1994–95 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1994–95 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Premiership	11th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup Winners Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Spencer (11) All: Spencer/Furlong (13)
Highest home attendance	31,161 vs Manchester United (26 Dec 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	8,974 vs Bournemouth (21 Sep 1994, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	21,057
Home colours Away colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

During the 1994–95 English football season, Chelsea competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

It was another unsatisfying season for Chelsea, who failed to make much of an impact in the league but once again enjoyed a memorable cup run. They entered the Cup Winners' Cup after a 23-year exile from European competitions, and reached the semi-finals where they went out to a single Real Zaragoza goal, ending their hopes of an all-English final with Arsenal.

The summer of 1995 saw manager Glenn Hoddle bring in two of the most famous names in world football, Ruud Gullit and Mark Hughes. He also terminated the contract of misfit striker Robert Fleck as well as deciding to end his own playing career. The only other significant change to the squad was the sale of out-of-favour midfielder David Hopkin to Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	42	27	8	7	80	39	+41	89	1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United	42	26	10	6	77	28	+49	88	1995–96 UEFA Cup First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	11	9	72	43	+29	77
4	Liverpool	42	21	11	10	65	37	+28	74
5	Leeds United	42	20	13	9	59	38	+21	73
6	Newcastle United	42	20	12	10	67	47	+20	72
7	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	14	12	66	58	+8	62
8	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	9	16	61	59	+2	60
9	Wimbledon	42	15	11	16	48	65	−17	56
10	Southampton	42	12	18	12	61	63	−2	54
11	Chelsea	42	13	15	14	50	55	−5	54
12	Arsenal	42	13	12	17	52	49	+3	51
13	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	12	17	49	57	−8	51
14	West Ham United	42	13	11	18	44	48	−4	50
15	Everton	42	11	17	14	44	51	−7	50	1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round ^1
16	Coventry City	42	12	14	16	44	62	−18	50
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	53	64	−11	49
18	Aston Villa	42	11	15	16	51	56	−5	48
19	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	12	19	34	49	−15	45	Relegation to 1995–96 Football League First Division
20	Norwich City (R)	42	10	13	19	37	54	−17	43
21	Leicester City (R)	42	6	11	25	45	80	−35	29
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	7	6	29	36	93	−57	27

Updated to games played on 14 May 1995.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Everton qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	13	15	14	50	55	−5	54	7	7	7	25	22	+3	6	8	7	25	33	−8

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W
Position	3	6	5	6	7	5	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	10	11	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	11

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Chelsea's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1994	Norwich City	H	2-0	23,098	Sinclair, Furlong
27 August 1994	Leeds United	A	3-2	32,212	Wise (pen), Spencer (2)
31 August 1994	Manchester City	H	3-0	21,740	Peacock, Wise, Vonk (own goal)
10 September 1994	Newcastle United	A	2-4	34,435	Peacock, Furlong
18 September 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	17,513	Spencer
24 September 1994	Crystal Palace	A	1-0	16,030	Furlong
2 October 1994	West Ham United	H	1-2	18,696	Furlong
8 October 1994	Leicester City	H	4-0	18,397	Spencer (2), Peacock, Shipperley
15 October 1994	Arsenal	A	1-3	38,234	Wise
23 October 1994	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	15,068	Wise, Shipperley
29 October 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	25,450	Wise
6 November 1994	Coventry City	H	2-2	17,090	Spencer, Kjeldbjerg
9 November 1994	Liverpool	A	1-3	32,855	Spencer
19 November 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1-0	22,092	Spencer
23 November 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	27,037
26 November 1994	Everton	H	0-1	28,115
3 December 1994	Southampton	A	1-0	14,404	Furlong
10 December 1994	Norwich City	A	0-3	18,246
18 December 1994	Liverpool	H	0-0	27,050
26 December 1994	Manchester United	H	2-3	31,161	Spencer (pen), Newton
28 December 1994	Aston Villa	A	0-3	32,901
31 December 1994	Wimbledon	H	1-1	16,105	Furlong
14 January 1995	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	17,285	Spencer
21 January 1995	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	17,296	Stein, Burley
25 January 1995	Nottingham Forest	H	0-2	17,890
4 February 1995	Coventry City	A	2-2	13,429	Stein, Spencer (pen)
11 February 1995	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	30,812	Wise
25 February 1995	West Ham United	A	2-1	21,500	Burley, Stein
5 March 1995	Crystal Palace	H	0-0	14,130
8 March 1995	Manchester City	A	2-1	21,880	Stein (2)
11 March 1995	Leeds United	H	0-3	20,174
18 March 1995	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	25,490	Stein
22 March 1995	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-1	15,103
1 April 1995	Newcastle United	H	1-1	22,987	Peacock
10 April 1995	Wimbledon	A	1-1	7,022	Sinclair
12 April 1995	Southampton	H	0-2	16,738
15 April 1995	Aston Villa	H	1-0	17,015	Stein
17 April 1995	Manchester United	A	0-0	43,728
29 April 1995	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	21,704	Sinclair
3 May 1995	Everton	A	3-3	33,180	Furlong (2), Hopkin
6 May 1995	Leicester City	A	1-1	18,140	Furlong
14 May 1995	Arsenal	H	2-1	29,542	Furlong, Stein

