FA Cup 2004/05
| FA Cup 2004/05 | |
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| Cup winners | Arsenal FC (10th title) |
| ← FA Cup 2003/04 | |
The FA Cup 2004/05 was the 124th staging of the world's oldest soccer cup tournament; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup for short . This cup season started with 661 clubs. Until the completion of London's Wembley Stadium, the final remained in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , Wales .
The cup competition began with the extra preliminary round on August 28, 2004 and ended with the final on May 21, 2005. The winner of this event was Arsenal FC .
calendar
| round | date | Games | societies | Bonuses |
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| Extra preliminary round | August 28, 2004 | 73 | 661 → 588 | £ 500 |
| Preliminary round | September 4, 2004 | 182 | 588 → 406 | £ 1,000 |
| First qualifying round | September 18, 2004 | 124 | 406 → 282 | £ 2,250 |
| Second qualifying round | October 2, 2004 | 84 | 282 → 198 | £ 3,750 |
| Third qualifying round | October 16, 2004 | 42 | 198 → 156 | £ 5,000 |
| Fourth qualifying round | October 30, 2004 | 32 | 156 → 124 | £ 10,000 |
| First main round | November 13, 2004 | 40 | 124 → 84 | £ 16,000 |
| Second main round | 4th December 2004 | 20th | 84 → 64 | £ 24,000 |
| Third main round | January 8, 2005 | 32 | 64 → 32 | £ 40,000 |
| Fourth main round | January 29, 2005 | 16 | 32 → 16 | £ 60,000 |
| Fifth main round | February 19, 2005 | 8th | 16 → 8 | £ 120,000 |
| Sixth main round (quarter-finals) | March 23, 2005 | 4th | 8 → 4 | £ 300,000 |
| Semifinals | April 16, 2005 | 2 | 4 → 2 | £ 900,000 |
| final | May 21, 2005 | 1 | 2 → 1 | £ 1,000,000 |
mode
Complete overview at: FA Cup
The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and an appropriate playing field can take part. The game is played i. d. Usually only with a first leg. In the event of a tie, a second leg takes place. If the second leg also ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out. This mode lasts until the sixth main round. From the semi-finals onwards there is only one game, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-out.
Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:
- In the second qualifying round, the teams from Conference North / South (6th division of the English league) are added.
- In the fourth qualifying round, the teams of the Conference National (5th division of the English league) are added.
- In the first main round, the teams of League 1 and 2 of the Football League (3rd and 4th division of the English league) are added.
- In the third main round on the first weekend in January, the teams from the Football League Championship (2nd division of the English league) and the Premier League (1st division of the English division) are added
Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.
Main round
First main round
In the first main round, the 24 teams of Football League One or Two enter the competition.
The games were played on November 12-14, 2004. The replay took place between November 23rd and 25th.
Second main round
The games were played from December 3rd to 5th, 2004. The replays followed on December 14th and 15th of that year.
Third main round
In this round, the teams of the FA Premier League (20 teams) and the teams of the Football League Championship (24 teams) enter the competition.
The games were played on the weekend of January 8, 2005. Necessary replay games have been scheduled for January 17-19.
Fourth main round
The games took place on January 29th and 30th, 2005. The required replay games were played on February 12th and 13th.
Fifth main round
The meetings took place on February 19 and 20, 2005. The repetitions followed on March 1st and 2nd of that year.
| Game no. | Home team | Result | Away team | spectator |
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| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 1-0 | Fulham FC | 16,151 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 1 | Nottingham Forest | 35,640 |
| Replay | Nottingham Forest | 0: 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28,062 |
| 3 | Everton FC | 0: 2 | Manchester United | 38,664 |
| 4th | Charlton Athletic | 1: 2 | Leicester City | 23,719 |
| 5 | Burnley FC | 0-0 | Blackburn Rovers | 21,468 |
| Replay | Blackburn Rovers | 2: 1 | Burnley FC | 28,691 |
| 6th | Southampton FC | 2: 2 | Brentford FC | 24,741 |
| Replay | Brentford FC | 1: 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 11,720 |
| 7th | Newcastle United | 1-0 | Chelsea FC | 45,740 |
| 8th | Arsenal FC | 1: 1 | Sheffield United | 36,891 |
| Replay | Sheffield United | 0: 0 a.d. | Arsenal FC | 27,595 |
| Arsenal won 4-2 on penalties | ||||
Sixth main round
The games took place on March 12th and 13th, 2005.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
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| 1 | Newcastle United | 1-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 51,307 |
| 2 | Southampton FC | 0: 4 | Manchester United | 30,971 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 0: 1 | Arsenal FC | 23,523 |
| 4th | Blackburn Rovers | 1-0 | Leicester City | 22,113 |
Semifinals
The games were played on April 16 and 17, 2005. The venue in both cases was the Millennium Stadium , Cardiff .
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
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| 1 | Arsenal FC | 3-0 | Blackburn Rovers | 52,077 |
| 2 | Newcastle United | 1: 4 | Manchester United | 69,280 |
final
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Jens Lehmann - Lauren Etame Mayer , Kolo Touré , Philippe Senderos , Ashley Cole - Cesc Fàbregas (86th Robin van Persie ), Patrick Vieira , Gilberto Silva , Robert Pirès (105th Edu ) - José Antonio Reyes , Dennis Bergkamp (65th Freddie Ljungberg ) Coach: Arsène Wenger ( France )
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Roy Carroll - John O'Shea (77th Quinton Fortune ), Rio Ferdinand , Wes Brown , Mikaël Silvestre - Darren Fletcher (91st Ryan Giggs ), Roy Keane , Paul Scholes , Cristiano Ronaldo - Wayne Rooney , Ruud van Nistelrooy Trainer: Alex Ferguson ( Scotland )
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 1: 1 Lauren Etame Mayer 2: 1 Freddie Ljungberg 3: 2 Robin van Persie 4: 3 Ashley Cole 5: 4 Patrick Vieira
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0: 1 Ruud van Nistelrooy  Paul Scholes 2: 2 Cristiano Ronaldo 3: 3 Wayne Rooney 4: 4 Roy Keane
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 Ashley Cole (16th), Lauren Etame Mayer (59th), José Antonio Reyes (75th), Patrick Vieira (118th),
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Mikaël Silvestre (21st), Paul Scholes (112th)
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 José Antonio Reyes (120th)
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Web links
- thefa.com: Official FA Cup page (English)
- thefa.com: FA Cup archive (English)
- soccerbase.com: The games of the 2004/05 FA Cup season (English)