2004–05 Juventus FC season

Season summary

Juventus Football Club returned to domestic glory in the first season under Fabio Capello's reign. The former Juventus midfielder had a positive influence on the Juventus squad, and it seemed as though he had led the club to its 28th league title. However, that was all to change a year afterwards when Calciopoli sent Juventus to Serie B.

On the pitch in 2004–05, Swedish signing Zlatan Ibrahimović was the biggest positive surprise. Not known as an outright goalscorer at previous club Ajax, Ibrahimović hit the back of the net 16 times in his debut Serie A season. Another signing, Fabio Cannavaro, gave the team the stability it had lacked in the 2003–04 season, and helped the defense to be rock-solid. Juventus conceded just 27 goals throughout the league season and this, combined with the 67 goals scored, gave the club both the best defence and best attack of 2004–05 in Italy.

The lowest point of the season was not being able to get past Liverpool in the quarter-finals Champions League. Sami Hyypiä and Luis García scored early goals at Anfield, from which Juventus could not recover, despite a second half goal by Fabio Cannavaro that meant they could go through to a semi-final showdown with Chelsea if they won the return leg in Turin just 1–0. In this second leg, Ibrahimović missed a golden chance when all he had to do was turn in a Gianluca Zambrotta cross. After that, Juventus failed to pose any threat to the well-organized English side. Liverpool would go on to win the competition.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Winter

Reserve squad

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 2004–05 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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Matches

Trezeguet Ibrahimović Ibrahimović Trezeguet Nedvěd Camoranesi Zalayeta Nedvěd Ibrahimović Zamboni Adriano Ibrahimović Ibrahimović Camoranesi Ibrahimović Melara Domizzi Del Piero Camoranesi Emerson Del Piero Chiellini Dainelli Ibrahimović Ibrahimović Nedvěd Dalla Bona Zalayeta Ibrahimović Lucarelli Trezeguet Trezeguet Appiah

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2004–05 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Zalayeta Trezeguet

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Emerson Hysén Trezeguet Nedvěd

Group stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C

Knockout phase

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Zalayeta

Quarter-finals

García

Statistics

Players statistics

Goalscorers

• SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović 16
• ITA Alessandro Del Piero 14
• FRA David Trezeguet 9
• CZE Pavel Nedvěd 7
• URU Marcelo Zalayeta 6

References

References

1. "Statistiche Spettatori Serie A - Attendance Statistics Serie A".