2007–08 Chelsea F.C. season

Players

Squad Information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Čech	42	EU	2004	133	0	2010	£ 7m
23	GK	Cudicini	51	EU	2000	190	0		£160k
40	GK	Hilário	48	EU	2006	18	0		Free
3	LB	A. Cole	43	EU	2006	47	0		£5m + Gallas
6	CB	Carvalho	46	EU	2004	128	8	2012	£19.85m
18	LB	Bridge	44	EU	2003	108	4	2010	£7m
20	RB	Ferreira	45	EU	2004	113	1		£13.2m
22	CB	Ben Haim	42	Non-EU	2007	6	0		Free
26	CB	Terry (captain)	43	EU	1997	321	31	2012	Youth system
33	CB	Alex	42	Non-EU	2007	3	0		Free
35	RB	Belletti	48	EU	2007	3	0
37	CB	Cork	35	EU	2006	0	0		Youth system
39	CB	Worley	35	EU	2006	0	0		Youth system
45	LB	Bertrand	35	EU	2006	0	0		Youth system
51	RB	Hutchinson	35	EU	2006	1	0		Youth system
4	DM	Makélélé (VC2)	51	EU	2003	184	2	2009	£16m
5	MF	Essien	41	Non-EU	2005	103	9	2012	£24.4m
8	MF	Lampard (VC1)	46	EU	2001	334	93	2009	£11m
9	MF	Sidwell	41	EU	2007	4	0		Free
10	WI	J. Cole	42	EU	2003	173	25	2010	£6.6m
12	DM	Mikel	37	Non-EU	2006	49	2		£16m
13	MF	Ballack	47	EU	2006	46	7	2009	Free
15	LM	Malouda	44	EU	2007	7	2		£13.5m
24	RM	Wright-Phillips	42	EU	2005	90	6		£21m
42	DM	Grant	37	EU	2004	1	0		Youth system
48	MF	Woods	34	EU	2007 (Winter)	2	0		Youth system
50	AM	Sawyer	35	EU	2006	0	0		Youth system
7	CF	Shevchenko	47	Non-EU	2006	52	14	2010	£30m
11	CF	Drogba	46	EU	2004	147	66	2010	£24m
14	CF	Pizarro	45	EU	2007	6	1		Free
17	CF	Sinclair	35	EU	2005	4	0		Youth system
21	CF	Kalou	39	Non-EU	2006	64	9	2009	£8m

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007
Source: Chelsea FC, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals), footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee), First team squad and soccerbase.com
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.

Squad stats

				Total			UCL		EPL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Čech	6	6				6
35	RB		Belletti	2	3				3
22	CB		Ben Haim	4	5				5
26	CB		Terry	4	4				4
3	LB		A. Cole	6	6				6
24	RM		Wright-Phillips	6	6				6
5	MF		Essien	5	5	1			5	1					Also played as RB
8	MF		Lampard	4	4	3			4	3					^{[citation needed]}
15	LM		Malouda	5	6	1			6	1
11	CF		Drogba	4	5	1			5	1					^{[citation needed]}
21	CF		Kalou	4	6				6
12	DM		Mikel	3	6				6
14	CF		Pizarro	2	5	1			5	1
33	CB		Alex	2	3				3
9	MF		Sidwell	2	3				3
6	CB		Carvalho	2	2				2						^{[citation needed]}
10	WI		J. Cole	1	4				4
2	RB		Johnson	1	2				2						Sold to Portsmouth on Aug 31
20	RB		Ferreira	1	1				1
4	DM		Makélélé	1	1				1
7	CF		Shevchenko	1	1				1
23	GK		Cudicini
40	GK		Hilário
18	LB		Bridge												^{[citation needed]}
37	CB		Cork
39	CB		Worley
45	LB		Bertrand
51	RB		Hutchinson
13	MF		Ballack												Source
19	DM		Diarra												Sold to Arsenal on Aug 31
42	DM		Grant
48	MF		Woods
50	AM		Sawyer
17	CF		Sinclair

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007
Source: Competitive match articles
Ordered by start team and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
4	4-4-2	1,2,4,6
2	4-3-3	3,5

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Most frequent start

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Čech	6
35	RB	Belletti	2
26	CB	Terry	4
22	CB	Ben Haim	4
3	LB	A. Cole	6
24	RM	Wright-Phillips	6
5	MF	Essien	5	Played at RB
8	MF	Lampard	4
15	LM	Malouda	5
11	CF	Drogba	4
21	CF	Kalou	4

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007
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).

