2009–10 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

2009–10 season
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Fifth round
FA Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (29) All: Didier Drogba (37)
Highest home attendance	41,836 (vs. Manchester United, 8 November 2009)
Lowest home attendance	37,781 (vs. Queens Park Rangers, 23 September 2009)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2009–10 season was Chelsea Football Club's 95th competitive season, 18th consecutive season in the Premier League, 104th year in existence as a football club and the first season coached by Carlo Ancelotti. Despite disappointment in the Champions League, the club had the most successful season in its history, winning the Premier League for a third time and retaining the FA Cup for the first time, therefore becoming the seventh English club to complete the "Double".

Season summary

Chelsea won the F.A. Cup and the English Premier League to complete the Double for the first time in their history, while breaking numerous Premier League records in the amount of goals they managed.

Key dates

• 01.06.09: Carlo Ancelotti is appointed as the new Chelsea manager following the departure of temporary first team coach Guus Hiddink, with his tenure set to commence on 1 July.
• 02.07.09: Goalkeeper Ross Turnbull signs a four-year deal on a free transfer from Middlesbrough, along with news that Henrique Hilário has renewed his contract for two more years.
• 03.07.09: Chelsea finalize a four-year deal for striker Daniel Sturridge after his contract with Manchester City expires.
• 07.07.09: Winger Yuri Zhirkov signs for Chelsea from CSKA Moscow on a four-year deal for a reported £18 million.
• 27.07.09: Chelsea wins the inaugural World Football Challenge tournament, beating Internazionale, Milan, and América.
• 28.07.09: Former Chelsea chairman Brian Mears passes away at the age of 78.
• 04.08.09: Striker Franco Di Santo joins Blackburn Rovers on loan until 1 January.
• 06.08.09: Winger Scott Sinclair joins Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan deal.
• 09.08.09: With their first penalty shootout win in over a decade, Chelsea secure the 2009 Community Shield following a 2–2 draw against Manchester United in normal time. After United's Nani opens the scoring, goals by Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard look to win the game for Chelsea until an injury-time equalizer by Wayne Rooney forces the game to penalties. Chelsea win the shootout 4–1.
• 13.08.09: Michael Mancienne signs a new four-year deal, keeping him at Chelsea until 2013, then signs on loan with Wolverhampton Wanderers until the end of the season.
• 15.08.09: Chelsea's Premier League campaign kicks off with a difficult 2–1 home victory over a defensively resolute Hull City side. After ex-Reading player Stephen Hunt scores against the run of play, a Didier Drogba free-kick makes things even. Although Chelsea dominate the second half of the game, Hull's tenacity and a lack of quality finishing make it look like the game will end a damaging draw for Chelsea, until Drogba's chipped cross in stoppage time loops over the head of Hull keeper Boaz Myhill and serendipitously falls into the corner of the net.
• 18.08.09: Chelsea sign young Serbian central midfielder Nemanja Matić from MFK Košice for a fee of £1.5 million.
• 27.08.09: Chelsea are grouped with Porto, Atlético Madrid and APOEL in the UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. During the ceremony, John Terry is awarded the UEFA Club Defender of the Year award.
• 29.08.09: Chelsea claim first place in the Premier League for the first time this season with a 3–0 home win over Burnley. In a game characterised by Chelsea's dominance, after Nicolas Anelka breaks the deadlock from close range before half-time, a quick-fire double at the start of the second half via a Michael Ballack header and an Ashley Cole volley secures a comfortable victory. During the match, Chelsea are paired with fellow Londoners Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup third round draw.
• 03.09.09: For inducing reserve player Gaël Kakuta into breaching his contract with his previous club Lens, FIFA ban Chelsea from signing any new players nationally or internationally until January 2011, and demand the club to pay Lens £113,500 training compensation. Kakuta is fined £680,000 and banned from playing officially for four months.^[1]
