2007–08 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
2007–08 season
OwnerRoman Abramovich
ChairmanBruce Buck
ManagerJosé Mourinho
(until 20 September)[1]
Avram Grant
(from 20 September)
StadiumStamford Bridge
Premier League2nd
FA CupSixth round
League CupRunners-up
FA Community ShieldRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Frank Lampard (10)
All: Frank Lampard (20)
Highest home attendance41,837 (vs. Fulham, 29 September)
Lowest home attendance24,973 (vs. Rosenborg, 18 September)

The 2007–08 season was Chelsea Football Club's 94th competitive season, 16th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 102nd year as a club. Manager José Mourinho left the club by mutual consent on 20 September 2007[2] following a disappointing 1–1 draw with Rosenborg and was replaced by the Israeli Avram Grant.[3]

The 2007–08 Premier League season was decided on the last day of the season, when Chelsea needed to win against Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United to either draw or lose against Wigan Athletic. Chelsea drew 1–1 and Manchester United won 2–0, thus making Chelsea runners-up to United for the second consecutive season.

Chelsea played in their first UEFA Champions League Final, against Manchester United, making it the first all-English final in the competition's history. After extra time the score was 1–1, and the game went to a penalty shootout. Captain John Terry had the opportunity to win the title for Chelsea, however, he slipped as he took his shot and missed. Manchester United ultimately won the penalty shootout 6–5 after Edwin van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty.

Chelsea went the entire 2007–08 campaign without suffering a single defeat at home. In spite of this, this was the first season in four years that Chelsea had finished the season without a trophy; the lack of silverware led to Avram Grant being sacked three days after the Champions League final.[4] Five days later, Chelsea's assistant first-team coach, Henk ten Cate, had his contract terminated as well.[5]

Kits

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Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CZE Petr Čech
2 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović
3 DF  ENG Ashley Cole
4 MF  FRA Claude Makélélé
5 MF  GHA Michael Essien
6 DF  POR Ricardo Carvalho
7 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko
8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
9 MF  ENG Steve Sidwell
10 MF  ENG Joe Cole
11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba
12 MF  NGA Mikel John Obi
13 MF  GER Michael Ballack
14 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro
15 MF  FRA Florent Malouda
17 MF  ENG Scott Sinclair
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ENG Wayne Bridge
20 DF  POR Paulo Ferreira
21 FW  CIV Salomon Kalou
22 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim
23 GK  ITA Carlo Cudicini
24 MF  ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 DF  ENG John Terry (captain)
27 FW  ISR Ben Sahar
28 MF  ENG Michael Woods
30 GK  WAL Rhys Taylor
33 DF  BRA Alex
35 DF  BRA Juliano Belletti
39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka
40 GK  POR Henrique Hilário
41 DF  ENG Sam Hutchinson
42 MF  ENG Lee Sawyer

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Glen Johnson (to Portsmouth)
16 MF  NED Arjen Robben (to Real Madrid)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  FRA Lassana Diarra (to Arsenal)
39 DF  ENG Harry Worley (to Leicester City)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 MF  ENG Anthony Grant
32 DF  ENG Carl Magnay[6]
34 MF  ENG Liam Bridcutt[7]
37 MF  ENG Jack Cork
No. Pos. Nation Player
43 DF  ENG Ryan Bertrand
44 DF  ENG Michael Mancienne
46 MF  ENG Jimmy Smith

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
Res MF Jacob Mellis Sheffield United Undisclosed June 2007
Res FW Danny Philliskirk Oldham Athletic Undisclosed[8] 1 June 2007
14 FW Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Free[9] 1 June 2007
22 DF Tal Ben Haim Bolton Wanderers Free[10] 14 June 2007
9 MF Steve Sidwell Reading Free[11] 1 July 2007
15 MF Florent Malouda Lyon £13,500,000[12] 10 July 2007
Res FW Fabio Borini Bologna Free[13] 31 July 2007
33 DF Alex PSV Loan return 10 August 2007
35 DF Juliano Belletti Barcelona €5,500,000[14] 23 August 2007
39 FW Nicolas Anelka Bolton Wanderers £15,000,000[15] 11 January 2008
2 DF Branislav Ivanović Lokomotiv Moscow £9,700,000[16] 16 January 2008
N/A FW Franco Di Santo Audax Italiano Undisclosed[17] 25 January 2008

