[34] In 2012, Roberto Di Matteo led Chelsea to their seventh FA Cup,[35] and their first UEFA Champions League title, beating Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties, the first London club to win the trophy. Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Frank Lampard. [189] In 2018, they won a second league and FA Cup double. Starting with an open bowl-like design and one grandstand with seating, Stamford Bridge had an original capacity of around 100,000, making it the second biggest stadium in England after Crystal Palace. The report concluded that "black players were subjected to a daily tirade of racial abuse". [160], The club's recent accounting records highlight £26.6m they have lost in compensation to former head coach Antonio Conte for sacking and to pay off his backroom staff and the legal costs that followed.[161]. Their home ground is Stamford Bridge.[4]. In July 2003, Bates sold Chelsea to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £140 million. Chelsea would quickly prove to be a hit with the local supporters and established itself as the biggest club in the capital. The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea's history: they won five Premier League titles and both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League during this period. Il Chelsea Football Club, noto semplicemente come Chelsea (pron. Chelsea's first shirt sponsor was Gulf Air, agreed during the 1983–84 season. The Stamford Bridge freehold, the pitch, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. [111], Lampard is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, having scored 211 goals in 648 games (2001–2014);[110] he passed Bobby Tambling's longstanding record of 202 in May 2013. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London. Soon after the takeover a decision was taken to drop the "Chelsea Village" brand and refocus on Chelsea as a football club. [101][102] A strong rivalry with Leeds United dates back to several heated and controversial matches in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the 1970 FA Cup Final. Chelsea Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Fulham, London.The club was established in 1905 and plays its home games at Stamford Bridge.. Chelsea have won six top-flight titles. [152], Chelsea did not turn a profit in the first nine years of Abramovich's ownership, and made record losses of £140m in June 2005. For the women's football club, see, Chelsea's first home colours (1905 – c. 1912). You can contact the club by post at this address below, please also include at the top the department your mail is intended for : Chelsea Football ClubStamford BridgeFulham RoadLondonSW6 1HS. [114], Chelsea's biggest winning scoreline in a competitive match is 13–0, achieved against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971. This contributed to the club's original "pensioner" nickname, and remained for the next half-century, though it never appeared on the shirts. Find Chelsea chat, the Rumour Mill, Fan Blogs and Polls here. [116] Chelsea's biggest loss was an 8–1 reverse against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1953. [49] In 1939, another small seated stand was added, the North Stand, which remained until its demolition in 1975. [107] In a 2008 poll conducted by the Football Fans Census, Chelsea fans named Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United as their most disliked clubs. After a poor start to the 2007–2008 season, Mourinho was replaced by Avram Grant,[32] who led the club to their first UEFA Champions League final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United. [7] In terms of club value, Chelsea are the sixth most valuable football club in the world, worth £2.13 billion ($2.576 billion), and are the eighth highest-earning football club in the world, with earnings of over €428 million in the 2017–18 season. An ambitious redevelopment of Stamford Bridge threatened the financial stability of the club,[25] star players were sold and the team were relegated. The 9% interest on the loan cost the club around £7 million a year and according to Bruce Buck, Chelsea were struggling to pay an instalment due in July 2003. The partnership was extended in October 2010 in a deal worth £160 million over eight years. The club had the highest average attendance in English football in ten separate seasons[15] including 1907–08,[16] 1909–10,[17] 1911–12,[18] 1912–13,[19] 1913–14[20] and 1919–20. [81] The light blue shirts were replaced by a royal blue version in around 1912. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. The loans stood at £709 million in December 2009, when they were all converted to equity by Abramovich, leaving the club themselves debt free,[150][151] although the debt remains with Fordstam. Preimier League Baby Boys' Chelsea Football Club Sleepsuit. Chelsea Timo Werner sent strong Chelsea message as Marina Granovskaia makes £48m transfer decision All the very latest Chelsea news, views and transfer rumours from football.london ahead of the Blues' UEFA Champions League tussle with Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge this evening In 1953, the club crest was changed to an upright blue lion looking backwards and holding a staff. Drake was dismissed in 1961 and replaced by player-coach Tommy Docherty. [23] Chelsea failed to build on this success, and spent the remainder of the 1950s in mid-table. However, an estimated crowd of over 100,000 attended a friendly match against Soviet team Dynamo Moscow on 13 November 1945. It was officially opened on 28 April 1877 and for the first 28 