Chelsea had gone into the game on the back of three defeats to arsenal this season. It began on 1 july 2004 and concluded on 30 june 2005, with competitive matches played between august and may. A versatile defender, gallas spent most of his team at fullback in chelseas first championshipwinning season under mourinho. View mobile site jokeypsych endgamehonest galaxyquest. It shows all personal information about the players. While arsenals invincibles side of 20032004 are often considered the greatest premier league side of all time, it must be remembered that chelsea only lost one game in the 20042005 season. Everton kept pace with the likes of chelsea 95pts and arsenal 83pts at the premier league summit for the first half of the season, finishing 2004 only a. It took a lot of belief, and indeed a lot of good fortune, to get them whe.
On 15 may 2005, united travelled to the south coast to face southampton for their final 200405 fa premier league game. However, manager vahid halilhodzics second season at the club was not a success. Arsenal, chelsea, everton to battle for lilles gabriel sources. Frank lampard has been joined in ireland by more chelsea players, as the preseason squad grows ahead of our first game on wednesday. The 200405 season was the 1th season of competitive football played by liverpool. Cech remained at chelsea for another three season before moving to london rivals arsenal. Chelsea 42 bayern munich 200405 chelsea football club. Legendary 2004 squad still heavily involved in football arsenals squad of 2004 were known as the invincibles after going the entire premier league season unbeaten share. In the uefa champions league, arsenal made an exit in the knockout stages to bayern munich.
This article covers the period from 1 july 2004 to 30 june 2005. Overall, it was the teams 1th season playing in a division of english football, most of which have been. In mourinhos first season at the club, chelsea won the premier league title with a record total of 95 points. The squad overview can be embedded on the own homepage via iframe. The club ended the campaign as fa cup winners, but failed to retain their premier league title as they finished second to chelsea. Chelsea fc squad information 20192020 premier league.
A season before there were rumors of going bankrupt and chelsea selling john terry to a rival. Liverpool also made it to the league cup final only to be beaten 32 by chelsea. The surprising chelsea player named best in squad from 200405 titlewinning season. Official highlights of chelseas memorable 20032004 season. Flags indicate national team as defined under fifa eligibility rules. The blues take on bohemians on wednesday evening and a number of players have joined the original 22man squad, with the likes of jorginho, ngolo kante and mateo kovacic arriving at our dublin training base. Bbc sport football champions league chelsea 11 arsenal. Form wasnt a major issue as the goals continued to flow but the shock september departure of jose mourinho unsettled the striker as chelsea suffered their. Claudio ranieri and owner roman abramovich put together an excellent team with the purchase of upandcoming star scott parker and a selection of. Glen johnson spent four years at chelsea between 20042007 and won two league titles at stamford bridge. These are a compilation of chelsea games from 200405 season witch chelsea won the premier league title for the first time in the club history and are first league title since 1955 hope you enjoy. In addition to this chelsea played just two other preseason friendly matches, one being a tribute match to gianfranco zola. Stats by season for chelsea players in the 11v11 football database. Chelsea s loftuscheek says injury battle was toughest hurdle yet chelsea midfielder ruben loftuscheek admits battling to return from a serious achilles injury while dealing with back problems has been a draining experience.
He was then replaced as chelseas number one with thibaut courtois by. Chelsea football club find the latest news, transfers, fixtures, live scores, results, videos, photos, squad and player stats on sky sports football. They played the season in the 2nd tier of the english football system, the football league championship, after having suffered relegation from the premier league during the previous campaign. Everton kept pace with the likes of chelsea 95pts and arsenal 83pts at the premier league summit for the first half of the season, finishing 2004 only a few points adrift of leaders chelsea. The 200405 season was a highly successful one for chelsea. He looks back on his first, incredible season with the blues exclusive interview with john terry and frank lampard. However, they were unable to improve on this position finishing in fifth place, 37 points behind eventual winners chelsea with a. To mark the start of the month in which we won our first premier league title 15 years ago, we are looking back at the 200405 campaign in some detail, beginning with a summer of considerable change. However, the season turned out to be evertons most successful in premier league history as they placed fourth in the league with 61pts.
