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.

Serie A
Season2004–05
ChampionsNot awarded (Juventus were stripped of their title)
RelegatedBologna
Brescia
Atalanta
Champions LeagueJuventus
Milan
Internazionale
Udinese
UEFA CupSampdoria
Palermo
Roma
Matches played380
Goals scored960 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerCristiano Lucarelli
(24 goals)
Highest scoringParma 6–4 Livorno
Average attendance26,098
2004–05 Serie A team distribution

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.

Juventus finished as champions, however they were later stripped of the title due to their involvement in the Calciopoli. Runners-up Milan were also implicated in the scandal, and as a result that season's title was not awarded to any club. Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history. Palermo, in its first Serie A campaign in over 30 years, finished in sixth place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history. 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.

Two teams, Brescia and Atalanta, were directly relegated to Serie B, while the third relegation place was to be decided among three teams, Fiorentina, Bologna and Parma; counting only the so-called classifica avulsa, that is the table composed solely by the six matches between the three teams, Bologna and Parma had fewer points, and played the relegation tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was won by Parma, defeated 0–1 at home but winning 0–2 away in the return match. This method of classifying teams on equal points totals was abolished for the 2005–06 season.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta* Andrea Mandorlini
Delio Rossi		 Asics Promatech
Bologna Carlo Mazzone Macron Amica Chips
Brescia Gianni De Biasi
Alberto Cavasin		 Kappa Banca Lombarda e Piemontese
Cagliari* Daniele Arrigoni A-Line Terra Sarda
Chievo Mario Beretta
Maurizio D'Angelo		 Joma Paluani
Fiorentina* Emiliano Mondonico
Sergio Buso
Dino Zoff		 Adidas Toyota
Internazionale Roberto Mancini Nike Pirelli
Juventus Fabio Capello Nike SKY Sports
Lazio Domenico Caso
Giuseppe Papadopulo		 Puma Parmacotto
Lecce Zdeněk Zeman Asics Salento
Livorno* Franco Colomba
Roberto Donadoni		 Asics Banca Carige
Milan Carlo Ancelotti Adidas Opel
Messina* Bortolo Mutti Legea Caffe Miscela D'Oro
Parma Silvio Baldini
Pietro Carmignani		 Champion Champion
Palermo* Francesco Guidolin Lotto Provincia di Palermo
Reggina Walter Mazzarri Asics Gicos
Roma Cesare Prandelli
Rudi Völler
Ezio Sella
Luigi Del Neri
Bruno Conti		 Diadora Mazda
Sampdoria Walter Novellino Kappa ERG
Siena Luigi Simoni
Luigi De Canio		 Lotto Monte Paschi Vita
Udinese Luciano Spalletti Le Coq Sportif Kia Motors

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

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
6 Palermo 38 12 17 9 48 44 +4 53
7 Messina 38 12 12 14 44 52 −8 48
8 Roma[lower-alpha 2] 38 11 12 15 55 58 −3 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9 Livorno 38 11 12 15 49 60 −11 45
10 Reggina 38 10 14 14 36 45 −9 44
11 Lecce 38 10 14 14 66 73 −7 44
12 Cagliari 38 10 14 14 51 60 −9 44
13 Lazio[lower-alpha 3] 38 11 11 16 48 53 −5 44 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
14 Siena 38 9 16 13 44 55 −11 43
15 Chievo 38 11 10 17 32 49 −17 43
16 Fiorentina 38 9 15 14 42 50 −8 42
17 Parma 38 10 12 16 48 65 −17 42 Relegation tie-breaker
18 Bologna (R) 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) 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:
  1. Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal
  2. 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.
  3. Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Juventus11111111111111111111111122222211221111
Milan1141143232222222222222222211111122112222
Internazionale813769656567776544444334334433333333333
Udinese152512131616121044333333333344344565445554444
Sampdoria181819161191171211111399865565655553345544455555
Palermo481085108111516161255757757877666566666666666
Messina12633256945546101411129109121314131414141312131110877777
Roma5912131412913991315111197867656677777878121213141488
Livorno1015161820201816131389151511121415131013121312131313121112987899109
Reggina14149912131518181719161416131410119878911119101113141313131413121310
Lecce93627423334687610111214121011111010891010101414141013121211
Cagliari210411687488910444968811910888101199810910988912
Lazio372581113811101281314151513101114151515151212121414117791111101113
Siena1912151516171917171818191919191818191919181818191818191918181615151616161814
Chievo75874345712651012101315161616141412141515171716171517161718171415
Fiorentina17111314151414106710111281289131215161616161616151515161818171917181916
Parma1317182018191719191917181818181919181817171717181717161617151716191515151717
Bologna16191410107101414151517171717171714151311910991188791211111210131518
Brescia2020201719151215161414141613161616171718191919171919181819201919181819191619
Atalanta616171917182020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020192020202020202020
Leader and qualification to Champions League group stage
Qualification to Champions League group stage
Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Relegation to 2005–06 Serie B
Source: Lega Serie A

Results
Home \ Away ATA BOL BRE CAG CHV FIO INT JUV LAZ LCE LIV MES MIL PAL PAR REG ROM SAM SIE UDI
Atalanta 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Bologna 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Brescia 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
Cagliari 3–3 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Chievo 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–0
Fiorentina 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2
Internazionale 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–1
Juventus 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
Lazio 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Lecce 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 5–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 3–4
Livorno 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–6 1–2
Messina 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–3 2–2 4–1 1–0
Milan 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 2–2 1–2 3–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1
Palermo 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–5
Parma 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 6–4 0–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Reggina 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–3 0–0
Roma 2–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–3
Sampdoria 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0
Siena 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–3
Udinese 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–0
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker
See also: Derby dell'Emilia
Parma0–1Bologna
Tare  18'
Attendance: 27,333
Bologna0–2Parma
Cardone  17'
Gilardino  45+2'
Attendance: 31,882

Bologna relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cristiano Lucarelli Livorno 24
2 Alberto Gilardino Parma 23
3 Vincenzo Montella Roma 21
4 Luca Toni Palermo 20
5 Mirko Vučinić Lecce 19
6 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 17
7 Adriano Internazionale 16
Mauro Esposito Cagliari
Zlatan Ibrahimović Juventus
10 David Di Michele Udinese 15
11 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 14
Francesco Flachi Sampdoria
13 Valeri Bojinov Lecce, Fiorentina 13
Tommaso Rocchi Lazio
Vincenzo Iaquinta Udinese
Christian Vieri Internazionale

Number of teams by region
Region Number of teams Teams
1  Lombardy4Atalanta, Brescia, Internazionale and Milan
2  Tuscany3Fiorentina, Livorno and Siena
3  Emilia-Romagna2Bologna and Parma
 Lazio2Lazio and Roma
 Sicily2Messina and Palermo
6  Apulia1Lecce
 Calabria1Reggina
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia1Udinese
 Liguria1Sampdoria
 Piedmont1Juventus
 Sardinia1Cagliari
 Veneto1Chievo

References and sources
  1. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
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