34 - Josh Acheampong
37 - Tayo Subuloye
38 - Tosin Adarabioyo
39 - Mike Penders
41 - Estevao Willian
44 - Gaga Slonina
45 - Romeo Lavia
One interesting number change of that is Joao Pedro to the number nine. Chelsea have had a long history of the shirt number being 'cursed', with the likes of Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuain, Romelu Lukaku and Liam Delap all failing to suceed while donning the number.
