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José Mourinho
Photo: thearcticblues from United States of America / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) — José Mourinho at Chelsea v Roma, August 2013

Legends

José Mourinho

Name
José Mourinho
Years at Chelsea
2004–2007, 2013–2015
Position
Manager
Honours
  • Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15
  • FA Cup: 2006–07
  • League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15
  • FA Community Shield: 2005
  • Premier League Manager of the Season: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2014–15

José Mourinho arrived in London in the summer of 2004, weeks after winning the Champions League with Porto. Chelsea had not won the league since 1955. In his very first season he won two trophies.

In 2004–05 Chelsea collected 95 points and conceded only 15 league goals, both Premier League records for years. He added the League Cup too. The next season the team retained the title, and 2007 brought the FA Cup and a second League Cup.

He left in 2007 and came back in 2013. In 2014–15 he won a third league title and a third League Cup. In total, eight trophies: three league titles, an FA Cup, three League Cups and a Community Shield. When he left for the second time in December 2015, the club described him as the most successful manager in its history. He was named Premier League Manager of the Season three times.

The moment that changed everything came on 30 April 2005 at Bolton. Lampard’s two goals made Chelsea champions for the first time in fifty years. From that afternoon on, the club was no longer a team that dreamed of titles. It was a team that expected them.

To supporters the ‘Special One’ was more than the manager. He was the voice that said out loud what we were thinking, the man who built a team of winners: Čech, Terry, Lampard, Makélélé, Drogba.

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