2004-05 season

2004-05 season
General information
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Runners-up
Europe	Champions League: Winners
Top scorers
League	Baros (9)
FA Cup	None
League Cup	Baros (2) Steven Gerrard (2) Neil Mellor (2)
Europe	Champions League: Garcia (5)
Overall	Baros (13) Steven Gerrard (13) Garcia (13)
Attendances
Average	41,303
←2003-04	2005-06→

The 2004-05 season was Liverpool's 113th season of football since they were established. Liverpool won the Champions League this season, coming back from 3-0 down against AC Milan to level the scores at 3-3. Liverpool won the match 3-2 on penalties. Liverpool also made it to the League Cup final only to be beaten 3-2 by Chelsea.

Competition performance

Competition	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Top Scorer
Premier League	5th	38	17	7	14	52	41	Milan Baros (9)
Champions League	Winners	13	7	4	2	18	9	Luis Garcia (5)
Champions League (Q)	Qualified	2	1	0	1	2	1	Steven Gerrard (2)
FA Cup	3rd Round	1	0	0	1	0	1	None
League Cup	Runners-Up	6	4	1	1	10	4	Baros, Mellor, Gerrard (2)
Overall	-	60	29	12	19	82	56	Baros, Garcia, Gerrard (13)

Squad

• 1 Jerzy Dudek
• 2 Stephane Henchoz
• 3 Steve Finnan
• 4 Sami Hyypia
• 5 Milan Baros
• 6 John Arne Riise
• 7 Harry Kewell
• 8 Steven Gerrard
• 9 Djibril Cisse
• 10 Michael Owen
• 10 Luis Garcia
• 11 Vladimir Smicer
• 12 Mauricio Pellegrino
• 13 Anthony Le Tallec
• 14 Xabi Alonso
• 15 Salif Diao
• 16 Dietmar Hamann
• 17 Josemi
• 18 Antonio Nunez
• 19 Fernando Morientes
• 20 Scott Carson
• 21 Djimi Traore
• 22 Chris Kirkland
• 23 Jamie Carragher
• 24 Florent Sinama-Pongolle
• 25 Igor Biscan
• 26 Richie Partridge
• 28 Stephen Warnock
• 29 Patrice Luzi
• 31 David Raven
• 32 John Welsh
• 33 Neil Mellor
• 34 Darren Potter
• 36 Jon Otsemobor
• 37 Zak Whitbread
• 40 Paul Harrison
• 41 Mark Smyth
• 42 Robbie Foy

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
21 July 2004	Wrexham	2-1	Le Tallec (25, 78)
27 July 2004	Celtic	5-1	Arne Riise (4), Owen (16), Cisse (62, 76), Henchoz (68)
31 July 2004	Porto	0-1
4 August 2004	Roma	2-1	Cisse (37), Owen (85)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
14 August 2004	Tottenham	1-1	Away	Cisse (38)
21 August 2004	Man City	2-1	Home	Baros (48), Gerrard (75)
29 August 2004	Bolton	0-1	Away
11 September 2004	West Brom	3-0	Home	Gerrard (16), Finnan (42), Garcia (60)
20 September 2004	Man Utd	1-2	Away	O'Shea (og 54)
25 September 2004	Norwich	3-0	Home	Baros (23), Garcia (26), Cisse (64)
3 October 2004	Chelsea	0-1	Away
16 October 2004	Fulham	4-2	Away	Knight (og 50), Baros (71), Alonso (79), Biscan (90)
23 October 2004	Charlton	2-0	Home	Arne Riise (52), Garcia (74)
30 October 2004	Blackburn	2-2	Away	Arne Riise (7), Baros (53)
6 November 2004	Birmingham	0-1	Home
13 November 2004	Crystal Palace	3-2	Home	Baros (pen 23, 45, pen 90)
20 November 2004	Middlesbrough	0-2	Away
28 November 2004	Arsenal	2-1	Home	Alonso (41), Mellor (90)
4 December 2004	Aston Villa	1-1	Away	Kewell (17)
11 December 2004	Everton	0-1	Away
14 December 2004	Portsmouth	1-1	Home	Gerrard (70)
19 December 2004	Newcastle	3-1	Home	Bramble (og 35), Mellor (38), Baros(61)
26 December 2004	West Brom	5-0	Away	Arne Riise (18, 83), Sinama-Pongolle (51), Gerrard (55), Garcia (89)
28 December 2004	Southampton	1-0	Home	Sinama-Pongolle (44)
1 January 2005	Chelsea	0-1	Home
3 January 2005	Norwich	2-1	Away	Garcia (58), Arne Riise (64)
15 January 2005	Man Utd	0-1	Home
22 January 2005	Southampton	0-2	Away
1 February 2005	Charlton	2-1	Away	Morientes (61), Arne Riise (79)
5 February 2005	Fulham	3-1	Home	Morientes (9), Hyypia (63), Baros (77)
12 February 2005	Birmingham	0-2	Away
5 March 2005	Newcastle	0-1	Away
16 March 2005	Blackburn	0-0	Home
20 March 2005	Everton	2-1	Home	Gerrard (27), Garcia (32)
2 April 2005	Bolton	1-0	Home	Biscan (86)
9 April 2005	Man City	0-1	Away
16 April 2005	Tottenham	2-2	Home	Garcia (44), Hyypia (63)
20 April 2005	Portsmouth	2-1	Away	Morientes (4), Garcia (44)
23 April 2005	Crystal Palace	0-1	Away
30 April 2005	Middlesbrough	1-1	Home	Gerrard (52)
8 May 2005	Arsenal	1-3	Away	Gerrard (51)
15 May 2005	Aston Villa	2-1	Home	Cisse (pen 19, 27)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	18 January 2005	Burnley	0-1	Away

