2004–05 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C.
2004–05 season season
Manager	Chris Coleman
FA Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Cole (12); All: Andy Cole (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was Fulham F.C.'s fourth consecutive season in the top flight of English football, the Premier League. They were managed by former player, Chris Coleman, who managed to guide them into a mid-table position of 13th.

Despite not being involved in a relegation dogfight at the end of the season, they still had a big say in deciding who went down as they beat Norwich City 6–0 on the last day to relegate the East Anglians and save West Bromwich Albion.

In other competitions, they reached the quarter finals of the League Cup, where they lost to Chelsea, and also reached the fifth round of the FA Cup. They also had a Pakistani player in the 2004 season named Zesh Rehman

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Edwin van der Sar
2	DF	GER	Moritz Volz
3	DF	USA	Carlos Bocanegra
4	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque^{[notes 1]}
5	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski
6	DF	ENG	Zat Knight
7	MF	WAL	Mark Pembridge
8	FW	USA	Brian McBride
9	FW	ENG	Andy Cole
10	MF	ENG	Lee Clark (captain)
11	FW	POR	Luís Boa Morte
12	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley^{[notes 2]}
14	MF	SEN	Papa Bouba Diop


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	NED	Collins John^{[notes 3]}
17	FW	CAN	Tomasz Radzinski^{[notes 4]}
19	FW	GHA	Elvis Hammond
20	MF	DEN	Claus Jensen
21	DF	ENG	Zesh Rehman^{[notes 5]}
23	MF	IRL	Michael Timlin^{[notes 6]}
24	DF	FRA	Alain Goma
25	MF	ENG	Malik Buari^{[notes 7]}
28	MF	ENG	Omar Saleem
30	DF	ENG	Adam Green
35	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce
36	DF	SCO	Billy McKinlay
37	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ENG	Ross Flitney
16	GK	POR	Ricardo Batista
18	DF	FRA	Jérôme Bonnissel
22	DF	ENG	Dean Leacock
26	FW	ARG	Facundo Sava
29	MF	ENG	Sean Doherty


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley
33	FW	SCO	Stuart Noble
34	MF	ENG	Neale McDermott
38	DF	ENG	Robbie Watkins
39	FW	FRA	Ismael Ehui
—	MF	WAL	Alex Lawless
—	MF	PAK	Zesh Rehman

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 31 June 2005

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Edwin van der Sar	40	0	33+1	0	5	0	1	0
12	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Moritz Volz	36	1	31	0	2	1	3	0
3	DF	USA	Carlos Bocanegra	35	1	26+2	1	4	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Zat Knight	42	2	35	1	5	1	2	0
21	DF	ENG	Zesh Rehman	23	0	15+2	0	2	0	4	0
24	DF	FRA	Alain Goma	20	0	15+1	0	2+1	0	1	0
28	DF	ENG	Liam Fontaine	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Adam Green	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior	23	0	16+1	0	4	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	31	7	22+4	6	1	0	4	1
5	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski	22	1	13+2	1	5	0	1+1	0
7	MF	WAL	Mark Pembridge	34	1	26+2	0	2+1	0	3	1
10	MF	ENG	Lee Clark	22	1	15+2	1	4+1	0	0	0
14	MF	SEN	Papa Bouba Diop	35	7	29	6	3	1	3	0
20	MF	DEN	Claus Jensen	15	1	10+2	0	0+2	1	1	0
23	MF	IRL	Michael Timlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF	ENG	Malik Buari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	SCO	Billy McKinlay	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
8	FW	USA	Brian McBride	37	9	15+16	6	0+2	0	2+2	3
9	FW	ENG	Andy Cole	39	13	29+2	12	5	0	3	1
11	FW	POR	Luís Boa Morte	39	9	29+2	8	5	1	3	0
15	FW	NED	Collins John	34	6	13+14	4	1+4	2	0+2	0
17	FW	CAN	Tomasz Radzinski	41	11	25+10	6	4	1	2	4
19	FW	GHA	Elvis Hammond	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[2]^[3]

GK: #1, Edwin van der Sar, 39
RB: #2, Moritz Volz, 36
CB: #6, Zat Knight, 42
CB: #21, Zesh Rehman, 21 (#37, Liam Rosenior, also has 21 starts)
LB: #3, Carlos Bocanegra, 33
CM: #4, Steed Malbranque, 27
CM: #14, Papa Bouba Diop, 35
CM: #7, Mark Pembridge, 31
RF: #11, Luís Boa Morte, 37
CF: #9, Andy Cole, 37
LF: #17, Tomasz Radzinski, 31

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
18 July 2004	FW	Andy Cole	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed^[4]
23 July 2004	FW	Tomasz Radzinski	Everton	Undisclosed (estimated £1,750,000)^[5]
23 July 2004	MF	Claus Jensen	Charlton Athletic	£1,250,000^[6]
27 July 2004	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	Lens	Undisclosed
1 June 2005	GK	Jaroslav Drobný	Panionios	Undisclosed^[7]
9 June 2005	MF	Ahmad Elrich	Busan I'cons	Undisclosed^[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
11 July 2004	DF	Mark Hudson	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed
6 June 2005	GK	Edwin van der Sar	Manchester United	Undisclosed (estimated £2,000,000)^[9]

