2004–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2004–05 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	David O'Leary
FA Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Nolberto Solano (8); All: Nolberto Solano; Juan Pablo Ángel (9)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2004–05 season in English football was Aston Villa F.C.'s 13th consecutive season in the FA Premier League, and their second season under the management of David O'Leary.

Villa went into the season with high hopes after finishing sixth during the 2003-04 FA Premier League season, despite an inconsistent start Villa soon begun to string wins together and threaten the top six but in the run up to Christmas Villas form dropped alarmingly and they fell away quickly, occasional wins put any relegation worry's astray as they underachieved and eventually secured a tenth place finish.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Manchester City	38	13	13	12	47	39	+8	52
9	Tottenham Hotspur	38	14	10	14	47	41	+6	52
10	Aston Villa	38	12	11	15	45	52	−7	47
11	Charlton Athletic	38	12	10	16	42	58	−16	46
12	Birmingham City	38	11	12	15	40	46	−6	45

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DEN	Thomas Sørensen
2	DF	WAL	Mark Delaney
3	DF	ENG	Jlloyd Samuel[notes 1]
4	DF	SWE	Olof Mellberg (captain)
5	DF	DEN	Martin Laursen
6	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry
7	MF	ENG	Lee Hendrie
8	MF	ENG	Gavin McCann
9	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Ángel
10	MF	ENG	Darius Vassell
11	MF	PER	Nolberto Solano


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger
13	GK	NED	Stefan Postma
14	MF	CMR	Eric Djemba-Djemba
15	DF	ECU	Ulises de la Cruz
16	MF	FRA	Mathieu Berson
17	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham
18	FW	ENG	Carlton Cole (on loan from Chelsea)
19	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell
22	FW	ENG	Luke Moore
24	MF	NIR	Steven Davis
26	FW	ENG	Stefan Moore

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
14	FW	SWE	Marcus Allbäck (to Hansa Rostock)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NOR	Ronny Johnsen (to Newcastle United)

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
20	DF	CZE	Václav Drobný (on loan from Strasbourg)
25	GK	IRL	Wayne Henderson
30	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor
—	DF	ENG	Stuart Bridges
—	DF	ENG	Gary Cahill
—	DF	ENG	James O'Connor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	IRL	Kevin Mulcahy
—	MF	ENG	Stephen Cooke
—	MF	ENG	Kyle Nix[notes 2]
—	MF	IRL	Stephen Foley-Sheridan
—	FW	NIR	Jamie Ward[notes 3]
—	FW	FIN	Mika Ääritalo

Youth 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
—	GK	IRL	Stephen Henderson
—	GK	AUT	Bobby Olejnik
—	GK	FIN	Jon Masalin
—	DF	ENG	Ashley Edkins
—	DF	ENG	Paul Green
—	DF	ENG	Michael Tuohy
—	DF	IRL	Stephen O'Halloran
—	DF	DEN	Magnus Troest
—	MF	ENG	Morgan Evans
—	MF	ENG	Phil Green
—	MF	ENG	Jonathan Hogg
—	MF	ENG	Isaiah Osbourne
—	MF	IRL	John Paul Kelly (on trial)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 4]
—	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock (on trial from Milton Keynes Dons)
—	FW	ENG	Scott Bridges
—	FW	ENG	Shane Paul
—	FW	ENG	Sam Williams
—	FW	NIR	Adam McGurk
—	FW	CIV	Amadou Kouman
—	DF		Seyi Morgan
—	DF		Matt Saunders
—	MF		Rowan Caney
—			Ashley Carew
—			Andrew Malpass

Other players

The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this 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
—	GK	IRL	David Bevan
—	GK	IRL	Lee Boyle
—	DF	ENG	Jordan Collins
—	DF	ENG	Lee Grant (on loan to York City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	Shane Lowry[notes 5]
—	MF	ENG	Nathan Jackson
—	MF	ENG	Dan McDonald
—	MF	AUS	Chris Herd

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of end of season[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Thomas Sørensen	39	0	36	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK		Stefan Postma	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mark Delaney	32	0	30	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Jlloyd Samuel	38	0	34+1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF		Olof Mellberg	33	3	30	3	1	0	2	0
5	DF		Martin Laursen	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Ulises de la Cruz	35	0	30+4	0	0	0	1	0
19	DF		Liam Ridgewell	17	0	12+3	0	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Gareth Barry	36	8	33+1	7	1	1	1	0
7	MF		Lee Hendrie	32	5	25+4	5	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Gavin McCann	23	1	20	1	1	0	2	0
11	MF		Nolberto Solano	39	9	32+4	8	1	0	2	1
12	MF		Thomas Hitzlsperger	30	2	17+11	2	0	0	0+2	0
14	MF		Eric Djemba-Djemba	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Mathieu Berson	13	0	7+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	MF		Peter Whittingham	15	1	5+8	1	0	0	2	0
24	MF		Steven Davis	29	1	19+9	1	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Juan Pablo Ángel	38	9	30+5	7	1	0	2	2
10	FW		Darius Vassell	22	3	17+4	2	0	0	1	1
18	FW		Carlton Cole	30	3	18+9	3	1	0	1+1	0
22	FW		Luke Moore	27	1	5+20	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
26	FW		Stefan Moore	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Thomas Sorensen	39
2	RB	Mark Delaney	32
4	CB	Olof Mellberg	33
3	CB	Jlloyd Samuel	37
15	LB	Ulises de la Cruz	31
11	RM	Nolberto Solano	35
7	CM	Lee Hendrie	28
8	CM	Gavin McCann	23
6	LM	Gareth Barry	35
9	CF	Juan Pablo Angel	33
18	CF	Carlton Cole	20

