Middlesbrough F.C. season 2004-05 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Middlesbrough
Season 2004-05
League	FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
Manager	Steve McClaren Steve McClaren Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English football manager and former player.McClaren was previously manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011, having left his post at Dutch side FC Twente, with whom he won the club's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009–10 season...
Chairman	Steve Gibson
League position	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jerrel Hasselbaink usually known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch former football striker who played for various clubs in the Netherlands, Portugal, England, and Spain, as well as the Dutch national team. He scored more than 200 career goals... (13) All: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jerrel Hasselbaink usually known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch former football striker who played for various clubs in the Netherlands, Portugal, England, and Spain, as well as the Dutch national team. He scored more than 200 career goals... (16)
Highest attendance	Home: 34,836 v Norwich Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The... (Premier League) Away: 67,988 v Manchester United(Premier League)
Lowest attendance	Home: 29,603 v Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,... (Premier League) Away: 17,759 v Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... (Premier League)
FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...	Fourth Round
League Cup League Cup In association football, a League Cup or Secondary Cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament to be called "League Cup" was held in Scotland in 1946/47 and was entitled the Scottish...	Fourth Round
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...	Round of 16

During the 2004-05 season, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

participated in the FA Premier League

FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

Team Kit and Sponsors

During this season, Middlesbrough had a new sponsor of 888.com the team's strip was produced by Errea

Erreà

Erreà is a sportswear trademark founded in 1988, in Torrile...

. The home shirt included a white band on it for the first time since the 2000-01

Middlesbrough F.C. season 2000-01

During the 2000-01 season, Middlesbrough participated in the FA Premier League.-Team Kit and Sponsors:Middlesbrough were again sponsored by BT Cellnet for the 2000-01 season, the team's strip was produced by Errea. The home shirt consisted of a red shirt with white hoop, red shorts and red socks...

season. The away strip was mainly white, with maroon sleeves and blue shorts.

League review

After the triumph in the Carling Cup final the previous May, and a solid 11th place finish in the league, Boro fans were optimistic that this season would be a success. Steve McClaren

Steve McClaren

Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English football manager and former player.McClaren was previously manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011, having left his post at Dutch side FC Twente, with whom he won the club's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009–10 season...

signed Boudewijn Zenden and Doriva on permanent deals following their loan spells, as well as adding high profile signings Ray Parlour

Ray Parlour

Raymond "Ray" Parlour , is a retired English footballer. He spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. During his Arsenal career he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé"; although the nickname was given with an ironic sense of humour, on account of his solid performance but...

, Mark Viduka

Mark Viduka

Mark Anthony Viduka is a former Australian soccer player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.-Melbourne Croatia:...

, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

Jerrel Hasselbaink usually known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch former football striker who played for various clubs in the Netherlands, Portugal, England, and Spain, as well as the Dutch national team. He scored more than 200 career goals...

and Michael Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

Michael John Reiziger is a retired Dutch footballer who played mainly as a right defender.After making a name for himself at Ajax, with whom he won one Champions League, he went on to represent three teams in three different countries, namely appearing for FC Barcelona, for which he played in...

to the squad. With these new additions, the supporters felt that come the end of the season, Boro would be pushing for a league place good enough to qualify for Europe.

The season started well, and Middlesbrough found themselves in 4th position following only one loss in the first 5 games. Despite a slight drop in their form, Boro kept in and around the top four until mid November.

The UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

took its toll on the small Boro squad though, and their form stuttered towards Christmas. The team seemed to consist of more and more young players who were deputising for more senior players such as Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta Zabala is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.Versatile, with good offensive and tackling skills, also being capable of creating goals for teammates and himself, he played mainly for Valencia CF, and finished his career at Middlesbrough of England.He played 40...

and Malcolm Christie

Malcolm Christie

Malcom Neil "Malcolm" Christie is an English footballer who is a free agent. He has previously played for Nuneaton Borough, Derby County, Middlesbrough and Leeds United and has earned 11 England under-21 caps.-Career:...

who were ruled out for the season with injuries.

Following a 2-0 win at home to Norwich

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

on 28 December, Boro were in 5th place. But only one win in the next ten games the team found themselves in 9th and seemed to have undone their good work at the start of the season.

Things did finally pick up and following only 3 losses in the final 12 games of the season, they found themselves up against Manchester City in the final game of the season. Both teams were in direct contest for the 7th place that Boro occupied, and a win for either side would mean qualification for the UEFA Cup. A last minute penalty save by Mark Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough...

gave Boro a 1-1 draw and the all important 7th placed finish. For the first time in their history, Middlesbrough had qualified for Europe through the league.

