Chelsea F.C. season 2008-09

Infobox Football club season
club = Chelsea
season = 2008–09
manager = flagicon|BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari
mgrtitle = Manager
owner = flagicon|RUS Roman Ambramovich
owntitle = Owner
chairman = flagicon|USA Bruce Buck
chrtitle = Chairman
league = Premier League
league result = "1st"
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = "Third round"
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = "Fourth round"
cup3 = UEFA Champions League
cup3 result = "Group stage (1st)"
league topscorer = "Anelka (4)"
season topscorer = "Anelka & Lampard (5)"
highest attendance = "41,790"
lowest attendance = "39,635"
prevseason = 2007-08
nextseason = 2009-10

Key Dates

More dates to be written up.
*12 May2008 - Chelsea buy José Bosingwa from Porto for £16.2 million.
*24 May2008 - Avram Grant leaves Chelsea.
*29 May2008 - Chelsea part company with Henk ten Cate.
*11 Jun2008 - Chelsea name Luiz Felipe Scolari as new manager.
*30 Jun2008 - Chelsea sign Deco from Barcelona for £7.9 million.
*10 Jul2008 - Aston Villa sign Steve Sidwell for £5 million.
*21 Jul2008 - Petr Čech signs a new five year contract.
*21 Jul2008 - Claude Makelele joins Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
*22 Jul2008 - Michael Essien extends contract by five years.
*30 Jul2008 - Chelsea sell Tal Ben Haim to Manchester City.
*03 Aug2008 - Chelsea thrash A.C. Milan 5-0 to take third place in the Russian Railways Cup.
*07 Aug2008 - Chelsea make an offer for Robinho of Real Madrid.
*13 Aug2008 - Frank Lampard finalises new five year deal with Chelsea.
*14 Aug2008 - Chelsea awarded damages in Adrian Mutu case.
*15 Aug2008 - Werder Bremen secure one year loan for Chelsea's Claudio Pizarro.
*17 Aug2008 - Chelsea start Premier League campaign with emphatic 4-0 home win over Portsmouth.
*19 Aug2008 - John Terry is named permanent England captain by manager Fabio Capello.
*21 Aug2008 - Fábio Paím joins Chelsea on season long loan from Sporting Lisbon.
*25 Aug2008 - Andriy Shevchenko returns to A.C. Milan after an unsuccessful period for Chelsea.
*28 Aug2008 - Shaun Wright-Phillips becomes the second Chelsea player this season to return to their previous club, with Manchester City.
*28 Aug2008 - Chelsea are drawn with Roma, Bordeaux and Cluj for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. Also, Petr Čech, John Terry and Frank Lampard were named UEFA European Club Goalkeeper, Defender and Midfielder of the year respectively.
*30 Aug2008 - Chelsea are drawn to face current FA Cup holders Portsmouth in the third round of the Carling Cup
*12 Sep2008 - Deco is named Premier League Player of the Month for August.
*13 Sep2008 - Chelsea defeat Manchester City F.C. 3-1 at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Premier League.
*16 Sep2008 - Chelsea defeat Bordeaux 4-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League.
*21 Sep2008 - Chelsea draw at home 1-1 against Manchester United in the Premier League.
*24 Sep 2008 - Mineiro signs for the remainder of the season on a Bosman transfer following the earlier injury of Michael Essien.
*24 Sep 2008 - For the third time in a row, Chelsea start a competition with a 4-0 win. This time they beat Portsmouth 4-0 in the Carling Cup.
*01 Oct 2008 - Chelsea draw 0-0 against CFR Cluj in the Champions League, making it the first time that Chelsea have failed to score in a match this season.

Team kit

The team kits for the 2008-09 season are produced by Adidas and the shirt sponsor is Samsung. The home kit was revealed at Chelsea's website on April 25.cite news|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1297661,00.htmll|title=New home kit unveiled|accessdate=2008-08-11|date=2008-04-25|publisher=chelseafc.com] The kit was first worn in the last Premier League game of the 2007-08 season, as well as in the 2008 Champions League final. An all-black kit with white stripes is replacing the bright-yellow away kit from the 2007-08 season. On August 1 the new 3rd kit was unveiled at Chelsea's website. The kit is reminiscent of the away-kit of the 1996-98 seasons of the club.

Loaned out

Matches

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date=2008-09-16
20:45
team1= Chelsea flagicon|ENG
score= 4 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302697/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2= flagicon|FRA Bordeaux
goals1= Lampard goal|14
J. Cole goal|30
Deco yel|58
Malouda goal|82
Anelka goal|90+2
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance= 39,635
referee= Pieter Vink flagicon|NED

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date=2008-10-01
20:45
team1= CFR Cluj flagicon|ROM
score= 0 – 0
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276/match=302705/report=rp.html (Report)]
team2= flagicon|ENG Chelsea
goals1= Pereira yel|71
Dani yel|90
goals2= Alex yel|40
Anelka yel|78
stadium=Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
attendance= 22,000
referee= Florian Meyer flagicon|GER

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date=2008-10-22
20:45
team1= Chelsea flagicon|ENG
score= –
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team2= flagicon|ITA A.S. Roma
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goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=
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date=2008-11-04
20:45
team1= A.S. Roma flagicon|ITA
score= –
report=
team2= flagicon|ENG Chelsea
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome
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date=2008-11-26
20:45
team1= Bordeaux flagicon|FRA
score= –
report=
team2= flagicon|ENG Chelsea
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
attendance=
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date=2008-12-09
20:45
team1= Chelsea flagicon|ENG
score= –
report=
team2= flagicon|ROM CFR Cluj
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=
referee=

Carling Cup

Third round

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date=2008-09-24
19:45
team1= Portsmouth
score= 0 – 4
report= [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7626830.stm (Report)]
team2= Chelsea
goals1= Hreidarsson yel|35
Hughes yel|52
goals2= Ballack yel|5
Lampard goal|36|pen. goal|49
Malouda goal|45
Kalou goal|64
stadium=Fratton Park, Portsmouth
attendance= 15,339
referee= Steve Bennett

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Fourth Round

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team1= Chelsea
score= –
report=
team2= Burnley
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=
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FA Cup

Third round

Honours

Team

Individuals

References

External links

* [http://www.chelseafc.com Chelsea FC official website]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams2.sd?teamid=536 Chelsea FC on Soccerbase]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/index.html UEFA Champions League]
* Chelsea F.C.