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Chelsea F.C.

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Chelsea F.C. Women. For other uses, see Chelsea (disambiguation).

Chelsea
Full nameChelsea Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blues
Founded10 March 1905 (1905-03-10)[1]
GroundStamford Bridge
Capacity40,173[2]
Coordinates51°28′54″N 0°11′28″W / 51.48167°N 0.19111°W / 51.48167; -0.19111
OwnerBlueCo[3]
ChairmanTodd Boehly
Head coachEnzo Maresca
LeaguePremier League
2023–24Premier League, 6th of 20
Websitechelseafc.com
Current season

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at Stamford Bridge.[4] The club won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. They won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, won their first European honour, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.

Chelsea is one of five clubs and the first English club to have won all three pre-1999 main European club competitions, the "European Treble" of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.[5] They are the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. They are the only London club to have won the Champions League and the Club World Cup.[6] Domestically, the club has won six league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, and four FA Community Shields. Internationally, they have won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup twice each, and the FIFA Club World Cup once. In terms of overall trophies won, Chelsea is the fifth-most successful club in English football.

The club has rivalries with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and a historic rivalry with Leeds United. In terms of club value, Chelsea is the ninth-most-valuable football club in the world (as of 2024), worth $3.13 billion, and is the ninth-highest-earning football club in the world.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Team History – Introduction". Chelsea FC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ^ Premier League Handbook: Season 2024/25 (PDF). 25 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Group Tax Strategy". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ^ "General Club Information". ChelseaFC.com. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Stats: Mourinho takes place among coaching greats". Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Five interesting facts about Chelsea's Champions League triumph". Chelsea FC. 31 May 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ Ozanian, Mike; Teitelbaum, Justin. "The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2023". Forbes. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Deloitte Football Money League 2023". Deloitte United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

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