Players

First-team squad

No.   Position Player 1 GK Petr Čech 3 DF Ashley Cole 4 MF Claude Makélélé 5 MF Michael Essien 6 DF Ricardo Carvalho 7 FW Andriy Shevchenko 8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) 9 DF Khalid Boulahrouz 10 MF Joe Cole 11 FW Didier Drogba 12 MF John Obi Mikel 13 MF Michael Ballack 14 DF Geremi Njitap 16 MF Arjen Robben 18 DF Wayne Bridge

No.   Position Player 19 MF Lassana Diarra 20 DF Paulo Ferreira 21 FW Salomon Kalou 22 GK Magnus Hedman 23 GK Carlo Cudicini 24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 26 DF John Terry (captain) 40 GK Henrique Hilário 47 FW Ben Sahar 48 MF Michael Woods 49 FW Scott Sinclair 50 MF Lee Sawyer 51 DF Sam Hutchinson –– MF Steve Sidwell

Players out on loan

No.   Position Player 2 DF Glen Johnson (at Portsmouth, until May 2007) 30 DF Anthony Grant (at Wycombe Wanderers, until May 2007) — DF Alex (at PSV Eindhoven, until August 2008 [60]) — MF Jimmy Smith (at QPR, until May 2007) — FW Hernán Crespo (at Internazionale, until August 2008) — DF Alcides (at PSV Eindhoven, until August 2008 [61])