2004–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

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.

Aston Villa
2004–05 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerDavid O'Leary
FA Premier League10th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nolberto Solano (8)
All: Nolberto Solano
Juan Pablo Ángel (9)
Second City Derby
46--36--28

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.

There were debuts for Steven Davis (91), Martin Laursen (84), Carlton Cole (27), Mathieu Berson (11), and Eric Djemba-Djemba (11).[1]

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Transfers

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Transferred in

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Date Pos Player From Fee
21 May 2004 CB   Martin Laursen   Milan £3,000,000
6 August 2004 CM   Mathieu Berson   Nantes £1,600,000
31 January 2005 DM   Eric Djemba-Djemba Manchester United £1,350,000
£5,950,000

Loaned in

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Date Pos Player From Loan End
11 July 2004 CF   Václav Drobný   Strasbourg 31 May 2005

Transferred out

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Date Pos Player To Fee
1 July 2004 CF Dion Dublin Leicester City Free transfer
1 July 2004 AM   Hassan Kachloul - Released
9 July 2004 CF Peter Crouch Southampton £2,000,000
20 July 2004 LB   Rob Edwards Wolverhampton Wanderers £150,000
27 August 2004 CF   Marcus Allbäck   Hansa Rostock Free transfer
16 September 2004 CB   Ronny Johnsen Newcastle United Free transfer
£2,150,000

Loaned out

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Date Pos Player To Loan End
3 August 2004 CF Stefan Moore Millwall 3 October 2004
10 August 2004 GK   Wayne Henderson Notts County 15 October 2004
9 November 2004 CB Gary Cahill Burnley 9 November 2004
2 December 2004 GK   Wayne Henderson Notts County 26 January 2005
9 December 2004 CM Stephen Cooke Wycombe Wanderers 9 January 2005
14 February 2005 RM Peter Whittingham Burnley 16 March 2005
11 March 2005 CF Stefan Moore Leicester City 31 May 2005

Overall transfer activity

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Final league table

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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: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results

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Premier League

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[3]

