90 Chelsea Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Liverpool

Benayoun played for all four of these teams as well as Chelsea, also playing in Spain, the Netherlands, and his native Israel. He retired at Beitar Jerusalem in 2019 at the age of 39.

Answer: The Netherlands

Signed from Feyenoord in 1997, de Goey made 123 appearances for The Blues before moving to Stoke City in 2003. He was in the teams that won the 1998 English League Cup, the 1998 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 2000 English FA Cup.

Answer: Italy

Gianfranco played his first game for Italy in 1991 against Norway. He missed a vital penalty against Germany in Euro 96, which meant that Italy would not progress from the group stages. He was voted as Chelsea's greatest player of all-time in 2003. He played for Napoli, Parma, and Cagliari amongst others in the Italian league.

Answer: 1905

Chelsea FC were founded on 14 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (later The Butcher's Hook), opposite the main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, and were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards.

Answer: Five

Incredibly, Chelsea and Liverpool were drawn against each other in the group stages of the champions league as Liverpool were the fifth English team in the competition after winning it the previous year, yet only finishing fifth in the league. They also met twice in the league and in the FA Cup semi-final.

Answer: Parma

Adrian Mutu scored 16 goals in league matches.

Answer: 1905

The club also moved into Stamford Bridge in this year, which was built in 1877.

Answer: Luton Town

Chelsea beat Luton 2-0 in front of a packed Wembley Stadium.

Answer: 1955

Although coming close on a few occasions since, these perennial underachievers have not managed another title.

Answer: Atletico Madrid

Courtois spent three years on loan at Atletico, playing in a Champions League final in that time. He then returned to Chelsea as the long-term replacement for Petr Cech. He departed for Real Madrid in 2018, in a move which angered fans of both Chelsea and Atletico Madrid.

Answer: Barcelona

Ferrer came through the youth system at Barcelona, for whom he would go on to play over 200 games between 1990-1998 before moving to Chelsea. A combination of injuries and fewer games due to squad rotation saw Ferrer retire from playing in 2003 at the relatively young age of 33.

Answer: David Luiz

David Luiz was signed from Portugese side Benfica. He became an instant hero at Chelsea, scoring brilliant goals at Manchester United and Manchester City in his first season with the Blues. He was named FA Premier League Player of the Month for March 2011. He scored against Manchester United again in the 2011-12 season and, in March 2012, he was named Man of the Match for his second-leg performance against Napoli in the Champions League.
Bryan Ruiz is a Costa Rican who wa splaying for Fulham in the 2011-12 season, and Neymar and Ronaldinho are both Brazilian strikers (both of them were playing in the Brazilian first division in 2011-12, Neymar for Santos and Ronaldinho for Flamengo).

Answer: Portugal

Ricardo played his first game for Portugal in October 2003 against Albania. He was part of the Porto team that won the champions league in 2004. He was also voted the best defender in the Champions League for that year.

Answer: Blue

It's been Chelsea FC main colour since its foundation in 1905.

Answer: Hamburg SV

The nickname of "the cannibal" came from Boulharouz's reputation of "eating up" opposition attacks.

Answer: West Ham United

Lampard scored 24 goals for West Ham from 1995 to 2001.

Answer: John Tait Robertson

Robertson managed the club from it's inauguration in 1905 through to 1907. Calderhead then took the reigns for 26 years between 1907-33, followed by Knighton between 1933-39, and Birrell was 1939-52, which was interrupted by World War II.

Answer: Gavin Peacock

I wonder how the game would have went had that gone in.

Answer: Ted Drake

Ted, managed this great feat with a squad of mostly English players, who would believe it.

Answer: Eden and Thorgan Hazard

Eden has been the more successful brother both at Chelsea and in terms of trophies. Both of the brothers played together for the Belgian national team, which Eden also captained. A third Hazard brother, Kylian, joined from Hungarian side Ujpest in 2017.

Answer: Los Angeles Galaxy

Babayaro moved to Chelsea from Belgian side Anderlecht in 1997. After dropping down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge he moved to Newcastle United in 2005.

In 2008 he signed for LA Galaxy where he was reunited with manager Ruud Gullit who had brought him to Chelsea. Babayaro left LA Galaxy a short time later having played only 45 minutes in a pre-season friendly against FC Seoul. Although not officially stated at the time, it is widely regarded that the reason Babayaro left was because of a falling out between Babayaro and the club hierarchy at Galaxy. The club were disappointed with Babayaro's attitude and apparent lack of motivation, while Babayaro himself was disheartened with the facilities at the club.

Answer: England

Frank Lampard has been a prolific player for both club and country. Signed from West Ham United at the start of the 2001-02 season, he made an instant impact making 164 consecutive appearances in the Premier League. Internationally, he made his debut for England in Ocotber 1999will most probably almost be remembered for the disallowed goal against Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which would tied the game at 2-2 (Germany went on to win 4-1 and progressed to the quarter-finals).

Answer: Stamford Bridge

Stamford Bridge is near Heathrow airport. Stamford Bridge is a football stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea.

Answer: Ivory Coast

Didier played his first international match for the Ivory Coast against South Africa on 8 September. He was famously sent off for Chelsea in the 2008 Champions League final for slapping an opponent against Manchester United. United went on to win the game on penalties. Didier played for Marseilles in the French league before signing for Chelsea in 2004.

Answer: Scunthorpe United FC

He played for Scunthorpe United FC on loan in 2007-08 season. Although Scunthorpe were relegated from Football League Championship to Football League One, Jack Cork was voted the club's Player Of The Year.