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| Full name | Chelsea Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Blues, The Pensioners | |
| Founded | 10 March 1905 | |
| Ground | Stamford Bridge (Capacity: 41,663) | |
| Owner |  Roman Abramovich
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| Chairman |  Bruce Buck
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| Manager |  Thomas Tuchel
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| Current League | Premier League | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League, 4th | |
| Website | Club home page | |
  
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Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are a English football club based in West London. The team, founded in 1905, plays in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, and have won the FA Cup seven times, the League Cup four times, the UEFA Champions League once and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice.
Chelsea had their first major success in 1955, when they won the league championship, and won various cup competitions during the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s. The club has enjoyed its greatest period of success in the past two decades, winning 15 major trophies since 1997.Domestically, Chelsea have won four league titles, seven FA Cups, four League Cups and four FA Community Shields, while in continental competition they have won two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Champions League. Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League, one of four clubs, and the only British club, to have won the three main UEFA club competitions, and also the first club to hold two major European titles simultaneously.
Chelsea's regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s.The club has sustained the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football. Their average home gate for the 2012–13 season was 41,462, the sixth highest in the Premier League. In April 2013 it was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £588 million ($901 million), an increase of 18% from the previous year. Since 2003, Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
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Players
Current squad
- As of 19 August 2021
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Under-23s and Academy
- Main article: Chelsea F.C. Under-23s and Academy
Club alumni
Former players
- Main article: Chelsea F.C. players
Managers
- Main article: Chelsea F.C. managers
Honours
Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the fourth club in history to have won the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, and European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich. Chelsea are the first English club to have won all three major UEFA trophies.
National competitions
League titles
- First Division / Premier League (Level 1)
- Second Division / Championship (Level 2)
- Winners (2): 1983–84, 1988–89
Cups
- Full Members' Cup
- Winners (2): 1985–86, 1989–90
European competitions
- Winners (2): 1970–71, 1997–98
- Winners (2): 1998, 2021
Doubles
- League and FA Cup: 2009–10
- League and League Cup: 2004–05, 2014–15
- League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98
- FA Cup and League Cup: 2006–07
- FA Cup and UEFA Champions League: 2011–12
See also
External links
- Official website
- Chelsea F.C. at Premier League
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Stamford Bridge |
| Chelsea F.C. squad - 2021–22 |
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1 Arrizabalaga · 2 Rüdiger · 3 Alonso · 4 Christensen · 5 Jorginho · 6 Thiago Silva · 7 Kanté · 8 Kovačić · 9 Lukaku · 10 Pulisic · 11 Werner · 12 Loftus-Cheek · 13 Bettinelli · 14 Chalobah · 15 Zouma · 16 Mendy · 19 Mount · 20 Hudson-Odoi · 21 Chilwell · 22 Ziyech · 24 James · 27 Anjorin · 28 Azpilicueta (c) · 29 Havertz · 36 Bergström · 44 Ampadu · — Bakayoko · — Baker · — Barkley · — Drinkwater · — Miazga · — Musonda · — Rahman · — Sarr · — Sterling · — Ugbo · — Uwakwe · — Zappacosta ·
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| Chelsea Football Club - Managers |
