2004–05 FC Barcelona season

The 2004–05 season saw Futbol Club Barcelona end their six-year wait for the La Liga title, having not won the league or, indeed, any trophy since the 1998–99 season and thus La Liga trophy returned to Barcelona's trophy room. Having finished second in La Liga the previous season, Barcelona once again competed in the UEFA Champions League as well as the Copa del Rey. The squad was restructured significantly following the retirement of key players Luis Enrique and Marc Overmars, as well as the return of Edgar Davids to Juventus and first team regulars Patrick Kluivert and Phillip Cocu moving onto new clubs. Ronaldinho's and new signing Samuel Eto'o's performances won them places in FIFPro's XI of 2004–05. Ronaldinho was later named FIFA World Player of the Year for 2005 for the second time in succession and with the highest points total ever;[1] Eto'o came third. This season was also notable for the debut of Lionel Messi.

FC Barcelona
2004–05 season
PresidentJoan Laporta
Head CoachFrank Rijkaard
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga1st
Copa del ReyRound of 64
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Samuel Eto'o (25)
All:
Samuel Eto'o (29)

Players

Squad

Correct as of 30 September 2009.[2][3] 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 Víctor Valdés
2 DF Brazil BRA Juliano Belletti
3 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Motta
4 DF Mexico MEX Rafael Márquez
5 DF Spain ESP Carles Puyol (captain)
6 MF Spain ESP Xavi
7 FW Sweden SWE Henrik Larsson
8 MF France FRA Ludovic Giuly
9 FW Cameroon CMR Samuel Eto'o
10 MF Brazil BRA Ronaldinho
11 FW Argentina ARG Maxi López
12 DF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard
15 MF Brazil BRA Edmílson
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Brazil BRA Sylvinho
18 MF Spain ESP Gabri
19 DF Spain ESP Fernando Navarro
20 MF Portugal POR Deco
22 MF Italy ITA Demetrio Albertini
23 DF Spain ESP Oleguer
24 MF Spain ESP Andrés Iniesta
25 GK Spain ESP Albert Jorquera
28 GK Spain ESP Rubén
30 FW Argentina ARG Lionel Messi
31 MF Spain ESP Joan Verdú
32 DF Spain ESP Damià
34 DF Spain ESP Rodri
36 MF Spain ESP Javito

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
22 MF {{country data Italy|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} Albertini 32EU Atalanta Italy Transfer Winter 2005 Free
11 FW Argentina Maxi López 20Non-EU River Plate Argentina Transfer Winter 2009 €6.7M
8 MF France Giuly 27EU Monaco France Transfer Summer 2007 €8.5M
15 MF Brazil Edmílson 28EU Lyon France Transfer Summer 2008 €8M
2 DF Brazil Belletti 27Non-EU Villarreal Transfer Summer 2007 €3.7M
17 FW Sweden Larsson 32EU Celtic Scotland Transfer Summer 2005 Free
20 MF Portugal Deco 26EU Porto Portugal Transfer Summer 2008 €21m
16 DF Brazil Sylvinho 28EU Celta de Vigo Transfer Summer 2009 €2M
9 FW Cameroon Eto'o 23EU Mallorca Transfer Summer 2008 €24M
25 GK Spain Albert Jorquera 25EU Barcelona B Promoted Summer 2008 Free
32 FW Spain Damià 22EU Barcelona B Promoted Summer 2008 Free
30 FW Argentina Lionel Messi 16EU Barcelona B Promoted Summer 2008 Free

Total spending: Decrease €74.2 million

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 MF Netherlands Cocu 33EU PSV Netherlands Contract terminated Summer Free
9 FW Netherlands Kluivert 28EU Newcastle United England Contract terminated Summer Free
2 DF Netherlands Reiziger 31EU Middlesbrough England Contract terminated Summer Free
22 MF Spain Luis García 26EU Liverpool England Transfer Summer €8.75M
11 MF Netherlands Overmars 31EU Retired Summer N/A
21 FW Spain Luis Enrique 34EU Retired Summer N/A
20 MF Portugal Quaresma 22EU Porto Portugal Swap Summer €6M
25 GK Germany Enke 26EU Hannover 96 Germany Transfer Summer Free
36 FW Spain Sergio García 20EU Levante Transfer Summer Free
1 GK Turkey Rüştü 31Non-EU Fenerbahçe Turkey Loan Summer N/A
7 FW Argentina Saviola 24EU Monaco France Loan Summer N/A
3 MF Netherlands Davids 31EU Juventus Italy Loan ended Summer N/A
27 DF Spain Óscar 23EU Lazio Italy Loan Summer N/A

Total income: Increase €14.75 million

Last updated: 30 September

Competitions

La Liga

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League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Barcelona (C) 38 25 9 4 73 29 +44 84 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Real Madrid 38 25 5 8 71 32 +39 80
3 Villarreal 38 18 11 9 69 37 +32 65 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Betis 38 16 14 8 62 50 +12 62
5 Espanyol 38 17 10 11 54 46 +8 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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
(C) Champions

Results by Round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultWWDWWWWWDWLWWWWDWLWWWLWWDDWWWDLWWWWDDD
Position32322111111111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 2008-07-16. Source: LFP.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, 2005-06 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2005-06 UEFA Champions League Group stage;   = 2005-06 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round;   = 2005-06 UEFA Cup;   = 2005-06 Segunda Division

Matches
29 August 2004 1 Racing Santander 0–2 FC Barcelona Santander
Giuly 68'
Eto'o 74'		 Stadium: El Sardinero
11 September 2004 2 FC Barcelona 2–0 Sevilla Barcelona
Giuly 35'
Larsson 79'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
19 September 2004 3 Atlético de Madrid 1–1 FC Barcelona
F. Torres 48' Van Bronckhorst 22'
23 September 2004 4 FC Barcelona 4–1 Zaragoza Barcelona
Eto'o 26'
Eto'o 46'
Xavi 66'
Van Bronckhorst 78'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
26 September 2004 5 Mallorca 1–3 FC Barcelona
Larsson 10'
Eto'o 38'
, Eto'o 39'
3 October 2004 6 FC Barcelona 1–0 Numancia Barcelona
Larsson 70' Stadium: Camp Nou
16 October 2004 7 Espanyol 0–1 FC Barcelona
Deco 9'
24 October 2004 8 FC Barcelona 3–0 Osasuna Barcelona
Eto'o 40'
Ronaldinho 42'
Eto'o 90'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
30 October 2004 9 Athletic Bilbao 1–1 FC Barcelona Bilbao
Eto'o 10' Stadium: San Mames
6 November 2004 10 FC Barcelona 2–1 Deportivo Barcelona
Xavi 22'
Eto'o 35'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
14 November 2004 11 Betis 2–1 FC Barcelona Sevilla
71' Gerard Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarin
20 November 2004 12 FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid Barcelona
Eto'o 23'
Van Bronckhorst 42'
Ronaldinho 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Camp Nou
27 November 2004 13 Getafe 1–2 FC Barcelona
Márquez 20'
Deco 22'
4 December 2004 14 FC Barcelona 4–0 Málaga Barcelona
Eto'o 24'
Deco 28'
Iniesta 60'
Eto'o 89'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
11 December 2004 15 Albacete 1–2 FC Barcelona
Iniesta 1'
Xavi 85'
18 December 2004 16 FC Barcelona 1–1 Valencia Barcelona
Ronaldinho 79' Stadium: Camp Nou
21 December 2004 17 FC Barcelona 2–1 Levante Barcelona
Deco 35'
Eto'o 86'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
9 January 2005 18 Villarreal 3–0 FC Barcelona
16 January 2005 19 FC Barcelona 1–0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
Eto'o 80' Stadium: Camp Nou
22 January 2005 20 FC Barcelona 3–0 Racing Santander Barcelona
Eto'o 7'
Ronaldinho 74'
Deco 76'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
29 January 2005 21 Sevilla 0–4 FC Barcelona
Eto'o 48'
Baptista 55' (own goal)
Ronaldinho 57'
Giuly 74'
1 February 2005 22 FC Barcelona 0–2 Atlético Madrid Barcelona
F. Torres 1', 90' (pen.) Stadium: Camp Nou
12 February 2005 23 Zaragoza 1–4 FC Barcelona
Toledo 1' (own goal)
Giuly 29'
Eto'o 39'
Márquez 71'
19 February 2005 24 FC Barcelona 2–0 Mallorca Barcelona
Deco 16'
Deco 56'		 Stadium: Camp Nou
26 February 2005 25 Numancia 1–1 FC Barcelona
Márquez 46'
1 March 2005 26 FC Barcelona 0–0 Espanyol Barcelona
Stadium: Camp Nou
5 March 2005 27 Osasuna 0–1 FC Barcelona
Eto'o 39'
12 March 2005 28 FC Barcelona 2–0 Athletic Bilbao
Deco 20'
Giuly 38'
19 March 2005 29 Deportivo 0–1 FC Barcelona
Giuly 10'
3 April 2005 30 FC Barcelona 3–3 Betis
Eto'o 14'
Eto'o 82'
Van Bronckhorst 90'
10 April 2005 31 Real Madrid 4–2 FC Barcelona Madrid, Spain
Zidane 7'
Ronaldo 20'
Raúl 45'
Owen 65'		 Eto'o 28'
Ronaldinho 73'		 Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
17 April 2005 32 FC Barcelona 2–0 Getafe
Ronaldinho 29'
Giuly 56'
24 April 2005 33 Málaga 0–4 FC Barcelona
Oleguer 21'
Giuly 33'
Giuly 67'
Gerard 89'
1 May 2005 34 FC Barcelona 2–0 Albacete
Eto'o 66'
Messi 88'[5]
8 May 2005 35 Valencia 0–2 FC Barcelona
Ronaldinho 28'
Eto'o 29'
14 May 2005 36 Levante 1–1 FC Barcelona
Eto'o 60'
22 May 2005 37 FC Barcelona 3–3 Villarreal
Ronaldinho 34'
Giuly 37'
Giuly 48'
28 May 2005 38 Real Sociedad 0–0 FC Barcelona

