Chelsea

2009–10 season
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Third round
Carling Cup	Fifth round
Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage (1st Group D)
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (12) All: Didier Drogba (16)
Highest home attendance	41,836 v Manchester United (8 November 2009)
Lowest home attendance	37,781 v Queens Park Rangers (23 September 2009)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season is Chelsea Football Club's 95th competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 104th year in existence as a football club.

[edit] Season summary

To be writen at the end of the season

2009 Community Shield Winners

[edit] Key dates

• 01.06.09: Carlo Ancelotti is appointed as the new Chelsea manager following the departure of temporary first team coach Guus Hiddink, with his tenure set to commence on 1 July.
• 02.07.09: Ross Turnbull signs a four-year deal after joining on a free transfer from Middlesbrough, along with news that Henrique Hilário has renewed his contract for two more years.
• 03.07.09: Chelsea finalize a four-year deal for Daniel Sturridge after his contract with Manchester City expired.
• 07.07.09: Yuri Zhirkov signs for Chelsea from CSKA Moscow on a three-year deal for a reported £18 million.
• 27.07.09: Chelsea wins the inaugural World Football Challenge tournament, beating Internazionale, Milan, and América.
• 28.07.09: Former Chelsea chairman Brian Mears passes away at the age of 78.
• 04.08.09: Franco Di Santo joins Blackburn Rovers on loan until 1 January.
• 06.08.09: Scott Sinclair joins Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan deal.
• 09.08.09: With their first penalty shootout win in over a decade, Chelsea secure the 2009 Community Shield following a 2-2 draw against Manchester United in normal time. After United's Nani opens the scoring, goals by Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard look to win the game for Chelsea until an injury-time equalizer by Wayne Rooney forces the game to penalties. Chelsea win the shootout 4-1.
• 13.08.09: Michael Mancienne signs a new four-year deal, keeping him at Chelsea until 2013, then signs on loan with Wolverhampton Wanderers until the end of the season.
• 15.08.09: Chelsea's Premier League 2009-10 campaign kicks off with a difficult 2-1 home victory over a defensively resolute Hull City side. After ex-Reading player Stephen Hunt scores against the run of play, a Didier Drogba free-kick makes things even. Although Chelsea dominate the second half of the game, Hull's tenacity and a lack of quality finishing make it look like the game will end a damaging draw for Chelsea, until Drogba's chipped cross in stoppage time loops over the head of Hull keeper Boaz Myhill and serendipitously falls into the corner of the net.
• 18.08.09: Chelsea sign the young Serbian central midfielder Nemanja Matić from MFK Košice for a fee of £1.5 million.
• 27.08.09: Chelsea are grouped with FC Porto, Atlético Madrid, and APOEL Nicosia during the UEFA Champions' League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. During the ceremony, John Terry is awarded the UEFA Club Defender of the Year award.
• 29.08.09: Chelsea claim first place in the Premier League for the first time this season with a 3-0 home win over Burnley. In a game characterised by Chelsea's dominance, after Nicolas Anelka breaks the deadlock from close range before half-time, a quick-fire double at the start of the second half via a Michael Ballack header and an Ashley Cole volley secures a comfortable victory. During the match, Chelsea are paired with neighboring side Queens Park Rangers in the Carling Cup third round draw.
• 31.08.09: Chelsea captain John Terry pens a new five-year contract which keeps him at the club until 2014.
• 03.09.09: For inducing reserve player Gaël Kakuta into breaching his contract with his previous club Lens, FIFA ban Chelsea from signing any new players, nationally or internationally, until January 2011, and demand the club to pay Lens £113,500 training compensation. Kakuta is fined £680,000 and banned from playing officially for four months.^[1]
• 15.09.09: After a hard fought 2-1 win away against Stoke City in the Premier League, a lone Nicolas Anelka goal kicks off Chelsea's UEFA Champions League 2009-10 campaign with a tight 1-0 win in Group D over Porto. With mainstays Didier Drogba and José Bosingwa suspended for their protests in last year's semi-final, along with the difficulty caused by constant rainfall on the pitch, the Chelsea performance is unusually sloppy, but a solid performance by goalkeeper Petr Čech guides the team to victory. Atlético Madrid draw 0-0 at home with fourth seeds APOEL Nicosia, leaving Chelsea two points clear at the top of the group after one game played.
