5 clubs that struggled immediately after winning the Premier League

#5 Chelsea (2015/16)

Jose Mourinho was fired less than a year after winning the Premier League with Chelsea

After a trophyless season in 2013/14, some people felt that the return of Jose Mourinho to Chelsea was a mistake. The Portuguese boss proved that thought wrong in the following season, when he lead the Blues to a Premier League title win – his third as Chelsea manager.

Chelsea only lost three times that season, and it looked like Mourinho was bringing the good times back to the club as he had a decade before.

Unfortunately for Chelsea fans, that wasn’t the case. They drew 2-2 with Swansea on the opening day after goalkeeper Thibault Courtois was sent off, but an incident that saw Mourinho criticise club doctor Eva Carneiro for attempting to treat the injured Eden Hazard set off a chain reaction that basically ruined the Blues’ season.

Mourinho appeared to have lost the dressing room, key players went off the boil, and by December Chelsea sat in a horrendous 14th place.

Having lost nine games already, Mourinho was fired on the 17th December and replaced with former caretaker boss Guus Hiddink. He oversaw an unbeaten run that stretched to April 9th, but with eight draws in those 15 games.

But it wasn’t enough to totally salvage Chelsea’s season and the champions ended up in 10th position, miles away from European qualification let alone another title win.