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 Manchester United
2 2
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

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.

Match details
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
GK1 Petr Čech
RB2 Branislav Ivanović 13' 46'
CB6 Ricardo Carvalho
CB26 John Terry (c)
LB3 Ashley Cole
DM12 John Obi Mikel 65'
RM5 Michael Essien
LM15 Florent Malouda 78'
AM8 Frank Lampard
CF39 Nicolas Anelka 84'
CF11 Didier Drogba
Substitutes:
GK40 Hilário
DF17 José Bosingwa 46'
DF33 Alex
DF35 Juliano Belletti
MF13 Michael Ballack 65'
MF20 Deco 78'
FW21 Salomon Kalou 84'
Manager:
Carlo Ancelotti
GK12 Ben Foster
RB22 John O'Shea 75'
CB5 Rio Ferdinand (c)
CB23 Jonny Evans
LB3 Patrice Evra 80'
RM17 Nani 63'
CM24 Darren Fletcher 75'
CM16 Michael Carrick
LM13 Park Ji-sung 75'
CF10 Wayne Rooney
CF9 Dimitar Berbatov 4' 75'
Substitutes:
GK29 Tomasz Kuszczak
DF20 Fábio 75'
MF11 Ryan Giggs 75'
MF18 Paul Scholes 75'
MF25 Antonio Valencia 63'
MF28 Darron Gibson
FW7 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

References
  1. "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. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
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