TURNING INTO A WINNING MACHINE

FIRST JUVE-SEASON A SUCCESS, BEING GIVEN "BEST FOREIGN PLAYER IN SERIE A"-AWARD

WHAT HAPPENED 2004/05?

New manager Fabio Capello strongly believed in Zlatan, making him start 40 out of 45 games. Juventus absolutely dominated Serie A with only four losses and with Zlatan scoring 16 debut-goals in the league he was given the "Best Foreign Player"-award.


Coming to Italy, costing €16M after eliminating Italy in EURO 2004 with his extraordinary backhell (and a certain due-due-result), the expectations were not low on Zlatan. Sure, Juve was covered with more great strikers like Del Piero and Trezeguet but Capello had wanted Ibrahimović for a long time and he was not bought to be a rotation player.

 

GREAT DEBUT

On 12 September 2004 it was time to wear the black-white shirt for the first time, away against Brescia. Leading 2-0 at half time, there was no direct pressure to score but Capello subbed Zlatan, showing him he would get more than 15 min in his debut. You could see on Z's footwork at the first touch that he was there to make a mark. And so he did. In the 69th minute he received the ball alone up front and showed great strength and skill holding back the defender, scoring with his right, then screaming aggressively, showing he was there to stay in the starting XI. And based on their response, his new teammates obviously were really happy for him.

 

REGULAR IN A WINNING MACHINE

The debut was pretty much it when it came to starting on the bench, Capello showed an amazing confidence in him. And when the team won game after game, who could blaim him? Zlatan was other than goals/assists involved in alot of goals indirectly making the pass to the assister or being part of the build-up. First season in Serie A: 16 goals and 6 assists and another league-title (TROPHY 5)*.

 

QUARTERFINAL-CURSE BEGINS

Amongst other things, one of the biggest differences playing for Juventus instead of Ajax was the expectations in Champions League. This was a different level, his team was now supposed to be more than a young, cocky upn'comer, they were expected to go far.

Even though Z didn't have one of his best CL-seasons scoring wise, he played all games for the team that eliminated Real Madrid in the round of 16 but then lost against Liverpool in the QF, a situation that turned out to be quite common for Ibra the coming seasons.

 

FOREIGN PLAYER OF THE SEASON

In the middle of the season after, Zlatan was given the "Best Foreign Player"-award at the Italian football gala (Oscar del Calcio). He was again nominated for Ballon D'Or and finshed 14th best player in the world.

 

*The Serie A-titles were later stripped from Juventus because of Calciopoli. Zlatan is here still awarded those titles due to the complexity of the case and the world of football's consistent, collective view on Zlatan's right to claim the 2004/05 and 2005/05-titles.

FACTS.

• DEBUT:

12 September 2004, vs Brescia (league).


• FIRST GOAL:

12 September 2004, vs Brescia (league).


• FIRST HAT-TRICK:

14 April 2005, vs Lecce (league).


• GAMES SCORING 2 OR MORE GOALS:

2

• ALL ZLATAN'S GAMES 2004/05:

45 games: 29 wins, 10 draws, 6 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS IN THE STARTING 11:

40 games: 26 wins, 9 draws, 5 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS BROUGHT ON:

5 games: 3 wins, 1 draws, 1 loss.


• WHEN ZLATAN SCORED:

13 games, 8 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss.


• WHEN ZLATAN DIDN'T SCORE:

32 games, 21 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses.

Serie A: WINNER

Italian Cup: Round of 16

Champions League: Quarterfinal

Serie A 2004/05

 
G
W
D
L
GF
GA
P
1. Juventus
38
26
8
4
67
27
86
2. Milan
38
23
10
5
63
28
79
3. Inter
38
18
18
2
65
37
72
4. Udinese
38
17
11
10
56
40
62

"We were at the top of the league, alongside Milan, we changed between the number one and two spot and for us to win I needed to continue scoring goals. That was the truth, nothing else, and I remember that I really worked hard up there in the box. But I was well marked as well. The opponent defenders were on me like wolves, and it started to get known that I have a temper. The players and the crowd tried to provoke me all the time with dirty tackles and taunts and shit. Gipsy, stuff about my mom and my family, they shouted everything, and sometimes it got to me. There were some head butts, or something of the kind where I tried to get even. But I play my best game when I'm angry, and everything just let go. The seventeenth April I scored a hat trick against Lecce, and the fans got wild and the journalists wrote:
"They said that he score to few goals. He's already done fifteen now."

- from "I AM ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ"

VIDEO 2004/05 - TOP 4

1. GOAL

7,6

JUVENTUS 2004/05

vs Lecce

2005.04.17

2. ASSIST

7,4

JUVENTUS 2004/05

vs Reggina

2005.03.19

3. GOAL

7,4

JUVENTUS 2004/05

vs Fiorentina

2005.04.09

4. GOAL

7,2

JUVENTUS 2004/05

vs Brescia

2004.09.12

VIDEO 2004/05 - PLAYLISTS

PLAYLIST | SERIE A 2004/05

PLAYLIST | SERIE A 2004/05 - ALL JUVENTUS GOALS

PLAYLIST | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004/05

PLAYLIST | JUVENTUS COMPILATIONS

PLAYLIST | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2004/05

UEFA are continously removing Champions League-videos from the internet. The Dailymotion UEFA Champions League-playlist is meant to complete the Youtube UEFA Champions League-playlist. So all Zlatan's goals/assists should be in either one of them. If you notice a video being removed from youtube or unavailable, it would be much appreciated if you report it to contact@zlatanibrahimovic.com. Thank you in advance.

