2004–05 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
2004–05 season
Owner Roman Abramovich
Chairman Bruce Buck
Manager José Mourinho
Stadium Stamford Bridge
Premier League 1st
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Winners
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Frank Lampard (13)
All: Frank Lampard (19)
Highest home attendance 42,328 (vs. Newcastle United, 4 December 2004)
Lowest home attendance 33,945 (vs. CSKA Moscow, 20 October 2004)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 90th competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the Premier League and 99th year as a club. Managed by José Mourinho during his first season at the club, Chelsea won the Premier League title (their first league title in 50 years) and the League Cup. The season was also notable for the number of records set during the season: Fewest goals against in a Premier League season (15), most clean sheets kept in a season (25), most wins in a season (29), most consecutive away wins (9) and the most points in a season (95).

After missing out on the league title to the unbeaten Arsenal in the previous season, Chelsea continued spending large sums of money in order to build a squad capable of challenging for honours. They were in their second season under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, enabling them to sign five players for more than £10 million each, including Ivorian striker Didier Drogba from Marseille and defender Ricardo Carvalho from Mourinho's former club, Porto. Portuguese defender Paulo Ferreira also followed Mourinho to Chelsea from Porto.

In the Champions League, Chelsea aimed to improve upon their semi-final placing the previous year, but in the end only matched their achievement. They also exited the FA Cup in the fifth round to eventual semi-finalists Newcastle United.

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline; the kit bore the "Fly Emirates" logo. Chelsea's home kit, all blue with a white collar, was retained from the previous season. Their new away kit was black with grey shorts and accents. Chelsea retained last season's away kit (all white with black and blue stripes down the center) as the third kit for this season.

Management

Position Staff
Manager Portugal José Mourinho
Assistant manager Scotland Steve Clarke
First team coach Brazil Baltemar Brito
Fitness coach Portugal Rui Faria
Goalkeeping coach Portugal Silvino Louro
Opposition scout Portugal André Villas-Boas

Source:

First team squad

Squad at end of season

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 England DF Glen Johnson
4 France MF Claude Makélélé[1]
5 Russia MF Alexey Smertin
6 Portugal DF Ricardo Carvalho
8 England MF Frank Lampard
9 Serbia and Montenegro FW Mateja Kežman
10 England MF Joe Cole
11 Republic of Ireland MF Damien Duff
13 France DF William Gallas
14 Cameroon MF Geremi
15 Ivory Coast FW Didier Drogba
16 Netherlands MF Arjen Robben
18 England DF Wayne Bridge
19 England MF Scott Parker
No. Position Player
20 Portugal DF Paulo Ferreira
22 Iceland FW Eiður Guðjohnsen
23 Italy GK Carlo Cudicini
24 Finland FW Mikael Forssell[2]
26 England DF John Terry (captain)
27 Czech Republic MF Jiří Jarošík
29 Germany DF Robert Huth
30 Portugal MF Tiago
31 Portugal MF Filipe Oliveira
32 Scotland DF Steven Watt
33 Portugal MF Nuno Morais
40 England GK Lenny Pidgeley
41 Belgium GK Yves Ma-Kalambay[3]
42 England MF Anthony Grant
43 England MF Joe Tillen

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
3 Nigeria DF Celestine Babayaro (to Newcastle United)
7 Romania FW Adrian Mutu (released)
No. Position Player
England MF Craig Rocastle (to Sheffield Wednesday)
Cyprus MF Alexis Nicolas (to Brighton & Hove Albion)

Transfers

In

# Pos Player From Fee Date
20 DFPortugal Paulo Ferreira Portugal Porto £13.2 million[4] 23 June 2004
1 GKCzech Republic Petr Čech France Rennes £7.1 million[5] 1 July 2004
16 MFNetherlands Arjen Robben Netherlands PSV £12 million[6] 1 July 2004
9 FWSerbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman Netherlands PSV £5.3 million[7] 13 July 2004
15 FWIvory Coast Didier Drogba France Marseille £24 million[8] 20 July 2004
30 MFPortugal Tiago Portugal Benfica £10 million[9] 21 July 2004
6 DFPortugal Ricardo Carvalho Portugal Porto £19.85 million[10] 28 July 2004
33 DFPortugal Nuno Morais Portugal Penafiel Undisclosed[11] 29 August 2004
27 MFCzech Republic Jiří Jarošík Russia CSKA Moscow £3 million[12] 6 January 2005

