2009 FA Community Shield

The 2009 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 87th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was contested at Wembley Stadium, London, on 9 August 2009,[2] and contested by 2008–09 Premier League champions Manchester United, and Chelsea as the winners of the 2008–09 FA Cup, a repeat of the 2007 match. The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.[3]

2009 FA Community Shield
The match programme cover
Chelsea won 4–1 on penalties
Date9 August 2009
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchRicardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
RefereeChris Foy (Merseyside)[1]
Attendance85,896
WeatherSunny
2008
2010

This was also the first time since 1998 that Chelsea had won a professional match on penalties; The last instance was a League Cup quarter-final against Ipswich Town.[citation needed]

Match details

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Chelsea2–2Manchester United
Carvalho   52'
Lampard   70'
Report Nani   10'
Rooney   90+2'
Penalties
Lampard  
Ballack  
Drogba  
Kalou  
4–1   Giggs
  Carrick
  Evra
Attendance: 85,896
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chelsea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester United
GK 1   Petr Čech
RB 2   Branislav Ivanović   13'   46'
CB 6   Ricardo Carvalho
CB 26   John Terry (c)
LB 3   Ashley Cole
DM 12   Mikel John Obi   65'
RM 5   Michael Essien
LM 15   Florent Malouda   78'
AM 8   Frank Lampard
CF 39   Nicolas Anelka   84'
CF 11   Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK 40   Hilário
DF 17   José Bosingwa   46'
DF 33   Alex
DF 35   Juliano Belletti
MF 13   Michael Ballack   65'
MF 20   Deco   78'
FW 21   Salomon Kalou   84'
Manager:
  Carlo Ancelotti
 
GK 12   Ben Foster
RB 22   John O'Shea   75'
CB 5   Rio Ferdinand (c)
CB 23   Jonny Evans
LB 3   Patrice Evra   80'
RM 17   Nani   63'
CM 24   Darren Fletcher   75'
CM 16   Michael Carrick
LM 13   Park Ji-sung   75'
CF 10   Wayne Rooney
CF 9   Dimitar Berbatov   4'   75'
Substitutes:
GK 29   Tomasz Kuszczak
DF 20   Fábio   75'
MF 11   Ryan Giggs   75'
MF 18   Paul Scholes   75'
MF 25   Antonio Valencia   63'
MF 28   Darron Gibson
FW 7   Michael Owen   86'   75'
Manager:
  Sir Alex Ferguson

Match officials

Man of the match

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of six substitutions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Foy to take charge of Shield". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Shield date confirmed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Chelsea 2 – 2 Man Utd". BBC Sport. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.