The 2004–05 season was the 127th season in

Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

's existence, and was their fourth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Season summary

Bolton finished in sixth place in the final Premiership table - tied on points but one place behind that season's European champions

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

, and three points off qualification for the Champions League. As it was, sixth place was enough to grant Bolton their first ever excursion into European competition, in the

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Final league table

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Michael Bridges Michael Bridges (born 5 August 1978) is an English professional football manager and retired former player. As a player, he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Sunderland, Leeds United and Newcastle United, as well as ...

- Leeds United, free, 9 June *

Les Ferdinand Leslie Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit, who is currently the director of football at Queens Park Rangers. A striker, his playing career included notable sp ...

- Leicester City, free, 5 July *

Radhi Jaïdi Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi ( ar, راضي بن عبد المجيد الجعايدي; born 30 August 1975) is a Tunisian former footballer who played as a centre back. He was previously head coach of the under-23 team at Southampton, head coach ...

- Espérance, free, 6 July * Gary Speed -

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

, £750,000, 21 July *

Fernando Hierro Fernando Ruiz Hierro (; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Liga MX club C.D. Guadalajara. He won five La Liga ...

- Al Rayyan, free, 28 July *

Tal Ben Haim Tal Ben Haim (or Tal Ben Haim I, he, טל בן-חיים; born 31 March 1982) is an Israeli footballer who last played for Beitar Jerusalem. He can play at either centre back or right back. He has played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, ...

- Maccabi Tel Aviv, £203,000, 28 July *

El Hadji Diouf El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward. Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes an ...

, season loan, 19 August * Blessing Kaku -

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

, free transfer, 24 August *

Khalilou Fadiga Khalilou Fadiga (born 30 December 1974) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also holds a Belgian passport. Club career Early career Fadiga moved to France when he was six years old. Fadiga began his ca ...

- Internazionale, free, 14 September *

Vincent Candela Vincent Philippe Antoine Candela (born 24 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer. With the French national team, Candela won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. Early life Candela was born in Bédarieux, Hérault. Clu ...

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, free transfer, 31 January * Júlio César -

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

, free, July

Out

Simon Charlton Simon Thomas Charlton (born 25 October 1971) is an English football coach, former footballer and radio summariser. As a player, he was a full back who notably played in the Premier League for Southampton, Bolton Wanderers and Norwich City. He ...

- Norwich City, £250,000, 13 July * Jeff Smith -

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

, free, 22 June *

Per Frandsen Per Frandsen (born 6 February 1970) is a Danish football manager and former professional football player. He is currently the manager of Hvidovre IF. He won the 1994–95 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfi ...

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

, free, 24 June *

Emerson Thome Emerson Augusto Thome (born 30 March 1972), also known as Paredão, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Career He first came to England towards the end of the 1997–98 season when moving to Sheffield Wednesday fr ...

, free, 4 August *

Mário Jardel Mário Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (; born 18 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was most noted for his positioning on the field and his heading ability. He was a legend for Grêmio, playi ...

- Newell's Old Boys, free, 13 August *

Ibrahim Ba Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba (born 12 January 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder. Starting off his career with Le Havre in France in the early 1990s, he went on to represent clubs in Italy, England, Turkey, a ...

- Çaykur Rizespor, free, 24 August *

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, season loan, 23 September *

Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff (born 9 March 1968) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Throughout his club career, he played for teams in France, Italy, Germany, England, and the United States. At ...

- Blackburn Rovers, free, 28 September *

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, free, 6 January * Danny Livesey -

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

, month loan, 25 December * Danny Livesey -

, free, 25 January *

Joey O'Brien Joseph Martin O'Brien (born 17 February 1986) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played as a full-back and defensive midfielder for Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Shamrock Rovers. He was capped 5 times ...

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, loan *

Derek Niven Derek Dunbar Niven (born 12 December 1983) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chesterfield, Northampton Town, Grimsby Town and Buxto ...

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* Steve Howey -

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, free * Ndiwa Lord-Kangana - released * Jeremy Bon - released * Lewis Hamlin - released :''Note: All players listed as joining other clubs from Bolton on a free transfer were released by the club on 17 May 2004, with the exception of Ferdinand, who was released on 2 January 2005.''

Matches

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.

Top scorers

Notes

References

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