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FA Cup Final 2007
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The two teams line up prior to kick-offThe FA Cup Final 2007 was played on Saturday May 19, 2007 between Chelsea and Manchester United. It was the 126th FA Cup Final and the first to be played at the new Wembley Stadium.[1] Chelsea won the match 1-0 through Didier Drogba's extra time goal,[2] completing a domestic cup double for the Blues in the 2006-07 season as they had already won the Carling Cup Final in February. United were playing for a double of their own as they had recently beaten Chelsea to the Premiership title two weeks earlier. The game was widely considered to be a disappointment by pundits and fans alike.[3][4][5]

It was the first time since 1986 that the FA Cup Final was contested between the winners and runners-up of the English League, and the first time ever that the Premiership champions and the League Cup winners from the same season had gone head to head in the Final. Manchester United were aiming for their twelfth FA Cup to extend their overall record as the most successful team in the competition's history, whilst Chelsea were playing for their fourth FA Cup overall.[6] Chelsea were also the last club to win the FA Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, when they beat Aston Villa in the 2000 Final.

Contents [hide]
1 Match summary
2 Match details
3 Match statistics
4 Road to Wembley
5 Notes
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Match summary

Chelsea players collect the trophy, presented by Prince WilliamThe opening twenty minutes of the game were marked by cautious play and a lack of creativity from both teams, until Didier Drogba produced the game's first noticeable attempt on goal by hammering a shot wide from thirty yards. It took a further ten minutes for another shot, this time from Chelsea's Frank Lampard who forced a save from Edwin van der Sar. Wayne Rooney was twice called offside for United in the first half, but it was the closest the Red Devils came to any kind of chance.

At half time, Chelsea manager José Mourinho made a like-for-like substitution, bringing on Dutch winger Arjen Robben for Joe Cole. A minute after the restart, Rooney produced the most exciting moment of the game so far, dribbling round two Chelsea defenders before aiming a powerful shot towards goal, but Petr Cech managed to make a convincing save. Rooney set off on another run ten minutes later, carrying the ball a good sixty yards towards goal only to be tackled by the last Chelsea defender, Wayne Bridge. Ryan Giggs then flashed a volley barely two feet over the bar from close range after a cross from Paul Scholes, who picked up the game's first booking a minute later after fouling Lampard. From the resulting free kick, Drogba curled the ball around the United wall and off the outside of the near post. Rooney set off on another dangerous run soon after, dribbling round both John Terry and Michael Essien before having the ball taken off his feet by Cech.

With neither side doing enough to score in normal time, the game went into extra time for the third consecutive FA Cup Final. United's best chance of the game fell to Giggs from only three yards out after Rooney slid a pass across goal, but the Welshman couldn't get proper contact on his shot and Cech got down to make the save. Giggs appealed for a goal, claiming that the ball had crossed the line in Cech's arms, but the linesman didn't flag and referee Steve Bennett waved play on. Television replays appeared to show that the ball had just crossed the line, but only after Giggs's momentum had pushed Cech backwards into his own goal.[7] After the game, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that Giggs had been fouled by Essien just before he took his shot.[8]

The deadlock was finally broken after 116 minutes when Drogba played a one-two with Lampard on the edge of the box after receiving the ball from John Obi Mikel, and prodded the ball past the onrushing van der Sar and into the net. Chelsea picked up three more bookings in the last few minutes as they tried to halt a late United comeback, but Drogba's goal proved to be the last chance of the game as Mourinho's side held on to win the first ever FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium.

[edit] Match details
2007-05-19
15:00 BST
Chelsea 1 – 0
(a.e.t.) Manchester United Wembley, London
Attendance: 89,826
Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)[9]
Drogba 116' (Report)
CHELSEA:

GK 1 Petr Čech
RB 20 Paulo Ferreira 120'
CB 5 Michael Essien
CB 26 John Terry (c)
LB 18 Wayne Bridge
DM 4 Claude Makélélé 83'
CM 8 Frank Lampard
CM 12 John Obi Mikel
RW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 93'
LW 10 Joe Cole 45'
CF 11 Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK 23 Carlo Cudicini
DF 3 Ashley Cole 120' 108'
MF 16 Arjen Robben 45' 108'
MF 19 Lassana Diarra
FW 21 Salomon Kalou 119' 93'
Manager:
José Mourinho
MANCHESTER UNITED:

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
RB 6 Wes Brown
CB 5 Rio Ferdinand
CB 15 Nemanja Vidić 84'
LB 4 Gabriel Heinze
DM 16 Michael Carrick 112'
CM 24 Darren Fletcher 92'
CM 18 Paul Scholes 58'
RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo
LW 11 Ryan Giggs (c) 112'
CF 8 Wayne Rooney
Substitutes:
GK 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
DF 3 Patrice Evra
DF 22 John O'Shea 112'
FW 14 Alan Smith 105' 92'
FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 112'
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
Peter Kirkup (Northamptonshire)
Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire)
Fourth official: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)
MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Five named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

[edit] Match statistics
Chelsea Manchester United
Total shots 16 11
Shots on target 4 4
Ball possession 50% 50%
Corner kicks 1 6
Fouls committed 18 18
Offsides 0 5
Yellow cards 4 3
Red cards 0 0

[edit] Road to Wembley
Chelsea Manchester United
Macclesfield Town [L2]
H
6-1 Lampard 16', 41', 51' (pen.)
Wright-Phillips 68'
Mikel 82'
Carvalho 86' Round Three Aston Villa [P]
H
2-1 Larsson 55'
Solskjær 90'
Nottingham Forest [L1]
H
3-0 Shevchenko 9'
Drogba 18'
Mikel 45' Round Four Portsmouth [P]
H
2-1 Rooney 77', 83'
Norwich City [C]
H
4-0 Wright-Phillips 39'
Drogba 51'
Essien 90'
Shevchenko 90' Round Five Reading [P]
H
1-1 Carrick 45'
Replay Reading [P]
A
3-2 Heinze 2'
Saha 4'
Solskjær 6'
Tottenham Hotspur [P]
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3-3 Lampard 22', 71'
Kalou 86' Quarter finals Middlesbrough [P]
A
2-2 Rooney 23'
Ronaldo 68' (pen.)
Tottenham Hotspur [P]
A
2-1 Shevchenko 55'
Wright-Phillips 61' Replays Middlesbrough [P]
H
1-0 Ronaldo 76' (pen.)
Blackburn Rovers [P]
Old Trafford, Manchester
2-1 (a.e.t.) Lampard 16'
Ballack 109' Semi finals Watford [P]
Villa Park, Birmingham
4-1 Rooney 7', 66'
Ronaldo 28'
Richardson 82'

Both clubs received a bye to round three.
Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division

[edit] Notes

The new Wembley stadium before the matchBoth league matches between the two clubs in the 2006-07 season finished as draws. On 26 November at United's Old Trafford ground, the match ended in a 1-1 stalemate, with the goals coming from Louis Saha and Ricardo Carvalho. The two clubs met again on 9 May in their penultimate league fixture at Stamford Bridge but, with the league already having been sewn up the weekend before, both teams rested most of their major players and the match ended 0-0.
As Manchester United and Chelsea are both already guaranteed qualification for European competition next year, the UEFA Cup entry for the FA Cup winner will instead go to Bolton Wanderers, who finished in 7th place in the Premier League.
It was the twelfth FA Cup in a row with a winner from the "big four" of English football (Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal & Liverpool). The last team outside the big four to win the FA Cup was Everton, when they beat Manchester United 1-0 in the 1995 final.
The last time Chelsea played Manchester United in an FA Cup Final was in 1994, when Manchester United ran out 4-0 winners after a goalless first half. Ryan Giggs was the only player in the 2007 FA Cup Final who played back in 1994. Chelsea's assistant coach Steve Clarke played on that day for the Blues in 1994.[10]. Giggs was playing in his 7th FA Cup Final, equalling Roy Keane's post-war record, having played in the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2005 Finals.
It was the eighth FA Cup Final in a row involving a London club, the last not involving a London club was Manchester United's 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the 1999 final. The attendance of 89,826 was the largest for an FA Cup Final since Wimbledon's famous 1-0 win over Liverpool in the 1988 final, when 98,203 attended.

[edit] References
^ Wembley to host 2007 FA Cup final. Daily Telegraph.
^ "FA Cup final - Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 2007-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
^ BBC pundits on the FA Cup final. BBC.
^ The two best teams in England but not much to shout about. Guardian Unlimited Blog.
^ Most Boring Cup Final In History. BBC 606 Fans forum.
^ Past Winners of the FA Cup
^ Minute-by-minute report. Guardian Unlimited.
^ Giggs bemoans the goal that wasn't. Football365.com.
^ Bennett chosen for Final. TheFA.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
^ Where are they now?. BBC Sport (2007-05-19). Retrieved on 2007-05-19.

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1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final CHELSEA FC-VFB STUTTGART

2007-10-18T12:41:00.000-07:00

1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
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The 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between Chelsea FC of England and VfB Stuttgart of Germany. The final was held at Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm.

