Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Fitbaa Club () is a Inglis profeesional fitbaw club based in wast Lunnon. Foondit in 1905, they play in the Premier League an hae spent maist o their history in the top tier o Inglis fitbaw. Chelsea hae been Inglis champions fower times, FA Cup winners sax times an League Cup winners fower times. They hae an aa been successful in Europe, winnin the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice.

The club haed their first major success in 1955, whan they wan the league championship. Chelsea wan several cup competitions during the 1960s an 1970s but, efter that, didnae win anither major title till 1997. The past decade haes been the maist successful period in Chelsea’s history, cappit bi winnin Premier League titles in 2005, 2006 an 2010, an reakin their first UEFA Champions League final in 2008.

In maugre o their name, the club arnae based in Chelsea, but in neibourin Fulham. The club's hame is the 41,841 capacity Stamford Bridge fitbaw stadium in Fulham, whaur they hae played syne their establishment. In 2003, they wur bovht bi Roushie ile magnate Roman Abramovich. I 2022 Abramovich selt the club tae American businessmans Todd Boehly, Mark Walter an Swiss buisnessman Hansjörg Wyss.

Chelsea's regular kit colours is ryal blae sarks an shorts wi white socks, the combination uised syne the 1960s. The club crest haes been chynged several times in a mynt tae modernise or rebrand; the crest thay hae thir days, featurin a ceremonial lion haudin a staff, is a modified version o ane first adoptit in the 1950s. The club haes sustained the fift heichmaist average aw-time attendance in Inglis fitbaw. Their average hame gate for the 2009-10 season wis 41,423, the fift heichmaist in the Premier League.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues
 First Division/Premier LeagueUpon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the tap tier o English football; the First and Second Divisions then became the seicont an third tiers, respectively. The First Division is nou kent as the Football League Championship an the Second Division is nou kent as Football League One.
 Winners (4):  1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
 Second Division
 Winners (2):  1983–84, 1988–89

Cups
 FA Cup
 Winners (7):  1969–70, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
 Football League Cup
 Winners (4):  1964–65, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07
 FA Community ShieldThe trophy wis kent as the Charity Shield till 2002, an as the Community Shield syne.
 Winners (4):  1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
 Full Members Cup
 Winners (2):  1985–86, 1989–90

European
 UEFA Champions League
 Winners (1):  2011–12
 UEFA Europa League
 Winners (1):  2012–13
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
 Winners (2):  1970–71, 1997–98
 UEFA Super Cup
 Winners (1):  1998

Doubles
1997–98: League Cup an European Cup Winners Cup
2004-05: League an League Cup 
2006–07: FA Cup an League Cup
2009-10: League an FA Cup 
2011-12: FA Cup an UEFA Champions League

Players

First team squad





Notes

References


Category:Association fitbaw clubs established in 1905
Category:Premier League clubs
Category:Football League clubs
Category:FA Cup winners
Category:Football League Cup winners
Category:Edwardian era