Atalanta BC failed to prolong its Serie A stint by more than one season, due to a poor start to the season. Delio Rossi took over at the helm, and helped by the breakthroughs of striker Stephen Makinwa and playmaker Riccardo Montolivo, Atalanta was able to catch up with the teams above the relegation zone, but went down due to a 1-0 defeat to Roma in the penultimate round.
Squad
Goalkeepers Massimo Taibi Alex Calderoni Nicholas Caglioni
Defenders Adriano Pereira Gianpaolo Bellini Daniele Capelli Natale Gonnella Duccio Innocenti Stefano Lorenzi Marco Motta Cesare Natali Claudio Rivalta Luigi Sala
Midfielders Demetrio Albertini Antonio Bernardini Andrea Lazzari Riccardo Montolivo Michele Marcolini Giulio Migliaccio Nicola Mingazzini Biagio Pagano Damiano Zenoni
Attackers Igor Budan Lampros Choutos Gianni Comandini Marino Defendi Carmine Gautieri Stephen Makinwa Giampaolo Pazzini Piá Luca Saudati Davide Sinigaglia
Competitions Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Topscorers Stephen Makinwa 6 Igor Budan 5 Riccardo Montolivo 3 Giampaolo Pazzini 3 Michele Marcolini 3
Coppa Italia
Group stage
Knockout stage
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
References
External links RSSSF - Italy 2004/05