2004–05 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2004–05
Owner Publicly traded company
Chairman John Wardle
Managers Kevin Keegan (until 11 March 2005)
Stuart Pearce
Team captain Sylvain Distin
Home stadium City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
PremierLeague Eighth
League Cup Third round
FA Cup Third round
Top goalscorers League: Shaun Wright-Phillips
Template:40 and Robbie Fowler (30 goals)
(15th highest in Premier League)

All comps: Shaun Wright-Phillips
and Robbie Fowler (11 goals)

Season revenue € 90.1 million(17th highest in world)
(7th highest in Premier League)
Average home
attendance		 45,192 – over 19 PL home games
(3rd highest in Premier League)
Highest home
attendance		 47,221 v Middlesbrough
15 May 2005
Highest away
attendance		 67,863 v Manchester United
7 November 2004
Lowest home
attendance		 19,578 v Barnsley
21 September 2004
Lowest away
attendance		 13,171 v Oldham Athletic
8 January 2005
← 2003–04 2005–06 →
Results summary - all competitions
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home9 6 6 42.9%
Away5 7 8 25.0%
Both14131434.1%
Results summary - Premier League
WinsDrawsLossesWin %
Home8 6 5 42.1%
Away5 7 7 26.3%
Both13131234.2%

The 2004–05 season was Manchester City Football Club's third consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its eighth season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 113th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK David James
2 France DF David Sommeil
3 Wales DF Ben Thatcher
5 France DF Sylvain Distin
6 United States MF Claudio Reyna
8 England FW Robbie Fowler
10 France MF Antoine Sibierski
11 Republic of Ireland FW Jon Macken[1]
12 England GK Nicky Weaver
14 Netherlands MF Kiki Musampa[2] (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
16 England DF Nedum Onuoha[3]
17 China DF Sun Jihai
18 England DF Danny Mills
20 England MF Steve McManaman
22 Republic of Ireland DF Richard Dunne
No. Position Player
24 England MF Joey Barton
25 Belgium GK Geert De Vlieger
26 Netherlands MF Paul Bosvelt
27 Denmark DF Mikkel Bischoff
28 England MF Trevor Sinclair
29 England MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
30 France MF Christian Negouai
31 England DF Jonathan D'Laryea
32 Denmark GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
33 Denmark GK Kasper Schmeichel
38 Republic of Ireland MF Stephen Ireland
40 England MF Lee Croft
41 England DF Stephen Jordan
42 England FW Bradley Wright-Phillips
44 Republic of Ireland MF Willo Flood

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. Position Player
9 Costa Rica FW Paulo Wanchope (to Málaga)
21 Netherlands GK Ronald Waterreus (to Rangers)
No. Position Player
39 France FW Nicolas Anelka (to Fenerbahçe)
43 Republic of Ireland MF Paddy McCarthy (to Leicester City)

Team kit

The team kit was produced by Reebok and the shirt sponsor was Thomas Cook.

Home
Away
Third kit

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Pre-season games

Thomas Cook Trophy

Competitive games

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
6 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 10 12 49 44+5 58
7 Middlesbrough 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

Updated to games played on 15 May 2005 (end of season).
Source: Premier League 2004-05
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 13 13 12 47 39 +8 52 8 6 5 24 14 +10 5 7 7 23 25 −2

Last updated: 15 May 2005 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2004-05

Points breakdown

Points at home: 30
Points away from home: 22

Points against "Big Four" teams: 9
Points against promoted teams: 11

6 points: Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth
4 points: Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Norwich City, Southampton
3 points: Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool
2 points: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham
1 point: 0Arsenal, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United,
0West Bromwich Albion
0 points: Everton, Tottenham Hotspur

Biggest & smallest


Biggest home wins: 4–0 vs. Charlton Athletic, 28 August 2004
Biggest home defeat: 0–2 vs. Manchester United, 13 February 2005
Biggest away win: 1–3 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004
Biggest away defeat: 2–0 vs. West Bromwich Albion, 22 January 2005