And it was the gunners who marginally edged an initially bright half, which gradually petered out as attack after attack was snuffed out by both sides. The 200405 season was manchester city football clubs third consecutive season playing in the premier league, the top division of english football, and its eighth season since the premier league was first created with manchester city as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Arsenals squad will be allowed back to their training ground from next week, although the club stressed they would still have to maintain british government guidelines designed to combat the spread of. The 2004 05 season was the 106th season of competitive league football in the history of english football club wolverhampton wanderers. Managed by jose mourinho during his first season at the club, chelsea won the premier league title and the league cup.
John terry of chelsea with the barclays premier league trophy and the fa cup during the 1st team photocall and team group at the cobham training ground on august 27, 2010 in cobham, england. In jose mourinhos first season in charge at stamford bridge, the west londonbased side won the premier league, which was chelseas first premier league title, and their first top division title in 50 years, since 195455. After receiving the request we will send the iframe as an e. Chelseas loftuscheek says injury battle was toughest hurdle yet chelsea midfielder ruben loftuscheek admits battling to return from a serious achilles injury while dealing with back problems has been a draining experience. Last season 2nd first title in 50 years and richlydeserved for manager jose mourinho in his first season in charge. View chelsea fc squad and player information on the official website of the premier league. Fifty years it may have been, but it was worth the wait. Chelsea fc squad, 200405 footballoldcopy wiki fandom. In 200405 chelsea were not to be playing in any minitournament, but they did go to america, where they played three matches in the champions world series. The 200405 season was liverpools 1th season of football since they were established. Robin van persie bolstered the squad of defending champions arsenal, who were looking to build on a historic unbeaten 200304 premier league season. The 200203 season was chelseas 89th competitive season, 11th consecutive season in the premier league and 97th year as a club. The win put chelsea on 94 points with one match to go of their 38game season, surpassing manchester uniteds record total of 92 in 199394, which was a 42game campaign.
Liverpool finished fourth in the previous premier league season. Spaniard rafael benitez took over as liverpool manager. Footballoldcopy wiki is a fandom lifestyle community. Chelseas preseason squad boosted with additional players. Uniteds response to the chelsea loss was to make 18yearold wayne rooney the most expensive teenager in british football. The season was historic for the vast number of records set during the season. Chelseas christian pulisic said that a freak injury disrupted his first season in the premier league but he is excited to return to the team. Players may hold more than one nonfifa nationality.
Chelsea football club chelsea 42 bayern munich 200405. From their opening champions league group stage 03 home loss to chelsea, to their poor domestic form, psg never looked like replicating the winning form of the previous. Where arsenals invincibles squad of 2004 are now mirror. Chelsea squad and key player overview 20032004 season. Manager claudio ranieri was sacked on 31 may 2004 and was replaced by jose mourinho. This page displays a detailed overview of the clubs current squad.
Please click the button send inquiry which opens a new email message. Premier league greatest teams chelsea 200405 the sports. Although evertons title challenge eventually fizzled out following the sale of outofcontract midfielder thomas gravesen. Enjoy and let me know if youd like to see other players or squads 20032004 season overview.
The 200405 season was the 107th season of competitive football played by arsenal. Jose mourinho led chelsea to a deserved title triumph. Chelsea boss antonio contes season gets even better with unique special honour. These are a compilation of chelsea games from 2004 05 season witch chelsea won the premier league title for the first time in the club history and are first league title since 1955 hope you enjoy. Visit espn to view chelsea squad and player information from all competitions, along with a seasonbyseason archive. The surprising chelsea player named best in squad from. The chelsea fc squad, 200304 represented the chelsea f. This season in the premier league england, chelsea fc stats show they are performing very good overall, currently placing them at 4 20 in the premier league table, winning 48% of matches on average chelsea score 1. Chelseas 200405 titlewinning team still hold the record for the highest points total in a single season, and express sport has tracked down the players in that squad to find out what theyre. These are a compilation of chelsea games from 200405 season witch chelsea won the premier league title for the first time in the club history. Petr cech rennes, ricardo carvalho, paulo ferreira both porto, tiago. Liverpool won the champions league this season, coming back from 30 down against ac milan to level the scores at 33. Please add the homepage on which the squad is supposed to be embedded.