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).
MEIRELES RAUL (Midfielder (08/2011 - 09/2012), 48 apps, Portugal) :: MARKO MARIN (Midfielder (07/2016 - 08/2016), 16 apps, Germany) :: MICKEY THOMAS (Midfielder (01/1984 - 06/1985), 27 apps, Wales) :: BRITTON IAN (Midfielder (07/1972 - 06/1982), 99 apps, Scotland) :: PAULO FERREIRA (Defender (07/2004 - 06/2013), 216 apps, Portugal) :: MATTHEWS REG (Goalkeeper (07/1956 - 06/1961), 138 apps, England) :: BUTLER DENNIS (Defender (07/1961 - 06/1963), 16 apps, England) :: DENNIS BUTLER (Defender (07/1961 - 06/1963), 16 apps, England) :: HATELEY TONY (Forward (10/1966 - 06/1967), 28 apps, England) :: GEORGE WEAH (Forward (01/2000 - 06/2000), 15 apps, Liberia) :: WILSON KEVIN (Forward (07/1987 - 03/1992), 108 apps, Northern Ireland) :: DAVID SPEEDIE (Midfielder (07/1982 - 06/1987), 91 apps, Scotland) :: TORE ANDRE FLO (Forward (08/1997 - 11/2000), 163 apps, Norway) :: PHELAN TERRY (Defender (11/1995 - 12/1996), 24 apps, Ireland) :: ALEKSEY SMERTIN (Midfielder (07/2004 - 06/2005), 25 apps, Russia) :: DAVID FOFANA (Forward (01/2023 - 06/2029), 5 apps, Ivory Coast) :: LOIC REMY (Forward (07/2017 - 08/2017), 47 apps, France) :: FRANCIS STEPHEN (Goalkeeper (07/1982 - 06/1987), 5 apps, England) :: GARY LOCKE (Defender (07/1971 - 06/1983), 116 apps, England) :: GORDON DURIE (Forward (05/1986 - 06/1991), 91 apps, Scotland) :: ANDREW MYERS (Defender (01/1991 - 07/1999), 103 apps, England) :: NEIL SHIPPERLEY (Forward (07/1992 - 01/1995), 48 apps, England) :: CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI (Forward (07/2023 - 06/2024), 126 apps, England) :: SCHURRLE ANDRE (Forward (07/2013 - 02/2015), 65 apps, Germany) :: EMERSON THOME (Defender (12/1999 - 08/2000), 22 apps, Brazil) :: SITTON JOHN (Defender (07/1977 - 06/1980), 12 apps, England) :: ETOO SAMUEL (Forward (08/2013 - 06/2014), 35 apps, Cameroon) :: CONOR GALLAGHER (Midfielder (07/2022 - 06/2025), 45 apps, England) :: BANNON EAMON (Midfielder (02/1979 - 09/1979), 19 apps, Scotland) :: STEVE CLARKE (Defender (01/1987 - 09/1998), 351 apps, Scotland) :: ELLIOTT PAUL (Defender (07/1991 - 06/1994), 47 apps, England) :: ROBERT ISAAC (Defender (07/1984 - 06/1987), 9 apps, England) :: MARIO STANIC (Midfielder (07/2000 - 06/2004), 80 apps, Croatia) :: SIDWELL STEVEN (Midfielder (07/2007 - 06/2008), 25 apps, England) :: HAZARD EDEN (Forward (07/2012 - 06/2019), 352 apps, Belgium) :: BARKLEY ROSS (Midfielder (06/2021 - 08/2022), 100 apps, England) :: RUUD GULLIT (Midfielder (07/1995 - 05/1998), 63 apps, Netherlands) :: DUNN JOHN (Goalkeeper (07/1962 - 06/1966), 10 apps, England) :: ALEX (Defender (08/2007 - 01/2012), 134 apps, Brazil) :: MATA (Midfielder (08/2011 - 01/2014), 135 apps, Spain) :: PETER OSGOOD (Forward (07/1978 - 06/1979), 317 apps, England) :: SAM HUTCHINSON (Defender (01/2014 - 02/2014), 6 apps, England) :: FRANK UPTON (Defender (07/1961 - 06/1965), 38 apps, England) :: STEVEN SIDWELL (Midfielder (07/2007 - 06/2008), 25 apps, England) :: DAN PETRESCU (Defender (11/1995 - 06/2000), 208 apps, Romania) :: CHARLIE COOKE (Midfielder (10/1977 - 03/1978), 295 apps, Scotland) :: STAN CROWTHER (Midfielder (12/1958 - 03/1961), 53 apps, England) :: GUSTAVO POYET (Midfielder (07/1997 - 06/2001), 144 apps, Uruguay) :: STEVE FINNIESTON (Forward (07/1974 - 06/1978), 29 apps, Scotland) :: LEE COLIN (Midfielder (07/1980 - 06/1987), 37 apps, England)
