2004–05 A.C. Milan season

Associazione Calcio Milan began the 2004–05 season auspiciously by winning the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana, with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Lazio (the winners of the previous season's Coppa Italia), thanks to a hat-trick by Andriy Shevchenko.[2]

A.C. Milan
2004–05 season
PresidentSilvio Berlusconi
ManagerCarlo Ancelotti
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andriy Shevchenko (17)

All:
Andriy Shevchenko (26)
Highest home attendance79,775 (Serie A)
vs Internazionale
(24 October 2004)
Lowest home attendance2,170 (Coppa Italia)
vs Udinese
(26 January 2005)
Average home league attendance63,595[1]

The Serie A began with a 2–2 draw against Livorno.[3] For most of the season, Milan were second to Juventus, in a close points race. However, after matchweeks 25 through 30, and again matchweeks 33 through 34, Milan were in first place. On 8 May 2005, Milan faced Juventus at home; by matchweek 35, the two had almost identical statistics of 76 points, 23 wins, 7 draws, and 4 defeats, with Milan's marginally superior goal difference of +36 against Juventus' +35 keeping them on top.[4] Having lost the potential title deciding game 1–0 to a goal by David Trezeguet, Milan drew three more times afterwards and finished in the second place.[5]

In the Champions League, Milan were successful and sure-footed, comfortably topping their group (which included Barcelona, Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk) and then knocking out Manchester United, cross-city rivals Inter and PSV Eindhoven, thus reaching their second Champions League final in three years.[6] The final was against Liverpool. In the first half Ancelotti's men scored three goals, one from Paolo Maldini, the club captain, and two from Hernán Crespo.[7] However, in the second half, the English opponents managed to do the same in just 6 minutes, meaning the match went to extra time.[7] Milan were not able to find a fourth goal and had to face a penalty shoot-out.[7] Unlike in 2003, Milan players went first and missed the first and second penalty kicks (taken by Serginho and Pirlo). Shevchenko, who scored the deciding penalty two years earlier, had to score from the fifth penalty to keep Milan in the game, but failed to beat Dudek, and Liverpool won the Champions League, in one of the most famous come-backs in European football history.[7]

Throughout the season, Ancelotti mostly used the 4–4–2 diamond (or 4–1–2–1–2) formation, which he had previously employed with much success, especially in 2002–03; the fact that four top-quality strikers were available (Shevchenko, Crespo, Inzaghi and Tomasson) made it almost imperative that two of them would have to be used as regular starters. On rare occasions, however, formations with three centrebacks and two wingbacks (usually Cafu and Serginho), such as 3–5–2 or 3–4–1–2, were used.[8]

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[9]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position
Goalkeepers
1 Dida GK
17 Christian Abbiati GK
12 Valerio Fiori GK
Defenders
3 Paolo Maldini (Captain) CB / LB
2 Cafu RB / RM
13 Alessandro Nesta CB
31 Jaap Stam CB / RB
4 Kakha Kaladze LB / CB / DM / LM
5 Alessandro Costacurta CB / SW / LB / RB
14 Dario Šimić CB / RB / SW
27 Serginho LB / LM / LW
26 Giuseppe Pancaro LB / RB
30 Harvey Esajas LB / LM
Midfielders
21 Andrea Pirlo CM / AM / DM
8 Gennaro Gattuso CM / DM / RM
10 Rui Costa AM
22 Kaká AM
20 Clarence Seedorf CM / AM / RM / LM
23 Massimo Ambrosini CM / DM
24 Vikash Dhorasoo CM
32 Cristian Brocchi CM / DM / RM
Forwards
7 Andriy Shevchenko CF
11 Hernán Crespo (on loan from Chelsea) CF
9 Filippo Inzaghi CF
15 Jon Dahl Tomasson CF

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. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  ITA Nicola Pozzi (to Napoli)
19 DF  ARG Fabricio Coloccini (to Deportivo La Coruña)
No. Pos. Nation Player
45 DF  ITA 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. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK  ITA Giuseppe Dei Forti
41 FW  ITA Davide Barbieri
42 FW  ITA Carlo Ferrario
43 DF  ITA Elia Legati
No. Pos. Nation Player
45 DF  ITA Ignazio Abate
46 DF  ITA Lino Marzoratti
47 DF  ITA Romano Perticone
50 FW  ITA Matteo Ardemagni

