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The Blues: first to conquer all four UEFA competitions.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham, West London, England. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, and are one of the most successful clubs in English football history. In domestic football, Chelsea have won six top-flight league titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, four FA Community Shields and two Full Members' Cups. In international football, they have won two UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Europa Leagues, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, two UEFA Super Cups, two FIFA Club World Cups and one UEFA Conference League. They are the reigning Club World Cup champions.

Quick Facts

League titles: 6
League cups: 5
Uefa champions leagues: 2

Lore & Background

The club was founded in 1905 and named after neighbouring area Chelsea and play their home games at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won their first major domestic trophy, the First Division championship, in 1955. They won their first Premier League title in the 2004–05 season. Chelsea won their first European trophy in 1971, lifting the Cup Winners' Cup, which they won again in 1998.

They went on to win their first UEFA Champions League title in 2012 and repeated the feat in 2021. Chelsea have won the UEFA Europa League twice, in 2013 and 2019. After winning the UEFA Conference League in 2025, Chelsea became the first club to win all four main UEFA competitions, as well as all UEFA Men's competitions. They also won the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021 and 2025, the latter being the contest's first iteration with 32 teams. Chelsea share rivalries with fellow London teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, and also with Leeds United.

Reader's Guide

Chelsea F.C. 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. The club won promotion to the First Division in their second season. Ted Drake was appointed manager in 1952 and led Chelsea to their first major trophy – the League championship – in 1954–55. Under Dave Sexton, Chelsea won the FA Cup in 1970 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971. In 1982, Ken Bates acquired the club for £1. Bates reunited the stadium freehold with the club in 1992. Under José Mourinho, Chelsea won back-to-back league championships in 2004–05 and 2005–06, an FA Cup in 2007, and two League Cups in 2005 and 2007. In 2012, Chelsea won their first UEFA Champions League title, becoming the first London club to win the trophy.