DFB Cup 2004/05

This article describes the men's DFB Cup for the 2004/05 season. For the women's soccer cup of the same name, see DFB-Pokal 2004/05 (women) .

DFB Cup 2004/05
Cup winners	FC Bayern Munich (12th title)
Beginning	August 20, 2004
final	May 28, 2005
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
Teams	64
Games	63
Gates	239  (ø 3.79 per game)
Top scorer	Carsten Jancker Claudio Pizarro (6 each)
← DFB Cup 2003/04 DFB Cup 2005/06 →
Football Association Cup 2004/05 ↓

The 2005 DFB Cup winner was FC Bayern Munich . In the final at the Olympiastadion Berlin , Bayern Munich won 2-1 on May 28, 2005 against FC Schalke 04 , who had eliminated defending champions Werder Bremen on penaltiesin the semifinals.

Both finalists took part in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League , in which Bayern were eliminated in the round of 16 against AC Milan and Schalke moved to third in the group stage in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup , in the semi-finals against eventual winners FC Seville came to an end. Bayer 04 Leverkusen were sixth in the Bundesliga and were allowed to take part in the UEFA Cup, but were eliminated in the first round against Bulgarian champions CSKA Sofia .

Participating teams

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2003/04 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2003/04 season	Regionalliga the first two of the two regional leagues in the 2003/04 season	Association cup the state cup winners of the 21 state associations of the DFB 1
Werder Bremen (TV)   FC Bayern Munich   Bayer 04 Leverkusen   VfB Stuttgart   VfL Bochum   Borussia Dortmund   FC Schalke 04   Hamburger SV   Hansa Rostock   VfL Wolfsburg   Borussia Monchengladbach   Hertha BSC   Sc freiburg   Hannover 96   1. FC Kaiserslautern   Eintracht Frankfurt   TSV 1860 Munich   1. FC Cologne	1. FC Nuremberg   Arminia Bielefeld   1. FSV Mainz 05   Energy Cottbus    Rot-Weiß Oberhausen   Alemannia Aachen   MSV Duisburg   FC Erzgebirge Aue   SpVgg Greuther Fürth   SV Wacker Burghausen    Eintracht Trier   LR Ahlen   SpVgg Unterhaching   Karlsruher SC   VfB Lübeck   SSV Jahn Regensburg   1. FC Union Berlin   VfL Osnabrück	Regionalliga North    Red and white food   1. FC Dynamo Dresden Regional league south   FC Bayern Munich amateurs    Red and white Erfurt	to bathe   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Bavaria    SSV Jahn Regensburg amateurs   TSV Aindling Berlin    Hertha BSC amateurs Brandenburg   SV Germania 90 Schöneiche Bremen    SV Werder Bremen amateurs Hamburg   FC St. Pauli Hesse   Kickers Offenbach Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania   FC Schoenberg 95 Middle Rhine   1. FC Cologne II Lower Rhine   Fortuna Düsseldorf 2nd Lower Saxony   Eintracht Braunschweig    Hannover 96 amateurs Rhineland   TuS Mayen Saarland   1. FC Saarbrücken Saxony   VFC Plauen Saxony-Anhalt   TSV Völpke Schleswig-Holstein   VfR Neumünster South Baden   FC Teningen southwest   1. FSV Mainz 05 amateurs Thuringia   FC Carl Zeiss Jena Westphalia   SC Paderborn 07   SG Wattenscheid 09 Württemberg:   VfR Aalen

¹ From the three regional associations with the most men's teams in play (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia), the defeated cup finalist also takes part.

² Fortuna Düsseldorf took part as an inferior finalist, as the state cup winner Rot-Weiss Essen was already qualified via the regional league.

