The 2004–05 Serie A (known as the

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TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian

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, the 73rd in a

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. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons, while relegations were reduced to three. The Coppa Campioni d'Italia was presented to the winners on the pitch for the first time. The first two teams qualified directly to

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, teams ending in the third and fourth places had to play Champions League qualifications, teams ending in the fifth and sixth places qualified to

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(another spot was given to the winner of

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), while only the last three teams were to be relegated in

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, the Italian second division, following a regulations change.

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finished in first place but were later stripped of the title as a result of the Calciopoli scandal. As a result, there was no winner or runner-up in the 2004-05 competition, but the European competition places for higher positions in the table remained.

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ended the campaign in second place, however they are not considered runners-up due to the scandal. Udinese qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history.

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, in its first Serie A campaign in over 30 years, finished in sixth place, qualifying for the

for the first time in its history. Roma qualified for the UEFA Cup as the runners-up in the

because the cup winner, Internazionale, had already qualified for the Champions League. Two teams,

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and

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, were directly relegated to

, while the third relegation place was to be decided among three teams (

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and

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), counting only the so-called ''classifica avulsa''; that is, the table composed solely by the six matches among the three teams. Bologna and Parma had fewer points, and played the relegation tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was won by Parma, who were defeated 0–1 at home but won 0–2 away in the return match. This method of classifying teams on equal points totals was abolished for the 2005–06 season but returned for the 2022–23 season.

Personnel and sponsoring

(*) Promoted from

League table

Results

Relegation tie-breaker

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relegated to

Top goalscorers

References and sources

*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006

External links

- All results on Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF Website.
2004/2005 Serie A Squads
- (www.footballsquads.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:2004-05 Serie A Serie A seasons

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