1994–95 Chelsea F.C. season

It was another unsatisfying season for Chelsea, who failed to make much of an impact in the league but once again enjoyed a memorable cup run. They entered the Cup Winners' Cup after a 23-year exile from European competitions, and reached the semi-finals where they went out to a single Real Zaragoza goal, ending their hopes of an all-English final with Arsenal.

The summer of 1995 saw manager Glenn Hoddle bring in two of the most famous names in world football, Ruud Gullit and Mark Hughes. He also terminated the contract of misfit striker Robert Fleck as well as deciding to end his own playing career. The only other significant change to the squad was the sale of out-of-favour midfielder David Hopkin to Crystal Palace.

Results summary

Results by round

Chelsea's score comes first^[1]

FA Cup

Third round

Chelsea v Charlton Athletic

7 January 1995	Chelsea	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Stamford Bridge, London
	Peacock 9' Sinclair 41' Spencer 89'			Attendance: 24,485 Referee: Terry Holbrook

Fourth round

Millwall v Chelsea

28 January 1995	Millwall	0–0	Chelsea	The Den, London
				Attendance: 18,573 Referee: Roger Dilkes

Chelsea v Millwall

8 February 1995	Chelsea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Millwall	Stamford Bridge, London
	Stein 71'		Savage 79'	Attendance: 25,515 Referee: Martin Bodenham
	Penalties
	Stein Wise Burley Lee Spencer		Savage van Blerk Stevens Roberts Rae

League Cup

Second round

Chelsea v Bournemouth

21 September 1994	Chelsea	1–0	Bournemouth	Stamford Bridge, London
	Rocastle 26'			Attendance: 8,974 Referee: Paul Vanes

Bournemouth v Chelsea

4 October 1994	Bournemouth	0–1	Chelsea	Dean Court, Dorset
			Peacock 63'	Attendance: 9,784 Referee: Paul Durkin

Third round

West Ham United v Chelsea

26 October 1994	West Ham United	1–0	Chelsea	Boleyn Ground, London
	Hutchison 2'			Attendance: 18,815 Referee: Keith Cooper

Cup Winners' Cup

First round

Chelsea v Viktoria Žižkov

15 September 1994 (1994-09-15)	Chelsea	4–2	Viktoria Žižkov	Stamford Bridge, London
17:00	Furlong 3' Sinclair 5' Rocastle 54' Wise 69'	Report	Majoroš 36', 42'	Attendance: 22,036[2] Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden)

Viktoria Žižkov v Chelsea

29 September 1994 (1994-09-29)	Viktoria Žižkov	0–0	Chelsea	[Jablonec]
15:00		Report		Attendance: 5,176[3] Referee: Gianni Beschin (Italy)

Second round

Chelsea v Austria Wien

20 October 1994 (1994-10-20)	Chelsea	0–0	Austria Wien	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00		Report		Attendance: 22,560[4] Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Austria Wien v Chelsea

3 November 1994 (1994-11-03)	Austria Wien	1–1	Chelsea	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
19:35	Narbekovas 74'	Report	Spencer 41'	Attendance: 18,000[5] Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Quarter-finals

Club Brugge v Chelsea

28 February 1995 (1995-02-28)	Club Brugge	1–0	Chelsea	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Verheyen 82'	Report		Attendance: 16,145[6] Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Chelsea v Club Brugge

16 March 1995 (1995-03-16)	Chelsea	2–0	Club Brugge	Stamford Bridge, London
20:05	Stein 16' Furlong 37'	Report		Attendance: 28,661[7] Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Semi-finals

Real Zaragoza v Chelsea

6 April 1995 (1995-04-06)	Real Zaragoza	3–0	Chelsea	La Romareda, Zaragoza
21:15	Pardeza 8' Esnáider 26', 57'	Report		Attendance: 37,000[8] Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Chelsea v Real Zaragoza

20 April 1995 (1995-04-20)	Chelsea	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Stamford Bridge, London
20:00	Furlong 31' Sinclair 62' Stein 86'	Report	Aragón 55'	Attendance: 26,500[9] Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

^[10] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Dmitri Kharine 2 DF  SCO Steve Clarke 3 DF  ENG Scott Minto 4 DF  DEN Jakob Kjeldbjerg 5 DF  NOR Erland Johnsen 6 DF  ENG Frank Sinclair 7 FW  SCO John Spencer 8 FW  ENG Paul Furlong 9 FW  RSA Mark Stein 10 MF  ENG Gavin Peacock 11 MF  ENG Dennis Wise (captain) 12 MF  SCO Craig Burley 13 GK  ENG Kevin Hitchcock 14 DF  WAL Darren Barnard[11] 15 DF  ENG Andy Myers

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  SCO David Hopkin 17 MF  ENG Nigel Spackman 18 MF  ENG Eddie Newton 20 MF  ENG Glenn Hoddle (player–manager) 21 MF  ENG David Rocastle 22 DF  ENG Anthony Barness 23 GK  IRL Nick Colgan 24 FW  SCO Robert Fleck 25 DF  ENG David Lee 26 DF  SCO Andy Dow 27 DF  WAL Gareth Hall[12] 28 DF  ENG Michael Duberry 29 GK  ENG Alan Judge 31 MF  ENG Graham Rix

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Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ENG Neil Shipperley (to Southampton)

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Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Paul Hughes — MF  GEO Thiago Naladze

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  TUR Muzzy Izzet — FW  MSR Junior Mendes

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