# Chelsea Club

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**Chelsea Football Club** is an English professional [football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football) club based in [Fulham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulham), [West London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_London). Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at [Stamford Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_\(stadium\)).[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.#cite_note-capacity-5) The club competes in the [Premier League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League), the top division of [English football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_England). It won its first major honour, the [League championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions), in [1955](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_Football_League). The club won the [FA Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup) for the first time in [1970](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_FA_Cup_Final), their first European honour, the [Cup Winners' Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup), in [1971](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_European_Cup_Winners%27_Cup_Final), and became the third English club to win the [Club World Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) in [2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final).

Chelsea is one of [five clubs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_club_competition_records_and_statistics#List_of_teams_to_have_won_the_three_main_European_club_competitions) and the first English club to have won all three pre-1999 main European club competitions, the "European Treble" of [European Cup/UEFA Champions League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League), [European/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup), and [UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League).[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.#cite_note-6) They are also the only club to have won all three major European competitions twice. They are also the only [London club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_London) to have won the [Champions League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_records_and_statistics) and the Club World Cup.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.#cite_note-7) Domestically, the club has won six [league titles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_football_champions#Total_titles_won), eight [FA Cups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup), five [League Cups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFL_Cup), and four [FA Community Shields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Community_Shield). Internationally, they have won the [UEFA Champions League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League), the [UEFA Europa League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League), the [UEFA Cup Winners' Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup) and the [UEFA Super Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup) twice each, and the [FIFA Club World Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup) once since their inception. In terms of overall [trophies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophies) won, Chelsea is the [fourth-most successful club in English football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_competitive_honours_won).

The club has rivalries with neighbouring teams [Arsenal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.%E2%80%93Chelsea_F.C._rivalry) and [Tottenham Hotspur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.%E2%80%93Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C._rivalry), and a historic rivalry with [Leeds United](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.%E2%80%93Leeds_United_F.C._rivalry). In terms of club value, Chelsea is the [eighth-most-valuable football club in the world](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_list_of_the_most_valuable_football_clubs) (as of 2022), worth $3.10 billion, and is the [eighth-highest-earning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte_Football_Money_League) football club in the world.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.#cite_note-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.#cite_note-9)

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