2004–05 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2004–05
Dates	11 September 2004 – 29 May 2005
Champions	-
Relegated	Bologna; Brescia; Atalanta
Champions League	Juventus; Milan; Internazionale; Udinese
UEFA Cup	Sampdoria; Palermo; Roma
Intertoto Cup	Lazio
Matches played	380
Goals scored	960 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Lucarelli ; (24 goals)
Highest scoring	Parma 6–4 Livorno
Average attendance	26,098
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 73rd in a round-robin tournament. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons, while relegations were reduced to three. The Coppa Campioni d'Italia was presented to the winners on the pitch for the first time.

The first two teams qualified directly to UEFA Champions League, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified to UEFA Cup (another spot was given to the winner of Coppa Italia), while only the last three teams were to be relegated in Serie B, the Italian second division, following a regulations change.

Juventus finished in first place but were later stripped of the title as a result of the Calciopoli scandal. Milan were runners-up. Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history. Palermo, in its first Serie A campaign in over 30 years, finished in sixth place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history. Roma qualified for the UEFA Cup as the runners-up in the Coppa Italia because the cup winner, Internazionale, had already qualified for the Champions League.

Two teams, Brescia and Atalanta, were directly relegated to Serie B, while the third relegation place was to be decided among three teams (Fiorentina, Bologna and Parma), counting only the so-called classifica avulsa; that is, the table composed solely by the six matches among the three teams. Bologna and Parma had fewer points, and played the relegation tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was won by Parma, who were defeated 0–1 at home but won 0–2 away in the return match. This method of classifying teams on equal points totals was abolished for the 2005–06 season but returned for the 2022–23 season.

Personnel and sponsoring

Locations of the 2004–05 Serie A teams

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta*	Delio Rossi	Asics	Promatech
Bologna	Carlo Mazzone	Macron	Amica Chips
Brescia	Alberto Cavasin	Kappa	Banca Lombarda e Piemontese
Cagliari*	Daniele Arrigoni	A-Line	Terra Sarda
Chievo	Maurizio D'Angelo	Lotto	Paluani/Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International^[a]
Fiorentina*	Dino Zoff	Adidas	Toyota
Internazionale	Roberto Mancini	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Fabio Capello	Nike	Sky Sport/Tamoil (in UEFA matches)
Lazio	Giuseppe Papadopulo	Puma	Parmacotto
Lecce	Zdeněk Zeman	Asics	Salento
Livorno*	Roberto Donadoni	Asics	Banca Carige
Messina*	Bortolo Mutti	Legea	Caffè Miscela d'Oro, Regione Siciliana/Air Malta
Milan	Carlo Ancelotti	Adidas	Opel
Parma	Pietro Carmignani	Champion	Champion
Palermo*	Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	Provincia di Palermo
Reggina	Walter Mazzarri	Asics	Gicos, Stocco&Stocco
Roma	Bruno Conti	Diadora	Mazda
Sampdoria	Walter Novellino	Kappa	Erg
Siena	Luigi De Canio	Lotto	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Udinese	Luciano Spalletti	Le Coq Sportif	Kia Motors

(*) Promoted from Serie B.

^ As part of the agreement, the logos of the following films distributed by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International were shown: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Forgotten, Bad Santa and Hitch.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus^[a]	38	26	8	4	67	27	+40	86	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Milan	38	23	10	5	63	28	+35	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Internazionale	38	18	18	2	65	37	+28	72	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Udinese	38	17	11	10	56	40	+16	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Sampdoria	38	17	10	11	42	29	+13	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Palermo	38	12	17	9	48	44	+4	53	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7	Messina	38	12	12	14	44	52	−8	48
8	Roma^[b]	38	11	12	15	55	58	−3	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9	Livorno	38	11	12	15	49	60	−11	45
10	Reggina	38	10	14	14	36	45	−9	44
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44
12	Cagliari	38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44
13	Lazio^[c]	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
14	Siena	38	9	16	13	44	55	−11	43
15	Chievo	38	11	10	17	32	49	−17	43
16	Fiorentina	38	9	15	14	42	50	−8	42
17	Parma	38	10	12	16	48	65	−17	42	Relegation tie-breaker
18	Bologna (R)	38	9	15	14	33	36	−3	42	Serie B after tie-breaker
19	Brescia (R)	38	11	8	19	37	54	−17	41	Relegation to Serie B
20	Atalanta (R)	38	8	11	19	34	45	−11	35	Relegation to Serie B

Source: 2004–05 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Juventus were stripped of the title during the 2005–06 Serie A season, because of the 2006 Italian football scandal
^ Roma gained entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as 2004–05 Coppa Italia runners-up: champions Internazionale qualified to the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League.
^ Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	BRE	CAG	CHV	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	LCE	LIV	MES	MIL	PAL	PAR	REG	ROM	SAM	SIE	UDI
Atalanta		2–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Bologna	2–1		1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1
Brescia	1–0	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Cagliari	3–3	1–0	2–1		4–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1
Chievo	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1		1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–0
Fiorentina	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	3–3	2–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2
Internazionale	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2		2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	3–1
Juventus	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	0–1		2–1	5–2	4–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
Lazio	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		3–3	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Lecce	1–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	5–3		3–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–2	3–4
Livorno	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–0		3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–6	1–2
Messina	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–1		1–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	2–2	4–1	1–0
Milan	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	6–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	5–2	2–2	1–2		3–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1
Palermo	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–3	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–5
Parma	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	6–4	0–0	1–2	3–3		1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Reggina	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–3		1–0	0–1	3–3	0–0
Roma	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	1–2		1–1	0–2	0–3
Sampdoria	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1		1–1	2–0
Siena	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	2–1		2–3
Udinese	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–0

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker

14 June 2005

20:30 CEST

Parma	0–1	Bologna
		Tare 18'

Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma

Attendance: 27,333

Referee: Stefano Farina (Novi Ligure)

18 June 2005

20:30 CEST

Bologna	0–2	Parma
		Cardone 17' Gilardino 45+2'

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Attendance: 31,882

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Viareggio)

Bologna relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Cristiano Lucarelli	Livorno	24
2	Alberto Gilardino	Parma	23
3	Vincenzo Montella	Roma	21
4	Luca Toni	Palermo	20
5	Mirko Vučinić	Lecce	19
6	Andriy Shevchenko	Milan	17
7	Adriano	Internazionale	16
	Mauro Esposito	Cagliari
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Juventus
10	David Di Michele	Udinese	15
11	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	14
11	Francesco Flachi	Sampdoria	14
13	Valeri Bojinov	Lecce, Fiorentina	13
	Tommaso Rocchi	Lazio
	Vincenzo Iaquinta	Udinese
	Christian Vieri	Internazionale