Челси / Chelsea FC

Full name Chelsea Football Club

Nickname(s) The Pensioners, The Blues
Founded 1905
Ground Stamford Bridge Fulham London
Capacity 42,360
Chairman Bruce Buck (for Roman Abramovich)
Manager José Mourinho
League FA Premier League 2005-06 Premier League, 1st

Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously as The Pensioners), founded in 1905, are an English Premier League football team. The club's home ground is the 42,360 capacity Stamford Bridge football ground in Fulham, West London, where they have played since foundation. Despite their name, the club is based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is on the Fulham Road, which runs between Fulham and Chelsea. In 2003, the club were bought by Russian oil tycoon, Roman Abramovich.

Chelsea have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football, and have had two broad periods of success: first during the 1960s and early 1970s, and then again from the late 1990s to the present day. In total, they have won three league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. During the 2005-06 season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year.

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Че́лси (Chelsea F.C.) — английский футбольный клуб из города Лондон. Назван по имени Лондонского района Челси, в котором расположен домашний стадион команды.
Основан в 1905 году и был принят во второй дивизион Футбольной Лиги 1 июня 1905 года. Домашний стадион — Стэмфорд Бридж, открывшийся в 1877 году, команда «Челси» создавалась специально для игры на новом стадионе.

Владельцем команды является известный российский бизнесмен Роман Абрамович. Болельщики «Челси» в связи с этим фактом нередко исполняют песню «Калинка-малинка» во время футбольных матчей.