# 2004–05 Valencia CF season
## Season summary

Popular manager Claudio Ranieri returned to Valencia for a second spell in charge after being dismissed by Chelsea. The team started well, winning the UEFA Super Cup and winning 14 points from their first 6 matches, but in October a strong start were cut short by heralded a run of only one win from 7 games and elimination from the Champions League. Form failed to improve in 2005, with a 6-match winless run and early elimination from the UEFA Cup. Ranieri was sacked in late February with the team in 6th. Youth coach Antonio López took charge for the rest of the season, which saw Los Che finish in awful 7th place and thus qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup for next season. Getafe coach Quique Sánchez Flores was hired as permanent head coach.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Santiago Cañizares |
| 2 | DF | PAR | Ángel Amarilla |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Fábio Aurélio |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Roberto Ayala |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Carlos Marchena |
| 6 | MF | ESP | David Albelda |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Stefano Fiore |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Rubén Baraja |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Bernardo Corradi |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Angulo |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Marco Di Vaio |
| 12 | DF | POR | Marco Caneira |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Palop |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Vicente |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni |
| 16 | MF | MLI | Mohamed Sissoko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Navarro |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Xisco |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Francisco Rufete |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Mista |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Pablo Aimar |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Curro Torres |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Emiliano Moretti |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Ludovic Butelle |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Hector Pilán |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Karlamoff |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Gio |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Juanlu |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Miguel Pallardó |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Santacruz |
| 37 | DF | ESP | Manuel Ruz |

### 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 | ARG | Mauricio Pellegrino (to Liverpool) |
| 22 | MF | URU | Gonzalo de los Santos (on loan to Mallorca) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | ESP | David Silva (on loan to Eibar) |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 8 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 51 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 51 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
* 1 2 DEP: 8 pts; ATH: 4 pts → ATH 1–0 MLG; MLG: 4 pts → MLG 1–0 ATH

### La Liga
#### Result round 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### UEFA Cup
#### Round of 32

2–2 on aggregate, Steaua București won 4–3 on penalty shootout.