2004–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa

2004–05 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	David O'Leary
FA Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Nolberto Solano (8)
Home colours Away colours
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season in English football was Aston Villa F.C.'s 13th consecutive season in the FA Premier League, and their second season under the management of David O'Leary.

Season summary

Villa went into the season with high hopes after finishing sixth the previous season, but this season the team's form dropped and Villa dropped to tenth in the Premiership.

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. Position Player 1 GK Thomas Sørensen 2 DF Mark Delaney 3 DF Jlloyd Samuel[2] 4 DF Olof Mellberg (captain) 5 DF Martin Laursen 6 MF Gareth Barry 7 MF Lee Hendrie 8 MF Gavin McCann 9 FW Juan Pablo Ángel 10 MF Darius Vassell 11 MF Nolberto Solano 12 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger

No. Position Player 13 GK Stefan Postma 14 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 15 DF Ulises de la Cruz 16 MF Mathieu Berson 17 MF Peter Whittingham 18 FW Carlton Cole (on loan from Chelsea) 19 DF Liam Ridgewell 20 DF Václav Drobný (on loan from Strasbourg) 22 FW Luke Moore 24 MF Steven Davis 26 FW Stefan Moore

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. Position Player 14 FW Marcus Allbäck (to Hansa Rostock)

No. Position Player -- DF Ronny Johnsen (to Newcastle United)

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player 25 GK Wayne Henderson 30 FW Gabriel Agbonlahor

