Season: 2004–05
Premier League
- Premier League champions
- League Cup
League
Champions — first Premier League title, first League championship since 1954–55, and fifty years of waiting ended in José Mourinho’s first season.
- Division
- Premier League (Tier 1)
- Manager
- José Mourinho
- Top scorer (league)
- Frank Lampard (13)
- Top scorer (all comps)
- Frank Lampard (19)
- Avg. league attendance
- 41,870
Cups & Europe
- FA Cup
- Fifth round
- League Cup
- Winners
- Europe
- European Cup / Champions League: Semi-finals
Notes
Champions — first Premier League title, first League championship since 1954–55, and fifty years of waiting ended in José Mourinho’s first season. Chelsea finished 29–8–1, 72–15, on 95 points (29×3+8), twelve clear of Arsenal on 83 and eighteen ahead of Manchester United on 77. Home form was 14–5–0 (35–6); away 15–3–1 (37–9). Goal difference +57. The only league defeat was 0–1 at Manchester City on 16 October (Anelka penalty). Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southampton went down. Mourinho arrived on 2 June 2004 after Porto’s Champions League win. Fresh faces included Čech, Ferreira, Carvalho, Robben, Drogba, Tiago and Kežman; Hasselbaink, Grønkjær and Melchiot left. Frank Lampard led the scoring with 13 league goals and 19 in all competitions — ahead of Guðjohnsen (12/16) and Drogba (10/16). The title was sealed on 30 April at Bolton: Lampard’s double made it 2–0, and the Bridge celebrated the first championship since Ted Drake’s side. The Carling Cup was won as well. West Ham, Newcastle (after extra time), Fulham and Manchester United (0–0, then 2–1 at Old Trafford — Lampard, Duff) set up a Cardiff final against Liverpool: Riise scored inside a minute, Gerrard’s own goal levelled, then Drogba and Kežman in extra time made it 3–2 after Núñez had pulled one back. The FA Cup stopped in the fifth round — Scunthorpe 3–1, Birmingham 2–0, then 0–1 at Newcastle. Champions League again reached the semi-finals. Group H (Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, CSKA Moscow) was navigated; Barcelona went out 5–4 on aggregate after a 4–2 Bridge comeback; Bayern Munich 6–5 on aggregate in the quarters. Semi-finals versus Liverpool: 0–0 at the Bridge, 0–1 at Anfield (Luis García) — and the European run ended there. Crowds averaged 41,870 for home league games — high 42,328 against Newcastle, low 40,864 against Southampton. Umbro’s royal blue with white socks, the black-and-grey away, last season’s white striped shirt as third, and Emirates across the chest framed the double of League and League Cup.
Kits
Mourinho's first title season.
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_F.C.
Illustration from hex colours (not official kit photography).
On this day (related years)
History
Eras, trophies, and great matches in the History section.
Explore history →Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chelsea_F.C._seasons
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Chelsea_F.C._season
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Premier_League
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_FA_Cup
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_League_Cup
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Football_League_Cup_Final
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_UEFA_Champions_League
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chelsea_F.C._managers
- https://www.fchd.info/CHELSEA.HTM
- https://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Summaries/2004.htm
- https://bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/2004.htm
- https://www.bounder.friardale.co.uk/Managers.htm
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
- https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html