2008–09 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea F.C.

2008–09 season
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Luiz Felipe Scolari (until 9 February 2009) Ray Wilkins (caretaker manager) Guus Hiddink (interim manager)
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolas Anelka (19) All: Nicolas Anelka (25)
Highest home attendance	41,810 v Manchester City (15 March 2009)
Lowest home attendance	37,857 v Barcelona (6 May 2009)
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The 2008–09 season was Chelsea Football Club's 95th competitive season, 17th consecutive season in the Premier League and 103rd year in existence as a football club.

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Season summary

After again finishing second to

Chelsea sacked Scolari, replacing him with Russia national team manager Guus Hiddink for the remainder of the season. Hiddink's regenerative effect was immediate, with four-straight league wins, including a vital 1–0 victory away to Aston Villa in his first game in charge, moving Chelsea into the top three. Eleven wins in the team's last 13 league games, marked by a 4–1 victory over Arsenal away at the Emirates Stadium, finally secured third place in the league, and Champions League football for a seventh consecutive season.

Although Chelsea's title challenge was already realistically over when he arrived, Hiddink led Chelsea to their fifth Champions League semi-final, knocking out Juventus and Liverpool, where they were eliminated in controversial circumstances by Barcelona on away goals in the semi-final, mainly due to the performance of second-leg referee Tom Henning Øvrebø.

