2004–05 Arsenal F.C. season

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2004–05 Arsenal F.C. season

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Arsenal
2004-05 season
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Manager Arsène Wenger
Premier League 2nd
FA Cup Winners
Football League Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League First knockout round
Top goalscorer League:
Thierry Henry (25)
All:
Thierry Henry (30)
Highest home attendance 38,164 – vs Manchester United, Premier League
(1 February 2005)
Lowest home attendance 27,791 – vs Everton, League Cup
(9 November 2004)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2004–05 season was Arsenal's 13th consecutive year in the Premier League.

Arsenal went into the season as champions after finishing the 2003–04 league season unbeaten, but had been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the FA Cup and the semi-finals of the Football League Cup, so they were areas that manager Arsène Wenger looked to improve upon for the coming season. Arsenal also looked towards beating the unbeaten league record of Nottingham Forest as, coming into the season, they were 40 league games unbeaten and needed 2 to equal and 3 to beat the record. This unbeaten run came to an end at 49 games following a controversial 2-0 defeat away to Manchester United, in a match dubbed the "Battle of the Buffet".

Arsenal's sportsmanship was again rewarded at the end of the season with the club winning the Barclays Fair Play Award for the second year in a row.[1]

Competitions

Overall

Premier League

Matches

Pre-season

Date Competition Opponents H / A / N Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
17 July 2004 Friendly Barnet A 10–1 Reyes 19', 21', 42', Van Persie 29', Bergkamp 44', 67', Jeffers 53', 55', 64', Quincy Owusu-Abeyie 70' 4,674
22 July 2004 Friendly NK Maribor A 3–2 Bergkamp 4', Aliadière 17, van Persie 84' 5,000
24 July 2004 Friendly Grazer AK A 2–1 Bergkamp 6', van Persie 57'
28 July 2004 Friendly Sturm Graz N 2–0 Reyes 30' (pen.), Jeffers 74' 5,000
31 July 2004 Amsterdam Tournament River Plate N 0–0 20,000
1 August 2004 Amsterdam Tournament Ajax A 0–0 52,000
3 August 2004 Friendly Boreham Wood A 1–1 Stokes 47'
4 August 2004 Friendly Beveren A 0–0

FA Community Shield

Premier League

Last updated: February 2012
Source: Premier League

FA Cup

Last updated: 18 March 2012
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Football League Cup

Last updated: 18 March 2012
Source: Arsenal F.C.

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 6 2 4 0 11 6 +5 10
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 10
Greece Panathinaikos 6 2 3 1 11 8 +3 9
Norway Rosenborg 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Jens Lehmann
3 England DF Ashley Cole
4 France MF Patrick Vieira (captain)
7 France MF Robert Pirès
8 Sweden MF Fredrik Ljungberg
9 Spain FW José Antonio Reyes
10 Netherlands FW Dennis Bergkamp
11 Netherlands FW Robin van Persie
12 Cameroon DF Lauren
14 France FW Thierry Henry
15 Spain MF Cesc Fàbregas
16 France MF Mathieu Flamini
17 Brazil MF Edu
18 France DF Pascal Cygan
No. Position Player
19 Brazil MF Gilberto Silva
20 Switzerland DF Philippe Senderos
22 France DF Gaël Clichy
23 England DF Sol Campbell
24 Spain GK Manuel Almunia
27 Côte d'Ivoire DF Emmanuel Eboué
28 Côte d'Ivoire DF Kolo Touré
30 France FW Jérémie Aliadière
31 England DF Justin Hoyte
34 Republic of Ireland MF Patrick Cregg
35 Switzerland DF Johan Djourou
39 Sweden MF Sebastian Larsson
42 Ghana FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
46 United States FW Daniel Karbassiyoon

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player
13 England GK Stuart Taylor
32 Sweden DF Sebastian Svard
33 England FW Adam Birchall
36 England MF Jordan Fowler
37 England DF Ryan Garry
38 England GK Michael Jordan
40 Italy FW Arturo Lupoli
No. Position Player
41 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen O'Donnell
43 United States DF Frankie Simek (on loan to QPR)
44 Iceland MF Ólafur Ingi Skúlason
45 England MF John Spicer
47 England FW Ryan Smith
48 England GK Chris Wright

Starting XI

This section shows the most used players for each position, considering a 4–4–2 formation.

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK GERGermany Lehmann 28
12 RB CMRCameroon Lauren 32
23 CB ENGEngland Campbell 16
28 CB CIVCôte d'Ivoire Touré 35
3 LB ENGEngland Cole 35
8 RM SWESweden Ljungberg 24
4 CM FRAFrance Vieira 32
15 CM ESPSpain Fàbregas 24
9 LM ESPSpain Reyes 25
7 SS FRAFrance Pires 26
14 CF FRAFrance Henry 31
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Transfers

In

First team

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
24 GK Spain Manuel Almunia Spain Celta Vigo Undisclosed 14 July 2004 [2]
16 MF France Mathieu Flamini France Marseille Undisclosed 22 July 2004 [3]

Out

First team

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
5 DF England Martin Keown England Leicester City Free 20 July 2004 [4]
15 MF England Ray Parlour England Middlesbrough Free 23 July 2004 [5]
25 FW Nigeria Nwankwo Kanu England West Bromwich Albion Free 30 July 2004 [6]
11 FW France Sylvain Wiltord France Lyon Free 31 August 2004 [7]

See also

References

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