2004–05 Cagliari Calcio 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

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Pre-season and friendlies

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

1	Cagliari	1–0	Bologna
	Esposito 19'

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

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

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

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

6	Cagliari	0–1	Milan
			Pirlo 20'

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

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

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

10

Cagliari

0–0

Livorno

11

Sampdoria

0–0

Cagliari

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20	Bologna	1–0	Cagliari
	Bellucci 70'

21	Cagliari	1–0	Fiorentina
	Esposito 11'

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

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

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

25	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	Serginho 90 + 2'

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

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

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

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

30

Cagliari

0–0

Sampdoria

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

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

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

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

35

Cagliari

0–0

Palermo

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

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

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

^ "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.

[table_note_LAZ0.083679162470474-1] Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

[2] "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.

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