2004–05 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2004–05 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Jacques Santini (until 5 November)[1] Martin Jol (from 8 November)[2]
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jermain Defoe (13) All: Jermain Defoe (22)
Average home league attendance	35,872
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Season summary

Tottenham made a promising start under Jacques Santini and looked to be challenging for a place in Europe, but Santini resigned in November after only 12 games, citing personal reasons. He was replaced by his assistant coach Martin Jol, whose first match in charge saw arch-rivals Arsenal win a thrilling North London derby 5–4. Following the derby defeat, results picked up and Tottenham were soon back amongst the race for a UEFA Cup spot, but a draw with Blackburn Rovers on the last day of the season saw their slim European hopes dashed. Nonetheless, good cup runs and the resurgence in the league under Jol gave Spurs fans hopes of a greater push for European football the next season.^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	29	8	1	72	15	+57	95	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Arsenal	38	25	8	5	87	36	+51	83
3	Manchester United	38	22	11	5	58	26	+32	77	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Everton	38	18	7	13	45	46	−1	61
5	Liverpool	38	17	7	14	52	41	+11	58	2005–06 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round ^1
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	49	44	+5	58	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round ^2
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
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	38	10	14	14	47	57	−10	44	2005 UEFA 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	Relegation to the 2005–06 Football League 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: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^1. Though they failed to qualify for the Champions League as one of the top four English clubs at the end of the season, Liverpool were given a special dispensation to compete as they were defending champions of the European competition. They were, however, forced to enter in the first qualifying round. See Liverpool F.C. 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualification
^2. Since the finalists of the 2004–05 FA Cup, Arsenal and Manchester United, as well as Chelsea, who won the 2004–05 Football League Cup, were confirmed to qualify for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, and the fifth-placed team (Liverpool) were moved to the Champions League, the sixth and seventh-placed teams in the Premier League were rewarded with entry to the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
(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

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 2004	Liverpool	H	1-1	35,105	Defoe 71'
21 August 2004	Newcastle United	A	1-0	52,185	Atouba
25 August 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	27,191	Defoe
28 August 2004	Birmingham City	H	1-0	35,290	Defoe
12 September 2004	Norwich City	H	0-0	36,095
19 September 2004	Chelsea	A	0-0	42,246
25 September 2004	Manchester United	H	0-1	36,103
2 October 2004	Everton	A	1-0	38,264	Pamarot
18 October 2004	Portsmouth	A	0-1	20,121
23 October 2004	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-2	36,025	Keane
30 October 2004	Fulham	A	0-2	21,317
6 November 2004	Charlton Athletic	H	2-3	35,423	Keane (pen), Defoe
13 November 2004	Arsenal	H	4-5	36,095	Naybet, Defoe, King, Kanouté
22 November 2004	Aston Villa	A	0-1	35,702
28 November 2004	Middlesbrough	H	2-0	35,772	Defoe, Kanouté
4 December 2004	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	22,182	Keane
11 December 2004	Manchester City	A	1-0	45,805	Kanouté
18 December 2004	Southampton	H	5-1	36,054	Defoe (3), Kanouté, Keane
26 December 2004	Norwich City	A	2-0	24,508	Keane, Brown
28 December 2004	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	36,100	Defoe
1 January 2005	Everton	H	5-2	36,102	Marney (2), Ziegler, Mendes, Keane
4 January 2005	Manchester United	A	0-0	67,962
15 January 2005	Chelsea	H	0-2	36,105
22 January 2005	Crystal Palace	A	0-3	23,723
1 February 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	24,780	Defoe
5 February 2005	Portsmouth	H	3-1	36,105	Mido (2), Keane
26 February 2005	Fulham	H	2-0	35,885	Kanouté, Keane
5 March 2005	Southampton	A	0-1	31,903
16 March 2005	Charlton Athletic	A	0-2	26,870
19 March 2005	Manchester City	H	2-1	35,681	Defoe, Keane
2 April 2005	Birmingham City	A	1-1	29,304	Kelly
10 April 2005	Newcastle United	H	1-0	35,885	Defoe
16 April 2005	Liverpool	A	2-2	44,029	Edman, Keane
20 April 2005	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	27,277	Keane
25 April 2005	Arsenal	A	0-1	38,147
1 May 2005	Aston Villa	H	5-1	36,078	Kanouté (2), King, Reid, Kelly
7 May 2005	Middlesbrough	A	0-1	34,766
15 May 2005	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	35,797