• 15.09.09: After a hard fought 2–1 win away against Stoke City in the Premier League, a lone Nicolas Anelka goal kicks off Chelsea's Champions League campaign with a tight 1–0 win in Group D over Porto. With mainstays Didier Drogba and José Bosingwa suspended for their protests in last year's semi-final, along with the difficulty caused by constant rainfall on the pitch, the Chelsea performance is unusually sloppy, but a solid performance by goalkeeper Petr Čech guides the team to victory. Atlético Madrid draw 0–0 at home with APOEL, leaving Chelsea two points clear at the top of the group after one game played.
• 20.09.09: With a 3–0 win at home against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur with goals from Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba, Chelsea set a new club record of 11 consecutive Premier League victories, surpassing the record of ten games set during the 2005–06 season.
• 23.09.09: Chelsea kick off their League Cup challenge with a low-key 1–0 home victory over Queens Park Rangers in the third round. Salomon Kalou notches the only goal, set up by Joe Cole in his first game since January. Yuri Zhirkov, Sam Hutchinson and Fabio Borini all make their first starts for the club.
• 26.09.09: Although Didier Drogba scores his 100th Chelsea goal against Wigan Athletic to briefly equalise, Chelsea look strangely uninspired in a 1–3 loss at the DW Stadium, having gone down to ten men after Petr Čech's sending off six minutes after half time following a penalty-worthy challenge on Hugo Rodallega. Chelsea relinquish their Premier League lead to Manchester United, falling into second place on goals scored.
• 04.10.09: In their first "Big Four" clash of the season, Chelsea edge a typically tight game at Stamford Bridge with a 2–0 Premier League victory over title rivals Liverpool. Didier Drogba sets up both Chelsea goals from wide positions, first from the left for Nicolas Anelka, and then from the right for Florent Malouda to seal the win in stoppage time. Henrique Hilário proves a solid deputy for the suspended Petr Čech, as the goalkeeper produces excellent saves from Albert Riera and Steven Gerrard to keep the clean sheet, assisted by a horrendous miss from Yossi Benayoun towards the end of the game. Manchester United's fortuitous 2–2 draw with Sunderland at Old Trafford the day before means Chelsea return to the top of the league.
• 17.10.09: Chelsea are beaten by Aston Villa 2–1 away at Villa Park. Following Didier Drogba's early strike, James Collins and Richard Dunne score the goals which inflict Chelsea's second successive away defeat under Carlo Ancelotti.
• 24.10.09: Chelsea thrash Blackburn Rovers 5–0 at Stamford Bridge in their most emphatic Premier League victory so far this season, only a few days after humbling Atlético Madrid in the Champions League by one goal less. Joe Cole enjoys a sparkling performance at the top of the midfield diamond in his first league start since January, with a Gaël Givet own goal opening the scoring. A 30-yard Michael Essien drive sandwiches two goals by Frank Lampard, and Didier Drogba completes the rout with a simple header from a corner. The next day, Liverpool break their four-game losing streak with a 2–0 victory over Manchester United at Anfield. After losing their lead again the previous week, this result leaves Chelsea two points clear.
• 4.11.09: Chelsea qualify for the Champions League knockout round after sharing the points in a 2–2 draw with Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium that burst into life into the last ten minutes. After Sergio Agüero volleyed home midway through the second half, a quickfire double in the last ten minutes by the in-form Didier Drogba gives Chelsea a perhaps undeserved 2–1 lead, canceled out by an Agüero free-kick.
• 8.11.09: Chelsea beat Manchester United 1–0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League in a typically tight contest, decided by John Terry's header from an inswinging Frank Lampard free-kick after Darren Fletcher was controversially judged to have bundled over Ashley Cole on the left-hand side. Despite arguably controlling the game with their 4–3–3 formation, a late rally by United could not salvage them a point against a resolute Chelsea defence. Chelsea increase their lead at the top of the league by five points while Arsenal leapfrog United into second place with a game in hand.
• 22.11.09: Despite having key players like Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba missing through injury, Chelsea romp to a comfortable 4–0 victory at home to Wolves in the Premier League with goals from Florent Malouda, Joe Cole and two from a rampant Michael Essien. While Nemanja Matić makes his Chelsea debut from the bench, Gaël Kakuta also makes a flair-filled first appearance for the club.
• 29.11.09: Chelsea continue their 100% record in "Big Four" matches this season with an emphatic 3–0 away win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League. Two goals from Didier Drogba and an own goal from Thomas Vermaelen secure the victory, agreed by many to be the pinnacle of Chelsea's season thus far.
