2004 in football

Chronology of football

2003 in football - 2004 in football - 2005 in football
---- striking facts of the year 2004 in football

January

  • January 2nd :
    • before Auxerre-native center Djibril Cissé sign a contract in favor of the English club of Liverpool for one five years duration coming into effect at the end of the season.
    • the international goalkeeper French Fabien Barthez engages with the Olympique of Marseilles.

  • January 13rd : Feeling with Bollaert with a RC Lens which boxes heavy a 0-4 vis-a-vis Sochaux in quarterfinals of the Cut of the League.

  • January 23rd : The Bayonne Aviron eliminates Bordeaux in 1/16e from finale of the Coupe de France.

  • January 31st : Benefitting from a clear fall of mode Monegasque, the Olympique Lyonese totals 4 points of Monaco.

February

  • February 2004 : TPS, controlled at 67% by TF1 and 33% by M6, puts the hand for three seasons on the First English league in France. Up to that point, it was the Canal+ competitor which had this contract. Cost: 30 million euros, is 200% of increase compared to the preceding contract.

  • February 14th : The Tunisia gains the Championship of Africa of the Nations by being essential 2-1 vis-a-vis Morocco finally

  • February 21st : Arsenal triumph of Chelsea and counts from now on 9 points in advance on their London rivals and 7 on Manchester United.

March

April

  • April 6th : Feeling with the Stage Louis II with the elimination of the Real Madrid by the ACE Monaco in quarterfinal of the League of the Champions. In same time, Chelsea leaves Arsenal.

  • April 7th : The last two quarterfinals of the League of the champions deliver their verdicts: FC Oporto eliminates Lyon and the Deportivo Corogne leaves holding it the title, the Milan AC.

  • April 17th : Sochaux finally gains the Coupe of the League while being essential vis-a-vis Nantes with the shootings with the goal (1-1 and 5-4 with).

    • detailed Article: Cut of the football league 2003-2004

May

  • May 4th :

    • FC Oporto eliminates the Deportivo Corogne in half finale from the league of the champions.
    • Pape Diouf becomes the general manager of the Olympique of Marseilles.

  • May 5th : The ACE Monaco is qualified for its very first final of league of the champions while leaving Chelsea.

  • May 22nd : Manchester United gains F Cup by being essential 3-0 vis-a-vis Millwall.

  • May 23rd : Lyon is crowned champion of France for the third consecutive time.

    • detailed Article: Championship of France of L1 football 2004-05

June

  • June-July : The Euro 2004 with the Portugal is diffused in France by TF1 and France Televisions (France 2 and France 3). This Euro marks a new explosion of the rights with a total rise of 375% compared to the Euro 2000: the rights of diffusion on a world level exceeds the 557 million Euros, including 69 for France.

July

  • July 20th : The attacker of the Ivory Coast Didier Drogba leaves OM to join the richissime English club of Chelsea. The amount of the transfer, near to 35 million euros, constitutes the largest transfer of the history of the Ligue 1.

  • July 25th : The Brésil gains Copa America 2004 by being essential 4-2 on the shootings with the goal vis-a-vis the Argentine.

  • July 29th : Brazilian the Emerson is transferred from the ACE Rome to the Juventus of Turin.

Principal national champions 2003-2004

August

  • August 2004 : Reversal with 180° of the authorities which give green light to a single operator of television to acquire the rights of diffusion of the championship of France! The very forthcoming negotiations over the period 2005-2008 promise to reach tops…

  • : Lyon gains for the 3rd consecutive year the Trophée of the Champions by beating the Paris Saint-Germain with the shootings with the goals. (1-1), (7 to 6).

  • August 6th : Resumption of the championship of France of league 1: The champion of France in title, Lyon, asserts 1-0 on Nice. Triple champion of France had not gained its match of opening any more since 1981!

  • August 7th : The Japan finally gains the Coupe of Asia of the nations while being essential vis-a-vis the China. It thus preserves its title acquired in the year 2000.

  • August 12th : Zinedine Zidane announces its withdrawal of the team of France of football.

  • August 25th : By gaining 3-0 vis-a-vis Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal establishes a new record of invincibility in championship of England with 43 matches consecutive without defeat. The record precede was the property of Nottingham Forest, with 42 matches between November 1977 and September 1978.

  • August 26th : Finale of the female Olympic Tournament in Athens: the USA gain the female Olympic title by beating the Brazilian players 2-1 after prolongation.

  • August 28th : Finale of the male Olympic Tournament in Athens: The Argentine gains the male Olympic title by beating the Paraguay 1-0.

  • August 30th : The manager of Newcastle United, to sir Bobby Robson, is thanked after the beginning of the season in half dyes of Magpies.

  • August 31st :

    • the international attacker French Sylvain Wiltord sign with Lyon for two seasons.
    • the young English international attacker of Everton, Wayne Rooney, is transferred to Manchester United for the sum from 37 million euros.

September

  • September 6th : Graeme Souness resigns of its station of managing Blackburn Rovers to take in hands the club of Newcastle United. It takes up duty the September 13rd, after the Blackburn-Newcastle match.

October

  • October 2nd : Championship of France: Incredible scenario with the Stage Louis-II. Monaco, which carries out 3-0 front Nice, crumbles completely in less than 20 minutes… and inclines 3 goals with 4!

  • October 24th : The record of invincibility in championship of England of Arsenal is finally fixed at 49 after a defeat among rivals of Manchester United.

  • October 26th : The manager Gary Megson is thanked by West Bromwich Albion.

  • October 29th : Chelsea cancels the contract of the striker Adrian Mutu following positive test with the Cocaïne.

November

  • November 5th : The French manager Jacques Santini leaves Tottenham Hotspur; he evokes personal reasons, but, in fact, they are rather the tuggings within the staff of Spurs which decides Santini. Martin Jol takes over with the head of Tottenham.

  • November 20th : Championship of Spain: FC Barcelona is essential largely vis-a-vis the Real Madrid (3-0). Following this victory, Barça counts from now on seven points in advance on its rival.

December

  • December 10th : Canal+ obtains the exclusiveness in the retransmission of the Championship of France of football for a record amount of 600 million Euros per season, that is to say rising in rise of 62% compared to the preceding contract. With 1,8 billion euros over three years, the Championship of France becomes the championship number “one”, right in front of the Championnat of England. By adding the rights abroad, the English remain in front of the French, of a short head.

  • December 28th : Silvio Berlusconi is constrained to resign of its position of president of the Milan AC because of a new Italian law framing the “conflicts of interests”.

Principal national champions 2004

Principal deaths

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