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Chelsea, along with Arsenal, were the first club to play with shirt numbers, on25August 1928 in their match against Swansea Town.[110] They were the first Englishside to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited NewcastleUnited on 19 April 1957,[111] and the first First Division side to play a matchon aSunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974. On 26 December 1999,Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign starting lineup(noBritish or Irish players) in a Premier League match against Southampton.[112]5/20/2016 Chelsea F.C. Wikipedia,the free encyclopediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C. 9/21Chelsea owner RomanAbramovichIn May 2007, Chelsea were the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium, having also been thelast to win it at the old Wembley.[113] They were the first English club to be ranked #1 under UEFA's fiveyearcoefficient system in the 21st century.[114] They were the first team in Premier League history to score at least 100

goals in a single season, reaching the milestone on the final day of the 200910 season.[28] Chelsea are the onlyLondon club to win the UEFA Champions League, after beating Bayern Munich in the 2012 final.[4][115] Uponwinning the 201213 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the first English club to win all four Europeantrophies and the only club to hold the Champions League and the Europa League at the same time.[116]