• 16.12.09: Chelsea end their run of four straight games without a win in all competitions, which began with their penalty shootout elimination by Blackburn away in the League Cup fifth round, with a closely fought 2–1 victory over Portsmouth, led by former Chelsea manager Avram Grant, at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. After Nicolas Anelka scores from close-range in the first half, Portsmouth equalize early in the second when a Jamie O'Hara free kick ricochets off two players in the Chelsea wall, falling to Frédéric Piquionne who slots home. This typifies Chelsea's recent problem of conceding from set-pieces. The game is won ten minutes from time when Frank Lampard converts the penalty kick conceded when Marc Wilson takes out Branislav Ivanović in the Portsmouth area.
• 04.01.10: Having ended December with two away draws against West Ham United and Birmingham and a tense 2–1 home victory against Fulham in the west London derby, Chelsea begin the New Year in style with a 5–0 home demolition of Watford in the FA Cup third round, despite losing their African players to the African Cup of Nations. While Daniel Sturridge scores his first two goals for the club, Chelsea also score via a Florent Malouda deflection, a John Eustace own goal and a trademark Frank Lampard piledriver.
• 28.01.10: Chelsea end January on a high after winning all five matches in the month, demolishing Sunderland 7–2 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Following that, they continue to score with a 3–0 win at home over Birmingham before a laboured 2–1 win away at Burnley, with John Terry scoring a late header to win the game amidst his affair scandal. They also progress in the FA Cup thanks to a 2–0 win away at Preston North End.
• 02.02.10: Despite an excellent January, February does not start well with Chelsea succumbing to a 1–1 draw at Hull City. Didier Drogba equalises for Chelsea late in the first-half with a free-kick after Hull's Steven Mouyokolo gave the home side the lead with a header from a corner. Chelsea go two points clear of Manchester United but missed a chance to go four points clear after failing to win their game in hand.
• 04.02.10: FIFA's suspended transfer ban on Chelsea regarding the Gaël Kakuta tapping-up case is lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, along with all other sanctions.^[2]
• 27.02.10: Chelsea lose at home for the first time in the Premier League under Carlo Ancelotti as Manchester City win 4–2. The game is given extra spice as it is the first time that John Terry and Wayne Bridge have come together following allegations of Terry's affair with Bridge's girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel, which leads to him rejecting Terry's outstretched hand in the pre-match handshake. Frank Lampard opens and closes the scoring, but braces from Carlos Tevez and Craig Bellamy in between are enough to secure a Manchester City victory.
• 16.03.10: Chelsea are eliminated from the Champions League before the semi-finals for the first time in four years as a 3–1 aggregate loss to Internazionale in the first knockout round sees them crash out of the tournament. A 2–1 defeat at the San Siro on 24.02.10 is compounded by a 1–0 loss at home in the second leg, with Samuel Eto'o scoring the only goal. The match marks Mourinho's first return to Stamford Bridge as an opposition manager since his departure from Chelsea in September 2007.
• 21.03.10: Chelsea complete a disappointing week with a draw to Blackburn at Ewood Park in the Premier League. After Didier Drogba opens the scoring early on, the game looks to yield a comfortable victory for Chelsea, but a game-ending injury to Branislav Ivanovic proves costly as El Hadji Diouf equalises with twenty minutes to play, beating substitute right back Paulo Ferreira to a header at the far post. The result sees them slip to third place, four points behind Manchester United with a game in hand.
• 27.03.10: After bouncing straight back with a 5–0 victory against Portsmouth at Fratton Park in midweek, Chelsea complete their recovery from the previous week by recording their biggest win of the season with a 7–1 thrashing of Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. In a game that sees John Terry captain the side for a record 325th time, Frank Lampard scores four times for the second time in his Chelsea career, moving him into third place in the list of Chelsea's all-time highest scorers with 151 goals, above both Peter Osgood and Roy Bentley. Florent Malouda also nets a brace and Salomon Kalou scores his first Premier League goal of the season.
• 03.04.10: Chelsea gain a crucial victory in the Premier League title race by defeating top-of-the-table Manchester United 2–1 at Old Trafford, returning to first place by two points with five games to play. The victory ensures that Chelsea maintain their 100% record in "Big Four" matches this season. After Joe Cole caps off a comfortable Chelsea first half with a clever near-post back-heel from Florent Malouda's cross to open the scoring, United begin to gain a foothold in the game in the second half. Didier Drogba comes off the bench to score the winning goal late on from an offside position, but Federico Macheda's disputedly handball goal for United minutes later sets up a nervy finish. In a game marked by a poor performance by referee Mike Dean, ignoring plausible penalty shouts by both sides, Chelsea hold on for three emphatic points.
• 10.04.10: Chelsea defeat Aston Villa at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final to book a place in their third FA Cup Final in four years. After referee Howard Webb turns down a strong penalty appeal from Gabriel Agbonlahor in the first half following a trip from John Obi Mikel, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard score in the second half to secure a 3–0 victory.
• 17.04.10: A 2–1 loss to Tottenham sees Chelsea's lead in the Premier League cut to one point, with Manchester United securing a late winner against Manchester City. Despite losing, Chelsea become the first English team to qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.
• 24.04.10: Chelsea defeat Stoke City 7–0 at Stamford Bridge to record their biggest home win of the season thus far. Salomon Kalou scores his first hat-trick in English football, and a brace from Frank Lampard, coupled with goals from Florent Malouda and Daniel Sturridge, ensure the Blues cruise comfortable.
• 02.05.10: Chelsea defeat Liverpool 2–0 at Anfield in the penultimate week of the season. Didier Drogba opens the scoring following a sloppy backpass from Steven Gerrard in the first half, and Frank Lampard doubles the lead after the interval. The win ensures that Chelsea end their season with a 100% record against "Big Four" opponents, and means that victory over Wigan on the final day of the season will guarantee Premier League success.
• 06.05.10: Chelsea's Player of the Year Award goes to Didier Drogba, who claims the gong for the first time in his Chelsea career. Florent Malouda picks up the Samsung Players' Player Award, while the Young Player of the Year is awarded to the entire Chelsea U18 team after their triumph in the FA Cup Youth Final. Ashley Cole's goal against Sunderland earns him the Goal of the Season Award.
• 09.05.10: Chelsea trounce Wigan 8–0 in their final game of the season, setting a new club record for their biggest ever League win in the process as well as breaking numerous scoring records. They end the league campaign having scored 103 goals, the most in the club's history, the first Premier League side to score 100 goals in a season and the first team since Tottenham in 1961 to score 100 goals in the top flight. They also become the first team in English football history to score seven goals or more in a game on four occasions in a league season. They also finish with an English record goal difference of +71, beating Liverpool's +69 set in 1979. Didier Drogba's second half hat-trick ensures he finishes the season with the Premier League Golden Boot, having scored 29 goals, three more than the 26 scored by second-placed Wayne Rooney. Nicolas Anelka bags a brace while Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou and Ashley Cole grab the other goals. Most significantly, the win means that Chelsea finish the season as Premier League champions with a total of 86 points, one point more than Manchester United, who finish runners-up.
• 15.05.10: In their final game of the season, Chelsea face relegated Portsmouth in an entertaining 2010 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Despite their stark difference in position in the end-of-season table and extended Chelsea pressure, with Chelsea hitting the woodwork five times in the first half, the two sides go in level at half-time. Soon after Portsmouth's Kevin-Prince Boateng's penalty is saved by Petr Čech early in the second half, Chelsea finally make their pressure count when Didier Drogba fires in a 59th minute free-kick, his 37th goal of the season. Although Frank Lampard uncharacteristically squanders a penalty of his own late on, Chelsea remain superior, the game eventually ending 1–0. Chelsea consequently end their season as only the seventh club to complete the Double, making it the most successful season in Chelsea history.

Kit

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Kit information

The kit was first worn against Blackburn Rovers in the second-to-last Premier League game of the 2008–09 season. The away kit which was revealed at Chelsea's website on 25 June uses a tonal hoop design in dark navy and new navy with neon yellow highlights. The third kit is white with horizontal grey pin stripes and dark blue, almost black accents. They also wore the third kit with dark navy shorts. A new goalkeeper kit was brought in which was navy blue with fluro green accents. The fluro orange from the previous season stays on as the away goalkeeper shirt for this season. Chelsea will wear their 2010–11 home kit in the FA Cup final.

Squad

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Petr Čech 2 DF Branislav Ivanović 3 DF Ashley Cole 5 MF Michael Essien 6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 10 MF Joe Cole 11 FW Didier Drogba 12 MF John Obi Mikel 13 MF Michael Ballack 15 MF Florent Malouda 17 DF José Bosingwa 18 MF Yuri Zhirkov 19 DF Paulo Ferreira 20 MF Deco

No. Position Player 21 FW Salomon Kalou 22 GK Ross Turnbull 23 FW Daniel Sturridge 24 MF Nemanja Matić 26 DF John Terry (captain) 33 DF Alex 35 DF Juliano Belletti 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 GK Henrique Hilário 41 DF Sam Hutchinson 43 DF Jeffrey Bruma 44 FW Gaël Kakuta 45 FW Fabio Borini 46 MF Jacopo Sala 50 GK Jan Šebek

Reserve squad^[3]

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

No. Position Player GK Rhys Taylor GK Niclas Heimann DF Nana Ofori-Twumasi DF Carl Magnay DF Jeffrey Bruma DF Ben Gordon DF Ryan Bertrand (on loan at Reading) DF Patrick van Aanholt MF Jack Cork (on loan at Burnley)

No. Position Player MF Liam Bridcutt MF Conor Clifford MF Jacob Mellis MF Michael Woods MF Jacopo Sala MF Danny Philliskirk FW Gaël Kakuta FW Miroslav Stoch (on loan at Twente) FW Fabio Borini

Youth squad^[4]

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

No. Position Player GK Aldi Haxhia GK Sam Walker GK Jan Šebek DF Nikki Ahamed DF Tom Hayden DF Daniel Pappoe DF Aziz Deen-Conteh DF George Saville DF Nathaniel Chalobah DF Ben Sampayo DF Kenny Strickland DF Billy-Joe King MF Aliu Djaló

No. Position Player MF Billy Clifford MF James Ashton MF Gökhan Töre MF Anton Rodgers MF Billy Knott MF Josh McEachran MF Jacopo Sala MF Jordan Tabor FW Philipp Prosenik FW Milan Lalkovič FW Marko Mitrović FW Bobby Devyne FW Adam Phillip

UEFA Champions League squad^[5]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Petr Čech 2 DF Branislav Ivanović 3 DF Ashley Cole 5 MF Michael Essien 6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 10 MF Joe Cole 11 FW Didier Drogba 12 MF John Obi Mikel 13 MF Michael Ballack 15 MF Florent Malouda 17 DF José Bosingwa 18 MF Yuri Zhirkov 20 MF Deco

No. Position Player 21 FW Salomon Kalou 22 GK Ross Turnbull 23 FW Daniel Sturridge 26 DF John Terry (captain) 33 DF Alex 35 DF Juliano Belletti 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 GK Henrique Hilário 41 DF Sam Hutchinson 43 DF Jeffrey Bruma (from List B) 44 FW Gaël Kakuta (from List B) 45 FW Fabio Borini (from List B) 47 DF Nikki Ahamed (from List B) 48 MF Danny Philliskirk (from List B)

Club

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
22	1 !GK	Turnbull, Ross ! Ross Turnbull	Middlesbrough	00 !Free	000000002009-07-02-00002 July 2009[6]
23	4 !FW	Sturridge, Daniel ! Daniel Sturridge	Manchester City	03.5 !£3.5–6.5M[7]	000000002009-07-03-00003 July 2009[8]
18	3 !MF	Zhirkov, Yuri ! Yuri Zhirkov	CSKA Moscow	18 !£18M	000000002009-07-07-00007 July 2009[9]
24	3 !MF	Matic, Nemanja ! Nemanja Matić	MFK Košice	01.5 !£1.5M	000000002009-08-18-000018 August 2009[10]

Winter

No transfers were completed in the winter transfer window.