• 20.09.09: With a 3-0 win at home against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, the goals scored by Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba, Chelsea set a new club record of 11 consecutive Premier League victories, surpassing the record of ten games set during the 2005-06 season.
• 23.09.09: Chelsea kick off their 2009-10 Carling Cup challenge with a low-key 1-0 home victory over local rivals Queens Park Rangers in the third round. Salomon Kalou notches the only goal, set up by Joe Cole in his first game since January. Yuri Zhirkov, Sam Hutchinson, and Fabio Borini all make their first starts for the club.
• 26.09.09: Although Didier Drogba scores his 100th Chelsea goal against Wigan Athletic to briefly equalise, Chelsea look strangely uninspired in a 1-3 loss at the DW Stadium, having gone down to ten men after Petr Čech's sending off six minutes after half time following a penalty-worthy challenge on Hugo Rodallega. Chelsea relinquish their Premier League lead to Manchester United, falling into second place on goals scored.
• 04.10.09: In their first "Big Four" clash of the season, Chelsea edge a typically tight game at Stamford Bridge with a 2-0 Premier League victory over title rivals Liverpool. Didier Drogba sets up both Chelsea goals from wide positions, first from the left for Nicolas Anelka, and then from the right for Florent Malouda to seal the win in stoppage time. Henrique Hilário proves a solid deputy for the suspended Petr Čech, as the goalkeeper produces excellent saves from Albert Riera and Steven Gerrard to keep the clean sheet, assisted by a horrendous miss from Yossi Benayoun towards the end of the game. Manchester United's fortuitous 2-2 draw with Sunderland at Old Trafford the day before means Chelsea return to the top of the league.
• 24.10.09: Chelsea thrash Blackburn Rovers 5-0 at Stamford Bridge in their most emphatic Premier League victory so far this season, only a few days after humbling Atletico Madrid in the Champions League by one goal less. Joe Cole enjoys a sparkling performance at the top of the midfield diamond in his first league start since January, with a Gael Givet own goal opening the scoring. A thirty yard Michael Essien drive sandwiches two goals by Frank Lampard, and Didier Drogba completes the rout with a simple header from a corner. The next day, Liverpool break their four game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Manchester United at Anfield. After losing their lead again the previous week, this result leaves Chelsea two points clear.
• 4.11.09: Chelsea qualify for the Champions League knockout round after sharing the points in a 2-2 draw with Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium that burst into life into the last ten minutes. After Sergio Aguero volleyed home midway through the second half, a quickfire double in the last ten minutes by the in-form Didier Drogba gives Chelsea a perhaps undeserved 2-1 lead. Just before stoppage time, that is canceled out by a Sergio Aguero free-kick. Three weeks later, a lone Nicolas Anelka header means Chelsea beat fellow qualifiers Porto 0-1 away at the Estádio do Dragão, therefore finishing first in the group with one game to spare.
• 8.11.09: Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League in a typically tight contest, decided by John Terry's header from an inswinging Frank Lampard free-kick after Darren Fletcher was controversially judged to have bundled over Ashley Cole on the left-hand side. Despite arguably controlling the game with their 4-3-3 formation, a late rally by United cannot salvage them a point against a resolute Chelsea defence. Chelsea increase their lead at the top of the league by five points while Arsenal leapfrog United into second place with a game in hand.
• 22.11.09: Despite having key players like Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba missing through injury, Chelsea romp to a comfortable 4-0 victory at home to Wolves in the Premier League with goals from Florent Malouda, Joe Cole and two from a rampant Michael Essien. While Nemanja Matic makes his Chelsea debut from the bench, Gaël Kakuta also makes a flair-filled first appearance for the club.
• 29.11.09: Chelsea complete their rout of the first round of the "Big Four" matches with an emphatic 0-3 away win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium with 2 goals from Didier Drogba and an own goal from Thomas Vermaelen. Chelsea remains at the top of the table with a 5 point gap between them and Manchester United, with Arsenal at 3rd with an 11 point gap with Chelsea.