The season was full of highs and lows for the Boro fans. The disappointment of losing their early strong position due to the injury crisis was offset against the emergence of several promising youngsters such as Stewart Downing

Stewart Downing

Stewart Downing is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team. Primarily a winger, Downing has previously played for Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.-Middlesbrough:...

, James Morrison

James Morrison (footballer)

James Clark Morrison is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion. His ability to run with the ball at pace makes him an effective option through the middle, as an attacking midfielder, or more often as a right winger...

and Anthony McMahon

Anthony McMahon

Anthony "Tony" McMahon is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Football League Championship club Middlesbrough.-Early career:...

Domestic Cup review

Both domestic cups were disappointing for the Boro team and the draws weren't favourable towards them. They only lasted two rounds in each competition, going out in the 4th round of the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

to Manchester United and the 4th round of the League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

to a young Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

side.

UEFA Cup Review

This was Middlesbrough's first foray into Europe, having won the first major trophy of their history - the Carling Cup - the previous season.

The first round was a 2 legged knockout match and Boro were drawn against Baník Ostrava in their first ever European match, the first leg was at home. With a fantastic atmosphere at the Riverside, Middlesbrough cruised through the first leg 3-0, and with a comfortable 1-1 draw in the away leg, they had qualified for the group stages and were guaranteed another 4 matches.

Middlesbrough were drawn in Group D, along with Villarreal

Villarreal CF

Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...

, Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, Aigaleo and Partizan Belgrade

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

. The fans were confident that the team could earn at least a 3rd place finish in the group, and therefore qualify for the knockout stages.

Boro went on to exceed all expectations, beating Aigalio and Partizan Belgrade as expected and a fantastic 2-0 victory over Lazio - the only blot being a 2-0 away loss to Villarreal. This was enough to earn them a 2nd place finish and qualification for the next round.

Middlesbrough were drawn against Grazer AK

Grazer AK

Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

in the 3rd round. The away leg was first and Middlesbrough managed a 2-2 draw against the then Austrian champions. The team duly built on this in the return leg and following a 2-1 win, they had progressed to the next round.

The round of 16 saw Boro face Sporting Lisbon for a place in the quarter finals. However, luck wasn't with Middlesbrough and they found themselves in the middle of an injury crisis. The first leg was at home and remained goalless at half time. Sporting then proceed to show their class and scored 3 in a half an hour spell after the break and Boro looked like they were to exit the competition. However, two late goals from Joseph Job (a spectacular overhead scissor kick) and Chris Riggott

Chris Riggott

Christopher Mark "Chris" Riggott is an English footballer. He is a defender and has recently re-signed for his first professional club Derby County after spending the 2011-2012 pre-season with the squad....

gave a weakened Boro team a fairly respectable 3-2 loss. The second leg didn't go to plan though, and although there was fantastic support from the 3,000 travelling fans, Middlesbrough went down 1-0, losing 4-2 on aggregate.

The Boro fans took the defeat in good heart however and partied late into the night in Lisbon.

Middlesbrough's UEFA Cup run was seen as a huge success by the fans, and expectations were high for the following years campaign.

Senior squad

The following are all the players who were involved the Middlesbrough F.C. first team at some point during the 2004-05 season.

In

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| 6 July 2004 ||

Michael Reiziger

Barcelona||Free
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| 8 July 2004 ||

Mark Viduka

||Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

||£4.5 million
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| 9 July 2004 ||

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

||Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

||Free
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| 23 July 2004 ||

Ray Parlour

||Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

||Free
|-
| 3 August 2004 ||

Boudewijn Zenden||Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

||Free
|}

Out

Ricardinho

Ricardinho, real name Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues is an association footballer. He is usually a deep-lying playmaker. He is best known for his accurate passing and technique.-International career:...

||Released||Free
|-
|23 June 2004||

Michael Ricketts

Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...

||Leeds

Leeds United A.F.C.

||Free
|-
|23 June 2004||

Robbie Stockdale

Robert Keith "Robbie" Stockdale is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Conference National side Grimsby Town where he is also the clubs youth team manager...

||Rotherham United

Rotherham United F.C.

Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...

||Nominal
|- 2004||

Allan Johnston

Allan 'Magic' Johnston is a Scottish international professional association footballer currently signed to Queen of the South where he is now also the first team coach.-Hearts:...

||Released||Free
|-
|29 June 2004||

Jonathan Greening

Jonathan Greening is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest.He began his career in 1996 with York City, but moved to Manchester United in 1998, with whom he won the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as a non-playing substitute in the final...

||WBA||£1.25 million
|-
|25 August 2004||

Juninho

Juninho Paulista

Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , better known as Juninho Paulista or simply Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer...

Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

||Free
|-
|23 March 2005||

Carlo Nash

Carlo James Nash is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City as a goalkeeper.Nash started his career at non-League Rossendale United and Clitheroe before being signed by Crystal Palace and then moved back north to Stockport County...

||Preston||£175,000
|}

Premier League Results

Note: Results are given with Middlesbrough score listed first. Man of the Match is according to mfc.co.uk.

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|1||14 August 2004||H||||2–2||34,268||Downing

Stewart Downing

73', Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

90'||Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|2||22 August 2004||A||||3–5||37,415||Job 43', Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

50', Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

Franck Queudrue is a French footballer who plays as a left back for Lens. He began his career with Lens, for whom he played in Ligue 1, and went on to play in the Premier League for Middlesbrough, Fulham and Birmingham City, and in the Football League for Colchester United.-Lens:Queudrue began his...

53'||Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|3||25 August 2004||A||||2–0||17,759||Viduka

Mark Viduka

54', Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

79'||Parlour

Ray Parlour

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|4||28 August 2004||H||||2–1||31,560||Popovic

Tony Popovic

Anthony Popovic is a Croatian Australian former football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He is currently the First Team Coach of Crystal Palace. Popovic grew up in Fairfield, New South Wales.-Early career:...

(o.g.

Own goal

An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....

) 61', Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

78'||Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|5||11 September 2004||H||||2–1||30,252||Viduka

Mark Viduka

(2) 27', 48'||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|6||16 September 2004||A||||0–1||34,078|| ||Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|7||19 September 2004||H||||0–1||32,341|| ||Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|8||3 October 2004||A||||1–1||67,988||Downing

Stewart Downing

33'||Southgate

Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009...

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|9||16 October 2004||A||||4–0||20,385||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

(3) 46', 57', 90', Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

50'||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|10||24 October 2004||H||||1–1||30,964||Downing

Stewart Downing

74'||Parlour

Ray Parlour

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|11||30 October 2004||A||||2–1||26,031||El Karkouri (o.g.

Own goal

) 21', Zenden 58'||Zenden
|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|12||7 November 2004||H||||1–1||29,656||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

90'||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|13||14 November 2004||A||||2–1||24,008||Purse

Darren Purse

Darren John Purse is an English professional footballer who plays for League Two club Plymouth Argyle as a defender, on loan from Championship side Millwall....

(o.g.

Own goal

) 32', Zenden 52'||Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|14||20 November 2004||H||||2–0||34,751||Riggott

Chris Riggott

36', Zenden 62'||Parlour

Ray Parlour

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|15||28 November 2004||A||||0–2||35,772||||Riggott

Chris Riggott

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|16||6 December 2004||H||||3–2||29,787||Viduka

Mark Viduka

(2) 9', 54', Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

65'||Viduka

Mark Viduka

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|17||11 December 2004||A||Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

||2–2|||29,018||Higginbotham

Danny Higginbotham

Daniel John "Danny" Higginbotham is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Stoke City.Higginbotham started his career at his local side Manchester United he made seven appearances at Old Trafford as well as a loan spell with Belgium side Royal Antwerp before joining...

(o.g.

Own goal

) 89', Downing

Stewart Downing

90'||Downing

Stewart Downing

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|18||18 December 2004||H||Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

||3–0||31,338||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

20', Job 68', Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

88'||McMahon
|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|19||26 December 2004||A||Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

||0–2||29,082|| ||Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|20||28 December 2004||H||Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

||2–0||34,836||Job (2) 52', 54'||Downing

Stewart Downing

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|21||1 January 2005||H||Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

||0–2|||34,199|| ||Downing

Stewart Downing

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|22||4 January 2005||A||Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

||0–2||40,982|| ||Parlour

Ray Parlour

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|23||16 January 2005||H||Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

||1–1||31,794||Zenden 26'||Zenden
|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|24||22 January 2005||A||||4–4||24,547||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

(2) 34', 78', Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

(2) 49', 55'||Downing

Stewart Downing

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|25||1 February 2005||A||Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

||1–2||19,620||Christie

Malcolm Christie

35'||Parlour

Ray Parlour

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|26||5 February 2005||H||Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

||1–0||30,564||Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

35'||Zenden
|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|27||12 February 2005||A||||0–0||24,322|| ||Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|28||27 February 2005||H||||2–2||29,603||Riggott

Chris Riggott

74', Graham

Danny Graham (footballer)

Daniel Anthony William "Danny" Graham is an English footballer who plays for Premier League side Swansea City as a striker. He started his professional career at Middlesbrough in 2003, making his debut for the club in a Premier League match against Manchester United the following year...