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Competition
21 July 2005	Kungshamns IF	A	6 – 0	Friendly
22 July 2004	Kungsbacka BI	A	7 – 2	Friendly
24 July 2004	Jonkopings Sodra	A	3 – 0	Friendly
27 July 2004	Orgryte	A	0 – 0	Friendly
30 July 2004	Walsall	A	1 – 2	Friendly
31 July 2004	Tamworth	A	3 – 0	Friendly
3 August 2004	Derby	A	1 – 2	Friendly
7 August 2004	AZ Alkmaar	A	1 – 0	Friendly

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
6 August	MF	Mathieu Berson	Nantes	£1,600,000[3]
12 July	FW	Carlton Cole	Chelsea	Season-long loan[4]
2 August	DF	Václav Drobný	Strasbourg	Season-long loan[5]
21 May	DF	Martin Laursen	AC Milan	£3,000,000[6]
January	MF	Eric Djemba-Djemba	Manchester United	£1,350,000[7]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
	FW	Dion Dublin	Leicester City	Free[8]
9 July	FW	Peter Crouch	Southampton	£2,000,000[9]
27 AUG	FW	Marcus Allbäck	Hansa Rostock	Free[10]
20 July	DF	Rob Edwards	Wolves	£150,000[11]
16 September	DF	Ronny Johnsen	Newcastle United	Free[12]
	DF	Danny Jackman	Stockport County	£70,000
20 Jun	MF	Hassan Kachloul		Released

Results

Premier League

14 August 2004 1	Aston Villa	2–0	Southampton	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00	Vassell 12' Cole 34'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,690 Referee: Uriah Rennie

25 August 2004 3	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Aston Villa	Greenwich, London
	Jeffers 29', 34' Young 58'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,190 Referee: Howard Webb

28 August 2004 4	Aston Villa	4–2	Newcastle United	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Mellberg 4' Cole 53' Barry 71' Ángel 82'	Report	Kluivert 28' O'Brien 36'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,305 Referee: Mike Riley

18 September 2004 6	Norwich City	0–0	Aston Villa	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,805 Referee: Barry Knight

25 September 2004 7	Aston Villa	1–1	Crystal Palace	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Hendrie 36'	Report	Johnson 6'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,560 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

16 October 2004 9	Arsenal	3–1	Aston Villa	Islington, London
15:00 BST	Pires 19' (pen.), 72' Henry 45'	Report	Hendrie 3'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,137 Referee: Graham Poll

27 November 2004 15	Manchester City	2–0	Aston Villa	Manchester, Greater Manchester
17:15	Macken 29' S. Wright-Phillips 38'	Report	Hendrie 90'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,530 Referee: Mike Riley

4 December 2004 16	Aston Villa	1–1	Liverpool	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Solano 44'	Report	Kewell 16'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,593 Referee: Mark Halsey

12 December 2004 17	Aston Villa	1–2	Birmingham City	Birmingham, West Midlands
13:00 GMT (UTC)	Barry 90'	Report	Morrison 9' Dunn 18'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,329 Referee: Steve Dunn

3 January 2005 22	Crystal Palace	2–0	Aston Villa	Croydon, London
GMT (UTC)	Johnson 33', 66' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,140 Referee: Andy D'Urso

15 January 2005 23	Aston Villa	3–0	Norwich City	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 GMT	Ridgewell 9' Hendrie 27' Solano 76'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 38,172 Referee: Mike Riley

5 February 2005 26	Aston Villa	1–3	Arsenal	Birmingham, West Midlands
17:15 GMT	Ángel 74'	Report	Ljungberg 10' Henry 14' Cole 28'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,593 Referee: Steve Bennett

20 March 2005 30	Birmingham City	2–0	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT (UTC)	Heskey 52' Gray 89'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,382 Referee: Mike Riley

2 April 2005	Newcastle United	0–3	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyneside
31	Taylor 73' Bowyer 82' Dyer 82'	Report	Ángel 5' Barry 73' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,306 Referee: Barry Knight

20 April 2005 34	Aston Villa	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Birmingham, West Midlands
		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,312 Referee: Barry Knight

7 May 2005 37	Aston Villa	1–2	Manchester City	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00	Angel 62'	Report	S. Wright-Phillips 5' Musampa 12'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,645 Referee: Richard Beeby

15 May 2005 38	Liverpool	2–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Cissé 20', 27'	Report	Barry 67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,406 Referee: Barry Knight

Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 3-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2-0 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 3-0 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1-0 Tottenham
Tottenham 5-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham
Fulham 1-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 1-0 Blackburn
Blackburn 2-2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth
Aston Villa 1-1 West Brom
West Brom 1-1 Aston Villa

References

Notes

Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to the senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.
Nix was born in Sydney, Australia, but was raised in England and represented England at U-16, U-18, U-20, and C level.
Ward was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.
Kabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.

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[7] ttps://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/players/season/2005/comp/1/

[8] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3531604.stm

[9] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3886685.stm

[10] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3926301.stm

[11] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3734657.stm

[12] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/4221969.stm

[13] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3786743.stm

[14] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3876589.stm

[15] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3606368.stm

[16] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3882853.stm

[17] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/3655044.stm

[2] Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and would represent them at U-21 level and be called up to the senior team before switching his international allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and making his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009.

[3] Nix was born in Sydney, Australia, but was raised in England and represented England at U-16, U-18, U-20, and C level.

[4] Ward was born in Birmingham, England, but also qualifies to represent Northern Ireland internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Northern Ireland in August 2011.

[5] Kabeya was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent Belgium internationally and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.

[6] Lowry was born in Perth, Australia, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level before switching his international allegiance to Australia.