The 2004–05 season was the 127th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their fourth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.
Season summary Bolton finished in sixth place in the final Premiership table - tied on points but one place behind that season's European champions Liverpool, and three points off qualification for the Champions League. As it was, sixth place was enough to grant Bolton their first ever excursion into European competition, in the UEFA Cup.
First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In Michael Bridges - Leeds United, free, 9 June Les Ferdinand - Leicester City, free, 5 July Radhi Jaïdi - Espérance, free, 6 July Gary Speed - Newcastle United, £750,000, 21 July Fernando Hierro - Al Rayyan, free, 28 July Tal Ben Haim - Maccabi Tel Aviv, £203,000, 28 July El Hadji Diouf - Liverpool, season loan, 19 August Blessing Kaku - F.C. Ashdod, free transfer, 24 August Khalilou Fadiga - Internazionale, free, 14 September Vincent Candela - Roma, free transfer, 31 January Júlio César - Real Valladolid, free, July
Out Simon Charlton - Norwich City, £250,000, 13 July Jeff Smith - Port Vale, free, 22 June Per Frandsen - Wigan Athletic, free, 24 June Emerson Thome - Wigan Athletic, free, 4 August Mário Jardel - Newell's Old Boys, free, 13 August Ibrahim Ba - Çaykur Rizespor, free, 24 August Michael Bridges - Sunderland, season loan, 23 September Youri Djorkaeff - Blackburn Rovers, free, 28 September Les Ferdinand - Reading, free, 6 January Danny Livesey - Carlisle United, month loan, 25 December Danny Livesey - Carlisle United, free, 25 January Joey O'Brien - Sheffield Wednesday, loan Derek Niven - Chesterfield Steve Howey - New England Revolution, free Ndiwa Lord-Kangana - released Jeremy Bon - released Lewis Hamlin - released
Note: All players listed as joining other clubs from Bolton on a free transfer were released by the club on 17 May 2004, with the exception of Ferdinand, who was released on 2 January 2005.
Competitions Premier League
Final league table
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
League Cup
Statistics
Appearances Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.
PPlayerPositionPLFACLCTotal1 Bruno NgottyDefender37 (0)4 (0)0 (0)41 (0)2 Jussi JääskeläinenGoalkeeper36 (0)4 (0)0 (0)40 (0)3 Gary SpeedMidfielder37 (1)2 (0)0 (0)39 (1)4 Kevin DaviesStriker33 (1)4 (0)1 (1)38 (2)5 Ricardo GardnerDefender/Midfielder30 (3)3 (1)1 (0)34 (4)6 Nicky HuntDefender29 (0)3 (1)1 (0)33 (1)7 Kevin NolanMidfielder27 (9)2 (0)2 (2)31 (11)8 Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder28 (6)1 (1)2 (0)31 (7)9 Jay-Jay OkochaMidfielder29 (2)1 (0)1 (0)31 (2)10 El Hadji DioufMidfielder/Striker23 (4)2 (0)1 (2)26 (6)11 Tal Ben HaimDefender19 (2)4 (0)2 (0)25 (2)12 Iván CampoDefender/Midfielder21 (7)1 (1)0 (0)22 (8)13 Radhi JaïdiDefender21 (7)1 (0)0 (0)22 (7)14 Fernando HierroMidfielder15 (14)4 (0)2 (0)21 (14)15 Henrik PedersenStriker13 (14)3 (1)1 (1)17 (16)16 Vincent CandelaDefender9 (1)1 (1)0 (0)10 (2)17 Anthony BarnessDefender5 (3)0 (2)1 (0)6 (5)18 Julio CesarDefender4 (1)0 (0)2 (0)6 (1)19 Ricardo Vaz TêStriker1 (6)2 (0)0 (0)3 (6)20 Khalilou FadigaMidfielder0 (5)3 (0)0 (0)3 (5)21 Kevin PooleGoalkeeper1 (1)0 (0)2 (0)3 (1)22 Les FerdinandStriker1 (11)0 (0)1 (1)2 (12)23 Blessing KakuMidfielder0 (1)0 (0)1 (1)1 (2)24 Andy OakesGoalkeeper1 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (0)25 Joey O'BrienDefender/Midfielder0 (1)0 (0)0 (1)0 (2)26 Ricky ShakesMidfielder0 (0)0 (0)0 (1)0 (1)
Top scorers
PPlayerPositionPLFACLCTotal1 Kevin DaviesStriker81091 El Hadji DioufMidfielder/Striker90091 Henrik PedersenStriker62194 Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder71085 Jay-Jay OkochaMidfielder6017
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