Despite the Champions League exit, the season culminated in a trip to

• 24.05.08 – Avram Grant is sacked as Chelsea manager.
• 29.05.08 – Chelsea terminate assistant manager Henk ten Cate's contract.
• 11.06.08 – Chelsea name Luiz Felipe Scolari as new manager, with his contract officially starting on 1 July 2008.
• 03.08.08 – Chelsea thrash
  Milan 5–0 to take third place in the preseason Russian Railways Cup
  .
• 17.08.08 – Chelsea start their 2008–09 Premier League campaign with an emphatic 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth.
• 15.09.08 – Assistant manager Steve Clarke leaves Chelsea to become number two under Gianfranco Zola at West Ham United.
• 16.09.08 – Chelsea defeat Bordeaux 4–0 at Stamford Bridge in the opening match of the UEFA Champions League.
• 18.09.08 – Ray Wilkins is appointed assistant manager of Chelsea, in place of the departed Steve Clarke.
• 21.09.08 – Exactly four months after the 2008 Champions League final, Chelsea draw 1–1 at home against Manchester United in the Premier League.
• 24.09.08 – For the third time in a row, Chelsea start a competition with a 4–0 win, beating Portsmouth 4–0 away at Fratton Park in the League Cup.
• 26.10.08 – Chelsea lose 1–0 against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Chelsea's home unbeaten run ends after an astonishing 4 years, 8 months and 86 games.
• 12.11.08 – Chelsea lose 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in extra time against
  League Cup
  .
• 30.11.08 – Chelsea lose 2–1 against Arsenal at home in the Premier League after a Robin van Persie brace. Replays later show the Dutchman's first goal to be offside.
• 09.12.08 – Chelsea fight back to win 2–1 against CFR Cluj in the UEFA Champions League at home. With the win, they secure second place in Group A and advance to the First knockout round.
• 03.01.09 – Chelsea draw 1–1 against
  Football League One side Southend United in the third round of the FA Cup
  at Stamford Bridge.
• 11.01.09 – Chelsea lose 3–0 against Manchester United in the Premier League at Old Trafford, their first away loss in the Premier League this season.
• 17.01.09 – Chelsea snatch a crucial 2–1 home victory against Stoke City in the Premier League after two last minute goals from Juliano Belletti and Frank Lampard. Lampard also makes his 400th appearance for Chelsea.
• 01.02.09 – Chelsea lose 2–0 against Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League by way of two late Fernando Torres goals after Frank Lampard is incorrectly sent off in the 60th minute.
• 09.02.09 – Due to the team's poor run of form, endangering Chelsea's hopes of Champions League qualification for the following season, the Chelsea board dismiss Luiz Felipe Scolari from his position as manager with immediate effect. Ray Wilkins is named as caretaker manager while a suitable replacement for Scolari is found.
• 11.02.09 – Russian national manager Guus Hiddink is named as temporary Chelsea manager until the end of the season.
• 14.02.09 – With Ray Wilkins in charge as caretaker manager, a
  hat trick against Watford at Vicarage Road gives Chelsea a 3–1 victory and a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals against Coventry City. Michael Essien makes his return from the bench after six months out of action due to an ACL injury
  .
• 21.02.09 – In Guus Hiddink's first match as manager, a Nicolas Anelka goal and a gritty Chelsea performance bring about a vital 1–0 win against Aston Villa at Villa Park, Chelsea's first Premier League victory there since 1998–99. With it, Chelsea overtake Villa to reclaim third place in the table.
• 25.02.09 – Chelsea end the first leg of their
  Champions League first knockout round tie against Juventus with a slight advantage, winning the first ever competitive meeting between the clubs 1–0 by a Didier Drogba goal. The match also marks Petr Čech
  's 200th appearance for Chelsea.
• 28.02.09 – A
  Chelsea's joint sixth all-time scorer
  with 125 goals.
• 10.03.09 – A tempestuous 2–2 second leg draw at the
  quarter-finals
  of the competition.
• 08.04.09 – Chelsea claim a commanding 3–1 win in the first leg of their
  Champions League quarter-final tie with Liverpool at Anfield, recovering from an early Fernando Torres goal to score twice from the head of Branislav Ivanović, with a reborn Didier Drogba capping off the scoring. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard
  is notably marked out of the game by Michael Essien.
• 11.04.09 – Chelsea take a 4–0 lead after 63 minutes against Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League, scoring through Michael Ballack, a double from Didier Drogba and a penalty from Frank Lampard, for Bolton to surprisingly surge back into the game, scoring three goals in an eight-minute span. Although Bolton come close to equalising in injury-time, Chelsea just manage to hold off their comeback to scrape a 4–3 victory.
• 14.04.09 – The second leg of Chelsea's
  left back
  to field at the Camp Nou.