No. Position Player -- MF Stephen Cooke

Statistics

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Thomas Sorensen 39 2 RB Mark Delaney 32 4 CB Olof Mellberg 33 3 CB Jlloyd Samuel 37 15 LB Ulises de la Cruz 31 11 RM Nolberto Solano 35 7 CM Lee Hendrie 28 8 CM Gavin McCann 23 6 LM Gareth Barry 35 9 CF Juan Pablo Angel 33 18 CF Carlton Cole 20 Pre-season Date Opponents Home/ Away Result F – A Scorers Competition 21 July 2005 Kungshamns IF A 6 – 0 Friendly 22 July 2004 Kungsbacka BI A 7 – 2 Friendly 24 July 2004 Jonkopings Sodra A 3 – 0 Friendly 27 July 2004 Orgryte A 0 – 0 Friendly 30 July 2004 Walsall A 1 – 2 Friendly 31 July 2004 Tamworth A 3 – 0 Friendly 3 August 2004 Derby A 1 – 2 Friendly 7 August 2004 AZ Alkmaar A 1 – 0 Friendly Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee 6 August MF Mathieu Berson Nantes £1,600,000[3] 12 July FW Carlton Cole Chelsea Season-long loan[4] 2 August DF Vaclav Drobny Strasbourg Season-long loan[5] 21 May DF Martin Laursen AC Milan £3,000,000[6] January MF Eric Djemba-Djemba Manchester United £1,350,000[7] Out Date Pos. Name To Fee FW Dion Dublin Leicester City Free[8] 9 July FW Peter Crouch Southampton £2,000,000[9] 27 AUG FW Marcus Allbäck Hansa Rostock Free[10] 20 July DF Rob Edwards Wolves £150,000[11] 16 September DF Ronny Johnsen Newcastle United Free[12] DF Danny Jackman Stockport County £70,000 20 Jun MF Hassan Kachloul Released Results Premier League Aston Villa v Southampton 14 August 2004 1 Aston Villa 2–0 Southampton Birmingham, West Midlands 15:00 Vassell  12' Cole  34' Report Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,690 Referee: Uriah Rennie Charlton Athletic v Aston Villa 25 August 2004 3 Charlton Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa Greenwich, London Jeffers  29', 34' Young  58' Report Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,190 Referee: Howard Webb Aston Villa v Newcastle United 28 August 2004 4 Aston Villa 4–2 Newcastle United Birmingham, West Midlands Mellberg  4' Cole  53' Barry  71' Ángel  82' Report Kluivert  28' O'Brien  36' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,305 Referee: Mike Riley Norwich City v Aston Villa 18 September 2004 Norwich City 0–0 Aston Villa Norwich, Norfolk 15:00 BST Report Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,805 Referee: Barry Knight Aston Villa v Crystal Palace 25 September 2004 Aston Villa 1–1 Crystal Palace Birmingham, West Midlands Hendrie  36' Report Johnson  6' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,560 Referee: Mark Clattenburg Arsenal v Aston Villa 16 October 2004 Arsenal 3–1 Aston Villa Islington, London 15:00 BST Pirès  19' (pen.), 72' Henry  45' Report Hendrie  3' Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,137 Referee: Graham Poll Manchester City v Aston Villa 27 November 2004 Manchester City 2–0 Aston Villa Manchester, Greater Manchester 17:15 Macken  29' S. Wright-Phillips  38' Report Hendrie  90' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,530 Referee: Mike Riley Aston Villa v Liverpool 4 December 2004 Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool Birmingham, West Midlands Solano  44' Report Kewell  16' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,593 Referee: Mark Halsey Aston Villa v Birmingham City 12 December 2004 Aston Villa 1–2 Birmingham City Birmingham, West Midlands 13:00 GMT (UTC) Barry  90' Report Morrison  9' Dunn  18' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,329 Referee: Steve Dunn Crystal Palace v Aston Villa 3 January 2005 Crystal Palace 2–0 Aston Villa Croydon, London GMT (UTC) Johnson  33', 66' (pen.) Report Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,140 Referee: Andy D'Urso Aston Villa v Norwich City 15 January 2005 Aston Villa 3–0 Norwich City Birmingham, West Midlands 15:00 GMT Ridgewell  9' Hendrie  27' Solano  76' Report Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,172 Referee: Mike Riley Aston Villa v Arsenal 5 February 2005 Aston Villa 1–3 Arsenal Birmingham, West Midlands 17:15 GMT Ángel  74' Report Ljungberg  10' Henry  14' Cole  28' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,593 Referee: Steve Bennett Birmingham City v Aston Villa 20 March 2005 Birmingham City 2–0 Aston Villa Birmingham 12:00 GMT (UTC) Heskey  52' Gray  89' Report Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,382 Referee: Mike Riley Newcastle United v Aston Villa 2 April 2005 Newcastle United 0–3 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside Taylor  73' Bowyer  82' Dyer  82' Report Ángel  5' Barry  73' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,306 Referee: Barry Knight Aston Villa v Charlton Athletic 20 April 2005 Aston Villa 0–0 Charlton Athletic Birmingham, West Midlands Report Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,312 Referee: Barry Knight Aston Villa v Manchester City 7 May 2005 37 Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City Birmingham, West Midlands 15:00 Angel  62' Report S. Wright-Phillips  5' Musampa  12' Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,645 Referee: Richard Beeby Liverpool v Aston Villa 15 May 2005 38 Liverpool 2–1 Aston Villa Liverpool, Merseyside Cissé  20', 27' Report Barry  67' Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,406 Referee: Barry Knight Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa Aston Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham Tottenham 5-1 Aston Villa Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn Blackburn 2-2 Aston Villa Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth Aston Villa 1-1 West Brom West Brom 1-1 Aston Villa References ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/faprem/avilla.htm ↑ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them at U-21 level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009 ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3531604.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3886685.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3926301.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3734657.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/4221969.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3786743.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3876589.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3606368.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3882853.stm ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/3655044.stm Aston Villa F.C. seasons 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2004–05 in English football « 2003–04 2005–06 » FA competitions FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) Premier League and Football League FA Premier League Football League (Championship, League One, League Two) League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final) Play-offs (Championship Final, League One Final, League Two Final) Football Conference Football Conference (National, North, South) Conference League Cup Lower leagues Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League North West Counties League Wessex League Western League European competitions Champions League (Final) UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup Related to national team 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) Sven-Göran Eriksson Club seasons FA Premier League Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Portsmouth Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Championship Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Millwall Nottingham Forest Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers League One Barnsley Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Chesterfield Colchester United Doncaster Rovers Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham League Two Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Cheltenham Town Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town Non-League AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County Summer 2004 transfers Winter 2004–05 transfers Summer 2005 transfers