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First years
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Foundation
The Mears brothers formally founded the Chelsea Football Club on March 10, 1905 at The Rising Sun pub, currently The Butcher's Hook, in Fulham Road. Shortly after its foundation, they were chosen to participate in the Football League.The club won promotion to the First Division in their second season. -
FA Cup Final
They lost to Sheffield United at Old Trafford, and finished third in the First Division in 1920, the club's best league campaign to that point -
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Modernise of the club
Ted Drake became manager in 1952 and proceeded to modernise the club.A few years later Drake would be dismissed and Tommy Docherty would be his replacement. During the 1960s they failed to be established in any tournament. -
League Championship
Ted Drake led Chelsea to their first major trophy success, the League championship, in 1954–55. -
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Turbulent period
The late 1970s through to the 1980s was a turbulent period for Chelsea. An ambitious redevelopment of Stamford Bridge threatened the financial stability of the club, star players were sold and the team were relegated. -
FA Cup championship
It was not until 1970 when Chelsea won the FA Cup championship for the first time in its history, beating Leeds United 2-1 in the final replay -
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
A year later, Chelsea managed to play its first European competition, winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in another final replay. -
Second division title
Chelsea won the Second Division title in 1983–84 and established themselves in the top division, before being relegated again in 1988. A year later, the club won the Second Division championship in 1988–89. -
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The 90s
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FA Cup
The club won the FA Cup in 1997 and established themselves as one of England's top sides again with Ruud Gullit as player-manager. -
Triplete
Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victories in the League Cup Final, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final and the UEFA Super Cup in 1998 -
First appearance UEFA Champions League
With Gianluca Vialli they won the FA Cup in 2000 and their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League. -
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Last 15 years
In June 2003, Chelsea is sold to the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £140 million. -
Back-to-back league championships
Under Mourinho, Chelsea became the fifth English team to win back-to-back league championships since the Second World War (2004–05 and 2005–06), in addition to winning an FA Cup (2007) and two League Cups (2005 and 2007). -
First UEFA Champions League final
Mourinho was replaced by Avram Grant,who led the club to their first UEFA Champions League final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United. -
Premier League and FA Cup "Double"
In 2009, Guus Hiddink guided Chelsea to another FA Cup success.In 2009–10, his successor Carlo Ancelotti led them to their first Premier League and FA Cup "Double". -
First UEFA Champions League title
In 2012, Roberto Di Matteo led Chelsea to their seventh FA Cup,and their first UEFA Champions League title, beating Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties, the first London club to win the trophy. -
Fifth league title
In 2013, Rafael Benítez guided Chelsea to win the UEFA Europa League against Benfica. In the summer of 2013, Mourinho returned as manager, leading Chelsea to League Cup success in March 2015,and their fifth league title two months later. After a first round of league with very poor results, Mourinho is replaced and Hiddink returns to the bench for the rest of the season 15-15
