2004–05 Manchester City F.C. Season

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 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.

Season review

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Team kit

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

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).

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from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 Shift:(0,-4) text:5
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:16
from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:17
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:14
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:22
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:3
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:2
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:18
from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:1
from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:9
from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:16

from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 color:fdm shift:(1,15) text: " First Div."
from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1995 color:plm shift:(25,15) text: "Premier League"
from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 color:plr shift:(0,0)
from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 color:d1m shift:(20,15) text: " Division 1"
from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 color:d1r shift:(0,0)
from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 color:d2p shift:(0,15) text: " Div. 2"
from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:d1p shift:(0,15) text: " Div. 1"
from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 color:plr shift:(0,15) text: " PL"
from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 color:d1p shift:(0,15) text: " Div. 1"
from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2004 color:plm shift:(0,15) text: "Premier League"

Results

Pre-season

Thomas Cook Trophy

Premier League

Position in final standings

Results summary

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: Arsenal, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United,
:::West 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

Individual match reports

League Cup

FA Cup

Playing statistics

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

Goalscorers

All competitions

Premier League

League Cup and FA Cup

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

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References

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