2004–05 AS Livorno Calcio season

Livorno
2004–05 season
President	Aldo Spinelli
Manager	Franco Colomba (until 11 January); Roberto Donadoni (from 11 January)
Stadium	Stadio Armando Picchi
Serie A	9th
Coppa Italia	Second stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristiano Lucarelli (24); All: ; Cristiano Lucarelli (25)
Highest home attendance	19,726
Lowest home attendance	13,051
Average home league attendance	15,334
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 90th season in the existence of AS Livorno Calcio and the club's first season back in the top-flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Livorno participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

Manager Franco Colomba was sacked in January, with former manager Roberto Donadoni returning for a second spell in charge. Livorno ultimately finished 9th.

Players

Squad at end of season^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Marco Amelia
3	MF	ITA	Alessandro Gambadori
4	MF	POR	José Luís Vidigal^{[notes 1]}
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Lucarelli
6	DF	ITA	Fabio Galante
7	DF	ITA	Alessandro Grandoni
8	DF	FRA	Marc Pfertzel
9	FW	LTU	Tomas Danilevičius
10	FW	ITA	Igor Protti
13	DF	CHI	Jorge Vargas
14	MF	ITA	Claudio Grauso
15	MF	ITA	Alessandro Doga
16	DF	ITA	Andrea Giallombardo
17	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Osei
19	DF	ITA	Gabriele Baldi
20	MF	ITA	Luca Vigiani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	ITA	Matteo Lombardi
22	GK	ITA	Gianmatteo Mareggini
23	FW	ITA	Corrado Colombo (on loan Sampdoria)
28	MF	ITA	Dario Passoni
30	MF	ITA	Alessandro Stefanini
32	MF	CZE	Mario Lička (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
67	MF	ITA	Gennaro Ruotolo
69	DF	ITA	David Balleri
79	DF	ITA	Matteo Melara
84	GK	ITA	Luca Mazzoni
86	FW	BRA	Paulinho
87	GK	ITA	Marco Buonocore
88	GK	ITA	Davide Bacci
98	DF	ITA	Brando Garzelli
99	FW	ITA	Cristiano Lucarelli

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ITA	Alessandro Evangelisti (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	CHI	Nicolás Córdova (to Ascoli)

Competitions

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Messina	38	12	12	14	44	52	−8	48
8	Roma^[a]	38	11	12	15	55	58	−3	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
9	Livorno	38	11	12	15	49	60	−11	45
10	Reggina	38	10	14	14	36	45	−9	44
11	Lecce	38	10	14	14	66	73	−7	44

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).^[3]
Notes: