Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea Football Club is an English football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they play in the English Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Their home ground is the 41,837-seat^[2] Stamford Bridge stadium, where they have played since their establishment.
Chelsea had their first major success in 1955, when they won the league championship, and won various cup competitions during the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s. The club has enjoyed its greatest period of success in the past two decades, winning 15 major trophies since 1997.^[3] Domestically, Chelsea have won four league titles, seven FA Cups, four League Cups and four FA Community Shields, while in continental competitions they have won two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Champions League. Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League,^[4] one of four clubs, and the only British club, to have won all three main UEFA club competitions, and also the first club to hold two major European titles simultaneously.^[5][6]
Chelsea's regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s.^[7] The club has sustained the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football.^[8] Their average home gate for the 2012–13 season was 41,462, the sixth highest in the Premier League.^[9] Since July 2003, Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.^[10] In April 2013 it was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £588 million ($901 million), an increase of 18% from the previous year.

Manager: José Mourinho
Arena/Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Training ground: Cobham Training Centre

League: Premier League

Location: Fulham

Nicknames: Blue Lions, The Blues, The Pensioners, Blues, Pensioners

First Team Squad

(released 26 August via Premier League website)
Updated on 6 November 2013.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Petr Čech		GK	2004	(1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 31)	Rennes	449	0
23	Mark Schwarzer		GK	2013	(1972-10-06) 6 October 1972 (age 41)	Fulham	2	0
40	Henrique Hilário		GK	2006	(1975-10-21) 21 October 1975 (age 38)	Nacional	39	0
46	Jamal Blackman		GK	2006	(1993-10-27) 27 October 1993 (age 20)	Chelsea Academy	0	0
Defenders
2	Branislav Ivanović		RB / CB	2008	(1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 29)	Lokomotiv Moscow	235	23
3	Ashley Cole		LB	2006	(1980-12-20) 20 December 1980 (age 32)	Arsenal	325	7
4	David Luiz		CB / DM	2011	(1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 26)	Benfica	120	12
24	Gary Cahill		CB	2012	(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 27)	Bolton Wanderers	76	8
26	John Terry (C)		CB	1998	(1980-12-07) 7 December 1980 (age 32)	Chelsea Academy	591	56
28	César Azpilicueta		RB	2012	(1989-08-28) 28 August 1989 (age 24)	Marseille	57	1
33	Tomáš Kalas		CB / RB	2010	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 20)	SK Sigma Olomouc	1	0
34	Ryan Bertrand		LB	2006	(1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 24)	Chelsea Academy	57	2
Midfielders
5	Michael Essien		DM	2005	(1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 30)	Lyon	250	26
7	Ramires		RM / CM	2010	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 26)	Benfica	167	26
8	Frank Lampard (VC)		CM / DM	2001	(1978-06-20) 20 June 1978 (age 35)	West Ham United	625	205
10	Juan Mata		AM / LW / RW	2011	(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 (age 25)	Valencia	129	33
11	Oscar		AM / LW / RW	2012	(1991-09-09) 9 September 1991 (age 22)	Internacional	80	17
12	John Obi Mikel		DM / CM	2006	(1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 26)	Lyn	288	3
14	André Schürrle		RW / LW	2013	(1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 23)	Bayer Leverkusen	13	1
15	Kevin De Bruyne		AM / CM / LW	2012	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991 (age 22)	Genk	6	0
16	Marco van Ginkel		CM	2013	(1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 20)	Vitesse	4	0
17	Eden Hazard		AM / LW / RW	2012	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 22)	Lille	76	19
22	Willian		AM / LW / RW	2013	(1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 (age 25)	Anzhi Makhachkala	10	1
Strikers
9	Fernando Torres		ST	2011	(1984-03-20) 20 March 1984 (age 29)	Liverpool	143	40
19	Demba Ba		ST	2013	(1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 28)	Newcastle United	29	7
29	Samuel Eto'o		ST	2013	(1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 32)	Anzhi Makhachkala	12	4

 

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