[edit] Team kit

The team kits for the 2009-10 season are produced by Adidas and the shirt sponsor is Samsung. The home kit was revealed at Chelsea's website on 1 May. The kit was first worn against Blackburn Rovers in the second to last Premier League game of the 2008-09 season. The away kit which was revealed at Chelsea's website on the 25 June uses a tonal hoop design in dark navy and new navy with neon yellow highlights. The third kit is white with horizontal grey pin stripes and dark blue, almost black accents. A new goalkeeper kit was brought in which was navy blue with fluro green accents. The fluro orange from the previous season stays on as the away goalkeeper shirt for this season.

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper home

Goalkeeper away

[edit] Squad

[edit] First team squad

As of 5 October 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Petr Čech 2 DF Branislav Ivanović 3 DF Ashley Cole 5 MF Michael Essien 6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 10 MF Joe Cole 11 FW Didier Drogba 12 MF John Obi Mikel 13 MF Michael Ballack 15 MF Florent Malouda 17 DF José Bosingwa 18 MF Yuri Zhirkov 19 DF Paulo Ferreira 20 MF Deco

No. Position Player 21 FW Salomon Kalou 22 GK Ross Turnbull 23 FW Daniel Sturridge 24 MF Nemanja Matić 26 DF John Terry (captain) 33 DF Alex 35 DF Juliano Belletti 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 GK Henrique Hilário 41 DF Sam Hutchinson 43 DF Jeffrey Bruma 44 FW Gael Kakuta 45 FW Fabio Borini 46 MF Jacopo Sala 50 GK Jan Sebek

[edit] Reserve Squad^[2]

No. Position Player GK Rhys Taylor DF Nana Ofori-Twumasi DF Sam Hutchinson DF Carl Magnay DF Jeffrey Bruma DF Ryan Bertrand (on loan at Reading) DF Patrick van Aanholt (on loan at Coventry City) MF Jack Cork (on loan at Coventry City)

No. Position Player MF Liam Bridcutt (on loan at Stockport County) MF Tom Taiwo (on loan at Carlisle United) MF Jacob Mellis (on loan at Southampton) MF Michael Woods FW Gaël Kakuta FW Miroslav Stoch (on loan at Twente) FW Fabio Borini

[edit] Youth Squad^[3]

No. Position Player GK Niclas Heimann GK Aldi Haxhia GK Sam Walker GK Jan Sebek DF Nikki Ahamed DF Tom Hayden DF Danny Mills Pappoe DF Aziz Deen-Conteh DF George Saville DF Nathaniel Chalobah DF Ben Sampayo DF Kenny Strickland DF Ben Gordon DF Billy-Joe King MF Aliu Djaló

No. Position Player MF Conor Clifford MF Billy Clifford MF James Ashton MF Gökhan Tore MF Anton Rodgers MF Billy Knott MF Daniel Philliskirk MF Josh McEachran MF Jacopo Sala MF Jordan Tabor FW Philipp Prosenik FW Milan Lalković FW Marko Mitrović FW Bobby Devyne FW Adam Phillip

[edit] UEFA Champions League squad^[4]

As of 14 September 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Petr Čech 2 DF Branislav Ivanović 3 DF Ashley Cole 5 MF Michael Essien 6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 10 MF Joe Cole 11 FW Didier Drogba 12 MF Mikel John Obi 13 MF Michael Ballack 15 MF Florent Malouda 17 DF José Bosingwa 18 MF Yuri Zhirkov 20 MF Deco