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Robertson (1905–06) • Lewis (1906–07i) • Calderhead (1907–33) • Knighton (1933–39) • Birrell (1939–52) • Drake (1952–61) • Docherty (1961–67) • Sexton (1967–74) • Suart (1974–75) • McCreadie (1975–77) • Shellito (1977–78) • Blanchflower (1978–79) • Hurst (1979–81) • Gould (1981c) • Neal (1981–85) • Hollins (1985–88) • Campbell (1988–91) • Porterfield (1991–93) • Webb (1993i) • Hoddle (1993–96) • Gullit (1996–98) • Vialli (1998–2000) • Rix & Wilkins (2000c) • Ranieri (2000–04) • Mourinho (2004–07) • Grant (2007–08) • Scolari (2008–09) • Wilkins (2009c) • Hiddink (2009i) • Ancelotti (2009–11) • Villas-Boas (2011–12) • Di Matteo (2012) • Benítez (2012–13) • Mourinho (2013–15) • Holland (2015c) • Hiddink (2015–16i) • Conte (2016–18) • Sarri (2018–19) • Lampard (2019–21) • Tuchel (2021–) |
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2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · |
| Chelsea F.C. squad seasons |
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1960-61 · 1961-62 · 1962-63 · 1963-64 · 1964-65 · 1965-66 · 1966-67 · 1967-68 · 1968-69 · 1969-70 · 1970-71 · 1971-72 · 1972-73 · 1973-74 · 1974-75 · 1975-76 · 1976-77 · 1977-78 · 1978-79 · 1979-80 · 1980-81 · 1981-82 · 1982-83 · 1983-84 · 1984-85 · 1985-86 · 1986-87 · 1987-88 · 1988-89 · 1989-90 · 1990-91 · 1991-92 · 1992-93 · 1993-94 · 1994-95 · 1995-96 · 1996-97 · 1997-98 · 1998-99 · 1999-00 · 2000-01 · 2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008-09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11 · 2011-12 · 2012-13 · 2013-14 · 2014-15 · 2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · |
| Chelsea F.C. matches - 2021–22 |
| 2021–22 Premier League |
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Arsenal (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) · Manchester United (h) · West Ham United (a) · Liverpool (h) · Manchester City (a) · Brighton & Hove Albion (a) · Arsenal (h) · |
| 2021–22 FA Cup |
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Chesterfield (h) · Plymouth Argyle (h) · |
| 2021–22 League Cup |
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Aston Villa (h) · Aston Villa (h) · Brentford (a) · Tottenham Hotspur (h) · Tottenham Hotspur (a) · TBD (n) |
| 2021–22 UEFA Champions League |
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Zenit Saint Petersburg (h) · Juventus (a) · Malmö FF (h) · Malmö FF (a) · Juventus (h) · Zenit Saint Petersburg (a) · Lille (h) · Lille (a) |
| 2021 UEFA Super Cup |
| Villarreal (n) |
| 2021 FIFA Club World Cup |
| The Mind Series |
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| 2021-22 FA Cup |
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| 2021-22 Champions League |
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1961: Fiorentina • 1962: Atlético Madrid • 1963: Tottenham Hotspur • 1964: Sporting CP • 1965: West Ham United • 1966: Borussia Dortmund • 1967: Bayern Munich • 1968: Milan • 1969: Slovan Bratislava • 1970: Manchester City • 1971: Chelsea • 1972: Rangers • 1973: Milan • 1974: Magdeburg • 1975: Dynamo Kyiv • 1976: Anderlecht • 1977: Hamburg • 1978: Anderlecht • 1979: Barcelona • 1980: Valencia • 1981: Dinamo Tbilisi • 1982: Barcelona • 1983: Aberdeen • 1984: Juventus • 1985: Everton • 1986: Dynamo Kyiv • 1987: Ajax • 1988: Mechelen • 1989: Barcelona • 1990: Sampdoria • 1991: Manchester United • 1992: Werder Bremen • 1993: Parma • 1994: Arsenal • 1995: Real Zaragoza • 1996: Paris Saint-Germain • 1997: Barcelona • 1998: Chelsea • 1999: Lazio |
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1972: Ajax • 1973: Ajax • 1975: Dynamo Kiev • 1976: Anderlecht • 1977: Liverpool • 1978: Anderlecht • 1979: Nottingham Forest • 1980: Valencia • 1982: Aston Villa • 1983: Aberdeen • 1984: Juventus • 1986: Steaua Bucharest • 1987: Porto • 1988: Mechelen • 1989: Milan • 1990: Milan • 1991: Manchester United • 1992: Barcelona • 1993: Parma • 1994: Milan • 1995: Ajax • 1996: Juventus • 1997: Barcelona • 1998: Chelsea • 1999: Lazio • 2000: Galatasaray • 2001: Liverpool • 2002: Real Madrid • 2003: Milan • 2004: Valencia • 2005: Liverpool • 2006: Sevilla • 2007: Milan • 2008: Zenit St. Petersburg • 2009: Barcelona • 2010: Atlético Madrid • 2011: Barcelona • 2012: Atlético Madrid • 2013: Bayern Munich • 2014: Real Madrid • 2015: Barcelona • 2016: Real Madrid • 2017: Real Madrid • 2018: Atlético Madrid • 2019: Liverpool • 2020: Bayern Munich • 2021: Chelsea • 2022: TBD • 2023: TBD • |
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