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Chelsea
Full name Chelsea Football Club
Nickname(s) The Blues, The Pensioners[1]
Short name CFC, CHE
Founded 10 March 1905; 115 years ago[2]
Ground Stamford Bridge
Capacity 40,834[3]
51°28′54″N 0°11′28″WCoordinates: 51°28′54″N 0°
Coordinates
11′28″W
Owner Roman Abramovich
Chairman Bruce Buck
Head coach Thomas Tuchel
League Premier League

2019–20 Premier League, 4th of 20
Website Club website
Home colours Away colours
Third colours
Current season
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London.

Founded in 1905, the club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English
football. Chelsea are among England's most successful clubs, having won over thirty
competitive honours, including six league titles and six European trophies. Their home
ground is Stamford Bridge.[4]
Chelsea won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won
the FA Cup for the first time in 1970 and their first European honour, the Cup Winners'
Cup, in 1971. After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s, the club enjoyed a
revival in the 1990s and had more success in cup competitions. The past two decades
have been the most successful in Chelsea's history: they won five Premier League titles
and both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League during this period.
[5]
Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA's main club competitions, the
first English club to achieve the UEFA treble, and the only London club to have won the
Champions League.
Chelsea's home kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club's
crest features a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff. [6] The club has rivalries
with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and a historic rivalry with Leeds
United. Based on attendance figures, the club has the sixth-largest fanbase in England. [7] In
terms of club value, Chelsea are the sixth most valuable football club in the world, worth
£2.13 billion ($2.576 billion), and are the eighth highest-earning football club in the world,
with earnings of over €428 million in the 2017–18 season.[8][9] Since 2003, Chelsea have
been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.[10]
Contents
 1History
 2Stadium
 3Crest and colours
o 3.1Crest
o 3.2Colours
 4Support
o 4.1Rivalries
 5Records
 6Ownership and finances
o 6.1Sponsorship
 7Popular culture
 8Chelsea Women
 9Players
o 9.1Squad
o 9.2Non-contract player
o 9.3Other players under contract
o 9.4Out on loan
o 9.5Under-23s and Academy
 10Player of the Year
 11Notable managers
 12Management team
 13Club personnel
 14Controversy
o 14.1Sexual abuse
o 14.2Racial abuse
 15Honours
o 15.1National competitions
 15.1.1League titles
 15.1.2Cups
o 15.2European competitions
o 15.3Doubles
 16UEFA club coefficient ranking
 17See also
 18Notes
 19Footnotes
 20References
 21External links
History
Main article: History of Chelsea F.C.
The first Chelsea team in September 1905
In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning

it into a football ground. An offer to lease it to nearby Fulham was turned down, so Mears
opted to found his own club to use the stadium. As there was already a team named
Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea was chosen for the
new club; names like Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC were also
considered.[11] Chelsea were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The
Butcher's Hook),[2][12] opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham
Road, and were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Full name Chelsea Football Club

Nickname(s) The Blues, The Pensioners[1]

Short name CFC, CHE

Founded 10 March 1905; 115 years ago[2]

Ground Stamford Bridge

Owner Roman Abramovich

Chairman Bruce Buck

Head coach Thomas Tuchel

League Premier League

Website Club website

Home colours Away colours

Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London.

 3Crest and colours

 6Ownership and finances

o 9.3Other players under contract

o 9.5Under-23s and Academy

 10Player of the Year

 16UEFA club coefficient ranking

In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning

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