• 18.04.09 – A mistake by goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański gifts Didier Drogba an 84th-minute winner in Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final clash against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium, sending Chelsea to a tense 2–1 victory after a goal by Florent Malouda equalises Theo Walcott's early strike. Chelsea consequently reach their ninth FA Cup final, to be contested against Everton on 30 May.
• 25.04.09 – Petr Čech's save from
  left back
  in preparation for Chelsea's visit to the Camp Nou.
• 28.4.09 – A masterful defensive display by Chelsea sees them become the first team not to concede a goal at the Camp Nou this season in an intriguing 0–0 draw with Barcelona, the first leg of the clubs' Champions League semi-final tie. Petr Čech shrugs off his recent media criticism with a string of important saves and despite Barcelona's domination on possession, Didier Drogba has an excellent chance to secure an away goal for Chelsea, only to be stopped by a double save from Víctor Valdés at the end of the first half.
• 02.5.09 – John Terry's 400th game for Chelsea, a West London derby at Stamford Bridge against Fulham in the Premier League, ends in a 3–1 victory to the home side following goals from Gallic trio Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, and Didier Drogba. The asymmetric 4–3–3 formation used by Chelsea in this game, with Anelka playing more like a second striker, was Guus Hiddink's preference for the remainder of the season.
• 06.5.09 – A controversial 1–1 draw in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final tie against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge eliminates Chelsea from the competition on the
  Norwegian referee Tom Henning Øvrebø allow Barcelona to equalise in the ninety-third minute with their only shot on target all game, a strike from outside the penalty area by Andrés Iniesta, despite the earlier sending off of Eric Abidal
  . Incensed by the referee's terrible performance, Chelsea players surround and criticise Øvrebø after the final whistle, with Didier Drogba controversially labelling the result "a fucking disgrace" on live international television.
• 10.5.09 – Chelsea shake off their post-Barcelona blues with an emphatic 4–1 victory against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League. After surviving an early bout of Arsenal pressure, Chelsea take a 3–0 lead through an Alex header, a long range shot from Nicolas Anelka against his former club, and a Kolo Touré own goal. Nicklas Bendtner pulls one back for the home side, but a tap in from Florent Malouda completes the rout. The result ends the Gunners' 21 game unbeaten run in the league, and is the joint best away result against Arsenal in the league in Chelsea's history. Chelsea will finish the league season in at least third place, securing automatic Champions League qualification for 2009–10.
• 17.05.09 – Chelsea's last home game of the season against
  Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti
  to replace Hiddink over the summer.
• 24.05.09 – The last game of Chelsea's 2008–09 season ends in a 3–2 victory against
  FA Cup final against Everton the following Sunday, Frank Lampard and Alex are rested, and Sunderland's still uncertain survival in the Premier League leads to a tense first half. Nicolas Anelka's long-range curler early in the second half, his 19th league goal of the season, secures him the Premier League Golden Boot ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. Salomon Kalou replies to Kieran Richardson's equaliser, and, despite Kenwyne Jones
  ' late header, Ashley Cole's first goal of the season wins the game for Chelsea.
• 30.05.09 – Chelsea win the
  1995. A Louis Saha
  goal after 25 seconds becomes the fastest in FA Cup history, but Chelsea quickly recover with a Florent Malouda cross finding the head of Didier Drogba. Chelsea continue to dominate before finally taking the lead in the 70th minute, after Frank Lampard escapes his marker Phil Neville for the first time in the game and unleashes a shot from 25 yards. A Malouda shot from 40 yards is incorrectly judged not to have crossed the line after rebounding from the crossbar, but Chelsea hold on for a famous victory. Guus Hiddink ends his short tenure as Chelsea manager with silverware.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Petr Čech 2 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović 3 DF  ENG Ashley Cole 5 MF  GHA Michael Essien 6 DF  POR Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 9 FW  ARG Franco Di Santo 10 FW  ENG Joe Cole 11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba 12 MF  NGA Mikel John Obi 13 MF  GER Michael Ballack 15 MF  FRA Florent Malouda 17 DF  POR José Bosingwa 18 MF  POR Ricardo Quaresma (on loan from Inter Milan)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  POR Paulo Ferreira 20 MF  POR Deco 21 FW  CIV Salomon Kalou 26 DF  ENG John Terry (captain) 27 MF  BRA Mineiro 30 GK  WAL Rhys Taylor 33 DF  BRA Alex 35 DF  BRA Juliano Belletti 39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka 40 GK  POR Hilário 42 DF  ENG Michael Mancienne 43 FW  SVK Miroslav Stoch 50 MF  ENG Jacob Mellis

