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The away kit closely followed the design of the home, but in red with white trim. While the home kit had plain white socks, the red socks of the away kit featured four hoops: a white and blue on both the turnover and the leg. For a third kit, the white away kit from the 1984–85 season was retained.
The 2003–04 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 12th consecutive season in the Premier League and 98th year as a club. Manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked on 31 May 2004 and was replaced by José Mourinho.
In the UEFA Cup, Chelsea took a first round exit, losing 5–4 on aggregate to Norwegian club Viking. Chelsea also managed to reach the quarter-finals of both the Football League Cup and the FA Cup , but lost 1–0 to Manchester United and 3–1 to Arsenal in a replay, respectively.
The 1983–84 season was Chelsea Football Club's 70th competitive season. After five years in the Second Division, Chelsea won promotion to the First Division as champions, losing only four of their 42 league matches and pipping Sheffield Wednesday to the title on goal difference.
With conceding goals being a major issue last season, Chelsea signed Dutch international goalkeeper Ed de Goey, who proved to be a relative success.Chelsea's only other major signings were young Norwegian striker Tore Andre Flo and Uruguayan international midfielder Gustavo Poyet from Real Zaragoza, who added more goals from an otherwise very defensive midfield.
The signing of Lampard allowed Chelsea to part company with their captain Dennis Wise, who ended his successful 12-season spell at the club by joining Leicester City for £1.6 million. [3] The third and final signing of the window was of French midfielder and 1998 FIFA World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit , who joined from Barcelona for £7.5 ...
By finishing 11th of 22 clubs, it was Chelsea's first top-half finish since coming 5th in 1989–90. With 54 goals conceded, this was Chelsea's best defence in the top flight, a record broken next season as well. [3] Chelsea went out in the third round of the FA Cup this season, beaten 2–1 by Middlesbrough away at Ayresome Park.
On 26 December 1999, in their 1–2 away win over Southampton, Chelsea became the first team in the Football League history to field a starting eleven without an English player. The squad was made up of: Ed de Goey , Albert Ferrer , Franck Leboeuf , Emerson Thome , Celestine Babayaro , Deschamps, Dan Petrescu , Di Matteo, Poyet, Gabriele ...