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
33 DF Nuno Morais APOEL Free[18] 12 May 2007
N/A DF Jonas Elmer Aarau Undisclosed 25 June 2007
41 GK Yves Ma-Kalambay Hibernian Free[19] 27 June 2007
14 MF Geremi Newcastle United Free[20] 6 July 2007
N/A GK James Russell Stevenage Borough Free 8 August 2007
16 MF Arjen Robben Real Madrid £21,000,000[21] 22 August 2007
2 DF Glen Johnson Portsmouth £4,000,000[22] 31 August 2007
19 MF Lassana Diarra Arsenal Undisclosed[23] 31 August 2007
N/A MF Juan Sebastián Verón Estudiantes La Plata Free 2007

Overall transfer activity

Club

Management

Position Staff
Managers José Mourinho
(until 20 September)
Avram Grant
(20 September–24 May)
Assistant managers Steve Clarke
Avram Grant
(until 20 September)
Henk ten Cate
(20 September–29 May)
Goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon
Head scout Michael Emenalo
Club doctor Dr. Bryan English
Chief scout and director of youth development Frank Arnesen
Reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers
Youth team manager Paul Clement
Academy manager Neil Bath

Last updated: 13 April 2009
Source: Chelsea FC

Other information

Owner Roman Abramovich
Chairman Bruce Buck
Chief Executive Peter Kenyon
Director of Communications Simon Greenberg
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Stamford Bridge (42,055 / 110x75 yards)

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Pre-season

14 July 2007 Chelsea 2–1 América Stanford Stadium, California
02:00 BST Malouda 74'
Terry 83'		 Report Mosqueda 2' Attendance: 47,329
Referee: Kevin Scott
17 July 2007 Chelsea 1–0 Suwon Bluewings Home Depot Center, California
04:00 BST Drogba 83' Report Attendance: 15,349
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
22 July 2007 LA Galaxy 0–1 Chelsea Home Depot Center, California
02:00 BST Report Terry 48' Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Brian Hall
25 July 2007 Feyenoord 1–1 Chelsea Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
18:00 BST Hofland 45' Report Lampard 79' Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Ruud Bossen
28 July 2007 Rangers 2–0 Chelsea Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 BST Novo 84'
Šebo 86'		 Report Attendance: 50,380
Referee: Stuart Dougal
31 July 2007 Brøndby IF 0–2 Chelsea Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen
19:10 BST Report Drogba 61', 84' Attendance: 22,800

Competitions

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2007 FA Community Shield
5 August 2007 Final Chelsea 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)		 Manchester United London, England
15:00 BST Tal Ben Haim  33'
Malouda 45'
Carvalho  63'
Mikel  90+1'		 Report Giggs 35'
Rooney  45+3'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 80,731
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
Penalties
Pizzaro
Lampard
Wright-Phillips 		Ferdinand
Carrick
Rooney

Premier League

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 27 6 5 80 22 +58 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 +39 85
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 25 10 3 65 26  +39 85 12 7 0 36 13  +23 13 3 3 29 13  +16

