Chelsea F.C.
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| Fou name | Chelsea Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Byname(s) | The Pensioners, The Blues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Foondit | 10 March 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grund | Stamford Bridge, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 41,841 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Carlo Ancelotti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chelsea Fitbaa Club (pronounced /ˈtʃɛlsiː/) ar an Inglis professional fitbaa 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 fitbaa. Chelsea hae been Inglis champions fower times, FA Cup winners sax times an League Cup winners fower times. They hae also been successful in Europe, winnin the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice.
The club haed their first major success in 1955, when they wan the league championship. Chelsea wan several cup competitions during the 1960s an 1970s, but efter that did no win anither major title till 1997. The past decade haes been the maist successful period in Chelsea’s history, capped bi winnin Premier League titles in 2005, 2006 an 2010, an reachin their first UEFA Champions League final in 2008.
Despite their name, the club ar no based in Chelsea, but in neighbourin Fulham. The club's home is the 41,841 capacity Stamford Bridge fitbaa stadium in Fulham, where they hae played since their establishment. In 2003, they wur bought by Roushie oil magnate Roman Abramovich.
Chelsea's regular kit colours ar royal blue shirts an shorts wi white socks, the combination uised since the 1960s. The club crest haes been changed several times in attempts tae modernise or re-brand; the current crest, featurin a ceremonial lion holdin a staff, is a modified version o ane first adoptit in the 1950s. The club haes sustained the fift hichtest average all-time attendance in Inglis fitbaa. Their average home gate for the 2009-10 season wis 41,423, the fift hichtest in the Premier League.
