Chelsea were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, and were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards.Ĭhelsea won promotion to the First Division in their second season, and yo-yoed between the First and Second Divisions in their early years. As there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea was chosen for the new club names like Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC were also considered. An offer to lease it to nearby Fulham was turned down, so Mears opted to found his own club to use the stadium. In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. Since 2003, Chelsea have been owned by Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich. 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. Based on attendance figures, the club has the sixth-largest fanbase in England. The club has rivalries with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and a historic rivalry with Leeds United. The club's crest features a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff. Ĭhelsea's home kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA's main club competitions, the first English club to achieve the UEFA treble, the only London club to have won the Champions League, and the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea's history: they have won five Premier League titles, seven FA Cups, four League Cups, two UEFA Champions League titles and two UEFA Europa League titles during this period. After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s, the club enjoyed a revival in the 1990s, enjoying more success in several cup competitions. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970 and their first European honour, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971. Ĭhelsea won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. Chelsea are among England's most successful clubs, having won over thirty competitive honours, including six league titles and eight European trophies. Founded in 1905, the club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football.
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Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London.