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	26 October 2004	Millwall	3-0	Away	Diao (18), Baros (70, 90)
4	10 November 2004	Middlesbrough	2-0	Home	Mellor (83, 89)
Quarter final	1 December 2004	Tottenham	1-1	Away	Sinama-Pongolle (pen 117)
Semi-final (1st leg)	11 January 2005	Watford	1-0	Home	Gerrard (56)
Semi-final (2nd leg)	25 January 2005	Watford	1-0	Away	Gerrard (77)
Final	27 February 2005	Chelsea	2-3	Neutral	Arne Riise (1), Nunez (113)

Champions League

Qualifying stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3 (1st leg)	10 August 2004	Graz AK	2-0	Away	Gerrard (23, 79)
3 (2nd leg)	24 August 2004	Graz AK	0-1	Home

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
15 September 2004	Monaco	2-0	Home	Cisse (22), Baros (84)
28 September 2004	Olympiakos	0-1	Away
19 October 2004	Deportivo La Coruna	0-0	Home
3 November 2004	Deportivo La Coruna	1-0	Away	Andrade (og 14)
23 November 2004	Monaco	0-1	Away
8 December 2004	Olympiakos	3-1	Home	Sinama-Pongolle (47), Mellor (80), Gerrard (86)

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg)	22 February 2005	Bayer Leverkusen	3-1	Home	Garcia (15), Arne Riise (35), Hamann (90)
Last 16 (2nd leg)	9 March 2005	Bayer Leverkusen	3-1	Away	Garcia (28, 32), Baros (67)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	5 April 2005	Juventus	2-1	Home	Hyypia (10), Garcia (25)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	13 April 2005	Juventus	0-0	Away
Semi-final (1st leg)	27 April 2005	Chelsea	0-0	Away
Semi-final (2nd leg)	3 May 2005	Chelsea	1-0	Home	Garcia (4)
Final	25 May 2005	AC Milan	3-3	Neutral	Gerrard (54), Smicer (56), Alonso (59)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	24	0	1	0	6	0	10	0	41	0
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
3	DF	Steve Finnan	33	1	0	0	5	0	14	0	52	1
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	32	2	1	0	1	0	15	1	49	3
5	FW	Milan Baros	26	9	1	0	4	2	14	2	45	13
6	DF	John Arne Riise	37	6	0	0	5	1	15	1	57	8
7	MF	Harry Kewell	18	1	0	0	1	0	12	0	31	1
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	30	7	0	0	3	2	10	4	43	13
9	FW	Djibril Cisse	16	4	0	0	0	0	9	1	25	3
10	MF	Luis Garcia	29	8	0	0	3	0	12	5	44	13
11	MF	Vladimir Smicer	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	16	1
12	DF	Mauricio Pellegrino	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
13	FW	Anthony Le Tallec	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
14	MF	Xabi Alonso	24	2	0	0	0	0	8	1	32	3
15	MF	Salif Diao	8	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	14	1
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	30	0	0	0	3	0	10	1	43	1
17	DF	Josemi	15	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	23	0
18	MF	Antonio Nunez	18	0	1	0	3	1	5	0	27	1
19	FW	Fernando Morientes	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	3
20	GK	Scott Carson	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
21	DF	Djimi Traore	26	0	1	0	5	0	10	0	42	0
22	GK	Chris Kirkland	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	14	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	38	0	0	0	3	0	15	0	56	0
24	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	16	2	1	0	5	1	4	1	26	4
25	MF	Igor Biscan	19	2	1	0	6	0	9	0	35	2
26	MF	Ritchie Partridge	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	Stephen Warnock	19	0	1	0	4	0	6	0	30	0
31	DF	David Raven	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
32	MF	John Welsh	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
33	FW	Neil Mellor	9	2	1	0	4	2	2	1	16	5
34	MF	Darren Potter	2	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	10	0
37	DF	Zak Whitbread	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
41	MF	Mark Smyth	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
4	Everton	38	18	7	13	45	46	-1	61
5	Liverpool	38	17	7	14	52	41	11	58
6	Bolton	38	16	10	12	49	44	5	58

Europe

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Monaco	6	4	0	2	10	4	6	12
2	Liverpool	6	3	1	2	6	3	3	10
3	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
4	Deportive La Coruna	6	0	2	4	0	9	−9	2

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Djibril Cisse	Auxerre	£14,500,000	1 July 2004
Josemi	Malaga	£2,000,000	26 July 2004
Antonio Nunez	Real Madrid	£1,500,000	17 August 2004
Xabi Alonso	Real Sociedad	£10,700,000	20 August 2004
Luis Garcia	Barcelona	£6,000,000	20 August 2004
Mauricio Pellegrino	Valencia	Free	5 January 2005
Fernando Morientes	Real Madrid	£6,300,000	13 January 2005
Scott Carson	Leeds United	£1,000,000	21 January 2005

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Markus Babbel	Stuttgart	Free	16 July 2004
Danny Murphy	Charlton	£2,500,000	10 August 2004
Michael Owen	Real Madrid	£8,500,000	14 August 2004
Stephane Henchoz	Celtic	Free	28 January 2005