No. Position Player 21 FW Salomon Kalou 22 GK Ross Turnbull 23 FW Daniel Sturridge 26 DF John Terry (captain) 33 DF Alex 35 DF Juliano Belletti 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 GK Henrique Hilário 41 DF Sam Hutchinson 43 DF Jeffrey Bruma (from List B) 44 FW Gaël Kakuta (from List B) 45 FW Fabio Borini (from List B) 47 MF Nikki Ahamed (from List B) 48 FW Daniel Philliskirk (from List B)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

[edit] Summer

Num	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
22	GK	Ross Turnbull	Middlesbrough	Free	2 July 2009[5]
23	FW	Daniel Sturridge	Manchester City	Undisclosed	3 July 2009[6]
18	MF	Yuri Zhirkov	CSKA Moscow	£18M	7 July 2009[7]
24	MF	Nemanja Matić	MFK Košice	£1.5M	18 August 2009[8]

[edit] Out

[edit] Summer

Num	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	FW	Ben Sahar	Espanyol	£850,000	22 June 2009[9]
27	MF	Mineiro	Schalke 04	Released	30 June 2009
	MF	Jimmy Smith	Leyton Orient	Free	9 July 2009[10]
	FW	Frank Nouble	West Ham United	Free	22 July 2009[11]
	FW	Morten Nielsen	AZ	Mutual agreement	23 July 2009[12]
	MF	Sergio Tejera	Mallorca	Free	24 July 2009[13]
14	FW	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	£3M	18 August 2009
7	FW	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	Free	28 August 2009
	DF	Shaun Cummings	Reading	Undisclosed	2 September 2009

[edit] Loaned out

Num	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
4	DF	Slobodan Rajković	Twente	1 July 2009	1 July 2010[14]
	MF	Tom Taiwo	Carlisle United	9 July 2009	1 January 2010[15]
	MF	Lee Sawyer	Southend United	24 July 2009	1 January 2010[16]
43	MF	Miroslav Stoch	Twente	15 July 2009	1 July 2010[17]
	DF	Ryan Bertrand	Reading	17 July 2009	1 July 2010[18]
9	FW	Franco Di Santo	Blackburn Rovers	4 August 2009	1 January 2010[19]
16	FW	Scott Sinclair	Wigan Athletic	6 August 2009	1 July 2010[20]
	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	Coventry City	7 August 2009	1 January 2010[21]
42	DF	Michael Mancienne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 August 2009	1 July 2010[22]
	MF	Liam Bridcutt	Stockport County	14 August 2009	1 January 2010
	MF	Jacob Mellis	Southampton	14 August 2009	1 July 2010[23]
	DF	Jack Cork	Coventry City	21 August 2009	1 January 2010[24]

[edit] Overall

This section displays the club's financial expenditure's in the transfer market. Because all transfer fee's are not disclosed to the public, the numbers displayed in this section are only based on figures released by media outlets.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Appearances and goals

Last updated on 5 December 2009.

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Premier League		Champions League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Petr Čech	19	-10	14+0	-8	5+0	-2	0+0	0	0+0	0
2		DF	Branislav Ivanović	16	0	8+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
3		DF	Ashley Cole	18	2	13+0	2	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5		MF	Michael Essien	20	3	13+1	3	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
6		DF	Ricardo Carvalho	15	0	12+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7		FW	Andriy Shevchenko*	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8		MF	Frank Lampard	19	5	14+0	4	4+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
10		MF	Joe Cole	11	1	2+2	1	2+2	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
11		FW	Didier Drogba	18	15	14+0	11	2+0	2	0+0	0	0+2	2
12		MF	John Obi Mikel	12	0	6+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13		MF	Michael Ballack	17	3	10+1	3	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
15		MF	Florent Malouda	19	4	7+4	3	4+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
17		DF	José Bosingwa	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18		MF	Yuri Zhirkov	4	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
19		DF	Paulo Ferreira	6	1	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
20		MF	Deco	16	3	7+3	2	2+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
21		FW	Salomon Kalou	15	5	3+5	0	4+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	3
22		GK	Ross Turnbull	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
23		FW	Daniel Sturridge	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24		MF	Nemanja Matić	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26		DF	John Terry	21	1	15+0	1	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
33		DF	Alex	4	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35		DF	Juliano Belletti	13	0	2+4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
39		FW	Nicolas Anelka	19	6	13+1	3	4+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
40		GK	Henrique Hilário	5	-5	1+1	-2	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	-3
41		DF	Sam Hutchinson	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
43		DF	Jeffrey Bruma	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
44		FW	Gaël Kakuta	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
45		FW	Fabio Borini	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Note's:

