Manchester United F.C. season 2004-05

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The 2004-05 season was Manchester United's 113th season in the Football League, and their 30th consecutive season in the top division of English football.[1]

Contents

[edit] Pre-season and Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
2004-07-18 Cobh Ramblers A 2 – 1 Timm, Cooper 8,000
US Tour
2004-07-25 Bayern Munich Soldier Field 0 – 0
(2 – 4p)		 58,121
2004-07-28 Celtic Lincoln Financial Field 1 – 2 Smith 35' 55,421
2004-07-31 Milan Giants Stadium 1 – 1
(8 – 9p)		 Scholes 33' 74,511
Vodafone Cup
2004-08-03 PSV Eindhoven H 1 – 0 Silvestre
2004-08-05 Urawa Red Diamonds H A – A Match abandoned due to bad weather
Stan Ternent Testimonial
2004-08-06 Burnley A 3 – 1 Scholes 30', P. Neville 38', Eagles 47' 8,814
Community Shield
2004-08-08 Arsenal Millennium Stadium 1 – 3 Smith 55' 63,317

[edit] Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
15 August 2004 Chelsea A 0 – 1 41,813 17th
21 August 2004 Norwich City H 2 – 1 Bellion 32', Smith 50' 67,812 8th
28 August 2004 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 1 Smith 90' 26,155 11th
30 August 2004 Everton H 0 – 0 67,803 9th
11 September 2004 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 2 Heinze 44', Bellion 90' 27,766 11th
20 September 2004 Liverpool H 2 – 1 Silvestre (2) 20', 66' 67,857 8th
25 September 2004 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 – 0 van Nistelrooy 42' (pen.) 36,103 5th
3 October 2004 Middlesbrough H 1 – 1 Smith 81' 67,988 4th
16 October 2004 Birmingham City A 0 – 0 29,221 6th
24 October 2004 Arsenal H 2 – 0 van Nistelrooy 73' (pen.), Rooney 90' 67,862 5th
30 October 2004 Portsmouth A 0 – 2 20,190 7th
7 November 2004 Manchester City H 0 – 0 67,863 7th
14 November 2004 Newcastle United A 3 – 1 Rooney (2) 7', 90', van Nistelrooy 74' 52,320 7th
20 November 2004 Charlton Athletic H 2 – 0 Giggs 41', Scholes 50' 67,704 6th
27 November 2004 West Bromwich Albion A 3 – 0 Scholes (2) 53', 82', van Nistelrooy 72' 27,709 4th
4 December 2004 Southampton H 3 – 0 Scholes 53', Rooney 58', Ronaldo 87' 67,921 4th
13 December 2004 Fulham A 1 – 1 Smith 33' 21,940 4th
18 December 2004 Crystal Palace H 5 – 2 Scholes (2) 22', 49', Smith 35', Boyce 48' (o.g.), O'Shea 90' 67,814 4th
26 December 2004 Bolton Wanderers H 2 – 0 Giggs 10', Scholes 89' 67,867 4th
28 December 2004 Aston Villa A 1 – 0 Giggs 41' 42,593 3rd
1 January 2005 Middlesbrough A 2 – 0 Fletcher 9', Giggs 79' 34,199 3rd
4 January 2005 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 0 67,962 3rd
15 January 2005 Liverpool A 1 – 0 Rooney 21' 44,183 3rd
22 January 2005 Aston Villa H 3 – 1 Ronaldo 8', Saha 69', Scholes 70' 67,589 3rd
1 February 2005 Arsenal A 4 – 2 Giggs 18', Ronaldo (2) 54', 58', O'Shea 89' 38,164 2nd
5 February 2005 Birmingham City H 2 – 0 Keane 55', Rooney 78' 67,838 2nd
13 February 2005 Manchester City A 2 – 0 Rooney 68', Dunne 75' (o.g.) 47,111 2nd
26 February 2005 Portsmouth H 2 – 1 Rooney (2) 8', 81' 67,989 2nd
5 March 2005 Crystal Palace A 0 – 0 26,021 2nd
19 March 2005 Fulham H 1 – 0 Ronaldo 21' 67,959 2nd
2 April 2005 Blackburn Rovers H 0 – 0 67,939 3rd
9 April 2005 Norwich City A 0 – 2 25,522 3rd
20 April 2005 Everton A 0 – 1 37,160 3rd
24 April 2005 Newcastle United H 2 – 1 Rooney 57', Brown 75' 67,845 3rd
1 May 2005 Charlton Athletic A 4 – 0 Scholes 34', Fletcher 44', Smith 62', Rooney 67' 26,789 3rd
7 May 2005 West Bromwich Albion H 1 – 1 Giggs 21' 67,827 3rd
10 May 2005 Chelsea H 1 – 3 van Nistelrooy 7' 67,832 3rd
15 May 2005 Southampton A 2 – 1 Fletcher 19', van Nistelrooy 63' 32,066 3rd


Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
2
 Arsenal
38
25
8
5
87
36
+51
83
3
 Manchester United
38
22
11
5
58
26
+32
77
4
 Everton
38
18
7
13
45
46
-1
61

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
8 January 2005 Round 3 Exeter City H 0 – 0 67,551
19 January 2005 Round 3
Replay		 Exeter City A 2 – 0 Ronaldo 9', Rooney 87' 9,033
29 January 2005 Round 4 Middlesbrough H 3 – 0 O'Shea 10', Rooney (2) 67', 82' 67,251
19 February 2005 Round 5 Everton A 2 – 0 Fortune 23', Ronaldo 58' 38,664
12 March 2005 Round 6 Southampton A 4 – 0 Keane 2', Ronaldo 45', Scholes (2) 48', 87' 30,971
17 April 2005 Semi-final Newcastle United Millennium Stadium 4 – 1 van Nistelrooy (2) 19', 58', Scholes 45', Ronaldo 76' 69,280
21 May 2005 Final Arsenal Millennium Stadium 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 5p)		 71,876

[edit] Carling Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
26 October 2004 Round 3 Crewe Alexandra A 3 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 Smith 10', Miller 57', Foster 59' (o.g.) 10,103
10 November 2004 Round 4 Crystal Palace H 2 – 0 Saha 22', Richardson 39' 48,891
1 December 2004 Quarter-final Arsenal H 1 – 0 Bellion 1' 67,103
12 January 2005 Semi-final
First leg		 Chelsea A 0 – 0 41,492
26 January 2005 Semi-final
Second leg		 Chelsea H 1 – 2 Giggs 67' 67,000

[edit] Champions League

[edit] Qualifying stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
11 August 2004 Third Qualifying Round
First leg		 Dinamo Bucharest A 2 – 1 Giggs 38', Alistar 72' (o.g.) 58,000
25 August 2004 Third Qualifying Round
Second leg		 Dinamo Bucharest H 3 – 0 Smith (2) 47', 50', Bellion 70' 61,041

[edit] Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance Group

position
15 September 2004 Olympique Lyonnais A 2 – 2 van Nistelrooy (2) 56', 61' 40,000 3rd
28 September 2004 Fenerbahçe SK H 6 – 2 Giggs 7', Rooney (3) 17', 28', 54', van Nistelrooy 78', Bellion 81' 67,128 1st
19 October 2004 AC Sparta Praha A 0 – 0 20,654 2nd
3 November 2004 AC Sparta Praha H 4 – 1 van Nistelrooy (4) 14', 25' (pen.), 60', 90' 66,706 2nd
23 November 2004 Olympique Lyonnais H 2 – 1 G. Neville 19', van Nistelrooy 53' 66,398 1st
8 December 2004 Fenerbahçe SK A 0 – 3 35,000 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of France Olympique Lyonnais 6 4 1 1 17 8 +9 13
2 Flag of England Manchester United 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 11
3 Flag of Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 3 0 3 10 13 -3 9
4 Flag of the Czech Republic Sparta Praha 6 0 1 5 2 13 -11 1

[edit] Knock-out stage

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
23 February 2005 First Knockout Round
First leg		 Milan H 0 – 1 67,162
8 March 2005 First Knockout Round
Second leg		 Milan A 0 – 1 78,957

