Premier League 2004-05 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Chelsea | |
Relegated | Crystal Palace Norwich City Southampton | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
FA Cup | Arsenal | |
Carling Cup | Chelsea | |
Charity Shield | Arsenal | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Chelsea Arsenal Manchester United Everton Liverpool | |
UEFA Cup | Bolton Wanderers Middlesbrough | |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Newcastle United | |
Season statistics | ||
Goals scored | 974 | |
Average | 2.56 | |
Top goalscorer | Thierry Henry (29) | |
Biggest home win | Arsenal 7-0 Everton (May 11, 2005) | |
Biggest away win | West Brom 0-5 Liverpool | |
Highest scoring | Tottenham 4-5 Arsenal (November 13, 2004) | |
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2005-06 →
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The 2004–05 FA Premier League (known as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) began on 14 August 2004 and ended on 15 May 2005. Arsenal were the defending champions after going unbeaten the previous season. Chelsea won the title with a record 95 points, securing the title with a 2-0 win at The Reebok Stadium against Bolton Wanderers. Chelsea also broke a number of other records during their campaign, most notably breaking the record of most games won in a single Premier League campaign, securing 29 wins in the league in home and away matches.
In the domestic cup competitions, Arsenal won the FA Cup after beating holders Manchester United on penalties in the final. Chelsea won the Football League Cup, beating Liverpool (who had defeated holders Middlesbrough in the 4th round) 3–2 after extra time.
Promotion and relegation[]
Start of season[]
Teams promoted from the First Division 2003-04
- Norwich City (Champions)
- West Bromwich Albion (Runners-up)
- Crystal Palace (Playoff winners)
End of season[]
Teams relegated to The Championship 2005-06
Personnel and kits[]
Final league table[]
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
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1 | Chelsea (C) (Q) | 38 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 72 | 15 | 57 | 95 | Champions League Group stage |
2 | Arsenal (Q) | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 36 | 51 | 83 | |
3 | Manchester United (Q) | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 26 | 32 | 77 | Champions League Third qualifying round |
4 | Everton (Q) | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 61 | |
5 | Liverpool (Q) | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 41 | 11 | 58 | Champions League First qualifying round |
6 | Bolton Wanderers (Q) | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 58 | UEFA Cup First round |
7 | Middlesbrough (Q) | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 55 | |
8 | Manchester City | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 52 | |
9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 52 | |
10 | Aston Villa | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 52 | -7 | 47 | |
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 (Q) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 47 | 57 | -10 | 44 | Intertoto Cup Third round |
15 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 43 | -11 | 42 | |
16 | Portsmouth | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 43 | 59 | -16 | 39 | |
17 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 61 | -25 | 34 | |
18 | Crystal Palace (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 62 | -21 | 33 | Relegated to The Championship |
19 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 77 | -35 | 33 | |
20 | Southampton (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 32 |
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Premier League 2004-05 Winners |
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Chelsea 1st Premier League title 2nd English title |
Results[]
Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLA | BOL | CHA | CHE | CRY | EVE | FUL | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NEW | NWC | POR | SOT | TOT | WBA |
Arsenal | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Aston Villa | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Birmingham City | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Charlton Athletic | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | |
Chelsea | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
Crystal Palace | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
Everton | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Fulham | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Liverpool | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
Manchester City | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Manchester United | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
Middlesbrough | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
Newcastle United | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
Norwich City | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
Portsmouth | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
Southampton | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 4–5 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Source: Barclays Premier League
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Top scorers[]
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
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1 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | 25 |
2 | Andy Johnson | Crystal Palace | 21 |
3 | Robert Pirès | Arsenal | 14 |
4 | Jermain Defoe | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Middlesbrough | 13 | |
Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 13 | |
Yakubu Aiyegbeni | Portsmouth | 13 | |
8 | Andy Cole | Fulham | 12 |
Peter Crouch | Southampton | 12 | |
Eiður Guðjohnsen | Chelsea | 12 |
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