2004–05 Manchester City F.C. season
Introduction  Results summary – all competitions WinsDrawsLossesWin %'''Home'''9 6 6 42.9%'''Away'''5 7 8 25.0%'''Both'''14131434.1% Results summary – Premier League WinsDrawsLossesWin %'''Home'''8 6 5 42.1%'''Away'''5 7 7 26.3%'''Both'''13131234.2%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).ImageSize  = width:585 height:75PlotArea   = left:12 right:12 bottom:30 top:10TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = dd/mm/yyyyPeriod     = from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/2004ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1992Colors =  id:fdm  value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9)  id:plm  value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.9)  id:plr  value:rgb(0.3,0.5,0.9)  id:d1p  value:rgb(0.8,0.7,0.7)  id:d1p  value:rgb(0.0,0.99,0.0)  id:d1m  value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5)  id:d1r  value:rgb(0.2,0.7,0.2)  id:d2p  value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.2)  id:pro  value:rgb(0.9,0.6,0.1)  id:rel  value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1)PlotData=  bar:Position width:18 color:white align:center  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 2004Biggest 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  No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Totals DisciplineApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.GoalsApps.Goals13px13px1GK David James 38(0)    1(0)        39(0)      2DF David Sommeil 1(0)        1(1)    2(1)      3DF Ben Thatcher 18(1)    1(0)    2(0)    21(1)    2  5DF Sylvain Distin 38(0)  1  1(0)    2(0)    41(0)  1  3  6MF Claudio Reyna 17(1)  2          17(1)  2    8FW Robbie Fowler 32(4)  10      1(0)  1  33(4)  11  3  10MF Antoine Sibierski 35(1)  4  1(0)    2(0)  2  38(1)  6  3  11FW Jon Macken 23(7)  1  1(0)    1(0)  2  25(7)  3    12GK Nicky Weaver 1(1)            1(1)      14MF Kiki Musampa 14(0)  3          14(0)  3    16DF Nedum Onuoha 17(6)        1(0)    18(6)      17DF Sun Jihai 6(2)        1(0)    7(2)    1  18DF Danny Mills 32(3)    1(0)    2(0)    35(3)    5  – / 120MF Steve McManaman 13(7)    1(1)        14(8)    1  21GK Ronald Waterreus         2(0)    2(0)       22DF Richard Dunne 35(0)  1  1(0)        36(0)  1  7  1 / –24MF Joey Barton 32(3)  1  1(0)    1(0)  1  34(3)  2  9  26MF Paul Bosvelt 28(0)  2  1(0)    1(0)    30(0)  2  6  28MF Trevor Sinclair 4(2)  1      1(0)    5(2)  1    29MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 33(1)  10  1(0)    2(0)  1  36(1)  11    30MF Christian Negouai 1(1)        1(1)    2(2)      – / 131MF Jonathan D'Laryea         1(0)    1(0)      39'''Sold''' Nicolas Anelka 19(1)  7          19(1)  7    40MF Lee Croft 7(7)            7(7)      41DF Stephen Jordan 19(0)        1(1)    20(1)    5  42FW Bradley Wright-Phillips 14 (14)  1  1(0)    1(1)    16 (15)  1    44MF Willo Flood 9(5)  1  1(1)    2(0)  1  12(6)  2  1   '''TOTALS''' 45  8 53  46  1 / 2''Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)''===Goalscorers=======All competitions====ScorerGoals Robbie Fowler 11 Shaun Wright-Phillips Nicolas Anelka 7 Antoine Sibierski 6 Jon Macken 3 Kiki Musampa Joey Barton 2 Paul Bosvelt Willo Flood Claudio Reyna Sylvain Distin 1 Richard Dunne Trevor Sinclair Bradley Wright-Phillips====Premier League====ScorerGoals Robbie Fowler 10 Shaun Wright-Phillips Nicolas Anelka 7 Antoine Sibierski 4 Kiki Musampa 3 Paul Bosvelt 2 Claudio Reyna Joey Barton 1 Sylvain Distin Richard Dunne Willo Flood Jon Macken Trevor Sinclair Bradley Wright-Phillips====League Cup and FA Cup====ScorerGoals Jon Macken 2 Antoine Sibierski Joey Barton 1 Willo Flood Robbie Fowler Shaun Wright-Phillips''Information current as of 15 May 2005 (end of season)''
Transfers and loans ===Transfers in=== Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 21 June 2004 DF  Ben Thatcher  Leicester City Free 21 June 2004 DF  Geert De Vlieger  Willem II Free 14 July 2004 DF  Danny Mills  Leeds United Free 26 Aug. 2004 GK  Ronald Waterreus  PSV Eindhoven Free===Transfers out=== Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee May 2004 GK  Árni Gautur Arason  Vålerenga Released 26 May 04  DF  Gerard Wiekens  Veendam Released 1 June 04 FW  Stephen Elliott  Sunderland Tribunal: £375,000+ 16 June 04 DF  Michael Tarnat  Hannover 96 Free 25 June 04 DF  Danny Tiatto  Leicester City Free 1 July 04  MF  Glenn Whelan  Sheffield Wed. Free 5 July 04 FW  Vicente Matías Vuoso  Santos Laguna Undisclosed Aug. 2004 FW  Craig Davies  Oxford United  26 Aug. 04 FW  Paulo Wanchope  Málaga £500,000 31 Jan. 05 FW  Nicolas Anelka  Fenerbahçe £7 million 31 Jan. 05 GK  Ronald Waterreus  Rangers Free 3 Mar. 05 DF  Paddy McCarthy  Leicester City £100,000 20 May 05MF  Steve McManaman Retired===Loans in=== Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 27 Jan. 2005 5 June 2005 MF  Kiki Musampa  Atlético Madrid===Loans out=== Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 30 Sep. 2004 29 Oct. 2004 DF  Mikkel Bischoff  Wolves 10 Nov. 2004 9 Feb. 2005 MF  Lee Croft  Oldham Athletic 31 Dec. 2004 30 Jan. 2005 GK  Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard  Blackpool 27 Jan. 2005 15 Feb. 2005 MF  Christian Negouai  Coventry City 24 Mar. 2005 31 May 2005 DF  Mikkel Bischoff  Wolves 11 Feb. 2005 16 Mar. 2005 FW  Karl Bermingham  Lincoln City
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