# 2004–05 Reggina Calcio season

Reggina Calcio took major steps in establishing itself in Serie A under new coach Walter Mazzarri. The relegation battle was the tightest ever, but Reggina's points average was its highest in the top division yet, resulting in a surprising 10th place. This success also meant the team lost several key players, with Shunsuke Nakamura, Martin Jiránek and Emiliano Bonazzoli being hard to replace.

## Squad

    As of match played 29 May 2005
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| | Nicola Pavarini | GK | (1974-02-24)24 February 1974 (aged 31) | Livorno | 2004 | |
| | Salvatore Soviero | GK | (1973-07-18)18 July 1973 (aged 31) | Venezia | 2004 | |
| | Giacomo Mazzi | GK | (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 26) | Lodigiani | 2004 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| | Iacopo Balestri | DF | (1975-06-21)21 June 1975 (aged 29) | Modena | 2004 | |
| | Juriy Cannarsa | DF | (1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 29) | Livorno | 2004 | |
| | Gaetano De Rosa | DF | (1973-05-10)10 May 1973 (aged 32) | Bari | 2004 | |
| | Ivan Franceschini | DF | (1976-12-07)7 December 1976 (aged 28) | Genoa | 2001 | |
| | Felice Piccolo | DF | (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 21) | Como | 2004 | |
| | Marco Zamboni | DF | (1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 27) | Napoli | 2004 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| | Ricardo Verón | MF | (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 24) | San Lorenzo | 2001 | |
| | Mozart | MF | (1979-11-08)8 November 1979 (aged 25) | Flamengo | 2000 | |
| | Giuseppe Colucci | MF | (1980-08-24)24 August 1980 (aged 24) | on loan from Hellas Verona | 2004 | 2005 |
| | Giandomenico Mesto | MF | (1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 1998 | |
| | Simone Missiroli | MF | (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2004 | |
| | Giacomo Tedesco | MF | (1976-02-01)1 February 1976 (aged 29) | Cosenza | 2003 | |
| | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 26) | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2002 | |
| | Carlos Paredes | MF | (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 28) | Porto | 2002 | |
| | Ricardo Esteves | MF | (1979-09-16)16 September 1979 (aged 25) | Paços Ferreira | 2004 | |
| | Viktor Budyanskiy | MF | (1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 21) | Co-ownership with Juventus | 2005 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| | Emiliano Bonazzoli | FW | (1979-01-20)20 January 1979 (aged 26) | Parma | 2003 | |
| | Marco Borriello | FW | (1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 22) | on loan from AC Milan | 2004 | 2005 |
| | Massimo Ganci | FW | (1981-11-17)17 November 1981 (aged 23) | on loan from Treviso | 2004 | 2005 |
| | Ilyos Zeytulayev | FW | (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 20) | Co-ownership with Juventus | 2005 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 12 September 2004 | 29 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 026.32 |
| Coppa Italia | 16 September 2004 | 29 September 2004 | Second stage | Second stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 025.00 |
Last updated: 29 May 2005 Source: Competitions

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Roma | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Livorno | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 45 | |
| 10 | Reggina | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 44 | |
| 11 | Lecce | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 73 | −7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 44 | |
* ↑ Roma gained entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as 2004–05 Coppa Italia runners-up: champions Internazionale qualified to the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2005. Source: Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 |

#### Results
### Coppa Italia
## Squad statistics
### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | FW | | | Emiliano Bonazzoli | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | | | Giuseppe Colucci | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | | | Carlos Paredes | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | | | Ivan Franceschini | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | | Gaetano De Rosa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | | Marco Borriello | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | | Marco Zamboni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | | Shunsuke Nakamura | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | | Mozart | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | | Davide Dionigi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | | Giacomo Tedesco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | | Ricardo Esteves | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | | Giandomenico Mesto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 3 | 39 |

## Sources

* RSSSF - Italy 2004/05
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* ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.