Football Bundesliga 2004/05

Bundesliga 2004/05
master	FC Bayern Munich
Champions League	FC Bayern Munich FC Schalke 04
Champions League qualification	Werder Bremen
Uefa cup	Hertha BSC VfB Stuttgart Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. FSV Mainz 05
UI cup	Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV VfL Wolfsburg
Cup winners	FC Bayern Munich
Relegated	VfL Bochum Hansa Rostock SC Freiburg
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	890  (ø 2.91 per game)
spectator	11,702,120  (ø 38,242 per game)
Top scorer	Marek Mintál ( 1. FC Nuremberg )
← Bundesliga 2003/04 Bundesliga 2005/06 →
2nd Bundesliga 2004/05 ↓

League leader

Bottom of the table

First in the 2004/05 season of the Bundesliga and thus German men's championship was FC Bayern Munich , which also won the DFB Cup and thus the double . The season started on August 6, 2004 with Werder Bremen's game against FC Schalke 04 . Shortly before the scheduled kick-off of the game, the floodlights failed due to a defective sleeve , which is why the game could only start more than an hour late. Werder Bremen won the game 1-0. The season ended on May 21, 2005.

Season overview

At the beginning of the season, Aílton and Mladen Krstajić (both Werder Bremen) and Marcelo Bordon (VfB Stuttgart) moved to FC Schalke 04 . The Bayern Munich committed champion Lúcio from Bayer 04 Leverkusen .

Scene from the game SC Freiburg - Borussia Dortmund in April 2005

In the end, FC Bayern won their 19th championship. For a long time there had been a duel between Munich and Schalke 04. Ralf Rangnick had led the Gelsenkirchen team from 15th to 2nd place as the successor to the dismissed Jupp Heynckes and Schalke took the lead on matchday 25 after beating Bayern Munich, but Bayern secured themselves after nine consecutive victories under their new coach Felix Magath ultimately won the title with a 14 point lead over Schalke 04. In an exciting finish, Werder Bremen secured third place on the last match day and thus participation in the qualification for the Champions League ahead of Hertha BSC and VfB Stuttgart . Novelty: For the first time, the master and runner-up also contested the cup final. Bayern won this 2-1.

In addition to a sporting low and economic difficulties, Borussia Dortmund experienced the fall of President Gerd Niebaum and Manager Michael Meier . All three newcomers could keep the class. With Hansa Rostock , the only East German club was relegated to the Bundesliga after ten years. Since both finalists of the DFB Cup had qualified for the Champions League, Bayer 04 Leverkusen moved up to sixth place in the UEFA Cup .

11,560,974 spectators (average 37,781) visited the stadiums.

Closing table

An overview of the participating clubs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	34	24	5	5	075:330	+42	77
2.	FC Schalke 04	34	20th	3	11	056:460	+10	63
3.	Werder Bremen (M, P)	34	18th	5	11	068:370	+31	59
4th	Hertha BSC	34	15th	13	6th	059:310	+28	58
5.	VfB Stuttgart	34	17th	7th	10	054:400	+14	58
6th	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	16	9	9	065:440	+21	57
7th	Borussia Dortmund	34	15th	10	9	047:440	+3	55
8th.	Hamburger SV	34	16	3	15th	055:500	+5	51
9.	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15th	3	16	049:510	−2	48
10.	Hannover 96	34	13	6th	15th	034:360	−2	45
11.	1. FSV Mainz 05 (N)	34	12	7th	15th	050:550	−5	43
12.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	12	6th	16	043:520	−9	42
13.	Arminia Bielefeld (N)	34	11	7th	16	037:490	−12	40
14th	1. FC Nürnberg (N)	34	10	8th	16	055:630	−8	38
15th	Borussia Monchengladbach	34	8th	12	14th	035:510	−16	36
16.	VfL Bochum	34	9	8th	17th	047:680	−21	35
17th	Hansa Rostock	34	7th	9	18th	031:650	−34	30th
18th	Sc freiburg	34	3	9	22nd	030:750	−45	18th

German champion, DFB Cup winner and participation in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League : FC Bayern Munich

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2005/06: FC Schalke 04

Participation in the Champions League qualification 2005/06: Werder Bremen

Participation in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup : Hertha BSC, VfB Stuttgart, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 1. FSV Mainz 05 (fair play rating)

Participation in the UI Cup 2005 : Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg

Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga 2005/06 : SC Freiburg, FC Hansa Rostock, VfL Bochum

(M)	German champion 2003/04
(P)	DFB Cup winner 2003/04
(N)	Promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga 2003/04

Table history

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2004/05

01.

FC Bayern Munich

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 2

2-0

5-0

3-0

2-0

3-0

4: 2

3: 1

1-0

6: 3

2: 1

3: 1

3: 1

3: 1

02.

FC Schalke 04

1-0

2: 1

1: 3

3: 2

3: 3

1: 2

1: 2

3-0

1-0

2: 1

2: 1

2: 1

4: 1

3: 2

3: 2

0: 2

1: 1

03.

