Difference between revisions of "Chelsea F.C."

Revision as of 18:42, March 26, 2009

Chelsea F.C. is a British football club playing in London. The team has a winning history in the English Premier League, winning in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The team is known as one of the "Big Four" of the Premiership, along with Arsenal F.C., Liverpool F.C., and Manchester United. Chelsea has been considered the "Yankees of British Football", meaning that you either love or hate them, there being no middle ground. The team is owned by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich, is managed by Russia head coach Guus Hiddink, and is sponsored by Samsung.

History

Chelsea was formed in 1905 and placed in the Second Division. However, their first trophy came exactly fifty years later, when they won the 1955 league title under the leadership of Ted Drake. Soon after their FA Cup win in 1970, however, the team fell to the Second Division. They climbed back up in 1984 for four years, but in 1989 they returned to Division One and have remained since. Some of the club's greatest successes, however, came under the leadership of Jose Mourinho, now the manager of Seria A's Inter Milan, who won their two Premiership titles in 2005 and 2006.

Roster

Goalkeepers

1 Petr Cech
23 Carlo Cudicini
30 Rhys Taylor
40 Henrique Hilario

Defenders

2 Branislav Ivanovic
3 Ashley Cole
6 Ricardo Carvalho
17 Jose Bosingwa
19 Paulo Ferreira
26 John Terry
33 Alex
35 Juliano Belletti
42 Michael Mancienne

Midfielders

5 Michael Essien
8 Frank Lampard
10 Joe Cole
12 John Mikel Obi
13 Michael Ballack
15 Florent Malouda
20 Deco
27 Mineiro
44 Michael Woods
46 Jimmy Smith
47 Lee Sawyer

Strikers

9 Franco Di Santo
11 Didier Drogba
18 Ricardo Quaresma
21 Salomon Kalou
39 Nicolas Anelka
43 Miroslav Stoch

Notable Former Players

DF Gary Locke

Sources

http://www.premierleague.com/page/chelsea-fc

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 ==History==
-Chelsea was formed in 1905 and placed in the Second Division. However, their first trophy came exactly fifty years later, when they won the 1955 league title under the leadership of Ted Drake. Soon after their FA Cup win in 1970, however, the team fell to the Second Division. They climbed back up in 1984 for four years, but in 1989 they returned to Division One and have remained since. Some of the club's greatest successes, however, came under the leadership of [[Ruud Gullit]], now the manager of [[MLS]]'s [[Los Angeles Galaxy]], who won their two Premiership titles.
+Chelsea was formed in 1905 and placed in the Second Division. However, their first trophy came exactly fifty years later, when they won the 1955 league title under the leadership of Ted Drake. Soon after their FA Cup win in 1970, however, the team fell to the Second Division. They climbed back up in 1984 for four years, but in 1989 they returned to Division One and have remained since. Some of the club's greatest successes, however, came under the leadership of [[Jose Mourinho]], now the manager of [[Seria A]]'s [[Inter Milan]], who won their two Premiership titles in 2005 and 2006.
 ==Roster==