Last updated: 5 May 2008.
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWDWLDLDWWWWDWWWLWDWWWWWDDWWWDWWWDWWWD
Points3671010111112151821242528313434373841444750535455586164656871747578818485
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2008. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 August 2007 1 Chelsea 3–2 Birmingham City Stamford Bridge, London
13:30 BST Pizarro 17'
Malouda 30'
Essien 49',  52'
Carvalho  79'		 (Report) Forssell 14'
Kapo 34'
Larsson  77'		 Attendance: 41,590
Referee: Steve Bennett
15 August 2007 2 Reading 1–2 Chelsea Madejski Stadium, Reading
20:00 BST Long  13'
Cissé  15'  72'
Bikey 30'
Hunt  37'
Ingimarsson  52'		 (Report) Carvalho  26'
Sidwell  31'
Lampard 47'
Drogba 50'
Wright-Phillips  76'
A. Cole  89'
Mikel  90'		 Attendance: 24,031
Referee: Mike Dean
19 August 2007 3 Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea Anfield, Liverpool
16:00 BST Torres 15'
Kuyt  30'
Pennant  40'
Gerrard  43'
Carragher  61'		 (Report) Essien  12'
A. Cole  59'
Ben Haim  63'
Lampard 62' (pen.),  70'
Terry  74'		 Attendance: 43,924
Referee: Robert Styles
25 August 2007 4 Chelsea 1–0 Portsmouth Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 BST Lampard 30' (Report) Davis  52'
Muntari  77'		 Attendance: 41,501
Referee: Alan Wiley
2 September 2007 5 Aston Villa 2–0 Chelsea Villa Park, Birmingham
16:00 BST Knight 47'
Reo-Coker  56'
Barry  66'
Agbonlahor  71', 88'
Carew  71'		 (Report) Drogba  70' Attendance: 31,714
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
15 September 2007 6 Chelsea 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Stamford Bridge, London
17:15 BST J. Cole  74'
Belletti  75'		 (Report) Warnock  82'
Savage  84'		 Attendance: 41,062
Referee: Howard Webb
23 September 2007 7 Manchester United 2–0 Chelsea Old Trafford, Manchester
16:00 BST Tevez 45+2'
Rooney  61'
Brown  80'
Saha 88' (pen.)		 (Report) Mikel  32'
J. Cole  73'
Terry  83'		 Attendance: 75,663
Referee: Mike Dean
29 September 2007 8 Chelsea 0–0 Fulham Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 BST Drogba  34'  73' (Report) Davis  82' Attendance: 41,837
Referee: Martin Atkinson
7 October 2007 9 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Chelsea Reebok Stadium, Middlebrook
15:00 BST Campo  18'
Diouf  24'
McCann  54'
Davies  72'
Jääskeläinen  90'		 (Report) Kalou 40'
Carvalho  69'		 Attendance: 20,059
Referee: Alan Wiley
20 October 2007 10 Middlesbrough 0–2 Chelsea Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Boateng  48' (Report) Drogba 8'
Alex 52'
Malouda  72'		 Attendance: 27,669
Referee: Mark Halsey
27 October 2007 11 Chelsea 6–0 Manchester City Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 BST Essien 17',  26'
Lampard  29'
Drogba 30', 55'
J. Cole 60'
Kalou 75'
Shevchenko 90'		 (Report) Richards  28'
Johnson  44'		 Attendance: 41,832
Referee: Mike Riley
3 November 2007 12 Wigan Athletic 0–2 Chelsea JJB Stadium, Wigan
15:00 GMT Landzaat  58'
Bramble  88'		 (Report) Lampard 10'
Belletti 17'
Drogba  65'		 Attendance: 19,011
Referee: Steve Bennett
11 November 2007 13 Chelsea 1–1 Everton Stamford Bridge, London
14:00 GMT Belletti  51'
Essien  66'
Drogba 70'		 (Report) Neville  39'
Cahill 88'
Pienaar  90+2'		 Attendance: 41,683
Referee: Alan Wiley
24 November 2007 14 Derby County 0–2 Chelsea Pride Park Stadium, Derby
17:15 GMT (Report) Kalou 16'
Wright-Phillips 72'
A. Cole  76'
Essien  90+2'		 Attendance: 32,789
Referee: Andre Marriner
1 December 2007 15 Chelsea 1–0 West Ham United Stamford Bridge, London
12:45 GMT Mikel  37'
Kalou  41'
Belletti  55'
Lampard  71'
J. Cole 76'
Terry  85'		 (Report) Etherington  23'
Solano  34'
Boa Morte  45'		 Attendance: 41,830
Referee: Howard Webb
8 December 2007 16 Chelsea 2–0 Sunderland Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Shevchenko 22'
Lampard 74' (pen.)		 (Report) Wallace  40'
Miller  88'		 Attendance: 41,707
Referee: Peter Walton
16 December 2007 17 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea Emirates Stadium, London
16:00 GMT Adebayor  22'
Eboué  35'
Gallas 45+2'
Flamini  63'
Fàbregas  90+7'		 (Report) Terry  30'
Lampard  30'
J. Cole  67'
Ben Haim  74'
Mikel  84'		 Attendance: 60,139
Referee: Alan Wiley
23 December 2007 18 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Chelsea Ewood Park, Blackburn
16:10 GMT Dunn  37' (Report) Alex  10'
J. Cole 21'