Werder Bremen

1: 2

1-0

0: 1

1: 2

2: 2

2-0

1: 1

1: 2

3-0

0-0

1: 1

3-0

4: 1

2-0

4-0

3: 2

4: 1

04th

Hertha BSC

0-0

4: 1

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

0: 1

4: 1

3: 1

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

3-0

2: 1

6-0

2: 2

1: 1

3: 1

05.

VfB Stuttgart

1: 3

3-0

1: 2

1-0

3-0

2-0

2-0

0-0

1-0

4: 2

1: 1

2: 1

2: 4

1-0

5: 2

4-0

1-0

06th

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

4: 1

0: 3

2: 1

3: 3

1: 1

0: 1

3-0

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

2-0

3: 2

2: 2

5: 1

4-0

3-0

4: 1

07th

Borussia Dortmund

2: 2

0: 1

1-0

2: 1

0: 2

1-0

0: 2

1: 2

1: 1

3-0

4: 2

1: 1

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

2: 1

2-0

08th.

Hamburger SV

0: 2

1: 2

1: 2

2: 1

2: 1

1-0

2: 3

3: 1

0: 2

2: 1

2: 1

0: 2

4: 3

0-0

0: 1

3-0

4-0

09.

VfL Wolfsburg

0: 3

3-0

2: 3

2: 3

3-0

2: 2

1: 2

1-0

1-0

4: 3

2: 1

5-0

0: 1

2: 1

3-0

4-0

0: 1

10.

Hannover 96

0: 1

1-0

1: 4

0: 1

0-0

0: 3

1: 3

2: 1

3-0

2-0

3: 1

0: 1

1-0

2: 1

3-0

0: 1

2: 2

11.

1. FSV Mainz 05

2: 4

2: 1

2: 1

0: 3

2: 3

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

0: 2

2-0

3: 2

0-0

0: 1

1: 1

1-0

3: 1

5-0

12.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

0: 4

2-0

1: 2

0: 2

2: 3

0-0

1-0

2: 1

0-0

0: 2

2-0

2: 1

1: 3

1-0

1: 2

2: 1

3-0

13.

Arminia Bielefeld

3: 1

0: 2

2: 1

1-0

0: 2

1-0

1-0

3: 4

1: 2

0: 1

1: 1

0: 2

3: 1

0-0

1: 2

1: 1

3: 1

14th

1. FC Nuremberg

2: 2

0: 2

1: 2

0-0

1: 1

2: 4

2: 2

1: 3

4-0

1: 1

1: 2

1: 3

1: 2

0-0

2: 1

3-0

3-0

15th

Borussia Monchengladbach

2-0

1: 3

3: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 1

2: 3

1: 3

1-0

0: 2

1: 1

2-0

1-0

2: 1

2: 2

2: 2

3: 2

16.

VfL Bochum

1: 3

0: 2

1: 4

2: 2

2-0

2: 2

2: 2

1: 2

5: 1

1-0

2: 6

1: 1

1: 1

3: 1

3-0

0: 1

3: 1

17th

Hansa Rostock

0: 2

2: 2

0: 4

2: 1

2: 1

0: 2

1: 1

0: 6

1: 2

1: 3

2-0

2: 3

1: 1

0: 2

0-0

3: 1

0-0

18th

Sc freiburg

0: 1

2: 3

0: 6

1: 3

2-0

1: 3

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

0-0

1: 2

1: 2

2: 3

2: 3

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

List of goalscorers

Marek Mintál from Nuremberg is only the second player to have been the top scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga and Bundesliga in consecutive seasons. In contrast to Rudi Völler , Mintál managed this feat with the same club.

	player	society	Gates
01.	Marek Mintál	1. FC Nuremberg	24
02.	Roy Makaay	FC Bayern Munich	22nd
03.	Dimitar Berbatov	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	20th
04th	Marcelinho	Hertha BSC	18th
05.	Delron Buckley	Arminia Bielefeld	15th
	Miroslav Klose	Werder Bremen
	Jan Koller	Borussia Dortmund
	Andriy Voronin	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
09.	Aílton	FC Schalke 04	14th
10.	Michael Ballack	FC Bayern Munich	13
	Kevin Kuranyi	VfB Stuttgart

The championship team of FC Bayern Munich

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goal : Oliver Kahn (32 / -); Michael Rensing (4 / -) Defense : Lúcio (32/3); Martín Demichelis (23 / -); Willy Sagnol (22/1); Robert Kovač (22 / -); Bixente Lizarazu (13 / -); Thomas Linke (11 / -); Andreas Görlitz (7 / -); Samuel Kuffour (7 / -); Tobias Rau (5 / -) Midfield : Torsten Frings (29/3); Hasan Salihamidžić (29/2); Michael Ballack (27/13); Owen Hargreaves (27/1); Bastian Schweinsteiger (26/3); Sebastian Deisler (23/4); Ze Roberto (22/1); Mehmet Scholl (20/3); Jens Jeremies (7 / -) Attack : Roy Makaay (33/22); Claudio Pizarro (23/11); Paolo Guerrero (13/6); Vahid Hashemian (9 / -); Roque Santa Cruz (4 / -); Alexander Zickler (1 / -) Trainer : Felix Magath

