2005–06 Chelsea F.C. season


The 2005–06 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 92nd competitive season, 14th consecutive season in the Premier League and 100th year as a club. Managed by José Mourinho, Chelsea won the Premier League title for the second consecutive season. They also won the Community Shield.
Chelsea continued spending vast sums of money in their third season under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, signing Michael Essien from Lyon and Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City for more than £20 million each.
In the Champions League, Chelsea aimed to improve upon their second straight semi-final placing the previous year, but exited the competition in the first knockout round to FC Barcelona. In the FA Cup, they managed to improve on their third-round exit in the previous season, but fell short in the semi-final, losing 2–1 to Liverpool. After winning the League Cup in the previous season, they failed to defend their title by taking an early third-round exit to Charlton Athletic on penalties.
The season was momentous for Chelsea's incredible start to the season where they recorded the most dominant first half of a Premier League season in history. They won a record 9 games in a row at the start of the season, which culminated in another record holding 17 wins out of the first 19 games. As of 2017 Chelsea 2005–06 hold joint records for most wins at home in a season and fewest home defeats in a season.

Team kit

The team kit for the season was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Samsung Mobile, who replaced previous shirt sponsor Emirates Airlines. Chelsea's new home kit was all blue with gold accents. Their new away kit was light blue with black shorts and black accents. Their 3rd kit was similar to their away kit from the 2004–05 season, black with grey shorts and grey accents. The only difference was the addition of the new shirt sponsor and new club crest with modifications.

Management

First team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

Out

Overall transfer activity

Total spending

Summer: £58,400,000
Winter: £0,000,000
Total: £58,400,000

Income

Summer: £22,600,000
Winter: £0,000,000
Total: £22,600,000

Expenditure

Summer: £35,800,000
Winter: £0,000,000
Total: £35,800,000

Competitions

FA Community Shield

Premier League

Upon winning the 2005–06 Premier League season, Chelsea clinched their third national league title.

League table

Results by round

Chelsea's home record in the league matches : 19-18-1-0. This is the best ever home record, later matched by Liverpool in 2019-20 when they also won 18 matches, drew one, and lost none. Liverpool won their first 17 homes matches that season.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

League Cup

FA Cup

Statistics

Starting 11

PlayerStarts
1GK Čech41
13RB Gallas43
6CB Carvalho33
26CB Terry 49
3LB Del Horno31
4DM Makélélé38
5CM Essien36
8CM Lampard47
10RW J. Cole34
16LW Robben30
15CF Drogba28

Summary