# 2004–05 Fulham F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was Fulham F.C.'s fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They were managed by former player, Chris Coleman, who managed to guide them into a mid-table position of 13th.
Despite not being involved in a relegation dogfight at the end of the season, they still had a big say in deciding who went down as they beat Norwich City 6–0 on the last day to relegate the East Anglians and save West Bromwich Albion.
In other competitions, they reached the quarter finals of the League Cup, where they lost to Chelsea, and also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup. They also had a Pakistani player in the 2004 season named Zesh Rehman

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | NED | Edwin van der Sar |
| 2 | DF | GER | Moritz Volz |
| 3 | DF | USA | Carlos Bocanegra |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Legwinski |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Zat Knight |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Mark Pembridge |
| 8 | FW | USA | Brian McBride |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andy Cole |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lee Clark (captain) |
| 11 | FW | POR | Luís Boa Morte |
| 12 | GK | WAL | Mark Crossley |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Papa Bouba Diop |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | NED | Collins John |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tomasz Radzinski |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Elvis Hammond |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Claus Jensen |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Zesh Rehman |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Michael Timlin |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Alain Goma |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Malik Buari |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Omar Saleem |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Adam Green |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ian Pearce |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Billy McKinlay |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior |

### 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 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Ross Flitney |
| 16 | GK | POR | Ricardo Batista |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Bonnissel |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Dean Leacock |
| 26 | FW | ARG | Facundo Sava |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Sean Doherty |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Darren Pratley |
| 33 | FW | SCO | Stuart Noble |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Neale McDermott |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Robbie Watkins |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Ismael Ehui |
| — | MF | WAL | Alex Lawless |
| — | MF | PAK | Zesh Rehman |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 31 June 2005
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Football League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | NED | Edwin van der Sar | 40 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | WAL | Mark Crossley | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Moritz Volz | 36 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Carlos Bocanegra | 35 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Zat Knight | 42 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Zesh Rehman | 23 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Alain Goma | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Liam Fontaine | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Adam Green | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Ian Pearce | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Liam Rosenior | 23 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | FRA | Steed Malbranque | 31 | 7 | 22+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Sylvain Legwinski | 22 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | WAL | Mark Pembridge | 34 | 1 | 26+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lee Clark | 22 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Papa Bouba Diop | 35 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Claus Jensen | 15 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Michael Timlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Malik Buari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | USA | Brian McBride | 37 | 9 | 15+16 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andy Cole | 39 | 13 | 29+2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Luís Boa Morte | 39 | 9 | 29+2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NED | Collins John | 34 | 6 | 13+14 | 4 | 1+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tomasz Radzinski | 41 | 11 | 25+10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Elvis Hammond | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
* GK: #1, Edwin van der Sar, 39
* RB: #2, Moritz Volz, 36
* CB: #6, Zat Knight, 42
* CB: #21, Zesh Rehman, 21 (#37, Liam Rosenior, also has 21 starts)
* LB: #3, Carlos Bocanegra, 33
* CM: #4, Steed Malbranque, 27
* CM: #14, Papa Bouba Diop, 35
* CM: #7, Mark Pembridge, 31
* RF: #11, Luís Boa Morte, 37
* CF: #9, Andy Cole, 37
* LF: #17, Tomasz Radzinski, 31

## Transfers

In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 July 2004 | FW | Andy Cole | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2004 | FW | Tomasz Radzinski | Everton | Undisclosed (estimated £1,750,000) |
| 23 July 2004 | MF | Claus Jensen | Charlton Athletic | £1,250,000 |
| 27 July 2004 | MF | Papa Bouba Diop | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2005 | GK | Jaroslav Drobný | Panionios | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2005 | MF | Ahmad Elrich | Busan I'cons | Undisclosed |
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 11 July 2004 | DF | Mark Hudson | Crystal Palace | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2005 | GK | Edwin van der Sar | Manchester United | Undisclosed (estimated £2,000,000) |

## Competitions
### Overall

* Premier League: 13th
* League Cup: Quarter-finals
* FA Cup: Fifth round

### Premier League
#### Premier League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 46 | |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 45 | |
| 13 | Fulham | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 44 | |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 44 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 May 2004. Source: Barclays Premier League

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 |

## Results
### Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 14 August 2004 | Manchester City | A | 1–1 | 44,026 | John |
| 21 August 2004 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2–0 | 17,541 | Cole (2) |
| 25 August 2004 | Middlesbrough | H | 0–2 | 17,759 | |
| 30 August 2004 | Portsmouth | A | 3–4 | 19,728 | Cole, Boa Morte, Bocanegra |
| 11 September 2004 | Arsenal | H | 0–3 | 21,681 | |
| 18 September 2004 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1–1 | 24,128 | Cole |
| 25 September 2004 | Southampton | H | 1–0 | 19,237 | Radzinski |
| 4 October 2004 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–2 | 21,825 | |
| 16 October 2004 | Liverpool | H | 2–4 | 21,884 | Boa Morte (2) |
| 23 October 2004 | Aston Villa | A | 0–2 | 34,460 | |
| 30 October 2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–0 | 21,137 | Boa Morte, Cole |
| 7 November 2004 | Newcastle United | A | 4–1 | 51,118 | John, Malbranque (2), Boa Morte |
| 13 November 2004 | Chelsea | H | 1–4 | 21,877 | Diop |
| 20 November 2004 | Everton | A | 0–1 | 34,763 | |
| 27 November 2004 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0–2 | 19,103 | |
| 4 December 2004 | Norwich City | A | 1–0 | 23,755 | Cole |
| 13 December 2004 | Manchester United | H | 1–1 | 21,940 | Diop |
| 20 December 2004 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–2 | 26,108 | Radzinski |
| 26 December 2004 | Arsenal | A | 0–2 | 38,047 | |
| 28 December 2004 | Birmingham City | H | 2–3 | 18,706 | Legwinski, Radzinski |
| 1 January 2005 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–1 | 18,680 | Cole (2), Radzinski |
| 5 January 2005 | Southampton | A | 3–3 | 27,343 | Diop, Malbranque, Radzinski |
| 16 January 2005 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | 16,180 | Diop |
| 22 January 2005 | Birmingham City | A | 2–1 | 28,512 | Cole (pen.), Diop |
| 2 February 2005 | Aston Villa | H | 1–1 | 17,624 | Clark |
| 5 February 2005 | Liverpool | A | 1–3 | 43,534 | Cole |
| 26 February 2005 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–2 | 35,885 | |
| 5 March 2005 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–0 | 18,290 | |
| 19 March 2005 | Manchester United | A | 0–1 | 67,959 | |
| 3 April 2005 | Portsmouth | H | 3–1 | 20,502 | Cole, McBride, Boa Morte |
| 9 April 2005 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1–3 | 25,493 | Boa Morte |
| 16 April 2005 | Manchester City | H | 1–1 | 21,796 | Boa Morte |
| 19 April 2005 | Middlesbrough | A | 1–1 | 30,650 | McBride |
| 23 April 2005 | Chelsea | A | 1–3 | 42,081 | John |
| 30 April 2005 | Everton | H | 2–0 | 21,881 | John, McBride |
| 4 May 2005 | Newcastle United | H | 1–3 | 19,003 | Radzinski |
| 7 May 2005 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 3–1 | 18,991 | Malbranque (2), McBride |
| 15 May 2005 | Norwich City | H | 6–0 | 21,927 | McBride (2), Diop, Knight, Malbranque, Cole |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 22 September 2004 | R2 | Boston United | A | 4–1 | 5,373 | Radzinski (2), Malbranque, McBride |
| 27 October 2004 | R3 | Birmingham City | A | 1–0 | 26,371 | Pembridge |
| 10 November 2004 | R4 | Nottingham Forest | A | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | 9,252 | Radzinski (2), McBride, Cole |
| 30 November 2004 | R5 | Chelsea | H | 1–2 | 14,531 | McBride |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 8 January 2005 | R3 | Watford | A | 1–1 | 14,896 | Knight |
| 19 January 2005 | R3R | Watford | H | 2–0 | 11,306 | Volz, Radzinski |
| 29 January 2005 | R4 | Derby County | A | 1–1 | 22,040 | John |
| 12 February 2005 | R4R | Derby County | H | 4–2 | 15,528 | Diop, Boa Morte, John, Jensen |
| 19 February 2005 | R5 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 16,151 | |