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 were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards.Ĭhelsea won promotion to the First Division in their second season, and yo-yoed between the First and Second Divisions in their early years. 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. was turned down, so Mears opted to found his own club to use the stadium. An offer to lease it to nearby Fulham F.C. In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium in Fulham with the aim of turning it into a football ground.

In terms of club value, Chelsea is the seventh most valuable football club in the world (as of 2021 ), worth £2.39 billion ($3.2 billion), and is the eighth highest-earning football club in the world, with earnings of over €493.1 million (as of May 2022). The club has rivalries with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and a historic rivalry with Leeds United. In terms of overall trophies won, Chelsea are the fourth-most successful club in English football. Internationally, they have won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup twice each, and the FIFA Club World Cup once since their inception. Domestically, the club has won six league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, and four FA Community Shields. They are also the only London club to have won the Champions League and the Club World Cup. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.Ĭhelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three pre-1999 main European club competitions, and the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955.

The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London.

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