• * = Player is no longer with the club but still made an appearance during the season.

[edit] Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 5 December

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Champions League	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		11	Didier Drogba	11	2	2	0	15
2		39	Nicolas Anelka	3	3	0	0	6
3		8	Frank Lampard	4	1	0	0	5
=		21	Salomon Kalou	0	2	3	0	5
5		15	Florent Malouda	3	0	1	0	4
6		5	Michael Essien	3	0	0	0	3
=		13	Michael Ballack	3	0	0	0	3
=		20	Deco	2	0	1	0	3
9		3	Ashley Cole	2	0	0	0	2
10		10	Joe Cole	1	0	0	0	1
=		19	Paulo Ferreira	0	0	1	0	1
=		26	John Terry	1	0	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	4	1	0	0	5
			TOTALS	37	9	8	0	54

[edit] Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 5 December

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League		Champions League		League Cup		FA Cup		Total (FA Total)
GK		1	Petr Čech	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	1 (1)
DF		2	Branislav Ivanović	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	0
DF		3	Ashley Cole	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	0
MF		5	Michael Essien	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	0
DF		6	Ricardo Carvalho	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	0
FW		11	Didier Drogba	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (4)	0
MF		12	John Obi Mikel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
MF		13	Michael Ballack	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	0
MF		15	Florent Malouda	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	0
DF		19	Paulo Ferreira	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
MF		20	Deco	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
FW		21	Salomon Kalou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
DF		26	John Terry	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
DF		35	Juliano Belletti	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
DF		43	Jeffrey Bruma	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
			TOTALS	22	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	31 (23)	1 (1)

[edit] Start formations

Last updated: 5 Dec
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

[edit] Starting 11

These charts below depict the most used starters in the most used start formation. The most recent starters/formations are listed when total starts are equal between two players/formations.

N P Nat. Name GS Notes 1 GK CZE Čech 19 2 RB SRB Ivanovic 15 Bosingwa has eight* starts 6 CB POR Carvalho 15 Alex has 4 starts 26 CB ENG Terry 20 3 LB ENG A. Cole 17 5 DM GHA Essien 17 Mikel has nine starts 13 RM GER Ballack 17 15 LM FRA Malouda 14 8 AM ENG Lampard 18 Deco has eleven starts 39 SS FRA Anelka 17 Kalou has ten starts 11 FW CIV Drogba 16

Čech Ivanovic Carvalho Terry A. Cole Ballack Essien Malouda Lampard Anelka Drogba

Last updated: 5 Dec 2009
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

• Bosingwa has started more often than not when fully fit and available. Ivanovic deputized in Champions League due to Bosingwa's suspension.

