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2004–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
2004–05 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerDavid O'Leary
FA Premier League10th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerNolberto Solano (8)

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.

Season summary

Villa went into the season with high hopes after finishing sixth the previous season, but this season the team's form dropped and Villa dropped to tenth in the Premiership.

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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF England ENG Jlloyd Samuel[2]
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg (captain)
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry
7 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie
8 MF England ENG Gavin McCann
9 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Ángel
10 MF England ENG Darius Vassell
11 MF Peru PER Nolberto Solano
12 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Netherlands NED Stefan Postma
14 MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba
15 DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz
16 MF France FRA Mathieu Berson
17 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham
18 FW England ENG Carlton Cole (on loan from Chelsea)
19 DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell
20 DF Czech Republic CZE Václav Drobný (on loan from Strasbourg)
22 FW England ENG Luke Moore
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis
26 FW England 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 Sweden SWE Marcus Allbäck (to Hansa Rostock)
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- DF Norway 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
25 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne Henderson
30 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF England ENG Stephen Cooke

Statistics

Starting 11

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

Pre-season

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

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
6 August MF France Mathieu Berson France Nantes £1,600,000[3]
12 July FW Carlton Cole Chelsea Season-long loan[4]
2 August DF Czech Republic Vaclav Drobny France Strasbourg Season-long loan[5]
21 May DF Denmark Martin Laursen Italy AC Milan £3,000,000[6]
January MF Cameroon 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 Sweden Marcus Allbäck Germany Hansa Rostock Free[10]
20 July DF Rob Edwards Wolves £150,000[11]
16 September DF Norway Ronny Johnsen Newcastle United Free[12]
DF Danny Jackman Stockport County £70,000
20 Jun MF Morocco 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 Norwich City 0–0 Aston Villa Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 23,805
Referee: Barry Knight
25 September 2004 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 Arsenal 3–1 Aston Villa Islington, London
15:00 BST Pirès 19' (pen.), 72'
Henry 45'		 Report Hendrie 3' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,137
Referee: Graham Poll
27 November 2004 Manchester City 2–0 Aston Villa Manchester, Greater Manchester
17:15 Macken 29'
S. Wright-Phillips 38'		 Report Hendrie Red card 90' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 44,530
Referee: Mike Riley
4 December 2004 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 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 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 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 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 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
Taylor Red card 73'
Bowyer Red card 82'
Dyer Red card 82'		 Report Ángel 5'
Barry 73' (pen.), 80' (pen.)		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,306
Referee: Barry Knight
20 April 2005 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

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/faprem/avilla.htm
  2. ^ Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them at U-21 level. However, he later chose to represent the country of his birth and made his full international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in September 2009
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3531604.stm
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3886685.stm
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3926301.stm
  6. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3734657.stm
  7. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/4221969.stm
  8. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/3786743.stm
  9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3876589.stm
  10. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3606368.stm
  11. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3882853.stm
  12. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/3655044.stm
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