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Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Rhys Taylor — DF  ENG Nana Ofori-Twumasi — DF  ENG Sam Hutchinson — DF  ENG Carl Magnay (On loan at Northampton Town) — DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma — DF  ENG Michael Mancienne — DF  ENG Ryan Bertrand (On loan at Norwich City) — DF  NED Patrick van Aanholt — MF  ENG Jack Cork (On loan at Watford) — MF  ENG Liam Bridcutt — MF  POR Ricardo Fernandes — MF  ENG Lee Sawyer (On loan at Wycombe Wanderers)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Tom Taiwo — MF  ENG Jacob Mellis — MF  ENG Michael Woods — MF  ESP Sergio Tejera (On loan at Real Mallorca) — FW  FRA Gaël Kakuta — FW  POR Fábio Ferreira (On loan at Oldham Athletic ) — FW  SVK Miroslav Stoch — FW  ENG Shaun Cummings (On loan at MK Dons) — FW  ISR Ben Sahar (On loan at De Graafschap) — FW  DEN Morten Nielsen — FW  ENG Jimmy Smith (On loan at Leyton Orient)

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Youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Niclas Heimann — GK  KOS Aldi Haxhia — GK  ENG Sam Walker — GK  CZE Jan Šebek — DF  SRI Nikki Ahamed — DF  ENG Tom Hayden — DF  ENG Jack Saville — DF  ENG Ben Gordon — DF  ENG Billy Joe-King — MF  POR Aliu Djaló

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IRL Conor Clifford — MF  TUR Gökhan Töre — MF  ENG Danny Philliskirk — MF  ITA Jacopo Sala — MF  ENG Jordan Tabor — FW  ITA Fabio Borini — FW  SWE Marko Mitrović — FW  ENG Adam Phillip — FW  ENG Frank Nouble — FW  SOM Abdoul Rahmar

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UEFA Champions League squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Petr Čech 2 DF  SRB Branislav Ivanović 3 DF  ENG Ashley Cole 5 MF  GHA Michael Essien 6 DF  POR Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF  ENG Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 9 FW  ARG Franco Di Santo 10 MF  ENG Joe Cole 11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba 12 MF  NGA Mikel John Obi (from List B) 13 MF  GER Michael Ballack 15 MF  FRA Florent Malouda 17 DF  POR José Bosingwa

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  POR Paulo Ferreira 20 MF  POR Deco 21 FW  CIV Salomon Kalou 26 DF  ENG John Terry (captain) 27 MF  BRA Mineiro 30 GK  WAL Rhys Taylor (from List B) 33 DF  BRA Alex 35 DF  BRA Juliano Belletti 39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka 40 GK  POR Hilário 41 DF  ENG Sam Hutchinson (from List B) 42 DF  ENG Michael Mancienne (from List B) 43 FW  SVK Miroslav Stoch (from List B)

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Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Luiz Felipe Scolari (until 9 February 2009)
	Ray Wilkins (caretaker manager)
	Guus Hiddink (interim manager)
Assistant managers	Flávio Murtosa (until 9 February 2009)
	Steve Clarke (until 15 September 2008)
	Ray Wilkins
First team fitness coach	Darlan Schneider (until 9 February 2009)
	Glen Driscoll
Goalkeeping coach	Christophe Lollichon
	Carlos Pracidelli (until 9 February 2009)
Head scout	Michael Emenalo
Match observer scout	Mick McGiven
Club doctor	Dr. Bryan English
Chief scout and director of youth development	Frank Arnesen
Reserve team manager	Brendan Rodgers (until December 2008)
	Paul Clement
Youth team manager	Paul Clement (until December 2008)
	Dermot Drummy
Academy manager	Neil Bath
Match analyst	James Melbourne

Source: Chelsea FC

Other information

Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Chief Executive	Peter Kenyon
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stamford Bridge (41,841 / 103x67 metres)

Source: Chelsea FC

Transfers

In

Summer

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
17	DF	José Bosingwa	Porto	£16.2 million[5]	12 May 2008
20	MF	Deco	Barcelona	£7.9 million[6]	30 June 2008
	FW	Fábio Paím	Sporting CP	Loan[7]	21 August 2008
27	MF	Mineiro	Hertha BSC	Free[8]	24 September 2008

Winter

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
	MF	Gökhan Töre	Bayer Leverkusen	£500,000[9]	30 January 2009
18	MF	Ricardo Quaresma	Inter Milan	Loan[10]	2 February 2009

Out

Summer

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
	MF	Per Weihrauch	N/A	Retired	April 2008
	FW	Phil Younghusband	Unattached	Released	Summer 2008
	FW	Momoudou Ceesay	Westerlo	Free	Summer 2008
	MF	James Simmonds	Unattatched	Released	Summer 2008
	DF	Harry Worley	Leicester City	Free[11]	8 May 2008
	DF	Adrian Pettigrew	Unattached	Released	31 May 2008
	FW	Hernán Crespo	Inter Milan	Free[12]	3 July 2008
9	MF	Steve Sidwell	Aston Villa	£5.0 million[13]	10 July 2008
4	MF	Claude Makélélé	Paris Saint-Germain	Free[14]	21 July 2008
	DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	VfB Stuttgart	£3.9 million[15]	21 July 2008
22	DF	Tal Ben Haim	Manchester City	£5.0 million[16]	30 July 2008
31	MF	Anthony Grant	Southend United	Free[17]	7 August 2008
24	MF	Shaun Wright-Phillips	Manchester City	£9.0 million[18]	28 August 2008