TEAM TROPHIES 2004/05

1 TROPHY

SERIE A

ITALIAN LEAGUE

2004/05*

*The Serie A-titles were later stripped from Juventus because of Calciopoli. Zlatan is here still awarded those titles due to the complexity of the case and the world of football's consistent, collective view on Zlatan's right to claim the 2004/05 and 2005/05-titles.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2004/05

SERIE A - ITALIAN LEAGUE

FOREIGN PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

2004/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIFA BALLON D'OR

 

14th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOMINATED:

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The FIFA Ballon d'Or "Golden Ball" is an association football award given annually to the male player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous year. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world. The award started in 2010 after France Football's Ballon d'Or and the men's FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged.

ZTATISTICS 2004/05

 
 
 
 
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

Serie A Italian League

31

4

9

16

6

4

2754'

UEFA Champions League

9

1

2

 

2

3

832'

 

 

40

5

11

  

 

4

 

 

3586'
     

45

  

16

8

      

 
 
GOALS - WHEN?

1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
75-90+

Serie A Italian League

2

1

2

2

6

3

UEFA Champions League

 

 

 
 

 

2

1

2

2

6

3
 
GOALS - HOW?
Right
Left
Header
Penalty
Freekick

Serie A Italian League

11

2

2

1

 

UEFA Champions League

 

 

 

 

 
 

11

2

2

1

 

GAMES 2004/05

 

SERIE A

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2004.09.12

Serie A Italian League
Brescia

0-3

Juventus

 

46'

 

1

 

 

 

 

45'

2004.09.19

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-0

Atalanta

 

87'

 

 

 

 

 

86'

2004.09.22

Serie A Italian League
Sampdoria

0-3

Juventus

 

63'

 

1

 

 

 

 

28'

2004.09.25

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

1-1

Palermo

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.10.03

Serie A Italian League
Udinese

0-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.10.16

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-1

Messina

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2004.10.23

Serie A Italian League
Siena

0-3

Juventus

 

67'

 

1

 

 

 

66'

2004.10.28

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-0

Roma

 

87'

 

 

 

 

 

86'

2004.10.31

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

3-0

Chievo

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.11.06

Serie A Italian League
Reggina

2-1

Juventus

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.11.10

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

1-0

Fiorentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.11.14

Serie A Italian League
Lecce

0-1

Juventus

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2004.11.28

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-2

Juventus

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.12.05

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-1

Lazio

 

 

1

 

75'

 

 

90'

2004.12.12

Serie A Italian League
Bologna

0-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

90'

 

 

90'

2004.12.18

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

0-0

Milan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.01.06

Serie A Italian League
Parma

1-1

Juventus

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.01.09

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

4-2

Livorno

 

85'

1

 

 

 

 

84'

2005.01.16

Serie A Italian League
Cagliari

1-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.01.23

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-0

Brescia

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

90'

2005.01.30

Serie A Italian League
Atalanta

1-2

Juventus

 

61'

 

 

 

 

 

60'

2005.02.02

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

0-1

Sampdoria

 

46'

 

 

 

 

 

 

45'

2005.02.05

Serie A Italian League
Palermo

1-0

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.02.13

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-1

Udinese

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.02.19

Serie A Italian League
Messina

0-0

Juventus

 

 

 

 

82'

 

 

90'

2005.02.27

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

3-0

Siena

 

67'

 

 

 

 

 

66'

2005.03.05

Serie A Italian League
Roma

1-2

Juventus

 

78'

 

 

 

 

 

77'

2005.03.13

Serie A Italian League
Chievo

0-1

Juventus

 

59'

 

 

 

 

 

 

32'

2005.03.19

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

1-0

Reggina

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2005.04.09

Serie A Italian League
Fiorentina

3-3

Juventus

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.04.17

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

5-2

Lecce

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.04.20

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

0-1

Inter

 

 

 

 

14'

 

 

90'

2005.05.15

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

2-0

Parma

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.05.22

Serie A Italian League
Livorno

2-2

Juventus

 

45'

 

 

 

 

 

45'

2005.05.29

Serie A Italian League
Juventus

4-2

Cagliari

 

55'

 

 

 

 

 

54'

 

31

4

9

16

6

4

 

 

2754'
 

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2004.09.15

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Ajax

0-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.09.28

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Juventus

1-0

Maccabi Tel Aviv

 

79'

 

 

54'

 

 

78'

2004.10.19

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Juventus

1-0

Bayern München

 

 

 

1

75'

 

 

90'

2004.11.03

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Bayern München

0-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2004.11.23

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Juventus

1-0

Ajax

 

78'

 

 

 

 

 

77'

2004.12.08

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Maccabi Tel Aviv

1-1

Juventus

 

74'

 

 

 

 

 

 

17'

2005.02.22

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1:2
Real Madrid

1-0

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.03.09

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2:2
Juventus

2-0

Real Madrid

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

120'

2005.04.05

UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal 1:2
Liverpool

2-1

Juventus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2005.04.13

UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal 2:2
Juventus

0-0

Liverpool

 

 

 

 

63'

 

 

90'

 

9

1

2

 

2

3

 

 

832'