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 2005	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2-1	36,094	King, Keane
R4	15 January 2005	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	22,441	Defoe (pen)
R4R	12 February 2005	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	27,860	Keane (pen), Defoe (2)
R5	20 February 2005	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	35,640	Defoe
R5R	2 March 2005	Nottingham Forest	A	3-0	28,062	Pamarot, Keane, Mido
QF	13 March 2005	Newcastle United	A	0-1	28,113

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 September 2004	Oldham Athletic	A	6-0	8,548	Kanouté (2), Keane, Defoe, Bunjevčević, Gardner
R3	27 October 2004	Bolton Wanderers	A	4-3 (a.e.t.)	18,037	Defoe (2), Bunjevčević, Brown
R4	9 November 2004	Burnley	A	3-0	10,639	Keane (2), Defoe
R5	1 December 2004	Liverpool	H	1-1 (lost 3-4 on pens)	36,100

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 GK Paul Robinson 2 DF Noureddine Naybet 4 MF Sean Davis 5 DF Goran Bunjevčević 7 MF Simon Davies 8 MF Pedro Mendes 9 FW Frédéric Kanouté[5] 10 FW Robbie Keane 11 MF Michael Brown 12 FW Mounir El Hamdaoui[6] 14 DF Erik Edman 15 FW Mido (on loan from Roma) 16 DF Reto Ziegler 17 DF Noé Pamarot 18 FW Jermain Defoe 19 MF Andy Reid 20 DF Michael Dawson

No. Position Player 21 DF Rodrigo Defendi 22 FW Lee Barnard 23 MF Michael Carrick 24 DF Timothée Atouba 25 GK Márton Fülöp 26 DF Ledley King (captain) 27 MF Rohan Ricketts 28 MF Mark Yeates 29 DF Philip Ifil 30 DF Anthony Gardner 31 MF Dean Marney 32 MF Johnnie Jackson 34 DF Stephen Kelly 35 DF David Limberský (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň) 36 MF Emil Hallfreðsson 37 GK Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague) 48 GK Nicky Eyre

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 3 DF Mauricio Taricco (to West Ham United) 6 DF Dean Richards (retired) 12 DF Gary Doherty (to Norwich City) 13 GK Kasey Keller (on loan to Southampton; sold to Borussia Mönchengladbach) 15 MF Jamie Redknapp (to Southampton) 19 DF Calum Davenport (on loan to Southampton)

No. Position Player 20 FW Edson Silva (to ADO Den Haag) 21 DF Mbulelo Mabizela (to Orlando Pirates) 33 MF Mark Hughes (to Oldham Athletic) FW Jamie Slabber (to Aldershot Town) GK Lars Hirschfeld (on loan to Dundee United; sold to Leicester City)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[7][8]

• GK: #1, Paul Robinson, 44
• RB: #17, Noé Pamarot, 28
• CB: #26, Ledley King, 47
• CB: #2, Noureddine Naybet, 31
• LB: #14, Erik Edman, 30
• RM: #7, Simon Davies, 23 (#10, Robbie Keane, has 29 starts as a centre-forward)
• CM: #8, Pedro Mendes, 26
• CM: #23, Michael Carrick, 33
• LM: #11, Michael Brown, 29
• CF: #18, Jermain Defoe, 35
• CF: #9, Frédéric Kanouté, 30

Reserve squad

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

No. Position Player GK Robert Burch DF Marcel McKie DF Spase Dilevski

No. Position Player MF Jamie O'Hara FW Michael Malcolm

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Old Club	Cost
14 May	Paul Robinson	Leeds United	£1,400,000[9]
28 May	Márton Fülöp	MTK Budapest	undisclosed[10]
8 July	Pedro Mendes	Porto	£2,000,000[11]
9 July	Sean Davis	Fulham	£3,000,000[12]
31 July	Erik Edman	Heerenveen	undisclosed[13]
7 August	Timothée Atouba	Basel	undisclosed[14]
12 August	Noureddine Naybet	Deportivo La Coruña	£700,000[15]
24 August	Michael Carrick	West Ham United	£3,500,000[16]
31 August	Reto Ziegler	Grasshopper	[17][18]
25 August	Noé Pamarot	Nice	£1,700,000[19]
5 January 2005	Emil Hallfreðsson	FH Hafnarfjordur	undisclosed[20]
31 January	Andy Reid	Nottingham Forest	£8,000,000 combined.[21]
31 January	Michael Dawson	Nottingham Forest	£8,000,000 combined.[21]
	Edson Silva	PSV	unknown date/fee

