2004–05 Valencia CF season

Valencia
2004–05 season
President Juan Bautista Soler
Manager Claudio Ranieri (from 8 June to 25 February)
Antonio López (from 25 February)
La Liga7th
Copa del ReyRound of 64
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32
UEFA Super CupWinners

The 2004–05 season was the 85th season of Valencia. The season ended with the club outside of the UEFA Cup spots. The club won the UEFA Super Cup towards the beginning of the season, but were out of the UEFA Cup spots at the end.

Season summary

Popular manager Claudio Ranieri returned to Valencia for a second spell in charge after being dismissed by Chelsea. The team started well, winning the UEFA Super Cup and winning 14 points from their first six matches, but in October a strong start were cut short by heralded a run of only one win from seven games and elimination from the Champions League. Form failed to improve in 2005, with a six-match winless run and early elimination from the UEFA Cup. Ranieri was sacked in late February with the team in sixth place. Youth coach Antonio López took charge for the rest of the season, which saw Los Che finish in seventh place and thus qualifying for UEFA Intertoto Cup for next season. Getafe coach Quique Sánchez Flores was subsequently hired as the next permanent head coach.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ESP Santiago Cañizares
2 DF  PAR Ángel Amarilla
3 DF  BRA Fábio Aurélio
4 DF  ARG Roberto Ayala
5 DF  ESP Carlos Marchena
6 MF  ESP David Albelda
7 MF  ITA Stefano Fiore
8 MF  ESP Rubén Baraja
9 FW  ITA Bernardo Corradi
10 MF  ESP Miguel Ángel Angulo
11 FW  ITA Marco Di Vaio
12 DF  POR Marco Caneira
13 GK  ESP Andrés Palop
14 MF  ESP Vicente
15 DF  ITA Amedeo Carboni
16 MF  MLI Mohamed Sissoko
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  ESP David Navarro
18 MF  ESP Xisco
19 MF  ESP Francisco Rufete
20 FW  ESP Mista
21 MF  ARG Pablo Aimar
23 DF  ESP Curro Torres
24 DF  ITA Emiliano Moretti
25 GK  FRA Ludovic Butelle
30 DF  ESP Hector Pilán
31 MF  FRA Nicolas Karlamoff
33 FW  ESP Gio
34 MF  ESP Juanlu
35 MF  ESP Miguel Pallardó
36 DF  ESP Santacruz
37 DF  ESP Manuel Ruz

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ARG Mauricio Pellegrino (to Liverpool)
22 MF  URU Gonzalo de los Santos (on loan to Mallorca)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  ESP David Silva (on loan to Eibar)

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2004–05 La Liga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Espanyol 38 17 10 11 54 46 +8 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Sevilla 38 17 9 12 44 41 +3 60
7 Valencia 38 14 16 8 54 39 +15 58 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 15 11 46 50 −4 51[a] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[a]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:
  1. ^ a b DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH

UEFA Super Cup

27 August 2004 Porto 1–2 Valencia Stade Louis II, Monaco
20:45 CEST Quaresma 78' Report 1
Report 2
[2][3]		 Baraja 32'
Di Vaio 67'		 Attendance: 17,292
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

La Liga

Result round by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWDWWWDLLDLDWWWWWWWDLDDLLWDLLWDDDWDLDDW
Position48411223677544442233334645675777657777
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

14 September 2004 Valencia 2–0 Anderlecht Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 Vicente 16'
Baraja 45'		 Report Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
29 September 2004 Werder Bremen 2–1 Valencia Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Klose 60'
Charisteas 84'		 Report Vicente 2' Referee: Mike Riley (England)
20 October 2004 Valencia 1–5 Internazionale Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 Aimar 73' Report Stanković 47'
Vieri 49'
Van der Meyde 76'
Adriano 81'
Cruz 90+1'		 Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
2 November 2004 Internazionale 0–0 Valencia San Siro, Milan
20:45 Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
24 November 2004 Anderlecht 1–2 Valencia Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45 Wilhelmsson 24' Report Corradi 19'
Di Vaio 48'		 Attendance: 25,866
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
7 December 2004 Valencia 0–2 Werder Bremen Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 Report Valdez 83', 90+2' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

16 February 2005 Valencia 2–0 Steaua București Mestalla, Valencia
21:30 (CET) Di Vaio 39'
Aimar 55'		 Report Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
24 February 2005 Steaua București 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Valencia Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
19:00 (CET) Cristea 50', 71' Report Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Penalties
Rădoi
Munteanu
Lovin
Boștină
Dică 		Aimar
Mista
Rufete
Baraja
Di Vaio

2–2 on aggregate, Steaua București won 4–3 on penalty shootout.

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Valencia - 2004/05".
  2. ^ "Line-ups". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Events". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
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