Chelsea 2-1 CFR Cluj: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 9 December 2008

Result

Chelsea 2-1 CFR Cluj

Champions League · Tuesday 9 December 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-1 CFR Cluj: match report

Chelsea defeated CFR Cluj 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 9 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

S. Kalou opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Chelsea's goals came from S. Kalou (40') and Didier Drogba (71'). CFR Cluj scored through Yssouf Kone (55').

Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; CFR Cluj received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 26th on 8 points from 5 and CFR Cluj 43rd on 4 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and CFR Cluj in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for CFR Cluj.

Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-L-W-D-W and CFR Cluj's L-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · E. TricăCFR Cluj
  • 40'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Yssouf KoneCFR Cluj · 1-1
  • 71'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · BellettiChelsea
  • 81'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Emmanuel CulioCFR Cluj

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Chelsea 0, draws 1, CFR Cluj 0.

Team news

Chelsea line-up (4-1-4-1)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, John Terry, Alex, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Deco, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole

CFR Cluj line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nuno Claro, Cristian Panin, Sebastián Dubarbier, Hugo Alcântara, Cadu, Álvaro Pereira, Gabriel Muresan, Dani Soares, Yssouf Kone, Eugen Trică, Emmanuel Culio