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
	4 !FW	Sahar, Ben ! Ben Sahar	Espanyol	£850,000	000000002009-06-22-000022 June 2009[11]
27	3 !MF	Mineiro	Schalke 04	Released	000000002009-06-30-000030 June 2009
	3 !MF	Smith, Jimmy ! Jimmy Smith	Leyton Orient	Free	000000002009-07-09-00009 July 2009[12]
	4 !FW	Nouble, Frank ! Frank Nouble	West Ham United	Free	000000002009-07-22-000022 July 2009[13]
	4 !FW	Nielsen, Morten ! Morten Nielsen	AZ	Mutual agreement	000000002009-07-23-000023 July 2009[14]
	3 !MF	Tejera, Sergio ! Sergio Tejera	Mallorca	Free	000000002009-07-24-000024 July 2009[15]
14	4 !FW	Pizarro, Claudio ! Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	10,000,000	000000002009-08-18-000018 August 2009[16]
7	4 !FW	Shevchenko, Andriy ! Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	Free	000000002009-08-28-000028 August 2009[17]
	2 !DF	Cummings, Shaun ! Shaun Cummings	Reading	Undisclosed	000000002009-09-02-00002 September 2009[18]
	3 !MF	Sawyer, Lee ! Lee Sawyer	Barnet	Contract terminated	000000002009-11-12-000012 November 2009[19]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Tom Taiwo	Carlisle	Undisclosed	6 January 2010[20]

Loaned out

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
4	2 !DF	Rajkovic, Slobodan ! Slobodan Rajković	Twente	000000002009-07-01-00001 July 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[21]
	3 !MF	Taiwo, Tom ! Tom Taiwo	Carlisle United	000000002009-07-09-00009 July 2009	000000002010-01-01-00001 January 2010[22]
	3 !MF	Sawyer, Lee ! Lee Sawyer	Southend United	000000002009-07-24-000024 July 2009	000000002009-10-27-000027 October 2009[23][24]
43	3 !MF	Stoch, Miroslav ! Miroslav Stoch	Twente	000000002009-07-15-000015 July 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[25]
	2 !DF	Bertrand, Ryan ! Ryan Bertrand	Reading	000000002009-07-17-000017 July 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[26]
9	4 !FW	Di Santo, Franco ! Franco Di Santo	Blackburn Rovers	000000002009-08-04-00004 August 2009	000000002010-01-01-00001 January 2010[27]
16	4 !FW	Sinclair, Scott ! Scott Sinclair	Wigan Athletic	000000002009-08-06-00006 August 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[28]
	2 !DF	Van Aanholt, Patrick ! Patrick van Aanholt	Coventry City	000000002009-08-07-00007 August 2009	000000002010-01-01-00001 January 2010[29]
42	2 !DF	Mancienne, Michael ! Michael Mancienne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	000000002009-08-13-000013 August 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[30]
	3 !MF	Bridcutt, Liam ! Liam Bridcutt	Stockport County	000000002009-08-14-000014 August 2009	000000002010-01-01-00001 January 2010[31]
	3 !MF	Mellis, Jacob ! Jacob Mellis	Southampton	000000002009-08-14-000014 August 2009	000000002010-07-01-00001 July 2010[32]
	2 !DF	Cummings, Shaun ! Shaun Cummings	West Bromwich Albion	000000002009-08-17-000017 August 2009	000000002009-09-02-00002 September 2009[18][33]
	2 !DF	Cork, Jack ! Jack Cork	Coventry City	000000002009-08-21-000021 August 2009	000000002010-01-01-00001 January 2010[34]
30	1 !GK	Taylor, Rhys ! Rhys Taylor	Queens Park Rangers	000000002009-11-20-000020 November 2009	000000002010-01-04-00004 January 2010[35]
52	2 !DF	Van Aanholt, Patrick ! Patrick van Aanholt	Newcastle United	000000002010-01-29-000029 January 2010	000000002010-02-28-000028 February 2010[36]
	3 !MF	Cork, Jack ! Jack Cork	Burnley	000000002010-02-01-00001 February 2010	000000002010-05-31-000031 May 2010[37]
	2 !DF	Gordon, Ben ! Ben Gordon	Tranmere Rovers	000000002010-03-25-000025 March 2010	000000002010-04-25-000025 April 2010[38]

Overall

This section displays the club's financial expenditure's in the transfer market. Because all transfer fees are not disclosed to the public, the numbers displayed in this section are only based on figures released by media outlets.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
FA Community Shield	—	Winner	9 August 2009
Premier League	—	Winner	15 August 2009	9 May 2010
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	15 September 2009	16 March 2010
Football League Cup	3rd round	Fifth Round	23 September 2009	2 December 2009
FA Cup	3rd round	Winner	3 January 2010	15 May 2010

Source: Competitions

Pre-season

World Football Challenge

Team	Pld	W	WPk	LPk	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	15
América	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	8
Internazionale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	7
Milan	3	0	0	0	3	2	6	−4	2

Return to England

FA Community Shield

Premier League

Chelsea's 18th consecutive season in the Premier League began on 15 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. Chelsea won their fourth national league title on 86 points, one point ahead of Manchester United.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea !Chelsea (C)	38	27	5	6	103	32	+71	86	Group stage
2	Manchester United !Manchester United	38	27	4	7	86	28	+58	85
3	Arsenal !Arsenal	38	23	6	9	83	41	+42	75
4	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	7	10	67	41	+26	70	Play-off round
5	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	18	13	7	73	45	+28	67	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	38	17	13	8	52	39	+13	64
7	Liverpool !Liverpool	38	18	9	11	61	35	+26	63	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Everton !Everton	38	16	13	9	60	49	+11	61

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
38	27	5	6	103	32	+71	86	17	1	1	68	14	+54	10	4	5	35	18	+17

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	6	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14
Porto	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12
Atlético Madrid	6	0	3	3	3	12	−9	3
APOEL	6	0	3	3	4	7	−3	3

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Champions League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Petr Čech	42	0	34+0	0	6+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Branislav Ivanović	40	1	25+3	1	6+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF		Ashley Cole	34	4	25+2	4	4+0	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
5	MF		Michael Essien	21	4	13+1	3	5+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
6	DF		Ricardo Carvalho	28	0	22+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Andriy Shevchenko*	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Frank Lampard	50	26	36+0	22	6+1	1	6+0	3	0+1	0
10	MF		Joe Cole	39	2	14+12	2	2+3	0	3+2	0	3+0	0
11	FW		Didier Drogba	43	37	31+1	29	5+0	3	4+0	3	0+2	2
12	MF		John Obi Mikel	34	0	21+4	0	4+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
13	MF		Michael Ballack	44	5	26+6	4	5+1	0	3+1	1	2+0	0
15	MF		Florent Malouda	50	15	26+7	12	7+1	0	4+2	2	3+0	1
17	DF		José Bosingwa	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF		Yuri Zhirkov	27	0	10+7	0	3+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
19	DF		Paulo Ferreira	20	1	11+2	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	3+0	1
20	MF		Deco	28	3	14+5	2	2+2	0	3+0	0	2+0	1
21	FW		Salomon Kalou	36	12	11+12	5	5+1	3	2+2	1	3+0	3
22	GK		Ross Turnbull	5	-2	2+0	0	2+0	-2	0+0	0	0+1	0
23	FW		Daniel Sturridge	20	5	2+11	1	0+2	0	3+1	4	1+0	0
24	MF		Nemanja Matić	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF		John Terry	51	3	37+0	2	8+0	0	5+0	1	0+1	0
33	DF		Alex	25	1	13+3	1	2+0	0	6+0	0	1+0	0
35	DF		Juliano Belletti	22	0	4+7	0	4+1	0	2+1	0	3+0	0
39	FW		Nicolas Anelka	44	15	31+2	11	6+1	3	3+1	1	0+0	0
40	GK		Henrique Hilário	11	-3	2+1	0	0+1	0	4+0	0	3+0	-3
41	DF		Sam Hutchinson	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
43	DF		Jeffrey Bruma	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
44	FW		Gaël Kakuta	4	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
45	FW		Fabio Borini	8	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
52	DF		Patrick van Aanholt	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Notes:

• * = Player is no longer with the club but still made an appearance during the season.

