The 2004–05 season was Juventus's 107th in existence and 103rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Juventus won the league title for the 28th time in this season; the following year, Juventus were stripped of this title and sent to Serie B due to the Calciopoli scandal.
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 In Pos. Name from Type MF Emerson Ferreira Roma €28 million FW Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ajax €16 million DF Fabio Cannavaro Internazionale €10 million DF Jonathan Zebina Roma free FW Olivier Kapo Auxerre free MF Manuele Blasi Parma loan ended GK Landry Bonnefoi Messina loan ended MF Ruben Olivera Atletico Madrid loan ended FW Marcelo Zalayeta Perugia loan ended MF Edgar Davids Barcelona loan ended DF Salvatore Fresi Perugia loan ended Out Pos. Name to Type FW Marco Di Vaio Valencia €11 million GK Fabián Carini Internazionale €10 million MF Edgar Davids Internazionale free MF Antonio Conte retired FW Fabrizio Miccoli Fiorentina €7 million MF Enzo Maresca Fiorentina loan DF Salvatore Fresi Catania loan FW Marcelo Salas River Plate free
Winter In Pos. Name from Type FW Adrian Mutu Livorno free Out Pos. Name to Type DF Mark Iuliano Mallorca loan DF Igor Tudor Siena loan DF Nicola Legrottaglie Bologna loan
Reserve squad
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Group stage
+Group CTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Juventus651061+516 Bayern Munich6312125+710 Ajax6114610−44 Maccabi Tel Aviv6114412−84
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Statistics Players statistics
Goalscorers Zlatan Ibrahimović 16 Alessandro Del Piero 14 David Trezeguet 9 Pavel Nedvěd 7 Marcelo Zalayeta 6
References