Associazione Calcio Milan began the 2004–05 season auspiciously by winning the 2004 Supercoppa Italiana, with a comfortable 3–0 victory over Lazio ( the winners of the former season ‘s Coppa Italia ), thanks to a hat-trick by Andriy Shevchenko. [ 2 ] The Serie A began with a 2–2 attract against Livorno. [ 3 ] For most of the season, Milan were second to Juventus, in a conclude points race. however, after matchweeks 25 through 30, and again matchweeks 33 through 34, Milan were in first place. On 8 May 2005, Milan faced Juventus at family ; by matchweek 35, the two had about identical statistics of 76 points, 23 wins, 7 draw, and 4 defeats, with Milan ‘s marginally superior goal difference of +36 against Juventus ‘ +35 keeping them on top. [ 4 ] Having lost the electric potential title deciding game 1–0 to a goal by David Trezeguet, Milan drew three more times afterwards and finished in the second place. [ 5 ] In the Champions League, Milan were successful and confident, comfortably topping their group ( which included Barcelona, Celtic and Shakhtar Donetsk ) and then knocking out Manchester United, cross-city rivals Inter and PSV Eindhoven, therefore reaching their second Champions League final in three years. [ 6 ] The concluding was against Liverpool. In the beginning one-half Ancelotti ‘s men scored three goals, one from Paolo Maldini, the club captain, and two from Hernán Crespo. [ 7 ] however, in the second gear half, the english opponents managed to do the lapp in just 6 minutes, meaning the equal went to extra time. [ 7 ] Milan were not able to find a fourth goal and had to face a punishment shoot-out. [ 7 ] Unlike in 2003, Milan players went first and missed the first and irregular penalty kicks ( taken by Serginho and Pirlo ). Shevchenko, who scored the deciding penalty two years earlier, had to score from the fifth penalty to keep Milan in the game, but failed to beat Dudek, and Liverpool won the Champions League, in one of the most celebrated come-backs in european football history. [ 7 ]
Throughout the temper, Ancelotti by and large used the 4–4–2 diamond ( or 4–1–2–1–2 ) geological formation, which he had previously employed with much success, particularly in 2002–03 ; the fact that four high-grade strikers were available ( Shevchenko, Crespo, Inzaghi and Tomasson ) made it about imperative that two of them would have to be used as regular starters. On rare occasions, however, formations with three centrebacks and two wingbacks ( normally Cafu and Serginho ), such as 3–5–2 or 3–4–1–2, were used. [ 8 ]
Players [edit ]
Squad data [edit ]
- Squad at end of season[9]
Left club during season [edit ]
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Reserve team [edit ]
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Transfers [edit ]
In [edit ]
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Out [edit ]
Reserves [edit ]
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Competitions [edit ]
Win Draw Loss
Supercoppa [edit ]
Serie A [edit ]
League mesa [edit ]
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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).[10]
Notes: source : 2004–05 Serie A Rules for categorization : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Head-to-head points ; 3 ) tete-a-tete finish difference ; 4 ) Goal remainder ; 5 ) Goals scored ; 6 ) Draw. ( note : neck and neck record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played ) .Notes :
Results by round [edit ]
| 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 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Matches
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Milan v Siena
| 14 November 2004 12 | 2–1 | Milan | ||
| 15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Shevchenko  26
‘ , 38 ‘ |
Report | Argilli 32
‘ |
Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,090 Referee: Paolo Bertini |
Coppa Italia [edit ]
UEFA Champions League [edit ]
Group stage [edit ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Milan
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Barcelona
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 |  Shakhtar Donetsk
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 |  Celtic
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 |
Knockout phase [edit ]
Round of 16 [edit ]
final [edit ]
Statistics [edit ]
Appearances and goals [edit ]
- As of 31 June 2005
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
Supercoppa Italiana |
Champions League |
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
last updated : 31 June 2005
Source : Competitions