years of its existence, it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletic Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football. De plus, outre ses succès nationaux, le club a aussi remporté des c… The following year, Chelsea took their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph, with another replayed win, this time over Real Madrid in Athens. [130] They were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957,[131] and the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974. [126] Chelsea are the only Premier League side to win their opening nine league games of the season, doing so in 2005–06. [100], Chelsea have long-standing rivalries with North London clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. [156], Chelsea have been described as a global brand; a 2012 report by Brand Finance ranked Chelsea fifth among football brands and valued the club's brand value at US$398 million – an increase of 27% from the previous year, also valuing them at US$10 million more than the sixth best brand, London rivals Arsenal – and gave the brand a strength rating of AA (very strong). Welcome to the official Facebook page of Chelsea FC! [49] The north, west and southern parts of the ground were converted into all-seater stands and moved closer to the pitch, a process completed by 2001. [84] As with most teams, they have also had some more unusual ones. According to Home Office statistics, 126 Chelsea fans were arrested for football-related offences during the 2009–10 season, the third highest in the division, and 27 banning orders were issued, the fifth-highest in the division. After a long-running legal battle, Bates reunited the stadium freehold with the club in 1992 by doing a deal with the banks of the property developers, who had been bankrupted by a market crash. The club were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in 2005 as Southern Division champions and won the Surrey County Cup nine times between 2003 and 2013. In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. [162] This deal was again extended in June 2013 in a deal worth £300 million over another ten years. To contact the club by email please first select a department from the dropdown menu and then fill in the form. In October 2016, Nike was announced as the new kit sponsor, in a deal worth £900m over 15 years, until 2032. Chelsea's current sponsor is Three, starting from July 2020. [27] On the pitch, the team had fared little better, coming close to relegation to the Third Division for the first time, but in 1983 manager John Neal put together an impressive new team for minimal outlay. "[179] Scenes in a 1980 episode of Minder were filmed during a real match at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Preston North End with Terry McCann (played by Dennis Waterman) standing on the terraces. 99. Chelsea Football Club Official Soccer Gift Mens Crest Sweatshirt Top. In August 2019, Chelsea's board apologised "unreservedly" after a report found that during the 1970s the club's chief scout, Eddie Heath, groomed and abused young boys aged between 10 and 17. There are also numerous official supporters clubs in the United Kingdom and all over the world. [22] They were FA Cup semi-finalists in 1920 and 1932 and remained in the First Division throughout the 1930s, but success eluded the club in the inter-war years. [206], 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. [141] The club's £71 million purchase of Kepa Arrizabalaga in August 2018 remains a world record fee paid for a goalkeeper. Please keep correspondence polite and courteous at all times, even if you wish to make a complaint. Starting in the 1960s, it became known as the home of Chelsea's most loyal and vocal supporters. [87], Chelsea are among the most widely supported football clubs in the world. [59] It was the venue for a boxing match between world flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde and Joe Conn in 1918. Their previous training ground in Harlington was taken over by QPR in 2005. When Ted Drake became Chelsea manager in 1952, he began to modernise the club. [70] In May 2012, the club made a formal bid to purchase Battersea Power Station, with a view to developing the site into a new stadium,[71] but lost out to a Malaysian consortium. [138][139] The club's £50 million purchase of Fernando Torres from Liverpool in January 2011[140] held the record until Ángel Di María signed for Manchester United in August 2014 for £59.7 million. 4.7 out of 5 stars 17. Chelsea are the first English club to have won all three major UEFA trophies. This is a list of notable players for Chelsea Football Club, whether or not they have a Wikipedia article.It generally includes only those players who made more than 100 appearances for the club, but also those who fell just short of 100 and made a notable contribution, members of the club's first ever side or were voted Player of the Year. [176] In April 2011, Montenegrin comedy series Nijesmo mi od juče made an episode in which Chelsea play against FK Sutjeska Nikšić for qualification of the UEFA Champions League. [117][118] The club's 21–0 aggregate victory over Jeunesse Hautcharage in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 is also a record in European competition. Chelsea's kit has been manufactured by Nike since July 2017. The Shed is the Home for Chelsea FC fans. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions before contacting us as your enquiry might have already been answered there.. [79] With the new ownership of Roman Abramovich, and the club's centenary approaching, combined with demands from fans for the popular 1950s badge to be restored, it was decided that the crest should be changed again in 2005. [125] Chelsea's streak of eleven consecutive away league wins, set between 5 April 2008 and 6 December 2008, is a record for the English top flight. After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s, the club enjoyed a revival in the 1990s and had more success in cup competitions. [127][128] From 2009 to 2013, Chelsea were unbeaten in a record 29 consecutive FA Cup matches (excluding penalty shoot-outs). "[108] A 2012 survey, conducted among 1200 supporters of the top four league divisions across the country, found that many clubs' main rivals had changed since 2003 and reported that Chelsea fans consider Tottenham to be their main rivals, above Arsenal and Manchester United. and in January 2017 these plans were approved by Hammersmith and Fulham council. Chelsea Football Club, with over a century of rich sporting heritage, has paved the way for a superior collection of hospitality, events and leisure facilities all at one venue. At the time of the Abramovich takeover, the club also had debts of around £100 million, which included a ten-year £75 million Eurobond taken out in 1997 by the Bates regime to buy the freehold of Stamford Bridge and finance the redevelopment of the stadium. [49] Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald Leitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Craven Cottage and Hampden Park. Chelsea FC Latest News .com provides you with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the Chelsea FC world. [132] In May 2007, Chelsea were the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium, having also been the last to win it at the old Wembley. NewsNow aims to be the world's most accurate and comprehensive Chelsea FC news aggregator, bringing you the latest Blues headlines from the best Chelsea sites and other key national and international news sources. 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[204], In May 2018, the club appointed Barnardo's to oversee an independent investigation into the allegations of racism. Whether it's the very latest transfer news from Stamford Bridge, quotes from a press conference, match previews and reports, or news about the Blues' progress in the Premier … Chelsea rencontre son premier grand succès en 1955, en remportant le championnat. They play their home games at Kingsmeadow, formerly the home ground of the EFL League One club AFC Wimbledon. Depuis 1996, Chelsea connaît la période la plus faste de son histoire. Greaves holds the club record for the most goals scored in one season (43 in 1960–61). [168], Following the introduction of sleeve sponsors in the Premier League, Chelsea had Alliance Tyres as their first sleeve sponsor in the 2017–18 season. Blue shirts were adopted by Mears, after the racing colors of Lord Chelsea, along with white shorts and dark blue socks. [205], In August 2019, Barnardo's published the findings of its review. [52] For the centenary season this was accompanied by the words '100 YEARS' and 'CENTENARY 2005–2006' on the top and bottom of the crest respectively.[6]. Our staff will do their best to help with your enquiry but they will be unable to respond to messages that contain swearing or are abusive. [187] In 2015, Chelsea Ladies won the FA Women's Cup for the first time, beating Notts County Ladies at Wembley Stadium,[188] and a month later clinched their first FA WSL title to complete a league and cup double. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The latter is often accompanied by fans throwing celery at each other, although the vegetable was banned inside Stamford Bridge after an incident involving Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas at the 2007 League Cup Final. [85] In the mid-1970s, the away strip was a red, white and green kit inspired by the Hungarian national side of the 1950s. In light of the report, Chelsea announced that it was committed to assessing compensation claims for victims. After his death in 1912, his descendants continued to own the club until 1982, when Ken Bates bought the club from Mears' great-nephew Brian Mears for £1. [169] For the 2018–19 season, they have Hyundai Motor Company as the new sleeve sponsor. They were on course for a treble of League, FA Cup and League Cup going into the final stages of the 1964–65 season, winning the League Cup but faltering late on in the other two. FREE Shipping. En tout, le club a remporté six championnats, huit FA Cups, cinq Coupes de la Ligue et quatre FA Community Shields. [120][121], From 20 March 2004 to 26 October 2008, Chelsea went a record 86 consecutive league matches at home without defeat, beating the previous record of 63 matches unbeaten set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1980. [145] After passing the 90% share threshold, Abramovich took the club back into private hands, delisting it from the AIM on 22 August 2003. [135][136] Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the first English club to win all four UEFA club trophies and the only club to hold the Champions League and the Europa League at the same time. Chelsea FC Latest News .com Chelsea FC Latest News .com is an unofficial Chelsea FC Latest Transfer News website. [207], Association football club in London, England, This article is about the men's football club. [112] Eight other players have also scored over 100 goals for Chelsea: George Hilsdon (1906–1912), George Mills (1929–1939), Roy Bentley (1948–1956), Jimmy Greaves (1957–1961), Peter Osgood (1964–1974 and 1978–1979), Kerry Dixon (1983–1992), Didier