86'||Riggott

Chris Riggott

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|29||5 March 2005||A||||0–2||34,201|| ||Parnaby

Stuart Parnaby

Stuart Parnaby is an English footballer who plays as a right back.Parnaby graduated from Middlesbrough F.C.'s Academy, which was run by his father, Dave. He went on to make more than 100 appearances for Middlesbrough's first team before joining Birmingham City in 2007...

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|30||20 March 2005||H||||1–3||30,082||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

41'||Doriva
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|31||2 April 2005||A||||1–0||24,274||Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

35'||Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

|- bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
|32||9 April 2005||H||||0–1||33,874|| ||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|33||19 April 2005||H||||1–1||30,650||Zenden (pen.

Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

) 90'||Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|34||23 April 2005||H||||4–0||32,951||Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

(2) 27', 37', Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

33', Downing

Stewart Downing

90'+3 ||Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|35||27 April 2005||A||||0–0||52,047|| ||Jones
|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|36||30 April 2005||A||||1–1||43,250||Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

4'||Southgate

Gareth Southgate

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|37||7 May 2005||H||||1–0||34,766||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

11'||Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

|- bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|38||15 May 2005||A||||1–1||47,221||Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

23'||Southgate

Gareth Southgate

Carling Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

{| Class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-
|align="center"| 3||27 October 2004||Coventry||Home||Won 3-0
|align="center"|11,833||Nemeth, Morrison, Graham
|-
|align="center"| 4||10 November 2004||Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

||Away||Lost 2-0
|align="center"|28, 176||
|}

FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

{| Class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-
|align="center"|3||8 January 2005||Notts County||Away||Won 2-1
|align="center"|13,671||Doriva, Job
|-
|align="center"|4||29 January 2005||Manchester United||Away||Lost 3-0
|align="center"|67,251||
|}

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

{| Class="wikitable"
|+
!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
|-
|align="center"|1 Leg 1||16 September 2004||

Baník Ostrava||Home||Won 3-0
|align="center"|29,746||Hasselbaink, Viduka (2)
|-
|align="center"|1 Leg 2||30 September 2004||

Baník Ostrava||Away||Drew 1-1 (3-1 agg)
|align="center"|15,351|| Morrison
|-
|align="center"|Grp E||21 October 2004||

||Away||Won 1-0
|align="center"|4,000|| Downing
|-
|align="center"|Grp E||4 November 2004||

Lazio

S.S. Lazio

||Home||Won 2-0
|align="center"|-|| Zenden (2)
|-
|align="center"|Grp E||25 November 2004||

Villarreal CF

||Away||Lost 2-0
|align="center"|14,250||
|-
|align="center"|Grp E||15 December 2004|| FK Partizan

FK Partizan

||Home||Won 3-0
|align="center"|20,856||
Nemeth, Job, Morrison
|-
|align="center"|3 Leg 1||17 February 2005||

Graz AK

Grazer AK

||Away||Drew 2-2
|align="center"|13,000|| Zenden, Hasselbaink
|-
|align="center"|3 Leg 2||24 February 2005||

Graz AK||Home||Won 2-1 (4-3 agg)
|align="center"|20,371||Morrison, Hasselbaink
|-
|align="center"|4 Leg 1||10 March 2005||

Sporting||Home||Lost 3-2
|align="center"|23,739|| Job, Riggott
|-
|align="center"|4 Leg 2||17 March 2005||

Sporting||Away||Lost 1-0 (4-2 agg)
|align="center"|21,217||
|}

Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2004-05.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+
!Name!!League!!FA Cup!!League Cup!!Europe!!Total
|-
|align="left"|

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

||13||0||0||3||16
|-
|align="left"|

Job||5||1||0||2||8
|-
|align="left"|

Viduka

Mark Viduka

||5||0||0||2||7
|-
|align="left"|

Zenden||4||0||0||3||7
|-
|align="left"|

Downing

Stewart Downing

||5||0||0||1||6
|-
|align="left"|

Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

||4||0||1||1||6
|-
|align="left"|

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

||5||0||0||0||5
|-
|align="left"|

Morrison

James Morrison (footballer)

||0||0||1||3||4
|-
|align="left"|

Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

||3||0||0||0||3
|-
|align="left"|

Riggott

Chris Riggott

||2||0||0||1||3
|-
|align="left"|

Graham

Danny Graham (footballer)

||1||0||1||0||2
|-
|align="left"|

Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

||1||0||0||0||1
|-
|align="left"|

Christie

Malcolm Christie

||1||0||0||0||1
|-
|align="left"|

Doriva||0||1||0||0||1
|-
|align="left"| Own Goals||4||0||0||0||4
|-
|}

Appearances / Discipline

Appearance and disciplinary records for 2004-05 league and cup matches.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+
!Name!!Appearances!!style="background: #FFCC00" |Yellow cards!!style="background: #CC0000" |Red cards
|-
|align="left"|

