1999–2000 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1999-00 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Gianluca Vialli
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Winners
Worthington Cup	Third round
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Flo/Poyet (10) All: Flo (19)
Highest home attendance	35,113 (vs. Everton, 11 May 2000)
Lowest home attendance	21,008 (vs. Huddersfield Town, 13 October 1999)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999-00 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 85th competitive season, eighth consecutive season in the Premier League and 94th year as a club.

Season summary

After a very good third place finish last season, Chelsea were expected to go one better and win the title. France captain Didier Deschamps was signed for £3 million from Juventus to add even more quality and experience to a Chelsea midfield that already boasted Dennis Wise, Roberto Di Matteo and Gustavo Poyet. Blackburn Rovers stiker Chris Sutton was also signed for £10 million, but he proved to be a flop with only one league goal all season. His strike partner, Gianfranco Zola, had a poor league season by his standard, scoring just four goals, but he made up for that by again setting up many more goals for the team. In contrast to his average league form, Zola made Europe sit up and notice as he led Chelsea's Champions league campaign, scoring a spectacular free kick in a 3–1 win over F.C. Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea were eliminated in the second leg at the Nou Camp. On the Premiership front, Gianluca Vialli's side finished a solid fifth place in the final table but were too inconsistent to mount anything like a title challenge. Chelsea won their fourth cup in four seasons with a 1–0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley, giving them the last cup final triumph at the old Wembley stadium before it was rebuilt.

Statistics

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		FA Premier League		UEFA Champions League		FA Cup		Football League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Ed de Goeij	59	0	37	0	16	0	6	0	0	0
2		DF	Dan Petrescu	47	5	29	4	15	1	3	0	0	0
3		DF	Celestine Babayaro	41	2	25	0	15	2	1	0	0	0
4		DF	Jes Høgh	17	0	9	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
5		DF	Frank Leboeuf	46	4	28	2	14	1	4	1	0	0
6		DF	Marcel Desailly	43	1	23	1	16	0	4	0	0	0
7		MF	Didier Deschamps	47	0	27	0	14	0	6	0	0	0
8		MF	Gustavo Poyet	53	18	33	10	14	2	6	6	0	0
9		FW	Chris Sutton	39	3	28	1	7	1	4	1	0	0
11		MF	Dennis Wise	50	9	30	4	15	4	5	1	0	0
12		MF	Bjarne Goldbæk	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Graeme Le Saux	13	0	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Mario Melchiot	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16		MF	Roberto Di Matteo	31	4	18	2	9	0	3	2	1	0
17		DF	Albert Ferrer	41	1	25	0	14	1	2	0	0	0
18		MF	Gabriele Ambrosetti	23	1	16	0	5	1	1	0	1	0
19		FW	Tore André Flo	57	19	34	10	16	8	6	1	1	0
20		MF	Jody Morris	46	4	30	3	11	0	4	1	1	0
21		DF	Bernard Lambourde	21	2	15	2	2	0	3	0	1	0
22		FW	Mark Nicholls	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		GK	Carlo Cudicini	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		MF	Samuele Dalla Bona	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25		FW	Gianfranco Zola	53	8	33	4	15	3	5	1	0	0
26		DF	John Terry	9	1	4	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
28		MF	Rob Wolleaston	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		DF	Neil Clement	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30		DF	Emerson Thome	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
31		FW	George Weah	15	5	11	3	0	0	4	2	0	0
32		FW	Mikael Forssell	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Luca Percassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
34		DF	Jon Harley	26	2	17	2	4	0	5	0	0	0

Statistics taken from ^[1]. Squad details and shirt numbers from ^[2] and ^[3].

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts.

No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK Ed de Goey 37 2 RB Dan Petrescu 29 6 CB Marcel Desailly 23 5 CB Frank Leboeuf 28 3 LB Celestine Babayaro 25 11 RM Dennis Wise (Captain) 30 7 CM Didier Deschamps 27 16 CM Roberto Di Matteo 18 8 LM Gustavo Poyet 33 25 CF Gianfranco Zola 33 19 CF Tore Andre Flo 34

