2004–05 Valencia CF season

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
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRound of 32
UEFA Super CupWinners

Season summary

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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

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First-team squad

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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   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

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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   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

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La Liga

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League table

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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

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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

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Result round by round

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

UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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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

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Round of 32

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

References

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  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.