Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea
Club Name	Chelsea Football Club
PES Name	London FC
Nickname(s)	The Blues, The Pensioners, Chelski
Founded	1905
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Division	English Premier League

Chelsea F.C. was one of 2 licensed EPL teams in PES 5, but their license was axed in favour of Manchester United in PES 6. After the club's recent success in real life over the last couple of years, the team has recieved a large improvement in stat quality of their players and team in general.

[edit] PES

They appeared as an unlicensed team named Chelsea.

[edit] PES 2

They appeared as an unlicensed team named Liguria.

[edit] PES 3 & 4

They appeared as an unlicensed team named West London Blue.

[edit] PES 5

They were licensed in this edition of the game.

[edit] PES 6 - 2013

They appeared as an unlicensed team named London FC.

[edit] Players

During Jose Mourinho's reign as manager, Chelsea were considered one of the best teams in the game with Petr Cech in goal, John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho as a centre-back pairing, Paulo Ferreira and Ashley Cole as full-backs, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and John Obi Mikel in a central-midfield three, and Florent Malouda, Arjen Robben and Didier Drogba in a front-three.

However after the portuguese coach left the club, his successors Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti all used a 4-4-2 "diamond" formation with full-backs Jose Bosingwa and Ashley Cole providing the width for the four central midfielders Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, John Obi Mikel and Michael Ballack.

It was only after new portuguese coach Andre Villas-Boas was appointed that Chelsea reverted back to a ball-playing 4-3-3 formation with John Terry and new signing David Luiz forming a defensive pairing, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole as full-backs, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard and new signing Raul Meireles in a midfield three, Daniel Sturridge and new signing Juan Mata as wingers, and new club record signing Fernando Torres as the main striker. Andre Villas-Boas was sacked after a poor run of results in the league and Roberto Di Matteo was appointed as Chelsea boss midway through the 2011/2012 season, Chelsea went on to win the UEFA Champions League by playing in a new counter-attacking style.

Before the start of the 2012/2013 season, Chelsea invested heavily on the likes of Eden Hazard, Oscar, Marko Marin, Victor Moses and Cesar Azpilicueta. The team also adopted a new 4-5-1 ball-playing formation with John Terry and Gary Cahill as the centre-back pairing, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole as full-backs, John Obi Mikel and Frank Lampard as holding midfielders, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard on both flanks and Oscar playing behind Fernando Torres.

[edit] Current Squad

Pos.	Name	Information
	Petr Cech
	David Luiz
	John Terry	CAPTAIN
	Branislav Ivanovic
	Ashley Cole
	John Obi Mikel
	Frank Lampard
	Eden Hazard
	Ryan Bertrand
	Juan Mata
	Fernando Torres
	Ross Turnbull
	Henrique Hilario
	Gary Cahill
	Paulo Ferreira
	Cesar Azpilicueta
	Oriol Romeu
	Ramires
	Victor Moses
	Marko Marin
	Florent Malouda
	Oscar
	Demba Ba
	Jamal Blackman	Change squad number to 46
	Lucas Piazon	Change squad number to 35