Chelsea football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| League: Premier League (Eng) | ||||||||||
| Nickname: The Blues | ||||||||||
| Year Founded: 1905 | ||||||||||
| Location: London, England | ||||||||||
| Stadium: Stamford Bridge | ||||||||||
| Capacity: 42420 | ||||||||||
| Official Website: chelseafc.com | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £30m for Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan in 2006 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £24.46m for Arjen Robben from Real Madrid in 2007 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 26 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 20 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: John Terry (12 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Staff | ||||||||||
| - | Carlo Ancelotti (Ita) | Mgr | 51 | Reggiolo | - | - | 06/2012 | 2009 | Un-attached | Hired |
| - | Frank Arnesen (Den) | DoF | 53 | Copenhagen | - | - | - | 2005 | Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) | Hired |
| - | Steve Clarke (Sco) | Ast | 47 | Saltcoats | 177 | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Giovanni Mauri (Ita) | Coa. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Petr Cech (Cze) | GK | 28 | Plzen | 196 | 92 | 06/2013 | 2004 | Rennes (Fra) | £7m |
| 22 | Ross Turnbull (Eng) | GK | 25 | Bishop Auckland | 193 | 84 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Un-attached | Free |
| 40 | Hilario (Por) | GK | 34 | Porto | 189 | 88 | - | 2006 | Nacional (Por) | Bosman |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Branislav Ivanovic (Srb) | RB | 26 | Sremska Mitrovica | 188 | 86 | 06/2011 | 2008 | Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus) | Undisc. |
| 17 | Jose Bosingwa (Por) | RB | 28 | Mbandaka | 181 | 72 | 06/2011 | 2008 | FC Porto (Por) | Undisc. |
| 19 | Paulo Ferreira (Por) | RB | 31 | Cascais | 182 | 76 | 06/2013 | 2004 | FC Porto (Por) | £13.2m |
| 3 | Ashley Cole (Eng) | LB | 29 | Stepney | 176 | 66 | 06/2013 | 2006 | Arsenal (Eng) | Swap |
| 52 | Patrick van Aanholt (Ned) | LB | 20 | 's-Hertogenbosch | 175 | 67 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | John Terry (Eng) | CD | 29 | Barking | 183 | 78 | 06/2014 | 1998 | Youth | Free |
| 33 | Alex (Bra) | CD | 28 | Niter?i | 188 | 92 | 06/2010 | 2007 | PSV (Ned) | £? |
| 43 | Jeffrey Bruma (Ned) | CD | 18 | Rotterdam | - | - | 06/2014 | 2007 | Feyenoord (Ned) | £100k |
| - | Tomas Kalas (Cze) | CD | 17 | - | 184 | 70 | - | 2010 | Sigma Olomouc (Cze) | £? |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 5 | Mickael Essien (Gha) | DM | 27 | Accra | 180 | 78 | 06/2015 | 2005 | Lyon (Fra) | £24.43m |
| 8 | Frank Lampard (Eng) | CM | 32 | Romford | 185 | 75 | 06/2014 | 2001 | West Ham United (Eng) | £11m |
| 12 | John Obi Mikel (Nig) | CM | 23 | Jos | 188 | 86 | 06/2014 | 2006 | Lyn (Nor) | £16m |
| - | Ramires (Bra) | CM | 23 | Rio de Janeiro | 180 | 64 | 06/2014 | 2010 | Benfica (Por) | £18m |
| - | Yossi Benayoun (Isr) | MF | 30 | Beer-Sheva | 178 | 70 | 06/2013 | 2010 | Liverpool (Eng) | £5.5m |
| 21 | Salomon Kalou (IvC) | RW | 25 | Oume | 178 | 70 | 06/2012 | 2006 | Feyenoord (Ned) | Undisc. |
| 15 | Florent Malouda (Fra) | LW | 30 | Cayenne | 181 | 73 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Lyon (Fra) | Undisc. |
| 18 | Yuri Zhirkov (Rus) | LW | 27 | Tambov | 185 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2009 | CSKA Moscow (Rus) | £18m |
| 44 | Gael Kakuta (Fra) | LW | 19 | Lille | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| 11 | Didier Drogba (IvC) | ST | 32 | Abidjan | 180 | 74 | 06/2012 | 2004 | Marseille (Fra) | £24m |
| 23 | Daniel Sturridge (Eng) | ST | 21 | Birmingham | 188 | 76 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Manchester City (Eng) | £3.5m |
| 39 | Nicolas Anelka (Fra) | ST | 31 | Versailles | 185 | 82 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Bolton Wanderers (Eng) | £15m |
| 45 | Fabio Borini (Ita) | ST | 19 | Bentivoglio | - | - | - | 2007 | - | - |
Youth Players | ||||||||||
| - | Mauro da Silva (Por) | CD | - | - | - | - | - | 2002 | FC Porto (Por) | Free |
| - | Gustavo De Araujo (Bra) | CD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Jacob Mellis (Eng) | WG | - | - | - | - | Schol. | 2007 | Sheffield United (Eng) | £? |
| - | Thomas Lyskov | - | - | - | - | - | 06/2010 | 2005 | Reading (Eng) | TBC |