| Club: | Coventry City F.C. |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Stadium: | Highfield Road |
| Manager: | Micky Adams |
| League: | Championship |
| League Result: | 19th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | OUT – Newcastle United Fourth Round 29.01.05 [1] |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | OUT – Middlesbrough Third Round 27.10.04 [2] |
| Season Topscorer: | Gary McSheffrey (14) |
| Highest Attendance: | 22,728 v Derby County 30.04.05Cup: 8,362 v Sheffield Wednesday 22.09.04 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 11,966 v Gillingham 15.09.04Cup: 6,180 v Torquay United 25.08.04 |
| Average Attendance: | 16,046 |
| Prevseason: | 2003–04 |
| Nextseason: | 2005–06 |
This article describes Coventry City Football Club's progress in the 2004–05 season, during which the Sky Blues competed in the Football League Championship, the FA Cup (entering in the Third Round) and the League Cup (entering from the First Round). The 2004–05 season was the last season in which the club played their home games at Highfield Road before their move to the Ricoh Arena.
| width=40% | Opposition | width=20% | Home Score | width=20% | Away Score | width=20% | Double |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||
| Burnley | 0–2 | 2–2 | |||||
| Cardiff City | 1–1 | 1–2 | |||||
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||||
| Derby County | 6–2 | 2–2 | |||||
| Gillingham | 2–2 | 1–3 | |||||
| Ipswich Town | 1–2 | 2–3 | |||||
| Leeds United | 1–2 | 0–3 | |||||
| Leicester City | 1–1 | 0–3 | |||||
| Millwall | 0–1 | 1–1 | |||||
| Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | 4–1 | |||||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||
| Preston North End | 1–1 | 2–3 | |||||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||||
| Reading | 3–2 | 2–1 | |||||
| Rotherham United | 0–0 | 2–1 | |||||
| Sheffield United | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||
| Stoke City | 0–0 | 0–1 | |||||
| Sunderland | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||
| Watford | 1–0 | 3–2 | |||||
| West Ham United | 2–1 | 0–3 | |||||
| Wigan Athletic | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–2 | 1–0 |
[3] |-|colspan="14"|Players who featured for Coventry but left before the end of the season:|}
| No. | Flag | Pos | Name | Championship | League Cup | FA Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 24 | FW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 12 | FW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 9 | FW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 6 | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 16 | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| FW | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 17 | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 15 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 5 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 19 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 3 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Games played | 51 (46 Championship, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup) | |
| Games won | 16 (13 Championship, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) | |
| Games drawn | 13 (13 Championship, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup) | |
| Games lost | 22 (20 Championship, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) | |
| Goals scored | 70 (61 Championship, 5 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) | |
| Goals conceded | 80 (73 Championship, 4 League Cup, 3 FA Cup) | |
| Goal difference | −10 | |
| Best result | W 6–2 (H) v Derby County – Championship – 30 April 2005 | |
| Worst result | L 1–4 (A) v Queens Park Rangers – Championship – 28 September 2004 L 1–4 (A) v Wigan Athletic – Championship – 23 October 2004 | |
| Most appearances | Michael Doyle (49 appearances) | |
| Top scorer | Gary McSheffrey (14 goals) | |
| Points | 52 / 138 (37.68%) |