FA Cup

Third round

Chelsea v Charlton Athletic

7 January 1995	Chelsea	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge, London
	Peacock  9' Sinclair  41' Spencer  89'			Attendance: 24,485 Referee: Terry Holbrook

Fourth round

Millwall v Chelsea

28 January 1995	Millwall	0–0	Chelsea	The Den, London
				Attendance: 18,573 Referee: Roger Dilkes

Chelsea v Millwall

8 February 1995	Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Millwall	Stamford Bridge, London
	Stein  71'		Savage  79'	Attendance: 25,515 Referee: Martin Bodenham
		Penalties
	Stein Wise Burley Lee Spencer		Savage van Blerk Stevens Roberts Rae

League Cup

Second round

Chelsea v Bournemouth

21 September 1994	Chelsea	1–0	Bournemouth	Stamford Bridge, London
	Rocastle  26'			Attendance: 8,974 Referee: Paul Vanes

Bournemouth v Chelsea

4 October 1994	Bournemouth	0–1	Chelsea	Dean Court, Dorset
			Peacock  63'	Attendance: 9,784 Referee: Paul Durkin

Third round

West Ham United v Chelsea

26 October 1994	West Ham United	1–0	Chelsea	Boleyn Ground, London
	Hutchison  2'			Attendance: 18,815 Referee: Keith Cooper

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Chelsea v Viktoria Žižkov

15 September 1994	Chelsea	4–2	Viktoria Žižkov	Stamford Bridge, London
17:00	Furlong  3' Sinclair  5' Rocastle  54' Wise  69'	Report	Majoroš  36', 42'	Attendance: 22,036[2] Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

Viktoria Žižkov v Chelsea

29 September 1994	Viktoria Žižkov	0–0	Chelsea	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
15:00		Report		Attendance: 5,176[3] Referee: Gianni Beschin (Italy)

Second round

Chelsea v Austria Wien

20 October 1994	Chelsea	0–0	Austria Wien	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00		Report		Attendance: 22,560[4] Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Austria Wien v Chelsea

3 November 1994	Austria Wien	1–1	Chelsea	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
19:35	Narbekovas  74'	Report	Spencer  41'	Attendance: 18,000[5] Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Quarter-finals

Club Brugge v Chelsea

28 February 1995	Club Brugge	1–0	Chelsea	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Verheyen  82'	Report		Attendance: 16,145[6] Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Chelsea v Club Brugge

16 March 1995	Chelsea	2–0	Club Brugge	Stamford Bridge, London
20:05	Stein  16' Furlong  37'	Report		Attendance: 28,661[7] Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Semi-finals

Real Zaragoza v Chelsea

6 April 1995	Real Zaragoza	3–0	Chelsea	La Romareda, Zaragoza
21:15	Pardeza  8' Esnáider  26', 57'	Report		Attendance: 37,000[8] Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Chelsea v Real Zaragoza

20 April 1995	Chelsea	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00	Furlong  31' Sinclair  62' Stein  86'	Report	Aragón  55'	Attendance: 26,500[9] Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Squad

^[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dmitri Kharine 2 DF Steve Clarke 3 DF Scott Minto 4 DF Jakob Kjeldbjerg 5 DF Erland Johnsen 6 DF Frank Sinclair 7 FW John Spencer 8 FW Paul Furlong 9 FW Mark Stein 10 MF Gavin Peacock 11 MF Dennis Wise (captain) 12 MF Craig Burley 13 GK Kevin Hitchcock 14 DF Darren Barnard[11] 15 DF Andy Myers

No. Position Player 16 MF David Hopkin 17 MF Nigel Spackman 18 MF Eddie Newton 20 MF Glenn Hoddle (player–manager) 21 MF David Rocastle 22 DF Anthony Barness 23 GK Nick Colgan 24 FW Robert Fleck 25 DF David Lee 26 DF Andy Dow 27 DF Gareth Hall[12] 28 DF Michael Duberry 29 GK Alan Judge 31 MF Graham Rix

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 19 FW Neil Shipperley (to Southampton)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Graeme Le Saux MF Paul Hughes

No. Position Player MF Muzzy Izzet FW Junior Mendes

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
26 May 1994	FW	Paul Furlong	Watford	£2,300,000
28 May 1994	DF	Scott Minto	Charlton Athletic	£775,000
12 August 1994	MF	David Rocastle	Manchester City	£1,250,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
6 January 1995	FW	Neil Shipperley	Southampton	£1,250,000

Transfers in: £4,325,000

Transfers out: £1,250,000

Total spending: £3,075,000

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/chelsea/1994-1995/results
2. "Chelsea FC vs Viktoria Žižkov". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
3. "Viktoria Žižkov vs Chelsea FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
4. "Chelsea FC vs Austria Wien". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
5. "Austria Wien vs Chelsea FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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8. "Real Zaragoza vs Chelsea FC". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
9. "Chelsea FC vs Real Zaragoza". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
10. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1994-1995/faprem/chelsea.htm
11. Barnard was born in Rinteln, West Germany (now Germany).
12. Hall was born in Croydon, England.