Drogba (2004–2012 and 2014–2015), and Eden Hazard (2012–2019). The new crest was officially adopted for the start of the 2005–06 season and marked a return to the older design, used from 1953 to 1986, featuring a blue heraldic lion holding a staff. [155] In 2018 Chelsea announced a record after-tax profit of £62 million. Chelsea won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. [119] Officially, Chelsea's highest home attendance is 82,905 for a First Division match against Arsenal on 12 October 1935. The appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 began an upturn in the team's fortunes. [76] This was the first Chelsea crest to appear on the shirts, in the early 1960s. $49.99 $ 49. [86] Other away kits include an all jade strip worn from 1986–89, red and white diamonds from 1990–92, graphite and tangerine from 1994–96, and luminous yellow from 2007–08. [159] As of 2016[update], Chelsea are ranked eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League with an annual commercial revenue of £322.59 million. Following a long legal battle, it was not until the mid-1990s that Chelsea's future at the stadium was secured and renovation work resumed. [28] Chelsea's form in the new Premier League was unconvincing, although they did reach the 1994 FA Cup Final. During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were associated with football hooliganism. Chelsea Football Club - get the latest news, fixtures, results, match reports, videos, photos, squad and player stats on Sky Sports Football [62] In 1980, Stamford Bridge hosted the first international floodlit cricket match in the UK, between Essex and the West Indies. As the roof resembled that of a corrugated iron shed, the stand eventually became known as the "Shed End", although it is unknown who first coined this name. In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex,[58] and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox. [173] One-time Chelsea centre forward, Jack Cock, who by then was playing for Millwall, was the star of the film and several scenes were shot at Stamford Bridge, including on the pitch, the boardroom, and the dressing rooms. Chelsea moved to Cobham in 2004. [109], Chelsea's highest appearance-maker is ex-captain Ron Harris, who played in 795 competitive games for the club between 1961 and 1980. [74] However, on 31 May 2018, the club released a statement saying that the new stadium project had been put on hold indefinitely, citing "the current unfavourable investment climate."[75]. [83] Since then Chelsea have always worn white socks with their home kit apart from a short spell from 1985 to 1992, when blue socks were reintroduced. More recently, the club have had a number of black or dark blue away kits which alternate every year. Additionally, fans of Arsenal, Brentford, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, QPR, Tottenham and West Ham identified Chelsea as one of their top three rivals. In the same survey, "Chelsea" was the top answer to the question "Which other English club do you dislike the most? [148], Abramovich changed the ownership name to Chelsea FC plc, whose ultimate parent company is Fordstam Limited, which is controlled by him. Chelsea have had four main crests, which all underwent minor variations. [153] In November 2012, Chelsea announced a profit of £1.4 million for the year ending 30 June 2012, the first time the club had made a profit under Abramovich's ownership. sixth most valuable football club in the world, Chelsea F.C.–Tottenham Hotspur F.C. [106], A 2004 survey by Planetfootball.com found that Chelsea fans consider their main rivalries to be with (in descending order): Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. [110] Four other players made more than 500 appearances for the club: Peter Bonetti (729; 1959–79), John Terry (717; 1998–2017), Frank Lampard (648; 2001–2014) and John Hollins (592; 1963–1975 and 1983–1984). This Chelsea fan website is a non-profit, non-commercial, fan site that provides comprehensive information about Chelsea, a football team that currently plays in the English Premier League. Chelsea … [50] Most football clubs were founded first, and then sought grounds in which to play, but Chelsea were founded for Stamford Bridge. [191][192] John Terry, former captain of the Chelsea men's team, is the President of Chelsea Women.[193]. [14] In Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps, Mr Memory claims that Chelsea last won the Cup in 63 BC, "in the presence of the Emperor Nero. He added several top international players to the side and led the club to their first major honour since 1971, the FA Cup. [60] The running track was used for dirt track racing between 1928 and 1932,[61] greyhound racing from 1933 to 1968, and Midget car racing in 1948. [40] Mourinho was sacked after four months of the following season after a poor start. Information includes current news, results, goal scorers, and league standings. They have been affiliated to the men's team since 2004[185] and are part of the club's Community Development programme. It included guest appearances by then-Chelsea players Andrew Wilson, George Mills, and Sam Millington. Chelsea unveil new £500m stadium", "Chelsea are a more universally loved club! [54], Stamford Bridge hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922,[55] has held ten FA Cup Semi-finals (most recently in 1978), ten FA Charity Shield matches (the last in 1970), and three England international matches, the last in 1932; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946.
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