2004–05 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 127th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their fourth consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Season summary
Bolton finished in sixth place in the final Premiership table - tied on points but one place behind that season's European champions Liverpool, and three points off qualification for the Champions League. As it was, sixth place was enough to grant Bolton their first ever excursion into European competition, in the UEFA Cup.

In

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Bridges - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leeds United, free, 9 June
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Ferdinand - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leicester City, free, 5 July
 * 🇹🇳 Radhi Jaïdi - 🇹🇳 Espérance, free, 6 July
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gary Speed - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle United, £750,000, 21 July
 * 🇪🇸 Fernando Hierro - 🇶🇦 Al Rayyan, free, 28 July
 * 🇮🇱 Tal Ben Haim - 🇮🇱 Maccabi Tel Aviv, £203,000, 28 July
 * 🇸🇳 El Hadji Diouf - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool, season loan, 19 August
 * 🇳🇬 Blessing Kaku - 🇮🇱 F.C. Ashdod, free transfer, 24 August
 * 🇸🇳 Khalilou Fadiga - 🇮🇹 Internazionale, free, 14 September
 * 🇫🇷 Vincent Candela - 🇮🇹 Roma, free transfer, 31 January
 * 🇧🇷 Júlio César - 🇪🇸 Real Valladolid, free, July

Out

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Charlton - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Norwich City, £250,000, 13 July
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jeff Smith - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Port Vale, free, 22 June
 * Per Frandsen - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wigan Athletic, free, 24 June
 * 🇧🇷 Emerson Thome - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wigan Athletic, free, 4 August
 * 🇧🇷 Mário Jardel - 🇦🇷 Newell's Old Boys, free, 13 August
 * 🇫🇷 Ibrahim Ba - 🇹🇷 Çaykur Rizespor, free, 24 August
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Michael Bridges - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sunderland, season loan, 23 September
 * 🇫🇷 Youri Djorkaeff - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blackburn Rovers, free, 28 September
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Les Ferdinand - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reading, free, 6 January
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Livesey - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlisle United, month loan, 25 December
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Livesey - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carlisle United, free, 25 January
 * 🇮🇪 Joey O'Brien - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield Wednesday, loan
 * Derek Niven - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chesterfield
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Howey - 🇺🇸 New England Revolution, free
 * 🇦🇴 Ndiwa Lord-Kangana - released
 * 🇫🇷 Jeremy Bon - released
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Hamlin - released


 * Note: All players listed as joining other clubs from Bolton on a free transfer were released by the club on 17 May 2004, with the exception of Ferdinand, who was released on 2 January 2005. 

Appearances
Bolton used a total of 26 players during the season.