[edit] Overall

Games played	23 (15 Premier League, 5 UEFA Champions League, 3 Football League Cup)
Games won	18 (12 Premier League, 4 UEFA Champions League, 2 Football League Cup)
Games drawn	1 (1 UEFA Champions League)
Games lost	4 (3 Premier League, 1 Football League Cup)
Goals scored	54
Goals conceded	15
Goal difference	+39
Clean sheets	15
Yellow cards	31
Red cards	1
Worst discipline	Petr Čech (1 )
Best result	5-0 (H) v Blackburn - Premier League - 24 Oct 2009
Worst result	1-3 (A) v Wigan - Premier League - 26 Sep 2009
Most appearances	John Terry with 21 appearances
Top scorer	Didier Drogba (15 goals)
Points	55/69 (79.71%)

Last updated: 5 Dec
Source: Chelsea FC

[edit] Club

[edit] Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Assistant Manager (Technical)	Ray Wilkins
Assistant Manager (Scientific)	Bruno De Michelis
Assistant Manager	Paul Clement
Goalkeeping Coach	Christophe Lollichon
First Team Fitness Coach	Glen Driscoll
Head Scout	Michael Emenalo
Match Observer Scout	Mick McGiven
Club Doctor	Dr. Bryan English
Reserve Team Manager	Steve Holland
Youth Team Manager	Dermot Drummy
Academy Manager	Neil Bath

Last updated: 03 August 2009
Source: Chelsea FC

[edit] Other information

Owner/Chairman	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Chief Executive	Peter Kenyon (until 31 October 2009)
	Ron Gourlay
Sporting Director and Director of Youth Development	Frank Arnesen
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stamford Bridge (42,055 / 103x67 meters)

Last updated: 17 September 2009
Source: Chelsea FC

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Overall

Last updated: 2 Dec
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

[edit] Pre-season

2009-07-18 20:00 BST	Seattle Sounders FC	0 – 2	Chelsea	Qwest Field, Seattle Attendance: 65,289 Referee: Alex Prus
		(Report)	Sturridge  12' Lampard  35' Lampard 90+1'

[edit] World Football Challenge

Team	Pld	W	WPk	LPk	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	15
América	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	-1	8
Internazionale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	7
Milan	3	0	0	0	3	2	6	−4	2

22 July 2009 04:00 BST	Chelsea	2 – 0	Internazionale	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 81,224 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	Drogba  11' Lampard  50' (pen.) Ivanović 59'	(Report)	Burdisso 49'

25 July 2009 01:00 BST	Milan	1 – 2	Chelsea	M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore Attendance: 71,203 Referee: Mark Geiger
	Flamini 34' Seedorf  37' Oddo 75'	(Report)	Drogba  6' Ivanović 56' Zhirkov  68'

27 July 2009 01:00 BST	Chelsea	2 – 0	América	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 57,229 Referee: Paul Ward
	Hutchinson 49' di Santo  76' Malouda  78'	(Report)	Rojas 17'

[edit] Return to England

1 August 2009 15:00 BST	Reading	2 – 2	Chelsea	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 18,781 Referee: Peter Walton
	Kebe  38' Davies  45'	(Report)	Kalou  88' Pearce  90+1' (o.g.)

[edit] FA Community Shield

9 August 2009 15:00 BST	Chelsea	2 – 2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,896 Referee: Chris Foy
	Ivanović 13' R. Carvalho  52' Lampard  71'	(Report)	Berbatov 4' Nani  10' Evra 80' Owen 86' Rooney  90+2'

		Penalties
	Lampard Ballack Drogba Kalou	4 – 1	Giggs Carrick Evra

[edit] Premier League

Chelsea's eighteenth consecutive season in the Premier League began on 15 August 2009 and will end on 9 May 2010. Chelsea currently stand in first place after fourteen matches, five points ahead of Manchester United.

