2004–05 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)
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

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.

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]

Kit

Kit Supplier Sponsor
Hummel DWS Investments

Transfers

Transferred in

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

Loaned in

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

Transferred out

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

Loaned out

Date Pos Player To Loan End
3 August 2004 CF Stefan Moore Millwall 3 October 2004
10 August 2004 GK Republic of Ireland Wayne Henderson Notts County 15 October 2004
9 November 2004 CB Gary Cahill Burnley 9 November 2004
2 December 2004 GK Republic of Ireland 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

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 FA Premier League
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

Premier League

[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 Red card 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 Red card 73'
Dyer Red card 81'
Bowyer Red card 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 Red card 61'		 Greening Red card 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

Main article: 2004–05 FA Cup
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

Main article: 2004–05 Football League Cup
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

First-team squad

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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney
3 DF England ENG Jlloyd Samuel[notes 1]
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
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
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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Czech Republic CZE Václav Drobný (on loan from Strasbourg)
25 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne Henderson
30 FW England ENG Gabriel Agbonlahor
— DF England ENG Stuart Bridges
— DF England ENG Gary Cahill
— DF England ENG James O'Connor
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Kevin Mulcahy
— MF England ENG Stephen Cooke
— MF England ENG Kyle Nix[notes 2]
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Foley-Sheridan
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Jamie Ward[notes 3]
— FW Finland FIN Mika Ääritalo

Youth squad

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 Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Henderson
— GK Austria AUT Bobby Olejnik
— GK Finland FIN Jon Masalin
— DF England ENG Ashley Edkins
— DF England ENG Paul Green
— DF England ENG Michael Tuohy
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Halloran
— DF Denmark DEN Magnus Troest
— MF England ENG Morgan Evans
— MF England ENG Phil Green
— MF England ENG Jonathan Hogg
— MF England ENG Isaiah Osbourne
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL John Paul Kelly (on trial)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Belgium BEL Christian Tshimanga Kabeya[notes 4]
— FW England ENG Sam Baldock (on trial from Milton Keynes Dons)
— FW England ENG Scott Bridges
— FW England ENG Shane Paul
— FW England ENG Sam Williams
— FW Northern Ireland NIR Adam McGurk
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Amadou Kouman
— DF   Seyi Morgan
— DF   Matt Saunders
— MF   Rowan Caney
—   Ashley Carew
—   Andrew Malpass

Other players

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 Republic of Ireland IRL David Bevan
— GK Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Boyle
— DF England ENG Jordan Collins
— DF England ENG Lee Grant (on loan to York City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Australia AUS Shane Lowry[notes 5]
— MF England ENG Nathan Jackson
— MF England ENG Dan McDonald
— MF Australia AUS Chris Herd

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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 Denmark DEN Thomas Sørensen 39 0 36 0 1 0 2 0
13 GK Netherlands NED Stefan Postma 3 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Delaney 32 0 30 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jlloyd Samuel 38 0 34+1 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mellberg 33 3 30 3 1 0 2 0
5 DF Denmark DEN Martin Laursen 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ecuador ECU Ulises de la Cruz 35 0 30+4 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF England ENG Liam Ridgewell 17 0 12+3 0 1 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF England ENG Gareth Barry 36 8 33+1 7 1 1 1 0
7 MF England ENG Lee Hendrie 32 5 25+4 5 1 0 2 0
8 MF England ENG Gavin McCann 23 1 20 1 1 0 2 0
11 MF Peru PER Nolberto Solano 39 9 32+4 8 1 0 2 1
12 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 30 2 17+11 2 0 0 0+2 0
14 MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba 6 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF France FRA Mathieu Berson 13 0 7+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham 15 1 5+8 1 0 0 2 0
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis 29 1 19+9 1 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Ángel 38 9 30+5 7 1 0 2 2
10 FW England ENG Darius Vassell 22 3 17+4 2 0 0 1 1
18 FW England ENG Carlton Cole 30 3 18+9 3 1 0 1+1 0
22 FW England ENG Luke Moore 27 1 5+20 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
26 FW England ENG Stefan Moore 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Competitions

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 Sweden A 6 – 0 Friendly
22 July 2004 Kungsbacka BI Sweden A 7 – 2 Friendly
24 July 2004 Jonkopings Sodra Sweden A 3 – 0 Friendly
27 July 2004 Orgryte Sweden 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 Netherlands A 1 – 0 Friendly

References

  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

  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.