Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club

Full name Chelsea Football Club
Nickname(s) The Pensioners
The Blues
Founded March 14, 1905
Ground Stamford Bridge
Fulham Road
London SW6
England
Capacity 42,055[1]
Chairman Bruce Buck
(for Roman Abramovich)
Head Coach José Mourinho
League Premier League
2006–07 Premier League, 2nd

Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier in 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, four FA Cups, four League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups.

Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity[1] 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 was bought by Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich.

The club's traditional 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. Chelsea are one of the best-supported clubs in the United Kingdom, with an estimated fanbase of around four million.