Chelsea F.C. (Chelsea Football Club), also known as The Blues or previously as The Pensioners (London FC), is an English football club which plays in the Premier League and is headquartered in London. The club was founded by H.A. Mears in 1905, and has its own stadium, Stamford Bridge, which can accommodate about 41,841 spectators, located in Fulham, London.
Chelsea have spent a lot of history in the world of English football, and having success as much as two periods, throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, then in the late 1990s to the present. Chelsea have won four Premier League titles (1954-55, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-2010), six FA Cups (1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010), four League Cups (1965, 1998 , 2005, 2007), and two Cup Winners Cup (1971, 1998).
The first manager was John Roberson (1905-1906). Chelsea won the English Premier League (Premiership) in 1955 at Ted Drake's tenure as manager.
Chelsea won the Premiership 50 years later, in 2005, the manager Jose Mourinho's tenure (2004-2007), who then have the full support of the national oil billionaire Russian owner, Roman Abramovich.
In the same year (2005), Chelsea also won the Carling Cup by beating Liverpool. Subsequently in 2006, Chelsea won the Premiership. And in 2007, Chelsea won the Carling Cup again after beating Arsenal 2-1 and won the FA Cup after beating Manchester United 1-0 through extra time.
But due to some poor performances at the beginning of 2007/2008 competition coupled with the discrepancy with the owner, Jose Mourinho has finally resigned as manager, and then replaced by Avram Grant the former Israeli national team manager.
Early in the coaching Grant, many people are looking at one eye. However, Chelsea's Avram Grant is able to bring a treble runner-up is in the Carling Cup before losing to Tottenham Hotspur by a score of 2-1. Followed by a runner-up under the English Premier League Manchester United and was runner-up in the Champions League after losing 6-5 on penalties from Manchester United. But these achievements are considered not good enough so that Grant had been fired at the end of the season.
In late January 2009, replacing Chelsea coach Avram Grant with Brazil, Luiz Felipe Scolari. However, Scolari are also unable to provide satisfactory performance for Roman Abramovich. So at the end of April 2009 suffered the same fate with Grant. Position vacant Chelsea manager then filled by the time Russian national team coach, Guus Hiddink, until the end of the 2008-2009 season. At the end of May, before leaving Chelsea, Guus Hiddink gives sweet memories by bringing Chelsea's FA Cup fifth.
Early in the competition 2009-2010, Chelsea announced a new manager is Carlo Ancelotti, with the contract for 3 seasons. Provide direct Ancelotti Chelsea won the title with the 2009 Community Shield after beating Manchester United on penalties. Victory in a penalty shootout was a first for Chelsea since 1998, when Chelsea face Ipswich Town in the League Cup.
At the end of the season 2009 - 2010, Chelsea won the Premier League and FA Cup, which is the first achievement in the history of Chelsea. Chelsea also became the club managed to get a record seventh title wed. (Double winner).
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba managed to get the Golden Boot (top scorers) with a notch 29 goals. In the final game of season 2009 - 2010 dated May 9, 2010, Chelsea embarrass Wigan to score a landslide 8-0 with Drogba scoring 3 goals. Chelsea also won a record is absolutely 100% against all the big four EPL teams (Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal).
Carlo Ancelotti Chelsea sacked in May 2011 after a 1-0 defeat of Everton in the final game of the season 2010-2011.
Currently the position is filled by a former manager of FC Porto coach, André Villas-Boas.
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Founded: 1905
Address: Stamford Bridge, London SW6 1HS England
Phone: 0870 300 1212
Chair: Roman Abramovich
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
History of Mandatory Ten Things to Know About Chelsea in May 2008, which then should be the peak of the highest achievement for Chelsea in the 103 years of existence in the world of English football. They almost snatched the English Premier League title is the fourth and only one penalty kick away from the Champions League title first.
Unfortunately, Manchester United and fortune does not favor the Blues and their supporters became a major obstacle.