Winter

#	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date
18	DF	Wayne Bridge	Manchester City	£12.0 million[19]	3 January 2009
	GK	Stuart Searle	Watford	Free	23 January 2009
23	GK	Carlo Cudicini	Tottenham Hotspur	Free[20]	26 January 2009

Loaned out

#	Pos	Player	To	Start	End
	FW	Ben Sahar	Portsmouth	1 July 2008	1 January 2009[21]
	MF	Jimmy Smith	Sheffield Wednesday	2 July 2008	1 January 2009[22]
	DF	Ryan Bertrand	Norwich City	5 July 2008	31 May 2009[23][24]
	DF	Slobodan Rajković	Twente	9 July 2008	1 July 2009[25]
	FW	Shaun Cummings	Milton Keynes Dons	4 August 2008	3 May 2009[26][27]
14	FW	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	15 August 2008	30 June 2009[28]
	MF	Lee Sawyer	Southend United	18 August 2008	18 November 2008[29]
	DF	Jack Cork	Southampton	21 August 2008	1 November 2008[30]
7	FW	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	25 August 2008	1 July 2009[31]
42	DF	Michael Mancienne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27 October 2008	29 December 2008[32]
	MF	Liam Bridcutt	Watford	27 November 2008	31 January 2009[33][34]
	DF	Jack Cork	Watford	2 January 2009	1 July 2009[35]
	FW	Ben Sahar	De Graafschap	3 January 2009	1 July 2009[36]
16	MF	Scott Sinclair	Birmingham City	6 January 2009	3 February 2009[37]
	MF	Lee Sawyer	Coventry City	26 January 2009	22 February 2009[38]
	DF	Carl Magnay	Milton Keynes Dons	30 January 2009	30 February 2009[39]
	MF	Jimmy Smith	Leyton Orient	1 February 2009	1 July 2009[40]
	MF	Sergio Tejera	Mallorca	2 February 2009	1 July 2009[41]
	FW	Fábio Ferreira	Oldham Athletic	20 February 2009	20 March 2009[42]
	DF	Carl Magnay	Northampton Town	9 March 2009	9 April 2009[43]
	MF	Lee Sawyer	Wycombe Wanderers	19 March 2009	1 July 2009[44]

Overall

Pre-season

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical v Chelsea

23 July 2008	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	0–4	Chelsea	Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou
13:00		(Report)	Wright-Phillips 87'	Referee: Zhao Liang

Chengdu Blades v Chelsea

26 July 2008	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau
13:00		(Report)	Anelka 15' Kalou 31' Lampard 38' J. Cole 59', 82' Di Santo 65' Wright-Phillips 84'	Referee: Tou Lap Meng

Malaysian Select XI v Chelsea

29 July 2008	Malaysian Select XI	0–2	Chelsea	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor
13:45		(Report)	Anelka 26' A. Cole 53'	Referee: Subkhiddin Sallehk

Lokomotiv Moscow v Chelsea

1 August 2008	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1 (5–4 p)	Chelsea	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
18:05	Kambolov 84'	(Report)	Essien 26'	Referee: Massimo Busacca
	Penalties
	Bilyaletdinov Spahić Glushakov Cociș Mujiri Kambolov		Lampard Deco Wright-Phillips Essien Bridge Shevchenko

Milan v Chelsea

3 August 2008	Milan	0–5	Chelsea	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
11:00		(Report)	Lampard 3' Anelka 8', 18', 51', 58'	Referee: Yuri Baskakov

Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Chelsea v Portsmouth

17 August 2008 1	Chelsea	4–0	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge, London
13:30	J. Cole 12' Anelka 26' Lampard 45+1' (pen.) Deco 88'	(Report)	James  45+1'	Attendance: 41,468 Referee: Mike Dean

Wigan Athletic v Chelsea

24 August 2008 2	JJB Stadium, Wigan
13:30	Cattermole  49'	(Report)	Deco 4' Terry  14' Carvalho  74'	Attendance: 18,139 Referee: Alan Wiley

Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur

31 August 2008 3	Chelsea	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge, London
13:30	Deco  10' Belletti 27' J. Cole  45' Bosingwa  86'	(Report)	Bent 45'	Attendance: 41,790 Referee: Howard Webb

Manchester City v Chelsea

13 September 2008 4	Manchester City	1–3	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
17:30	Robinho 13'	(Report)	Carvalho 16' Mikel  45' Lampard 53' Anelka 69' Terry  77' (suspension withdrawn)	Attendance: 47,331 Referee: Mark Halsey

Chelsea v Manchester United

21 September 2008 5	Chelsea	1–1	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Mikel  68' Kalou 80'	(Report)	Park 18' Scholes  36' Ferdinand  41' Neville  58' Berbatov  60' Rooney  80' Evra  86' Ronaldo  90'	Attendance: 41,760 Referee: Mike Riley

Stoke City v Chelsea

27 September 2008 6	Britannia Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Griffin  55' Cresswell  66'	(Report)	Bosingwa 36' Malouda  55' Anelka 76'	Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Chelsea v Aston Villa

5 October 2008 7	Chelsea	2–0	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	J. Cole 21' Anelka 43'	(Report)	Cuéllar  68' Petrov  78' Shorey  85'	Attendance: 41,593 Referee: Chris Foy

Middlesbrough v Chelsea

18 October 2008 8	Middlesbrough	0–5	Chelsea	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
12:45	Alves  77'	(Report)	Kalou 14' Belletti 51' Wheater 53' (o.g.) Lampard 63' Malouda 67'	Attendance: 29,221 Referee: Phil Dowd

Chelsea v Liverpool

26 October 2008 9	Chelsea	0–1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London
13:30	Malouda  53' A. Cole  56' Deco  79'	(Report)	Alonso 10' Riera  22' Gerrard  39' Mascherano  65'	Attendance: 41,705 Referee: Howard Webb

Hull City v Chelsea

29 October 2008 10	KC Stadium, Hull
19:45		(Report)	Lampard 3' J. Cole  11' Anelka 50' Deco  59' Malouda 75'	Attendance: 24,906 Referee: Andre Marriner

Chelsea v Sunderland

1 November 2008 11	Chelsea	5–0	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Alex 27' Anelka 30', 45', 53' Lampard 51'	(Report)	Tainio  39'	Attendance: 41,693 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea

9 November 2008 12	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Chelsea	Ewood Park, Blackburn
13:30	Warnock  62' Simpson  80'	(Report)	Anelka 40', 68' Malouda  85'	Attendance: 20,670 Referee: Chris Foy

West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea

15 November 2008 13	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Chelsea	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
17:30		(Report)	Bosingwa 34',  57' Anelka 38', 45' Terry  51' Ivanović  78'	Attendance: 26,322 Referee: Steve Bennett

Chelsea v Newcastle United

22 November 2008 14	Chelsea	0–0	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00		(Report)	Gutiérrez  50' Guthrie  86'	Attendance: 41,660 Referee: Phil Dowd

Chelsea v Arsenal

30 November 2008 15	Chelsea	1–2	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge, London
16:00	Djourou 31' (o.g.) Terry  61' Ivanović  85'	(Report)	Van Persie 59', 62'	Attendance: 41,760 Referee: Mike Dean

Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea

6 December 2008 16	Reebok Stadium, Horwich
15:00	Davies  18' O'Brien  65'	(Report)	Anelka 9' Deco 21' Ballack  81'	Attendance: 22,023 Referee: Howard Webb

