Chelsea Football Club are an English professional football club based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1905, they compete in the Premier League, the top division of English football. From the history of the club here are the first XI eleven pray best.

* PETER ČECH holds a number of goalkeeping records, including the Premier League record for fewest appearances required to reach 100 clean sheets, having done so in 180 appearances, the most number of clean sheets in a season, as well as the record for the most clean sheets in Premier League history.Čech is also the only goalkeeper to have won the Premier League Golden Glove with two separate clubs, and has won it a joint record four times; in the 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14 and the 2015–16 seasons. He was voted the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 2005, received the award of Best Goalkeeper in the 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2007–08 editions of the UEFA Champions League, and went 1,025 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2004–05 season, a league record.

RICARDO CARVALHO is a defender, Carvalho played 203+7 times for Chelsea, scoring 11 goals, and during his time at Stamford Bridge help the club to win three Premier League titles, and he played a part in three triumphant FA Cup campaigns and two Carling Cups.

John Terry is Chelsea's most successful captain, having led Chelsea to five Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Champions League title.Terry scored four goals in 35 league games as Chelsea claimed the Premier League in 2014-15.

BRANISLAV IVANOVIĆ was signed by Premier League side Chelsea for a £9 million fee. He won nine major honours with Chelsea, including three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. Overall, he made 377 appearances and scored 34 goals, making him one of only five foreign players to appear in over 300 matches for the club and putting him behind only John Terry in terms of goals scored by a defender for Chelsea. CLAUDE MAKÉLÉLÉ SINDA,

Makélélé was a key player in Chelsea's successful 2004–05 season, winning both the FA Premier League and the League Cup. His defensive qualities allowed the likes of Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Arjen Robben, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen and Didier Drogba to parade their attacking skills.

COLE JOHN was given the number 3 shirt at Chelsea, Cole won the seventh FA Cup of his career after Chelsea beat Liverpool 2–1 in the 2012 FA Cup Final. In the Champions League semi-finals against Barcelona, Cole was pivotal in Chelsea's 1–0 victory which included a goal-line clearance that denied Barça an away goal. Cole also received praise for his role in the final against Bayern Munich on 19 May 2012, both for his defending, and for scoring in the decisive penalty shoot-out as Chelsea won the club's first European Cup.

EDEN HAZARD

Hazard won the UEFA Europa League in his first season and the PFA Young Player of the Year in his second. In the 2014–15 season, he helped Chelsea win the League Cup and Premier League, earning him the FWA Footballer of the Year and the PFA Players' Player of the Year awards.Two years later he won his second English league title as Chelsea won the 2016–17 Premier League. In 2018, he won the FA Cup, He won the Europa League again with Chelsea in June 2019. Hazard known for his creativity, speed, acceleration, dribbling and passing.

FRANK LAMPARD was one of the greatest midfielders of his time and has a number of records to his name. His major set of awards came during his association with Chelsea, such as the FA Cup (4 times), UEFA Champions League in 2011-12 and the Europa League in 2012-13.

He is also a 3 time Chelsea Player of the Year, the 2008 UEFA Midfielder of the Year and winner of 2005 FIFA Player of the Year Silver Cup.

ARJEN ROBBEN joined Chelsea in 2004,he helped Chelsea bring home two consecutive Premier League titles, and was the Premier League Player of the Month in November 2005. But injuries prone player.

DIDIER DROGBA enjoyed two spells with Chelsea, making 254 Premier League appearances and scoring 104 goals, the most by an African in the competition.

Drogba helped the club win their first two Premier League titles, in 2004/05 and 2005/06. 2006/07, he scored 20 goals to win the first of two PL Golden Boots. The second came in his most prolific season, 2009/10, when his 29 goals were instrumental in securing Chelsea's third PL title.Drogba also was instrumental in Chelsea's first UEFA Champions League trophy in 2012, scoring a late equaliser against Bayern Munich and the winning penalty in the shootout. 

GIANFRANCO ZOLA helped Chelsea qualify for the UEFA Champions League in his final appearance at Stamford Bridge. His one of the Premier League's most iconic players is back in West London.Voted the greatest player in Chelsea's history by Blues fans back in 2003, it was not a surprise to see Gianfranco Zola picked to lead Tore Andre Flo's dream five-a-side team. "Gianfranco is the best player I have ever played with, he was magical on the ball,"

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