NICKNAME: Blues

FOUNDED: 1905

MANAGER: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GROUND: Stamford Bridge

LAST SEASON:

League Second FA Cup Quarter-finals Carling Cup Beaten finalists Champions League Beaten finalists

HONOURS:

European Cup Winners' Cup Winners (2) 1970-71, 1997-98

European Super Cup Winners (1) 1998

Premier League Champions (2) 2004-05, 2005-06

Division One Champions (1) 1954-55

Division Two Champions (2) 1983-84, 1988-89

FA Cup Winners (4) 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007

League Cup Winners (4) 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007

Full Members' Cup Winners (1) 1986

Zenith Data Systems Cup Winners (1) 1990

RECORD VICTORY: League 9-2 v Glossop NE, Division Two, 01-09-1906 Cup 13-0 v Jeunesse Hautcharage, European Cup Winners' Cup First Round Second Leg, 29-09-1971

RECORD DEFEAT: 1-8 v Wolverhampton, Division One, 26-09-1953

RECORD ATTENDANCE: 82,905 v Arsenal, Division One, 12-10-1935

RECORD TRANSFER PAID: £30m, Andriy Shevchenko to AC Milan, July 2006

RECORD TRANSFER RECEIVED: £12m, Tore Andre Flo from Rangers, November 2000

TOP LEAGUE GOALSCORER: Season Jimmy Greaves, 41, 1960-61 All-time Bobby Tambling, 164, 1958-70

MOST LEAGUE APPEARANCES: Ron Harris, 665, 1962-80