Chelsea FC’s First 11 Black Players – Exhibition Launch

Tomorrow, we launch the next exhibition in our First 11 Black Players project, this time at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea Football Club are next in our series of exhibitions celebrating the achievements of the club’s first 11 players of Black heritage – and what a line-up it is.

Alongside the main exhibition, the Lionesses exhibition will also be on display, as two of the first 11 Black Lionesses – Anita Asante and Eniola Aluko – are Chelsea FC legends. We are thrilled to have Anita Asante, Paul Canoville (the club’s first player of Black heritage), Ken Monkou (fifth Black player for the club) and Paul Elliott MBE (the club’s first Black captain) in attendance for the launch.

Chelsea FC are proud of their Black history and how it forms a crucial part of the club’s foundation for success.

But who followed in Paul Canoville’s footsteps? Here are Chelsea FC’s first 11 Black players:

Watch the short film below on how the event went down: