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 Chairman:Bruce Buck Head Coach:Jos? Mourinho League: Premier League 2006-07 Premier League Position: 2nd 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, three FA Cups, four League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. During the 2005-06 season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year. Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity 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. 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. Chelsea are one of the best-supported clubs in the UK, with an estimated fanbase of around four million. The club have also made a contribution to popular culture, appearing in films and the music charts. 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 Jos? Mourinho 2004?present: 2 Premier Leagues, 2 League Cups, Community Shield
