Valencia CF
2004–05 season
PresidentSpain Juan Bautista Soler
ManagerItaly Claudio Ranieri (from 8 June to 25 February)
Spain Antonio López (from 25 February)
La Liga7th
Copa del ReyRound of 64
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32
UEFA Super CupWinners

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 6 matches, but in October a strong start were cut short by heralded a run of only one win from 7 games and elimination from the Champions League. Form failed to improve in 2005, with a 6-match winless run and early elimination from the UEFA Cup. Ranieri was sacked in late February with the team in 6th. Youth coach Antonio López took charge for the rest of the season, which saw Los Che finish in awful 7th place and thus qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup for next season. Getafe coach Quique Sánchez Flores was hired as permanent head coach.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

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

Left club during season

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

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

Competitions

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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Athletic Bilbao 38 14 9 15 59 54 +5 51[lower-alpha 1]
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. 1 2 DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH

UEFA Super Cup

27 August 2004 Porto Portugal 1–2 Spain 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 Spain 2–0 Belgium Anderlecht Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 Vicente 16'
Baraja 45'		 Report Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
20 October 2004 Valencia Spain 1–5 Italy 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 Italy 0–0 Spain Valencia San Siro, Milan
20:45 Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
7 December 2004 Valencia Spain 0–2 Germany Werder Bremen Mestalla, Valencia
20:45 Report Valdez 83', 90+2' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

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

References

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