CHELSEA F.C

Chelsea
Full name Chelsea Football Club
Nickname(s) The Pensioners
The Blues
Founded March 14, 1905
Ground Stamford Bridge
Fulham Road
London SW6
England
Capacity 42,055[1]
Chairman Flag of the United States Bruce Buck
Manager Flag of Israel Avram Grant
League Premier League
2006–07 Premier League, 2nd
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First-team squad
No. Position Player
1 Flag of the Czech Republic GK Petr Čech
3 Flag of England DF Ashley Cole
4 Flag of France MF Claude Makélélé
5 Flag of Ghana MF Michael Essien
6 Flag of Portugal DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 Flag of Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 Flag of England MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
9 Flag of England MF Steve Sidwell
10 Flag of England MF Joe Cole
11 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire FW Didier Drogba
12 Flag of Nigeria MF John Obi Mikel
13 Flag of Germany MF Michael Ballack
14 Flag of Peru FW Claudio Pizarro

No. Position Player
15 Flag of France MF Florent Malouda
17 Flag of England FW Scott Sinclair
18 Flag of England DF Wayne Bridge
20 Flag of Portugal DF Paulo Ferreira
21 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire FW Salomon Kalou
22 Flag of Israel DF Tal Ben-Haim
23 Flag of Italy GK Carlo Cudicini
24 Flag of England MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 Flag of England DF John Terry (captain)
33 Flag of Brazil DF Alex
35 Flag of Brazil DF Juliano Belletti
40 Flag of Portugal GK Henrique Hilário

Players out on loan
No. Position Player
–– Flag of Argentina FW Hernán Crespo (at Internazionale until June 2008)[65]
–– Flag of the Netherlands DF Khalid Boulahrouz (at Sevilla until June 2008)[66]
46 Flag of England DF Jimmy Smith (at Norwich, until December 2007[67])
44 Flag of England DF Michael Mancienne (at QPR until May 2008[68])
47 Flag of Israel FW Ben Sahar (at QPR until January 2008)[69]
–– Flag of England DF Adrian Pettigrew (at Brentford until October 2007)[70]
37 Flag of England MF Jack Cork (at Scunthorpe until January 2008)[71]
43 Flag of England DF Ryan Bertrand (at Oldham until January 2008)[72]
–– Flag of the Philippines FW Phil Younghusband (at Esbjerg until January 2008)[73]