2007 FA Community Shield

The 2007 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th staging of the FA Community Shield, an annual football match played between the reigning Premier League champions and FA Cup winners. The match was played on 5 August 2007 between 2006–07 FA Premier League champions Manchester United and 2006–07 FA Cup winners Chelsea, who beat United in the final. Manchester United won the game 3–0 on penalties, after the match finished 1–1. Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 35th minute, before Florent Malouda equalised just before half-time.

2007 FA Community Shield

Match programme cover
Chelsea Manchester United 1 1
Manchester United won 3–0 on penalties
Date	5 August 2007
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Referee	Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
Attendance	80,731
Weather	Clear 27 °C (81 °F)[1]
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The match then went to penalties, where Edwin van der Sar saved all three of Chelsea's penalties, leaving Wayne Rooney to score his penalty and win the match for United.

It was the first Community Shield match to be played at the new Wembley Stadium. Manchester United and Chelsea also contested the last Community Shield (then the Charity Shield) to be played at the old Wembley in 2000, with Chelsea winning the match 2–0.

Match details

Chelsea	1–1	Manchester United
Malouda 45'	Report	Giggs 35'
Penalties
Pizarro Lampard Wright-Phillips	0–3	Ferdinand Carrick Rooney

5 August 2007

15:00 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 80,731

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)^[2]

Chelsea

Manchester United

GK 1 Petr Čech RB 2 Glen Johnson  78' CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho  63' CB 22 Tal Ben Haim  33' LB 3 Ashley Cole  68' DM 5 Michael Essien CM 12 Mikel John Obi  90+1' CM 8 Frank Lampard (c) RW 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips LW 15 Florent Malouda  52' CF 10 Joe Cole  82' Substitutes: GK 23 Carlo Cudicini GK 40 Hilário DF 39 Harry Worley MF 9 Steve Sidwell  78' MF 19 Lassana Diarra  68' FW 14 Claudio Pizarro  52' FW 17 Scott Sinclair  82' Manager: José Mourinho

GK 1 Edwin van der Sar RB 6 Wes Brown CB 5 Rio Ferdinand CB 15 Nemanja Vidić LB 27 Mikaël Silvestre  68' RM 7 Cristiano Ronaldo CM 22 John O'Shea CM 16 Michael Carrick LM 3 Patrice Evra SS 11 Ryan Giggs (c)  81' CF 10 Wayne Rooney  45+3' Substitutes: GK 29 Tomasz Kuszczak DF 19 Gerard Piqué DF 26 Phil Bardsley MF 17 Nani  68' MF 24 Darren Fletcher  81' MF 30 Lee Martin MF 33 Chris Eagles Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

Man of the match Ashley Cole (Chelsea)[3] Match officials Assistant referees: Darren Cann (Norfolk)[2] Martin Yerby (Kent)[2] Fourth official: Chris Foy (Merseyside)[2]

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.

Match statistics

First half

Statistic	Chelsea	Manchester United
Total shots	3	6
Shots on target	2	2
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	1	3
Fouls committed	8	9
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

Second half

Statistic	Chelsea	Manchester United
Total shots	2	4
Shots on target	0	2
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	4	5
Fouls committed	6	6
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	0
Red cards	0	0

Overall

Statistic	Chelsea	Manchester United
Total shots	5	10
Shots on target	2	4
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	5	8
Fouls committed	14	15
Offsides	3	1
Yellow cards	3	1
Red cards	0	0

Source:^[4]

References

1. "Weather History for London, United Kingdom". wunderground.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
2. "Halsey appointed". The Football Association. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
3. Mawhinney, Stuart (5 August 2007). "United win on penalties". The Football Association. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
4. "2007 FA Community Shield". FA Community Shield. 5 August 2007. Sky Sports.

External links

• Community Shield 2007 at TheFA.com