Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth (2009-10 FA Cup Final)

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2010 FA Cup Final
0Scoreline	Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
0Date	15 May 2010
0Competition	FA Cup
0Referee	Chris Foy
0Stadium	Wembley Stadium
0Attendance	88,335

The 2010 FA Cup Final took place on 15th May 2010, contested between Chelsea and Portsmouth. With Chelsea having been winners in 2007 and 2009, either side of a Portsmouth victory in 2008, this would be the fourth year in a row that one of the finalists had won the competition.

It was Chelsea's tenth appearance in the competition's finale, and resulted in their sixth win. It was the Blues' third FA Cup title in four years, their fifth victory in 13 years, and they became only the sixth side to retain the FA Cup. Chelsea went into the match as newly crowned English Champions, and the win completed the club's first League and FA Cup double. The result also meant that Ashley Cole became the first player to win six FA Cup winners medals, three of which were with Chelsea.

Contents 1 Match review 2 Match details 3 Road to the Final 4 Match Reports 5 Images

Match review

Chelsea had the best of the game, with Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, John Terry and Salomon Kalou all hitting the woodwork, but the teams remained level at the interval. Portsmouth were awarded a second half penalty for a Juliano Belletti foul on Kevin-Prince Boateng, but Petr Čech saved Boateng's weak shot, becoming the third goalkeeper to save an FA Cup final penalty. Just minutes later Drogba slotted in a free kick (his seventh cup final goal for the club) to secure the win and with it Chelsea's first double. The match also marked the final competitive appearances of Belletti, Michael Ballack and Joe Cole.

Match details

15 May 2010 15.00	Chelsea	1 - 0	Portsmouth	Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,335 Referee: Chris Foy
	Drogba 58'

CHELSEA: GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 Branislav Ivanović CB 33 Alex CB 26 John Terry (c) LB 3 Ashley Cole CM 15 Florent Malouda CM 8 Frank Lampard CM 13 Michael Ballack 43' RW 11 Didier Drogba CF 39 Nicolas Anelka 90' LW 21 Salomon Kalou 70' Substitutes: GK 40 Henrique Hilario DF 19 Paulo Ferreira DF 18 Yuri Zhirkov MF 24 Nemanja Matic DF 35 Juliano Belletti 43' MF 10 Joe Cole 70' CF 23 Daniel Sturridge 90' Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

PORTSMOUTH: GK 1 David James (c) RB 16 Steve Finnan CB 3 Ricardo Rocha 90' CB 4 Aaron Mokoena LB 6 Hayden Mullins 81' RM 24 Aruna Dindane CM 8 Papa Bouba Diop 80' CM 25 Michael Brown LM 23 Kevin-Prince Boateng 36' 73' AM 5 Jamie O'Hara 90' CF 9 Frédéric Piquionne Substitutes: GK 21 Jamie Ashdown DF 18 Anthony Vanden Borre DF 26 Tal Ben-Haim DF 39 Nadir Belhadj 81' CF 17 John Utaka 73' MF 22 Richard Hughes CF 27 Nwankwo Kanu 80' Manager: Avram Grant

Road to the Final

Season	Day	Date	Month	Year	Round	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional information
2009-10	Sun	3	Jan	2010	3rd Round	Watford	Home	Won	5-0
2009-10	Sat	23	Jan	2010	4th Round	Preston North End	Away	Won	2-0
2009-10	Sat	13	Feb	2010	5th Round	Cardiff City	Home	Won	4-1
2009-10	Sun	7	Mar	2010	6th Round	Stoke City	Home	Won	2-0
2009-10	Sat	10	Apr	2010	Semi Final	Aston Villa	Neutral*	Won	3-0	*Wembley

Match Reports

• BBC
• Chelsea.fc.com
• Telegraph

Images

Match ticket

Match programme

Drogba's free kick goes in off the post to secure Chelsea's first "Double"

The Chelsea players lift the FA Cup

FA Cup

Seasons:01905–06 • 1906–07 • 1907–08 • 1908–09 • 1909–10 • 1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1919–20 • 1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30 • 1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50 • 1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60 • 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16

Finals: 1915 • 1967 • 1970 • 1970 (R) • 1994 • 1997 • 2000 • 2002 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012

2009-10 season

Premier League:

Hull City (H) • Sunderland (A) • Fulham (A) • Burnley (H) • Stoke City (A) • Tottenham (H) • Wigan (A) • Liverpool (H) • Aston Villa (A) Blackburn (H) • Bolton (A) • Manchester United (H) • Wolves (H) • Arsenal (A) • Manchester City (A) • Everton (H) • Portsmouth (H) West Ham (A) • Birmingham (A) • Fulham (H) • Sunderland (H) • Birmingham (H) • Burnley (A) • Hull City (A) • Arsenal (H) • Everton (A) Wolves (A) • Manchester City (H) • West Ham (H) • Blackburn (A) • Portsmouth (A) • Aston Villa (H) • Manchester United (A) • Bolton (H) Tottenham (A) • Stoke City (H) • Liverpool (A) • Wigan (H)

FA Cup:

3rd round: Watford | 4th round: Preston NE | 5th round: Cardiff City | QF: Stoke City | SF: Aston Villa | Final: Portsmouth

League Cup:

3rd round: QPR | 4th round: Bolton | QF: Blackburn

Champions League:

Group stage: Porto (H) • APOEL (A) • Atlético Madrid (H) • Atlético Madrid (A) • Porto (A) • APOEL (H) 2nd round: Inter Milan: 1st leg • 2nd leg