Season: 2005–06
Premier League
- Premier League champions
- Charity/Community Shield
League
Champions again — back-to-back Premier League titles in José Mourinho’s second season, and the club’s centenary year.
- Division
- Premier League (Tier 1)
- Manager
- José Mourinho
- Top scorer (league)
- Frank Lampard (16)
- Top scorer (all comps)
- Frank Lampard (20)
- Avg. league attendance
- 41,902
Cups & Europe
- FA Cup
- Semi-finals
- League Cup
- Third round
- Europe
- European Cup / Champions League: Round of 16
- Other
- Charity/Community Shield: Winners
Notes
Champions again — back-to-back Premier League titles in José Mourinho’s second season, and the club’s centenary year. Chelsea finished 29–4–5, 72–22, on 91 points (29×3+4), eight clear of Manchester United on 83 and nine ahead of Liverpool on 82. Home form was 18–1–0 (47–9); away 11–3–5 (25–13). Goal difference +50. The five league defeats were all away: Manchester United, Middlesbrough (0–3), Fulham, Blackburn and Newcastle. Birmingham, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland went down. Mourinho stayed throughout. Fresh faces included Essien, Del Horno, Wright-Phillips and Diarra; Samsung Mobile replaced Emirates on the shirt. Frank Lampard led the scoring with 16 league goals and 20 in all competitions — ahead of Drogba (12/16) and Crespo (10/13). The title was sealed on 29 April at the Bridge: Gallas, Joe Cole and Carvalho made it 3–0 against Manchester United, with two matches still to play. The Community Shield opened the year — Drogba’s double beat Arsenal 2–1 at the Millennium Stadium on 7 August. The Carling Cup defence ended in the third round: Charlton Athletic 1–1 after extra time at the Bridge, then 4–5 on penalties. The FA Cup reached the semi-finals — Huddersfield 2–1, Everton 1–1 and 4–1 in the replay, Colchester 3–1, Newcastle 1–0 — before Liverpool won 2–1 at Old Trafford (Riise, Luis García; Drogba). Champions League Group G (Anderlecht, Liverpool, Real Betis) was navigated in second place; the Round of 16 ended against Barcelona — 1–2 at the Bridge, 1–1 at the Camp Nou (Lampard penalty; aggregate 2–3). Crowds averaged 41,902 for home league games — high 42,321 against Manchester City, low 40,652 against Birmingham. Umbro’s royal blue with white socks, the pale blue-grey away, black third and Samsung Mobile across the chest framed the back-to-back title and Community Shield double.
Kits
Centenary season and Umbro's farewell.
- 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/2005%E2%80%9306_Chelsea_F.C._season
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Premier_League
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_FA_Cup
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_League_Cup
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_FA_Community_Shield
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_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/2005.htm
- https://bounder.friardale.co.uk/Results/2005.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