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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues) is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in west London. As of the 2003-2004 season, the team's manager is Claudio Ranieri.

In early 2003, Gianfranco Zola, was voted as the best ever foreigner of the team by the Chelsea fans.

In July 2003, Chelsea was acquired by Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire. British tabloids immediately dubbed the club Chelski. Abramovich used his fortune to wipe out the club's substantial debts at a stroke, and then directed funds towards the aquisition of new players. New signings for the start of the 2003-2004 season included the Irish left winger Damien Duff, the Argentinian striker Hernán Crespo, promising English youngsters Wayne Bridge and Joe Cole and the Argentinian midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron, who was out of favour at Manchester United.

Table of contents

1 Awards and Trophies 2 Famous Players 3 External Link

Awards and Trophies

• Football League Champions 1955
• FA Cup Winners 1970, 1997, 2000
• League Cup Winners 1965, 1998
• European Cup Winners' Cup Winners 1971, 1998
• European Super Cup 1998

Famous Players

• Roy Bentley
• Frank Blunstone
• Peter Bonetti
• Charlie Cooke
• Joe Cole
• Hernan Crespo
• Marcel Desailly
• Kerry Dixon
• Roberto Di Matteo
• Damien Duff
• Tore Andre Flo
• Jimmy Greaves
• Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen
• Ruud Gullit
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
• George Hilsden
• John Hollins
• Alan Hudson
• Ian Hutchinson
• Tommy Lawton
• Frank Leboeuf
• Graeme Le Saux
• Pat Nevin
• Peter Osgood
• Bobby Tambling
• Terry Venables
• Juan Sebastian Veron
• Gianluca Vialli
• Ray Wilkins
• Dennis Wise
• Gianfranco Zola
• George Weah
• Glenn Hoddle
• Didier Deschamps
• Brian Laudrup
• Dan Petrescu
• Ron Harris
• Paul Elliot

External Link

• Official website
• Chelsea Football Club

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