Carvalho  79'		 Attendance: 23,966
Referee: Steve Bennett
26 December 2007 19 Chelsea 4–4 Aston Villa Stamford Bridge, London
13:00 GMT Essien  19'
Shevchenko 45+4' (pen.), 49'
Alex 65',  90+2'
Carvalho  78'
Ballack 87',  90+2'
A. Cole  90+1'		 (Report) Maloney 13', 43'
Knight  45+2'
Reo-Coker  55'
Laursen 71'
Barry 90+2' (pen.)
Harewood  90+2'		 Attendance: 41,686
Referee: Phil Dowd
29 December 2007 20 Chelsea 2–1 Newcastle United Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Alex  5'
Essien 28'
Kalou 87'		 (Report) Faye  12'
Butt 56'
Given  88'		 Attendance: 41,751
Referee: Mike Riley
1 January 2008 21 Fulham 1–2 Chelsea Craven Cottage, Hammersmith and Fulham
12:45 GMT Murphy 9' (pen.)
Stefanović  67'		 (Report) Kalou 53'
Ballack 61' (pen.)		 Attendance: 25,357
Referee: Mark Halsey
12 January 2008 22 Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Belletti 18'
Makélélé  58'
Ballack  68'
Wright-Phillips 80'		 (Report) Boateng  23'
Malbranque  53'
O'Hara  75'
Lennon  78'		 Attendance: 41,777
Referee: Alan Wiley
19 January 2008 23 Birmingham City 0–1 Chelsea St. Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00 GMT Muamba  11' (Report) Pizarro  77', 78' Attendance: 26,567
Referee: Robert Styles
30 January 2008 24 Chelsea 1–0 Reading Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 GMT Ballack 31' (Report) Attendance: 41,171
Referee: Mike Dean
2 February 2008 25 Portsmouth 1–1 Chelsea Fratton Park, Hampshire
15:00 GMT Davis  22'
Pamarot  33'
Defoe 62'		 (Report) Anelka 54' Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Howard Webb
10 February 2008 26 Chelsea 0–0 Liverpool Stamford Bridge, London
16:00 GMT Belletti  3'
Carvalho  74'
Alex  78'		 (Report) Babel  41'
Riise  63'		 Attendance: 41,788
Referee: Mike Riley
1 March 2008 27 West Ham United 0–4 Chelsea Upton Park, London
15:00 GMT (Report) Lampard 16' (pen.),  34'
J. Cole 19'
Ballack 21',  36'
Terry  45+2'
A. Cole 63'		 Attendance: 34,969
Referee: Peter Walton
12 March 2008 28 Chelsea 6–1 Derby County Stamford Bridge, London
20:00 GMT Lampard 27' (pen.), 56', 65', 71'
Kalou 42'
J. Cole 63'		 (Report) Jones 72'
McEveley  85'		 Attendance: 39,447
Referee: Chris Foy
15 March 2008 29 Sunderland 0–1 Chelsea Stadium of Light, Sunderland
15:00 GMT Whitehead  51'
Leadbitter  58'		 (Report) Terry 9'
Mikel  60'		 Attendance: 44,679
Referee: Mike Dean
18 March 2008 30 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Chelsea White Hart Lane, London
20:00 GMT Woodgate 12'
Berbatov 60'
Huddlestone  72', 74'
Keane  45+2', 87'		 (Report) Drogba 2'
Essien 19'
J. Cole  36', 51', 79'
A. Cole  45+1'		 Attendance: 36,178
Referee: Mike Riley
23 March 2008 31 Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal Stamford Bridge, London
16:00 GMT J. Cole  32'
Ballack  34'
Drogba 73', 81',  74'		 (Report) Eboué  5'
Sagna 59'		 Attendance: 41,824
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
30 March 2008 32 Chelsea 1–0 Middlesbrough Stamford Bridge, London
16:00 GMT Carvalho 6'
Belletti  90+4'		 (Report) Cattermole  45+1' Attendance: 39,993
Referee: Phil Dowd
5 April 2008 33 Manchester City 0–2 Chelsea City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
15:00 GMT Fernandes  45' (Report) Dunne 5' (o.g.)
Kalou 54'		 Attendance: 42,594
Referee: Chris Foy
14 April 2008 34 Chelsea 1–1 Wigan Athletic Stamford Bridge, London
20:00 GMT Essien 54' (Report) Koumas  68'
Valencia  89'
Heskey 90+2'		 Attendance: 40,487
Referee: Andre Marriner
17 April 2008 35 Everton 0–1 Chelsea Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00 GMT (Report) Carvalho  23'
Essien 40'
Ferreira  57'		 Attendance: 37,411
Referee: Martin Atkinson
26 April 2008 36 Chelsea 2–1 Manchester United Stamford Bridge, London
12:45 GMT Ballack 45', 86' (pen.)  45'
Mikel  77'
Drogba  88'		 (Report) Brown  52'
Rooney 57'
Van der Sar  86'
Ferdinand  90+2'
Hargreaves  90+2'		 Attendance: 41,828
Referee: Alan Wiley
5 May 2008 37 Newcastle United 0–2 Chelsea St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
16:00 BST Faye  60'
José Enrique  76'		 (Report) Terry  34'
Ballack 61'
Malouda  69' 82'		 Attendance: 52,305
Referee: Steve Bennett
11 May 2008 38 Chelsea 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Shevchenko 61'
Drogba  81'		 (Report) O'Brien  17'
McCann  39'
Davies  45'
Taylor 90+2'		 Attendance: 41,755
Referee: Chris Foy

