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Chelsea FC
Chelsea Football Club is an English football club
based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they play
in the Premier League and have spent most of their
history in the top tier of English football. Their home is
the 41,837-seat. Stamford Bridge stadium, where they
have played since their establishment. Since 2003 they
have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
Chelsea had their first major success in 1955, when
they won the league championship, and won several cup
competitions during the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s.
The past decade has been the most successful period in
Chelsea’s history, capped by winning their first league
and FA Cup "Double" in 2010 and their first UEFA Champions
League in 2012. Overall, Chelsea have been English
champions four times, FA Cup winners seven times,
League Cup winners four times, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
winners twice and UEFA Champions League winners.
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