2004–05 A.C. Milan season

A.C. Milan
2004–05 season
President Silvio Berlusconi
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium San Siro
Serie A 2nd
Supercoppa Italiana Winners
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Andriy Shevchenko (17)

All:
Andriy Shevchenko (26)
Highest home attendance 79,775 (Serie A)
vs Internazionale
(24 October 2004)
Lowest home attendance 2,170 (Coppa Italia)
vs Udinese
(26 January 2005)
Average home league attendance 63,595[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Season summary

Milan added to Scudetto an other domestic trophy, Supercoppa Italiana, won thank a 3–0 over Lazio: Shevchenko resulted "man of the match", scoring all three goals.[2] At the Serie A debut, it collected a draw (2–2) with a Livorno able to recover the double goal-gap.[3] In autumnal times, Italian champions walked over Champions League group phase but Juventus proved to be too strong for retaining the title.[4][5]

In knock-out European games, Milan defeated - in order - Manchester United, Internazionale and PSV reaching the second final in last 3 years.[6] Last fixture was against Liverpool, after the side has surely gained the second place in league. In first half Ancelotti's men scored three times, once with his captain and twice with Crespo.[7] However, in following time, English opponent managed to do the same in just 6' causing the match go on with extra time.[7] Milan was not able to find a fourth point and had to face shoot-out.[7] Shevchenko, which in 2003 had been the winner-man, missed his penalty resulting in Liverpool's unbelievable success.[7]

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[8]

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

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Dida
2 Brazil DF Cafu
3 Italy DF Paolo Maldini (captain)
4 Georgia (country) DF Kakha Kaladze
5 Italy DF Alessandro Costacurta
7 Ukraine FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 Italy MF Gennaro Gattuso
9 Italy FW Filippo Inzaghi
10 Portugal MF Rui Costa
11 Argentina FW Hernán Crespo (on loan from Chelsea)
12 Italy GK Valerio Fiori
13 Italy DF Alessandro Nesta
14 Croatia DF Dario Šimić
No. Position Player
15 Denmark FW Jon Dahl Tomasson
17 Italy GK Christian Abbiati
20 Netherlands MF Clarence Seedorf
21 Italy MF Andrea Pirlo
22 Brazil MF Kaká
23 Italy MF Massimo Ambrosini
24 France MF Vikash Dhorasoo
26 Italy DF Giuseppe Pancaro
27 Brazil MF Serginho
30 Netherlands DF Harvey Esajas
31 Netherlands DF Jaap Stam
32 Italy MF Cristian Brocchi

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
18 Italy FW Nicola Pozzi (to Napoli)
19 Argentina DF Fabricio Coloccini (to Deportivo La Coruña)
No. Position Player
45 Italy DF Ignazio Abate (on loan to Napoli)

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
40 Italy GK Giuseppe Dei Forti
41 Italy FW Davide Barbieri
42 Italy FW Carlo Ferrario
43 Italy DF Elia Legati
No. Position Player
45 Italy DF Ignazio Abate
46 Italy DF Lino Marzoratti
47 Italy DF Romano Perticone
50 Italy FW Matteo Ardemagni

Transfers

In

First-team

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
31 DF Netherlands Jaap Stam 31EU Italy Lazio Transfer Summer 2006 Undisclosed BBC Sport
24 MF France Vikash Dhorasoo 30EU France Lyon Free transfer Summer 2006 Free UEFA
30 DF Netherlands Harvey Esajas 29EU Free transfer Summer Free
11 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 28 England Chelsea Loan Summer 2005 Season-long loan UEFA

Total spending: Decrease

Out

First-team

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
5 MF Argentina Fernando Redondo 35 Retired End of contract Summer Free
11 MF Brazil Rivaldo 32 Greece Olympiacos Transfer Summer The Independent
18 FW Italy Marco Borriello 22EU Italy Reggina Loan Summer Season-long loan Sky Sports
24 DF Denmark Martin Laursen 26 England Aston Villa Transfer Summer €3,000,000 Aston Villa
25 DF Brazil Roque Júnior 27 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Free transfer Summer Free ESPN
19 DF Argentina Fabricio Coloccini 23 Spain Deportivo Transfer Winter Undisclosed World Soccer

Reserves

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
18 FW Italy Nicola Pozzi 18EU Italy Napoli Loan Summer Loan
42 FW Italy Roberto Bortolotto 19EU Italy Biellese Transfer Summer
43 FW Italy Alessandro Matri 19EU Italy Prato Loan Summer Season-long loan
45 DF Italy Ignazio Abate 17EU Italy Napoli Loan Summer Season-long loan
48 MF Italy Patrick Kalambay 20EU Italy Fermana Loan Summer Season-long loan
51 MF Brazil Claiton 19 Italy Prato Loan Summer Six-month loan
52 FW Italy Michele Piccolo 18EU Italy Prato Loan Summer Six-month loan
41 MF Italy Mattia Dal Bello 20EU Deceased Winter

Increase Total income: €

Net income: Increase

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Serie A

Matches

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Milan 6411103+713
Spain Barcelona 631296+310
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 62045946
Scotland Celtic 612341065

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2005
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppa
Italia
Supercoppa
Italiana
Champions
League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Brazil Dida 5003600010130
17 GK Italy Christian Abbiati 802+1040000+10
Defenders
2 DF Brazil Cafu 46131+210010120
3 DF Italy Paolo Maldini 4613300010121
4 DF Georgia (country) Kakha Kaladze 25218+1220002+20
5 DF Italy Alessandro Costacurta 2208+6030002+30
13 DF Italy Alessandro Nesta 4402902+1010110
14 DF Croatia Dario Šimić 30200+100000
19 DF Argentina Fabricio Coloccini 5010300010
26 DF Italy Giuseppe Pancaro 23112+613+100010
30 DF Netherlands Harvey Esajas 10000+100000
31 DF Netherlands Jaap Stam 28115+20201081
46 DF Italy Lino Marzoratti 1010000000
47 DF Italy Romano Perticone 100+10000000
Midfielders
8 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 44028+401010100
10 MF Portugal Rui Costa 37115+9140104+40
20 MF Netherlands Clarence Seedorf 48726+653+110011+11
21 MF Italy Andrea Pirlo 42526+440+1000111
22 MF Brazil Kaká 50933+370+101011+12
23 MF Italy Massimo Ambrosini 3749+13142103+71
24 MF France Vikash Dhorasoo 2008+40300+101+30
27 MF Brazil Serginho 3166+165310+101+40
32 MF Italy Cristian Brocchi 1617+4031001+10
Forwards
7 FW Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 392527+217001395
9 FW Italy Filippo Inzaghi 1514+700+20001+11
11 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 401724+410110+107+36
15 FW Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson 39917+13632102+31

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Competitions

References

  1. "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2004–2005". StadiaPostcards.com.
  2. Enrico Currò (August 22, 2004). "La Supercoppa è di Shevchenko". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 51.
  3. Corrado Sannucci (September 12, 2004). "via al campionato". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 48.
  4. Enrico Currò (November 25, 2004). "Champions league". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
  5. "Il Milan fermato a Palermo pareggio giusto, la Juve a +4" (in Italian). repubblica.it. January 9, 2005.
  6. Gianni Mura (May 5, 2005). "Sfiniti e contenti". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 48.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Enrico Currò (May 26, 2005). "Quei tre gol rimontati lo choc del ko ai rigori". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 50.
  8. "FootballSquads - Milan - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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