Contents [hide]
1 Match review
2 Match details
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Match review
Chelsea’s breakthrough came when Gianfranco Zola was introduced after 70 minutes. Zola had been left out of the starting line-up due to a groin strain, but he made an immediate impact. Racing on to Dennis Wise’s defence-splitting pass, he unleashed a spectacular shot that flew straight into the top corner. Chelsea were later reduced to 10 men with the dismissal of Dan Petrescu after 84 minutes, but Stuttgart failed to exploit their numerical advantage, and they too finished with ten men when Gerhard Poschner was sent off in injury time.

[edit] Match details
May 13, 1998
Chelsea FC 1 – 0 VfB Stuttgart Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 30,216
Referee: Stefano Braschi
Zola 71'

CHELSEA FC:

GK 1 Ed de Goeij
DF 6 Danny Granville
DF 5 Frank Leboeuf
DF 4 Michael Duberry
DF 3 Steve Clarke (c)
DF 2 Dan Petrescu 85'
MF 11 Dennis Wise
MF 16 Roberto Di Matteo
MF 8 Gustavo Poyet 80'
FW 19 Tore André Flo 71'
FW 9 Gianluca Vialli
Substitutes:
MF 24 Eddie Newton 80'
FW 25 Gianfranco Zola 71'
GK 13 Kevin Hitchcock
DF 18 Andy Myers
DF 15 Laurent Charvet
MF 20 Jody Morris
FW 10 Mark Hughes
Manager:
Gianluca Vialli
VFB STUTTGART:

GK 1 Franz Wohlfahrt
DF 14 Thomas Schneider 55'
DF 4 Thomas Berthold
MF 3 Gerhard Poschner 90'
DF 5 Murat Yakin
MF 20 Zvonimir Soldo
MF 6 Matthias Hagner 79'
MF 8 Marco Haber 75'
MF 10 Krassimir Balakov
FW 11 Fredi Bobic
FW 27 Jonathan Akpoborie
Substitutes:
DF 21 Jochen Endress 55'
MF 7 Kristijan Đorđević 75'
FW 9 Sreto Ristić 79'
GK 25 Marc Ziegler
MF 16 Matthias Becker
MF 22 Krisztián Lisztes
FW 18 Mitko Stojkovski
Manager:
Joachim Löw

[edit] See also
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98

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2007 Football League Cup Final CHELSEA-ARSENAL

2007-10-18T12:34:00.000-07:00

2007 Football League Cup Final
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Chelsea celebrate their victory.The 2007 Football League Cup Final, also known as the Carling Cup Final 2007 was played on Sunday February 25, 2007 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.[1] It was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea, making it the first all-London final in the competition's history; the two sides had previously met in Cardiff for the 2002 FA Cup Final. The game ended 2-1, with Chelsea winning.[1] Theo Walcott scored the opening goal, his first for Arsenal,[1] while Didier Drogba scored both of Chelsea's goals to seal his side's victory.[1] Drogba's goals were his 27th and 28th of that season, a record for him in English football.

A record seven minutes of stoppage time were added to the match due to the injury suffered by John Terry when he was kicked in the jaw by Abou Diaby in the second half.[1] Terry was taken to hospital, having been knocked unconscious, but was later discharged and returned to the stadium to celebrate with his teammates.[2] This was more stoppage time than any other game played at the Millennium Stadium. Stoppage time was extended by an extra five minutes following a fracas that resulted in Kolo Toure, John Obi Mikel, and Emmanuel Adebayor being sent off for violent conduct with Frank Lampard and Cesc Fàbregas being booked for unsporting behaviour.[1] The full-time whistle eventually blew in the 103rd minute of play.

After the initial bookings of Toure and Mikel, referee Howard Webb consulted with an assistant referee, and Adebayor was sent off, allegedly over striking Wayne Bridge. Adebayor was irate and had to be calmed down as he was escorted off the field by Arsenal talisman Thierry Henry, who was not chosen for the match because he had not participated in the Carling Cup run. After the game, Bridge told reporters that he had been punched by Emmanuel Eboué - not Adebayor, whom he suspected to be a victim of mistaken identity.[3] The next day Arsenal and Chelsea submitted claims for wrongful dismissal of Adebayor and Mikel, respectively, to the FA.[4] The FA denied both appeals, also stating that Adebayor's claim "was not a claim for mistaken identity."[5] The FA statement has charged Arsenal and Chelsea misconduct concerning their inability to control their players.[6] Eboué has been charged with violent conduct for striking Bridge; Adebayor has been charged for his behavior after being sent off.[6] The recipients of these charges may have their case heard by a Disciplinary Commission. The game was the dubbed 'The Snarling Cup Final'.

John Terry's injury and Kolo Toure's sending off meant that neither side's captain finished the game. After each player had left the field the captains' armbands were given to Frank Lampard and Cesc Fàbregas respectively.

It was probably the last League Cup final to be played in Cardiff, before the opening of the new Wembley Stadium (the final's traditional venue), scheduled for mid-2007. It was also the first and probably only League Cup Final to be played at the Millennium Stadium with the roof open.

The match was also marred by incidents of Chelsea fans throwing celery at Arsenal players.[7] The violence in the game lead to some media outlets christening it the "Snarling Cup Final"/[8]

Contents [hide]
1 Pre-match
2 Match facts
3 Road to Cardiff
4 Notes and references
5 See also

[edit] Pre-match
Due to train delays caused by a "major signal failure", about 2,000 fans were late for the kick off of the match.[9] This led to many fans asking for the game to be delayed.[10] Network Rail later apologised for the delay.[11]

[edit] Match facts
2007-02-25
15:00
Chelsea 2 – 1 Arsenal Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 70,073
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)
Drogba 20' 84' (Report) Walcott 12'

　
Chelsea

　
Arsenal

CHELSEA:

GK 1 Petr Čech
RB 19 Lassana Diarra 52'
CB 26 John Terry (c) 63'
CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho 49'
LB 18 Wayne Bridge
DM 4 Claude Makélélé 45'
CM 8 Frank Lampard 90+6'
CM 13 Michael Ballack
CM 5 Michael Essien 36'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko 90+9'
CF 11 Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK 40 Henrique Hilário
DF 3 Ashley Cole
MF 12 John Obi Mikel 90+6' 63'
MF 16 Arjen Robben 45'
FW 21 Salomon Kalou 90+9'
Manager:
José Mourinho
ARSENAL:

GK 24 Manuel Almunia
RB 31 Justin Hoyte
CB 5 Kolo Touré (c) 90+6'
CB 6 Philippe Senderos
LB 45 Armand Traoré 66'
RM 32 Theo Walcott
CM 4 Cesc Fàbregas 90+6'
CM 15 Denílson 29'
LM 2 Abou Diaby 68'
CF 30 Jérémie Aliadière 80'
CF 9 Júlio Baptista
Substitutes:
GK 21 Mart Poom
DF 20 Johan Djourou
DF 27 Emmanuel Eboué 88' 66'
MF 13 Aliaksandr Hleb 68'
FW 25 Emmanuel Adebayor 90+6' 80'
Manager:
Arsène Wenger

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shootout if scores still level.
Five named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

[edit] Road to Cardiff
Chelsea

Round 3[12] Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea
Round 4 Chelsea 4-0 Aston Villa
Quarter Final Newcastle United 0-1 Chelsea
Semi final (1st leg) Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Chelsea
Semi final (2nd leg) Chelsea 4-0 Wycombe Wanderers
(Chelsea won 5-1 on aggregate)
Arsenal

Round 3[12] West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Arsenal
Round 4 Everton 0-1 Arsenal
Quarter Final Liverpool 3-6 Arsenal
Semi final (1st leg) Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Arsenal
Semi final (2nd leg) Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur (aet)
(Arsenal won 5-3 on aggregate)

[edit] Notes and references
^ a b c d e f Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal BBC Sport. Retrieved February 25, 2007
^ Terry recovers after head injury BBC Sport. Retrieved February 25, 2007
^ Lampard: I Showed Restraint football365.com. Retrieved February 26, 2007
^ Wrongful dismissal claims The Football Association. Retrieved February 26, 2007
^ Claims rejected The Football Association. Retrieved February 27, 2007
^ a b FA Statement The Football Association. Retrieved February 27, 2007
^ Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal - Photos BBC Sport. Retrieved February 25, 2007
^ Stanton, Chris (2007-02-28). Blackburn v Arsenal preview. Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
^ Train problems hold up 2,000 fans BBC News. Retrieved February 25, 2007
^ Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal - PRE-MATCH BUILD-UP BBC Sport. Retrieved February 25, 2007
^ Apology for football fans' delays BBC News. Retrieved February 26, 2007
^ a b Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round

[edit] See also
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Chelsea F.C. matches

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Chairmen of Chelsea F.C.

