2004–05 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari Calcio 2004-05 football season

Cagliari Calcio
2004-05 season
Manager	Daniele Arrigoni
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Mauro Esposito (16 goals) All: Mauro Esposito (19 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Cagliari Calcio had a successful return to Serie A, finishing in 12th place and reaching the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. This was much thanks to a trio of attacking players consisting of Mauro Esposito, David Suazo and Gianfranco Zola, with Esposito scoring 16 league goals, a personal record.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Fanis Katergiannakis
Alex Brunner
Gennaro Iezzo

Defenders

Francesco Bega
Diego López
Alessandro Agostini
Simone Loria
Roberto Maltagliati
Francesco Pisano
Rocco Sabato

Midfielders

Attackers

Pre-season and friendlies

Tottenham

Cagliari

7 August 2004 Friendly	Tottenham	1–2	Cagliari	London, England
	Kanouté 55'	Report	Conti 59' Albino 61'	Stadium: White Hart Lane

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Reggina	38	10	14	14	36	45	−9	44
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44
12	Cagliari	38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44
13	Lazio^[a]	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
14	Siena	38	9	16	13	44	55	−11	43

Source: 2004–05 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[1]
Notes:

^ Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

Matches

Cagliari v Bologna

1	Cagliari	1–0	Bologna
	Esposito 19'

Fiorentina v Cagliari

2	Fiorentina	2–1	Cagliari
	Miccoli 16' Dainelli 90 + 1'		Suazo 90 + 3'

Cagliari v Siena

3	Cagliari	2–0	Siena
	Esposito 18' Suazo 77'

Lecce v Cagliari

4	Lecce	3–1	Cagliari
	Cassetti 57' Giacomazzi 71' Bjelanović 87'		Esposito 48'

Cagliari v Brescia

5	Cagliari	2–1	Brescia
	Zola 13' (pen.) Langella 82'		Caracciolo 39'

Cagliari v Milan

6	Cagliari	0–1	Milan
			Pirlo 20'

Atalanta v Cagliari

7	Atalanta	2–2	Cagliari
	Pazzini 2' Montolivo 40'		Esposito 12' Loria 29'

Cagliari v Parma

8	Cagliari	2–1	Parma
	Abeijón 45 + 1' Esposito 85'		Marchionni 63'

Roma v Cagliari

9	Roma	5–1	Cagliari
	Dellas 2' Totti 6' (pen.) Perrotta 64' Montella 90, 90 + 2'		Suazo 31'

Cagliari v Livorno

Cagliari

0–0

Livorno

Sampdoria v Cagliari

Sampdoria

0–0

Cagliari

Cagliari v Inter

12	Cagliari	3–3	Inter
	Zola 6' (pen.) Langella 33' Esposito 61'		Stanković 35' Martins 75, 89'

Lazio v Cagliari

13	Lazio	2–3	Cagliari
	Pandev 7' Oddo 80' (pen.)		Langella 34' Esposito 65' Zola 71'

Cagliari v Chievo

14	Cagliari	4–2	Chievo
	Zola 33', 39' (pen.) Langella 45' Abeijón 60'		Pellissier 58' Amauri 88'

Reggina v Cagliari

15	Reggina	3–2	Cagliari
	Paredes 8' De Rosa 53, 76'		Langella 6' Esposito 72'

Palermo v Cagliari

16	Palermo	3–0	Cagliari
	Zauli 33' Brienza 38' Toni 39'

Cagliari v Messina

17	Cagliari	2–1	Messina
	Esposito 48' Gobbi 55'		Zampagna 22'

Udinese v Cagliari

18	Udinese	2–0	Cagliari
	Di Natale 23' Pisano 59' (o.g.)

Cagliari v Juventus

19	Cagliari	1–1	Juventus
	Zola 89'		Emerson 55'

Bologna v Cagliari

20	Bologna	1–0	Cagliari
	Bellucci 70'

Cagliari v Fiorentina

21	Cagliari	1–0	Fiorentina
	Esposito 11'

Siena v Cagliari

22	Siena	2–2	Cagliari
	Chiesa 4' Flo 36'		López 57' Bianchi 84'

Cagliari v Lecce

23	Cagliari	3–1	Lecce
	Gobbi 10' Esposito 72, 86'		Vučinić 38'

Brescia v Cagliari

24	Brescia	2–0	Cagliari
	Zoboli 6' Caracciolo 90'

Milan v Cagliari

25	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	Serginho 90 + 2'

Cagliari v Atalanta

26	Cagliari	3–3	Atalanta
	Langella 10' Esposito 43' Abeijón 67'		Sala 18' Makinwa 61' Marcolini 90 + 1' (pen.)

Parma v Cagliari

27	Parma	3–2	Cagliari
	Gilardino 10' Bovo 17' F. Simplício 90 + 3'		Bonera 4' (o.g.) Suazo 89'

Cagliari v Roma

28	Cagliari	3–0	Roma
	Zola 24' Esposito 41' Suazo 48'

Livorno v Cagliari

29	Livorno	3–3	Cagliari
	C. Lucarelli 36, 63' Protti 39'		Suazo 42', 45 + 4' (pen.) Abeijón 90 + 2'

Cagliari v Sampdoria

Cagliari

0–0

Sampdoria

Inter v Cagliari

31	Inter	2–0	Cagliari
	Zé Maria 40' Martins 64'

Cagliari v Lazio

32	Cagliari	1–1	Lazio
	Esposito 70'		Siviglia 90 + 1'

Chievo v Cagliari

33	Chievo	1–1	Cagliari
	Pellissier 32'		Gobbi 72'

Cagliari v Reggina

34	Cagliari	1–1	Reggina
	Bianchi 90 + 1'		Colucci 36'

Cagliari v Palermo

Cagliari

0–0

Palermo

Messina v Cagliari

36	Messina	2–1	Cagliari
	D'Agostino 45 + 1' (pen.) Amoruso 87'		Álvarez 54'

Cagliari v Udinese

37	Cagliari	1–1	Udinese
	Esposito 67'		Iaquinta 3'

Juventus v Cagliari

38	Juventus	4–2	Cagliari
	Del Piero 43' Trezeguet 51, 73' Appiah 86'		Zola 60, 86'

Top Scorers

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44	9	9	1	30	17	+13	1	5	13	21	43	−22

Sources

RSSSF - Italy Championship 2004/05

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2004–05 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final Supercoppa Italiana
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Atalanta Bologna Brescia Cagliari Chievo Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lazio Lecce Livorno Milan Messina Parma Palermo Reggina Roma Sampdoria Siena Udinese
Serie B	AlbinoLeffe Genoa Modena
Serie C1	Napoli

^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2016.