Petrescu Desailly Leboeuf Babayaro Wise (C) Deschamps Di Matteo Poyet Zola Flo

Results

FA Premier League

1	Chelsea	4–0	Sunderland
	Poyet  20, 56' Zola  32' Flo  77'

2	Leicester	2–2	Chelsea
	Heskey  10' Izzet  90' (pen.)		Wise  48' F. Sinclair  90 + 3' (o.g.)

3	Chelsea	1–0	Aston Villa
	Ehiogu  52' (o.g.)

4	Wimbledon	0–1	Chelsea
			Petrescu  78'

5	Chelsea	1–0	Newcastle
	Leboeuf  37' (pen.)

6	Watford	1–0	Chelsea
	Smart  57'

7	Middlesbrough	0–1	Chelsea
			Lambourde  54'

8	Chelsea	5–0	Manchester United
	Poyet  1, 55' Sutton  16' Berg  58' (o.g.) Morris  82'

9	Liverpool	1–0	Chelsea
	Thompson  47'

10	Chelsea	2–3	Arsenal
	Flo  38' Petrescu  52'		Kanu  75, 83, 90'

11	Derby	3–1	Chelsea
	Burton  7' Delap  80, 88'		Leboeuf  10'

12	Chelsea	0–0	West Ham

13	Everton	1–1	Chelsea
	K. Campbell  15'		Flo  90'

14	Chelsea	1–0	Bradford
	Flo  15'

15	Sunderland	4–1	Chelsea
	Quinn  1, 38' Phillips  23, 36'		Poyet  81'

16	Chelsea	0–2	Leeds
			McPhail  66, 87'

17	Southampton	1–2	Chelsea
	Davies  80'		Flo  18, 43'

18	Chelsea	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday
	Wise  31' Flo  35' Morris  84'

19	Coventry	2–2	Chelsea
	Roussel  54' Keane  82'		Flo  55, 83'

20	Bradford	1–1	Chelsea
	Mills  1'		Petrescu  58'

21	Chelsea	1–0	Tottenham
	Weah  86'

22	Chelsea	1–1	Leicester
	Wise  85'		Taggart  41'

23	Aston Villa	0–0	Chelsea

24	Tottenham	0–1	Chelsea
			Lambourde  52'

25	Chelsea	3–1	Wimbledon
	Poyet  79' Weah  80' Morris  90'		Lund  73'

26	Chelsea	2–1	Watford
	Desailly  2' Harley  65'		Smart  39'

27	Newcastle	0–1	Chelsea
			Poyet  22'

28	Chelsea	1–1	Everton
	Wise  29'		Cadamarteri  69'

29	West Ham	0–0	Chelsea

30	Chelsea	1–1	Southampton
	Richards  75' (o.g.)		Tessem  69'

31	Leeds	0–1	Chelsea
			Harley  62'

32	Chelsea	2–1	Coventry
	Hendry  53' (o.g.) Zola  56'		McAllister  17'

33	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Chelsea
	Jonk  51' (pen.)

34	Chelsea	1–1	Middlesbrough
	Poyet  10'		Ricard  37'

35	Manchester United	3–2	Chelsea
	Yorke  10, 69' Solskjær  40'		Petrescu  22' Zola  36'

36	Chelsea	2–0	Liverpool
	Weah  2' Di Matteo  14'

37	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea
	Henry  21, 48'		Poyet  79'

38	Chelsea	4–0	Derby
	Zola  46' Poyet  55' Di Matteo  69' Flo  90'

UEFA Champions League

3rd Qualifying Round

1	Chelsea	3–0	Skonto Riga
	Babayaro  76' Poyet  77' Sutton  84'

2	Skonto Riga	0–0	Chelsea

1st Group Stage

1	Chelsea	0–0	Milan

2	Hertha Berlin	2–1	Chelsea
	Daei  3, 70'		Leboeuf  86' (pen.)

3	Chelsea	1–0	Galatasaray
	Petrescu  55'

4	Galatasaray	0-5	Chelsea
			Flo  32, 49' Zola  54' Wise Ambrosetti  87'

5	Milan	1–1	Chelsea
	Bierhoff  74'		Wise  77'

6	Chelsea	2–0	Hertha Berlin
	Deschamps  11' Ferrer  44'

2nd Group Stage

1	Chelsea	3–1	Feyenoord
	Babayaro  45' Flo  67, 85'		Cruz  90'

2	Lazio	0–0	Chelsea

3	Marseille	1–0	Chelsea
	Pirès  16'

4	Chelsea	1–0	Marseille
	Wise  27'

5	Feyenoord	1–3	Chelsea
	Kalou  59'		Zola  39' Wise  64' Flo  69'

6	Chelsea	1–2	Lazio
	Poyet  44'		S. Inzaghi  54' Mihajlović  66'

Quarter Finals

1	Chelsea	3–1	Barcelona
	Zola  30' Flo  34, 38'		Figo  64'

2	Barcelona	5–1 AET	Chelsea
	Rivaldo  24', 98' (pen.) Figo  45' Dani  83' Kluivert  104'		Flo  60'

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 October 1999	R3	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	21,008

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 December 1999	R3	Hull City	A	6-1	10,279	Poyet (3), Sutton, Di Matteo, Wise
19 January 2000	R4	Nottingham Forest	H	2-0	30,125	Leboeuf, Wise
30 January 2000	R5	Leicester City	H	2-1	30,141	Poyet, Weah
20 February 2000	QF	Gillingham	H	5-0	34,205	Flo, Terry, Weah, Zola (pen.), Morris
9 April 2000	SF	Newcastle United	N	2-1	73,876	Poyet (2)
20 May 2000	F	Aston Villa	N	1-0	78,217	Di Matteo

References

1. ^ http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536
2. ^ http://www.zanziball.it/en/28/2635.html
3. ^ http://www.eufo.de/football/eng/1999/chela_fc.htm

External links

• Chelsea FC Official Website
• Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
• Chelsea FC on BBC