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Chairmen of Chelsea F.C.
Claude Kirby (1905-35)
Charles Pratt Sr. (1935-36)
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Crisp (1936-40)
Joe Mears (1940-66)
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Chelsea F.C. 2007-2008

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Chelsea F.C. 2007-2008
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Information may change as the event progresses.
Contents [hide]
1 Squad
1.1 First-team squad
1.2 Transfers
1.2.1 In
1.2.2 Out
2 Statistics
3 Club
3.1 The Management
3.2 Kit
3.3 Other Information
4 Competitions
4.1 Overall
4.2 Premier League
4.2.1 Classification
4.2.2 Results summary
4.2.3 Results by round
4.3 UEFA Champions League
5 Matches
5.1 Pre-season
5.2 FA Community Shield
5.3 Premier League
5.4 UEFA Champions League
5.4.1 Group Stage
5.5 Football League Cup
5.5.1 Round 3
6 External links

[edit] Squad

[edit] First-team squad
No. Position Player
1 GK Petr Čech
3 DF Ashley Cole
4 MF Claude Makélélé
5 MF Michael Essien
6 DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
9 MF Steve Sidwell
10 MF Joe Cole
11 FW Didier Drogba
12 MF John Obi Mikel
13 MF Michael Ballack
14 FW Claudio Pizarro
No. Position Player
15 MF Florent Malouda
17 FW Scott Sinclair
18 DF Wayne Bridge
20 DF Paulo Ferreira
21 FW Salomon Kalou
22 DF Tal Ben-Haim
23 GK Carlo Cudicini
24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 DF John Terry (captain)
33 DF Alex
35 DF Juliano Belletti
40 GK Henrique Hilário

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In
No. Position Player
-- MF Jacob Mellis (from Sheffield United, undisclosed)
22 DF Tal Ben Haim (from Bolton, free transfer)
-- MF Danny Philliskirk (from Oldham Athletic, undisclosed)
14 FW Claudio Pizarro (from Bayern Munich, free transfer)
9 MF Steve Sidwell (from Reading, free transfer)
No. Position Player
15 MF Florent Malouda (from Olympique Lyonnais, €13.5m)
2 DF Glen Johnson (loan return from Portsmouth)
33 DF Alex (loan return from PSV Eindhoven,)
35 DF Juliano Belletti (from FC Barcelona, €5.5m)

[edit] Out
No. Position Player
-- DF Nuno Morais (to APOEL Nicosia, undisclosed)
-- DF Jonas Elmer (to FC Aarau, undisclosed)
-- GK Yves Makabu-Makalambay (to Hibernian, undisclosed)
14 MF Geremi Njitap (to Newcastle United, free transfer)
9 DF Khalid Boulahrouz (on loan to Sevilla FC)
-- MF Jimmy Smith (on loan to Norwich City)
-- DF Michael Mancienne (on loan to Queens Park Rangers F.C.)
No. Position Player
47 FW Ben Sahar (on loan to Queens Park Rangers F.C.)
-- DF Adrian Pettigrew (on loan to Brentford)
-- DF Ryan Bertrand (on loan to Oldham Athletic)
16 MF Arjen Robben (to Real Madrid, £24.5m)
-- DF Harry Worley (on loan to Carlisle United)
2 DF Glen Johnson (to Portsmouth, £4m)
19 MF Lassana Diarra (to Arsenal, undisclosed)

[edit] Statistics
No. Nat. Position Player Total Premier League Champions League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Petr Čech 11 -10 9 -8 2 -2 0 0 0 0
3 DF Ashley Cole 12 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
4 MF Claude Makélélé 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
5 MF Michael Essien 9 1 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Frank Lampard 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 MF Steve Sidwell 7 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
10 MF Joe Cole 10 1 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
11 FW Didier Drogba 7 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 MF John Obi Mikel 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Michael Ballack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Claudio Pizarro 9 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 FW Florent Malouda 11 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Scott Sinclair 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
18 DF Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Paulo Ferreira 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Salomon Kalou 12 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
22 DF Tal Ben Haim 9 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 GK Carlo Cudicini 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 9 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF John Terry 10 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF Alex 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Juliano Belletti 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players sold or loaned out during the 2007 summer transfer window:
2 DF Glen Johnson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Club
[edit] The Management
Position Staff
Manager Avram Grant
Assistant manager Steve Clarke
Club doctor Bryan English
Chief scout Frank Arnesen

Last updated: 21 Sep 2007
Source: Chelsea FC

[edit] Kit
Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor: Samsung Mobile

　
Home

　
Away

　
Third

Source: Chelsea FC (Away) and Chelsea FC (3rd)

[edit] Other Information
Chairman Bruce Buck (for Roman Abramovich)
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Stamford Bridge (42,055 / 110x75 yards)

Source: Chelsea F.C. article on 26 Jul 2007 and Stamford Bridge (stadium) article on 27 Jul 2007

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall
Competition Started round Current
position / round Final
position / round First match Last match
FA Community Shield — — Runner-up 5 Aug 2007
Premier League — 6 12 Aug 2007
UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group Stage 18 Sep 2007 21 May 2007
Football League Cup 3rd round 4th round 24 Sep 2007
FA Cup 3rd round 3rd round 5 Jan 2008

Last updated: 27 September
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Premier League

[edit] Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualified or relegated

5 Blackburn Rovers 8 4 3 1 9 6 +3 15 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First Round
6 Chelsea 9 4 3 2 8 8 0 15
7 Aston Villa 8 4 2 2 12 8 +4 14

Last updated: October 8
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

[edit] Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
9 15 4 3 2 8 8 0 2 2 0 4 2 +2 2 1 2 4 6 -2

Last updated: 27 Sep 2007
Source: Barclays Premier League
Pld = Matches played; ; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

[edit] Results by round
Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A A H A H A H A
Result W W D W L D L D W

Last updated: 27 Sep 2007.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win.

[edit] UEFA Champions League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
2 Valencia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Schalke 04 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
4 Rosenborg 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1

Last updated: October 6
Source: UEFA

[edit] Matches

[edit] Pre-season
Match
Date
Competition or tour
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Scorers
GD

1 14 Jul 2007 Disney Friendship Cup N Club América 2 - 1 Malouda 74', Terry 83' 1
2 17 Jul 2007 World Series of Soccer N Suwon Samsung 1 - 0 Drogba 80' 1
3 21 Jul 2007 World Series of Soccer A LA Galaxy 1 - 0 Terry 49' 1
4 25 Jul 2007 Friendly A Feyenoord 1 - 1 Lampard 79' 0
5 28 Jul 2007 Friendly A Rangers 0 - 2 -2
6 31 Jul 2007 Friendly A Brøndby 2 - 0 Drogba 61', 84' 2

Last updated: 31 Jul 2007
1Chelsea goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Chelsea.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; GD = Goal difference

[edit] FA Community Shield
2007-08-05
15:00
Chelsea 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(0 – 3 pen.) Manchester United Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,731
Referee: Mark Halsey
Malouda 44' (Report) Giggs 34'
Penalties
Pizarro
Lampard
Wright-Phillips 0 – 3 Ferdinand
Carrick
Rooney

[edit] Premier League
2007-08-12
13:30
Chelsea 3 – 2 Birmingham Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,590
Referee: Steve Bennett
Pizarro 14'
Malouda 30'
Essien 49' (Report) Forssell 14'
Kapo 30'

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2007-08-15
20:00
Reading 1 – 2 Chelsea Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 24,031
Referee: Mike Dean
Bikey 30' (Report) Lampard 47'
Drogba 50'

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2007-08-19
16:00
Liverpool 1 – 1 Chelsea Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 43,924
Referee: Robert Styles
Torres 15' (Report) Lampard 62' (pen.)

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2007-08-25
15:00
Chelsea 1 – 0 Portsmouth Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,501
Referee: Alan Wiley
Lampard 30' (Report)

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2007-09-02
16:00
Aston Villa 2 – 0 Chelsea Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Knight 47'
Agbonlahor 88' (Report)

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2007-09-15
17:15
Chelsea 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,062
Referee: Howard Webb
(Report}

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2007-09-23
16:00
Manchester United 2 – 0 Chelsea Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
Attendance: 75,663
Referee: Mike Dean
Tévez 45+2'
Saha 88' (pen.) (Report)

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2007-09-29
15:00
Chelsea 0 – 0 Fulham Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 41,837
Referee: Martin Atkinson
(Report)

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2007-10-07
15:00
Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Chelsea Reebok Stadium, Middlebrook
Attendance: 20,059
Referee: Alan Wiley
(Report) Kalou 40'

[edit] UEFA Champions League

[edit] Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
2 Valencia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Schalke 04 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
4 Rosenborg 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
2007-09-18
20:45
Chelsea 1 – 1 Rosenborg Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
Shevchenko 53' (Report) Koppinen 24'

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2007-10-03
20:45
Valencia 1 – 2 Chelsea Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Villa 9' (Report) J. Cole 21'
Drogba 71'

[edit] Football League Cup

[edit] Round 3
2007-09-26
19:45
Hull City 0 – 4 Chelsea KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
Attendance: 23,543
Referee: Chris Foy
(Report) Sinclair 36'
Kalou 47' 80'
Sidwell 51'

[edit] External links
Chelsea FC official website

Chelsea FC on Soccerbase

UEFA Champions League
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Chelsea TV

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Chelsea TV
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Chelsea TV

Launched 13th August 2001
Owned by Chelsea F.C.
Audience share N/A (No, Data Available)
Website www.chelseafc.com
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel 421
Cable
Tiscali TV Channel 565
UPC Ireland Channel 427
Chelsea TV is a subscription based-channel, dedicated to the fans of the London based English Premier League football team Chelsea F.C. The channel first launched in August 2001 on Sky Digital, but was expected to launch on other cable services such as Virgin Media.

