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 (Group stage) Milan (Group stage) Internazionale (Third qualifying round) Udinese (Third qualifying round)
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 first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the 3rd and 4th places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the 5th and 6th 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, although they were later stripped of the title due to their involvement in the 2006 Serie A scandal. Runners-up AC 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 6th 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, 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	Delio Rossi	Asics	Promatech
Bologna	Carlo Mazzone	Macron	Amica Chips
Brescia	Gianni De Biasi	Kappa	Banca Lombarda
Cagliari	Daniele Arrigoni	A-Line	Terra Sarda
Chievo	Mario Beretta	Joma	Paluani
Fiorentina	Sergio Buso Emiliano Mondonico	Adidas	Toyota
Inter	Roberto Mancini	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Fabio Capello	Nike	SKY Sports
Lazio	Giuseppe Papadopulo Domenico Caso	Puma	Parmacotto
Lecce	Zdenek Zeman	Asics	Salento
Livorno	Franco Colomba	Asics	Banca Carige
Milan	Carlo Ancelotti	Adidas	Opel
Messina	Bortolo Mutti	Legea	Caffe Miscela D'Oro
Parma	Silvio Baldini	Champion	Champion
Palermo	Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	Provincia di Palermo
Reggina	Walter Mazzarri	Asics	Gicos
Roma	Luigi Delneri	Diadora	Mazda
Sampdoria	Walter Novellino	Kappa	ERG
Siena	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	0861	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Milan	38	23	10	5	63	28	+35	79
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
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
7	Messina	38	12	12	14	44	52	−8	48
8	Roma	38	11	12	15	55	58	−3	0452	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round
9	Livorno	38	11	12	15	49	60	−11	45
10	Lazio	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	0443	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44
12	Cagliari	38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44
13	Reggina	38	10	14	14	36	45	−9	44
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
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: 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
¹ Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal
²Roma 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.
³Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 (Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Parma	2-1	Bologna	0-1	2-0

Bologna F.C. 1909 relegated to Serie B.

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006

External links

• it:Serie A 2004-2005 - Italian version with pictures and info.
• [1] - All results on RSSSF Website.
• 2004/2005 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)