Chelsea Football Club is one of the largest football clubs in England, based in the city of London, founded on March 10, 1905.
Internationally, it is one of the three most successful clubs in English football, alongside Liverpool and Manchester United. He won the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021, the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and 2021, the UEFA Europa League in 2013 and 2019, the UEFA European Cup in 1971 and 1998 and the UEFA Super Cup in 1998 and 2021. Domestically, it is one of England's five most successful clubs, with six Premier League titles, eight FA Cup titles, five League Cup titles, two English Members' Cup titles and four Super Cup titles. from England.
Between 1939 and 1945, Chelsea were forced to leave the English League, along with many other clubs, due to World War II, as all results obtained during the conflict were seen as "unofficial". In this way, Chelsea competed in a series of regional competitions and like any other club, their squad was seriously diminished, due to the war (only two members of Chelsea did not get to be part of the war). The club had its first major success in 1955, when it won its first English title. He also won important titles during the 1960s and 1970s, but did not win another important title until 1986. However, he lived his best moments from the end of the 1990s and in the following decades, winning five times the English national title , twice the UEFA Champions League and twice the UEFA Europa League, entering with the conquest of the second, in the select group of clubs that won the four main European tournaments, becoming the first English club to conquer this mark. In 2021, he became the third English club to win the FIFA Club World Cup.
Chelsea plays its home games at the Stamford Bridge stadium, with a capacity for 41,837 spectators, and which is located on Fulham Road. The club is not located in the Borough of Chelsea, but in the neighboring Borough of Fulham, close to the boundary between the Boroughs. The club was bought in 2003 by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich. In 2022, the club was acquired by American businessman Todd Boehly, in addition to investors Hansjörg Wyss and Mark Walter, through a consortium worth 4.25 billion pounds.
The club's traditional color is royal blue, used for the shirts and shorts, while white is used for the socks. His shield is traditionally composed of a lion holding a cane. The original version of this crest was used for the first time in 1953, when Ted Drake was responsible for changing the club's image. The crest was changed in 2005 to commemorate Chelsea's centenary and is still in use today. The club has a large following and has the fifth highest average attendance in England. According to a survey released in 2010, Chelsea also has the fourth largest fan base on the European continent, with approximately 22 million fans in Europe.
