ACHIEVEMENTS AND FACTS ABOUT CHELSEA FC

• Chelsea Football Club was founded on March 14th 1905

• Chelsea Football Club is owned by Russian billionaire- Roman Abramovich

• Chelsea Football Club's chairman is Bruce Buck from the United States of America

• Chelsea Football Club's manager is Carlo Ancelotti From Italy

• Chelsea Football Club's home is the 42, 055 capacity Stamford Bridge

• Chelsea Football Club is also nicknamed "The Blues"

• Chelsea has sustained the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge

• Chelsea have been English champions three times, and have won the FA Cup five times, the League Cup four times and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice

• In 2008, Avram Grant led Chelsea to their first UEFA Champions League final

• In June 2003, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea for £140 million

• Chelsea's highest appearance-maker is Ex-captain Ron Harris, who played in 795 first-class games for the club between 1961 and 1980

• The record for a Chelsea goalkeeper is held by Peter Bonetti, who made 729 appearances (1959–79).

• Bobby Tambling is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, with 202 goals in 370 games (1959–70)

• Jimmy Greaves holds the record of the most goals scored in one season (43 in 1960–61) for chelsea

• Chelsea holds the record for the highest ever points total for a league season (95), the fewest goals conceded during a league season (15), the highest number of Premier League victories in a season (29), the highest number of clean sheets overall in a Premier League season (25) (all set during the 2004–05 season), and the most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a league season (6).

• Chelsea hold the record for the longest streak of unbeaten matches at home in the English top-flight, which lasted 86 matches from 20 March 2004 to 26 October 2008

• Chelsea were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957

• On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up (no British or Irish players) in a Premier League match against Southampton

• On 19 May 2007, Chelsea became the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium, having also been the last to win it at the old Wembley