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 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.
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Squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In #PosPlayerFromFeeDateRes MF Jacob Mellis Sheffield United Undisclosed June 2007Res FW Danny Philliskirk Oldham Athletic Undisclosed 1 June 200714 FW Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Free 1 June 200722 DF Tal Ben Haim Bolton Wanderers Free 14 June 20079 MF Steve Sidwell Reading Free 1 July 200715 MF Florent Malouda Lyon £13,500,000 10 July 2007Res FW Fabio Borini Bologna Free 31 July 200733 DF Alex PSV Loan return 10 August 200735 DF Juliano Belletti Barcelona €5,500,000 23 August 200739 FW Nicolas Anelka Bolton Wanderers £15,000,000 11 January 20082 DF Branislav Ivanović Lokomotiv Moscow £9,700,000 16 January 2008N/A FW Franco Di Santo Audax Italiano Undisclosed 25 January 2008
Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate33 DF Nuno Morais APOEL Free 12 May 2007N/A DF Jonas Elmer Aarau Undisclosed 25 June 200741 GK Yves Ma-Kalambay Hibernian Free 27 June 200714 MF Geremi Newcastle United Free 6 July 2007N/A GK James Russell Stevenage Borough Free 8 August 200716 MF Arjen Robben Real Madrid £21,000,000 22 August 20072 DF Glen Johnson Portsmouth £4,000,000 31 August 200719 MF Lassana Diarra Arsenal Undisclosed 31 August 2007N/A MF Juan Sebastián Verón Estudiantes La Plata Free 2007
Overall transfer activity
Total Spending Summer: £19,000,000
Winter: £24,700,000
Total: £43,700,000
Income Summer: £25,000,000
Winter: £0,000,000
Total: £25,000,000
Expenditure Summer: £6,000,000
Winter: £24,700,000
Total: £18,700,000
Club
Management
{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |rowspan="2"|Managers|| José Mourinho (until 20 September) |- | Avram Grant (20 September–24 May) |- |rowspan="3"|Assistant managers|| Steve Clarke |- | Avram Grant (until 20 September) |- | 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
Other information
Pre-season
Competitions
FA Community Shield
Premier League
Classification
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Disciplinary record No.Nat.Player Yellow cards Red cards3 414 105 516 618 4113 1020 1026 6033 4035 5011 61
Football League Cup
Disciplinary record No.Nat.Player Yellow cards Red cards4 106 109 1010 1012 Mikel John Obi 1122 1035 20
FA Cup
Disciplinary record No.Nat.Player Yellow cards Red cards6 10
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
References
External links Chelsea FC official website Chelsea FC on Soccerbase UEFA Champions League