Contents [hide]
1 Technical information
2 Live transmissions
3 Presenters
4 External links

[edit] Technical information
The sound is mixed on an Allen & Heath 24 channel analogue mixer

[edit] Live transmissions
Live transmissions happen on a weekly basis in the form of Reserves Live, Matchnight Live, Live From Stamford Bridge and Big Match Countdown - fans are welcome to telephone into these shows for phone-in discussions with players, managers, pundits past and present as well as other special guests.

[edit] Presenters
The channel boasts three regular presenters: Neil Barnett (aka 'Spy'), Gigi Salmon and Alison Bender, who feature on shows including Blues News, Live from Stamford Bridge and Big Match Countdown Tommy Langley, Kerry Dixon, Jason Cundy and Scott Minto, all ex-players, are regular guests and semi-regular presenters on the shows.

[edit] External links
Official site
Chelsea TV - UK TV Listings and Schedules
Chelsea FC v • d • e
Chelsea F.C.
Players | Managers | History | Statistics | Seasons
Stamford Bridge | Chelsea Pitch Owners
Chelsea TV | Ladies | Reserves
Chelsea F.C. 2007-2008

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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_TV"
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2007-10-18T12:18:00.000-07:00

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Notable managers

2007-10-18T12:17:00.001-07:00

Notable managers
For more details on this topic, see List of Chelsea F.C. managers.
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge of Chelsea:

Name Period Trophies
Ted Drake 1952–1961 First Division Championship, Charity Shield
Tommy Docherty 1962–1967 League Cup
Dave Sexton 1967–1974 FA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
John Neal 1981–1985 Second Division Championship
Bobby Campbell 1988–1991 Second Division Championship
Ruud Gullit 1996–1998 FA Cup
Gianluca Vialli 1998–2000 FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Charity Shield, European Super Cup
José Mourinho 2004–2007 2 Premier Leagues, 2 League Cups, FA Cup, Community Shield

Honours

Stamford Bridge

2007-10-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on September 23, 1905; Chelsea won 1-0.For more details on this topic, see Stamford Bridge (stadium).
Chelsea have only ever had one home ground, Stamford Bridge, where they have played since foundation. It was officially opened on 28 April 1877. For the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletics Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football. In 1904 the ground was acquired by businessman Gus Mears and his brother, J T Mears, who had previously acquired additional land (formerly a large market garden) with the aim of staging football matches on the now 12.5 acre (51,000 m²) site.[20]

Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald Leitch.[21] They offered the stadium to Fulham Football Club, but the offer was turned down. As a consequence, the owners decided to form their own football club to occupy their new ground. Most football clubs were founded first, and then sought grounds in which to play, but Chelsea were founded for Stamford Bridge. Since there was already a football club named Fulham in the borough, the founders decided to adopt the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea for the new club, having rejected names such as Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC.[22]

Starting with an open bowl-like design and one covered terrace, Stamford Bridge had an original capacity of around 100,000.[20] The early 1930s saw the construction of a terrace on the southern part of the ground with a roof that covered around one fifth of the stand. It eventually became known as the "Shed End", the home of Chelsea's most loyal and vocal supporters, particularly during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The exact origins of the name are unclear, but the fact that the roof looked like a corrugated iron shed roof played a part.[20]

The East Stand during a match in 2006. The cost of building this stand caused many of Chelsea's financial problems during the 1970s and 1980s.During the late 1960s and early 70s, the club's owners embarked on a modernisation of Stamford Bridge with plans for a 50,000 all-seater stadium.[20] Work began on the East Stand in the early 1970s but the cost almost brought the club to its knees, and the freehold was sold to property developers. Following a long legal battle, it was not until the mid-1990s that Chelsea's future at the stadium was secured and renovation work resumed.[20] The north, west and southern parts of the ground were converted into all-seater stands and moved closer to the pitch, a process completed by 2001.

The Stamford Bridge pitch, the freehold, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. The CPO was created to ensure the stadium could never again be sold to developers. It also means that if someone tries to move the football club to a new stadium they could not use the Chelsea FC name.[23]

The club plans to increase its capacity to over 50,000. Owing to its location in a built-up part of London on a main road and next to two railway lines, fans can only enter the stadium through the Fulham Road entrance, which places severe constraints on expansion due to health and safety regulations.[24] As a result, Chelsea have been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge to sites including the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Battersea Power Station and the Chelsea Barracks.[25] However, the club have reiterated their desire to keep Chelsea at their current home.[26]

Welcome Chelsea F.C.

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Chelsea F.C.
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Chelsea

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
Manager Avram Grant
League Premier League
2006–07 Premier League, 2nd

　
Home colours

　
Away colours

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] Chelsea are one of the best-supported clubs in the United Kingdom, with an estimated four million fans.[5]

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Stamford Bridge
3 Crest
4 Colours
5 Supporters
6 Records
7 In popular culture
8 Players
8.1 First-team squad
8.2 Players out on loan
8.3 Reserves and Youth Team
8.4 Player of the year (1967–2007)
9 Notable managers
10 Honours
10.1 Domestic
10.1.1 League
10.1.2 Cups
10.2 European
11 Footnotes
12 References
13 External links

History
For more details on this topic, see History of Chelsea F.C.

The first Chelsea team in September 1905.Chelsea were founded on March 14, 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, and were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards. The club's early years saw little success; the closest they came to winning a major trophy was reaching the FA Cup final in 1915, where they lost to Sheffield United. Chelsea gained a reputation for signing big-name players[6] and for being entertainers, but made little impact on the English game in the inter-war years.

Former England centre-forward Ted Drake became manager in 1952 and proceeded to modernise the club. He removed the club's Chelsea pensioner crest, improved the youth set-up and training regime, rebuilt the side, and led Chelsea to their first major trophy success – the League championship – in 1954–55. The following season saw UEFA create the European Champions' Cup, but after objections from The Football League and the FA Chelsea were persuaded to withdraw from the competition before it started.[7]

The 1960s saw the emergence of a talented young Chelsea side under manager Tommy Docherty. They challenged for honours throughout the decade, and endured several near-misses. They were on course for a treble of League, FA Cup and League Cup going into the final stages of the 1964–65 season, winning the League Cup but faltering late on in the other two.[8] In three seasons the side were beaten in three major semi-finals and were FA Cup runners-up. In 1970 Chelsea were FA Cup winners, beating Leeds United 2–1 in a final replay. Chelsea took their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph, the following year, with another replayed win, this time over Real Madrid in Athens.

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This image has an uncertain copyright status and is pending deletion. You can comment on the removal.The late 1970s and the 1980s were a turbulent period for Chelsea. An ambitious redevelopment of Stamford Bridge threatened the financial stability of the club,[9] star players were sold and the team were relegated. Further problems were caused by a notorious hooligan element among the support, which was to plague the club throughout the decade.[10] Chelsea were, at the nadir of their fortunes, acquired by Ken Bates for the nominal sum of £1, although by now the Stamford Bridge freehold had been sold to property developers, meaning the club faced losing their home.[11] On the pitch, the team had fared little better, coming close to relegation to the Third Division for the first time, but in 1983 manager John Neal put together an impressive new team for minimal outlay. Chelsea won the Second Division title in 1983–84 and established themselves in the top division, before being relegated again in 1988. The club bounced back immediately by winning the Second Division championship in 1988–89.

After a long-running legal battle, Bates reunited the stadium freehold with the club in 1992 by doing a deal with the banks of the property developers, who had been bankrupted by a market crash.[12] Chelsea's form in the new Premier League was unconvincing, although they did reach the FA Cup final in 1994. It was not until the appointment of former European Footballer of the Year Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed. He added several top-class international players to the side, particularly Gianfranco Zola, as the club won the FA Cup in 1997 and established themselves as one of England's top sides again. Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victory in the League Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 2000. Vialli was sacked in favour of another Italian, Claudio Ranieri, who guided Chelsea to the 2002 FA Cup final and Champions League qualification in 2002–03.

In June 2003, Bates sold Chelsea to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £140 million, completing what was then the biggest-ever sale of an English football club.[3] Owing to Abramovich's Russian heritage, the club were soon popularly dubbed "Chelski" in the British media.[13] Over £100 million was spent on new players, but Ranieri was unable to deliver any trophies, so he was replaced by successful Portuguese coach José Mourinho, who had just guided FC Porto to victory in the UEFA Champions League.

