Chelsea have won the UEFA Conference League with a 4-1 victory over Real Betis in the final.
Their win over the Spanish side in the Polish city of Wroclaw on Wednesday came thanks to goals from Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho, and Moises Caicedo.
It means a trophy in his first season for Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca, who also guided the west London side to fourth place in the Premier League, with the youngest squad in the competition’s history.
Their victory over Nottingham Forest in their final league match of the season on Sunday meant they had already qualified for next season’s Champions League.
The Conference League win is Chelsea’s seventh European title from the current crop of trophies, to go with a pair of Champions Leagues, Europa Leagues, and UEFA Super Cups.
It also makes Chelsea the first club to win all four of the current crop of European competitions.
The win also delivers the first trophy of the Clearlake Capital ownership era.
Prior to this, during the 2022 – 2023 and 2023 – 2024 seasons, Chelsea failed to secure any major trophies.
The former season was notably turbulent, seeing Chelsea finish 12th in the Premier League.
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Former Chelsea winger Joe Cole described Cole Palmer as an “absolute genius” after he helped the team overturn a 1-0 half-time deficit.
“We don’t produce these players”, Cole said on TNT Sports.
“They don’t fall off trees. He took the game by the scruff of the neck tonight and made it happen.
“There aren’t many players in world football who can do what he does.”
He added: “Chelsea is a huge club at this level…and what I would say, for these young players and this team to win a trophy, it’s going to take them to the next level.”
