Premiership Profile: Chelsea FC

Chelsea
Founded 1905
Nickname The Blues / Pensioners

Club colours

Royal blue shirts, royal blue shorts, white socks with royal blue trim

Ground Stamford Bridge (42,420)

Manager Jose Mourinho

Chairman Bruce Buck

Last season Champions

Record appearance maker Ron Harris 795

Record goalscorer Bobby Tambling 202

Website www.chelseafc.com

Honours

European Cup Winners Cup Winners	1971, 1998
League Champions	1955, 2005, 2006
FA Cup Winners	1970, 1997, 2000
League Cup Winners	1965, 1998, 2005

Trivia Triple

• Chelsea gained admission to the Football League in 1905 despite having never played a competitive fixture.
• Chelsea, along with Arsenal, were the first club to play with shirt numbers on 25 August 1928 in their match against Swansea Town.
• Chelsea's points ratio in their 1954-55 title-winning season (1.71 per game) is the lowest ever for an English Championship-winning side. Conversely, their points total of 95 for their 2004-05 title-winning season is the highest.