Thursday, May 7, 2009

Chelsea FC


Chelsea Football Club ( also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are a professional 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 three times, and have won the FA Cup four times, the League Cup four times and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice. The club had their first major success in 1955, winning the league championship. Chelsea won several cup competitions during the 1960s and 1970s, but after that did not win another major title until 1997. The past decade has been the most successful period in Chelsea’s history, capped by winning consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006, and reaching their first UEFA Champions League final in 2008, losing to fellow English side Manchester United after extra time and penalties.

Players

Goalkeepers

1Petr Čech
30Rhys Taylor
40Henrique Hilário

Defenders

2Branislav Ivanović
3Ashley Cole
6Ricardo Carvalho
17José Bosingwa
19Paulo Ferreira
26John Terry
33Alex
35Juliano Belletti
41Sam Hutchinson
42Michael Mancienne

Midfielders

5Michael Essien
8Frank Lampard
10Joe Cole
12John Mikel Obi
13Michael Ballack
15Florent Malouda
20Deco
27Mineiro 

Forwards

9Franco Di Santo
11Didier Drogba
21Salomon Kalou
39Nicolas Anelka
43Miroslav Stoch



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UEFA club competition record

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UEFA club competition honours

  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
    1970/71, 1997/98

  • UEFA Super Cup
    1998

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