Carling League Cup, 2004-05



3rd Round: Chelsea v West Ham Utd

Date:   27th October 2004
Venue:   Stamford Bridge
Attendance:   41774
Result:   1-0
Scorers:   Kezman 57
Chelsea:   Carlo Cudicini, Celestine Babayaro, Ricardo Carvalho, Mateja Kezman, Joe Cole (Damien Duff 64), William Gallas, Njitap Geremi, Arjen Robben (Eidur Gudjohnsen 82), Scott Parker (Frank Lampard 68), Paulo Ferreira, Cardoso Tiago
West Ham Utd:   James Walker, Hayden Mullins, Anton Ferdinand, Tomas Repka, Rufus Brevett, Matthew Etherington (Sergei Rebrov 85), Adam Nowland (Mark Noble 65), Nigel Reo-Coker, Steve Lomas, Marlon Harewood, Bobby Zamora (Don Hutchison 83)
Referee:   A D'Urso (Essex)

4th Round: Newcastle Utd v Chelsea

Date:   9th November 2004
Venue:   St James's Park
Attendance:   38055
Result:   0-2 [aet]
Scorers:   Gudjohnsen 100, Robben 112
Newcastle Utd:   Shay Given, Olivier Bernard (Aaron Hughes 118), Titus Bramble, Ronny Johnsen, Andrew O'Brien, Nicky Butt (Kieron Dyer 45), Jermaine Jenas, Laurent Robert, Craig Bellamy, Patrick Kluivert (Shoala Ameobi 105), Alan Shearer
Chelsea:   Carlo Cudicini, Glen Johnson, Mateja Kezman, Joe Cole (Frank Lampard 66), Damien Duff (Arjen Robben 63), William Gallas, Wayne Bridge, Scott Parker (Eidur Gudjohnsen 96), Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Cardoso Tiago
Referee:   S Bennett (Kent)

Quarter-Final: Fulham v Chelsea

Date:   30th November 2004
Venue:   Craven Cottage
Attendance:   14531
Result:   1-2
Scorers:   McBride 74; Duff 55, Lampard 88
Fulham:   Edwin Van der Sar, Carlos Bocanegra, Ian Pearce, Zeshan Rehman, Moritz Volz, Papa Bouba Diop, Sylvain Legwinski, Steed Malbranque, Mark Pembridge, Andy Cole (Elvis Hammond 73), Brian McBride
Chelsea:   Carlo Cudicini, Glen Johnson, Claude Makalele, Alexei Smertin, Ricardo Carvalho, Damien Duff (Frank Lampard 76), Didier Drogba (Eidur Gudjohnsen 59), Arjen Robben (Joe Cole 62), Wayne Bridge, Scott Parker, John Terry
Referee:   S Dunn (Bristol)

Semi-Final, 1st Leg: Chelsea v Manchester Utd

Date:   12th January 2005
Venue:   Stamford Bridge
Attendance:   41492
Result:   0-0
Chelsea:   Carlo Cudicini, Claude Makalele, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole (Jiri Jarosik 74), Damien Duff, William Gallas, Wayne Bridge, Paulo Ferreira, Eidur Gudjohnsen (Didier Drogba 45), John Terry, Cardoso Tiago (Mateja Kezman 65)
Manchester Utd:   Tim Howard, Phil Neville, Mikael Silvestre, John O'Shea, Heinze, Cristiano Ronaldo (Alan Smith 89), Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba (Paul Scholes 60), Quinton Fortune, Louis Saha, Wayne Rooney
Referee:   N Barry (Scunthorpe)

Semi-Final, 2nd Leg: Manchester Utd v Chelsea

Date:   26th January 2005
Venue:   Old Trafford
Attendance:   67000
Result:   1-2 (agg 1-2)
Scorers:   Giggs 67; Lampard 29, Duff 85
Manchester Utd:   Tim Howard, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Mikael Silvestre, Heinze, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, Quinton Fortune (Wayne Rooney 59), Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ryan Giggs
Chelsea:   Petr Cech, Claude Makalele, Frank Lampard, Damien Duff (Jiri Jarosik 86), William Gallas, Didier Drogba (Eidur Gudjohnsen 67), Arjen Robben (Joe Cole 90), Wayne Bridge, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Cardoso Tiago
Referee:   R Styles (Waterlooville)

Final: Chelsea v Liverpool

Date:   27th February 2005
Venue:   Cardiff Millenium Stadium
Attendance:   71622
Result:   3-2 [aet; 1-1 ft]
Scorers:   Gerrard 79 (og), Drogba 107, Kezman 112; Riise 1, Nunez 113
Chelsea:   Petr Cech, Claude Makalele, Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole (Glen Johnson 80), Damien Duff, William Gallas (Mateja Kezman 73), Didier Drogba, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Jiri Jarosik (Eidur Gudjohnsen 45)
Liverpool:   Jerzy Dudek, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Djimi Traore (Igor Biscan 66), Harry Kewell (Antonio Nunez 56), Steven Gerrard, Dietmar Hamann, John Arne Riise, Sanz Luis Garcia, Fernando Morientes (Milan Baros 73)
Referee:   S Bennett (Kent)