skuad The GUNNERS 2004-2005

2004-05 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Winners
Football League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	First knockout round
Top goalscorer	League: Thierry Henry (25) All: Thierry Henry (30)
Highest home attendance	38,164 – vs Manchester United, Premier League (1 February 2005)
Lowest home attendance	27,791 – vs Everton, League Cup (9 November 2004)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jens Lehmann 3 DF Ashley Cole 4 MF Patrick Vieira (captain) 7 MF Robert Pirès 8 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 9 FW José Antonio Reyes 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp 11 FW Robin van Persie 12 DF Lauren 14 FW Thierry Henry 15 MF Cesc Fàbregas 16 MF Mathieu Flamini 17 MF Edu 18 DF Pascal Cygan

No. Position Player 19 MF Gilberto Silva 20 DF Philippe Senderos 22 DF Gaël Clichy 23 DF Sol Campbell 24 GK Manuel Almunia 27 DF Emmanuel Eboué 28 DF Kolo Touré 30 FW Jérémie Aliadière 31 DF Justin Hoyte 34 MF Patrick Cregg 35 DF Johan Djourou 39 MF Sebastian Larsson 42 FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie 46 FW Daniel Karbassiyoon

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 13 GK Stuart Taylor 32 DF Sebastian Svard 33 FW Adam Birchall 36 MF Jordan Fowler 37 DF Ryan Garry 38 GK Michael Jordan 40 FW Arturo Lupoli

No. Position Player 41 MF Stephen O'Donnell 43 DF Frankie Simek (on loan to QPR) 44 MF Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 45 MF John Spicer 47 FW Ryan Smith 48 GK Chris Wright

Starting XI

This section shows the most used players for each position, considering a 4–4–2 formation.

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Lehmann 28 12 RB Lauren 32 23 CB Campbell 16 28 CB Touré 35 3 LB Cole 35 8 RM Ljungberg 24 4 CM Vieira 32 15 CM Fàbregas 24 9 LM Reyes 25 7 SS Pires 26 14 CF Henry 31

Lehmann Lauren Campbell Touré Cole Ljungberg Vieira Fàbregas Reyes Pirès Henry .

Transfers

In

First team # Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source 24 GK Manuel Almunia Celta Vigo Undisclosed 14 July 2004 [2] 16 MF Mathieu Flamini Marseille Undisclosed 22 July 2004 [3]

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Out

First team # Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source 5 DF Martin Keown Leicester City Free 20 July 2004 [4] 15 MF Ray Parlour Middlesbrough Free 23 July 2004 [5] 25 FW Nwankwo Kanu West Bromwich Albion Free 30 July 2004 [6] 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord Lyon Free 31 August 2004 [7]

Reserves & Academy