2009 FA Cup Final

The 2009 FA Cup Final was the 128th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 May 2009 and marked the third time that the final has been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Chelsea, who beat Arsenal 2–1 in their semi-final, and Everton who beat Manchester United 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw after extra time. After Louis Saha opened the scoring after just 25 seconds, the fastest ever goal in an FA Cup Final, Didier Drogba equalised in the 21st minute before Frank Lampard scored the winner with 19 minutes left to play to give Chelsea their fifth FA Cup success.
==Background==
==Pre-match==
===Ticketing===
===Kits===
Since both finalists' first-choice kits are predominantly blue, a coin was tossed in order to determine which team would have the first choice of kit. Everton won the toss and chose to wear their traditional blue kit, meaning that Chelsea would wear their all-yellow third-choice kit. Chelsea were nevertheless given the "home" dressing room, i.e. that used by the England national team.
===Opening ceremony===
===Details===
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA: 	CHELSEA:
 	 	 	 	
GK 	1 	Petr Čech 	 	
RB 	17 	José Bosingwa 	 	
CB 	33 	Alex 	 	
CB 	26 	John Terry (c) 	 	
LB 	3 	Ashley Cole 	 	
DM 	12 	Mikel John Obi 	 	
CM 	5 	Michael Essien 	 	
CM 	8 	Frank Lampard 	 	
RW 	39 	Nicolas Anelka 	 	
LW 	15 	Florent Malouda 	 	
CF 	11 	Didier Drogba 	 	
Substitutes:	Substitutes:	Substitutes: 	Substitutes:	
GK 	40 	Hilário 	 	
DF 	2 	Branislav Ivanović	 	
DF 	35 	Juliano Belletti 	 	
DF 	42 	Michael Mancienne 	 	
MF 	13 	Michael Ballack 	 	
FW 	9 	Franco Di Santo 	 	
FW 	21 	Salomon Kalou 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	
Guus Hiddink	Guus Hiddink	Guus Hiddink 	Guus Hiddink	
MATCH OFFICIALS
*Assistant referees:
**Mike Mullarkey (Devon)
**David Richardson (West Yorkshire)
*Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)	
MATCH RULES
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Seven named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
===Statistics===
 	Chelsea	Everton
Goals scored 	2 	1
Total shots 	12 	6
Shots on target	4 	2
Ball possession	58% 	42%
Corner kicks 	5 	1
Fouls committed	12 	17
Offsides 	2 	3
Yellow cards 	2 	3
Red cards 	0 	0
====Records====
==Route to the final==
*See Also - FA Cup 2008–09
Chelsea 	Chelsea 	Round 	Everton 	Everton
Southend United [L1]H1–1 	Kalou 31' 	Third Round 	Macclesfield Town [L2]A1–0 	Osman 43'
Southend United [L1]A4–1 	Ballack 45', Kalou 60', Anelka 78', Lampard 90'	Replay 	Macclesfield Town [L2]A1–0 	Osman 43'
Ipswich Town [C]H3–1 	Ballack 16', 59', Lampard 85' 	Fourth Round	Liverpool [PL]A1–1 	Lescott 27'
Ipswich Town [C]H3–1 	Ballack 16', 59', Lampard 85' 	Replay 	Liverpool [PL]H1–0 	Gosling 118'
Watford [C]A3–1 	Anelka 75', 77', 90' 	Fifth Round 	Aston Villa [PL]H3–1 	Rodwell 4', Arteta 24' (pen.), Cahill 76'
Coventry City [C]A2–0 	Drogba 15', Alex 72' 	Sixth Round 	Middlesbrough [PL]H2–1 	Fellaini 50', Saha 56'
Arsenal [PL]Wembley Stadium, London2–1	Malouda 33', Drogba 84' 	Semi-finals 	Manchester United [PL]Wembley Stadium, London0–0 (4–2 p)	
* Both clubs received a bye to round three.
* In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division
** [PL] = Premier League
** [C] = Championship
** [L1] = League One
** [L2] = League Two
==External links and references==
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