Out

# Pos Player To Fee Date
7 MFNetherlands Winston Bogarde Unattached Released 1 July 2004
20 MFArgentina Juan Sebastián Verón Italy Internazionale Loan[13] 1 July 2004
6 DFFrance Marcel Desailly Qatar Al-Gharafa Free[14] 6 July 2004
9 FWNetherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink England Middlesbrough Free[15] 1 July 2004
32 FWFinland Mikael Forssell England Birmingham City Loan[16] 1 July 2004
15 DFNetherlands Mario Melchiot England Birmingham City Free[17] 9 July 2004
17 MFFrance Emmanuel Petit Unattached Released July 2004
12 MFCroatia Mario Stanić N/A Retired[18] 9 July 2004
30 MFDenmark Jesper Grønkjær England Birmingham City £2.2 million[19] 12 July 2004
39 FWEngland Carlton Cole England Aston Villa Loan[20] 14 July 2004
21 FWArgentina Hernán Crespo Italy Milan Loan[21] July 2004
N/A MFNetherlands Boudewijn Zenden England Middlesbrough Free[22] July 2004
34 GKScotland Neil Sullivan England Leeds United Free[23] August 2004
31 GKItaly Marco Ambrosio Switzerland Grasshoppers Free[24] 11 August 2004

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: Decrease £91,350,000

Winter: Decrease £3,000,000

Total: Decrease £94,350,000

Income

Summer: Increase £2,200,000

Winter: Steady £0,000,000

Total: Increase £2,200,000

Expenditure

Summer: Decrease £89,150,000

Winter: Decrease £3,000,000

Total: Decrease £92,150,000

Premier League

A total of 20 teams competed in the Premier League in the 2004–05 season. Each team played 38 matches; two against every other team and one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season the top two teams qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League; teams in third and fourth needed to play a qualifier.[16]

The provisional fixture list was released on 24 June 2004, but was subject to change in the event of clashes with other competitions, international football, inclement weather, or matches being selected for television coverage.

August–October

Chelsea opened their Premier League campaign at home against a depleted Manchester United side on 15 August 2004. Eiður Guðjohnsen's 14th-minute goal was enough to separate the two sides, 1–0. The result was followed by another 1–0 win a weekend later, this time away at Birmingham City thanks to a strike by substitute Joe Cole. A few days later, Chelsea journeyed across London to Selhurst Park to face newly promoted Crystal Palace. A Didier Drogba debut goal for his new club (a header from a Celestine Babayaro cross) and a crisp, 18-yard drive by Tiago were enough to ensure a 0–2 win and maintain Chelsea's 100 percent start. Chelsea concluded August with a 2–1 home win over Southampton. James Beattie gave the visitors a shock lead after 12 seconds (Chelsea's first goal conceded in the season), though Beattie later scored an own goal following a Chelsea corner, and a Frank Lampard penalty four minutes short of half-time set Chelsea on their way to all three points, leaving them in second place (behind fellow 100 percenters Arsenal on goal difference).

Due to the international fixtures, Chelsea did not play again until 11 September, dropping their first points of the season in a 0–0 draw at Aston Villa, but both sides were not without their chances to break the deadlock, Drogba having a penalty claim turned down and being booked for diving in the process. A second successive 0–0 draw, at home to Tottenham Hotspur, meant they lost ground on defending champions and leaders Arsenal, falling two points behind. Chelsea claimed their first win of the month courtesy of a free-kick routine finished by Drogba nine minutes from time away at Middlesbrough one week later to give them a vital 0–1 win. At the cessation of September, Chelsea were still occupying second place, two points behind Arsenal.

