Chelsea F.C.

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**Chelsea Football Club** is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. They currently compete in the Premier League and play their home games at Stamford Bridge, which has a capacity of 40,834 spectators. They are one of England's most successful clubs and one of the world's most valuable clubs.

The club was formed in 1905 by businessman Gus Mears after he purchased the Stamford Bridge Athletics Stadium with the hope of turning it into a football ground. As there was already a football club named Fulham in the borough, he decided to name the club after the adjacent borough. In just their second season in existence, the club won promotion to the First Division and yo-yoed between the First and Second Division for a few years.

They didn't win their first major honour until 1955 when they were crowned First Division champions for the 1954–55 season. Their first FA Cup came in 1969–70 and their first European honour came a year later in 1971 when they defeated Spanish giants Real Madrid to lift the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Despite this success, the club's most successful period has been the last two decades. In 2003, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich purchased the club. Since the takeover, *The Blues* have won five Premier League titles, one UEFA Champions League, two UEFA Europa Leagues, five FA Cups, three League Cups and two FA Community Shields.

## Rivalries

*Main pages: Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry, Chelsea F.C.–Tottenham Hotspur F.C. rivalry, Chelsea F.C.–Leeds United F.C. rivalry and West London derby.*

Chelsea maintain many strong rivalries. The club's main rivals are North London sides Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. A rivalry with Yorkshire-based Leeds United arose from many heated and controversial fixtures between the two sides in the 1960s and 1970s. More recently, rivalries with Liverpool and Manchester United have developed from the three clubs competing for the Premier League title. Fellow-West London clubs Fulham, Brentford and Queens Park Rangers aren't considered by Chelsea supporters to be main rivals, however, supporters of the other three view Chelsea as a rival.

In 2004, a survey conducted by Planetfootball.com found that Chelsea fans consider their main rivalries to be with Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, in that order.

## Honours

### National

#### Leagues

* **First Division / Premier League** (Level 1)

**Winners (6):** 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17
* **Second Division / First Division / Championship** (Level 2)

**Winners (2):** 1983–84, 1988–89
#### Cups

* **FA Cup**

**Winners (8):** 1969–70, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18
* **Football League Cup / EFL Cup**

**Winners (5):** 1964–65, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15
* **FA Charity Shield / FA Community Shield**

**Winners (4):** 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
* **Full Members' Cup**

**Winners (2):** 1985–86, 1989–90
### European compeitions

* **UEFA Champions League**

**Winners:** 2011–12
* **UEFA Europa League**

**Winners (2):** 2012–13, 2018–19
* **UEFA Cup Winners' Cup**

**Winners (2):** 1970–71, 1997–98
* **UEFA Super Cup**

**Winners:** 1998