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Chelsea

Name: Chelsea Football Club League: Premier League Location: West London Nickname: The Blues Founded: 1905 Team Colours - Home: Blue - Away: Black Joined the League: 1915 Manager: Carlo Ancelotti Stadium: Stamford Bridge Club Honours League Champions: 2004–05, 2005–06, 1954-1955 FA Cup: 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009 League Cup: 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007 UEFA Champions: 2007–08 European Cup Winners Cup: 1971, 1998 UEFA Super Cup: 1998

Since 1905 Chelsea has been part of the English Football Elite, but it wasn't until 1955 that they became popular by winning the League Champions.

Chelsea won more than a few cup competitions at some stage in the 1960s and 1970s, but did not win an additional key title until 1997.

It does not appear odd that Chelsea, who have never claimed the title of European champions, are ranked second by UEFA, their level of consistency in this competition means they are up there with the best for this season.

Chelsea ruled the premiership during the 2005 -06 seasons and their new supporter, Didier Drogba proved to be good value for the team.

 

Chelsea Current Squad

No.	Pos	Player	No.	Pos	Player
1	GK	Petr Čech	18	MF	Yuri Zhirkov
2	DF	Branislav Ivanović	19	DF	Paulo Ferreira
3	DF	Ashley Cole	20	MF	Deco
5	MF	Michael Essien	21	FW	Salomon Kalou
6	DF	Ricardo Carvalho	22	GK	Ross Turnbull
7	FW	Andriy Shevchenko	23	FW	Daniel Sturridge
8	MF	Frank Lampard	26	DF	John Terry (captain)
10	FW	Joe Cole	33	DF	Alex
11	FW	Didier Drogba	35	DF	Juliano Belletti
12	MF	John Obi Mikel	39	FW	Nicolas Anelka
13	MF	Michael Ballack	40	GK	Henrique Hilário
14	FW	Claudio Pizarro	41	DF	Sam Hutchinson
15	MF	Florent Malouda	42	DF	Michael Mancienne
17	DF	José Bosingwa