Players in / out

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Out

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EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Avram Grant
Assistant manager	Steve Clarke / Baltemar Brito
Goalkeeping coach	Silvino Louro
Club doctor	Bryan English
Fitness coach	Rui Faria
Chief scout	Frank Arnesen

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007
Source: Chelsea FC

Kit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): Samsung Mobile

Home

Away

Third

Source: Chelsea FC (Away) and Chelsea FC (3rd)

Other Information

Chairman	Bruce Buck (for Roman Abramovich)
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stamford Bridge (42,055 / 110x75 yards)

Source: Chelsea F.C. article on 26 Jul 2007 and Stamford Bridge (stadium) article on 27 Jul 2007

Competitions

Overall

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Updated to match played 16 September
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Classification

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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11	2	1	0	4	2	+2	1	1	1	3	4	−1

Last updated: 16 Sep 2007.
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

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UEFA Champions League

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualified
Valencia	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA Champions League round of 16
Template:Rosenborg Rosenborg	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA Champions League round of 16
Chelsea	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA Cup round of 32
Schalke	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1

Last updated: 20 September
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08

Matches

Competitive

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Report
1	5 Aug 2007	FA Community Shield	—	N	Manchester United	1 – 1 (0-3 pen.)	Kick off: 15:00 WEST Attendance: 80,731 Referee: M Halsey 45' Malouda Ben Haim, Carvalho, Mikel
2	12 Aug 2007	EPL	1	H	Birmingham	3 – 2	Attendance: 41,590 Referee: Steve Bennett 17' Pizarro 31' Malouda 50' Essien Essien, Carvalho
3	15 Aug 2007	EPL	2	Template:Away venue}	Reading	2 – 1	Attendance: 24,031 Referee: Mike Dean 47' Lampard 50' Drogba Carvalho, Sidwell, Wright-Phillips, A. Cole, Mikel
4	19 Aug 2007	EPL	3	Template:Away venue}	Liverpool	1 – 1	Attendance: 43,924 Referee: Robert Styles 62' (pen.) Lampard Essien, A. Cole, Ben Haim, Lampard, Terry
5	25 Aug 2007	EPL	4	H	Portsmouth	1 – 0	Attendance: 41,501 Referee: Alan Wiley 31' Lampard
6	2 Sep 2007	EPL	5	Template:Away venue}	Aston Villa	0 – 2	Attendance: 37,714 Referee: Mark Clattenburg Drogba
7	15 Sep 2007	EPL	6	H	Blackburn	0 – 0	Attendance: 41,062 Referee: Howard Webb Cole, Belletti
8	18 Sep 2007	UCL	GS	H	Rosenborg	1 – 1	Attendance: 24,973 Referee: Laurent Duhamel 53 Shevchenko'
10	26 Sep 2007	FL Cup	3R	Template:Away venue}	Hull City
12	3 Oct 2007	UCL	GS	Template:Away venue}	Valencia
15	24 Oct 2007	UCL	GS	H	Schalke 04
18	6 Nov 2007	UCL	GS	Template:Away venue}	Schalke 04
21	28 Nov 2007	UCL	GS	Template:Away venue}	Rosenborg
24	11 Dec 2007	UCL	GS	H	Valencia
29	5 Jan 2008	FA Cup	3R

Last updated: 25 Aug 2007
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08 and FA Cup 2007-08
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¹Chelsea goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Chelsea.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Pre-season

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	14 Jul 2007	Disney Friendship Cup	N	Club America	2 - 1	Malouda 74', Terry 83'	1
2	17 Jul 2007	World Series of Soccer	N	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1 - 0	Drogba 80'	1
3	21 Jul 2007	World Series of Soccer	A	LA Galaxy	1 - 0	Terry 49'	1
4	25 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Feyenoord	1 - 1	Lampard 79'	0
5	28 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Rangers	0 - 2		-2
6	31 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Brondby	2 - 0	Drogba 61', 84'	2

Last updated: 31 Jul 2007
¹Chelsea goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Chelsea.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

References

External Links

Chelsea FC official website
Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
UEFA Champions League

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