Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. It won its first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners' Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.
The first Chelsea team in September 1905
Chelsea players celebrate their first UEFA Champions League title against Bayern Munich (2012).
Players of Chelsea celebrating their first FIFA Club World Cup title (2021) after beating Brazilian side Palmeiras in the final
Stamford Bridge, West Stand
Fulham is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. on the far side of the river.
Fulham Palace, the Grade I listed former residence of the Bishop of London
St Erkenwald, Saxon Prince, bishop and saint known as the "Light of London": granted the manor of Fulham which became the summer residence of the Bishop of London for 900 years
Kensington Canal and Brompton Cemetery by William Cowen, with Stamford Bridge in the distance. c. 1860
Empress Hall with Lillie Bridge Depot, Fulham, before Earl's Court Exhibition was built on the right, 1928-source: Britain from Above.