Chelsea began October with yet another 1–0 win, this time against Liverpool, a Joe Cole flick from an inswinging Lampard free kick maintained their unbeaten league start. The run, however, ended after they suffered their first defeat of the season away at Manchester City, with Nicolas Anelka stroking home a penalty in the 11th minute that he won himself after being felled in the box by Paulo Ferreira. The result cast Chelsea further behind pace-setters Arsenal, the margin now at five points.

Chelsea recorded one of their most emphatic victories of the season a week later, winning 4–0 at home against Blackburn Rovers, a Eiður Guðjohnsen hat-trick set them on their way to the win. The result was significant in that it closed the gap to two points, as Arsenal lost their unbeaten record in controversial fashion a day later at Old Trafford, losing 2–0 to Manchester United. Another irrefutable result, a 1–4 win away at West Bromwich Albion, pulled Chelsea level with Arsenal (but behind on goal difference) at the end of October, as the reigning champions were showing signs of faltering, narrowly earning a 2–2 draw that day.

November–December

A 1–0 home win against Everton at Stamford Bridge coupled with another draw for Arsenal allowed Chelsea to top the table for the first time in the season. A week later, they retained their two-point lead at the top thanks to a thumping 1–4 away triumph at Fulham.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chelsea (C) 38 29 8 1 72 15+57 95 2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Arsenal 38 25 8 5 87 36+51 83
3 Manchester United 38 22 11 5 58 26+32 77 2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Everton 38 18 7 13 45 46−1 61

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAHAA
Result W W W W D D W W L W W W W D W W D W W W W W W W W D W W W W W D D W W W W D
Position 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 8 March 2011.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Chelsea 6411103+713
Portugal Porto 622246−28
Russia CSKA Moscow 62135507
France Paris Saint-Germain 612338−55

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter Finals

Semi-Finals

National cups

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Champions League FA Cup Football League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Czech Republic Petr Čech 48 0 35 0 11 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF England Glen Johnson 28 0 13+3 0 4+2 0 3 0 2+1 0
3 DF Nigeria Celestine Babayaro 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 MF France Claude Makélélé 50 1 36 1 10 0 0 0 4 0
5 MF Russia Alexey Smertin 25 1 11+5 0 4+1 1 3 0 1 0
6 DF Portugal Ricardo Carvalho 39 1 22+3 1 10 0 1 0 3 0
7 FW Romania Adrian Mutu 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF England Frank Lampard 58 19 38 13 12 4 0+2 0 3+3 2
9 FW Serbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman 41 7 6+19 4 3+6 0 3 1 2+2 2
10 MF England Joe Cole 46 9 19+9 8 8+1 1 3 0 4+2 0
11 MF Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 48 10 28+2 6 8+2 2 1+1 0 5+1 2
13 DF France William Gallas 46 2 28 2 12 0 1 0 5 0
14 MF Cameroon Geremi 20 0 6+7 0 1+3 0 2 0 1 0
15 FW Ivory Coast Didier Drogba 41 16 18+8 10 8+1 5 1+1 0 3+1 1
16 MF Netherlands Arjen Robben 29 9 14+4 7 2+3 1 0+2 0 3+1 1
18 DF England Wayne Bridge 25 0 12+3 0 4 0 2 0 4 0
19 MF England Scott Parker 11 0 1+3 0 3+1 0 0 0 3 0
20 DF Portugal Paulo Ferreira 42 0 29 0 6+1 0 0+1 0 5 0
22 FW Iceland Eiður Guðjohnsen 57 16 30+7 12 9+2 2 2+1 1 1+5 1
23 GK Italy Carlo Cudicini 11 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 4 0
24 FW Finland Mikael Forssell 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF England John Terry 53 8 36 3 11 4 5 0 1 1
27 MF Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík 20 0 3+11 0 0 0 2+1 0 1+2 0
29 DF Germany Robert Huth 15 1 6+4 0 1+3 0 1 1 0 0
30 MF Portugal Tiago Mendes 51 4 21+13 4 4+7 0 2 0 4 0
31 MF Portugal Filipe Oliveira 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Scotland Steven Watt 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF Portugal Nuno Morais 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
40 GK England Lenny Pidgeley 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF England Anthony Grant 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistics source.[25] Squad details and shirt numbers from .

