Chelsea Football Club selects IFS as Principal Partner

London, UK – 20 February, 2026 – IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, today announces a multi-year global partnership with Chelsea Football Club. As part of this commitment, IFS will be elevated to Principal Partner with immediate effect, featuring on Chelsea's front of shirt for the remainder of the 25/26 season — marking the beginning of a long-term collaboration that places advanced AI at the heart of football performance, operational excellence and fan engagement.

IFS, the world’s leading provider of Industrial AI software, enables organizations to deliver tangible results with AI by solving complex, real-world operational problems. The partnership will see IFS bring its software and market-leading AI agents to Chelsea to drive precision across the club’s operations, enhancing performance in almost every aspect of the club’s work.

This partnership positions Chelsea at the forefront of football’s technological evolution. By harnessing the power of IFS AI to connect people, assets and intelligence in real time, the club is sharpening its competitive edge on the pitch while elevating the experience for millions of fans worldwide.  

For Chelsea, this agreement signals an intent to lead from the front — not only on the pitch, but in how elite clubs are built and operated. By embedding advanced AI into its foundations, the club is reinforcing its long-term ambition to set the benchmark for performance and innovation in global sport.

“We are incredibly proud to partner with IFS and leverage their leading edge AI software to help propel the club to even greater success,” said Jason Gannon, President of Chelsea FC. “This partnership is a statement of intent to keep leading in this field, harnessing the opportunities advanced technology brings and unlocking the power of AI to improve everything we do on and off the pitch.”

Mark Moffat, Chief Executive Officer of IFS, said: “In sport as in industry, the margins are small, the stakes are high, and the right decision at the right moment is everything. That’s what IFS Industrial AI delivers for the industries that power the global economy. Chelsea FC holds itself to that same uncompromising standard, and that shared ambition is exactly why we’re proud to be their Principal Partner.”

Learn more about the partnership here.

About IFS

IFS is the world's leading provider of Industrial AI for hardcore businesses that service, power and protect our planet. Our technology enables businesses that manufacture goods, maintain complex assets, and manage service-focused operations to unlock the transformative power of Industrial AI™ — enhancing productivity, efficiency, and sustainability in the industries that matter most.

IFS.ai is fully composable, designed for ultimate flexibility and adaptability to each customer's specific requirements and business evolution. By leveraging AI, machine learning, real-time data and analytics, IFS empowers its customers to make informed strategic decisions and excel at their Moment of Service™.

The scale of that impact is already embedded in the infrastructure of daily life. Today, $2.4 trillion in critical assets are managed by customers running IFS.ai. Every year, 800 million airline passengers fly on aircraft maintained using our platform, while 2 billion people rely on elevators and walkways we service. 200 billion packages are produced and distributed annually by manufacturers running IFS.ai, and 250 million jobs are scheduled each year through our technology. For IFS, this is not a market opportunity; it is the responsibility that comes with being the world's leading provider of Industrial AI.

IFS was founded in 1983 by five university friends who pitched a tent outside our first customer's site to ensure they would be available 24/7 and the needs of the customer would always come first. Since then, IFS has grown into a global leader with over 7,000 employees in 80 countries. Driven by those foundational values of agility, customer-centricity, and trust, IFS is recognised worldwide for delivering value and supporting strategic transformations. We are the most recommended supplier in our sector. Visit ifs.com to learn why.

About Chelsea Football Club  

Chelsea Football Club is one of the top football clubs globally and our men’s team are reigning world champions, having won the four-yearly FIFA Club World Cup in 2025.  

We had previously won the 2021 edition of the competition, held in 2022 due to the pandemic and that success followed winning the UEFA Champions League for a second time. Our women’s team, Chelsea Women, are also multiple trophy winners.    

Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London’s most central football club, based at the iconic 40,000-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. Nicknamed the Blues, the club lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2012 and domestically has won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup eight times, the Football League Cup five times and the Football League Championship once, in 1955.  

The 2021 Champions League and UEFA Super Cup triumphs ensured Chelsea became the first club to win four major UEFA club competitions twice, following our earlier successes in those two competitions as well as the Europa League and Cup Winners’ Cup. Having added the UEFA Conference League in 2025, the Blues are the only club to have won all the current UEFA club competitions.    

The Chelsea Women’s team have enjoyed a huge amount of success and in 2025 won the FA Women’s Super League for a sixth consecutive year and the eighth time overall. The Women’s FA Cup has been won on six occasions. We have also captured the FA Women’s League Cup three times as well as reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in 2021. In two seasons, 2020/21 and 2024/25, a domestic treble of trophies was secured.  

In addition to possessing some of the world’s most recognisable players, Chelsea has also invested in our future with a state-of-the-art Academy and training centre in Cobham, Surrey. Since the Academy building’s opening in 2008, the club has won seven FA Youth Cups, back-to-back UEFA Youth League titles in 2015 and 2016, and the U23 and U18 Premier League national championships most recently in 2019/20 and 2017/18 respectively.  

The Chelsea Foundation boasts one of the most extensive community initiatives in sport, helping to improve the lives of children and young people all over the world.

Media contacts

IFS

Mairi Morgan 
IFS, Director of Corporate & Executive Communications 
+44 7918 607 299
mairi.morgan@ifs.com

Chelsea

Nerissa Chesterfield

Chelsea FC

+44 7791 390 268 
nerissa.chesterfield@chelseafc.com