2004–05 Liverpool F.C. season
The 2004–05 season was Liverpool Football Club's 113th season in existence and their 43rd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. The season began on 1 July 2004 and concluded on 30 June 2005, with competitive matches played between August and May. Liverpool finished in fifth place, 37 points behind eventual winners Chelsea with a record of 17 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats. This wasn't an improvement on the previous Premier League season when they finished fourth. Liverpool fared better in cup competitions. Although they were eliminated by Burnley in the third round of the FA Cup, they reached the final of the League Cup, which they lost 3–2 to Chelsea. Despite their lack of success domestically, Liverpool were successful in the UEFA Champions League. They won the competition for the fifth time, defeating Italian team AC Milan in the final.
Liverpool players during their UEFA Champions League victory parade, 2005
Xabi Alonso (pictured in July 2005), joined the club from Real Sociedad for £10.7 million.
Liverpool supporters during a match at Anfield in the season.
Fernando Morientes (pictured in August 2005) joined Liverpool during the January transfer window
Djibril Cissé is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Cissé with Kuban Krasnodar in 2013
Cissé playing for Marseille