Transfers

First-team

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
31 DF Jaap Stam 31EU Lazio Transfer Summer 2006 Undisclosed BBC Sport
24 MF Vikash Dhorasoo 30EU Lyon Free transfer Summer 2006 Free UEFA
30 DF Harvey Esajas 29EU Free transfer Summer Free
11 FW Hernán Crespo 28 Chelsea Loan Summer 2005 Season-long loan UEFA

Total spending:

First-team

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

Reserves

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

Total income: €

Net income:

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus[lower-alpha 1] 38 26 8 4 67 27 +40 86 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Milan 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 38 17 10 11 42 29 +13 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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).[10]
Notes:
  1. Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal

Matches

11 September 2004 1 Milan 2–2 Livorno Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf  3', 47' Report Lucarelli  9' (pen.), 67' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,453
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
19 September 2004 2 Bologna 0–2 Milan Bologna
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Shevchenko  84' (pen.)
Kaká  90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27,345
Referee: Domenico Messina
22 September 2004 3 Milan 1–2 Messina Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pancaro  54' Report Giampà  55'
Zampagna  59'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,640
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
26 September 2004 4 Lazio 1–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Couto  37' Report Shevchenko  70', 74' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41,738
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
3 October 2004 5 Milan 3–1 Reggina Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko  11', 89'
Kaká  67'
Report Franceschini  59' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,473
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
17 October 2004 6 Cagliari 0–1 Milan Cagliari
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Pirlo  20' Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
24 October 2004 7 Milan 0–0 Internazionale Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,775
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
27 October 2004 8 Milan 3–0 Atalanta Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tomasson  53'
Kaladze  71'
Serginho  90+2'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,621
Referee: Paolo Bertini
30 October 2004 9 Sampdoria 0–1 Milan Genoa
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Shevchenko  76' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 28,226
Referee: Stefano Farina
7 November 2004 10 Milan 1–1 Roma Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko  6' Report Montella  48' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 63,951
Referee: Paolo Bertini
10 November 2004 11 Brescia 0–0 Milan Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 8,093
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
14 November 2004 12 Milan 2–1 Siena Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko  26', 38' Report Argilli  32' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,090
Referee: Paolo Bertini
28 November 2004 13 Chievo 0–1 Milan Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Crespo  49' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 23,406
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
4 December 2004 14 Parma 1–2 Milan Parma
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gilardino  68' Report Kaká  82'
Pirlo  90'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 21,259
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
12 December 2004 15 Milan 6–0 Fiorentina Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Seedorf  16', 82'
Chiellini  22' (o.g.)
Shevchenko  52', 73'
Crespo  61'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,226
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
18 December 2004 16 Juventus 0–0 Milan Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 54,181
Referee: Paolo Bertini
6 January 2005 17 Milan 5–2 Lecce Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Crespo  23', 56', 57'
Shevchenko  50'
Tomasson  89'
Report Bojinov  75'
Cassetti  83'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 70,806
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
9 January 2005 18 Palermo 0–0 Milan Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 34,047
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
16 January 2005 19 Milan 3–1 Udinese Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko  31'
Jankulovski  53' (o.g.)
Kaká  90'
Report Di Natale  9' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,507
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
23 January 2005 20 Livorno 1–0 Milan Livorno
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Colombo  28' Report Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Attendance: 19,472
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 January 2005 21 Milan 0–1 Bologna Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Locatelli  27' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 56,756
Referee: Massimo De Santis
2 February 2005 22 Messina 1–4 Milan Messina
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Zampagna  33' Report Crespo  9', 64'
Tomasson  18', 90+1'
Stadium: Stadio San Filippo
Attendance: 37,582
Referee: Paolo Bertini
6 February 2005 23 Milan 2–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko  72'
Crespo  90+4'
Report Oddo  56' (pen.) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 56,845
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
13 February 2005 24 Reggina 0–1 Milan Reggio Calabria
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Zamboni  39' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 19,944
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
19 February 2005 25 Milan 1–0 Cagliari Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Serginho  90+2' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,185
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
27 February 2005 26 Internazionale 0–1 Milan Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Kaká  74' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 78,347
Referee: Massimo De Santis
