2004–05 Real Zaragoza season

Real Zaragoza
2004–05 season
Head coach	UEFA Cup
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Villa (15); All: ; David Villa (18)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 73rd season in the history of Real Zaragoza and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Zaragoza participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España and the UEFA Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

17 July 2004 Friendly	Marseille	0–0	Zaragoza	Nyon
				Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

19 July 2004 Friendly

Zaragoza
UTC+01
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Report

Zahovič

15'

Stadium:

Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

21 July 2004 Friendly	Lyon	0–0	Zaragoza	Nyon
				Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

24 July 2004 Friendly	Wohlen	1–5	Zaragoza	Nyon
				Stadium: Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon

3 August 2004 Friendly

Watford

1–2

Zaragoza

England

7 August 2004 Friendly

Bolton Wanderers

1–1

Zaragoza

England

8 August 2004 Friendly

Chelsea

3–0

Zaragoza

England

14 August 2004 Trofeo Teresa Herrera	Atlético Madrid	3–2	Zaragoza	A Coruña
				Stadium: Estadio Riazor

15 August 2004 Trofeo Teresa Herrera	Sporting CP	0–2	Zaragoza	A Coruña
				Stadium: Estadio Riazor

8 October 2004 Trofeo Ciudad de Zaragoza	Zaragoza	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	29 August 2004	28 May 2005	Matchday 1	12th	38	14	8	16	52	57	−5	036.84
Copa del Rey	27 October 2004		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	16 September 2004	17 March 2005	Group stage	Round of 16	10	6	3	1	15	9	+6	060.00
Total					49	20	11	18	68	68	+0	040.82

Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Málaga	38	15	6	17	40	48	−8	51^[a]
11	Atlético Madrid	38	13	11	14	40	34	+6	50^[b]
12	Zaragoza	38	14	8	16	52	57	−5	50^[b]
13	Getafe	38	12	11	15	38	46	−8	47^[c]
14	Real Sociedad	38	13	8	17	47	56	−9	47^[c]

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
Notes:

^ DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH
^ ^a ^b ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM
^ ^a ^b RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	14	8	16	52	57	−5	50	11	3	5	35	25	+10	3	5	11	17	32	−15

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L
Position	1	7	6	9	7	9	7	8	4	6	5	9	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	9	9	12

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 August 2004 1	Zaragoza	3–1	Getafe	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

12 September 2004 2	Málaga	0–0	Zaragoza	Málaga
				Stadium: La Romareda

19 September 2004 3	Zaragoza	4–3	Albacete	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

23 September 2004 4	Barcelona	4–1	Zaragoza	Barcelona
				Stadium: Camp Nou

26 September 2004 5	Zaragoza	4–3	Levante	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

3 October 2004 6	Villarreal	2–0	Zaragoza	Villarreal
				Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal

17 October 2004 7	Zaragoza	2–1	Real Sociedad	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

24 October 2004 8	Racing Santander	1–0	Zaragoza	Santander
				Stadium: Campos de Sport de El Sardinero

31 October 2004 9	Zaragoza	3–0	Sevilla	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

7 November 2004 10	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Zaragoza	Madrid
				Stadium: Vicente Calderón

13 November 2004 11	Valencia	0–0	Zaragoza	Valencia
				Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

21 November 2004 12	Zaragoza	0–1	Mallorca	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull

28 November 2004 13	Numancia	2–1	Zaragoza	Valencia
				Stadium: Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos Referee: Miguel Ángel Pérez Lasa

5 December 2004 14	Zaragoza	0–1	Espanyol	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

12 December 2004 15	Osasuna	2–2	Zaragoza	Pamplona
				Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

19 December 2004 16	Zaragoza	0–2	Athletic Bilbao	Zaragoza
			Ezquerro 53', 78'	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

22 December 2004 17	Deportivo La Coruña	2–3	Zaragoza	A Coruña
				Stadium: Nuevo Riazor Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

9 January 2005 18	Zaragoza	1–0	Real Betis	Zaragoza
	Sávio 43'			Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

16 January 2005 19	Real Madrid	3–1	Zaragoza	Madrid
				Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Losantos Omar

23 January 2005 20	Getafe	3–0	Zaragoza	Getafe
				Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

30 January 2005 21	Zaragoza	1–0	Málaga	Zaragoza
	Cani 15'			Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

6 February 2005 22	Albacete	2–1	Zaragoza	Albacete
	Pacheco 47' (pen.), 84' (pen.)		González 14'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Belmonte Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

12 February 2005 23	Zaragoza	1–4	Barcelona	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

20 February 2005 24	Levante	0–0	Zaragoza	Valencia
				Stadium: Ciutat de València

27 February 2005 25	Zaragoza	1–0	Villarreal	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

2 March 2005 26	Real Sociedad	2–1	Zaragoza	San Sebastián
				Stadium: Anoeta Stadium

6 March 2005 27	Zaragoza	1–0	Racing Santander	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

13 March 2005 28	Sevilla	0–1	Zaragoza	Seville
				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

20 March 2005 29	Zaragoza	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

2 April 2005 30	Zaragoza	2–2	Valencia	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

10 April 2005 31	Mallorca	0–2	Zaragoza	Palma
				Stadium: Estadi de Son Moix

17 April 2005 32	Zaragoza	4–1	Numancia	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

24 April 2005 33	Espanyol	3–1	Zaragoza	Barcelona
				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

1 May 2005 34	Zaragoza	5–1	Osasuna	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

7 May 2005 35	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Zaragoza	Bilbao
				Stadium: San Mamés

15 May 2005 36	Zaragoza	2–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

21 May 2005 37	Real Betis	3–2	Zaragoza	Seville
				Stadium: Benito Villamarín

28 May 2005 38	Zaragoza	1–3	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
				Stadium: La Romareda

Copa del Rey

27 October 2004 Round of 64	Gimnàstic Tarragona	2–1	Zaragoza	Tarragona
				Stadium: Nou Estadi de Tarragona

Supercopa de España

21 August 2004 First leg	Real Zaragoza	0–1	Valencia	La Romareda, Zaragoza
22:00 CET			Vicente 61'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

24 August 2004 Second leg	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
22:00 CET	Corradi 53'		Álvaro 11' Galletti 33' Javi Moreno 82'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg	Zaragoza	1–0	Sigma Olomouc	Zaragoza, Spain
21:00	Generelo 84'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)

30 September 2004 Second leg	Sigma Olomouc	2–3 (2–4 agg.)	Zaragoza	Olomouc, Czech Republic
19:00	Hudec 11' Kobylík 52' (pen.)	Report	Soriano 78' Hudec 80' (o.g.) Moreno 85'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 5 October 2004.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DNI	ZAR	AUS	BRU	UTR
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	1–0	3–2	—
2	Real Zaragoza	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7		2–1	—	—	—	2–0
3	Austria Wien	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7		—	1–0	—	1–1	—
4	Club Brugge	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5		—	1–1	—	—	1–0
5	Utrecht	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0		1–2	—	1–2	—	—

Source: RSSSF

21 October 2004 1	Zaragoza	2–0	Utrecht	Zaragoza, Spain
20:45	Villa 77', 82'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

4 November 2004 2	Austria Wien	1–0	Zaragoza	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Gilewicz 70'	Report		Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)

16 December 2004 4	Club Brugge	1–1	Zaragoza	Bruges, Belgium
20:45	Čeh 67'	Report	Sávio 39'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Knockout stage

Round of 32

17 February 2005 First leg	Fenerbahçe	0–1	Zaragoza	Istanbul, Turkey
19:00 (CET)		Report	Álvaro 72'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

24 February 2005 Second leg	Zaragoza	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Fenerbahçe	Zaragoza, Spain
20:45 (CET)	Galletti 11' Sávio 71'	Report	Alex 88'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Round of 16

10 March 2005 First leg	Austria Wien	1–1	Zaragoza	Vienna, Austria
19:30	Rushfeldt 32'	Report	Sávio 74'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

17 March 2005 Second leg	Zaragoza	2–2 (3 (a)–3 agg.)	Austria Wien	Zaragoza, Spain
20:45	Villa 59' Galletti 63'	Report	Papac 6' Dosunmu 12'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

References

^ "UEFA Cup draw". World Soccer. 5 October 2004.

[table_hth_RCD0.80737197809265-1] DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH

[table_hth_ATM0.80737197809265-2] ATM 1–1 ZAR; ZAR 0–0 ATM

[table_hth_RSO0.80737197809265-3] RSO 1–1 GET; GET 2–0 RSO

[4] "UEFA Cup draw". World Soccer. 5 October 2004.

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