2004–05 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2004–05
Champions	Not awarded (Juventus were stripped of their title due to match fixing)
Relegated	Bologna; Brescia; Atalanta
Champions League	Juventus; Milan; Internazionale; Udinese
UEFA Cup	Sampdoria; Palermo; Roma
Matches played	380
Goals scored	960 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Lucarelli (24)
Highest scoring	Livorno 4–6 Parma
Average attendance	26,098
	← 2003–04 2005–06 → 2004–05 Serie A team distribution

In the 2004–05 season, the Serie A, the highest professional football league in Italy, was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons. The Coppa Campioni d'Italia was presented to the winners on the pitch for the first time.

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 the last three teams were to be relegated in Serie B, the Italian second division.

Juventus finished as champions, however they were later stripped of the title due to their involvement in the 2006 Serie A scandal. 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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus	38	26	8	4	67	27	+40	86^[a]	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Milan	38	23	10	5	63	28	+35	79	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Internazionale	38	18	18	2	65	37	+28	72	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Udinese	38	17	11	10	56	40	+16	62	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Sampdoria	38	17	10	11	42	29	+13	61	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round
6	Palermo	38	12	17	9	48	44	+4	53	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round
7	Messina	38	12	12	14	44	52	−8	48
8	Roma	38	11	12	15	55	58	−3	45^[b]	2005–06 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	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44^[c]	2005 UEFA 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	Relegation to Serie B after Relegation 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	Relegation to Serie B

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal
^ 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.
^ 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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
Juventus	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Milan	11	4	11	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Internazionale	8	13	7	6	9	6	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Udinese	15	2	5	12	13	16	16	12	10	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Sampdoria	18	18	19	16	11	9	11	7	12	11	11	13	9	9	8	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Palermo	4	8	10	8	5	10	8	11	15	16	16	12	5	5	7	5	7	7	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Messina	12	6	3	3	2	5	6	9	4	5	5	4	6	10	14	11	12	9	10	9	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	11	10	8	7	7	7	7	7
Roma	5	9	12	13	14	12	9	13	9	9	13	15	11	11	9	7	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	12	12	13	14	14	8	8
Livorno	10	15	16	18	20	20	18	16	13	13	8	9	15	15	11	12	14	15	13	10	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	12	9	8	7	8	9	9	10	9
Reggina	14	14	9	9	12	13	15	18	18	17	19	16	14	16	13	14	10	11	9	8	7	8	9	11	11	9	10	11	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	10
Lecce	9	3	6	2	7	4	2	3	3	3	4	6	8	7	6	10	11	12	14	12	10	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	10	13	12	12	11
Cagliari	2	10	4	11	6	8	7	4	8	8	9	10	4	4	4	9	6	8	8	11	9	10	8	8	8	10	11	9	9	8	10	9	10	9	8	8	9	12
Lazio	3	7	2	5	8	11	13	8	11	10	12	8	13	14	15	15	13	10	11	14	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	14	14	11	7	7	9	11	11	10	11	13
Siena	19	12	15	15	16	17	19	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	18	18	16	15	15	16	16	16	18	14
Chievo	7	5	8	7	4	3	4	5	7	12	6	5	10	12	10	13	15	16	16	16	14	14	12	14	15	15	17	17	16	17	15	17	16	17	18	17	14	15
Fiorentina	17	11	13	14	15	14	14	10	6	7	10	11	12	8	12	8	9	13	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	19	17	18	19	16
Parma	13	17	18	20	18	19	17	19	19	19	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	15	17	16	19	15	15	15	17	17
Bologna	16	19	14	10	10	7	10	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	15	13	11	9	10	9	9	11	8	8	7	9	12	11	11	12	10	13	15	18
Brescia	20	20	20	17	19	15	12	15	16	14	14	14	16	13	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	19	19	18	18	19	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	16	19
Atalanta	6	16	17	19	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	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

Personnel and Sponsoring

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation tie-breaker

Top scorers

References and sources

External links