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{{Infobox Football club |
clubname = Chelsea |
image = [[Image:Chelsea_crest.png|150px|Chelsea logo]] |
fullname = Chelsea Football Club |
nickname = The Pensioners,<br/> The Blues|
founded = 1905 |
ground = [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]]<br />[[Fulham Road]]<br/>[[London|London SW6]]<br/>[[England]] |
capacity = 42,055<ref name="capacity">{{cite web |
url=http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/StadiumLayout |
title=Stadium Layout |
work=chelseafc.com|
accessdate=21 January |
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> |
chairman = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Buck]] |
manager = {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[José Mourinho]] |
captain = {{flagicon|England}} [[John Terry]] |
Chief Executive = |
Life President = {{flagicon|England}} [[Richard Attenborough]] |
league = [[FA Premier League]] |
season = [[FA Premier League 2005-06|2005-06]] |
position = Premier League, 1st |
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shirtsupplier=[[Adidas]]|
shirtsponsors=[[Samsung|Samsung Mobile]]|}}
'''Chelsea Football Club''' (also known as '''The Blues''' or previously '''The Pensioners''') are an [[England|English]] professional [[football (soccer)|football]] [[football team|club]] based in west [[London]]. Founded in 1905, they play in the [[FA Premier League]] and have spent most of their history in the top tier in [[Football in England|English football]]. They have had two broad periods of success, one during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the second from the late 1990s to the present day. Chelsea have won three league titles, three [[FA Cup]]s, four [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]s and two [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]s.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/TrophyCabinet |
title=Trophy Cabinet |
work=chelseafc.com|
accessdate=25 January |
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> During the [[2005-06 in English football|2005-06]] season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year.

Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity<ref name="capacity"/> [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]] football stadium in [[Fulham]], [[West London]], where they have played since their foundation. Despite their name, the club are based just outside the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]], in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]. In 2003, the club were bought by [[Russia]]n [[petroleum|oil]] tycoon [[Roman Abramovich]].<ref name="takeover">{{cite news |
date=[[2003-07-02]] |
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3036838.stm |
title=Russian businessman buys Chelsea |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=2007-02-11 |
author=}}</ref>

The club's traditional [[Kit (football)|kit]] colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. Their traditional crest is a ceremonial blue lion holding a staff; a modified version of this was adopted in 2005.<ref name="new crest">{{cite news |
date=[[2004-11-12]] |
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4008257.stm |
title=Chelsea centenary crest unveiled |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=2007-01-02 |
author=}}</ref> Chelsea are one of the best-supported clubs in the UK, with an estimated fanbase of around four million.<ref name="fanbase">{{cite web |
url=http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=404437&m=7&y=2006&nav=news&sub=latest%20news |
title=Chelsea voted one of UK's top brands |
work=chelseafc.com |
accessdate=2006-09-28
}}</ref> The club have made a contribution to popular culture, appearing in films and the music charts.

==History==

==Stamford Bridge==

==Crest==

==Colours==

==Supporters==
==Club records==
{{Details|Chelsea F.C. statistics}}
[[Image:Frank Lampard cropped.jpg|thumb|150 px|Among Chelsea's current players, [[Frank Lampard]] has made the most appearances and scored the most goals.]]
Chelsea's highest appearance-maker is ex-captain [[Ron Harris (footballer)|Ron Harris]], who played in 795 first-class games for the club between 1961 and 1980.<ref name="stats">For the appearance and goalscoring records of all Chelsea players, see {{cite book | author=Glanvill | year=2006 | title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography | pages=pp. 399-410}}</ref> This record is unlikely to be broken in the near future; Chelsea's current highest appearance-maker is [[Frank Lampard]] with 309.<ref name="current player">{{cite web |
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/ |
title=soccerbase.com |
work= |
accessdate=4 February|
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> The record for a Chelsea goalkeeper is held by Harris' contemporary, [[Peter Bonetti]], who made 729 appearances (1959-79). With 116 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] (67 while at the club), [[Marcel Desailly]] of [[France national football team|France]] is Chelsea's most capped international player.

