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