Chelsea v West Ham United

14 December 2008 17	Chelsea	1–1	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge, London
16:00	Mikel  21' Ballack  33' A. Cole  37' Anelka 51'	(Report)	Bellamy 33'  45+1' Cole  40'	Attendance: 41,675 Referee: Mike Riley

Everton v Chelsea

22 December 2008 18	Everton	0–0	Chelsea	Goodison Park, Liverpool
20:00		(Report)	Terry  35' Lampard  43' A. Cole  43' Ballack  68'	Attendance: 35,655 Referee: Phil Dowd

Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion

26 December 2008 19	Chelsea	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Stamford Bridge, London
13:00	Drogba 3' Lampard 45+1' Ballack  74'	(Report)		Attendance: 41,417 Referee: Rob Styles

Fulham v Chelsea

28 December 2008 20	Fulham	2–2	Chelsea	Craven Cottage, London
14:00	Dempsey 10', 90',  90+1'	(Report)	Lampard 50', 72' Drogba  82' Bosingwa  90+1'	Attendance: 25,462 Referee: Andre Marriner

Manchester United v Chelsea

11 January 2009 21	Manchester United	3–0	Chelsea	Old Trafford, Manchester
16:00	Ronaldo  28' Vidić 45+2' Rooney 63'  66' Park  68' Berbatov 87'	(Report)	Lampard  4' Bosingwa  27' Carvalho  28' Terry  81' Belletti  87'	Attendance: 75,455 Referee: Howard Webb

Chelsea v Stoke City

17 January 2009 22	Chelsea	2–1	Stoke City	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Belletti 88' Lampard 90+3'	(Report) (Highlight)	Faye  15' Delap 60' Kitson  89' Whelan  90'	Attendance: 41,788 Referee: Peter Walton

Chelsea v Middlesbrough

28 January 2009 23	Chelsea	2–0	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge, London
19:45	Kalou 58', 81'	(Report)	Shawky  10' Riggott  56'	Attendance: 40,280 Referee: Lee Probert

Liverpool v Chelsea

1 February 2009 24	Liverpool	2–0	Chelsea	Anfield, Liverpool
16:00	Mascherano  21' Alonso  46' Gerrard  70' Torres 89', 90+4'	(Report)	A. Cole  22' Mikel  53' Lampard  60'[45] Terry  61'	Attendance: 44,174 Referee: Mike Riley
Note: Lampard's red card was rescinded after the match.

Chelsea v Hull City

7 February 2009 25	Chelsea	0–0	Hull City	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Mikel  26'	(Report)	Ashbee  48' Garcia  80'	Attendance: 41,802 Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v Chelsea

21 February 2009 26	Aston Villa	0–1	Chelsea	Villa Park, Birmingham
12:45	Cuéllar  53'	(Report)	Anelka 19' Ballack  84' Bosingwa  84' Terry  90'	Attendance: 42,585 Referee: Mark Halsey

Chelsea v Wigan Athletic

28 February 2009 27	Chelsea	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Alex  10' Terry  19', 25' Mancienne  77' Lampard 90+1'	(Report)	N'Zogbia  24' Cattermole  29' Kapo 82'	Attendance: 40,714 Referee: Lee Probert

Portsmouth v Chelsea

3 March 2009 28	Portsmouth	0–1	Chelsea	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
19:45		(Report)	Drogba 79'	Attendance: 20,326 Referee: Phil Dowd

Chelsea v Manchester City

15 March 2009 29	Chelsea	1–0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge, London
13:30	Essien 18'	(Report)	Elano  29' Evans  75'	Attendance: 41,810 Referee: Mike Riley

Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

21 March 2009 30	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Chelsea	White Hart Lane, London
15:30	Modrić 50'	(Report)	Belletti  45' Ballack  84'	Attendance: 36,034 Referee: Mike Dean

Newcastle United v Chelsea

4 April 2009 31	Newcastle United	0–2	Chelsea	St James' Park, Newcastle
15:00		(Report)	Lampard  38', 56' Mikel  45+3' Malouda 65'	Attendance: 52,112 Referee: Rob Styles

Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

11 April 2009 32	Chelsea	4–3	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Ballack 40' Drogba 48', 63' Lampard 60' (pen.)	(Report)	Taylor 78'	Attendance: 41,096 Referee: Peter Walton

Chelsea v Everton

22 April 2009 33	Chelsea	0–0	Everton	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00		(Report)	Neville  14'	Attendance: 41,556 Referee: Mark Halsey

West Ham United v Chelsea

25 April 2009 34	West Ham United	0–1	Chelsea	Upton Park, London
15:00	Stanislas  72'	(Report)	Kalou 55'	Attendance: 34,749 Referee: Mike Dean

Chelsea v Fulham

2 May 2009 35	Chelsea	3–1	Fulham	Stamford Bridge, London
15:00	Anelka 1' Malouda 10' Drogba 53'	(Report)	Nevland 4' Murphy  90+1'	Attendance: 41,801 Referee: Alan Wiley

Arsenal v Chelsea

10 May 2009 36	Arsenal	1–4	Chelsea	Emirates Stadium, London
16:00	Fàbregas  27' Bendtner 70'	(Report)	Alex 28' Anelka 39' Touré 49' (o.g.) Malouda 86'	Attendance: 60,075 Referee: Phil Dowd

Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers

17 May 2009 37	Chelsea	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge, London
16:00	Malouda 4' Bosingwa  27' Anelka 59'	(Report)	Doran  64' Khizanishvili  84'	Attendance: 40,804 (245 away) Referee: Rob Styles

Sunderland v Chelsea

24 May 2009 38	Sunderland
16:00	Bardsley  39' Richardson 53' Jones 90'	(Report) (Highlight)	A. Cole  34', 86' Anelka 47' Kalou 74'	Attendance: 42,468 Referee: Mark Halsey

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
3	Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	CFR Cluj	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4

Chelsea v Bordeaux

16 September 2008 1	Chelsea	4–0	Bordeaux	London, England
19:45	Lampard 14' J. Cole 30' Deco  58' Malouda 82' Anelka 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,635 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

CFR Cluj v Chelsea

1 October 2008 2	CFR Cluj	0–0	Chelsea	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45	Pereira  71' Dani  90'	Report	Alex  40' Anelka  78'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 20,320 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany )

Roma

22 October 2008 Roma	London, England
19:45	Malouda  30' Terry  72', 77'	Report	Mexès  22' Panucci  85'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,002 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Roma v Chelsea

4 November 2008 Roma	3–1	Chelsea	Rome, Italy
19:45	Panucci 34' Vučinić 48', 58' Perrotta  67'	Report	Terry 75' Deco  33'  81'	Stadium: Spain )

Bordeaux v Chelsea

26 November 2008 5	Bordeaux	1–1	Chelsea	Bordeaux, France
19:45	Gourcuff  22' Jurietti  55' Diarra 83' Chamakh  84'	Report	Terry  22' A. Cole  30' Anelka 60' J. Cole  68' Lampard  27'  86'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,486 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Chelsea v CFR Cluj

9 December 2008 6	Chelsea	2–1	CFR Cluj	London, England
19:45	Kalou 40' Drogba 71' Belletti  76' Mikel  81'	Report	Trică  40' Koné 55' Culio  90+1'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,060 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Chelsea v Juventus

25 February 2009 First leg	Chelsea	1–0	Juventus	London, England
19:45	Drogba 12' Ballack  58'	Report	Molinaro  52' Sissoko  82' Marchisio  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,079 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Juventus v Chelsea

10 March 2009 Second leg	Juventus	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Chelsea	Turin, Italy
19:45	Iaquinta 19' Salihamidžić  45+2' Chiellini  54'  70' Del Piero 74' (pen.)  90+2'	Report	Essien 45+1' Čech  63' Drogba  69', 83' A. Cole  88' Anelka  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 27,319 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain )