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Summary of Season 2008-09

Premier League

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
  1.  Manchester United 38 16 2 1 43 13 12 4 3 25 11 44 90
  2.  Liverpool 38 12 7 0 41 13 13 4 2 36 14 50 86
  3.  Chelsea 38 11 6 2 33 12 14 2 3 35 12 44 83
  4.  Arsenal 38 11 5 3 31 16 9 7 3 37 21 31 72
  5.  Everton 38 8 6 5 31 20 9 6 4 24 17 18 63
  6.  Aston Villa 38 7 9 3 27 21 10 2 7 27 27 6 62
  7.  Fulham 38 11 3 5 28 16 3 8 8 11 18 5 53
  8.  Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 5 4 21 10 4 4 11 24 35 0 51
  9.  West Ham United 38 9 2 8 23 22 5 7 7 19 23 -3 51
10.  Manchester City 38 13 0 6 40 18 2 5 12 18 32 8 50
11.  Wigan Athletic 38 8 5 6 17 18 4 4 11 17 27 -11 45
12.  Stoke City 38 10 5 4 22 15 2 4 13 16 40 -17 45
13.  Bolton Wanderers 38 7 5 7 21 21 4 3 12 20 32 -12 41
14.  Portsmouth 38 8 3 8 26 29 2 8 9 12 28 -19 41
15.  Blackburn Rovers 38 6 7 6 22 23 4 4 11 18 37 -20 41
16.  Sunderland 38 6 3 10 21 25 3 6 10 13 29 -20 36
17.  Hull City 38 3 5 11 18 36 5 6 8 21 28 -25 35
18.  Newcastle United 38 5 7 7 24 29 2 6 11 16 30 -19 34
19.  Middlesbrough 38 5 9 5 17 20 2 2 15 11 37 -29 32
20.  West Bromwich Albion 38 7 3 9 26 33 1 5 13 10 34 -31 32

Matches

Aug 17 Portsmouth Home 4-0 Cole, Anelka, Lampard(P), Deco
Aug 24 Wigan Athletic Away 1-0 Deco
Aug 31 Tottenham Hotspur Home 1-1 Belletti
Sep 13 Manchester City Away 3-1 Carvalho, Lampard, Anelka
Sep 21 Manchester United Home 1-1 Kalou
Sep 27 Stoke City Away 2-0 Bosingwa, Anelka
Oct 5 Aston Villa Home 2-0 Cole, Anelka
Oct 18 Middlesbrough Away 5-0 Kalou, Belletti, O.G., Lampard, Malouda
Oct 26 Liverpool Home 0-1
Oct 29 Hull City Away 3-0 Lampard, Anelka, Malouda
Nov 1 Sunderland Home 5-0 Alex, Anelka(3), Lampard
Nov 9 Blackburn Rovers Away 2-0 Anelka(2)
Nov 15 West Bromwich Albion Away 3-0 Bosingwa, Anelka(2)
Nov 22 Newcastle United Home 0-0
Nov 30 Arsenal Home 1-2 O.G.
Dec 6 Bolton Wanderers Away 2-0 Anelka, Deco
Dec 14 West Ham United Home 1-1 Anelka
Dec 22 Everton Away 0-0
Dec 26 West Bromwich Albion Home 2-0 Drogba, Lampard
Dec 28 Fulham Away 2-2 Lampard(2)
Jan 11 Manchester United Away 0-3
Jan 17 Stoke City Home 2-1 Belletti, Lampard
Jan 28 Middlesbrough Home 2-0 Kalou(2)
Feb 1 Liverpool Away 0-2
Feb 7 Hull City Home 0-0
Feb 21 Aston Villa Away 1-0 Anelka
Feb 28 Wigan Athletic Home 2-1 Terry, Lampard
Mar 3 Portsmouth Away 1-0 Drogba
Mar 15 Manchester City Home 1-0 Essien
Mar 21 Tottenham Hotspur Away 0-1
Apr 4 Newcastle United Away 2-0 Lampard, Malouda
Apr 11 Bolton Wanderers Home 4-3 Ballack, Drogba(2), Lampard(P)
Apr 22 Everton Home 0-0
Apr 25 West Ham United Away 1-0 Kalou
May 2 Fulham Home 3-1 Anelka, Malouda, Drogba
May 10 Arsenal Away 4-1 Alex, Anelka, O.G., Malouda
May 17 Blackburn Rovers Home 2-0 Malouda, Anelka
May 24 Sunderland Away 3-2 Anelka, Kalou, Cole

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 790,172 43,417 40,280 41,588
Away 685,207 75,455 18,139 36,064
Total 1,475,379 75,455 18,139 38,826

When The Goals Came

0-15 16-30 31-45 First Half 46-60 61-75 76-90 Second Half
Scored (68) 9 (13%) 11 (16%) 12 (17%) 32 (47%) 17 (25%) 9 (13%) 10 (14%) 36 (52%)
Conceded (24) 4 (16%) 1 (4%) 3 (12%) 8 (33%) 4 (16%) 5 (20%) 7 (29%) 16 (66%)
Total (92) 13 (14%) 12 (13%) 15 (16%) 40 (43%) 21 (22%) 14 (15%) 17 (18%) 52 (56%)

F.A. Cup

Winners

Matches

Jan 3 Southend United Home 1-1 Kalou
Jan 14 Southend United Away 4-1 Ballack, Kalou, Anelka, Lampard
Jan 24 Ipswich Town Home 3-1 Ballack(2), Lampard
Feb 14 Watford Away 3-1 Anelka(3)
Mar 7 Coventry City Away 2-0 Drogba, Alex
Apr 18 Arsenal Neutral 2-1 Malouda, Drogba
May 30 Everton Neutral 2-1 Drogba, Lampard

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 82,227 41,137 41,090 41,114
Away 59,572 31,407 11,314 19,857
Neutral 177,494 89,391 88,103 88,747
Total 319,293 89,391 11,314 45,613

Carling Cup

Round 4

Matches

Sep 24 Portsmouth Away 4-0 Lampard(2)(1P), Malouda, Kalou
Nov 12 Burnley Home 1-1 Drogba

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 41,369 41,369 41,369 41,369
Away 15,339 15,339 15,339 15,339
Total 56,708 41,369 15,339 28,354

UEFA Champions League

Semi-Final

Matches

Sep 16 Bordeaux Home 4-0 Lampard, Cole, Malouda, Anelka
Oct 1 CFR Cluj Away 0-0
Oct 22 A.S. Roma Home 1-0 Terry
Nov 4 A.S. Roma Away 1-3 Terry
Nov 26 Bordeaux Away 1-1 Anelka
Dec 9 CFR Cluj Home 2-1 Kalou, Drogba
Feb 25 Juventus Home 1-0 Drogba
Mar 10 Juventus Away 2-2 Essien, Drogba
Apr 8 Liverpool Away 3-1 Ivanovic(2), Drogba
Apr 14 Liverpool Home 4-4 Drogba, Alex, Lampard(2)
Apr 28 Barcelona Away 0-0
May 6 Barcelona Home 1-1 Essien

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 235,919 41,060 37,857 39,320
Away 259,095 95,000 20,320 43,182
Total 495,014 95,000 20,320 41,251

Diary

01/07/2008 Luiz Felipe Scolari appointed manager

01/07/2008 Jose Bosingwa transfered from FC Porto for 16,200,000

01/07/2008 Gael Kakuta signed professional forms

10/07/2008 Steven Sidwell transfered to Aston Villa for 5,000,000

21/07/2008 Claude Makelele transfered to Paris St Germain for Free

23/07/2008 Chelsea beat Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-0 in a friendly

26/07/2008 Chelsea beat Chengdu Blades 7-0 in a friendly

29/07/2008 Chelsea beat Malaysia Select XI 2-0 in a friendly

30/07/2008 Tal Ben-Haim transfered to Manchester City for 5,000,000

01/08/2008 Chelsea lost to Lokomotiv Moscow 1-1(Pens) in Russian Railways Cup Semi-Final

01/08/2008 Miroslav Stoch transfered from FC Nitra

03/08/2008 Chelsea beat AC Milan 5-0 in Russian Railways Cup 3rd Place Play-Off

07/08/2008 Anthony Grant transfered to Southend United

17/08/2008 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-0 in Premier League

24/08/2008 Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in Premier League

28/08/2008 Shaun Wright-Phillips transfered to Manchester City for 9,000,000

31/08/2008 Chelsea drew with Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 in Premier League

13/09/2008 Chelsea beat Manchester City 3-1 in Premier League

16/09/2008 Chelsea beat Bordeaux 4-0 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 1

21/09/2008 Chelsea drew with Manchester United 1-1 in Premier League

24/09/2008 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-0 in Carling Cup Round 3

27/09/2008 Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-0 in Premier League

28/09/2008 Mineiro transfered from Hertha BSC

01/10/2008 Chelsea drew with CFR Cluj 0-0 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 2

05/10/2008 Chelsea beat Aston Villa 2-0 in Premier League

18/10/2008 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 5-0 in Premier League

22/10/2008 Chelsea beat A.S. Roma 1-0 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 3

26/10/2008 Chelsea lost to Liverpool 0-1 in Premier League

29/10/2008 Chelsea beat Hull City 3-0 in Premier League

01/11/2008 Chelsea beat Sunderland 5-0 in Premier League

04/11/2008 Chelsea lost to A.S. Roma 1-3 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 4

09/11/2008 Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in Premier League

12/11/2008 Chelsea lost to Burnley 1-1(Pens) in Carling Cup Round 4

15/11/2008 Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in Premier League

22/11/2008 Chelsea drew with Newcastle United 0-0 in Premier League

26/11/2008 Chelsea drew with Bordeaux 1-1 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 5

30/11/2008 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 1-2 in Premier League

06/12/2008 Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in Premier League

09/12/2008 Chelsea beat CFR Cluj 2-1 in UEFA Champions League Group Stage Match 6

14/12/2008 Chelsea drew with West Ham United 1-1 in Premier League

22/12/2008 Chelsea drew with Everton 0-0 in Premier League

26/12/2008 Chelsea beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in Premier League

28/12/2008 Chelsea drew with Fulham 2-2 in Premier League

01/01/2009 Khalid Boulahrouz transfered to Stuttgart for 3,550,000

03/01/2009 Chelsea drew with Southend United 1-1 in F.A. Cup Round 3

03/01/2009 Wayne Bridge transfered to Manchester City for 10,000,000

06/01/2009 Chick Thomson died

11/01/2009 Chelsea lost to Manchester United 0-3 in Premier League

14/01/2009 Chelsea beat Southend United 4-1 in F.A. Cup Round 3 (replay)

17/01/2009 Chelsea beat Stoke City 2-1 in Premier League

24/01/2009 Chelsea beat Ipswich Town 3-1 in F.A. Cup Round 4

26/01/2009 Carlo Cudicini transfered to Tottenham for Free

28/01/2009 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in Premier League

01/02/2009 Chelsea lost to Liverpool 0-2 in Premier League

07/02/2009 Chelsea drew with Hull City 0-0 in Premier League

09/02/2009 Luiz Felipe Scolari finished as manager

11/02/2009 Guus Hiddink appointed manager

14/02/2009 Chelsea beat Watford 3-1 in F.A. Cup Round 5

21/02/2009 Chelsea beat Aston Villa 1-0 in Premier League

25/02/2009 Chelsea beat Juventus 1-0 in UEFA Champions League Round 1 (First Leg)

28/02/2009 Chelsea beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in Premier League

02/03/2009 Andy Bowman died

03/03/2009 Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0 in Premier League

