2007–08 Chelsea F.C. season

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Chelsea
2007–08 season
Chairman Bruce Buck
Owner Roman Abramovich
Manager José Mourinho
(until 20 September)[1]
Avram Grant
(from 20 September)
Stadium Stamford Bridge
Premier League 2nd
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Runners-up
FA Community Shield Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Frank Lampard (10)
All:
Frank Lampard (20)
Highest home attendance 41,837 (vs. Fulham, 29 September)
Lowest home attendance 24,973 (vs. Rosenborg, 18 September)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →
File:Chelsea Olympiakos CL2008.jpg
Champions League 2007–08

The 2007–08 season was Chelsea Football Club's 93rd 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; Manchester United won the penalty shootout 6–5 after Edwin van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty.

This was the first time 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]

Kit

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Home
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Away
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Third
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3
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Kit information

The home kit was retained from the previous season. A new fluorescent yellow away kit with black stripes was introduced, replacing the black away kit from the previous season.[6] A new white third kit with blue highlights was also introduced.[7]

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Czech Republic GK Petr Čech
2 Serbia DF Branislav Ivanović
3 England DF Ashley Cole
4 France MF Claude Makélélé[8]
5 Ghana MF Michael Essien
6 Portugal DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 England MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain)
9 England MF Steve Sidwell
10 England MF Joe Cole
11 Ivory Coast FW Didier Drogba
12 Nigeria MF John Obi Mikel
13 Germany MF Michael Ballack
14 Peru FW Claudio Pizarro
15 France MF Florent Malouda
17 England MF Scott Sinclair
No. Position Player
18 England DF Wayne Bridge
20 Portugal DF Paulo Ferreira
21 Ivory Coast FW Salomon Kalou
22 Israel DF Tal Ben Haim
23 Italy GK Carlo Cudicini
24 England MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 England DF John Terry (captain)
27 Israel FW Ben Sahar
28 England MF Michael Woods
30 Wales GK Rhys Taylor
33 Brazil DF Alex
35 Brazil DF Juliano Belletti
39 France FW Nicolas Anelka
40 Portugal GK Henrique Hilário
41 England DF Sam Hutchinson
42 England MF Lee Sawyer

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
2 England DF Glen Johnson (to Portsmouth)
16 Netherlands MF Arjen Robben (to Real Madrid)
No. Position Player
19 France MF Lassana Diarra (to Arsenal)
39 England DF Harry Worley (to Leicester City)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
31 England MF Anthony Grant
32 England DF Carl Magnay[9]
34 England MF Liam Bridcutt[10]
37 England MF Jack Cork
No. Position Player
43 England DF Ryan Bertrand
44 England DF Michael Mancienne
46 England MF Jimmy Smith

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
Res MF England Jacob Mellis England Sheffield United Undisclosed June 2007
Res FW England Danny Philliskirk England Oldham Athletic Undisclosed[11] 1 June 2007
14 FW Peru Claudio Pizarro Germany Bayern Munich Free[12] 1 June 2007
22 DF Israel Tal Ben Haim England Bolton Wanderers Free[13] 14 June 2007
9 MF England Steve Sidwell England Reading Free[14] 1 July 2007
15 MF France Florent Malouda France Lyon £13,500,000[15] 10 July 2007
Res FW Italy Fabio Borini Italy Bologna Free[16] 31 July 2007
33 DF Brazil Alex Netherlands PSV Loan return 10 August 2007
35 DF Brazil Juliano Belletti Spain Barcelona €5,500,000[17] 23 August 2007
39 FW France Nicolas Anelka England Bolton Wanderers £15,000,000[18] 11 January 2008
2 DF Serbia Branislav Ivanović Russia Lokomotiv Moscow £9,700,000[19] 16 January 2008
FW Argentina Franco Di Santo Chile Audax Italiano Undisclosed[20] 25 January 2008

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
33 DF Portugal Nuno Morais Cyprus APOEL Free[21] 12 May 2007
N/A DF Switzerland Jonas Elmer Switzerland Aarau Undisclosed 2007
41 GK Belgium Yves Ma-Kalambay Scotland Hibernian Free[22] 27 June 2007
14 MF Cameroon Geremi England Newcastle United Free[23] 6 July 2007
N/A GK Republic of Ireland James Russell England Stevenage Borough Free 8 August 2007
16 MF Netherlands Arjen Robben Spain Real Madrid £21,000,000[24] 22 August 2007
2 DF England Glen Johnson England Portsmouth £4,000,000[25] 31 August 2007
19 MF France Lassana Diarra England Arsenal Undisclosed[26] 31 August 2007
N/A MF Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón Argentina Estudiantes La Plata Free 2007

Overall transfer activity

Club

Management

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

Last updated: 13 April 2009
Source: Chelsea FC

Other information

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

Source: Chelsea F.C. article on 26 Jul 2007 and Stamford Bridge (stadium) article on 27 Jul 2007

Pre-season

Competitions

FA Community Shield

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Main article: 2007 FA Community Shield

Premier League

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United 38 27 6 5 80 22 +58 87 UEFA Champions League 2008–09
Group stage
2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 +39 85
3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 +43 83 UEFA Champions League 2008-09
Third Qualifying Round
4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 +39 76
5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 +22 65 UEFA Cup 2008-09 First Round

Updated to games played on 17 May 2008.
Source: Premier League 2007-08
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H
Result W W D W L D L D W W W W D W W W L W D W W W W W D D W W W D W W W D W W W D

Last updated: 5 May 2008.
Source: Competitive Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Chelsea 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12
Germany Schalke 04 6 2 2 2 5 4 –1 8
Norway Rosenborg 6 2 1 3 6 9 –3 7
Spain Valencia 6 1 2 3 2 6 –4 5

Knockout phase

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

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Main article: 2008 UEFA Champions League Final

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Player Yellow card.svg Yellow cards Red card.svg Red cards
3 England Ashley Cole 1 0
4 France Claude Makélélé 2 0
5 Ghana Michael Essien 4 0
6 Portugal Ricardo Carvalho 2 0
8 England Frank Lampard 1 0
13 Germany Michael Ballack 1 0
20 Portugal Paulo Ferreira 1 0
26 England John Terry 2 0
33 Brazil Alex 2 0
35 Brazil Juliano Belletti 1 0
11 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 0 1

Football League Cup

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Main article: 2007-08 Football League Cup

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Player Yellow card.svg Yellow cards Red card.svg Red cards
4 France Claude Makélélé 1 0
6 Portugal Ricardo Carvalho 1 0
9 England Steve Sidwell 1 0
10 England Joe Cole 1 0
12 Nigeria Jon Obi Mikel 1 1
22 Israel Tal Ben Haim 1 0
35 Brazil Juliano Belletti 2 0

FA Cup

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Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

Disciplinary record

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

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  8. ↑ Makélélé was born in Kinshasa, Zaire.
  9. ↑ Magnay was born in Gateshead, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandparents and would be capped for Northern Ireland at U-21 level.
  10. ↑ Bridcutt was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and would make his full international debut for Scotland in March 2013.
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