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

||43||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Jones||5||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Nash

Carlo Nash

||4||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Parnaby

Stuart Parnaby

||24||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

||43||8||2
|-
|align="left"|

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu is an English former footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Sheffield United...

||12||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Riggott

Chris Riggott

||32||4||0
|-
|align="left"|

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

||47||6||0
|-
|align="left"|

Reiziger

Michael Reiziger

||25||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Bates

Matthew Bates

Matthew David Bates is an English professional football player and captain of Middlesbrough. He plays in central defence, however is equally adept at playing right-back or defensive midfield.-Career:...

||2||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Davies

Andrew Davies (footballer)

Andrew John Davies is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bradford City, on loan from Stoke City. He has been capped for England at Under-21 level.-Middlesbrough:...

||5||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

McMahon

Anthony McMahon

Anthony "Tony" McMahon is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Football League Championship club Middlesbrough.-Early career:...

||19||3||0
|-
|align="left"|

Cooper

Colin Cooper

Colin Terence Cooper is an English former footballer, who spent most of his career at Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. Cooper is part of the Middlesbrough coaching staff after leaving his role of assistant manager at Bradford City.-Playing career:He played as a centre back, but was equally...

||21||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Wheater

David Wheater

David James Wheater is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is a centre back, although he is capable of playing at right back as well.-Middlesbrough:...

||1||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

||8||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Boateng

George Boateng

George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

||29||8||0
|-
|align="left"|

Wilson||1||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Downing

Stewart Downing

||48||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Morrison

James Morrison (footballer)

||32||2||0
|-
|align="left"|

Johnson||1||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Doriva||38||6||0
|-
|align="left"|

Parlour

Ray Parlour

||41||13||1
|-
|align="left"|

Zenden||49||9||0
|-
|align="left"|

Kennedy||1||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Viduka

Mark Viduka

||21||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Christie

Malcolm Christie

||3||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Hasselbaink

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

||45||3||0
|-
|align="left"|

Graham

Danny Graham (footballer)

||17||0||0
|-
|align="left"|

Németh

Szilárd Németh

Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

||40||1||0
|-
|align="left"|

Job||33||0||0
|}

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership starts

GK: #1, Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough...

, 31
RB: #21, Stuart Parnaby
Stuart Parnaby
Stuart Parnaby is an English footballer who plays as a right back.Parnaby graduated from Middlesbrough F.C.'s Academy, which was run by his father, Dave. He went on to make more than 100 appearances for Middlesbrough's first team before joining Birmingham City in 2007...

, 16
CB: #5, Chris Riggott
Chris Riggott
Christopher Mark "Chris" Riggott is an English footballer. He is a defender and has recently re-signed for his first professional club Derby County after spending the 2011-2012 pre-season with the squad....

, 20
CB: #6, Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009...

, 36
LB: #3, Franck Queudrue
Franck Queudrue
Franck Queudrue is a French footballer who plays as a left back for Lens. He began his career with Lens, for whom he played in Ligue 1, and went on to play in the Premier League for Middlesbrough, Fulham and Birmingham City, and in the Football League for Colchester United.-Lens:Queudrue began his...

, 31
RM: #15, Ray Parlour
Ray Parlour
Raymond "Ray" Parlour , is a retired English footballer. He spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. During his Arsenal career he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé"; although the nickname was given with an ironic sense of humour, on account of his solid performance but...

, 31
CM: #7, George Boateng
George Boateng
George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...

, 25
CM: #32, Boudewijn Zenden, 36
LM: #19, Stewart Downing
Stewart Downing
Stewart Downing is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team. Primarily a winger, Downing has previously played for Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.-Middlesbrough:...

, 28
CF: #18, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Jerrel Hasselbaink usually known as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is a Dutch former football striker who played for various clubs in the Netherlands, Portugal, England, and Spain, as well as the Dutch national team. He scored more than 200 career goals...

, 36
CF: #8, Szilárd Németh
Szilárd Németh
Szilárd Németh is a former Slovakian footballer who was last playing for German club Alemannia Aachen. He usually plays as a striker or right midfielder.-Club career:...

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Goalscorers

Appearances / Discipline

Starting 11

Carling Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...