[[Bobby Tambling]] is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, with 202 goals in 370 games (1959-70).<ref name="stats"/> Six other players have also scored over 100 goals for Chelsea: [[George Hilsdon]] (1906-12), [[George Mills (footballer)|George Mills]] (1929-39), [[Roy Bentley]] (1948-56), [[Jimmy Greaves]] (1957-61), [[Peter Osgood]] (1964-74 & 1978-79), and [[Kerry Dixon]] (1983-92), who is the only player in the club's recent history to have come close to matching Tambling's record, with 193 goals. Greaves holds the record for the most goals scored in one season (43 in [[1960-61 in English football|1960-61]]). Chelsea's current top-scorer is Frank Lampard with 86.<ref name="current player"/> Lampard's 16 goals in the 2005-2006 season is a record for a midfielder in the English Premier League.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&;nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=1253160&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=NewsLatestFAPremierLeagueNews&breadcrumb=latestfa_breadcrumb |
title=Lampard Eyes New Record |
work=www.premierleague.com |
accessdate=6 December|
accessyear=2006 }}</ref>

Officially, Chelsea's highest home attendance is 82,905 for a [[Football League First Division|First Division]] match against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] on [[12 October]] [[1935]]. However, an estimated crowd of over 100,000 attended a [[friendly match]] against [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] team [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] on [[13 November]], [[1945]].<ref>The turnstiles for the Dynamo match were closed with 74,496 in the ground, but thousands continued to enter illegally. The attendance is invariably put at around 100,000. See {{cite web |
url=http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/TeamHistory |
title= Team History |
work=chelseafc.com |
accessdate=29 December|
accessyear=2006 }}. </ref> The modernisation of Stamford Bridge during the 1990s and the introduction of all-seater stands mean that neither record will be broken for the foreseeable future. The current legal capacity of Stamford Bridge is 42,055.<ref name="capacity"/>

Chelsea hold numerous records in [[Football in England|English]] and European football. They hold the record for the highest points total for a league season (95), the fewest goals conceded during a league season (15), the most consecutive [[clean sheet]]s during a league season (10), the highest number of Premier League victories in a season (29), the highest number of clean sheets overall in a Premier League season (25) (all set during the [[FA Premier League 2004-05|2004-05]] season),<ref name="records"/> and the most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a league season (6) ([[FA Premier League 2005-06|2005-06]]). Their 21–0 [[Aggregate score|aggregate]] victory over [[UN Käerjeng 97|Jeunesse Hautcharage]] in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971]] remains a record in European competition.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/cwc.html#rec |
title=Cup Winners' Cup Trivia |
work=RSSSF |
accessdate=26 September |
accessyear=2006 }}</ref> Chelsea may also hold the [[British football transfer record|British transfer record]], but the fee for [[Andriy Shevchenko]], estimated at around £30m, remains unconfirmed.<ref name="sheva">Shevchenko's transfer fee is undisclosed and estimates vary from £25m to £35m, although this does top the £24m paid for [[Michael Essien]] (The official Chelsea website states that it is close on £30m). See {{cite news |
date=[[2006-05-31]] |
url=http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=391445&CPID=8&CLID=8&lid=&title=Shevchenko+moves+to+Chelsea&channel= |
title=Shevchenko moves to Chelsea |
publisher=Skysports.com |
accessdate=2006-12-29 |
author=}} and {{cite news |
date=[[2006-05-31]] |
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5035604.stm |
title=Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=2006-12-29 |
author=}}</ref>

Chelsea have recorded several "firsts" in English football. Along with [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], they were the first club to play with shirt numbers on [[25 August]] [[1928]] in their match against [[Swansea Town F.C.|Swansea Town]].<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamUnif/UnifNosNames.html |
title=Shirt Numbers |
work=England Football Online |
accessdate=1 October |
accessyear=2006 }}</ref> Chelsea were the first English side to travel by [[Fixed-wing aircraft|aeroplane]] to a domestic away match, when they visited [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] on [[19 April]] [[1957]],<ref>{{cite book | author=Glanvill | year=2006 | title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography | pages=p. 96}}</ref> and the first [[Football League First Division|First Division]] side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] on [[27 January]] [[1974]]. On [[December 26]] [[1999]], Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign (non-[[United Kingdom|UK]]) starting line-up in a [[Premier League]] match against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].<ref>{{cite news |
date=[[1999-12-27]] |
url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/chelsea/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/99/12/26/SOCCER_Southampton_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=chelsea&DIV=prem&TEAM=CHELSEA&RH=Chelsea&PREV_SEASON=1998 |
title=Southampton 1 Chelsea 2 |
publisher=[[Sporting Life (newspaper)|Sporting Life]] |
accessdate=2007-01-27 |
author=Bradley, Mark}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In [[1930 in film|1930]], Chelsea featured in one of the earliest football films, ''[[The Great Game (film)|The Great Game]]''.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020936/ |
title=The Great Game |
work=[[IMDb]] |
accessdate=1 October |
accessyear=2006 }}</ref> One-time Chelsea centre forward, [[Jack Cock]], who by then was playing for [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]], was the star of the film and several scenes were shot at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], including the pitch, the boardroom and the [[dressing room]]s. It included guest appearances by then-Chelsea players [[Andrew Wilson (footballer)|Andrew Wilson]], [[George Mills (footballer)|George Mills]] and [[Sam Millington]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Glanvill | year=2006 | title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography | pages=pp. 120-121}}</ref> Owing to the notoriety of the [[Chelsea Headhunters]], a [[football firm]] associated with the club, Chelsea have also featured in films about football [[hooliganism]], most recently ''[[The Football Factory]]''.<ref>{{cite news |
date=[[2004-05-10]] |
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3687227.stm |
title=Football firms hit the film circuit |
publisher=BBC |
accessdate=2007-01-25 |
author=Steve Hawkes}}</ref> Chelsea also appear in the [[Hindi language|Hindi]] film, ''[[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]''.<ref>{{cite news |
date=[[2006-09-25]] |
url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1055099 |
title=Chelsea teams up with Yash Raj Films |
publisher=DNA India |
accessdate=2007-01-01 |
author=}}</ref>