Out

• Gus Poyet - retired, 12 May^[22]
• Christian Ziege - released, 12 May (later joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on 9 June)
• Darren Anderton - released, 12 May (later joined Birmingham City on 10 August)^[23]
• Hélder Postiga - Porto, 8 July, £5,000,000
• Stephen Carr - Newcastle United, 10 August, £2,000,000^[24]
• Gary Doherty - Norwich City, 20 August, undisclosed^[25]
• Mbulelo Mabizela - released, 25 October^[26] (later joined Orlando Pirates on 12 January)^[27]
• Mauricio Taricco - West Ham United, 19 November, free^[28]
• Jamie Redknapp - Southampton, 4 January, free^[29]
• Kasey Keller - Borussia Mönchengladbach, 15 January, free^[30]
• Edson Silva - ADO Den Haag, 31 January, free^[31]
• Mark Hughes - Oldham Athletic, 15 February, free^[32]
• Dean Richards - retired, 21 March^[33]
• Jamie Slabber - Aldershot Town
• Lars Hirschfeld - Leicester City, January

Loan in

• Radek Černý - Slavia Prague
• Mido - Roma, 26 January, 18 months^[34]

Loan out

• Kasey Keller - Southampton, 12 November, one month^[35]
• Calum Davenport - Southampton, 3 January, season-long^[36]
• Lars Hirschfeld - Dundee United, August

Transfers in: £20,300,000

Transfers out: £7,000,000

Overall spending: £13,300,000

Trialists

• Edson Silva - PSV (successful)
• Dagui Bakari - Lens (unsuccessful)
• Márton Fülöp - MTK (successful)

References

1. "Santini resigns as Spurs manager". BBC News. 5 November 2004.
2. "Spurs appoint Jol as new boss". BBC News. 8 November 2004.
3. "Tottenham Hotspur 2004–2005 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
4. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/2004-2005/results
5. Kanouté was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his debut for Mali in January 2004
6. El Hamdaoui was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and has represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his full international debut for Morocco in February 2009
7. http://www.11v11.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/tab/players/season/2005
8. http://www.football-lineups.com/season/Tottenham_Hotspur/2004-2005/
9. "Robinson seals Spurs move". BBC News. 14 May 2004.
10. "Spurs sign keeper Fulop". BBC News. 28 May 2004.
11. "Postiga joins Porto". BBC News. 9 July 2004.
12. "Davis up for challenge". BBC News. 10 July 2004.
13. "Spurs sign Edman". BBC News. 31 July 2004.
14. "Tottenham land Atouba". BBC News. 7 August 2004.
15. "Spurs sign Naybet". BBC News. 12 August 2004.
16. "Spurs secure Carrick deal". BBC News. 24 August 2004.
17. "Spurs bring in Ziegler". BBC News. 31 August 2004.
18. Tottenham completed the signing of Ziegler on 20 July, intending him to remain with Grasshopper until the conclusion of the Swiss league season in January, but decided to bring forward his signing to August.
19. "Spurs sign Pamarot". BBC News. 25 August 2004.
20. "Tottenham sign duo". dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
21. "Reid and Dawson move to Tottenham". BBC News. 1 February 2005.
22. "Spurs offload veterans". BBC News. 12 May 2004.
23. "Birmingham sign Anderton". BBC News. 10 August 2004.
24. "Carr completes Magpies move". BBC News. 10 August 2004.
25. "Doherty joins Norwich". BBC News. 20 August 2004.
26. "Mabizela allowed to leave Spurs". BBC News. 25 October 2004.
27. "Pirates return for Mabizela". BBC News. 12 January 2005.
28. "West Ham sign Taricco from Spurs". BBC News. 19 November 2004.
29. "Redknapp seals Southampton switch". BBC News. 4 January 2005.
30. "Keller makes move to Bundesliga". BBC News. 15 January 2005.
31. "Transfers - January 2005". BBC News. 1 February 2005.
32. "Transfers - February 2005". BBC News. 28 February 2005.
33. "Illness forces Richards to retire". BBC News. 21 March 2005.
34. "Tottenham pull off double signing". BBC News. 26 January 2005.
35. "Southampton sign Keller on loan". BBC News. 12 November 2004.
36. "Davenport joins Saints on loan". BBC News. 3 January 2005.