In 2005, Chelsea's centenary year, the club became Premiership champions in a record-breaking season (most clean sheets, fewest goals conceded, most victories, most points earned),[14] League Cup winners with a 3–2 win over Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium and reached the Champions League semi-finals. The following year, they were again League Champions, equalling their own Premiership record of 29 wins set the previous season. They also became the fifth team to win back-to-back championships since the Second World War and the first London club to do so since Arsenal in 1933–34.[15] In 2007 Chelsea won the League Cup for the second time in three years,[16] and finished 2nd in the Premier League. To end the season, Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final, the first at the new Wembley Stadium.[17] On 20 September 2007, manager José Mourinho parted company with Chelsea by mutual consent.[18] He was replaced by Director of football Avram Grant.[19]

Stamford Bridge

Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on September 23, 1905; Chelsea won 1-0.For more details on this topic, see Stamford Bridge (stadium).
Chelsea have only ever had one home ground, Stamford Bridge, where they have played since foundation. It was officially opened on 28 April 1877. For the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletics Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football. In 1904 the ground was acquired by businessman Gus Mears and his brother, J T Mears, who had previously acquired additional land (formerly a large market garden) with the aim of staging football matches on the now 12.5 acre (51,000 m²) site.[20]

Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald Leitch.[21] They offered the stadium to Fulham Football Club, but the offer was turned down. As a consequence, the owners decided to form their own football club to occupy their new ground. Most football clubs were founded first, and then sought grounds in which to play, but Chelsea were founded for Stamford Bridge. Since there was already a football club named Fulham in the borough, the founders decided to adopt the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea for the new club, having rejected names such as Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC.[22]

Starting with an open bowl-like design and one covered terrace, Stamford Bridge had an original capacity of around 100,000.[20] The early 1930s saw the construction of a terrace on the southern part of the ground with a roof that covered around one fifth of the stand. It eventually became known as the "Shed End", the home of Chelsea's most loyal and vocal supporters, particularly during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The exact origins of the name are unclear, but the fact that the roof looked like a corrugated iron shed roof played a part.[20]

The East Stand during a match in 2006. The cost of building this stand caused many of Chelsea's financial problems during the 1970s and 1980s.During the late 1960s and early 70s, the club's owners embarked on a modernisation of Stamford Bridge with plans for a 50,000 all-seater stadium.[20] Work began on the East Stand in the early 1970s but the cost almost brought the club to its knees, and the freehold was sold to property developers. Following a long legal battle, it was not until the mid-1990s that Chelsea's future at the stadium was secured and renovation work resumed.[20] The north, west and southern parts of the ground were converted into all-seater stands and moved closer to the pitch, a process completed by 2001.

The Stamford Bridge pitch, the freehold, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. The CPO was created to ensure the stadium could never again be sold to developers. It also means that if someone tries to move the football club to a new stadium they could not use the Chelsea FC name.[23]

The club plans to increase its capacity to over 50,000. Owing to its location in a built-up part of London on a main road and next to two railway lines, fans can only enter the stadium through the Fulham Road entrance, which places severe constraints on expansion due to health and safety regulations.[24] As a result, Chelsea have been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge to sites including the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Battersea Power Station and the Chelsea Barracks.[25] However, the club have reiterated their desire to keep Chelsea at their current home.[26]

Crest

Chelsea's first crest.
Club crest 1953–1986.
Club crest 2005–2006 (Centenary).Since the club's foundation, Chelsea have had four main crests, though all underwent minor variations. In 1905, Chelsea adopted as their first crest the image of a Chelsea pensioner, which obviously contributed to the "pensioner" nickname, and remained for the next half-century, though it never appeared on the shirts. As part of Ted Drake's modernisation of the club from 1952 onwards, he insisted that the pensioner badge be removed from the match day programme in order to change the club's image and that a new crest be adopted.[27] As a stop-gap, a temporary emblem comprising simply the initials C.F.C. was adopted for one year. In 1953, Chelsea's crest was changed to an upright blue lion looking backwards and holding a staff, which was to endure for the next three decades.

Club crest 1986–2005.This crest was based on elements in the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea[28] with the "lion rampant regardant" taken from the arms of then club president Viscount Chelsea and the staff from the Abbots of Westminster, former Lords of the Manor of Chelsea. It also featured three red roses, to represent England, and two footballs. This was the first club badge to appear on shirts, since the policy of putting the crest on the shirts was only adopted in the early 1960s.[27]

In 1986, with new owners now at the club, Chelsea's crest was changed again as part of another attempt to modernise and to capitalise on new marketing opportunities.[27] The new badge featured a more naturalistic non-heraldic lion, yellow and not blue, standing over the C.F.C. initials. It lasted for the next 19 years, with some modifications such as the use of different colours. With new ownership, and the club's centenary approaching, combined with demands from fans for the club's traditional badge to be restored, it was decided that the crest should be changed again in 2004. The new crest was officially adopted for the start of the 2005–06 season and marks a return to the older design of the blue heraldic lion holding a staff.[4] As with previous crests, this one has appeared in various colours, including white and gold.

Colours

Chelsea's first home colours, used from 1905 until c.1912.
Chelsea have always worn blue shirts, although they initially adopted a lighter shade than the current version, and unlike today wore white shorts and dark blue socks. The lighter blue was taken from the racing colours of then club president, Earl Cadogan. The light blue shirts were short-lived, however, and replaced by a royal blue version in around 1912.[29] When Tommy Docherty became manager in the early 1960s he changed the kit again, adding blue shorts (which have remained ever since) and white socks, believing it made the club's colours more distinctive, since no other major side used that combination; this kit was first worn during the 1964–65 season.[30]

Chelsea's traditional away colours are all yellow or all white with blue trim, but, as with most teams, they have had some more unusual ones. The first away strip consisted of black and white stripes and for one game in the 1960s the team wore Inter Milan-style blue and black stripes, again at Docherty's behest.[31] Other memorable away kits include a mint green strip in the 1980s, a red and white checked one in the early 90s and a graphite and tangerine addition in the mid-1990s.[32]

Chelsea's third kit for the 07/08 season.
The 2007/2008 Chelsea away strip consists of an 'electric yellow' shirt with thick black lines forming separate panels of the shirt. The adidas three stripes are black, and run down the arms. It is worn with black shorts and black socks, but in the case of further clashes it is worn with "electric yellow" shorts and/or socks. The crest on the shirt is in "electric yellow" and black to go with the rest of the kit, instead of the usual blue, white, red and gold. For the 07/08 season, there is also a third kit, which is all white with blue and black trim.

Chelsea's kit is currently manufactured by Adidas, which is contracted to supply the club's kit from 2006 to 2011. Their previous kit manufacturer was Umbro. Chelsea's first shirt sponsor was Gulf Air, agreed midway through the 1983–84 season. Following that, the club were sponsored by Grange Farms, Bai Lin tea and Italian company Simod before a long-term deal was signed with computer manufacturer Commodore International in 1989; Amiga, an off-shoot of Commodore, also appeared on the shirts. Chelsea were subsequently sponsored by Coors beer (1995–97), Autoglass (1997–2001) and Emirates Airline (2001–05). Chelsea's current shirt sponsor is Samsung Mobile.[33]

Supporters

Chelsea fans at a match with Tottenham Hotspur, on March 11, 2006.Chelsea have the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football[34] and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; they were the fifth best-supported Premiership team in the 2005–06 season, with an average gate of 41,870.[35] Chelsea's traditional fanbase comes from working-class parts of West London, such as Hammersmith and Battersea, from wealthier areas like Chelsea and Kensington, and from the Home Counties. The club estimates its UK fanbase at around four million.[5] In addition to the standard football chants, Chelsea fans sing songs like "Carefree", "Blue is the Colour", "We all follow the Chelsea" (to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory), "Ten Men Went to Mow", "Zigga Zagga", "Hello! Hello!" and the celebratory "Celery", with the latter often resulting in fans ritually throwing celery.[36]

Chelsea do not have a traditional rivalry, in the manner that Liverpool and Everton, or Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur do. The club's nearest neighbours are Fulham, but they are not seen as big rivals by Chelsea fans, because the clubs have spent most of the last 40 years in separate divisions. A 2004 survey by Planetfootball.com found that Chelsea fans consider their main rivalries to be with (in order): Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.[37] Additionally, a strong rivalry with Leeds United dates back to several heated and controversial matches in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the FA Cup final in 1970.[38] A more recent rivalry has grown with Liverpool following several clashes in cup competitions. In European competition, Chelsea's biggest rivals are Barcelona, with the two competing to be among the best sides in Europe and having played in some highly controversial matches in the UEFA Champions League in recent seasons.[39]

During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were long associated with football hooliganism. The club's "football firm", originally the Chelsea Shed Boys, now known as the Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for violent acts against hooligans from other teams, such as West Ham United's Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwhackers, both during and after matches.[40] The increase in hooliganism in the 1980s led chairman Ken Bates to propose an electric fence to deter them from invading the pitch; the proposal was rejected by the GLC.[41] Chelsea's hooligan element were revealed to have links with neo-nazi groups such as Combat 18, and other far-right or racist organisations including the British National Party.[42] Since the 1990s there has been a marked decline in crowd trouble at matches, as a result of stricter policing, CCTV in grounds and the advent of all-seater stadia.[43]

Records
For more details on this topic, see Chelsea F.C. statistics.

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, who played in 795 first-class games for the club between 1961 and 1980.[44] This record is unlikely to be broken in the near future; Chelsea's current highest appearance-maker is Frank Lampard with 334.[45] The record for a Chelsea goalkeeper is held by Harris's contemporary, Peter Bonetti, who made 729 appearances (1959–79). With 116 caps (67 while at the club), Marcel Desailly of 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).[44] Six other players have also scored over 100 goals for Chelsea: George Hilsdon (1906–12), 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). Chelsea's current top-scorer is Frank Lampard with 93.[45]

Officially, Chelsea's highest home attendance is 82,905 for a First Division match against Arsenal on 12 October 1935. However, an estimated crowd of over 100,000 attended a friendly match against Soviet team Dynamo Moscow on 13 November 1945.[46] 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.[1]

Chelsea hold numerous records in 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 sheets 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 2004–05 season),[14] and the most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a league season (6) (2005–06).