07/03/2009 Chelsea beat Coventry City 2-0 in F.A. Cup Round 6

10/03/2009 Chelsea drew with Juventus 2-2 in UEFA Champions League Round 1 (Second Leg)

15/03/2009 Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 in Premier League

21/03/2009 Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 in Premier League

04/04/2009 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 2-0 in Premier League

05/04/2009 Peter Tuck died

08/04/2009 Chelsea beat Liverpool 3-1 in UEFA Champions League QF (First Leg)

11/04/2009 Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in Premier League

14/04/2009 Chelsea drew with Liverpool 4-4 in UEFA Champions League QF (Second Leg)

18/04/2009 Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 in F.A. Cup SF

22/04/2009 Chelsea drew with Everton 0-0 in Premier League

25/04/2009 Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 in Premier League

28/04/2009 Chelsea drew with Barcelona 0-0 in UEFA Champions League SF (First Leg)

02/05/2009 Chelsea beat Fulham 3-1 in Premier League

03/05/2009 Bobby Campbell died

06/05/2009 Chelsea drew with Barcelona 1-1 in UEFA Champions League SF (Second Leg)

07/05/2009 Thomas Jenkins died

10/05/2009 Chelsea beat Arsenal 4-1 in Premier League

17/05/2009 Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in Premier League

24/05/2009 Chelsea beat Sunderland 3-2 in Premier League

30/05/2009 Chelsea beat Everton 2-1 in F.A. Cup Final

30/05/2009 Guus Hiddink finished as manager

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Squ Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
8 F Lampard 37 12 7 3 1 1 2 11 3 56 1 20
39 N Anelka 33 4 19 5 4 8 4 2 46 8 25
1 P Cech 35 6 1 12 54
26 J Terry 35 1 4 1 11 2 51 3
12 MJ Obi 33 1 5 1 9 47 2
3 A Cole 33 1 1 7 8 48 1 1
17 J Bosingwa 34 2 4 10 48 2
15 F Malouda 24 7 6 4 1 2 1 9 1 1 39 8 9
13 M Ballack 22 7 1 5 1 3 1 9 1 37 9 4
21 S Kalou 17 10 6 5 1 2 2 1 6 2 1 30 13 10
11 D Drogba 15 9 5 5 1 3 2 1 7 3 5 29 13 14
33 Alex 22 2 2 6 1 2 9 1 39 2 4
35 J Belletti 5 15 3 2 2 2 8 9 25 3
20 A Deco 17 7 3 1 1 4 22 8 3
2 B Ivanovic 11 5 3 1 2 4 2 20 6 2
10 J Cole 14 2 2 4 1 20 3
5 M Essien 10 1 1 2 1 5 2 17 2 3
6 R Carvalho 11 1 1 2 3 1 16 2 1
9 F Di Santo 8 3 2 3 16
19 P Ferreira 1 6 1 1 1 2 3 9
18 W Bridge 3 3 2 3 1 8 4
42 M Mancienne 2 2 1 1 3 3
43 M Stoch 4 1 5
18 R Quaresma 1 3 1 1 4
23 C Cudicini 2 1 1 4
16 S Sinclair 2 1 1 4
27 Mineiro 1 1 1 1
40 H Hilario 1 1
24 S Wright-Phillips 1 1
Own Goal 3 3

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Squ Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
26 J Terry 7 2 3 10 2
13 M Ballack 6 1 1 3 11
12 MJ Obi 6 3 1 10
3 A Cole 5 1 3 9
17 J Bosingwa 6 6
8 F Lampard 3 1 1 1 4 1 1
20 A Deco 3 1 1 4 1
33 Alex 1 3 4
15 F Malouda 3 1 4
11 D Drogba 1 1 2 4
6 R Carvalho 2 1 1 4
2 B Ivanovic 2 1 1 4
35 J Belletti 2 1 3
10 J Cole 2 1 3
39 N Anelka 2 2
42 M Mancienne 1 1
21 S Kalou 1 1
5 M Essien 1 1
1 P Cech 1 1
Total 50 3 8 2 26 2 86 2 3