Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea

Full name	Chelsea Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues, The Pensioners
Foondit	10 Mairch 1905 (1905-03-10)
Ground	Stamford Bridge, Fulham, Lunnon
Ground Capacity	41,837
Awner	Todd Bohely Mark Walter Hansjörg Wyss
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Thomas Tuchel
League	Premier League
2018–19	Premier League, 3rd o 20
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

Chelsea Fitbaa Club (pronounced /ˈtʃɛlsiː/ ^{(deprecatit template)}) 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 sold 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 dyas, 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 League

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 Shield

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

As o 17 Julie 2018

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player 1 GK Willy Caballero 2 DF Antonio Rüdiger 3 DF Marcos Alonso 4 MF Cesc Fàbregas 5 MF Jorginho 6 MF Danny Drinkwater 7 MF N'Golo Kanté 8 MF Ross Barkley 9 FW Álvaro Morata 10 MF Eden Hazard 11 MF Pedro 13 GK Thibaut Courtois 14 MF Tiémoué Bakayoko 15 DF Victor Moses 17 MF Charly Musonda Jr.

No. Poseetion Player 18 FW Olivier Giroud 21 DF Davide Zappacosta 22 MF Willian 23 FW Michy Batshuayi 24 DF Gary Cahill (caiptain) 27 DF Andreas Christensen 28 DF César Azpilicueta 30 DF David Luiz 31 DF Fikayo Tomori 33 DF Emerson 34 DF Ola Aina 38 MF Jérémie Boga 40 FW Izzy Brown 44 MF Ethan Ampadu