Season 2004/05

Summary of Arsenal's performance

Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A
Premier League	38	25	8	5	87	36	2nd place
FA Cup	7	4	3	0	9	2	Winners
Carling (League) Cup	3	2	0	1	5	3	Quarterfinal exit
Champions League	8	3	4	1	13	9	Round of 16
Community Shield	1	1	0	0	3	1	Winners
All competitions	57	35	15	7	117	51

Arsenal player appearances

Manager: Arsène Wenger (9th season)

			League		FA Cup		FL Cup		UCL		Com.Shld		Total
No	Player	Position	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	Jens Lehmann	G	28	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	41	-
3	Ashley Cole	D L	35	2	3	-	-	-	7+1	-	1	-	46+1	2
4	Patrick Vieira	DM C	32	6	6	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	44	7
7	Robert Pires	AM RL	26+7	14	4+2	2	-	-	7+1	1	-	-	37+10	17
8	Fredrik Ljungberg	AM RL	24+2	10	5+1	2	-	-	6	2	-	-	35+3	14
9	José Antonio Reyes	F LC	25+5	9	6	1	-	-	7+1	1	1	1	39+6	12
10	Dennis Bergkamp	F C	20+9	8	4	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	29+9	8
11	Robin van Persie	F LC	12+14	5	3+2	3	3	1	0+6	1	0+1	-	18+23	10
12	Lauren	D R	32+1	1	4	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	44+1	1
13	Stuart Taylor	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Thierry Henry	F C	31+1	25	1	-	-	-	8	5	1	-	41+1	30
15	Francesc Fábregas	M C	24+9	2	4+2	-	1	-	4+1	1	1	-	34+12	3
16	Mathieu Flamini	M RC	9+12	1	4	-	3	-	2+2	-	-	-	18+14	1
17	Edu	DM LC	6+6	2	0+1	-	1	-	3+1	-	-	-	10+8	2
18	Pascal Cygan	D C	15	-	2+1	-	1	-	3	-	1	-	22+1	-
19	Gilberto Silva	DM C	13	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	1	17	1
20	Philippe Senderos	D C	12+1	-	6	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	22+1	-
21	Jermaine Pennant	AM R	1+6	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	6+6	-
22	Gaël Clichy	D L	7+8	-	5	-	1	-	1+1	-	0+1	-	14+10	-
23	Sol Campbell	D C	16	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	21	1
24	Manuel Almunia	G	10	-	2	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	16	-
27	Emmanuel Eboué	D R	0+1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3+1	-
28	Kolo Touré	D RLC	35	-	5+1	-	-	-	8	1	1	-	49+1	1
30	Jérémie Aliadière	F C	0+4	-	0+2	-	-	-	-	-	0+1	-	0+7	-
31	Justin Hoyte	D RC	4+1	-	0+1	-	3	-	1+1	-	0+1	-	8+4	-
32	Sebastian Svärd	D C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0+1	-	0+1	-
35	Johan Djourou	D C	-	-	-	-	2+1	-	-	-	-	-	2+1	-
39	Sebastian Larsson	M	-	-	-	-	2+1	-	-	-	-	-	2+1	-
40	Arturo Lupoli	F C	-	-	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	4	2
42	Quincy Owusu-Abeyie	F C	1	-	0+2	-	1+2	1	0+1	-	-	-	2+5	1
44	Olafur-Ingi Skulason	M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	Ryan Smith	M/F LC	-	-	-	-	2+1	-	-	-	-	-	2+1	-
--	Daniel Karbassiyoon	D L	-	-	-	-	1+2	1	-	-	-	-	1+2	1

Players released by Arsenal

(Only players who have made first-team appearances – in total, 17 players were released)

• Nwankwo Kanu
• Martin Keown
• Michal Papadopulos
• Rami Shaaban
• Igors Stepanovs
• Sylvain Wiltord

Players on loan

• David Bentley: Norwich City (3 June until end of season).
• Graham Stack: Millwall (8 July until end of season).
• Sebastian Svärd: Brøndby (31 August until end of season).
• Jermaine Pennant: Birmingham City (from January).

Transfers out

• 28 June 2004: Stathis Tavlaridis to Lille for an undisclosed fee.
• 20 July 2004: Martin Keown to Leicester City on a free transfer.
• 23 July 2004: Ray Parlour to Middlesbrough on a free transfer.
• 28 July 2004: Giovanni van Bronckhorst to FC Barcelona for an undisclosed fee.
• 30 July 2004: Nwankwo Kanu to West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer.
• 10 August 2004: Francis Jeffers to Charlton Athletic for £2,600,000.
• 31 August 2004: Sylvain Wiltord to Olympique Lyonnais on a free transfer.
• 25 April 2005: Jermaine Pennant to Birmingham City for £3,000,000.

Transfers in

• 17 May 2004: Robin van Persie from Feyenoord for an undisclosed fee.
• 6 July 2004: Arturo Lupoli from Parma on a scholarship contract.
• 14 July 2004: Manuel Almunia from Celta Vigo for an undisclosed fee.
• 22 July 2004: Mathieu Flamini from Olympique Marseille for an undisclosed fee.
• 2 January 2005: Emmanuel Eboué from Beveren.

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