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	Champions League	League Cup	FA Cup	Community Shield	Total
1	11	Drogba	29	3	2	3	0	37
2	8	Lampard	22	1	0	3	1	27
3	15	Malouda	12	0	1	2	0	15
	39	Anelka	11	3	0	1	0	15
5	21	Kalou	5	3	3	1	0	12
6	13	Ballack	4	0	0	1	0	5
	23	Sturridge	1	0	0	4	0	5
8	3	Cole	4	0	0	0	0	4
	5	Essien	3	1	0	0	0	4
10	20	Deco	2	0	1	0	0	3
	26	Terry	2	0	0	1	0	3
12	10	Cole	2	0	0	0	0	2
13	2	Ivanović	1	0	0	0	0	1
	6	Carvalho	0	0	0	0	1	1
	19	Ferreira	0	0	1	0	0	1
	33	Alex	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goals			4	1	0	1	0	6
TOTALS			103	12	8	17	2	142

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League		Champions League		League Cup		FA Cup		Total (FA Total)
GK		1	Petr Čech	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0)	1 (1)
DF		2	Branislav Ivanović	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (6)	0
DF		3	Ashley Cole	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (4)	0
MF		5	Michael Essien	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	0
DF		6	Ricardo Carvalho	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5 (5)	0
MF		10	Joe Cole	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2 (2)	0
FW		11	Didier Drogba	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8 (7)	1 (0)
MF		12	John Obi Mikel	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4 (4)	0
MF		13	Michael Ballack	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5 (4)	1 (1)
MF		15	Florent Malouda	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7 (5)	1 (1)
MF		18	Yuri Zhirkov	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5 (4)	0
DF		19	Paulo Ferreira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0
MF		20	Deco	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5 (5)	0
FW		21	Salomon Kalou	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	0
MF		24	Nemanja Matić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0
DF		26	John Terry	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	11 (9)	1 (1)
DF		33	Alex	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4 (3)	0
DF		35	Juliano Belletti	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3 (2)	1 (1)
DF		43	Jeffrey Bruma	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
			TOTALS	58	5	14	1	1	0	9	0	82 (68)	6 (5)

Overall

Games played	55 (38 Premier League, 8 UEFA Champions League, 3 Football League Cup, 6 FA Cup)
Games won	39 (27 Premier League, 4 UEFA Champions League, 2 Football League Cup, 6 FA Cup)
Games drawn	7 (5 Premier League, 2 UEFA Champions League)
Games lost	9 (6 Premier League, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 Football League Cup)
Goals scored	142
Goals conceded	44
Goal difference	+98
Clean sheets	29
Yellow cards	82
Red cards	6
Worst discipline	John Terry (11 , 1 )
Best result(s)	8–0 (H) v Wigan Athletic – Premier League – 9 May 2010
Worst result(s)	2–4 (H) v Manchester City – Premier League – 27 February 2010
	3–1 (A) v Wigan Athletic – Premier League – 23 September 2009
Most appearances	John Terry with 51 appearances
Top scorer	Didier Drogba (37 goals)
Points	124/165 (75.15%)

Honours

Player

No.	Player	Award	Source
1	Petr Čech	2009 Czech Footballer of the Year,[39] 2009–10 Barclays Golden Glove
2	Branislav Ivanović	PFA Team of the Year (2010)
3	Ashley Cole	Goal of the Season (2009–10) v Sunderland (Premier League) 16 January 2010
8	Frank Lampard	2010 Football Writers' Association Tribute Award
11	Didier Drogba	2009 BBC African Footballer of the Year, 2009 African Footballer of the Year, PFA Team of the Year (2010), Chelsea Player of the Year (2009–10), 2010 Barclays Golden Boot Winner
15	Florent Malouda	Player of the Month (March 2010), Samsung Players' Player of the Year (2009–10)
26	John Terry	UEFA European Club Defender of the Year (2009), FIFPro World XI (2008–09)

Manager

Manager	Award	Source
Carlo Ancelotti	Manager of the Month (November 2009)

See also

• Chelsea F.C.

References

External links

• Chelsea FC official website
• Chelsea FC on Soccerbase
• UEFA Champions League