The 2004–05 season was

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's 107th in existence and 103rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. Juventus won the league title for the 28th time in this season; the following year, Juventus were stripped of this title and sent to

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due to the ''

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'' scandal.

Season summary

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returned to domestic glory in the first season under

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's reign. The former Juventus midfielder had a positive influence on the Juventus squad, and it seemed as though he had led the club to its 28th league title. However, that was all to change a year afterwards when

sent Juventus to

. On the pitch in 2004–05, Swedish signing

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was the biggest positive surprise. Not known as an outright goalscorer at previous club

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, Ibrahimović hit the back of the net 16 times in his debut Serie A season. Another signing,

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, gave the team the stability it had lacked in the 2003–04 season, and helped the defense to be rock-solid. Juventus conceded just 27 goals throughout the league season and this, combined with the 67 goals scored, gave the club both the best defence and best attack of 2004–05 in Italy. The lowest point of the season was not being able to get past

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in the quarter-finals Champions League.

Sami Hyypiä Sami Tuomas Hyypiä (; born 7 October 1973) is a Finnish professional football manager and a former player who played as a centre-back. Hyypiä began his playing career with Ykkönen side Kumu and soon moved to Veikkausliiga outfit MyPa. He s ...

and Luis García scored early goals at

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, from which Juventus could not recover, despite a second half goal by

that meant they could go through to a semi-final showdown with Chelsea if they won the return leg in Turin just 1–0. In this second leg, Ibrahimović missed a golden chance when all he had to do was turn in a

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cross. After that, Juventus failed to pose any threat to the well-organized English side. Liverpool would go on to win the competition.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Winter

Reserve squad

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

=Quarter-finals

Statistics

Players statistics

Goalscorers

16 *

Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for ...

14 *

David Trezeguet David Sergio Trezeguet (, ; born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at ...

9 *

Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedvěd (; born 30 August 1972) is a Czech former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Czech players of all time and he won numerous trophies with Italian cl ...

7 *

Marcelo Zalayeta Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (; born 5 December 1978) is a Uruguayan former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Zalayeta began his club career with Danubio F.C., Danubio before movi ...

References

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