Biggest home attendance: 47,221 vs. Middlesbrough, 15 May 2005
Smallest home attendance: 42,453 vs. Birmingham City, 20 April 2005
Biggest away attendance: 67,863 vs. Manchester United, 7 November 2004
Smallest away attendance: 20,101 vs. Portsmouth, 20 November 2004

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
Result D L L W L W L D W L D D D W W L L W L D W D W L D D L W L L D W D W D W W D

Last updated: 15 May 2005 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2004-05
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

14 August 2004
15:00
Manchester City England 1 – 1 England Fulham
Fowler  28' Guardian report  56' John

21 August 2004
15:00
Liverpool England 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Baroš  48'
Gerrard  75' 		Guardian report  45' Anelka
Red card 85' Dunne
Anfield
Liverpool
Attendance: 42,831
Referee: Graham Poll

11 September 2004
15:00
Manchester City England 0 – 1 England Everton
Guardian report  60' Red card 61' Cahill

18 September 2004
15:00
Crystal Palace England 1 – 2 England Manchester City
Johnson  77' (pen.) Guardian report  55', 64' (pen.) Anelka
Selhurst Park
London
Attendance: 25,768
Referee: Martin Atkinson

25 September 2004
15:00
Manchester City England 0 – 1 England Arsenal
Guardian report  14' Cole

24 October 2004
15:00
Newcastle United England 4 – 3 England Manchester City
Robert  49'
Shearer  58' (pen.)
Elliott  69'
Bellamy  89' 		Guardian report  64', 77' S. Wright-Phillips
 67' (pen.) Fowler
St James' Park
Newcastle
Attendance: 52,316
Referee: Steve Dunn

26 December 2004
15:00
England Everton 2 – 1 England Manchester City
Cahill  22'
Bent  63' 		Guardian report  42' Fowler
Red card 83' Negouai
Goodison Park
Liverpool
Attendance: 40,530
Referee: Phil Dowd

28 December 2004
15:00
Manchester City England 1 – 1 England West Brom
Anelka  32' Guardian report  85' (o.g.) Dunne
Red card 17' Gaardsoe

4 January 2005
19:45
Arsenal England 1 – 1 England Manchester City
Ljungberg  75' Guardian report  31' S. Wright-Phillips
Highbury
London
Attendance: 38,086
Referee: Rob Styles

22 January 2005
17:15
West Brom England 2 – 0 England Manchester City
Campbell  5'
Wallwork  81' 		Guardian report
The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
Attendance: 25,348
Referee: Graham Poll

6 February 2005
16:05
Chelsea England 0 – 0 England Manchester City
Guardian report
Stamford Bridge
London
Attendance: 42,093
Referee: Howard Webb

28 February 2005
20:00
Norwich City England 2 – 3 England Manchester City
Ashton  12'
McKenzie  16'
Jonson Red card 66' 		Guardian report  25' Sibierski
 37', 90' Fowler
Carrow Road
Norwich
Attendance: 24,302
Referee: Rob Styles

16 April 2005
15:00
Fulham England 1 – 1 England Manchester City
Boa Morte  76' Guardian report  20' Reyna
Craven Cottage
London
Attendance: 21,796
Referee: Neale Barry

League Cup

Second round

21 September 2004
19:45
Manchester City England 7 – 1 England Barnsley
Barton  21'
Macken  28', 44'
Flood  33'
S. Wright-Phillips  36'
Sibierski  56', 84' 		Guardian report  47' Conlon
City of Manchester Stadium
Manchester
Attendance: 19,578
Referee: Paul Robinson

Third round

FA Cup

Third round

Playing statistics

Starting XI

No.
 Pos
 Nat
 Name
 MS Notes
1 GK England David James 39
18 RB England Danny Mills 32
22 CB Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne 36
5 CB France Sylvain Distin 41
3 LB Wales Ben Thatcher 20 Stephen Jordan has 19 starts
29 CM England Shaun Wright-Phillips 36
24 CM England Joey Barton 30
26 CM Netherlands Paul Bosvelt 30
8 CF England Robbie Fowler 29
39 CF France Nicolas Anelka 18
10 CF France Antoine Sibierski 37

