Chelsea F.C.

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Chelsea
Full name	Chelsea Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues, The Pensioners
Founded	10 March 1905
Ground	Stamford Bridge (Capacity: 41,663)
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Thomas Tuchel
Current League	Premier League
2020–21	Premier League, 4th
Website	Club home page
Current season

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 once.

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.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 October 2020

No. Position Player 1 GK Kepa Arrizabalaga 2 DF Antonio Rüdiger 3 DF Marcos Alonso 4 DF Andreas Christensen 5 MF Jorginho (vice-captain) 6 DF Thiago Silva (3rd captain) 7 MF N'Golo Kanté 9 FW Tammy Abraham 10 MF Christian Pulisic 11 FW Timo Werner 13 GK Willy Caballero 14 DF Fikayo Tomori 15 DF Kurt Zouma

No. Position Player 16 GK Édouard Mendy 17 MF Mateo Kovačić 18 FW Olivier Giroud 19 MF Mason Mount 20 MF Callum Hudson-Odoi 21 DF Ben Chilwell 22 MF Hakim Ziyech 23 MF Billy Gilmour 24 DF Reece James 28 DF César Azpilicueta (captain) 29 MF Kai Havertz 31 GK Nathan Baxter 33 DF Emerson

Out on loan

No. Position Player GK Ethan Wady (to Dartford until 31 May 2021) GK Jamal Blackman (to Rotherham United until 31 May 2021) GK Jamie Cumming (to Stevenage until 31 May 2021) GK Teddy Sharman-Lowe (to Burton Albion until 31 May 2021) DF Davide Zappacosta (to Genoa until 30 June 2021) DF Ethan Ampadu (to Sheffield United until 30 June 2021) DF Trevoh Chalobah (to Lorient until 30 June 2021) DF Marc Guehi (to Swansea City until 31 May 2021) DF Matt Miazga (to Anderlecht until 30 June 2021) MF Conor Gallagher (to West Bromwich Albion until 30 June 2021) MF Danilo Pantić (to Čukarički until 30 June 2021) MF Jon Russell (to Accrington Stanley until 31 May 2021) MF Kenedy (to Granada until 30 June 2021)

No. Position Player MF Lewis Baker (to Trabzonspor until 30 June 2021) MF Luke McCormick (to Bristol Rovers until 31 May 2021) MF Lucas Piazon (to Rio Ave until 30 June 2021) MF Ross Barkley (to Aston Villa until 30 June 2021) MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek (to Fulham until 30 June 2021) MF Tariq Uwakwe (to Accrington Stanley until 31 May 2021) MF Tiémoué Bakayoko (to Napoli until 30 June 2021) FW Armando Broja (to Vitesse until 30 June 2021) FW Charlie Brown (to Union SG until 30 June 2021) FW Izzy Brown (to Sheffield Wednesday until 31 May 2021) FW Ike Ugbo (to Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2021) FW Michy Batshuayi (to Crystal Palace until 30 June 2021)

Other players under contract

No. Position Player — DF Baba Rahman — DF Dujon Sterling — DF Jake Clarke-Salter — DF Juan Castillo — DF Malang Sarr

No. Position Player — MF Danny Drinkwater — MF George McEachran — MF Marco van Ginkel — MF Victor Moses — MF Charly Musonda

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

Winners (6): 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17

• Second Division

Winners: 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

Winners (5): 1964–65, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15

• FA Community Shield

Winners (4): 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009

• Full Members' Cup

Winners (2): 1985-86, 1989-90

European competitions

• UEFA Champions League

Winners: 2011–12, 2020–21

• UEFA Europa League

Winners: 2012–13, 2018–19

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Winners: 1970–71, 1997–98

• UEFA Super Cup

Winners: 1998

Doubles

• 1997–98: League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup
• 2004–05: League and League Cup
• 2006–07: FA Cup and League Cup
• 2009–10: League and FA Cup
• 2011–12: FA Cup and UEFA Champions League
• 2014–15: League and League Cup

See also

• Logo history of Chelsea F.C.

External links

• Official website
• Chelsea F.C. at Premier League