Based in Fulham, West London, Chelsea Football Club is a prominent English professional football club. Established in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. Competing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, Chelsea achieved their first major honor by clinching the League championship in 1955. The club's triumphs include winning the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, securing their initial European honor, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971, and becoming the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022. Chelsea stands among the elite group of five clubs to have triumphed in all three of the main European club competitions before 1999. Furthermore, they are the only club to have won each of the three major European competitions twice. Additionally, they hold the distinction of being the sole London club to have won both the Champions League and the Club World Cup. Domestically, Chelsea boasts an impressive record of six league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, and four FA Community Shields. Internationally, they have secured the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup twice each, along with the FIFA Club World Cup once. In terms of overall trophies won, Chelsea ranks as the fourth-most successful club in English football. The club maintains rivalries with local teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as a historic rivalry with Leeds United. In terms of value, Chelsea is the seventh most valuable football club globally (as of 2021), with an estimated worth of £2.39 billion ($3.2 billion). Additionally, they rank as the eighth highest-earning football club in the world, with earnings exceeding €493.1 million (as of May 2022).
ETOO SAMUEL (Forward (08/2013 - 06/2014), 35 apps, Cameroon) :: YOSSI BENAYOUN (Midfielder (01/2013 - 06/2013), 24 apps, Israel) :: WILKINS RAY (Midfielder (07/1973 - 06/1979), 94 apps, England) :: JOHN MIKEL OBI (Midfielder (07/2006 - 01/2017), 372 apps, Nigeria) :: GORDON DURIE (Forward (05/1986 - 06/1991), 91 apps, Scotland) :: JOHN BROOKS (Forward (11/1959 - 06/1961), 46 apps, England) :: ISAAC ROBERT (Defender (07/1984 - 06/1987), 9 apps, England) :: JOE FASCIONE (Forward (09/1962 - 02/1969), 31 apps, Scotland) :: GOLDBAEK BJARNE (Midfielder (11/1998 - 12/1999), 39 apps, Denmark) :: JOHN HOLLINS (Midfielder (07/1983 - 06/1984), 468 apps, England) :: MOORE GRAHAM (Midfielder (12/1961 - 11/1963), 32 apps, Wales) :: WESLEY FOFANA (Defender (08/2022 - 06/2029), 19 apps, France) :: KEZMAN MATEJA (Forward (07/2004 - 06/2005), 41 apps, Serbia) :: JOHN PHILLIPS (Goalkeeper (07/1970 - 06/1979), 115 apps, Wales) :: SAHAR BEN (Forward (05/2008 - 06/2008), 5 apps, Israel) :: MEL SCOTT (Defender (07/1957 - 06/1962), 99 apps, England) :: TERRY PHELAN (Defender (11/1995 - 12/1996), 24 apps, Ireland) :: WEST COLIN (Forward (07/1989 - 06/1990), 15 apps, England) :: HOUSEMAN PETER (Forward (07/1963 - 06/1975), 284 apps, England) :: TERRY HOWARD (Defender (02/1986 - 01/1987), 6 apps, England) :: UPTON FRANK (Defender (07/1961 - 06/1965), 38 apps, England) :: NEIL SULLIVAN (Goalkeeper (08/2003 - 06/2004), 8 apps, Scotland) :: FRANK BLUNSTONE (Midfielder (01/1953 - 06/1964), 284 apps, England) :: SAMUEL ETOO (Forward (08/2013 - 06/2014), 35 apps, Cameroon) :: ESSIEN MICHAEL (Midfielder (07/2013 - 01/2014), 256 apps, Ghana) :: GONZALO HIGUAIN (Forward (01/2019 - 06/2019), 18 apps, Argentina) :: JOHN SITTON (Defender (07/1977 - 06/1980), 12 apps, England) :: KOVACIC MATEO (Midfielder (08/2018 - 06/2024), 221 apps, Croatia) :: BRADBURY TERRY (Midfielder (07/1957 - 06/1962), 29 apps, England) :: JOE COLE (Midfielder (08/2003 - 07/2010), 281 apps, England) :: MICKY DROY (Defender (11/1984 - 03/1985), 128 apps, England) :: PETAR BOROTA (Goalkeeper (01/1979 - 06/1982), 12 apps, Serbia) :: NICHOLAS PETER (Midfielder (07/1988 - 12/1990), 41 apps, Wales) :: SCOTT MEL (Defender (07/1957 - 06/1962), 99 apps, England) :: CRAIG BURLEY (Midfielder (07/1990 - 06/1997), 135 apps, Scotland) :: KEITH JONES (Midfielder (07/1983 - 06/1987), 51 apps, England) :: MURPHY JERRY (Midfielder (07/1985 - 06/1988), 34 apps, Ireland) :: HUGHES PAUL (Midfielder (05/1999 - 12/1999), 25 apps, England) :: COURTOIS THIBAUT (Goalkeeper (07/2014 - 08/2018), 154 apps, Belgium) :: BOROTA PETAR (Goalkeeper (01/1979 - 06/1982), 12 apps, Serbia) :: BENAYOUN YOSSI (Midfielder (01/2013 - 06/2013), 24 apps, Israel) :: ROBERTS GRAHAM (Defender (07/1988 - 06/1990), 24 apps, England) :: MICHAEL DUBERRY (Defender (06/1993 - 07/1999), 116 apps, England) :: MUTU ADRIAN (Forward (08/2003 - 10/2004), 38 apps, Romania) :: TOMMY KNOX (Forward (07/1962 - 06/1965), 14 apps, Scotland) :: MICHAEL MANCIENNE (Defender (07/2010 - 08/2010), 6 apps, Seychelles) :: ZIYECH HAKIM (Forward (07/2020 - 06/2025), 107 apps, Morocco) :: MATIC NEMANJA (Midfielder (01/2014 - 07/2017), 154 apps, Serbia) :: BORINI FABIO (Forward (07/2009 - 03/2011), 8 apps, Italy) :: ZOLA GIANFRANCO (Forward (11/1996 - 06/2003), 312 apps, Italy)
