2004–05 Cagliari Calcio season

Cagliari Calcio had a successful return to Serie A, finishing in 12th place and reaching the semi finals of the Coppa Italia. This was much thanks to a trio of attacking players consisting of Mauro Esposito, David Suazo and Gianfranco Zola, with Esposito scoring 16 league goals, a personal record.

Cagliari Calcio

2004-05 season
Manager	Daniele Arrigoni
Serie A	12th
Coppa Italia	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Mauro Esposito (16 goals) All: Mauro Esposito] (19 goals)

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Fanis Katergiannakis
• Alex Brunner
• Gennaro Iezzo

Defenders

• Francesco Bega
• Diego López
• Alessandro Agostini
• Simone Loria
• Roberto Maltagliati
• Francesco Pisano
• Rocco Sabato

Midfielders

• Alessandro Budel
• Nelson Abeijón
• Marcello Albino
• Massimo Brambilla
• Daniele Conti
• Massimo Gobbi
• Loris Del Nevo
• Edgar Álvarez
• Fabio Macellari
• Claudio Pani

Attackers

• Antonio Langella
• Gianfranco Zola
• David Suazo
• Mauro Esposito
• Rolando Bianchi
• Horacio Peralta

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Reggina	38	10	14	14	36	45	−9	44
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44
12	Cagliari	38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44
13	Lazio[lower-alpha 1]	38	11	11	16	48	53	−5	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
14	Siena	38	9	16	13	44	55	−11	43

Source: 2004–05 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
Notes:

1. Lazio gained entry to the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup after Messina and Livorno renounced.

Matches

1	Cagliari	1–0	Bologna
	Esposito  19'

2	Fiorentina	2–1	Cagliari
	Miccoli  16' Dainelli  90 + 1'		Suazo  90 + 3'

3	Cagliari	2–0	Siena
	Esposito  18' Suazo  77'

4	Lecce	3–1	Cagliari
	Cassetti  57' Giacomazzi  71' Bjelanović  87'		Esposito  48'

5	Cagliari	2–1	Brescia
	Zola  13' (pen.) Langella  82'		Caracciolo  39'

6	Cagliari	0–1	Milan
			Pirlo  20'

7	Atalanta	2–2	Cagliari
	Pazzini  2' Montolivo  40'		Esposito  12' Loria  29'

8	Cagliari	2–1	Parma
	Abeijón  45 + 1' Esposito  85'		Marchionni  63'

9	Roma	5–1	Cagliari
	Dellas  2' Totti  6' (pen.) Perrotta  64' Montella  90, 90 + 2'		Suazo  31'

10

Cagliari

0–0

Livorno

11

Sampdoria

0–0

Cagliari

12	Cagliari	3–3	Inter
	Zola  6' (pen.) Langella  33' Esposito  61'		Stanković  35' Martins  75, 89'

13	Lazio	2–3	Cagliari
	Pandev  7' Oddo  80' (pen.)		Langella  34' Esposito  65' Zola  71'

14	Cagliari	4–2	Chievo
	Zola  33', 39' (pen.) Langella  45' Abeijón  60'		Pellissier  58' Amauri  88'

15	Reggina	3–2	Cagliari
	Paredes  8' De Rosa  53, 76'		Langella  6' Esposito  72'

16	Palermo	3–0	Cagliari
	Zauli  33' Brienza  38' Toni  39'

17	Cagliari	2–1	Messina
	Esposito  48' Gobbi  55'		Zampagna  22'

18	Udinese	2–0	Cagliari
	Di Natale  23' Pisano  59' (o.g.)

19	Cagliari	1–1	Juventus
	Zola  89'		Emerson  55'

20	Bologna	1–0	Cagliari
	Bellucci  70'

21	Cagliari	1–0	Fiorentina
	Esposito  11'

22	Siena	2–2	Cagliari
	Chiesa  4' Flo  36'		López  57' Bianchi  84'

23	Cagliari	3–1	Lecce
	Gobbi  10' Esposito  72, 86'		Vučinić  38'

24	Brescia	2–0	Cagliari
	Zoboli  6' Caracciolo  90'

25	Milan	1–0	Cagliari
	Serginho  90 + 2'

26	Cagliari	3–3	Atalanta
	Langella  10' Esposito  43' Abeijón  67'		Sala  18' Makinwa  61' Marcolini  90 + 1' (pen.)

27	Parma	3–2	Cagliari
	Gilardino  10' Bovo  17' F. Simplício  90 + 3'		Bonera  4' (o.g.) Suazo  89'

28	Cagliari	3–0	Roma
	Zola  24' Esposito  41' Suazo  48'

29	Livorno	3–3	Cagliari
	C. Lucarelli  36, 63' Protti  39'		Suazo  42', 45 + 4' (pen.) Abeijón  90 + 2'

30

Cagliari

0–0

Sampdoria

31	Inter	2–0	Cagliari
	Zé Maria  40' Martins  64'

32	Cagliari	1–1	Lazio
	Esposito  70'		Siviglia  90 + 1'

33	Chievo	1–1	Cagliari
	Pellissier  32'		Gobbi  72'

34	Cagliari	1–1	Reggina
	Bianchi  90 + 1'		Colucci  36'

35

Cagliari

0–0

Palermo

36	Messina	2–1	Cagliari
	D'Agostino  45 + 1' (pen.) Amoruso  87'		Álvarez  54'

37	Cagliari	1–1	Udinese
	Esposito  67'		Iaquinta  3'

38	Juventus	4–2	Cagliari
	Del Piero  43' Trezeguet  51, 73' Appiah  86'		Zola  60, 86'

Top Scorers

• Mauro Esposito 16
• Gianfranco Zola 9 (2)
• David Suazo 7 (1)
• Antonio Langella 6

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	14	14	51	60	−9	44	9	9	1	30	17	+13	1	5	13	21	43	−22

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy Championship 2004/05

1. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.