The 2004–05 English football season was Aston Villa's 13th season in the 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). Kit Supplier Sponsor Hummel DWS Investments
Premier League
Matches
FA Cup
League Cup
Players First-team squad As of end of season
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Squad at end of season
Transfers Left club during season
Transferred in DatePosPlayerFromFee 21 May 2004 CB Martin Laursen Milan £3,000,000 6 August 2004 CM Mathieu Berson Nantes £1,600,000 31 January 2005 DM Eric Djemba-Djemba Manchester United £1,350,000£5,950,000
Loaned in DatePosPlayerFromLoan End 11 July 2004 CF Václav Drobný Strasbourg 31 May 2005
Transferred out DatePosPlayerToFee 1 July 2004 CF Dion Dublin Leicester City Free transfer 1 July 2004 AM Hassan Kachloul - Released 9 July 2004 CF Peter Crouch Southampton £2,000,000 20 July 2004 LB Rob Edwards Wolverhampton Wanderers £150,000 27 August 2004 CF Marcus Allbäck Hansa Rostock Free transfer 16 September 2004 CB Ronny Johnsen Newcastle United Free transfer£2,150,000
Loaned out DatePosPlayerToLoan End 3 August 2004 CF Stefan Moore Millwall 3 October 2004 10 August 2004 GK Wayne Henderson Notts County 15 October 2004 9 November 2004 CB Gary Cahill Burnley 9 November 2004 2 December 2004 GK 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
Expenditure £5,950,000
Income £2,150,000
Balance £3,800,000
Reserve & Youth squad
Youth squad
Other players The following players did not play for any Aston Villa team this season.
Pre-season DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersCompetition21 July 2005Kungshamns IF A6 – 0 Friendly22 July 2004Kungsbacka BI A7 – 2Friendly24 July 2004Jonkopings Sodra A3 – 0Friendly27 July 2004Orgryte A0 – 0Friendly30 July 2004WalsallA1 – 2Friendly31 July 2004TamworthA3 – 0Friendly3 August 2004DerbyA1 – 2Friendly7 August 2004AZ Alkmaar A1 – 0Friendly
References
Notes
External links Aston Villa official website avfchistory.co.uk 2004–05 season