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only
Apps. numbers denote: "Total no. of games played (No. of games played as a substitute)"
Red card numbers denote: "No. of second yellow cards / No. of straight red cards"

No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Totals Discipline
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1GKEngland David James 38(0) 1(0) 39(0)
2DFGuadeloupe David Sommeil 1(0) 1(1) 2(1)
3DFWales Ben Thatcher 18(1) 1(0) 2(0) 21(1) 2
5DFFrance Sylvain Distin 38(0) 1 1(0) 2(0) 41(0) 1 3
6MFUnited States Claudio Reyna 17(1) 2 17(1) 2
8FWEngland Robbie Fowler 32(4) 10 1(0) 1 33(4) 11 3
10MFFrance Antoine Sibierski 35(1) 4 1(0) 2(0) 2 38(1) 6 3
11FWEngland Jon Macken 23(7) 1 1(0) 1(0) 2 25(7) 3
12GKEngland Nicky Weaver 1(1) 1(1)
14MFNetherlands Kiki Musampa 14(0) 3 14(0) 3
16DFEngland Nedum Onuoha 17(6) 1(0) 18(6)
17DFChina Sun Jihai 6(2) 1(0) 7(2) 1
18DFEngland Danny Mills 32(3) 1(0) 2(0) 35(3) 5 - / 1
20MFEngland Steve McManaman 13(7) 1(1) 14(8) 1
21GKNetherlands Ronald Waterreus 2(0) 2(0)
22DFRepublic of Ireland Richard Dunne 35(0) 1 1(0) 36(0) 1 7 1 / -
24MFEngland Joey Barton 32(3) 1 1(0) 1(0) 1 34(3) 2 9
26MFNetherlands Paul Bosvelt 28(0) 2 1(0) 1(0) 30(0) 2 6
28MFEngland Trevor Sinclair 4(2) 1 1(0) 5(2) 1
29MFEngland Shaun Wright-Phillips 33(1) 10 1(0) 2(0) 1 36(1) 11
30MFMartinique Christian Negouai 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) - / 1
31MFEngland Jonathan D'Laryea 1(0) 1(0)
39SoldFrance Nicolas Anelka 19(1) 7 19(1) 7
40MFEngland Lee Croft 7(7) 7(7)
41DFEngland Stephen Jordan 19(0) 1(1) 20(1) 5
42FWEngland Bradley Wright-Phillips 14 (14) 1 1(0) 1(1) 16 (15) 1
44MFRepublic of Ireland Willo Flood 9(5) 1 1(1) 2(0) 1 12(6) 2 1
TOTALS 45 8 53 46 1 / 2

Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)

Last updated: 26 February 2011.
Source: (for appearances, goals and discipline stats.) All match Reports in Competitive games section above

Goalscorers

All competitions

Scorer Goals
England Robbie Fowler 11
England Shaun Wright-Phillips
France Nicolas Anelka 7
France Antoine Sibierski 6
England Jon Macken 3
Netherlands Kiki Musampa
England Joey Barton 2
Netherlands Paul Bosvelt
Republic of Ireland Willo Flood
United States Claudio Reyna
France Sylvain Distin 1
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
England Trevor Sinclair
England Bradley Wright-Phillips

Premier League

Scorer Goals
England Robbie Fowler 10
England Shaun Wright-Phillips
France Nicolas Anelka 7
France Antoine Sibierski 4
Netherlands Kiki Musampa 3
Netherlands Paul Bosvelt 2
United States Claudio Reyna
England Joey Barton 1
France Sylvain Distin
Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
Republic of Ireland Willo Flood
England Jon Macken
England Trevor Sinclair
England Bradley Wright-Phillips

League Cup and FA Cup

Scorer Goals
England Jon Macken 2
France Antoine Sibierski
England Joey Barton 1
Republic of Ireland Willo Flood
England Robbie Fowler
England Shaun Wright-Phillips

Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee
21 June 2004 DF Wales Ben Thatcher England Leicester City Free[4]
21 June 2004 DF Belgium Geert De Vlieger Netherlands Willem II Free[4]
14 July 2004 GK England Danny Mills England Leeds United Free[5]
26 Aug. 2004 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Free[6]

Transfers out

Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee
May 2004 GK Iceland Árni Gautur Arason Norway Vålerenga Released
26 May 04 DF Netherlands Gerard Wiekens Netherlands Veendam Released[7]
1 June 04 FW Republic of Ireland Stephen Elliott England Sunderland Tribunal: £375,000+[8]
16 June 04 DF Germany Michael Tarnat Germany Hannover 96 Free[9]
25 June 04 DF Australia Danny Tiatto England Leicester City Free[10]
1 July 04 MF Republic of Ireland Glenn Whelan England Sheffield Wed. Free[11]
5 July 04 FW Mexico Vicente Matías Vuoso Mexico Santos Laguna Undisclosed[12]
Aug. 2004 FW England Craig Davies England Oxford United
26 Aug. 04 FW Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope Spain Málaga £500,000[13]
31 Jan. 05 FW France Nicolas Anelka Turkey Fenerbahçe £7 million[14]
31 Jan. 05 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus Scotland Rangers Free[15]
3 Mar. 05 DF Republic of Ireland Paddy McCarthy England Leicester City £100,000[16]
20 May 05 MF England Steve McManaman Retired[17]

Loans in

Date from Date to Pos. Player To club
27 Jan. 2005 5 June 2005 MF Netherlands Kiki Musampa Spain Atlético Madrid[18][19][20]

Loans out

Date from Date to Pos. Player To club
30 Sep. 2004 29 Oct. 2004 DF Denmark Mikkel Bischoff England Wolves[21]
10 Nov. 2004 9 Feb. 2005 MF England Lee Croft England Oldham Athletic[22]
31 Dec. 2004 30 Jan. 2005 GK Denmark Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard England Blackpool[23]
27 Jan. 2005 15 Feb. 2005 MF France Christian Negouai England Coventry City[24]
24 Mar. 2005 31 May 2005 DF Denmark Mikkel Bischoff England Wolves[25]
11 Feb. 2005 16 Mar. 2005 FW Republic of Ireland Karl Bermingham England Lincoln City[26][27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Macken was born in Blackley, England and has represented England at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland in August 2004.
  2. ↑ Musampa was born in Kinshasa, Zaire, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and has represented them at youth level.
  3. ↑ Onuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria, but also qualified to represent England internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  4. 1 2 "Man City sign Thatcher". BBC Sport. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Keegan delighted with Mills signing". Manchester Evening News. 2004-07-14. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Manchester City sign Waterreus". RTÉ Sport. 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  7. ↑ "Wiekens eyes English deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-05-26. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Sunderland win benefits Man City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-04-25. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Tarnat signs for Hannover". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  10. ↑ "Leicester swoop for Tiatto". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-06-25. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  11. ↑ "Owls track Whelan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-03-30. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  12. ↑ "Man City reserves move home". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-07-05. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  13. ↑ "Wanchope joins Malaga". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Anelka completes Fenerbahce move". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  15. ↑ "'Keeper Waterreus joins Rangers". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  16. ↑ "Foxes land City stopper". skysports.com (sky SPORTS). 2005-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  17. ↑ "Manchester City let McManaman go". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-05-20. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  18. ↑ "Man City seal Musampa loan deal". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  19. ↑ "Musampa stays at Man City on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  20. ↑ "Musampa happy to extend City stay". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-06-08. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  21. ↑ "Bischoff joins Wolves". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-09-30. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  22. ↑ "Oldham snap up Croft on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-11-10. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  23. ↑ "Transfers - December 2004". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  24. ↑ "Negouai joins Sky Blues on loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-01-27. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  25. ↑ "Bischoff makes return to Wolves". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-03-24. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  26. ↑ "Ipoua signs loan deal at Lincoln". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  27. ↑ "Duo end loan spells with Lincoln". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 2005-03-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
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