Up until the 1950s, the club had a long-running association with the [[music hall]]s, with their underachievement often providing material for comedians such as [[George Robey]].<ref>{{cite news |
date=[[2002-09-30]] |
url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,1527,-39862,00.html |
title=Di Canio has last laugh at Chelsea comedy store |
publisher=[[The Guardian]] |
accessdate=2007-01-01 |
author=Scott Murray}}</ref> It culminated in comedian Norman Long's release of a [[Novelty song|comic song]] in 1933, ironically titled "On The Day That Chelsea Went and Won The Cup", the lyrics of which described a series of bizarre and improbable occurrences on the hypothetical day when Chelsea finally won a trophy.<ref name="glanville"/>

The song "[[Blue is the Colour (Chelsea)|Blue is the Colour]]" was released as a single in the build-up to the 1972 [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] final, with all members of Chelsea's first team squad singing; it reached number five in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=5791 |
title=Blue Is The Colour |
work=Chart Stats|
accessdate=21 January |
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> The song was later adapted to "White is the Colour" and adopted as an anthem by the [[Vancouver Whitecaps]].<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.vancourier.com/issues02/045202/sports.html |
title=Caps' 'Proclaim' season opener |
work=vancourier.com |
accessdate=21 January |
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> In the build-up to the [[FA Cup Final 1997|1997 FA Cup final]], the song "Blue Day", performed by [[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]] and members of Chelsea's squad, reached number 22 in the UK charts.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=25206 |
title=Blue Day |
work=Chart Stats|
accessdate=21 January |
accessyear=2007 }}</ref> [[Bryan Adams]], a fan of Chelsea, dedicated the song "We're Gonna Win" from the [[album]] [[18 Til I Die]] to the club.

