Chelsea are competing in European football’s third-tier competition for the first time in their history and bidding to become the first club to have won all three major European competitions — having previously won the Champions League and Europa League — as well as the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

Who’s going to stay around after the final home game to see the players walk around the pitch for a lap of appreciation?” a Chelsea supporter asked as he made his way to Stamford Bridge on the London Underground on Saturday.

Chelsea ’s win over Liverpool on Sunday boosted their Champions League hopes and may also have saved them from paying a sizeable transfer fee this summer. Enzo Maresca ’s side opened up a three-point gap on sixth-placed Nottingham Forest with a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge, one of their most impressive displays of the season.