However, behind such disappointments, loyal Chelsea fans can see behind the accomplishments they have achieved to date and also the quality of the players who have been wearing blue uniforms and made their base Stamford Bridge.It can not be denied that during the last five years can be considered as Chelsea reached the peak position from fully owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Financial support from Abramovich's coach Jose Mourinho managed to bring the right players and that eventually led to the Premier League title for two consecutive years. That makes the Blues break the dominance of United and Arsenal since the start of the Premier League. Although eventually no longer Mourinho at Chelsea, the core foundation of the mentality and the players he left behind became the backbone of the army which is now handled by Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Let us know now this London club even further through ten interesting facts about them.
1. History of Chelsea as a football club started since March 14, 1905 during a meeting at a pub called The Rising Sun (which is now a pub called The Butcher's Hook).
Some names that could be candidates for this club is the Stamford Bridge FC, Kensington FC and London FC Chelsea FC until a permanent choice.
2. Chelsea is headquartered in Stamford Bridge stadium which officially opened on 28 April 1877. The stadium was designed by Scottish architect Archibald Leitch who also designed many other football stadiums in England such as Old Trafford (Manchester United), Celtic Park (Glasgow Celtic), Anfield (Liverpool), and White Hart Lane (Tottenham Hotspur). Stamford Bridge had an initial capacity to accommodate 100 thousand spectators and eventually underwent several changes until the end of the capacity for 42,055 spectators present.
3. Chelsea mascot is a lion that is taken from their club logos and Stamford called The Lion. This lion costume had been stolen by two men from Stamford Bridge in July 2005.
4. The Chelsea players in 1972 to record a song called Blue Is The Colour in the context of their appearance in the League Cup final that year. The recording was successful was ranked fifth in the UK Singles Chart and became one of British football's most famous and has also been adapted by several singers and other football clubs in the Czech Republic, Canada, Finland, and Japan.
5. The era of the 70s and 80s became the worse for Chelsea because they are having financial difficulties because of plans to rebuild Stamford Bridge. As a result, sold star players to get their funds and relegated to Division Two. Another problem comes from some fans hooliganism. Until the end Ken Bates bought Chelsea for £ 1.
6. Peter Osgood, one of Chelsea legend who earned the nickname King of Stamford Bridge, died of a heart attack on March 1, 2006. Abu results kremasinya then buried under the penalty spot overlooking the tribune Shed End at Stamford Bridge stadium in a ceremony attended by more than 2,500 fans, players, former players, managers, and director of Chelsea. The first goal was scored from the penalty spot since the ceremony, executed by Andriy Shevchenko during the match against Aston Villa which ended 4-4.
7. Chelsea has long been a team that is always stylish and a lot of international players outside the UK. His position in London has made many fans of celebrities. Here are some of them. Damon Albarn (Blur and Gorillaz lead singer), singer Bryan Adams, NBA player Kevin Garnett & Paul Pierce, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, Formula 1 racing boss Bernie Ecclestone, a former director and Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie, actress Renee Zellweger, and rocker Billy Idol.
8. Records show most for Chelsea is still held by their former captain Ron 'Chopper' Harris who played as much as 795 times. While the most number of goals scored is owned by Bobby Tambling who scored 202 goals in 370 times a game. Of the players who played for the Blues now, only Frank Lampard is the most numerous of the show (392 times) and goals (121 goals). In addition, Chelsea also holds the record for longest play in the cage without losing as many as 86 matches in the Premier League.
9. In total there are 21 titles that have been won by Chelsea to date. For the domestic title, the Blues have recorded three times Premier League champions / English Division One, Division Two champions two titles, four FA Cup winners, League Cup winners four times, three times won the Community Shield / Charity Shield, and two-time Cup champion Full Members. While in Europe, Chelsea have twice won the Cup Winners' Cup, and one European Super Cup winners.
10. Before you get the nickname The Blues until now, Chelsea also had nicknamed The Pensioners (Retired). That is because the club logo on their first time using an image of a retired member of the British Army who lived in the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The new logo was finally replaced in 1952 by order of the Chelsea manager Ted Drake's time.