==Players==
===First-team squad===
''As of [[January 21]], [[2007]].''<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/ThePlayers |
title=Chelsea Squad 2006/07 |
work=chelseafc.com |
accessdate=2007-01-21 }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player | no=1 | nat=Czech Republic | pos=GK | name= [[Petr Čech]]}}
{{Fs player | no=3 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Ashley Cole]]}}
{{Fs player | no=4 | nat=France | pos=MF | name= [[Claude Makélélé]]}}
{{Fs player | no=5 | nat=Ghana | pos=MF | name= [[Michael Essien]]}}
{{Fs player | no=6 | nat=Portugal | pos=DF | name= [[Ricardo Carvalho]]}}
{{Fs player | no=7 | nat=Ukraine | pos=FW | name= [[Andriy Shevchenko]]}}
{{Fs player | no=8 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Frank Lampard]]|other=[[vice-captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player | no=9 | nat=Netherlands | pos=DF | name= [[Khalid Boulahrouz]]}}
{{Fs player | no=10 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Joe Cole]]}}
{{Fs player | no=11 | nat=Ivory Coast | pos=FW | name= [[Didier Drogba]]}}
{{Fs player | no=12 | nat=Nigeria | pos=MF | name= [[Mikel John Obi|John Obi Mikel]]}}
{{Fs player | no=13 | nat=Germany | pos=MF | name= [[Michael Ballack]]}}
{{Fs player | no=14 | nat=Cameroon | pos=DF | name= [[Geremi Njitap]]}}
{{Fs player | no=16 | nat=Netherlands | pos=MF | name= [[Arjen Robben]]}}
{{football squad mid}}
{{Fs player | no=18 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Wayne Bridge]]}}
{{Fs player | no=19 | nat=France | pos=MF | name= [[Lassana Diarra]]}}
{{Fs player | no=20 | nat=Portugal | pos=DF | name= [[Paulo Ferreira]]}}
{{Fs player | no=21 | nat=Ivory Coast | pos=FW | name= [[Salomon Kalou]]}}
{{Fs player | no=22 | nat=Sweden | pos=GK | name= [[Magnus Hedman]]}}
{{Fs player | no=23 | nat=Italy | pos=GK | name= [[Carlo Cudicini]]}}
{{Fs player | no=24 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Shaun Wright-Phillips]]}}
{{Fs player | no=26 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[John Terry]]|other=[[captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player | no=33 | nat=Portugal | pos=DF | name= [[Nuno Morais]]}}
{{Fs player | no=40 | nat=Portugal | pos=GK | name= [[Henrique Hilário]]}}
{{Fs player | no=41 | nat=Belgium | pos=GK | name= [[Yves Makabu-Makalambay|Yves Ma-Makalambay]]}}
{{Fs player | no=47 | nat=Israel | pos=FW | name= [[Ben Sahar]]}}
{{Fs player | no=48 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Michael Woods (footballer)|Michael Woods]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Players out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player | no=2 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Glen Johnson (footballer)|Glen Johnson]]| other=at [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]], until May 2007}}
{{Fs player | no=30 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Anthony Grant (footballer)|Anthony Grant]]| other=at [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]], until May 2007}}
{{Fs player | no=49 | nat=England | pos=FW | name= [[Scott Sinclair]]| other=at [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], until March 2007}}
{{Fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Jimmy Smith (footballer)|Jimmy Smith]]| other=at [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|QPR]], until May 2007}}
{{Fs player | no=–– | nat=Argentina | pos=FW | name= [[Hernán Crespo]]| other=at [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]], until August 2008}}
{{Fs player | no=–– | nat=Brazil | pos=DF | name= [[Alcides Araújo Alves]]| other=at [[PSV Eindhoven]], until August 2008 <ref>{{cite news |
date=[[2007-10-01]] |
url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=495890.html |
title=Alcides makes PSV loan move |
publisher=UEFA |
accessdate=2007-10-01 |
author=}}</ref> }}

{{Fs blank column}}
{{Fs end}}

''For recent transfers, see [[List of English football transfers 2006-07]].''

===Reserves===

{{main|Chelsea F.C. Reserves}}

===Chelsea player of the year (1967–2006)===
{{Seealso|List of Chelsea F.C. players}}
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|1967||{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Bonetti]]
|-
|1968||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Charlie Cooke (footballer)|Charlie Cooke]]
|-
|1969||{{flagicon|England}} [[David Webb (footballer)|David Webb]]
|-
|1970||{{flagicon|England}} [[John Hollins]]
|-
|1971||{{flagicon|England}} [[John Hollins]]
|-
|1972||{{flagicon|England}} [[David Webb (footballer)|David Webb]]
|-
|1973||{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Osgood]]
|-
|1974||{{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Locke (English footballer)|Gary Locke]]
|-
|1975||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Charlie Cooke (footballer)|Charlie Cooke]]
|-
|1976||{{flagicon|England}} [[Ray Wilkins]]
|-
|1977||{{flagicon|England}} [[Ray Wilkins]]
|-
|1978||{{flagicon|England}} [[Micky Droy]]
|-
|1979||{{flagicon|England}} [[Tommy Langley]]
|-
|1980||{{flagicon|England}} [[Clive Walker]]
|-
|1981||{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Petar Borota]]
|-
|1982||{{flagicon|England}} [[Mike Fillery]]
|-
|1983||{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Joey Jones]]
|-
|1984||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Pat Nevin]]
|-
|1985||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Speedie]]
|-
|1986||{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Eddie Niedzwiecki]]
|}

|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|1987||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Pat Nevin]]
|-
|1988||{{flagicon|England}} [[Tony Dorigo]]
|-
|1989||{{flagicon|England}} [[Graham Roberts (footballer)|Graham Roberts]]
|-
|1990||{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ken Monkou]]
|-
|1991||{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Andy Townsend]]
|-
|1992||{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Elliott (footballer)|Paul Elliott]]
|-
|1993||{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Frank Sinclair]]
|-
|1994||{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Steve Clarke]]
|-
|1995||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Erland Johnsen]]
|-
|1996||{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ruud Gullit]]
|-
|1997||{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Mark Hughes]]
|-
|1998||{{flagicon|England}} [[Dennis Wise]]
|-
|1999||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gianfranco Zola]]
|-
|2000||{{flagicon|England}} [[Dennis Wise]]
|-
|2001||{{flagicon|England}} [[John Terry]]
|-
|2002||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Carlo Cudicini]]
|-
|2003||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gianfranco Zola]]
|-
|2004||{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|-
|2005||{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|-
|2006||{{flagicon|England}} [[John Terry]]
|}

