# 2004–05 Feyenoord season

During the 2004–05 Dutch football season, Feyenoord competed in the Eredivisie.

## Season summary

Feyenoord were the Eredivisie's top scorers but they did not improve on last's seasons results and finished 4th, way off challenging for the title. The club made it to the semi-finals in the domestic KNVB cup, losing to the winner of the KNVB Cup PSV Eindhoven after penalties. In the UEFA cup they made it to the 3rd round (last 32 clubs) losing to the later finalist Sporting CP from Portugal.

## Kits

Feyenoord's kits were manufactured by Italian company Kappa and sponsored by Belgian financial company Fortis.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
    In brackets where they came from.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HUN | Gabor Babos (from NAC Breda) |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Alexander Östlund (from Hammarby Fotboll) |
| 3 | DF | TUN | Karim Saidi (from Club Africain) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | André Bahia (from Flamengo) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Pascal Bosschaart (from FC Utrecht) |
| 6 | MF | EGY | Hossam Ghaly |
| 7 | FW | NED | Dirk Kuyt |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shinji Ono |
| 9 | FW | SCG | Danko Lazović |
| 10 | MF | NED | Nicky Hofs (from Vitesse Arnhem) |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Bart Goor (from Hertha BSC) |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Sebastián Pardo |
| 15 | DF | DEN | Patrick Mtiliga |
| 17 | DF | NED | Patrick Paauwe |
| 19 | DF | GHA | Christian Gyan |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Leonardo |
| 21 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Gerson Magrao (from Cruzeiro Esporte Clube) |
| 23 | GK | POL | Zbigniew Małkowski |
| 24 | MF | NED | Edwin de Graaf (from RBC Roosendaal) |
| 25 | DF | USA | Cory Gibbs (from FC Dallas) |
| 26 | DF | POR | Bruno Basto (from Girondins Bordeaux) |
| 28 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen (from ADO Den Haag) |
| 29 | DF | BUL | Ivan Bandalovski |
| 29 | MF | NED | Tim Vincken |
| 30 | GK | NED | Patrick Lodewijks |
| 31 | DF | NED | Gianni Zuiverloon |
| 35 | MF | NED | Diego Biseswar |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Chong-Guk Song (to Suwon Samsung Bluewings) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Peter van den Berg (to Vitesse Arnhem) |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Thomas Buffel (to Rangers) |
| 16 | FW | POL | Ebi Smolarek (on loan to Borussia Dortmund) |
| 18 | DF | NED | Glenn Loovens (on loan to De Graafschap) |
| 22 | MF | NED | Alfred Schreuder (on loan to RKC Waalwijk) |
| 24 | MF | CHI | Jorge Acuña (on loan to CD Universidad Católica) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Jean Carlos Dondé (on loan to Hamburger SV) |
| 27 | DF | NED | Ramon van Haaren (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) |
| 29 | FW | NED | Anthony Lurling (on loan to NAC Breda) |

### Left club at the end of previous season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Mariano Bombarda (to CD Tenerife) |
| — | DF | NED | Gerard de Nooijer (to FC Dordrecht) |
| — | FW | NED | Robin van Persie (to Arsenal F.C.) |
| — | GK | NED | Edwin Zoetebier (to PSV Eindhoven) |
| — | DF | NED | Ramon van Haaren (on loan to Sparta Rotterdam) |
| — | MF | NED | Anthony Lurling (on loan to NAC Breda) |
| — | MF | NED | Alfred Schreuder (on loan to RKC Waalwijk) |
| — | MF | BEL | Gill Swerts (on loan to ADO Den Haag) |
| — | DF | NED | Kees van Wonderen (stopped) |