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	Antonio Conte
Current League	Premier League
2016-17	Premier League, 1st (champions)
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 3 February 2018

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Willy Caballero 2 DF Antonio Rüdiger 3 DF Marcos Alonso 4 MF Cesc Fàbregas 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 MF Victor Moses

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW Olivier Giroud 21 DF Davide Zappacosta 22 MF Willian 24 DF Gary Cahill (captain) 27 DF Andreas Christensen 28 DF César Azpilicueta (vice-captain) 30 DF David Luiz 33 DF Emerson Palmieri 36 MF Kyle Scott 37 GK Eduardo 44 MF Ethan Ampadu 66 DF Dujon Sterling 70 FW Callum Hudson-Odoi

For recent transfers, see 2017–18 Chelsea F.C. season.

Other players under contract

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK Matej Delač — DF Wallace — MF Charlie Colkett

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW Izzy Brown — FW Islam Feruz

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK Jamal Blackman (on loan to Sheffield United until 30 June 2018) — GK Nathan Baxter (on loan to Woking until 30 June 2018) — GK Bradley Collins (on loan to Forest Green Rovers until 30 June 2018) — GK Jared Thompson (on loan to Chippenham Town until 30 June 2018) — DF Ola Aina (on loan to Hull City until 30 June 2018) — DF Jake Clarke-Salter (on loan to Sunderland until 30 June 2018) — DF Fankaty Dabo (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2018) — DF Jay Dasilva (on loan to Charlton Athletic until 30 June 2018) — DF Michael Hector (on loan to Hull City until 30 June 2018) — DF Tomáš Kalas (on loan to Fulham until 30 June 2018) — DF Todd Kane (on loan to Oxford United until 30 June 2018) — DF Matt Miazga (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2018) — DF Kenneth Omeruo (on loan to Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2018) — DF Baba Rahman (on loan to Schalke 04 until 30 June 2019) — DF Fikayo Tomori (on loan to Hull City until 30 June 2018) — DF Kurt Zouma (on loan to Stoke City until 30 June 2018) — MF Victorien Angban (on loan to Waasland-Beveren until 30 June 2018) — MF Lewis Baker (on loan to Middlesbrough until 30 June 2018)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF Jérémie Boga (on loan to Birmingham City until 30 June 2018) — MF Jordan Houghton (on loan to Doncaster Rovers until 30 June 2018) — MF Kenedy (on loan to Newcastle United until 30 June 2018) — MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek (on loan to Crystal Palace until 30 June 2018) — MF Mason Mount (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2018) — MF Charly Musonda (on loan to Celtic until 30 June 2019) — MF Nathan (on loan to Belenenses until 30 June 2018) — MF Kasey Palmer (on loan to Derby County until 30 June 2018) — MF Danilo Pantić (on loan to Partizan until 30 June 2018) — MF Mario Pašalić (on loan to Spartak Moscow until 30 June 2018) — MF Lucas Piazon (on loan to Fulham until 30 June 2018) — MF Josimar Quintero (on loan to Betis B until 30 June 2018) — MF Marco van Ginkel (on loan to PSV until 30 June 2018) — MF Charlie Wakefield (on loan to Stevenage until 30 June 2018) — FW Tammy Abraham (on loan to Swansea until 30 June 2018) — FW Michy Batshuayi (on loan to Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2018) — FW Ike Ugbo (on loan to Milton Keynes Dons until 30 June 2018) — FW Joao Rodríguez (on loan to Tampico Madero until 30 June 2018)

Club alumni

Former players

Main article: Chelsea F.C. players

Managers

Main article: Chelsea F.C. managers

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

• First Division/Premier League

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

• Second Division

• (2): 1983–84, 1988–89

Cups

• FA Cup

• (7): 1969–70, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

• Football League Cup

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

• FA Community Shield

• (4): 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009

• Full Members Cup

• (2): 1985–86, 1989–90

European

• UEFA Champions League

• (1): 2011–12

• UEFA Europa League

• (1): 2012–13

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

• (2): 1970–71, 1997–98

• UEFA Super Cup
  • (1): 1998

See also

• Logo history of Chelsea F.C.

External links

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