Competitions

Overall

Premier League: 13th
League Cup: Quarter-finals
FA Cup: Fifth round

Premier League

Premier League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Charlton Athletic	38	12	10	16	42	58	−16	46
12	Birmingham City	38	11	12	15	40	46	−6	45
13	Fulham	38	12	8	18	52	60	−8	44
14	Newcastle United	38	10	14	14	47	57	−10	44	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	32	43	−11	42

Source: ^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	12	8	18	52	60	−8	44	8	4	7	29	26	+3	4	4	11	23	34	−11

Last updated: 13 May 2004.
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	10	4	8	13	16	15	12	14	16	17	15	12	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2004. Source: https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/2005/3/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 2004	Manchester City	A	1–1	44,026	John
21 August 2004	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	17,541	Cole (2)
25 August 2004	Middlesbrough	H	0–2	17,759
30 August 2004	Portsmouth	A	3–4	19,728	Cole, Boa Morte, Bocanegra
11 September 2004	Arsenal	H	0–3	21,681
18 September 2004	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	24,128	Cole
25 September 2004	Southampton	H	1–0	19,237	Radzinski
4 October 2004	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	21,825
16 October 2004	Liverpool	H	2–4	21,884	Boa Morte (2)
23 October 2004	Aston Villa	A	0–2	34,460
30 October 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	21,137	Boa Morte, Cole
7 November 2004	Newcastle United	A	4–1	51,118	John, Malbranque (2), Boa Morte
13 November 2004	Chelsea	H	1–4	21,877	Diop
20 November 2004	Everton	A	0–1	34,763
27 November 2004	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	19,103
4 December 2004	Norwich City	A	1–0	23,755	Cole
13 December 2004	Manchester United	H	1–1	21,940	Diop
20 December 2004	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	26,108	Radzinski
26 December 2004	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,047
28 December 2004	Birmingham City	H	2–3	18,706	Legwinski, Radzinski
1 January 2005	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	18,680	Cole (2), Radzinski
5 January 2005	Southampton	A	3–3	27,343	Diop, Malbranque, Radzinski
16 January 2005	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	16,180	Diop
22 January 2005	Birmingham City	A	2–1	28,512	Cole (pen.), Diop
2 February 2005	Aston Villa	H	1–1	17,624	Clark
5 February 2005	Liverpool	A	1–3	43,534	Cole
26 February 2005	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	35,885
5 March 2005	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	18,290
19 March 2005	Manchester United	A	0–1	67,959
3 April 2005	Portsmouth	H	3–1	20,502	Cole, McBride, Boa Morte
9 April 2005	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	25,493	Boa Morte
16 April 2005	Manchester City	H	1–1	21,796	Boa Morte
19 April 2005	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	30,650	McBride
23 April 2005	Chelsea	A	1–3	42,081	John
30 April 2005	Everton	H	2–0	21,881	John, McBride
4 May 2005	Newcastle United	H	1–3	19,003	Radzinski
7 May 2005	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–1	18,991	Malbranque (2), McBride
15 May 2005	Norwich City	H	6–0	21,927	McBride (2), Diop, Knight, Malbranque, Cole

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 September 2004	R2	Boston United	A	4–1	5,373	Radzinski (2), Malbranque, McBride
27 October 2004	R3	Birmingham City	A	1–0	26,371	Pembridge
10 November 2004	R4	Nottingham Forest	A	4–2 (a.e.t.)	9,252	Radzinski (2), McBride, Cole
30 November 2004	R5	Chelsea	H	1–2	14,531	McBride

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 January 2005	R3	Watford	A	1–1	14,896	Knight
19 January 2005	R3R	Watford	H	2–0	11,306	Volz, Radzinski
29 January 2005	R4	Derby County	A	1–1	22,040	John
12 February 2005	R4R	Derby County	H	4–2	15,528	Diop, Boa Morte, John, Jensen
19 February 2005	R5	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	16,151

References

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^ "All Fulham players: 2005". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Fulham in FA Premier League 2004/2005 fixture". Football-lineups.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Cole moves to Fulham". News.bbc.co.uk. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Fulham land Radzinski". News.bbc.co.uk. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Jensen joins Fulham". News.bbc.co.uk. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Fulham complete deal for Drobny". News.bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Australian Elrich moves to Fulham". News.bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Man Utd seal Van der Sar switch". News.bbc.co.uk. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "2004–05 Premier League table". Premier League. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

Notes

^ Malbranque was born in Mouscron, Belgium, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-21 level before being called up by France in February 2004 without playing.
^ Crossley was born in Barnsley, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through a grandparent and made his international debut for Wales in February 1997.
^ John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, but was raised in the Netherlands and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
^ Radzinski was born in Poznań, Poland, but also qualified to represent Canada internationally and made his international debut for Canada in June 1995.
^ Rehman was born in Birmingham, England, and represented them at U-18, U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.
^ Timlin was born in Peckham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level.
^ Buari was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-15 and U-16 level.