Summary

Games played 59 (38 Premier League), 3 (FA Cup), 12 (UEFA Champions League) 6 (Football League Cup)
Games won 42 (29 Premier League), 2 (FA Cup), 6 (UEFA Champions League) 5 (Football League Cup)
Games drawn 11 (8 Premier League), 0 (FA Cup), 2 (UEFA Champions League) 1 (Football League Cup)
Games lost 6 (1 Premier League), 1 (FA Cup), 4 (UEFA Champions League) 0 (Football League Cup)
Goals scored 98 (72 Premier League), 4 (FA Cup), 21 (UEFA Champions League) 10 (Football League Cup)
Goals conceded 33 (15 Premier League), 1 (FA Cup), 13 (UEFA Champions League) 4 (Football League Cup)
Goal difference 75 (57 Premier League), 4 (FA Cup), 8 (UEFA Champions League) 6 (Football League Cup)
Clean sheets 35 (25 Premier League), 2 (FA Cup), 5 (UEFA Champions League) 3 (Football League Cup)
Most appearances 58 England Frank Lampard
Top scorer 19 England Frank Lampard
Points Overall: 42/59 (71.28%)

Awards

Player

No. Player Award
1 Czech Republic Petr Čech PFA Team of the Year & Golden Glove
8 England Frank Lampard April Player of the Month, PFA Fans Player of the Year, Premier League Player of the Season, FWA Footballer of the Year & PFA Team of the Year
10 England Joe Cole March Player of the Month
16 Netherlands Arjen Robben November Player of the Month & PFA Team of the Year
26 England John Terry January Player of the Month, PFA Player of the Year & PFA Team of the Year

Manager

Manager Award
Portugal José Mourinho November Manager of the Month, January Manager of the Month & Premier League Manager of the Season

References

  1. ↑ Makélélé was born in Kinshasa, Zaire.
  2. ↑ Forssell was born in Steinfurt, West Germany.
  3. ↑ Ma-Kalambay was born in Brussels, Belgium, and has represented Belgium internationally at youth level, but also qualified to represent the DR Congo and made his full international debut for DR Congo in May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Chelsea to sign Ferreira". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 2004-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Chelsea sign Cech". BBC Sport. 9 February 2004. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 2004-02-09.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea sign Robben". BBC Sport. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 2004-03-02.
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  11. ↑ "Chelsea snap up Morais". BBC Sport. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 2004-08-29.
  12. ↑ "Jarošík completes move to Chelsea". BBC Sport. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 2005-06-01.
  13. ↑ "Veron joins Inter on loan". BBC Sport. 3 June 2004. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 2004-06-03.
  14. ↑ "Desailly leaves Chelsea". BBC Sport. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-06.
  15. ↑ "Hasselbaink signs for Boro". BBC Sport. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-09.
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  17. ↑ "Melchiot joins Birmingham". BBC Sport. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-09.
  18. ↑ "Injuries end Stanic career". BBC Sport. 9 July 2004. Archived from the original on 11 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-09.
  19. ↑ "Birmingham sign Gronkjaer". BBC Sport. 12 July 2004. Archived from the original on 14 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-12.
  20. ↑ "Cole confirms Villa loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2004. Archived from the original on 16 July 2004. Retrieved 2004-07-14.
  21. ↑ "Crespo clinches Milan move". BBC News. 15 July 2004.
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  23. ↑ "Sullivan joins Leeds". BBC News. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  24. ↑ "Ambrosio quits Chelsea". BBC Sport. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 2004-08-11.
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