# 2004–05 Juventus FC season

The 2004–05 season was Juventus FC'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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ciro Ferrara |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi |
| 4 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Igor Tudor |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Pessotto |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Emerson |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Zlatan Ibrahimović |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero (captain) |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Mark Iuliano |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Birindelli |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Mauro Camoranesi |
| 17 | FW | FRA | David Trezeguet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Stephen Appiah |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram |
| 22 | GK | FRA | Landry Bonnefoi |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Olivier Kapo |
| 24 | MF | URU | Rubén Olivera |
| 25 | FW | URU | Marcelo Zalayeta |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Zebina |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Antonio Chimenti |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Andrea Masiello |
| 36 | MF | ITA | Paolo De Ceglie |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Emerson Ferreira | AS Roma | €28 million |
| FW | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | AFC Ajax | €16 million |
| DF | Fabio Cannavaro | Internazionale | €10 million |
| DF | Jonathan Zebina | AS Roma | free |
| FW | Olivier Kapo | AJ Auxerre | free |
| MF | Manuele Blasi | Parma F.C. | loan ended |
| GK | Landry Bonnefoi | Messina | loan ended |
| MF | Ruben Olivera | Atletico Madrid | loan ended |
| FW | Marcelo Zalayeta | Perugia Calcio | loan ended |
| MF | Edgar Davids | FC Barcelona | loan ended |
| DF | Salvatore Fresi | Perugia Calcio | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| FW | Marco Di Vaio | Valencia CF | €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 Calcio | loan |
| FW | Marcelo Salas | River Plate | free |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Adrian Mutu | A.S. Livorno | free |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | to | Type |
| DF | Mark Iuliano | RCD Mallorca | loan |
| DF | Igor Tudor | AC Siena | loan |
| DF | Nicola Legrottaglie | Bologna F.C. | loan |

#### Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Domenico Criscito |
| 33 | GK | ITA | Claudio Scarzanella |
| 35 | MF | ITA | Andrea Rossi |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Michele Paolucci |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 39 | MF | ITA | Claudio Marchisio |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Simone Bentivoglio |
| 41 | MF | ITA | Andrea Luci |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 86 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 28 | +35 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Internazionale | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Udinese | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal

#### 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: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Champions League | Champions League | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Buffon | 48 | -29 | 37 | -23 | 11 | -6 |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Zebina | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Cannavaro | 47 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Thuram | 49 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Zambrotta | 48 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Camoranesi | 46 | 5 | 34+2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 44 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Blasi | 36 | 0 | 18+9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Nedved | 38 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Ibrahimovic | 45 | 16 | 31+4 | 16 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Del Piero | 41 | 17 | 27+3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Chimenti | 5 | -10 | 1+1 | -4 | 1 | -1 | 2 | -5 |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Trezeguet | 24 | 14 | 14+4 | 9 | 3+2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Appiah | 23 | 2 | 14+4 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ITA | Pessotto | 26 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | URU | Zalayeta | 38 | 9 | 10+18 | 6 | 3+5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Tacchinardi | 24 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | URU | Olivera | 28 | 4 | 6+12 | 4 | 2+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Birindelli | 18 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | URU | Montero | 12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Kapo | 19 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Ferrara | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Tudor | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Legrottaglie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Iuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | FRA | Bonnefoi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Mutu | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Masiello | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ITA | De Ceglie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Miccoli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Volpato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2004/1253/

### Goalscorers

* Zlatan Ibrahimović 16
* Alessandro Del Piero 14
* David Trezeguet 9
* Pavel Nedvěd 7
* Marcelo Zalayeta 6