14 August 2004 1 Aston Villa 2–0 Southampton Birmingham
Vassell   12'
Cole   34'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,690
22 August 2004 2 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Aston Villa West Bromwich
Clement   38' Mellberg   4' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,485
25 August 2004 3 Charlton Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa London
Jeffers   29', 34'
Young   39'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,161
28 August 2004 4 Aston Villa 4–2 Newcastle United Birmingham
Mellberg   4'
Cole   53'
Barry   71'
Ángel   82'
Kluivert   28'
O'Brien   36'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,305
11 September 2004 5 Aston Villa 0–0 Chelsea Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,691
18 September 2004 6 Norwich City 0–0 Aston Villa Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,805
25 September 2004 7 Aston Villa 1–1 Crystal Palace Birmingham
Hendrie   36' Johnson   6' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,843
2 October 2004 8 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Aston Villa Blackburn
Ferguson   29'
Emerton   63'
Ángel   25'
Mellberg   80'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,502
16 October 2004 9 Arsenal 3–1 Aston Villa London
Pires   19' (pen.), 71'
Henry   45 1'
Hendrie   3' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,137
23 October 2004 10 Aston Villa 2–0 Fulham Birmingham
Solano   29'
Hendrie   75'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,460
30 October 2004 11 Everton 1–1 Aston Villa Liverpool
Bent   32' Hendrie   26' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 37,816
6 November 2004 12 Aston Villa 3–0 Portsmouth Birmingham
Whittingham   18'
Ángel   25'
Solano   40'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,633
13 November 2004 13 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Aston Villa Bolton
Diouf   21' McCann   41'
Hitzlsperger   88'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 25,779
22 November 2004 14 Aston Villa 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Solano   57' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 35,702
27 November 2004 15 Manchester City 2–0 Aston Villa Manchester
Macken   29'
Wright-Phillips   37'
Hendrie   90 1' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 45,805
4 December 2004 16 Aston Villa 1–1 Liverpool Birmingham
Solano   44' Kewell   16' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,593
12 December 2004 17 Aston Villa 1–2 Birmingham City Birmingham
Barry   90 2' Morrison   9'
Dunn   18'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,329
18 December 2004 18 Middlesbrough 3–0 Aston Villa Middlesbrough
Hasselbaink   20'
Job   69'
Reiziger   88'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 31,338
26 December 2004 19 Chelsea 1–0 Aston Villa London
Duff   30' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,988
28 December 2004 20 Aston Villa 0–1 Manchester United Birmingham
Giggs   41' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,593
1 January 2005 21 Aston Villa 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
Solano   88' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,265
3 January 2005 22 Crystal Palace 2–0 Aston Villa London
Johnson   33', 65' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 24,140
15 January 2005 23 Aston Villa 3–0 Norwich City Birmingham
Ridgewell   9'
Hendrie   27'
Solano   76'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,265
22 January 2005 24 Manchester United 3–1 Aston Villa Manchester
Ronaldo   8'
Saha   69'
Scholes   70'
Barry   53' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,859
2 February 2005 25 Fulham 1–1 Aston Villa London
Clark   90 4' Ángel   54' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,624
5 February 2005 26 Aston Villa 1–3 Arsenal Birmingham
Ángel   73' Ljungberg   10'
Henry   14'
Cole   28'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,593
12 February 2005 27 Portsmouth 1–2 Aston Villa Portsmouth
Yakubu   23' (pen.) de Zeeuw   17' (o.g.)
Hitzlsperger   73'
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,160
26 February 2005 28 Aston Villa 1–3 Everton Birmingham
Solano   46' Osman   17', 67'
Cahill   48'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,248
5 March 2005 29 Aston Villa 2–0 Middlesbrough Birmingham
Laursen   64'
Moore   79'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,201
20 March 2005 30 Birmingham City 2–0 Aston Villa Birmingham
Heskey   52'
Gray   89'
Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 29,382
2 April 2005 31 Newcastle United 0–3 Aston Villa Newcastle upon Tyne
Taylor   73'
Dyer   81'
Bowyer   82'
Ángel   4'
Barry   73' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,306
10 April 2005 32 Aston Villa 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Birmingham
Vassell   27'
Ridgewell   61'
Greening   61'
Robinson   90 3'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,402
16 April 2005 33 Southampton 2–3 Aston Villa Southampton
Phillips   4'
Crouch   13'
Cole   55'
Solano   70'
Davis   72'
Stadium: St Mary's
Attendance: 31,926
20 April 2005 34 Aston Villa 0–0 Charlton Athletic Birmingham
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 31,312
23 April 2005 35 Aston Villa 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Birmingham
Hierro   26' (o.g.) Speed   53' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 36,053
1 May 2005 36 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Aston Villa London
Kanouté   6', 27'
King   19'
Reid   67'
Kelly   90'
Barry   45' (pen.) Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,101
7 May 2005 37 Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City Birmingham
Ángel   61' Wright-Phillips   5'
Musampa   12'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,645
15 May 2005 38 Liverpool 2–1 Aston Villa Liverpool
Cissé   20' (pen.), 27' Barry   67' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,406

FA Cup

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8 January 2005 Round 3 Sheffield United 3–1 Aston Villa Sheffield
Cullip   55'
Liddell   82', 83'
Barry   47' Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 14,003

League Cup

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22 September 2004 Round 2 Aston Villa 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Birmingham
Vassell   29'
Ángel   38'
Solano   78'
McLeod   48' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 26,975
26 October 2004 Round 3 Burnley 3–1 Aston Villa Burnley
Branch   9'
Camara   65'
Valois   86'
Ángel   81' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 11,184

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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Appearances and goals

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

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
MS Notes
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

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Date Opponents Home/
Away
Result
F – A
Scorers 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

References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ "2004–05 Premier League table". Premier League. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Aston Villa match record: 2005".
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Aston Villa - 2004/05".
  5. ^ "Aston Villa players: Premier League 2005".

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Nix was born in Sydney, Australia, but was raised in England and represented England at U-16, U-18, U-20, and C level.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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