The 2004–05 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 13th season in the Premier League and 27th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.
Season summary Tottenham made a promising start under Jacques Santini and looked to be challenging for a place in Europe, but Santini resigned in November after only 12 games, citing personal reasons. He was replaced by his assistant coach Martin Jol, whose first match in charge saw arch-rivals Arsenal win a thrilling North London derby 5–4. Following the derby defeat results picked up and Tottenham were soon back amongst the race for a UEFA Cup spot, but a draw with Blackburn Rovers on the last day of the season saw their slim European hopes dashed. Nonetheless, good cup runs and the resurgence in the league under Jol gave Spurs fans hopes of a greater push for European football the next season.
Players First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In
DatePlayerOld ClubCost 14 May 2004 Paul Robinson Leeds United £1,400,000 28 May 2004 Márton Fülöp MTK Budapest £1,500,000 8 July 2004 Pedro Mendes Porto £2,000,000 9 July 2004 Sean Davis Fulham £3,000,000 31 July 2004 Erik Edman Heerenveen £1,700,000 31 July 2004 Edson Silva PSV Free7 August 2004 Timothée Atouba Basel undisclosed 12 August 2004 Noureddine Naybet Deportivo La Coruña £700,000 24 August 2004 Michael Carrick West Ham United £3,500,000 31 August 2004 Reto Ziegler Grasshopper FreeTottenham completed the signing of Ziegler on 20 July, intending him to remain with Grasshopper until the conclusion of the Swiss league season in January, but decided to bring forward his signing to August. 25 August 2004 Noé Pamarot Nice £1,700,000 5 January 2005 Emil Hallfreðsson FH Hafnarfjordur undisclosed 31 January 2005 Andy Reid Nottingham Forest £4,000,0000. 31 January 2005 Michael Dawson Nottingham Forest £4,000,000
Out Gus Poyet – retired, 12 May Christian Ziege – released, 12 May (later joined Borussia Mönchengladbach on 9 June) Darren Anderton – released, 12 May (later joined Birmingham City on 10 August) Hélder Postiga – Porto, 8 July, £5,000,000 Stephen Carr – Newcastle United, 10 August, £2,000,000 Gary Doherty – Norwich City, 20 August, undisclosed Mbulelo Mabizela – released, 25 October (later joined Orlando Pirates on 12 January) Mauricio Taricco – West Ham United, 19 November, free Jamie Redknapp – Southampton, 4 January, free Kasey Keller – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 15 January, free Edson Silva – ADO Den Haag, 31 January, free Mark Hughes – Oldham Athletic, 15 February, free Dean Richards – retired, 21 March Jamie Slabber – Aldershot Town free, 30 March Lars Hirschfeld – Leicester City, free , 23 April
Loan in Radek Černý – Slavia Prague Mido – Roma, 26 January, 18 months
Loan out Kasey Keller – Southampton, 12 November, one month Calum Davenport – Southampton, 3 January, season-long Lars Hirschfeld – Dundee United, August
Transfers in: £20,300,000 Transfers out: £7,000,000 Overall spending: £13,300,000
Trialists Edson Silva – PSV (successful) Dagui BakariBakari was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2003. – Lens (unsuccessful) Márton Fülöp – MTK (successful)
Competitions
CompetitionRecord Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Results
Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Final league table
Statistics Appearances and goals Up to end of season
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Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 1 FW 18 Jermain Defoe 13 4 5 22 2 FW 10 Robbie Keane 11 3 3 17 3 FW 9 Frédéric Kanouté 7 0 2 94 FW 15 Mido 2 1 0 3 DF 26 Ledley King 2 1 0 36 DF 5 Goran Bunjevčević 0 0 2 2 MF 11 Michael Brown 1 0 1 2 DF 17 Noé Pamarot 1 1 0 2 MF 31 Dean Marney 2 0 0 2 DF 34 Stephen Kelly 2 0 0 211 DF 2 Noureddine Naybet 1 0 0 1 MF 8 Pedro Mendes 1 0 0 1 DF 14 Erik Edman 1 0 0 1 DF 16 Reto Ziegler 1 0 0 1 MF 19 Andy Reid 1 0 0 1 DF 24 Timothée Atouba 1 0 0 1 DF 30 Anthony Gardner 0 0 1 1TOTALS47101471
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 1 Paul Robinson 12 1 1 142 37 Radek Černý 2 0 0 23 13 Kasey Keller 0 0 1 1TOTALS141217
References
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