The club's 21–0 aggregate victory over Jeunesse Hautcharage in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 remains a record in European competition.[47] Chelsea may also hold the British transfer record, but the fee for Andriy Shevchenko, estimated at around £30m, remains unconfirmed.[48] Roberto Di Matteo holds the record for fastest goal in an FA Cup final at Wembley, which came 42 seconds into Chelsea's win over Middlesbrough in 1997.[49] Chelsea hold the record for the longest streak of unbeaten matches at home in the English top-flight. They secured the record on 12 August 2007, beating the previous run of 63 matches set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1980.[50] The record is ongoing, and currently stands at 67 matches.[51]

Chelsea have recorded several "firsts" in English football. Along with Arsenal, they were the first club to play with shirt numbers on 25 August 1928 in their match against Swansea Town.[52] Chelsea were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957,[53] and the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974. On December 26, 1999, Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign (non-UK) starting line-up in a Premier League match against Southampton.[54] On May 19, 2007, they became the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium, having also been the last to win it at the old Wembley.[55]

In popular culture
In 1930, Chelsea featured in one of the earliest football films, The Great Game.[56] One-time Chelsea centre forward, Jack Cock, who by then was playing for Millwall, was the star of the film and several scenes were shot at Stamford Bridge, including the pitch, the boardroom and the dressing rooms. It included guest appearances by then-Chelsea players Andrew Wilson, George Mills and Sam Millington.[57] 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.[58] Chelsea also appear in the Hindi film, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.[59]

Up until the 1950s, the club had a long-running association with the music halls, with their underachievement often providing material for comedians such as George Robey.[60] It culminated in comedian Norman Long's release of a 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.[6]

The song "Blue is the Colour" was released as a single in the build-up to the 1972 League Cup final, with all members of Chelsea's first team squad singing; it reached number five in the UK Singles Chart.[61] The song was later adapted to "White is the Colour" and adopted as an anthem by the Vancouver Whitecaps.[62] In the build-up to the 1997 FA Cup final, the song "Blue Day", performed by Suggs and members of Chelsea's squad, reached number 22 in the UK charts.[63] Bryan Adams, a fan of Chelsea, dedicated the song "We're Gonna Win" from the album 18 Til I Die to the club.

Players
As of 8 September 2007.[64]

First-team squad
No. Position Player
1 GK Petr Čech
3 DF Ashley Cole
4 MF Claude Makélélé
5 MF Michael Essien
6 DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
9 MF Steve Sidwell
10 MF Joe Cole
11 FW Didier Drogba
12 MF John Obi Mikel
13 MF Michael Ballack
14 FW Claudio Pizarro
No. Position Player
15 MF Florent Malouda
17 FW Scott Sinclair
18 DF Wayne Bridge
20 DF Paulo Ferreira
21 FW Salomon Kalou
22 DF Tal Ben-Haim
23 GK Carlo Cudicini
24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 DF John Terry (captain)
33 DF Alex
35 DF Juliano Belletti
40 GK Henrique Hilário

Players out on loan
No. Position Player
–– FW Hernán Crespo (at Internazionale until June 2008)[65]
–– DF Khalid Boulahrouz (at Sevilla until June 2008)[66]
46 DF Jimmy Smith (at Norwich, until December 2007[67])
44 DF Michael Mancienne (at QPR until May 2008[68])
47 FW Ben Sahar (at QPR until January 2008)[69]
–– DF Adrian Pettigrew (at Brentford until October 2007)[70]
37 MF Jack Cork (at Scunthorpe until January 2008)[71]
43 DF Ryan Bertrand (at Oldham until January 2008)[72]
–– FW Phil Younghusband (at Esbjerg until January 2008)[73]

For recent transfers, see List of English football transfers Summer 2007.

Reserves and Youth Team
Main article: Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Youth Team

Player of the year (1967–2007)
See also: List of Chelsea F.C. players
Year Winner
1967 Peter Bonetti
1968 Charlie Cooke
1969 David Webb
1970 John Hollins
1971 John Hollins
1972 David Webb
1973 Peter Osgood
1974 Gary Locke
1975 Charlie Cooke
1976 Ray Wilkins
1977 Ray Wilkins
1978 Micky Droy
1979 Tommy Langley
1980 Clive Walker
1981 Petar Borota
1982 Mike Fillery
1983 Joey Jones
1984 Pat Nevin
1985 David Speedie
1986 Eddie Niedzwiecki
1987 Pat Nevin
Year Winner
1988 Tony Dorigo
1989 Graham Roberts
1990 Ken Monkou
1991 Andy Townsend
1992 Paul Elliott
1993 Frank Sinclair
1994 Steve Clarke
1995 Erland Johnsen
1996 Ruud Gullit
1997 Mark Hughes
1998 Dennis Wise
1999 Gianfranco Zola
2000 Dennis Wise
2001 John Terry
2002 Carlo Cudicini
2003 Gianfranco Zola
2004 Frank Lampard
2005 Frank Lampard
2006 John Terry
2007 Michael Essien

Notable managers
For more details on this topic, see List of Chelsea F.C. managers.
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge of Chelsea:

Name Period Trophies
Ted Drake 1952–1961 First Division Championship, Charity Shield
Tommy Docherty 1962–1967 League Cup
Dave Sexton 1967–1974 FA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
John Neal 1981–1985 Second Division Championship
Bobby Campbell 1988–1991 Second Division Championship
Ruud Gullit 1996–1998 FA Cup
Gianluca Vialli 1998–2000 FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Charity Shield, European Super Cup
José Mourinho 2004–2007 2 Premier Leagues, 2 League Cups, FA Cup, Community Shield

Honours

Domestic

League
First Division/Premier League[74]: 3

1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06
Second Division/Championship: 2

1983–84, 1988–89

Cups
FA Cup: 4

1970, 1997, 2000, 2007
League Cup: 4

1965, 1998, 2005, 2007
FA Charity Shield/Community Shield[75]: 3

1955, 2000, 2005
Full Members Cup: 2

1986, 1990

European
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2

1971, 1998
European Super Cup: 1

1998

Footnotes
^ a b c Stadium Layout. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Trophy Cabinet. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 25 January 2007.
^ a b "Russian businessman buys Chelsea", BBC, 2003-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
^ a b "Chelsea centenary crest unveiled", BBC, 2004-11-12. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
^ a b Chelsea voted one of UK's top brands. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
^ a b Brian Glanville. "Little sign of change for Chelsea and their impossible dreams", The Times, 2004-01-10. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
^ Brian Glanville. "The great Chelsea surrender", The Times, 2005-04-27. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd, p. 196. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 84–87.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 143–157.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 89–90.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 90–91.
^ Steve Rosenberg. "Chasing 'Mr Chelski'", The BBC, 2003-08-24. Retrieved on 2006-01-30.
^ a b "Mourinho proud of battling finish", BBC, 2005-05-13. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
^ Matt Barlow. "Terry Eyes Back-to-Back Titles", Sporting Life. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.
^ "Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal", BBC, 2007-02-25. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
^ Mitchell, Kevin. "Something old, new and Blue", The Observer, 2007-05-20. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
^ "Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit", BBC Sport, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
^ "Chelsea name Grant as new manager", BBC Sport, 2007-09-20. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
^ a b c d e Stadium History. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 69–71.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, p. 55.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 91–92.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, p. 76.
^ "Chelsea plan Bridge redevelopment", BBC, 2006-01-20. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ "Kenyon confirms Blues will stay at Stamford Bridge", RTÉ Sport, 2006-04-12. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ a b c Club Badges. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ CAMBERWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL. civicheraldry.co.uk. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea Football Club: The Official History in Pictures. ISBN 0-75531-467-0. p.212
^ Mears, Brian (2002). Chelsea: Football Under the Blue Flag. Mainstream Sport, p.42. ISBN 1-84018-658-5.
^ The "Inter Milan" kit was worn for an FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield Wednesday, on 23 April 1966. Reference: Mears (2002), p. 58
^ All kits are discussed on the club's official website Kits. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ Ashling O'Connor. "Clubs to cash in on mobile advertising", The Times, 2005-05-02. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ All Time League Attendance Records. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
^ Top 30 English Football Clubs by Attendance. footballeconomy.com attendance table 2002–2005. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
^ Scott Murray. "Fans sent spinning after tossing salad", The Guardian, 2002-04-17. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ Football Rivalries: The Complete Results. Planetfootball.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 321-325.
^ For more details on the controversies in recent Chelsea vs FC Barcelona matches, see Chelsea F.C. and FC Barcelona football rivalry
^ Making a new start. BBC.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
^ Bates: Chelsea's driving force. BBC.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Headhunters unmasked. MacIntyre.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
^ "Soccer hooliganism: Made in England, but big abroad", BBC, 1998-06-02. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ a b For the appearance and goalscoring records of all Chelsea players, see Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 399–410.
^ a b soccerbase.com. Retrieved on 4 February 2007.
^ 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 Team History. chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 29 December 2006..
^ Cup Winners' Cup Trivia. RSSSF. Retrieved on 26 September 2006.
^ 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 "Shevchenko moves to Chelsea", Skysports.com, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-29. and "Chelsea complete Shevchenko deal", BBC, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
^ FA Cup Trivia. thefa.com. Retrieved on 1 July 2007.
^ "Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham", BBC, 2007-08-12. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
^ "Chelsea 0-0 Fulham", ESPN Soccernet, 2007-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
^ Shirt Numbers. England Football Online. Retrieved on 1 October 2006.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, p. 96.
^ Bradley, Mark. "Southampton 1 Chelsea 2", Sporting Life, 1999-12-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
^ Mitchell, Kevin. "Something old, new and Blue", The Observer, 2007-05-20. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
^ The Great Game. IMDb. Retrieved on 1 October 2006.
^ Glanvill (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography, pp. 120–121.
^ Steve Hawkes. "Football firms hit the film circuit", BBC, 2004-05-10. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.
^ "Chelsea teams up with Yash Raj Films", DNA India, 2006-09-25. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ Scott Murray. "Di Canio has last laugh at Chelsea comedy store", The Guardian, 2002-09-30. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
^ Blue Is The Colour. Chart Stats. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Caps' 'Proclaim' season opener. vancourier.com. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Blue Day. Chart Stats. Retrieved on 21 January 2007.
^ Official squad list
^ "End of the 2006/07 Season", chelseafc.com, 2007-06-30. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
^ "Boulahrouz goes on loan", chelseafc.com, 2007-07-12. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
^ "Loan move for Jimmy", ChelseaFC.com, 2007-07-23. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
^ "Duo to Hoops", chelseafc.com, 2007-08-09. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
^ "Duo to Hoops", chelseafc.com, 2007-08-09. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
^ "Bees borrow Pettigrew", chelseafc.com, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
^ "Cork loan to Scunthorpe", chelseafc.com, 2007-08-17. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
^ "Bertrand out on loan", chelseafc.com, 2007-08-21. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
^ "A new reserve loan", chelseafc.com, 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
^ Until 1992, when the Premier League was formed, the top tier of English football was known as the First Division
^ The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield ever since.

References
Batty, Clive (2004). Kings of the King's Road: The Great Chelsea Team of the 60s and 70s. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-9546428-1-3.
Batty, Clive (2005). A Serious Case of the Blues: Chelsea in the 80s. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-02-5.
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Harris, Harry (2005). Chelsea's Century. Blake Publishing. ISBN 1-84454-110-X.
Ingledew, John (2006). And Now Are You Going to Believe Us: Twenty-five Years Behind the Scenes at Chelsea FC. John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84454-247-5.
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Tam isim Chelsea Football Club
Takma isim(ler) The Blues (Maviler)
Renkler Mavi - Beyaz
Kuruluş 1905
Stad Stamford Bridge, Londra, İngiltere
Kapasite 42055
Başkan Bruce Buck
( Roman Abramovich için)
Teknik Direktör Avram Grant

Lig İngiltere Premier Ligi
2006-07 Premier Lig, 2.

　
İç saha

　
Deplasman

Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea Futbol Kulübü), 1905 yılında kurulan İngiliz futbol kulübü. Lakabı The Blues (Maviler), daha önceki lakabı ise The Pensioners (Emekliler veya Memurlar) 'dir. Kulüp, özellikle 1960 - 1970 ve 1990 'lı yıllarda başarı göstermiştir. Chelsea`nin müzesinde şu ana kadar 3 İngiltere Premier Ligi şampiyonluğu, 4 FA Kupası, 4 Lig Kupası ve 2 UEFA Kupa Galiplerı Kupası bulunmaktadır.

Chelsea'nin stadyumu olan Stamford Bridge, Fulham, Londra 'da bulunmakta ve 40.055 kişiye ev sahipliği yapabilmektedir. Kulüp, 2003 yılında Rus petrol zengini Roman Abramovich tarafından satın alındı.

Konu başlıkları [gizle]
1 Tarihi
2 Stamford Bridge
3 Amblem
4 2007-08 Kadrosu
5 Önemli Menajerler
6 Yılın Oyuncusu (1967–2007)
7 Başarılar
7.1 Lig
7.2 Kupa
7.3 Avrupa Kupaları
8 İlgili Siteler

Tarihi [değiştir]
Chelsea'nin ilk takımı (Eylül 1905)Chelsea, 14 Mart 1905 'te, The Rising Sun (şimdiki The Butcher's Hook) isimli bir pubda kuruldu. Klüp, kısa süre içinde İngiltere Ligi'ne alındı. İlk başarısı, 1905 yılındaki FA Kupası finalistiğidir (Sheffield United'a yenildiler). İngiltere'de süren savaş arasındaki yıllarda büyük transferler yaparak ünlendiler.

Eski İngiliz forvet Ted Drake, 1952 yılında takımın teknik direktörlüğüne getirilirken, klübü modernize edeceğini söyledi. Drake, ilk olarak klübün armasını değiştirdi. Daha sonra genç akademisini ve antrenman sistemini geliştirdi. Bu değişiklikler sayesinde Chelsea, ilk defa yüksek prestijli bir kupa kazandı - 1954/55 Lig Şampiyonluğu. Sonraki sezon UEFA Şampiyon Klüpler Kupası'na katılma hakkı kazanan Chelsea, İngiltere Futbol Federasyonu tarafından engellenince, kupadan tek maç bile yapmadan çekildi.

1960'lı yıllarda Chelsea'nin başında olan Tommy Docherty; 1964/65 sezonunda, ligde, Lig Kupası'nda ve FA Kupası'nda zafere yaklaşsa da, sadece Lıg Kupası'nda başarıya ulaşabildi. Böylelikle sonraki sezon Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası'na katılmaya hak kazandı.

1970 yılında Chelsea, Leeds United takımını 2-1 yenerek FA Kupası'nı kazandı. Sonraki sezon, Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası finalinde Real Madrid'i 2. maçta 2-1 yenerek Avrupa'da ilk zaferini kazandı.

1970'lerin sonu ve 1980'li yıllarda Chelsea, bir başarısızlık dönemine girdi. Stamford Bridge'in geliştirilme çalışmaları yüzünden klüp, finansal olarak zor durumdaydı. Takım, yıldız oyuncularını satmak zorunda kaldı ve küme düştü. Klüp, Ken Bates tarafından yalnızca £1'a satın alındı. Chelsea, ekonomik krizdeydi ve Stamford Bridge satılığa çıkarılmıştı. Takım, 3.Lig'e düşme potasına bir ara girse de 1983 yılında teknik direktör John Neal, müthiş bir performans ile takımı 2.Lig şampiyonu yaptı (1983/84). Daha sonra takım, 1988'de küme düşmesine rağmen, bir sonraki sezon tekrar 1. Lig'e döndü.

Büyük uğraşlar sonunda Ken Bates, 1992 yılında Stamford Bridge'i tekrar Chelsea'ye kazandırdı. Klüp, yeniden düzenlenen Premier Lig'de başarılı olamasa da, 1994 yılında FA Kupası 2. liği geldi. Ruud Gullit'in oyuncu-menajer olarak takıma katılmasıyla, Chelsea'nin kaderi bir anda değişti. Klübün simgesi haline gelecek olan Gianfranco Zola ile birlikte Chelsea, 1997 yılında FA Kupası'nı müzesine götürdü. Gianluca Vialli, teknik direktörlüğe getirildi. Takım, O'nun önderliğinde 1998'de Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası ve Lig Kupası'nı kazandı. 2000 yılında ise FA Kupası finalistliği ve UEFA Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde çeyrek finalistlik geldi. İtalyan Claudio Ranieri, Vialli'nin yerine teknik direktörlüğe getirildi. Ranieri ile birlikle klüp, FA Kupası finalistliği yaşadı. Ayrıca UEFA Şampiyonlar Ligi'ne katılım hakkı elde etti.

2003'ün Haziran ayında Rus milyoner Roman Abramovich, Chelsea'yi 140 Milyon Pound ödeyerek satın aldı. Klübün bir Rus tarafından satın alınması nedeniyle medya, Chelsea'ye Chelski lakabını takmıştır. Abramovich'in finansal desteğiyle Chelsea, 100 Milyon Pound'u aşan bir transfer harcaması yaptı. Buna rağmen herhangi bir kayda değer başarı yakalayamayan Ranieri, klüpten kovularak yerine Porto takımının teknik direktörü Jose Mourinho getirildi.

100. yılına giren Chelsea, Mourinho önderliğinde 2005 yılında rekor üstüne rekor kırarak (En çok puan toplayan takım, en az gol yiyen takım, en çok galibiyet alan takım, gol yemediği maç sayısı en fazla olan takım) İngiltere Premier Ligi şampiyonu oldu. Lig Kupası finalinde Liverpool'u 3-2 yenerek bu kupayı da kazandı. Daha sonraki yıl tekrar şampiyon olarak başarılarını devam ettirdiler.