1st main round

date		Result
Fri 08/20/2004, 6:30 p.m.	Werder Bremen Amat.	1: 2	MSV Duisburg
Fri 08/20/2004, 6:30 p.m.	FC Teningen	1: 2	1. FC Nuremberg
Fri 08/20/2004, 7 p.m.	FC St. Pauli	1: 3	Energy Cottbus
Fri 08/20/2004, 7 p.m.	SSV Jahn Regensburg II.	1: 3	SpVgg Unterhaching
Fri 08/20/2004, 7:30 p.m.	Kickers Offenbach	1: 2	LR Ahlen
Fri 08/20/2004, 7:30 p.m.	Eintracht Braunschweig	1: 0 a.d.	Wacker Burghausen
Sa 21.08.2004, 2:30 p.m.	1. FC Saarbrücken	1: 4	1. FC Cologne
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	SC Paderborn 07	14: 2 1	Hamburger SV
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	VfL Osnabrück	3: 2	FC Erzgebirge Aue
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	FC Schoenberg 95	00:15	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0: 2	Werder Bremen
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	Hanover 96 Amat.	0: 3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	1. FC Union Berlin	0: 4	Sc freiburg
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	VfB Lübeck	0: 1	Borussia Dortmund
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	Fortuna Dusseldorf	1: 3	VfL Bochum
Sa 21.08.2004, 3 p.m.	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0: 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Sa 21.08.2004, 5:00 p.m.	TSV Völpke	0: 6	FC Bayern Munich
Sa 21.08.2004, 6 p.m.	TuS Mayen	0: 6	VfB Stuttgart
Sa 21.08.2004, 6:30 p.m.	Hertha BSC Amat.	0: 2	FC Schalke 04
Sa 21.08.2004, 6:30 p.m.	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1: 2	Hansa Rostock
Sa 21.08.2004, 6:30 p.m.	1. FSV Mainz 05 Amat.	1: 3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Sa 21.08.2004, 7:00 p.m.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 2 a.d.	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Sun 22.08.2004, 2:30 p.m.	Dynamo Dresden	1: 2	Karlsruher SC
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	VfR Aalen	2: 5	1. FSV Mainz 05
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	VfR Neumünster	0: 3	Hannover 96
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	1. FC Cologne Amat.	22: 0 2	VfL Wolfsburg
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	Germania Schöneiche	1: 2	TSV 1860 Munich
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	Bayern Munich Amat.	1: 1 n.V. (6: 5 p.e. )	Borussia M'gladbach
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	TSV Aindling	0: 1	Hertha BSC
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	SG Wattenscheid 09	1: 3	Eintracht Trier
Sun 22.08.2004, 3 p.m.	Red and white food	0: 2	Alemannia Aachen
Sun 22.08.2004, 3:30 p.m.	VFC Plauen	1: 2	Arminia Bielefeld

¹In the wake of the soccer betting scandal, it is proven that the game was manipulated. However, there was no rescheduling, as further rounds of the cup had already been played, and Hamburger SV received financial compensation.

²Wolfsburg won 3-0, but used the suspended player Marian Christow . The game was rated 2-0 for Cologne.

2nd main round

date		Result
Tue 21.09.2004, 5:00 p.m.	SC Paderborn 07	2: 1	MSV Duisburg
Tue 21.09.2004, 7 p.m.	1. FC Nuremberg	2: 3 a.d.	LR Ahlen
Tue 21.09.2004, 7 p.m.	Sc freiburg	3: 2 a.d.	VfL Bochum
Tue 21.09.2004, 7 p.m.	TSV 1860 Munich	0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e. )	Eintracht Trier
Tue 21.09.2004, 7 p.m.	Karlsruher SC	1: 1 n.V. (3: 0 p.e. )	1. FSV Mainz 05
Tue 21.09.2004, 7:30 p.m.	1. FC Cologne Amat.	2: 4	Arminia Bielefeld
Tue 21.09.2004, 8:30 p.m.	VfL Osnabrück	2: 3	Bayern Munich
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	Bayern Munich Amat.	2: 1	Alemannia Aachen
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	Eintracht Braunschweig	3: 2	Hertha BSC
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4: 4 n.V. (3: 4 in good. )	FC Schalke 04
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	0: 2	VfB Stuttgart
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	Energy Cottbus	2: 2 n.V. (4: 5 in good. )	Hannover 96
Wed 09/22/2004, 7 p.m.	Eintracht Frankfurt	4: 2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Wed 22.09.2004, 7:30 p.m.	1. FC Cologne	3: 3 n.V. (2: 4 p.e. )	Hansa Rostock
Wed 22.09.2004, 8:00 p.m.	Borussia Dortmund	3: 1	SpVgg Unterhaching
Wed 22.09.2004, 8:30 p.m.	Werder Bremen	3: 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Round of 16

date		Result
Tue 09.10.2004, 7:00 p.m.	Arminia Bielefeld	4-0	Karlsruher SC
Tue 09.10.2004, 7:00 p.m.	Werder Bremen	3: 1 a.d.	Eintracht Trier
Tue 09.10.2004, 7:00 p.m.	Bayern Munich Amat.	3: 2	Eintracht Braunschweig
Tue 09.10.2004, 7:15 p.m.	Hannover 96	1-0	Borussia Dortmund
Wed 10.10.2004, 2 p.m.	SC Paderborn 07	2: 2 n.V. (1: 4 p.e. )	Sc freiburg
Wed 10.10.2004, 7:00 p.m.	LR Ahlen	2: 3 a.d.	Hansa Rostock
Wed 10.10.2004, 7:30 p.m.	Eintracht Frankfurt	0: 2	FC Schalke 04
Wed 10.10.2004, 8:30 p.m.	Bayern Munich	3-0	VfB Stuttgart