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of the United States Tim Howard 12 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 27 0
2 DF Flag of England Gary Neville 22 0 4 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 35 1
3 DF Flag of England Phil Neville 12(7) 0 4(1) 0 3 0 1(5) 0 0(1) 0 20(14) 0
4 DF Flag of Argentina Gabriel Heinze 26 1 4 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 39 1
5 DF Flag of England Rio Ferdinand 31 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 42 0
6 DF Flag of England Wes Brown 18(3) 1 6 0 3 0 6(1) 0 0 0 33(4) 1
7 MF Flag of Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 25(8) 5 6(1) 4 2 0 7(1) 0 0 0 40(10) 9
8 FW Flag of England Wayne Rooney 24(5) 11 6 3 1(1) 0 6 3 0 0 37(6) 17
9 FW Flag of France Louis Saha 7(7) 1 0(2) 0 4 1 0(2) 0 0 0 11(11) 2
10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy 16(1) 6 3 2 0 0 6(1) 8 0 0 25(2) 16
11 MF Flag of Wales Ryan Giggs 26(6) 6 2(2) 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 36(8) 9
12 FW Flag of France David Bellion 1(9) 2 1 0 3 1 2(1) 2 1 0 8(10) 5
13 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 26 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 34 0
14 FW Flag of England Alan Smith 22(9) 6 0(3) 0 1(1) 1 3(2) 2 1 1 27(15) 10
15 MF Flag of Brazil Kléberson 6(2) 0 0 0 3 0 2(1) 0 0 0 11(3) 0
16 MF Flag of Ireland Roy Keane (c) 28(3) 1 4 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 40(3) 2
17 MF Flag of Ireland Liam Miller 3(5) 0 2(2) 0 2 1 3(2) 0 0 0 10(9) 1
18 MF Flag of England Paul Scholes 29(4) 9 5(1) 3 1(1) 0 7 0 1 0 43(6) 12
19 MF Flag of Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba 3(2) 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 15(2) 0
20 FW Flag of Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0(3) 0
22 DF Flag of Ireland John O'Shea 16(7) 2 3(1) 1 4 0 5 0 1 0 29(8) 3
23 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson 0(2) 0 1 0 3 1 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 5(4) 1
24 MF Flag of Scotland Darren Fletcher 18 3 1(2) 0 3 0 3(2) 0 0(1) 0 25(5) 3
25 MF Flag of South Africa Quinton Fortune 12(5) 0 5(1) 1 4 0 3(2) 0 1 0 25(8) 1
27 DF Flag of France Mikaël Silvestre 33(2) 2 2(2) 0 2 0 7(1) 0 1 0 45(5) 2
28 DF Flag of Spain Gerard Piqué 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
29 DF Flag of the United States Jonathan Spector 2(1) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 4(4) 0
31 MF Flag of England David Jones 0 0 1 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0
33 MF Flag of England Chris Eagles 0 0 1 0 1(2) 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 3(4) 0
35 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Flag of England Sylvan Ebanks-Blake 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
42 FW Flag of Italy Giuseppe Rossi 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2004-07-01 DF Flag of Spain Gerard Piqué Barcelona Undisclosed
2004-07-06 FW Flag of Italy Giuseppe Rossi Parma Undisclosed
2004-08-31 FW Flag of England Wayne Rooney Everton £27m

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2004-07-14 DF Flag of England Mark Lynch Sunderland Free
2004-07-27 MF Flag of England Nicky Butt Newcastle United £2.5m
2004-08-02 MF Flag of England Luke Chadwick Unattached Free
2004-08-20 FW Flag of Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal Undisclosed
2004-12-27 MF Flag of Sweden Bojan Djordjic Rangers Undisclosed
2005-01-31 MF Flag of Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba Aston Villa £1.35m
2005-06-30 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Roy Carroll Unattached Free
2005-06-30 FW Flag of England Daniel Nardiello Unattached Free
2005-06-30 GK Flag of Spain Ricardo Unattached Free
2005-06-30 DF Flag of England Paul Tierney Unattached Free

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2004-07-15 2005-05-31 FW Flag of England Eddie Johnson Coventry City
2004-07-16 2005-06-30 FW Flag of England Daniel Nardiello Barnsley
2004-07-29 2005-05-31 MF Flag of Scotland Michael Stewart Heart of Midlothian
2004-08-18 2005-06-30 FW Flag of the United States Kenny Cooper Academica Coimbra
2004-09-11 2005-05-31 GK Flag of England Luke Steele Coventry City
2004-10-07 2004-11-07 MF Flag of England David Fox Shrewsbury Town
2004-12-06 2005-01-05 FW Flag of England Colin Heath Cambridge United
2004-12-21 2005-05-07 DF Flag of Ireland Paul Tierney Bradford City
2004-12-23 2005-01-29 DF Flag of Ireland Paul McShane Walsall
2005-01-21 2005-04-23 MF Flag of England Chris Eagles Watford
2005-01-28 2005-03-05 FW Flag of the United States Kenny Cooper Oldham Athletic
2005-01-29 2005-05-15 MF Flag of England Kieran Richardson West Bromwich Albion

[edit] References

  1. ^ Manchester United Season 2004/05. StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

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