Takım, 2007 yılında Lig Kupası'nı kazandı. Bu sayede son 3 sezonda 2 Lig Kupası zaferi yaşadı, Premier Lig'i 2. bitirdi. Sezon sonunda ise Wembley'de Manchester United'i FA Kupası'nda 1-0 yenerek kupayı kazandı.

Stamford Bridge [değiştir]
Stamford Bridge'de oynanan ilk maç. Chelsea 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion. (Eylül 1905)Stamford Bridge, Chelsea takımının kullandığı ilk ve tek stadyumdur. Bu staddaki ilk maç 23 Eylül 1905 tarihinde yapılan ve Chelsea'nin 1-0 üstünlüğüyle sona eren West Bromwich Albion - Chelsea maçıdır. Stadın kullanıma açılış tarihi 28 Nisan 1877 olup, açılıştan sonraki 28 yıl boyunca Londra Atletizm Kulübü tarafından kullanılmıştır. Stadın kapasitesi yaklaşık 100.000 kişiydi.

Stamford Bridge, 1904 yılında işadamı Gus Mears ve kardeşi tarafından satın alındı. Daha sonra, Mears ailesinin isteğiyle mimar Archibal Leitch tarafından futbol oynanabilmesi için yeniden dizayn edildi.

Stad, Fulham Futbol Kulübü'ne önerilse de, Fulham bu öneriyi kabul etmedi. Bu yüzden stadın sahipleri, Stamford Bridge'de oynayacak takımın kendileri tarafından oluşturulmasına karar verdiler. Stadyumlar, genellikle takımlar için kurulur; fakat Chelsea takımı, bir stadyum için kurulan ilk takımdır. Kurulacak takım için isim önerileri arasında Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC ve London FC bulunuyordu.

1930'ların başında stadın güney tarafına, stadın beşte birini kapsayacak büyüklükte bir çatı inşa edildi. Bu bölüm, Shed End (baraka ucu) olarak anılır. Bu ismin neden konduğu tam olarak bilinmese de, inşa edilen çatının bir baraka çatısına benzemesi sebebiyle konduğu düşünülmektedir.

1960 - 1970 yılları arasında Chelsea'nin yöneticileri stadyumu geliştirerek 50.000 koltuklu yapmak istedi. Bu istek gerçekleştirilirken maddi hasara uğrayan kulüp, ekonomik krize girdi ve stadyum satılığa çıktı. Fakat yeni başkan Ken Bates'in büyük çabaları sonucu 1990'ların ortalarında, Stamford Bridge, tekrar Chelsea'nin oldu. 2001 yılında stadın kuzey, batı ve güney bölümü koltuklandırıldı ve sahaya yaklaştırıldı.

Stamford Bridge'in mülkiyeti ve Chelsea Futbol Kulübü'nün isim hakları, Chelsea Pitch Owners (Chelsea Saha Sahipleri) isimli bir kuruluşta bulunmaktadır. Bu kuruluşun koyduğu kurallar uyarınca Stamford Bridge, bir daha asla satılığa çıkarılamayacak. Bir başka kurala göre, eğer Chelsea stadını değiştirirse, "Chelsea Football Club" ismini kullanamayacak.

Amblem [değiştir]
Chelsea'nin ilk amblemi
Kulüp amblemi (1953-1986).
100. yılda kullanılan kulüp amblemi (2005-2006).Kuruluşundan bu yana Chelsea, 4 farklı amblem kullanmıştır. 1905 yılında oluşturulan ilk amblem, bir memurdan ve kulübün isminden ibaretti. Kulübün eski lakabı olan The Pensioners (Memurlar), bu amblem sebebiyle takılmıştı. 1953 yılına kadar kullanılan bu ilk amblem, Chelsea formasında bulunmamaktaydı. Ted Drake'nin 1952 yılında kulübü modernleştirmek için attığı adımlardan biri de amblemi değiştirmek oldu. Bir yıl süresince amblem, sadece kulübün isminin baş harflerini belirten C.F.C. oldu. 1953 yılında amblem, arkasına bakan ve elinde bir değnek tutan mavi aslan olarak değiştirildi. Amblem ayrıca üç kırmızı gül, İngiltere'yi sembolize etmesi için, ve iki futbol topu içeriyordu. 1960'ların başında bu amblem, kulübün formalarında kullanılmaya başladı.

Kulüp amblemi (1986-2005).1986 yılında, kulübün yeni sahiplerinin isteğiyle, amblem tekrar değişti. Bu amblemde kullanılan aslan, daha doğal görünümlü ve sarı renkteydi. Amblemde, kulübün baş harfleri olan C.F.C. bulunuyordu. 3. amblem 19 yıl boyunca, küçük renk değişiklikleri haricinde, değiştirilmeden kullanıldı. 2005 yılında kulübün, 100. yılını kutlaması, yönetim değişikliği ve taraftarların istekleri doğrultusunda yeni bir amblem oluşturuldu. Bu amblem, 2. amblemde bulunan arkasına bakan ve elinde bir değnek tutan mavi aslan biraz değiştirilip, altın rengi ve beyaz tonları eklenerek elde edilmiştir.

2007-08 Kadrosu [değiştir]No. Pozisyon Oyuncu
1 GK Petr Cech
2 DF Glen Johnson
3 DF Ashley Cole
4 MF Claude Makalele
5 MF Michael Essien
6 DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 MF Frank Lampard (2. kaptan)
9 MF Steve Sidwell
10 MF Joe Cole
11 FW Didier Drogba
12 MF John Obi Mikel
13 MF Michael Ballack
No. Pozisyon Oyuncu
14 FW Claudio Pizarro
15 FW Florent Malouda
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17 FW Scott Sinclair
18 DF Wayne Bridge
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20 DF Paulo Ferreira
21 FW Salomon Kalou
22 DF Tal Ben Haim
23 GK Carlo Cudicini
24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 DF John Terry (kaptan)
35 DF Juliano Belletti
40 GK Henrique Hilario
33 DF Alex

Ve gelecek yıl Chelsea ye büyük yıldız Ronaldinho gelecektir

Önemli Menajerler [değiştir]Chelsea'de en az bir kupa kazanmış menajerler:

Adı Görev Süresi Kupa(lar)
Ted Drake 1952–1961 İngiltere 1. Ligi, Charity Shield
Tommy Docherty 1962–1967 Lig Kupası
Dave Sexton 1967–1974 FA Kupası, Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası
John Neal 1981–1985 İngiltere 2. Ligi
Bobby Campbell 1988–1991 İngiltere 2. Ligi
Ruud Gullit 1996–1998 FA Kupası
Gianluca Vialli 1998–2000 FA Cup, Lig Kupası, Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası, Charity Shield, Süper Kupa
José Mourinho 2004–2007 2 Premier Lig, 2 Lig Kupası, FA Kupası, Community Shield

Yılın Oyuncusu (1967–2007) [değiştir]Yıl Kazanan
1967 Peter Bonetti
1968 Charlie Cooke
1969 David Webb
1970 John Hollins
1971 John Hollins
1972 David Webb
1973 Peter Osgood
1974 Gary Locke
1975 Charlie Cooke
1976 Ray Wilkins
1977 Ray Wilkins
1978 Micky Droy
1979 Tommy Langley
1980 Clive Walker
1981 Petar Borota
1982 Mike Fillery
1983 Joey Jones
1984 Pat Nevin
1985 David Speedie
1986 Eddie Niedzwiecki
1987 Pat Nevin
Yıl Kazanan
1988 Tony Dorigo
1989 Graham Roberts
1990 Ken Monkou
1991 Andy Townsend
1992 Paul Elliott
1993 Frank Sinclair
1994 Steve Clarke
1995 Erland Johnsen
1996 Ruud Gullit
1997 Mark Hughes
1998 Dennis Wise
1999 Gianfranco Zola
2000 Dennis Wise
2001 John Terry
2002 Carlo Cudicini
2003 Gianfranco Zola
2004 Frank Lampard
2005 Frank Lampard
2006 John Terry
2007 Michael Essien

Başarılar [değiştir]
Lig [değiştir]1954/55 - İngiltere 1. Ligi
2004/05 - İngiltere Premier Ligi
2005/06 - İngiltere Premier Ligi

1983/84 - İngiltere 2. Ligi
1988/89 - Championship

Kupa [değiştir]1969/70 - FA Kupası
1996/97 - FA Kupası
1999/00 - FA Kupası
2006/07 - FA Kupası

1964/65 - İngiliz Lig Kupası
1996/97 - İngiliz Lig Kupası
2004/05 - İngiliz Lig Kupası
2006/07 - İngiliz Lig Kupası

1954/55 - FA Charity Shield
1999/00 - Community Shield
2004/05 - Community Shield

Avrupa Kupaları [değiştir]1970/71 - Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası
1997/98 - Avrupa Kupa Galipleri Kupası

1997/98 - Avrupa Süper Kupası

İlgili Siteler [değiştir]Resmi Site
Taraftar Ürünleri Alışveriş Sitesi
Ten Men went to Mow - Fan Videos
Chelsea clip video website

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