# 2007–08 Chelsea F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Chelsea Football Club's 94th 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 following a disappointing 1–1 draw with Rosenborg and was replaced by the Israeli Avram Grant.
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, and the game went to a penalty shootout. Captain John Terry had the opportunity to win the title for Chelsea, however, he slipped as he took his shot and missed. Manchester United ultimately won the penalty shootout 6–5 after Edwin van der Sar saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty.
Chelsea went the entire 2007–08 campaign without suffering a single defeat at home. In spite of this, this was the first season 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. Five days later, Chelsea's assistant first-team coach, Henk ten Cate, had his contract terminated as well.

## Kits

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| Home | Home alt. | 2008–09 | UEFA Champions League Final | Away | Away alt. 1 | Away alt. 2 | Third | Third alt. |
| Goalkeeper 1 | UEFA Champions League Final & 2008–09 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 | Goalkeeper alt. | Goalkeeper 4 |

## 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 |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Claude Makélélé |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho |
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Shevchenko |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Frank Lampard (vice-captain) |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Joe Cole |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Mikel John Obi |
| 13 | MF | GER | Michael Ballack |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Florent Malouda |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Scott Sinclair |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Wayne Bridge |
| 20 | DF | POR | Paulo Ferreira |
| 21 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| 26 | DF | ENG | John Terry (captain) |
| 27 | FW | ISR | Ben Sahar |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Michael Woods |
| 30 | GK | WAL | Rhys Taylor |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alex |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Juliano Belletti |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |
| 40 | GK | POR | Henrique Hilário |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Sam Hutchinson |
| 42 | MF | ENG | 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Glen Johnson (to Portsmouth) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Arjen Robben (to Real Madrid) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra (to Arsenal) |
| 39 | DF | ENG | 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Anthony Grant |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Carl Magnay |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Liam Bridcutt |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Ryan Bertrand |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Michael Mancienne |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Jimmy Smith |

## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| Res | MF | Jacob Mellis | Sheffield United | Undisclosed | June 2007 |
| Res | FW | Danny Philliskirk | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed | 1 June 2007 |
| 14 | FW | Claudio Pizarro | Bayern Munich | Free | 1 June 2007 |
| 22 | DF | Tal Ben Haim | Bolton Wanderers | Free | 14 June 2007 |
| 9 | MF | Steve Sidwell | Reading | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| 15 | MF | Florent Malouda | Lyon | £13,500,000 | 10 July 2007 |
| Res | FW | Fabio Borini | Bologna | Free | 31 July 2007 |
| 33 | DF | Alex | PSV | Loan return | 10 August 2007 |
| 35 | DF | Juliano Belletti | Barcelona | €5,500,000 | 23 August 2007 |
| 39 | FW | Nicolas Anelka | Bolton Wanderers | £15,000,000 | 11 January 2008 |
| 2 | DF | Branislav Ivanović | Lokomotiv Moscow | £9,700,000 | 16 January 2008 |
| N/A | FW | Franco Di Santo | Audax Italiano | Undisclosed | 25 January 2008 |

### Out

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 33 | DF | Nuno Morais | APOEL | Free | 12 May 2007 |
| N/A | DF | Jonas Elmer | Aarau | Undisclosed | 25 June 2007 |
| 41 | GK | Yves Ma-Kalambay | Hibernian | Free | 27 June 2007 |
| 14 | MF | Geremi | Newcastle United | Free | 6 July 2007 |
| N/A | GK | James Russell | Stevenage Borough | Free | 8 August 2007 |
| 16 | MF | Arjen Robben | Real Madrid | £21,000,000 | 22 August 2007 |
| 2 | DF | Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | £4,000,000 | 31 August 2007 |
| 19 | MF | Lassana Diarra | Arsenal | Undisclosed | 31 August 2007 |
| N/A | MF | Juan Sebastián Verón | Estudiantes La Plata | Free | 2007 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Managers | José Mourinho (until 20 September) |
| Managers | Avram Grant (20 September–24 May) |
| Assistant managers | Steve Clarke |
| Assistant managers | Avram Grant (until 20 September) |
| Assistant managers | Henk ten Cate (20 September–29 May) |
| Goalkeeping coach | Christophe Lollichon |
| Head scout | Michael Emenalo |
| Club doctor | Dr. Bryan English |
| Chief scout and director of youth development | Frank Arnesen |
| Reserve team manager | Brendan Rodgers |
| Youth team manager | Paul Clement |
| Academy manager | Neil Bath |
Last updated: 13 April 2009 Source: Chelsea FC

### Other information

| Owner | Roman Abramovich |
| Chairman | Bruce Buck |
| Chief Executive | Peter Kenyon |
| Director of Communications | Simon Greenberg |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Stamford Bridge (42,055 / 110x75 yards) |
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## Competitions
### FA Community Shield
### Premier League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Chelsea | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Everton | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 85 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | SCH | ROS | VAL |
| 1 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Valencia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
## Disciplinary record

| No. | Player | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 3 | Ashley Cole | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Claude Makélélé | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Michael Essien | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Frank Lampard | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Michael Ballack | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Paulo Ferreira | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | John Terry | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | Alex | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Juliano Belletti | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Didier Drogba | 6 | 1 |

## Football League Cup
### Disciplinary record

| No. | Player | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 4 | Claude Makélélé | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Steve Sidwell | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Joe Cole | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mikel John Obi | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Tal Ben Haim | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Juliano Belletti | 2 | 0 |

## FA Cup
### Disciplinary record

| No. | Nat. | Player | Yellow cards | Red cards |
| 6 | | Ricardo Carvalho | 1 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Community Shield | Community Shield |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CZE | Petr Čech | 40 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Carlo Cudicini | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | POR | Henrique Hilário | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ashley Cole | 41 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Ricardo Carvalho | 38 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Wayne Bridge | 22 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | POR | Paulo Ferreira | 28 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim | 23 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | John Terry | 37 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Alex | 39 | 3 | 22+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Juliano Belletti | 38 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | FRA | Claude Makélélé | 34 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GHA | Michael Essien | 46 | 6 | 23+4 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Frank Lampard | 43 | 20 | 23+1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Steve Sidwell | 25 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Joe Cole | 55 | 10 | 28+5 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 12+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Mikel John Obi | 39 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Michael Ballack | 30 | 9 | 16+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Florent Malouda | 38 | 4 | 16+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Scott Sinclair | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Shaun Wright-Phillips | 41 | 4 | 20+7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Shevchenko | 25 | 8 | 8+9 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba | 32 | 15 | 17+2 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro | 32 | 2 | 4+17 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 48 | 11 | 24+6 | 7 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 2 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka | 24 | 2 | 10+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Glen Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions