The history of Chelsea FC



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Chelsea Football Club was founded in March of 1905 by Henry Augustus Mears. The club is located in London, England, and it is one of the biggest english soccer clubs of all time. Chelsea play in the English Premier League, which is known to be the best and most competitive league in the world. They have won Premier League 6 times, and 5 of these titles have been since the 2000s began. The premier league is a competition from September to June, with games played roughly every weekend. At the end of the season, the 3 teams in last place are relegated to the second division know as the Championship. The 3 best teams from the Championship  division are promoted to the Premier League for the following season. The 4 best teams at the end of the season qualify for the UEFA Champions League. This is a competition that takes place every year, but it is more like a tournament. The 4 best teams in most of the European leagues all play in the Champions League, so the teams change every year. The champions League is famously known as the hardest competition to win, because it is all of the best teams in Europe from that year. Chelsea Fc have won the Champions League once. Once isnt a lot, however, no other club from London has ever won it. Chelsea beat German super-team Bayern Munchen in the finals of the 2012 Champions League campaign. The game went into a shootout, after an intense extra-time period with goals being scored by both teams. Didier Drogba, one of Chelsea's ever best player's scored his now famous header goal in this game to tie it and force the shootout. He then proceeded to score the winning goal in the shootout, giving Chelsea their biggest ever achievement of winning the Champions League.


Chelsea FC Trophy Cabinet
Competition
 # of times won
Year(s)
Premier League
 6
 1955, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017
UEFA Champions League
 1
 2012
UEFA Europa League
 2
 2013, 2019
FA Cup
8
1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018
League Cup
5
 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2015