Chelsea
have parted company with manager Jose Mourinho, bringing down the curtain on
the Portuguese's second spell at Stamford Bridge.
With the club only one point above the relegation zone, it's been a woeful
season for the Premier League champions and Mourinho.
Here, we looks at the 52-year-old's troubled and controversial season, on
and off the pitch.
August 8: Mourinho criticises Chelsea first-team doctor Carneiro and
physiotherapist Jon Fearn for naivety in running on to the field to treat
Eden Hazard in the opening-day draw with Swansea. Mourinho is cleared by the
Football Association of abusing Carneiro, who then subsequently leaves
Chelsea.
August 16: Chelsea lose 3-0 away to Manchester City, with Mourinho
substituting captain John Terry at half-time.
August 29: Mourinho's 100th Premier League home match results in only a
second loss as his side go down 2-1 to Crystal Palace.
September 12: The Blues lose again as they are beaten 3-1 at Everton, Steven
Naismith with a hat-trick.
September 19: Diego Costa is banned retrospectively for a running feud with
Arsenal defenders Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel in Chelsea's 2-0 win. Arsene
Wenger avoids censure afterwards for calling referee Mike Dean "weak and
naive". Mourinho turns his frustrations to Wenger and the FA.
September 29: Chelsea lose 2-1 to Mourinho's old club Porto in the Champions
League.
October 3: Following a fourth league defeat, 3-1 to Southampton, Mourinho
questions whether he will be sacked and subsequently receives the first vote
of confidence in a manager in the 12 years of Roman Abramovich's ownership.
He is, though, hit with a £50,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban
for comments after the loss about referee Robert Madley, which, an
independent panel judges, alleged bias.
October 15: The Portuguese maintains his attack on the FA, calls his fine a
"disgrace" and says: "I'm happy that I don't have an electronic tag."
October 17: Mourinho rounds on star player Hazard after dropping him to the
bench for the 2-0 win over Aston Villa and demands the Belgian improve his
defensive work rate.
October 24: Chelsea lose again, 2-1 at West Ham, losing Nemanja Matic to a
first-half red card and also having assistant first-team coach Silvino Louro
sent to the stands. Mourinho does not emerge on the touchline for the second
half, having also been sent off.
October 26: Mourinho charged with misconduct over his behaviour at West Ham.
October 27: Holders Chelsea are knocked out of the Capital One Cup after
losing their fourth-round tie to Stoke on penalties.
October 31: Chelsea suffer yet another defeat as Liverpool are 3-1 winners
at Stamford Bridge. The club's position on his future, publicly at least, is
unchanged from the vote of confidence at the start of the month.
November 2: Mourinho is given a one-match stadium suspension with immediate
effect and fined £40,000 after admitting an FA charge of misconduct over his
behaviour at West Ham.
November 6: The FA releases its written reasons for Mourinho's ban, saying
he called referee Jon Moss "******* weak".
November 7: With Mourinho absent from the game due to his ban, Chelsea lose
1-0 at Stoke - the club's seventh league loss of the campaign.
November 23: It is announced that Chelsea made a loss of £23.1million in
their Premier League-winning season.
November 29: Costa is dropped to the substitutes' bench for the 0-0 draw at
Tottenham and throws his bib in Mourinho's direction when it becomes
apparent he would not feature.
December 5: Blues go down 1-0 at home to Eddie Howe's Bournemouth.
Substitute Glenn Murray was on the pitch for one minute 39 seconds before
netting 82nd-minute winner.
December 14: Chelsea beaten 2-1 at Leicester, putting the Foxes back top of
the Premier League and leaving Mourinho's men one point above the relegation
zone after 16 matches - Chelsea's worst start to a season since 1978, when
they went on to be relegated. Mourinho says after the game that his work was
"betrayed" by his players. He admits all top-four hopes are "gone" and says
he needs pride from his players.
December 17: Chelsea announce they have parted company with Mourinho by
mutual consent.
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