Chelsea F.C. season 2007-08

Infobox Football club season
club = Chelsea

season = 2007-08
manager = flagicon|POR Jose Mourinho
"(until 20 September 2007)"
flagicon|ISR Avram Grant
chairman = flagicon|USA Bruce Buck
league = Premier League
league result = 2nd
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Quarter-finals
cup2 = Carling Cup
cup2 result = Runners-up
cup3 = Community Shield
cup3 result = Runners-up
cup4 = UEFA Champions League
cup4 result = Runners-up
league topscorer =
Frank Lampard (10)
season topscorer =
Frank Lampard (20)
highest attendance = 41,837 vs Fulham (29 September 2007)
lowest attendance = 24,973 vs Rosenborg (18 September 2007)The 2007-08 season was Chelsea Football Club's 16th consecutive season in the Premier League. Manager Jose Mourinho left the club by mutual consent on September 20, 2007 [cite news|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1116424,00.html|title=Chelsea Statement|accessdate=2007-12-27|date=2007-09-20|publisher=chelseafc.com] following a disappointing 1-1 draw with Rosenborg and was replaced by Israeli Avram Grant. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7004083.stm|title=Chelsea name Grant as new manager|accessdate=2007-12-27|date=2007-09-20|publisher=BBC Sport]

The 2007-08 Premier League season was decided on the last matchday (38) where Chelsea need to win against Bolton and Manchester United to either draw or lose against Wigan, but the results were, Chelsea 1 - 1 Bolton, and Wigan 0 - 2 Manchester United, thus making Chelsea runners-up for the second consecutive season.

Chelsea played in their first UEFA Champions League final against fellow Premier League rivals Manchester United, making it the first all-English final in the competition as well. After 120 minutes both sides were level with a goal each, Manchester United then won the penalty shootout 6-5 after Van Der Sar saved Anelka's penalty.Having finished the season trophy less for the first time in three years was the impetus that led to Avram Grant being sacked, three days after the Champions League final, on May 24th. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7418774.stm|title=Grant sacked as Chelsea manager|accessdate=2008-05-29|date=2008-05-24|publisher=BBC Sport] Five days later, Chelsea's assistant first-team coach, Henk ten Cate had his contract terminated also, on the 29th May. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7426225.stm|title=Ten Cate sacked as Chelsea coach|accessdate=2008-05-29|date=2008-05-29|publisher=BBC Sport]

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Adidas and the shirt sponsor is Samsung Mobile. The home kit was retained from previous seasons. A new yellow away kit with black stripes was introduced replacing the black away kit from the previous season.cite news|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1044988,00.html|title=New away kit revealed|accessdate=2008-03-10|date=2007-06-14|publisher=chelseafc.com] A new white 3rd kit with blue highlights was also introduced.cite news|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1044988,00.html|title=New 3rd kit revealed|accessdate=2008-03-10|date=2007-07-31|publisher=chelseafc.com]

tatistics

Overall

"As of 22 May, 2008(Includes competitive matches only)
Played: 62
Won: 39
Drawn: 15
Lost: 8
Goals scored: 106
Goals against: 44
Goal difference: +62
Best result: 6-0 (H) - 2008-10-27, vs Manchester City
Worst result: 2-0 (A) - 2008-09-02, vs Aston Villa / 2008-09-23, vs Manchester United
Top scorer: flagicon|England Frank Lampard (20)
Points: 132 / 186 (71%)

Competition overall

Appearances and goals

:"Last updated on 23 May, 2008."

Disciplinary record

: "Disciplinary records for 2007–08 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only."

Football League Cup

Round 3

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date=2007-09-26
19:45
team1=Hull City
score= 0 – 4
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/MatchReport/0,,10268~43026,00.html (Report)]
team2=Chelsea
goals1=
goals2=Sinclair goal|36
Kalou goal|47 goal|80
Sidwell goal|51
stadium=KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
attendance=23,543
referee=Chris Foy----

Round 4

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date=2007-10-31
19:45
team1=Chelsea
score= 4 – 3
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1156751,00.html (Report)]
team2=Leicester City
goals1=Lampard goal|20 goal|28 goal|90+2
Shevchenko goal|85
goals2=McAuley goal|6
Campbell goal|67
Cort goal|73
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=40,037
referee=Phil Dowd----

Quarter-finals

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date=2007-12-19
19:45
team1=Chelsea
score= 2 – 0
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1194981,00.html (Report)]
team2=Liverpool
goals1=Lampard goal|58
Shevchenko goal|89
goals2=Crouch sent off|0|59
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=41,366
referee=Martin Atkinson----

emi-finals

First leg

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date=2008-01-08
19:45
team1=Chelsea
score= 2 – 1
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1210124,00.html (Report)]
team2=Everton
goals1=Wright-Phillips goal|25
Mikel sent off|0|54
Lescott goal|90+2 (o.g.)
goals2=Yakubu goal|63
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=41,178
referee=Peter Walton

econd leg

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date=2008-01-23
19:45
team1=Everton
score= 0 – 1
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1223431,00.html (Report)]
team2=Chelsea
goals1=
goals2=Cole goal|69
stadium=Goodison Park, Liverpool
attendance=37,086
referee=Steve Bennett:"Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate"----

Final

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date=2007-12-24
15:00
team1=Tottenham Hotspur
score= 2 – 1
(a.e.t.)
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1249144,00.html (Report)]
team2=Chelsea
goals1=Berbatov goal|69 (pen.)
Woodgate goal|93
goals2=Drogba goal|39
stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
attendance=87,660
referee=Mark Halsey----

Disciplinary record

FA Cup

Round 3

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date=2008-01-05
15:00
team1=Chelsea
score= 1 – 0
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1207329,00.html (Report)]
team2=Queens Park Rangers
goals1= Camp goal|28 (o.g.)
goals2=
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=41,289
referee=Mike Dean----

Round 4

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date=2008-01-26
17:15
team1=Wigan Athletic
score= 1 – 2
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1225722,00.html (Report)]
team2=Chelsea
goals1=Sibierski goal|87
goals2=Anelka goal|53
Wright-Phillips goal|82
stadium=JJB Stadium, Wigan
attendance=14,116
referee=Uriah Rennie----

Round 5

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date=2008-02-16
15:00
team1=Chelsea
score= 3 – 1
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1243225,00.html (Report)]
team2=Huddersfield Town
goals1=Lampard goal|17 goal|60
Kalou goal|71
goals2=Collins goal|45+1
stadium=Stamford Bridge, London
attendance=41,324
referee=Mark Clattenburg----

Quarter-finals

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date=2008-03-08
17:30
team1=Barnsley
score= 1 – 0
report= [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1260385,00.html (Report)]
team2=Chelsea
goals1=Odejayi goal|66
stadium=Oakwell, Yorkshire
attendance=22,410
referee=Steve Bennett----

Disciplinary record

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]