1995–96 Chelsea F.C. season

The big news at Chelsea at the start of the 1995–96 season was the arrival of Manchester United striker Mark Hughes, one of the most accomplished strikers of the last decade in the English leagues, and the arrival of Dutch superstar Ruud Gullit.

Chelsea had a mid-table Premiership campaign in 1995–96, finishing 11th for the third time in four seasons, but once again they enjoyed a good cup run. This time they reached the FA Cup semi-finals, taking on Manchester United, who had beaten them in the final two years earlier. Chelsea took an early lead, but lost 2–1 and with it went their hopes of a foray into Europe. A few weeks later, Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle's decision to quit for the England manager's job was understandable as it was a job he could not turn down. They responded by appointing Ruud Gullit as player-manager. Gullit wasted no time in preparing Chelsea for the following season, breaking the club record in a £4.9 million move for Italian midfielder Roberto Di Matteo from Lazio.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		Football League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Dmitri Kharin	29	0	26	0	1	0	2	0
24	DF	ROU	Dan Petrescu	31	3	22+2	2	7	1	0	0
20	DF	ENG	David Lee	39	1	29+2	1	7	0	0+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Michael Duberry	30	2	22	0	8	2	0	0
2	DF	SCO	Steve Clarke	31	0	21+1	0	6+2	0	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Andy Myers	23	0	20	0	3	0	0	0
4	MF	NED	Ruud Gullit	40	6	31	3	7	3	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Dennis Wise	44	8	34+1	7	7	1	2	0
18	MF	ENG	Eddie Newton	28	1	21+3	1	3	0	1	0
7	FW	SCO	John Spencer	37	14	23+5	13	8	1	1	0
8	FW	WAL	Mark Hughes	39	12	31	8	6	4	2	0
13	GK	ENG	Kevin Hitchcock	19	0	12	0	7	0	0	0
5	DF	NOR	Erland Johnsen	26	0	18+4	0	1+1	0	2	0
10	FW	ENG	Gavin Peacock	36	7	17+11	5	3+4	2	1	0
12	MF	SCO	Craig Burley	26	0	16+6	0	2	0	2	0
14	FW	ENG	Paul Furlong	38	4	14+14	3	4+4	1	1+1	0
17	MF	ENG	Nigel Spackman	20	0	13+3	0	0+3	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Frank Sinclair[1]	15	1	12+1	1	0	0	2	0
25	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan[2]	20	0	12	0	8	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Scott Minto	16	0	10	0	5	0	1	0
9	FW	RSA	Mark Stein	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	DF	CAY	Gareth Hall	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	David Rocastle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	SCO	Andy Dow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Jody Morris	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

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