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2004–05 Copa del Rey

Round of 64
27 October 2004 Round of 64 UDA Gramenet 1–0 (a.e.t.) FC Barcelona Nou Camp Municipal, Santa Coloma de Gramenet
20:45 CET Ollés 103' Report Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Group stage
14 September 2004 Celtic Scotland 1–3 Spain Barcelona Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45 Sutton 59' Report Deco 20'
Giuly 78'
Larsson 82'		 Attendance: 58,589
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
29 September 2004 Barcelona Spain 3–0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Deco 15'
Ronaldinho 64' (pen.)
Eto'o 89'		 Report Attendance: 64,148
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
20 October 2004 Milan Italy 1–0 Spain Barcelona San Siro, Milan
20:45 Shevchenko 31' Report Attendance: 76,502
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
2 November 2004 Barcelona Spain 2–1 Italy Milan Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Eto'o 37'
Ronaldinho 89'		 Report Shevchenko 17' Attendance: 94,682
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
24 November 2004 Barcelona Spain 1–1 Scotland Celtic Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Eto'o 24' Report Hartson 45' Attendance: 74,119
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
7 December 2004 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–0 Spain Barcelona Donbass Arena, Donetsk
20:45 Aghahowa 14', 22' Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

First knockout round
23 February 2005 Barcelona Spain 2–1 England Chelsea Camp Nou, Barcelona
M. López 67'
Eto'o 73'		 Report Belletti 33' (o.g.) Attendance: 96,650
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
8 March 2005 Chelsea England 4–2
(5–4 agg.)		 Spain Barcelona Stamford Bridge, London
Guðjohnsen 8'
Lampard 17'
Duff 19'
Terry 76'		 Report Ronaldinho 27' (pen.), 38' Attendance: 42,450
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Statistics

Players statistics
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLa LigaCopa del ReyChampions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Spain ESP Valdes 43-3635-25008-11
2 DF Brazil BRA Belletti 39029+200080
23 DF Spain ESP Oleguer 43133+31005+20
5 DF Spain ESP Puyol 4503601080
12 DF Netherlands NED van Bronckhorst 38427+24107+10
4 MF Mexico MEX Marquez 41333+13105+10
6 MF Spain ESP Xavi 4533631080
20 MF Portugal POR Deco 4293570072
8 FW France FRA Giuly 36122911105+11
9 FW Cameroon CMR Eto'o 452937250+1074
10 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldinho 42133590074
28 GK Spain ESP Rubén 3-21+1-11-1
24 MF Spain ESP Iniesta 46212+252102+60
16 DF Brazil BRA Sylvinho 24011+100002+10
7 FW Sweden SWE Larsson 1746+63101+31
32 DF Spain ESP Damià 1005+400+10
15 MF Brazil BRA Edmílson 704+200010
3 MF Brazil BRA Motta 803+50
14 MF Spain ESP Gerard 1622+112002+10
11 FW Argentina ARG Maxi 1012+60000+21
18 MF Spain ESP Gabri 402+20
19 DF Spain ESP Navarro 802+30101+10
25 GK Spain ESP Jorquera 2-32-3
22 MF Italy ITA Albertini 601+400010
30 FW Argentina ARG Messi 910+711010
31 MF Spain ESP Verdu 20000+1010
34 DF Spain ESP Rodri 200+10000+10
36 MF Spain ESP Javito 10000010
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See also

References
  1. "TimeRime.com – FIFA World Player of the Year timeline". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  2. Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "FC Barcelona 2004-05".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 2004/05".
  4. "League table snapshot for La Liga season 2004-05 as of Aug 29, 2004". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  5. This goal was Lionel Messi's first of 672 goals scored for FC Barcelona's first team.
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