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- 2010
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Chelsea FC Make to First Division in 1915
Chelsea won promotion to the First Division in their second season and yo-yoed between the First and Second Divisions in their early years. They reached the 1915 FA Cup Final, where they lost to Sheffield United at Old Trafford, and finished third in the First Division in 1920, the club’s best league campaign to that point. Chelsea had a reputation ... -
Winning their first First Division and FA Cup Double
In 2009, under caretaker manager Guus Hiddink, Chelsea won another FA Cup. In 2009–10, his successor Carlo Ancelotti led them to their first Premier League and FA Cup Double, also becoming the first English top-flight club to score 100 league goals in a season since 1963.
History of the Chelsea FC
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, the club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. Domestically, the club has won six league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, and four FA Community Shields. Internationally, they have won two European Cups, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, two UEFA Cups, two UEFA Super Cups, and one FIFA Club World Cup. In terms of overall trophies won, it is the fourth-most successful club in English football.
In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. An offer to lease it to nearby Fulham was turned down, so Mears opted to found his own club to use the stadium. As there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea was chosen for the new club; names like Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC, and London FC were also considered. Chelsea was founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, and was elected to the Football League shortly afterward.
Founded
1905
Location
Fulham, London
Team History
1905 – Present / Chelsea Football Club
Nickname
The Blues, The Pensioners
The nickname comes from the well known Chelsea Pensioners – war veterans living in a nearby hospital. In 1905 the club adopted the crest of the Chelsea pensioners, and the nickname was adopted.
Over the years Chelsea has developed their nickname into "The Blues," as it has always been the color of their kit, and their crest wore a blue lion. One of their popular club chants even has a blue theme to it "Blue is the color."
Championships
Premier League / 6
2017, 2015, 2010, 2006, 2005,1955
FA Cup / 8
2018, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2000, 1997, 1970
Premier League - FA Cup Double / 1
2010
Stadium
1905 – Present / Stamford Bridge
Current Owner
2003 – Present / Roman Abramovich
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