2004–05 Serie A
The 2004–05 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 73rd in a round-robin tournament. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons, while relegations were reduced to three. The Coppa Campioni d'Italia was presented to the winners on the pitch for the first time.
The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while only the last three teams were to be relegated in Serie B, the Italian second division, following a regulations change.
Roma qualified for the UEFA Cup as the runners-up in the Coppa Italia because the cup winner, Internazionale, had already qualified for the Champions League
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Two teams,
Bologna and Parma), counting only the so-called classifica avulsa; that is, the table composed solely by the six matches among the three teams. Bologna and Parma had fewer points, and played the relegation tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was won by Parma, who were defeated 0–1 at home but won 0–2 away in the return match. This method of classifying teams on equal points totals was abolished for the 2005–06 season but returned for the 2022–23 season
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Personnel and sponsoring
Siena
(*) Promoted from Serie B.
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League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus[a]
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38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan
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38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 79 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Udinese | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 62 | |
| 5 | Sampdoria
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38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Palermo
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38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 53 | |
| 7 | Messina
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38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 48 | |
| 8 | Roma[b]
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38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Livorno
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38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 45 | |
| 10 | Reggina
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38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 44 | |
| 11 | Lecce
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38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Lazio[c]
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38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 14 | Siena
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38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 43 | |
| 15 | Chievo
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38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 43 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 | |
| 17 | Parma
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38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Bologna (R)
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38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 41 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Atalanta (R)
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38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 35 |
Source: 2004–05 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- 2006 Italian football scandal
- Roma gained entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as 2004–05 Coppa Italia runners-up: champions Internazionale qualified to the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
- Livornorenounced.
Results
Relegation tie-breaker
Bologna | ||
|---|---|---|
Tare  18' |
Bologna relegated to Serie B
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cristiano Lucarelli
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Livorno
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24 |
| 2 | Alberto Gilardino
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Parma | 23 |
| 3 | Vincenzo Montella
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Roma
|
21 |
| 4 | Luca Toni
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Palermo
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20 |
| 5 |  Mirko Vučinić
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Lecce
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19 |
| 6 |  Andriy Shevchenko
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Milan
|
17 |
| 7 |  Adriano
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Internazionale | 16 |
| Mauro Esposito
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Cagliari | ||
 Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Juventus
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| 10 | David Di Michele
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Udinese | 15 |
| 11 | Alessandro Del Piero
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Juventus
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14 |
| Francesco Flachi
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Sampdoria
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| 13 |  Valeri Bojinov
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Lecce, Fiorentina
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13 |
| Tommaso Rocchi
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Lazio
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| Vincenzo Iaquinta
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Udinese | ||
| Christian Vieri
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Internazionale |
References and sources
- ^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
External links
- [1] - All results on RSSSFWebsite.
- 2004/2005 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)
