Chelsea

On 4 June 2012, Chelsea officially confirmed on its website that the club had agreed terms with Lille for the transfer of Hazard. The midfielder agreed personal terms with the club and passed a medical examination. The transfer fee was reported to be priced at £32million.^[142]
Upon signing with Chelsea, Hazard told the club's official website "I'm delighted to finally arrive here. It's a wonderful club and I can't wait to get started".^[143] Hazard was given the number 17, which was previously worn by José Bosingwa.^[144] On July 18, Hazard made his Chelsea debut in the club's first pre-season friendly against the Seattle Sounders and played the majority of the match, opening his Chelsea scoring account.
On 12 August 2012, Hazard made his debut for Chelsea in the 2012 FA Community Shield against Manchester City, which ended in a 3–2 defeat at Villa Park.^[145] A week later, he made his league debut against Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. In the contest, Hazard provided the assist for Branislav Ivanović's opening goal and, minutes later, won a penalty, which Frank Lampard converted, earning his side a 2–0 victory.^{[146][147][148]} He made his Stamford Bridge debut in the team's next fixture, against Reading on 22 August, he won another penalty from which Lampard converted. Hazard also assisted on goals by Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanović as Chelsea won 4–2 at Stamford Bridge.^[149][150] Three days later, Hazard scored his first goal as a Chelsea player in the team's league match against Newcastle United after scoring a penalty. Chelsea won the match 2–0.^[151]
Hazard made his Champions League debut for Chelsea in the team's opening group stage game against Juventus.^[152] On 6 October, he scored his second goal for Chelsea in a 4–1 win against Norwich City.^[153] During December he scored in back-to-back games, in a 5–1 win against Leeds United in the League Cup,^[154] and a 8–0 league win against Aston Villa.^[155]
In January 2013, Hazard scored a stunning goal with his left-foot from 25 yards in Chelsea's 0–4 win over Stoke City, as Chelsea inflicted the first home defeat of the season on Stoke.^[156] He scored again in the following game, with an impressive strike from the edge of the area in a 2–2 draw at home to Southampton.^[157]

"I've said to him he has got absolutely everything. He's only 22, he has the world at his feet and with the way he’s playing and the ability he has on the ball, he is scaring the life out of people."

Frank Lampard, on Eden Hazard.^[158]

On 23 January 2013, he was sent off in the Football League Cup semi-final second leg game against Swansea City for kicking a ball out from underneath a ball boy who was lying on it in order to waste time. Chelsea went on to lose the tie 2–0.^[159][160] Thereafter, he told Chelsea TV that he "apologised and the boy apologised" to each other.^[161] On 9 February, he scored on his return from suspension in a 4–1 win at home against Wigan Athletic.^[162]
On 21 February 2013, Hazard came on as a substitute against Sparta Prague and scored an individual goal in stoppage time, to send Chelsea through to the last 16 on a 2–1 aggregate score.^[163][164] Again Hazard came off the bench to make an impact for Chelsea, scoring a goal and providing an assist to Ramires, as the Blues came back from 2–0 down to salvage a 2–2 draw against Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on 10 March, setting up a replay at Stamford Bridge.^[165] On 17 March 2013, Hazard put in a Man of the Match performance at Stamford Bridge in a 2–0 victory over West Ham United, assisting on Frank Lampard's 200th Chelsea goal, then scoring a solo goal.^[166] On 11 May 2013, at Villa Park, Hazard was the provider of Lampard's brace against Aston Villa, which enabled Lampard to break Bobby Tambling's all-time goal scoring record for Chelsea. Hazard ended his debut campaign at Chelsea with 13 goals in all competitions.
One of Chelsea's first games of the season was against Bayern Munich in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, where Hazard played a vital role in the build up to the first goal and scored the second, but went on to an eventual 5–4 defeat in the penalty shoot-out.^[167] In October 2013, Hazard, as a substitute, scored the game-clinching goal in a 3–1 Premier League clash against Norwich City at Carrow Road,^[168] before scoring twice and assisting Samuel Eto'o's first Chelsea goal in a comprehensive defeat of Cardiff City in the same competition.^[169] Hazard netted his fifth goal of the season against Schalke in a crucial 0–3 Champions League Group Stage win.^[170] In October, Hazard was part of the 23-man shortlist of players nominated for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d'Or, awarded to the player who is voted the men's world footballer of the year.^[171]
On 9 November 2013, Hazard created Chelsea's first goal against West Bromwich Albion, which was scored by Samuel Eto'o. Later in the match Chelsea went 2–1 down, but Hazard scored a last minute penalty to clinch a point for his team.^[172] On 4 December 2013, Hazard scored a brace in a 4–3 away victory over Sunderland,^[173] with coach José Mourinho claiming that Hazard delivered his best performance of the season.^[174] Sunderland manager Gus Poyet also praised Hazard for his individual impact on the game. Poyet said: "Eden Hazard was outstanding. He was unplayable, as a manager I haven't come up against anyone like that.".^[175]

"Eden can become one of the best players in the world. Now he sees his football and profession with new eyes."

José Mourinho, on Eden Hazard.^[176]

On 26 December 2013, Hazard scored the only goal in Chelsea's 1–0 victory over Swansea.^[177] In Chelsea's next league match, Hazard scored a goal from 25 yards during Chelsea's 2–1 victory over Liverpool.^[178] The following week, Hazard scored the opening goal in Chelsea's 2-0 victory away to Hull City.