|}

==Notable managers==
{{Details|List of Chelsea F.C. managers}}
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge of Chelsea:
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Period
!Trophies
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Ted Drake]]
|1952–1961
|[[Football League First Division|First Division Championship]], [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Tommy Docherty]]
|1962–1967
|[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Dave Sexton]]
|1967–1974
|[[FA Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[John Neal (footballer)|John Neal]]
|1981–1985
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division Championship]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Bobby Campbell (footballer)|Bobby Campbell]]
|1988–1991
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division Championship]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ruud Gullit]]
|1996–1998
|[[FA Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Gianluca Vialli]]
|1998–2000
|[[FA Cup]], [[Football League Cup|League Cup]], [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], [[FA Community Shield|Charity Shield]], [[European Super Cup]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[José Mourinho]]
|2004—present
|2 [[FA Premier League|Premier Leagues]], 2 [[Football League Cup|League Cups]], [[FA Community Shield|Community Shield]]
|-
|}

==Team honours==
*{{sport honours|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]/[[FA Premier League]]<ref>Until 1992, when the Premier League was formed, the top tier of [[Football in England|English football]] was known as the First Division</ref>|(3)|1954-55, 2004-05, 2005-06}}
*{{sport honours|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]/[[First Division]]|(2)|1983-84, 1988-89}}
*{{sport honours|[[FA Cup]]|(3)|[[FA Cup Final 1970|1970]], [[FA Cup Final 1997|1997]], [[FA Cup Final 2000|2000]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]|(4)|[[Football League Cup Final 1965|1965]], [[Football League Cup Final 1998|1998]], [[Football League Cup Final 2005|2005]], [[Football League Cup Final 2007|2007]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[FA Charity Shield]]/[[FA Community Shield|Community Shield]]<ref>The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield ever since.</ref>|(3)|1955, 2000, 2005}}
*{{sport honours|[[Full Members Cup]]|(2)|1986, 1990}}
*{{sport honours|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]|(2)|1971, [[1998 Cup Winners' Cup Final|1998]]}}
*{{sport honours|[[European Super Cup]]|(1)|1998}}

==Notes==
<div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
<references />
</div>

==References==
*{{cite book | author=Batty, Clive | title=Kings of the King's Road: The Great Chelsea Team of the 60s and 70s| publisher=Vision Sports Publishing Ltd| year=2004| id=ISBN 0-9546428-1-3}}
*{{cite book | author=Batty, Clive | title=A Serious Case of the Blues: Chelsea in the 80s| publisher=Vision Sports Publishing Ltd| year=2005| id=ISBN 1-905326-02-5}}
*{{cite book | author=Glanvill, Rick | title=Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years| publisher=Headline Book Publishing Ltd| year=2006| id=ISBN 0-7553-1466-2}}
*{{cite book | author=Hadgraft, Rob | title=Chelsea: Champions of England 1954-55| publisher=Desert Island Books Limited| year=2004| id=ISBN 1-874287-77-5}}
*{{cite book | author=Harris, Harry | title=Chelsea's Century| publisher=Blake Publishing| year=2005| id=ISBN 1-84454-110-X}}
*{{cite book | author=Ingledew, John | title=And Now Are You Going to Believe Us: Twenty-five Years Behind the Scenes at Chelsea FC| publisher=John Blake Publishing Ltd| year=2006| id=ISBN 1-84454-247-5}}
*{{cite book | author=Matthews, Tony | title=Who's Who of Chelsea | publisher=Mainstream Publishing| year=2005| id=ISBN 1-84596-010-6}}
*{{cite book | author=Mears, Brian | title=Chelsea: A 100-year History | publisher=Mainstream Sport| year=2004| id=ISBN 1-84018-823-5}}
*{{cite book | author=Mears, Brian | title=Chelsea: Football Under the Blue Flag| publisher=Mainstream Sport| year=2002| id=ISBN 1-84018-658-5}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.chelseafc.com Official Club site]
{{BBC Football Info|BBClinkname=c/chelsea}}
*[http://www.premierleague.com/chelsea-fc.html Chelsea FC - Premier League site]
*[http://www.football-lineups.com/games/?t=Chelsea%20in%20FA%20Premier%20League%202006/2007&campaign=12.8 Chelsea Formations]
*[http://www.footballteamnews.co.uk/chelsea/ Chelsea FC News]
*[http://www.carling.com/football/chelsea-fc.html Chelsea FC Team News from Carling]

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