2004–05 Chelsea F.C. season
English football club season
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- The 2004–05 season was Chelsea Football Club's 91st competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the Premier League and 99th year as a club.
- The season was historic for the vast number of Premier League records set during the season.
- As of the 2025-26 Premier League season, this Chelsea side still holds the defensive records for most clean sheets and fewest goals conceded in a Premier League season.
- They were in their second season under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, enabling them to sign five players for more than £10 million each, including Ivorian striker Didier Drogba from Marseille and defender Ricardo Carvalho from Mourinho's former club, Porto.
- In the Champions League, Chelsea aimed to improve upon their semi-final placing the previous year, but in the end only matched their achievement after losing to Liverpool.
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WikipediaThe 2004–05 season was Chelsea Football Club's 91st competitive season, 13th consecutive season in the Premier League and 99th year as a club. Managed by José Mourinho during his first season at the club, Chelsea won the Premier League title (their first league title in 50 years) and the League Cup.
The season was historic for the vast number of Premier League records set during the season. The list of achievements included; most points won in a season (95), most away wins in a season (15), most clean sheets kept in a season (25), fewest goals conceded away in a season (9), most wins in a season (29) and fewest goals conceded in a season (15). As of the 2025-26 Premier League season, this Chelsea side still holds the defensive records for most clean sheets and fewest goals conceded in a Premier League season.
After missing out on the league title to the unbeaten Arsenal in the previous season, Chelsea continued spending large sums of money in order to build a squad capable of challenging for honours. They were in their second season under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, enabling them to sign five players for more than £10 million each, including Ivorian striker Didier Drogba from Marseille and defender Ricardo Carvalho from Mourinho's former club, Porto. Portuguese defender Paulo Ferreira also followed Mourinho to Chelsea from Porto.
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