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'''Chelsea F.C.''' are an English football team that play in the English Premier League. The clubs home stadium is Stamford Bridge, which is located in the district of Chelsea, London in the UK.

The club is owned by Roman Abramovic, who invested a large sum during the early days of his ownership.

Chelsea are best known since their takeover by the Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovic. The club since then have prospered winning a number of domestic league titles and cups. Shortly after the takeover, Chelsea bought a number of players...

During the next 10 years, the club experienced its most successful period to date. Players such as Frank Lampard and John Terry played instrumental roles in the team during this period.

The English football team plays its home games at Stamford Bridge. Due to the lack of room for a large scale expansion, it has meant that the club has frequently looked at moving. The most major expansion of Stamford Bridge came while the club was owned by Ken Bates.

Chelsea famously looked at purchasing Battersea power station , which is located on the opposite side dog the River Thames from the area of Cheksea and Kensington. The deal if it had gone through would have been planned to convert the power station into a 60,000 stadium.

Stamford Bridge for a number of seasons wasn't considered one of the larger stadiums in England. This meant that Chelsea struggled to achieve regular attendances over 40,000 since the stadium became all seated. The clubs support however in foreign countries and the clubs overall popularity has grown during the Abramovic era.

The club is best known for its rivalry with West Ham. This dates back to the 1970s when both clubs had a number of hooligans.In more recent times the club has frequently played local rivals Arsenal in a number of key games such as FA Cup finals.

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   | Year Founded = 1905
   | Nickname = The Blues
-  | Stadium = Stamford Bridge<br />41,837 (All Seater)
+  | Stadium = [[Stamford Bridge]]<br />41,837 (All Seater)
-  | Chairman = Roman Ambramovich
+  | Chairman = [[Roman Ambramovich]]
-  | Manager = José Mourinho (2014 - present)
+  | Manager = [[José Mourinho]] (2014 - present)
-  | Current League = English Premier League
+  | Current League = [[English Premier League]]
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		+	\| Official Name = Chelsea Football Club
		+	\| Year Founded = 1905
		+	\| Nickname = The Blues
		+	\| Stadium = Stamford Bridge<br />41,837 (All Seater)
		+	\| Chairman = Roman Ambramovich
		+	\| Manager = José Mourinho (2014 - present)
		+	\| Current League = English Premier League
		+	}}

	'''Chelsea F.C.''' are an English football team that play in the English Premier League. The clubs home stadium is Stamford Bridge, which is located in the district of Chelsea, London in the UK.		'''Chelsea F.C.''' are an English football team that play in the English Premier League. The clubs home stadium is Stamford Bridge, which is located in the district of Chelsea, London in the UK.

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-'''Chelsea F.C.''' are an English football team that play in the English Premier League. The clubs home stadium is Stamford Bridge, which is located in the district of Chelsea, London in the UK.
+'''Chelsea Football Club''' is located in London, UK in the area of Fulham a couple of miles away from Chelsea & Kensington. Chelsea currently compete domestically in the [[English Premier League]] and traditionally play in a royal blue and white kit.
-The club is owned by Roman Abramovic, who invested a large sum during the early days of his ownership.
+In 1904, [[Stamford Bridge]] stadium was acquired by Gus Mears, with the aim of turning the stadium into a football ground. At this point Fulham F.C. had already been established, so Mears chose to use the name of the neighbouring area Chelsea for the football team, which was then founded in 1905.
-Chelsea are best known since their takeover by the Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovic. The club since then have prospered winning a number of domestic league titles and cups. Shortly after the takeover, Chelsea bought a number of players...
+From their foundation, Chelsea have played at [[Stamford Bridge]] and have spent the majority of their time in the top tier of the English league pyramid. Over the years the ground has been developed heavily, but Chelsea are still linked with moves away from the stadium. This is due to the small capacity of 41,837 when compared to other large [[Premier League]] clubs.
-During the next 10 years, the club experienced its most successful period to date. Players such as Frank Lampard and John Terry played instrumental roles in the team during this period.
+Chelsea's first major success came in 1955 when they won the English league title for the first time. Following the league victory they also won a number of cups in the 1960s and 1970s. In the late 1990s the club began to have more success, before they were taken over by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Since 1997 and the Abramovich era the club has won 15 major trophies.
-The English football team plays its home games at Stamford Bridge. Due to the lack of room for a large scale expansion, it has meant that the club has frequently looked at moving. The most major expansion of Stamford Bridge came while the club was owned by Ken Bates.
+Chelsea are not known for having a strong rivalry with any other London team. Over the years they have had rivalries with [[Queens Park Rangers]] and also [[Fulham]], but more recently games between [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and Chelsea have carried the most importance.
-Chelsea famously looked at purchasing Battersea power station , which is located on the opposite side dog the River Thames from the area of Cheksea and Kensington. The deal if it had gone through would have been planned to convert the power station into a 60,000 stadium.
+Domestically Chelsea have won 4 English league titles, 7 [[FA Cup]]s and 4 [[League Cup]]s, meaning they are considered a successful English football team. Chelsea have had success in European competitions also, winning 2 [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]], one [[UEFA Europa League]] title and one [[UEFA Champions League]] title. This makes them one of only 4 clubs in Europe, and the only one domestically, to have won all three major [[UEFA]] club competitions.
-Stamford Bridge for a number of seasons wasn't considered one of the larger stadiums in England. This meant that Chelsea struggled to achieve regular attendances over 40,000 since the stadium became all seated. The clubs support however in foreign countries and the clubs overall popularity has grown during the Abramovic era.
+Since the [[Abramovich]] takeover, Chelsea have grown to one of the richest football clubs in the world. The club was valued at £588 million in 2014 and seen as the 7th most valuable football club that year.
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-The club is best known for its rivalry with West Ham. This dates back to the 1970s when both clubs had a number of hooligans.In more recent times the club has frequently played local rivals Arsenal in a number of key games such as FA Cup finals.