Quarter finals

date		Result
Tue 01.03.2005, 7:30 p.m.	Arminia Bielefeld	1-0	Hansa Rostock
Tue 01.03.2005, 7:30 p.m.	Bayern Munich Amat.	0: 3	Werder Bremen
Tue 01.03.2005, 8:30 p.m.	FC Schalke 04	3: 1	Hannover 96
Wed 02.03.2005, 8:30 p.m.	Sc freiburg	0: 7	Bayern Munich

Semifinals

date		Result
Tue April 19, 2005, 8:40 pm	FC Schalke 04	2: 2 n.v. (5: 4 p.e. )	Werder Bremen
Wed April 20, 2005, 8:30 p.m.	Arminia Bielefeld	0: 2	Bayern Munich

final

pairing	FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern Munich
Result	1: 2 (1: 1)
date	May 28, 2005 at 8:45 pm
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	74,359
referee	Florian Meyer ( Braunschweig )
Gates	0: 1 Makaay (42.) 1: 1 Lincoln (45., FE ) 1: 2 Salihamidžić (76.)
FC Schalke 04	Frank Rost - Niels Oude Kamphuis (46th Hamit Altıntop ), Marcelo Bordon , Mladen Krstajić , Lewan Kobiaschwili - Christian Poulsen (82nd Darío Rodríguez ), Sven Vermant - Lincoln - Gerald Asamoah , Ebbe Sand , Aílton (71st Mike Hanke ) coach : Ralf Rangnick
FC Bayern Munich	Oliver Kahn - Willy Sagnol (90th + 2 ' Sebastian Deisler ), Lúcio , Robert Kovač , Bixente Lizarazu - Martín Demichelis - Bastian Schweinsteiger (75th Hasan Salihamidzic ), Michael Ballack , Zé Roberto (82nd Torsten Frings ) - Roy Makaay , Claudio Pizarro Coach: Felix Magath
yellow cards	Vermant (23rd), Poulsen (51st), Altintop (63rd), Krstajic (79th), Kobiashwilli (83rd) - Ballack (7th), Demichelis (19th), Makaay (90th)

The winning team

FC Bayern Munich

Goal: Oliver Kahn (5 / -); Michael Rensing (2 / -) Defense: Andreas Görlitz (1 / -); Robert Kovač (4 / -); Samuel Kuffour (2 / -); Thomas Linke (1 / -); Bixente Lizarazu (2 / -); Lúcio (6 / -); Tobias Rau (1 / -); Willy Sagnol (3 / -); Hasan Salihamidžić (5/1) Midfield: Michael Ballack (4/3); Sebastian Deisler (4 / -); Martín Demichelis (5 / -); Torsten Frings (6 / -); Owen Hargreaves (3/2); Jens Jeremies (2 / -); Mehmet Scholl (2/1); Bastian Schweinsteiger (5 / -); Zé Roberto (4 / -) Attack: Paolo Guerrero (1 / -); Wahid Hashemian (2/1); Roy Makaay (5/5); Claudio Pizarro (5/6); Roque Santa Cruz (1/4) Trainer: Felix Magath

Best goal scorers

The top scorers of the 2004/05 DFB Cup are listed below. The sorting takes place according to the number of hits, with the same number of goals alphabetically.

rank player society Gates 1  Carsten Jancker 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6th  Claudio Pizarro FC Bayern Munich 6th 3  Roy Makaay FC Bayern Munich 5  Lukas Podolski 1. FC Cologne 5 5  Antonio Di Salvo Hansa Rostock 4th  Paolo Guerrero FC Bayern Munich Amat. 4th  Mike Hanke FC Schalke 04 4th  Roque Santa Cruz FC Bayern Munich 4th  Selim Teber 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4th 10  Michael Ballack FC Bayern Munich 3  Tim Borowski Werder Bremen 3  Delron Buckley Arminia Bielefeld 3  Low tide sand FC Schalke 04 3  Ervin Skela Arminia Bielefeld 3  Guido Spork SC Paderborn 07 3  Michael Thurk Energy Cottbus 3  Ferydoon Zandi 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3

Carsten Jancker

Claudio Pizarro

→ Main article : List of top scorer of the DFB Cup

Others

• For the first time, champions and runners-up contested the cup final
• Leverkusen qualified sixth for the UEFA Cup