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE SCH ROS VAL
1 Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–1 0–0
2 Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8 0–0 — 3–1 0–1
3 Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–4 0–2 — 2–0
4 Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–2 0–0 0–2 —
Source: RSSSF
18 September 2007 1 Chelsea 1–1 Rosenborg London, England
19:45 BST Shevchenko 53' Report Koppinen 24' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
3 October 2007 2 Valencia 1–2 Chelsea Valencia, Spain
19:45 BST Villa 9' Report J. Cole 21'
Drogba 71'		 Stadium: Mestalla Stadium
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
24 October 2007 3 Chelsea 2–0 Schalke 04 London, England
19:45 BST Malouda 4'
Drogba 47'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,910
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
6 November 2007 4 Schalke 04 0–0 Chelsea Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 53,951
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
28 November 2007 5 Rosenborg 0–4 Chelsea Trondheim, Norway
19:45 GMT Report Drogba 8', 20'
Alex 40'
J. Cole 73'		 Stadium: Lerkendal stadion
Attendance: 21,582
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
11 December 2007 6 Chelsea 0–0 Valencia London, England
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,439
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16
19 February 2008 First leg Olympiacos 0–0 Chelsea Piraeus, Greece
20:45 GMT Report Stadium: Geórgios Karaïskákis Stadium
Attendance: 31,302
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
5 March 2008 Second leg Chelsea 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Olympiacos London, England
19:45 GMT Ballack 5'
Lampard 25'
Kalou 48'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 37,721
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Quarter-finals
2 April 2008 First leg Fenerbahçe 2–1 Chelsea Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 GMT Kazim-Richards 65'
Deivid 81'		 Report Deivid 13' (o.g.) Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 49,055
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
8 April 2008 Second leg Chelsea 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Fenerbahçe London, England
20:45 GMT Ballack 4'
Lampard 87'		 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 38,369
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Semi-finals
22 April 2008 First leg Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea Liverpool, England
20:45 GMT Kuyt 43' Report Riise 90+5' (o.g.) Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,180
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
30 April 2008 Second leg Chelsea 3–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 agg.)		 Liverpool London, England
20:45 GMT Drogba 33', 105'
Lampard 98' (pen.)		 Report Torres 64'
Babel 117'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 38,900
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Final
Main article: 2008 UEFA Champions League Final
21 May 2008 Final Manchester United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Chelsea Moscow, Russia
20:45 CEST Scholes  21'
Ronaldo 26'
Ferdinand  43'
Vidić  111'
Tevez  116'		 Report Makélélé  21'
Lampard 45'
Carvalho  45+2'
Ballack  116'
Drogba  116'
Essien  118'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)[24]
Penalties
Tevez
Carrick
Ronaldo
Hargreaves
Nani
Anderson
Giggs 		Ballack
Belletti
Lampard
A. Cole
Terry
Kalou
Anelka

