2004–05 Atlético Madrid season

Atlético de Madrid had a largely disappointing season, where the club stalled in its progress towards the internationally qualifying positions. Despite Fernando Torres continuing to score more than a dozen goals per season, consolidating his status as Spain's top young striker, Atlético were only able to score 40 league goals. That rendered the successful defence of Luis Perea and Pablo Ibáñez vital just to keep the club in mid-table.

Atlético de Madrid

2004–05 season
President	Enrique Cerezo
Head coach	César Ferrando
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	11th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	Fernando Torres (16)

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Leo Franco
• Sergio
• Iván Cuéllar

Defenders

• Juan Velasco
• Antonio López
• García Calvo
• Santi
• Luis Perea
• Pablo Ibáñez
• Francisco Molinero
• Pablo Sicilia

Midfielders

• Gonzalo Colsa
• Marcelo Sosa
• Kiki Musampa
• Jorge Larena
• Diego Simeone
• Carlos Aguilera
• Nano
• Ariel Ibagaza
• Jesper Grønkjær
• Peter Luccin
• Raúl Medina

Attackers

• Veljko Paunović
• Richard Núñez
• Fernando Torres
• Salva
• Álvaro Novo
• Braulio

Captain

• Fernando Torres

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2004–05 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Athletic Bilbao	38	14	9	15	59	54	+5	51[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
10	Málaga	38	15	6	17	40	48	−8	51[lower-alpha 1]
11	Atlético Madrid	38	13	11	14	40	34	+6	50[lower-alpha 2]
12	Zaragoza	38	14	8	16	52	57	−5	50[lower-alpha 2]
13	Getafe	38	12	11	15	38	46	−8	47[lower-alpha 3]

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. DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
2. ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
3. RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO

Matches

• Atlético Madrid-Málaga 2-0
• 1-0 Juan Calatayud  45' (o.g.)
• 2-0 Fernando Torres  48'
• Albacete-Atlético Madrid 0-2
• 0-1 Fernando Torres  85'
• 0-2 Ariel Ibagaza  90'
• Atlético Madrid-Barcelona 1-1
• 0-1 Giovanni van Bronckhorst  21'
• 1-1 Fernando Torres  48'
• Levante-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Alberto Rivera  20' (pen.)
• Atlético Madrid-Villareal 1-0
• 1-0 Salva  41'
• Real Sociedad-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Darko Kovačević  41'
• Atlético Madrid-Racing Santander 1-0
• 1-0 Fernando Torres  7'
• Sevilla-Atlético Madrid 2-1
• 1-0 Aitor Ocio  10'
• 2-0 Júlio Baptista  52'
• 2-1 Pablo Ibáñez  90'
• Valencia-Atlético Madrid 1-1
• 1-0 Angulo  64'
• 1-1 Fernando Torres  78'
• Atlético Madrid-Real Zaragoza 1-1
• 0-1 Savio  2'
• 1-1 Salva  83'
• Mallorca-Atlético Madrid 1-1
• 1-0 Juan Arango  26'
• 1-1 Gonzalo Colsa  83'
• Atlético Madrid-Numancia 2-0
• 1-0 Pablo Ibáñez  51'
• 2-0 Fernando Torres  77'
• Espanyol-Atlético Madrid 2-1
• 1-0 Dani  52' (pen.)
• 1-1 Nano  54'
• 2-1 Dani  74'
• Atlético Madrid-Osasuna 3-2
• 1-0 Fernando Torres  15'
• 2-0 Salva  30'
• 2-1 Valdo  44'
• 3-1 Gonzalo Colsa  54'
• 3-2 Richard Morales  74'
• Athletic Bilbao-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Asier Del Horno  45'
• Atlético Madrid-Deportivo 1-0
• 1-0 Antonio López  28'
• Betis-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Joaquín  7'
• Atlético Madrid-Real Madrid 0-3
• 0-1 Ronaldo  14'
• 0-2 Santiago Solari  81'
• 0-3 Ronaldo  83'
• Getafe-Atlético Madrid 1-1
• 0-1 Jorge Larena  35'
• 1-1 Sergio Pachón  64'
• Málaga-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Juan Rodríguez  81'
• Atlético Madrid-Albacete 3-1
• 0-1 Francisco  11'
• 1-1 Fernando Torres  20'
• 2-1 Ariel Ibagaza  29'
• 3-1 Pablo Ibáñez  44'
• Barcelona-Atlético Madrid 0-2
• 0-1 Fernando Torres  1'
• 0-2 Fernando Torres  90' (pen.)
• Atlético Madrid-Levante 0-0
• Villareal-Atlético Madrid 3-2
• 0-1 Fernando Torres  27'
• 0-2 Fernando Torres  40'
• 1-2 Diego Forlán  63'
• 2-2 Luis Perea  82' (o.g.)
• 3-2 Juan Pablo Sorín  90'
• Atlético Madrid-Real Sociedad 1-0
• 1-0 Antonio López  25'
• Racing Santander-Atlético Madrid 2-1
• 0-1 Fernando Torres  11' (pen.)
• 1-1 Mario Regueiro  38'
• 2-1 David Aganzo  51'
• Atlético Madrid-Sevilla 3-0
• 1-0 Salva  16'
• 2-0 Fernando Torres  37'
• 3-0 Antonio López  42'
• Atlético Madrid-Valencia 1-0
• 1-0 Fernando Torres  14'
• Real Zaragoza-Atlético Madrid 0-0
• Atlético Madrid-Mallorca 4-0
• 1-0 Gonzalo Colsa  27'
• 2-0 Fernando Torres  60' (pen.)
• 3-0 Salva  86'
• 4-0 Salva  88'
• Numancia-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 Toché  86'
• Atlético Madrid-Espanyol 0-0
• Osasuna-Atlético Madrid 1-0
• 1-0 John Aloisi  3'
• Atlético Madrid-Athletic Bilbao 1-1
• 0-1 Joseba Etxeberría  66'
• 1-1 Gonzalo Colsa  78'
• Deportivo-Atlético Madrid 2-0
• 1-0 Peter Luccin  54' (o.g.)
• 2-0 Joan Capdevila  82'
• Atlético Madrid-Betis 1-2
• 0-1 Ricardo Oliveira  16'
• 0-2 Ricardo Oliveira  37' (pen.)
• 1-2 Melli  54' (o.g.)
• Real Madrid-Atlético Madrid 0-0
• Atlético Madrid-Getafe 2-2
• 0-1 David Cubillo  21' (pen.)
• 1-1 Richard Núñez  47'
• 1-2 Gheorghe Craioveanu  56'
• 2-2 Richard Núñez  90'

Top scorers

La Liga

• Fernando Torres 16
• Salva 5
• Gonzalo Colsa 4
• Pablo Ibáñez 3