[edit] Classification

Updated to games played on 5 Dec
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
More about European qualification:
a. The sixth-placed team will qualify for the UEFA Europa League if the FA Cup winners or the League Cup winners finish fifth or higher;
b. The seventh-placed team will qualify for the UEFA Europa League if the FA Cup winners and the League Cup winners finish sixth or higher;
c. A further place in the UEFA Europa League is available via the Fair Play initiative. If the Premier League has one of the three highest Fair Play rankings in Europe, and an average Fair Play score of eight or greater, then the highest ranked team in the Premier League Fair Play standings not already qualified for Europe will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round.^[25]
For further information on European qualification see Premier League - Competition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results summary

Last updated: 5 Dec
Source: Barclays Premier League

[edit] Results by round

Last updated: 5 Dec.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

[edit] Matches

15 August 2009 12:45 BST	Chelsea	2 – 1	Hull City	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,597 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Drogba  37', 90+2' 90+3'	(Report)	Hunt  28' Mendy 45+2' Barmby 70'

18 August 2009 19:45 BST	Sunderland	1 – 3	Chelsea	Stadium of Light, Sunderland Attendance: 41,179 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Bent  18' Richardson 29' Cana 68'	(Report)	Ballack  52' Ivanović 54' Lampard  61' (pen) Deco  70' Drogba 76'

23 August 2009 16:00 BST	Fulham	0 – 2	Chelsea	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 25,404 Referee: Andre Marriner
		(Report)	Drogba  39' Anelka  76'

29 August 2009 12:45 BST	Chelsea	3 – 0	Burnley	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,906 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Anelka  45+2' Ballack  47' A. Cole  52'	(Report)	Mears 49'

12 September 2009 15:00 BST	Stoke City	1 – 2	Chelsea	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent Attendance: 27,440 Referee: Mike Dean
	Shawcross 18' A. D. Faye  32' Delap 59' Wilkinson 77'	(Report)	Kalou 16' Drogba  45+2' Terry 45+4' A. Cole 52' Malouda  90+4'

20 September 2009 16:00 BST	Chelsea	3 – 0	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,623 Referee: Howard Webb
	A. Cole  32' Ballack  58' Drogba  63'	(Report)	Bassong 66' Jenas 90+4'

25 September 2009 15:00 BST	Wigan Athletic	3 – 1	Chelsea	DW Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 18,542 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Bramble  16' Thomas 27' Rodallega  53' (pen.) Scharner  90+1'	(Report)	Drogba  47' Cech  51' Carvalho 70' Essien 86'

4 October 2009 16:00 BST	Chelsea	2 – 0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,732 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Essien 44' Anelka  60' Malouda  90+1'	(Report)	Gerrard 77'

17 October 2009 12:45 BST	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Chelsea	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 39,047 Referee: Steve Bennett
	Dunne  32' Agbonlahor 35' Collins  52' Milner 90+3'	(Report)	Drogba  15' A. Cole 45+1'

24 October 2009 17:30 GMT	Chelsea	5 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,836 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Givet  20' (o.g.) Lampard  48', 59' (pen.) Essien  52' Drogba  64'	(Report)	Pedersen 45'

31 October 2009 15:00 GMT	Bolton Wanderers	0 – 4	Chelsea	Reebok Stadium, Bolton Attendance: 22,680 Referee: Peter Walton
	Samuel  45+1' Robinson 57'	(Report)	Lampard  45+2' (pen) Deco  61' Ferreira 80' Knight  83' (o.g.) Drogba  90'

8 November 2009 16:00 GMT	Chelsea	1 – 0	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,836 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Ivanović 58' Drogba 74' Terry  76' Carvalho 82'	(Report)	Rooney 77' Evans 82' Valencia 89'

21 November 2009 15:00 GMT	Chelsea	4 – 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,786 Referee: Lee Mason
	Malouda  5' Essien  12'  22' J. Cole  56'	(Report)	Craddock 79' Keogh 90'

29 November 2009 16:00 GMT	Arsenal	0 – 3	Chelsea	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 60,067 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Traoré 25' Fàbregas 90+5'	(Report)	Drogba 37'  41'  86' Vermaelen  45' (o.g.) Mikel 70'

5 December 2009 18:30 GMT	Manchester City	2 – 1	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 47,348 Referee: Howard Webb
	Adebayor  37' Tévez  56' Barry 63'	(Report)	Adebayor  8' (o.g.) Terry 45+1' Carvalho 55' Belletti 74' Ivanović 79' A. Cole 85' Deco 86'

