# 2004–05 RCD Espanyol season

The 2004–05 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 11th consecutive season in the top division of the Spanish football league, La Liga, and the 105th in the club's history.

## First-team squad

Updated on 21 January 2024
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 | BEL | Erwin Lemmens |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Hugo Ibarra (on loan from Porto) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | David García |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Alberto Lopo |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Toni Soldevilla |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Toni Velamazán |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel Morales |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Iván de la Peña |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Maxi Rodríguez |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Martín Posse |
| 13 | GK | CMR | Carlos Kameni |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Ito |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Fredson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Óscar Miñambres (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Didier Domi |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Dani García |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Coro |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Daniel Jarque |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Àlex Fernández |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Raúl Tamudo |
| 24 | MF | ESP | José Amavisca |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Biel Ribas |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Óscar Serrano |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Héctor Simón |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Jonathan Soriano |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez |

## 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 | 28 August 2004 | 29 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 044.74 |
| Copa del Rey | 27 October 2004 | 27 October 2004 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 043.59 |
Source:

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Sevilla | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Valencia | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 58 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Matches

| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| 28 August | H | Deportivo de La Coruña | 1–1 |
| 12 September | A | Real Betis | 4–1 |
| 18 September | H | Real Madrid | 1–0 |
| 22 September | A | Getafe | 0–2 |
| 26 September | H | Málaga | 1–0 |
| 3 October | A | Albacete | 0–1 |
| 16 October | H | Barcelona | 0–1 |
| 24 October | A | Levante | 2–0 |
| 31 October | H | Villarreal | 0–0 |
| 7 November | A | Real Sociedad | 2–0 |
| 13 November | H | Racing de Santander | 2–1 |
| 21 November | A | Sevilla | 0–1 |
| 27 November | H | Atlético Madrid | 2–1 |
| 5 December | A | Real Zaragoza | 1–0 |
| 12 December | H | Mallorca | 2–1 |
| 19 December | A | Numancia | 0–0 |
| 22 December | A | Valencia | 0–3 |
| 9 January | H | Osasuna | 4–1 |
| 16 January | A | Athletic Bilbao | 1–1 |
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| 23 January | A | Deportivo de La Coruña | 1–4 |
| 30 January | H | Real Betis | 2–2 |
| 5 February | A | Real Madrid | 0–4 |
| 13 February | H | Getafe | 2–0 |
| 20 February | A | Málaga | 2–3 |
| 26 February | H | Albacete Balompié | 2–1 |
| 1 March | A | Barcelona | 0–0 |
| 6 March | H | Levante | 2–1 |
| 13 March | A | Villarreal | 1–4 |
| 19 March | H | Real Sociedad | 2–2 |
| 3 April | A | Racing de Santander | 3–1 |
| 10 April | H | Sevilla | 1–3 |
| 16 April | A | Atlético Madrid | 0–0 |
| 24 April | H | Real Zaragoza | 3–1 |
| 1 May | A | Mallorca | 2–3 |
| 8 May | H | Numancia | 3–0 |
| 15 May | H | Valencia | 2–2 |
| 22 May | A | Osasuna | 1–1 |
| 29 May | H | Athletic Bilbao | 2–0 |

### Copa del Rey

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| Round of 64 | 27 October | A | Terrassa | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.) |