2009 FA Community Shield

2009 FA Community Shield

Chelsea Manchester United 2 2
Chelsea won 4–1 on penalties
Date	9 August 2009
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
Referee	Chris Foy (Merseyside)
Attendance	85,896
Weather	Sunny
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The 2009 FA Community Shield 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, and contested by Premier League 2008-09 champions Manchester United, and Chelsea as the winners of the FA Cup 2008-09, 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. This was also the first time since 1998 that Chelsea had won a professional match on penalties. The last time was a Coca-Cola cup quarter final against Ipswich Town.

Match details

9 August 2009 15:00 BST	Chelsea	2 – 2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,896 Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)
	Carvalho  52' Lampard  70'	Report	Nani  10' Rooney  90+2'

		Penalties
	Lampard Ballack Drogba Kalou	4 – 1	Giggs Carrick Evra

CHELSEA: GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 Branislav Ivanović 13' 46' CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho CB 26 John Terry 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

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 12 Ben Foster RB 22 John O'Shea 75' CB 5 Rio Ferdinand 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 Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (Hertfordshire) Simon Beck (Essex) Fourth official: Lee Mason (Lancashire) MAN OF THE MATCH Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)

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

See also

• Premier League 2008-09
• FA Cup 2008-09