The 2009 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested at Wembley Stadium, London, on 9 August 2009, and contested by 2008–09 Premier League champions Manchester United, and Chelsea as the winners of the 2008–09 FA Cup, a repeat of the 2007 match. The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.
This was also the first time since 1998 that Chelsea had won a professional match on penalties; The last instance was a League Cup quarter-final against Ipswich Town.
Match details
GK 1 Petr ČechRB 2 Branislav Ivanović CB 6 Ricardo CarvalhoCB 26 John Terry (c)LB 3 Ashley ColeDM 12 Mikel John Obi RM 5 Michael EssienLM 15 Florent Malouda AM 8 Frank LampardCF 39 Nicolas Anelka CF 11 Didier DrogbaSubstitutes:GK 40 HilárioDF 17 José Bosingwa DF 33 AlexDF 35 Juliano BellettiMF 13 Michael Ballack MF 20 Deco FW 21 Salomon Kalou Manager: Carlo Ancelotti GK 12 Ben FosterRB 22 John O'Shea CB 5 Rio Ferdinand (c)CB 23 Jonny EvansLB 3 Patrice Evra RM 17 Nani CM 24 Darren Fletcher CM 16 Michael CarrickLM 13 Park Ji-sung CF 10 Wayne RooneyCF 9 Dimitar Berbatov Substitutes:GK 29 Tomasz KuszczakDF 20 Fábio MF 11 Ryan Giggs MF 18 Paul Scholes MF 25 Antonio Valencia MF 28 Darron GibsonFW 7 Michael Owen Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson Match officials Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (Hertfordshire) Simon Beck (Essex) Fourth official: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Man of the match Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.
See also
2008–09 Premier League 2008–09 FA Cup
References