5 March 2005 27 Atalanta 1–2 Milan Bergamo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Makinwa  73' Report Ambrosini  72'
Pirlo  90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 21,095
Referee: Paolo Bertini
13 March 2005 28 Milan 1–0 Sampdoria Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaká  65' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 69,441
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
20 March 2005 29 Roma 0–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Crespo  63'
Pirlo  71' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 59,496
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
9 April 2005 30 Milan 1–1 Brescia Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rui Costa  14' Report Womé  87' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,726
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
17 April 2005 31 Siena 2–1 Milan Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Chiesa  72'
Cozza  86'
Report Crespo  63' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 13,730
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
20 April 2005 32 Milan 1–0 Chievo Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf  65' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,894
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
23 April 2005 33 Milan 3–0 Parma Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kaká  34'
Tomasson  62'
Cafu  71'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,818
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
30 April 2005 34 Fiorentina 1–2 Milan Florence
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maresca  25' Report Shevchenko  46', 55' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 45,909
Referee: Massimo De Santis
8 May 2005 35 Milan 0–1 Juventus Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Trezeguet  28' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,232
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
15 May 2005 36 Lecce 2–2 Milan Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Konan  46'
Vučinić  83'
Report Kaladze  12'
Shevchenko  53'
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 21,628
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
20 May 2005 37 Milan 3–3 Palermo Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Serginho  8', 16'
Tomasson  32'
Report Costacurta  9' (o.g.)
Toni  77' (pen.)
Barone  79'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 60,872
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
29 May 2005 38 Udinese 1–1 Milan Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Michele  56' Report Serginho  85' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 21,397
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Milan 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Barcelona 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 0 4 5 9 4 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Celtic 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5
Source: [11]
14 September 2004 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 Milan Donetsk, Ukraine
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Srna  18'  53' Report Tomasson  38'
Cafu  58'
Dhorasoo  77'
Seedorf  84'
Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
29 September 2004 2 Milan 3–1 Celtic Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko  8'
Inzaghi  89'
Pirlo  90+1'
Report Sutton  62'
Varga  74'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
20 October 2004 3 Milan 1–0 Barcelona Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko  31' Report Puyol  73' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,502
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
2 November 2004 4 Barcelona 2–1 Milan Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Eto'o  37'
Ronaldinho  89',  90'
Report Shevchenko  17'
Kaká  49'
Ambrosini  65'
Gattuso  90+2'
Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 94,682
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
24 November 2004 5 Milan 4–0 Shakhtar Donetsk Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Nesta  3'
Kaká  52', 90+2'
Crespo  53', 85'
Gattuso  69'
Report Srna  4' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 38,841
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
7 December 2004 6 Celtic 0–0 Milan Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Lennon  37'
Camara  71'
Report Brocchi  75' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 59,228
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16
23 February 2005 First leg Manchester United 0–1 Milan Manchester, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Fortune  45' Report Nesta  30'
Crespo  78'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,150
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
8 March 2005 Second leg Milan 1–0
(2–0 agg.)
Manchester United Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Crespo  61' Report Fortune  58' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,100
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Quarter-finals
6 April 2005 First leg Milan 2–0 Internazionale Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gattuso  34'
Stam  45+1',  65'
Shevchenko  74',  75'
Report Mihajlović  66'
C. Zanetti  78'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
12 April 2005 Second leg Internazionale 0–3 (Awarded)
(0–5 agg.)
Milan Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) González  4'
Córdoba  11'
Cambiasso  71'
Report Ambrosini  7'
Shevchenko  30'
Nesta  43'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 79,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Note: The match was abandoned after 72 minutes when Milan goalkeeper Dida was struck by a firework from the stands. Milan were awarded a 3–0 win and advanced 5–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
26 April 2005 First leg Milan 2–0 PSV Eindhoven Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Seedorf  18'
Shevchenko  42'
Tomasson  90'
Report Gomes  28'
Ooijer  67'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
4 May 2005 Second leg PSV Eindhoven 3–1
(3–3a agg.)
Milan Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Park Ji-sung  9'
Cocu  65', 90+2'
Report Ambrosini  90+1' Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Final

Appearances and goals

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

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Competitions

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