[edit] UEFA Champions League

[edit] Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	13
Porto	5	3	0	2	5	3	+2	9
Atlético Madrid	5	0	3	2	3	9	−6	3
APOEL	5	0	2	3	2	5	−3	2

15 September 2009 19:45 BST	Chelsea	1 – 0	Porto	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 39,851 Referee: Konrad Plautz
	Essien 15' Malouda 18' Anelka  48'	(Report)	Fernando  78', 90'

30 September 2009 19:45 BST	APOEL	0 – 1	Chelsea	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 21,657 Referee: Bertrand Layec
		(Report)	Anelka  18' Kalou 44' Ivanovic 79'

21 October 2009 19:45 BST	Chelsea	4 – 0	Atlético Madrid	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 39,997 Referee: Florian Meyer
	Kalou  41', 52' Lampard  69' Belletti 86' Perea  90' (o.g.)	(Report)	García 74' Dominguez 90'

3 November 2009 19:45 GMT	Atlético Madrid	2 – 2	Chelsea	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers
	Reyes 26' Assunção 33' Agüero  66' 90'	(Report)	Essien 17' Drogba  82'  88' Terry 87'

25 November 2009 19:45 GMT	Porto	0 – 1	Chelsea	Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 38,410 Referee: Jonas Eriksson
	Fernando 50'	(Report)	Ballack 57' Anelka  68'

8 December 2009 19:45 GMT	Chelsea	v	APOEL	Stamford Bridge, London

[edit] Carling Cup

Chelsea entered the 2009-10 Carling Cup in the Third Round with six other Premier League teams involved in European competition along with the winners from the Second Round. The draw for the Third round took place on the 29 August in which Chelsea were paired with Queens Park Rangers. This match was played on 23 September 2009 in which Chelsea won 1-0. Chelsea then faced Bolton Wanderers in a fourth round tie at home on the 28 October which they won 4-0. Their League Cup campaign came to an end in the Fifth round when the drew 3 - 3 after extra time and lost 4-3 in penalties to Blackburn Rovers.

[edit] Third round

23 September 2009 19:45 BST	Chelsea	1 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 37,781 Referee: Mike Jones
	Kalou  52'	(Report)

[edit] Fourth round

28 October 2009 19:45 GMT	Chelsea	4 – 0	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 41,538 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Kalou  15' Malouda  26' Deco  67' Drogba  89'	(Report)

[edit] Fifth round

2 December 2009 20:00 GMT	Blackburn Rovers	3 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 18,136 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Kalinic  9' Grella 62' Emerton  64' McCarthy  93' (pen)	(Report)	Bruma 46' Drogba  48' Kalou  52' Ferreira  120+2'

		Penalties
	McCarthy Emerton Grella Kalinic Hoilett	4 – 3	Ballack Drogba Malouda Zhirkov Kakuta

[edit] FA Cup

Chelsea will look to repeat as FA Cup winners when they enter the 2009-10 FA Cup in the Third round proper along with the other 19 Premier League clubs, 24 Championship clubs and the 20 winners of the Second round proper. On the 29 of November the FA Cup third round draw paired Chelsea in a home tie against Watford. Chelsea defeated Watford 3-1 at Vicarage Road last season. They will face Watford on the 3 of January 2010.

[edit] Third round

[edit] Honours

[edit] Team

[edit] Domestic

FA Community Shield

• Winners: 2009

[edit] European

[edit] Pre-season

World Football Challenge

• Winners: 2009

[edit] Individuals

Name	Number	Country	Award
John Terry	26	England	UEFA European Club Defender of the Year (2009)
Carlo Ancelotti		Italy	Manager of the Month (November 2009)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Chelsea F.C.

[edit] External links

• Chelsea FC official website
• Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
• UEFA Champions League