# 2004–05 Villarreal CF season

The 2004–05 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 82nd season in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| La Liga | 30 August 2004 | 29 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 047.37 |
| Copa del Rey | 28 October 2004 | 28 October 2004 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004 | 14 April 2005 | First round | Quarter-finals | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 3 July 2004 | 24 August 2004 | Second round | Winners | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 101 | 49 | +52 | 050.85 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 73 | 29 | +44 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Real Betis | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Espanyol | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 61 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Villarreal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Partizan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Lazio | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Egaleo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | |