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Chelsea

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Team information

Official name Chelsea Football Club

Club address Stamford Bridge, London SW6 1HS

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5. Darkness after Light

In 1965, Chelsea defeated Leicester 3-2 in the final and won the League Cup, their earliest cup title. In the mid-to-late 1960s, Chelsea had Peter Osgood, the king of Stamford Bridge.

In the 1970s, Chelsea became a formidable force in cup competitions. In 1970, the Blues won the first FA Cup championship in the club's history. They defeated the then English hegemon Leeds United in the final and final play-off. During the process of winning the FA Cup, Osgood every time Scored every round. That year, Chelsea also finished third in the league.

Winning the FA Cup gave Chelsea the opportunity to compete in the European Cup Winners' Cup. They reached the final. In the final, facing Spain's Real Madrid, Chelsea first drew with their opponent and then played in the extra round. They won 2-1 and won the club's first European championship.

However, the decline came quickly after the glory. Chelsea's reconstruction of the Stamford Bridge stadium led to heavy debts, and later sold the star Osgood. Four years after winning the European Cup Winners' Cup, Chelsea It was downgraded to Grade B and its debt reached ￡3 million.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Chelsea reached its lowest point in history. There were three head coaches in four years, but they were promoted to the First Division and quickly relegated again, and struggled for a long time in the Second Division. In 1982, in a London derby between Chelsea and the Orient, only 6,009 spectators watched the game. At that time, the club was in arrears with player wages, the bank refused to give Chelsea a loan, and the Blues were on the verge of death.

6. Acquisition of Chelsea for ￡1

In the late 1970s, Chelsea had to sell the Stamford Bridge Stadium due to debts. The buyer planned to convert the stadium into a residential area or supermarket, and Let the Blues borrow Fulham's home ground. At this time, Chelsea was the poorest club in England, and the charity they used to raise funds was even losing money.

In this context, the arrival of businessman Ken Bates became a decisive turning point. If Abramovich's arrival in the summer of 2003 made Chelsea reach the highest level, If so, Bates saved Chelsea's life. He paid off Chelsea's debts and bought the Chelsea club for a symbolic fee of 1 pound. After that, Bates advocated for the restoration of Stamford Bridge. He did not hesitate to fight a 10-year lawsuit and regained the Stamford Bridge stadium in 1992.

Bates

Under the leadership of Bates, Chelsea began a prudent management path. A large number of well-known players were fired, and head coach John Neal (John Neal) was looking for Young replacement. During this period, Chelsea came close to falling into the abyss of destruction. They were once in danger of being relegated to Division C. In the crucial relegation battle with Bolton, Clive Walker scored at the last minute to win the game. A life-saving victory, and a draw in the subsequent round ensured Chelsea's relegation success.

While Betts operated off the field, head coach Neal did the magic on the field.

In the summer of 1983, he spent a very small transfer fee to sign six new players and began to rebuild the team. In that season, Chelsea won the Second Division championship and returned to the First Division. Later, Chelsea experienced another relegation. In the 1990s, the Blues maintained the image of a mid-to-lower team in the First Division.

In 1993, Glenn Hoddle became Chelsea manager. By this time, Bates had brought the club out of the quagmire of poverty, and the team could begin to spend more than one million pounds on players. . Among the players Hoddle introduced was Ruud Gullit, the famous leader of the Dutch Three Musketeers. When Hoddle became the England coach in 1996, the coach took over the coaching job.

Starting with Hoddle and carried forward by Gullit, Chelsea began an era of introducing big foreign names. Using his connections in Europe, Gullit successively bought Vialli, Di Matteo, Leboeuf and other foreign players for Chelsea. Later, Zola arrived. This little Italian was later rated as Chelsea's best player by Blues fans. Best player in history.

It is the joining of many big-name players that has enhanced Chelsea's reputation and the team's performance has also improved. The FA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, and the European Super Cup followed one after another, and Chelsea began to become an important force in England. After Gullit, Vialli became the head coach, and the internationalization of the Blues' lineup has been moving forward. During this period, they entered the Champions League for the first time. Bates's painstaking efforts finally brought Chelsea to Brought back the ranks of strong teams.

7. His name is Abramovich

The conflict between Vialli and the club caused him to leave his position as head coach. Ranieri, an Italian who had coached at Fiorentina and Valencia, replaced him. In Ranieri's first season, Chelsea finished fifth in the league, and Dutchman Hasselbaink was the Premier League's top scorer with 23 goals.

After that, Ranieri began to build his own team. He purged Wise, Poyet, Leboeuf and others, and spent 42 million pounds to buy the Canadian team. Lars, Lampard, Petit, Grenjaer, Zenden and Jokanovic. That season, Chelsea reached the FA Cup final, losing to Arsenal, and finished sixth in the league.

Chelsea's debts began to increase as a result of spending large sums on transfers, repairs to Stamford Bridge and the construction of a luxury hotel. In the following 2002-03 season, Ranieri could only fight with limited funds, but he led the team to the Champions League, and defeating Liverpool in the final round became the key.

The man who changed the landscape of world football

On July 2, 2003, the Russian Abramovich purchased the debt-ridden Chelsea Club. At that time, the Russian was still Unknown to everyone, when he first took over, people couldn't foresee the future. Will the club have enough transfer funds? Will the head coach be changed? Few people realize that the 36-year-old Russian is about to change the landscape of world football.

When the new season came, Chelsea shocked the world. Abramovich spent more on buying players before the season than any club before. A group of new players from England such as Glen Johnson, Bridge, and Joe Cole arrived, and big names such as Gremi, Veron, Duff, and Crespo joined successively. Makelele's joining the team completed the final construction. In the transfer market, Chelsea's spending exceeded 100 million pounds, and a new era has arrived.

Abramovich’s first season after taking over was also Ranieri’s last. Chelsea finished second in the league and also achieved outstanding results including eliminating Arsenal in the Champions League. But obviously Chelsea's desire for results is not limited to this. After the end of the season, Ranieri left and Mourinho arrived.

Ranieri said he laid the foundations for a future Chelsea empire, with Mourinho inheriting the players he left behind and building the team his own way. In two years, Chelsea won two league championships and the League Cup. The Blues used their brilliant record to celebrate their centenary celebrations.