2004–05 Valencia CF season

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 finished 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  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. 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[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. 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 ValenciaStade 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
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAWAHAHAAH
ResultWDWWWDLLDLDWWWWWWWDLDDLLWDLLWDDDWDLDDW
Position48411223677544442233334645675777657777
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Group stage
14 September 2004 Valencia 2–0 AnderlechtMestalla, Valencia
20:45 Vicente  16'
Baraja  45'		 Report Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
29 September 2004 Werder Bremen 2–1 ValenciaWeserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Klose  60'
Charisteas  84'		 Report Vicente  2' Referee: Mike Riley (England)
20 October 2004 Valencia 1–5 InternazionaleMestalla, 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 ValenciaSan Siro, Milan
20:45 Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
24 November 2004 Anderlecht 1–2 ValenciaConstant 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 BremenMestalla, 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 BucureștiMestalla Stadium, 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)		 ValenciaStadionul 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. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/2004-2005/laliga/valencia.htm
  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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