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
3 Ashley Cole 4 1
4 Claude Makélélé 1 0
5 Michael Essien 5 1
6 Ricardo Carvalho 6 1
8 Frank Lampard 4 1
13 Michael Ballack 1 0
20 Paulo Ferreira 1 0
26 John Terry 6 0
33 Alex 4 0
35 Juliano Belletti 5 0
11 Didier Drogba 6 1

Football League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup
26 September 2007 Third round Hull City 0–4 Chelsea KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST Report Sinclair 36'
Kalou 47', 80'
Sidwell 51'		 Attendance: 23,543
Referee: Chris Foy
31 October 2007 Fourth round Chelsea 4–3 Leicester City Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 BST Lampard 20', 28'
Shevchenko 85', 90+4'		 Report McAuley 6'
Campbell 67'
Cort 73'		 Attendance: 40,037
Referee: Phil Dowd
19 December 2007 Quarter-final Chelsea 2–0 Liverpool Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 GMT Lampard 58'
Shevchenko 89'		 Report Crouch  59' Attendance: 41,366
Referee: Martin Atkinson
8 January 2008 Semi-final 1st leg Chelsea 2–1 Everton Stamford Bridge, London
19:45 GMT Wright-Phillips 25'
Mikel  54'
Lescott 90+2' (o.g.)		 Report Yakubu 63' Attendance: 41,178
Referee: Peter Walton
23 January 2008 Semi-final 2nd leg Everton 0–1 Chelsea Goodison Park, Liverpool
19:45 GMT Report J. Cole 69' Attendance: 37,086
Referee: Steve Bennett
24 February 2008 Final Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 (a.e.t.) Chelsea Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 GMT Berbatov 69' (pen.)
Woodgate 93'		 Report Drogba 39' Attendance: 87,660
Referee: Mark Halsey

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
4 Claude Makélélé 1 0
6 Ricardo Carvalho 1 0
9 Steve Sidwell 1 0
10 Joe Cole 1 0
12 Mikel John Obi 1 1
22 Tal Ben Haim 1 0
35 Juliano Belletti 2 0

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup
5 January 2008 Third Round Chelsea 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Camp 28' (o.g.) Report Attendance: 41,289
Referee: Mike Dean
26 January 2008 Fourth Round Wigan Athletic 1–2 Chelsea JJB Stadium, Wigan
17:15 GMT Sibierski 87' Report Anelka 53'
Wright-Phillips 82'		 Attendance: 14,116
Referee: Uriah Rennie
16 February 2008 Fifth Round Chelsea 3–1 Huddersfield Town Stamford Bridge, London
15:00 GMT Lampard 17', 60'
Kalou 71'		 Report Collins 45+1' Attendance: 41,324
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
8 March 2008 Quarter-finals Barnsley 1–0 Chelsea Oakwell, Yorkshire
17:30 GMT Odejayi 66' Report Attendance: 22,410
Referee: Steve Bennett

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Player Yellow cards Red cards
6 Ricardo Carvalho 1 0

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Community Shield
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  CZE Petr Čech 40 0 26 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 1 0
23 GK  ITA Carlo Cudicini 19 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 4+1 0 0 0
40 GK  POR Henrique Hilário 6 0 2+1 0 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF  ENG Ashley Cole 41 1 27 1 1 0 1+1 0 10 0 1 0
6 DF  POR Ricardo Carvalho 38 1 21 1 2 0 4 0 10 0 1 0
18 DF  ENG Wayne Bridge 22 0 9+2 0 3 0 4+1 0 3 0 0 0
20 DF  POR Paulo Ferreira 28 0 15+3 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 5 0 0 0
22 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim 23 0 10+3 0 2 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 1 0
26 DF  ENG John Terry 37 1 23 1 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 0
33 DF  BRA Alex 39 3 22+6 2 2 0 3 0 5+1 1 0 0
35 DF  BRA Juliano Belletti 38 2 20+3 2 2 0 6 0 4+3 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF  FRA Claude Makélélé 34 0 15+3 0 1 0 1+1 0 12+1 0 0 0
5 MF  GHA Michael Essien 46 6 23+4 6 1+1 0 3+1 0 11+1 0 1 0
8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard 43 20 23+1 10 1 2 3 4 10+4 4 1 0
9 MF  ENG Steve Sidwell 25 1 7+8 0 3 0 3+2 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
10 MF  ENG Joe Cole 55 10 28+5 7 2+1 0 2+3 1 12+1 2 1 0
12 MF  NGA Mikel John Obi 39 0 21+8 0 2 0 3 0 1+3 0 1 0
13 MF  GER Michael Ballack 30 9 16+2 7 1+1 0 1+2 0 7 2 0 0
15 MF  FRA Florent Malouda 38 4 16+5 2 2 0 2+1 0 8+3 1 1 1
17 MF  ENG Scott Sinclair 7 1 0+1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF  ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips 41 4 20+7 2 3 1 5 1 2+3 0 1 0
Forwards
7 FW  UKR Andriy Shevchenko 25 8 8+9 5 0+1 0 2 2 2+3 1 0 0
11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba 32 15 17+2 8 0+1 0 1 1 11 6 0 0
14 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro 32 2 4+17 2 2+2 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
21 FW  CIV Salomon Kalou 48 11 24+6 7 2+1 1 2+2 2 5+6 1 0 0
39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka 24 2 10+4 1 2+1 1 2 0 0+5 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
2 DF  ENG Glen Johnson 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF  FRA Lassana Diarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Source: Competitions

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