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| This website is THE on-line resource for factual Chelsea information, stats and history.
We have a great team here dedicated to populating this site with information about Chelsea Football Club. Since its launch in 2010, the site has 3,970 articles, a number which is increasing daily.
Highlights of the site so far include:
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| Featured Player
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| Oscar is a Brazilian international midfielder who signed for Chelsea in 2012. An intelligent player, he is known for his passing ability and decision making under pressure, and is comfortable in various midfield and attacking positions, from the traditional "10" role behind the strikers to linking play in deeper roles.
An international at every level from Under-15 up, Oscar first came to international prominence when he scored a hat-trick in the final of the 2011 FIFA Under-20 World Cup; a 3-2 extra-time win against Portugal. He made his senior debut the same year, and as of February 2013 has made twelve appearances for his country, scoring four times. He also represented his country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, winning a silver medal after Brazil lost to Mexico in the final.
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| Featured Youth Player
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| Andreas Christensen (born 10th April 1996 in Blovstroed, Denmark) is a defender currently playing in Chelsea's Academy team.
Andreas spent his formative years as a part of the Brondby academy in Denmark. He agreed to move for a six-figure fee in early 2012, choosing Chelsea over a number of major European clubs including Arsenal and Manchester City.. (more...)
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| Featured Former Player
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| Roy Bentley is a former English international forward who played for Chelsea between 1948 and 1956. Having captained Chelsea to the club's first league title, with 150 goals in his eight and a half years at Stamford Bridge, Bentley is one of Chelsea's greatest players, and remains the club's joint-fifth all-time goalscorer.
In the early 1950s Bentley was also one of England's top centre forwards, and was the first Chelsea player to represent England at a World Cup Finals. He scored nine goals in twelve appearances for his country. (more...)
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| Next Opponent
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| Manchester City Football Club are based in the city of Manchester in north-west England. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. In 2008 the club was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group. Subsequently they have become a major force in English football, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and the Premier League the following season.
Manchester City have played in the top flight for the majority of their history, meeting Chelsea regularly in the league. Notable meetings in cup competitions include a European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final tie in 1971, which Chelsea won 2-0 on aggregate before going on to win the competition, and in the inaugural final of the Full Members Cup in 1987, which Chelsea won 5-4, despite a late fightback from City. (more...)
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Venue: Yankee Stadium, New York
Competition: Friendly
Date: Saturday 25th May 2013
Kick off: 17:30 local time/22:30 BST
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| Featured Match
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| The 1986 Full Members Cup final was the final of the inaugural Full Members Cup, the competition created in the wake of the 1985 ban on English clubs from European competitions following the Heysel disaster. Contested between First Division sides Chelsea and Manchester City, the game produced nine goals, with Chelsea prevailing 5-4. Chelsea had led 5-1 courtesy of David Speedie’s hat-trick and a brace by Colin Lee. But Manchester City scored three times in the last five minutes, ensuring a tense end to the game. (more...)
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| Did you know...
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| ...that Chelsea have never played outside of the top two tiers of English football?
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