Trainers and officials

society	Trainer	Assistant coach	Manager	President / Chief Executive Officer	Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Hertha BSC	Falko Götz	Andreas Thom	Dieter Hoeneß	Bernd Schiphorst	Rupert Scholz
Arminia Bielefeld	Uwe Rapolder (until May 11, 2005) Frank Geideck (from May 11, 2005)	Frank Geideck (until May 11, 2005)	Thomas von Heesen Roland Kentsch	Hans-Hermann Schwick	Hans-Hermann Schwick
VfL Bochum	Peter Neururer	Frank Heinemann	Dieter Meinhold	Dieter Meinhold	Werner Altegoer
Werder Bremen	Thomas Schaaf	Karl-Heinz Kamp	Klaus Allofs	Jürgen L. Born	Franz Böhmert (until December 28, 2004) Willi Lemke (from February 7, 2005)
Borussia Dortmund	Bert van Marwijk	Dick Voorn	Michael Meier Stefan Reuter (until January 3, 2005) Michael Zorc	Gerd Niebaum (until November 14, 2004) Reinhard Rauball (from November 14, 2004)	not occupied
Sc freiburg	Volker Finke	Achim Sarstedt	Andreas Bornemann	Achim Stocker	not occupied
Hamburger SV	Klaus Toppmöller (until October 17, 2004) Thomas Doll (from October 17, 2004)	Ralf Zumdick	Dietmar Beiersdorfer	Bernd Hoffmann	Udo Bandow
Hannover 96	Ewald Lienen	Michael Frontzeck	Ilya Kaenzig	Martin child	Harrald Wendt
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kurt Jara (until April 6, 2005) Hans Werner Moser (from April 6, 2005)	Manfred Linzmaier	Olaf Marshal	René C. Jäggi	Walter Ruda
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Klaus Augenthaler	Peter Hermann	Michael Reschke Rudi Völler (from January 18, 2005)	Wolfgang wooden houses	unknown
1. FSV Mainz 05	Jürgen Klopp	Željko Buvač	Christian Heidel	Harald Strutz	not occupied
Bor. M'gladbach	Holger Fach (until October 27, 2004) Horst Köppel (October 28, 2004 to November 2, 2004) Dick Advocaat (November 2, 2004 to April 18, 2005) Horst Köppel (from April 18, 2005)	Stefan Mücke Michael Oenning	Christian Hochstätter (until April 21, 2005) Peter Pander (from April 21, 2005)	Rolf Königs	Hermann Jansen
FC Bayern Munich	Felix Magath	Seppo Eichkorn	Uli Hoeneß	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Franz Beckenbauer
1. FC Nuremberg	Wolfgang Wolf	Dieter Lieberwirth	Martin Bader	Michael A. Roth	Klaus Schramm
Hansa Rostock	Juri Schlünz (until November 14, 2004) Jörg Berger (from November 17, 2004)	Wolfgang Funkel (until November 14, 2004) Frank Engel (from November 17, 2004)	Herbert Maronn	Manfred Wimmer	Horst Klinkmann
FC Schalke 04	Jupp Heynckes (until September 15, 2004) Eddy Achterberg (September 15, 2004 to September 28, 2004) Ralf Rangnick (from September 28, 2004)	Eddy Achterberg Mirko Slomka	Rudi Assauer	Gerhard Rehberg	Clemens Tönnies
VfB Stuttgart	Matthias Sammer	Krassimir Balakov	Herbert Briem Jochen Schneider	Erwin Staudt	Dieter Hundt
VfL Wolfsburg	Eric Gerets	Reinhard Stumpf	Peter Pander (until August 24, 2004) Thomas Strunz (from January 1, 2005)	unknown	Lothar Sander

Used referees

(Status: end of season 2004/05)

Surname	Born	Regional association	Number d. Games				annotation
Hermann Albrecht	09/01/1961	Bavaria	10	38	1	0	last Bundesliga season
Felix Brych	08/03/1975	Bavaria	14th	53	1	1	Newbie
Herbert Fandel	03/09/1964	Rhineland	20th	78	2	1	FIFA referee
Helmut Fleischer	March 22, 1964	Bavaria	18th	68	2	3	FIFA referee
Lutz Michael Fröhlich	10/02/1957	Berlin	18th	63	1	2	last Bundesliga season
Peter Gagelmann	06/09/1968	Bremen	10	48	1	0
Manuel Graefe	09/21/1973	Berlin	12	50	3	2	Newbie
Jürgen Jansen	10/16/1960	Lower Rhine	8th	28	1	1	last Bundesliga season
Uwe Kemmling	11/01/1960	Lower Saxony	8th	19th	2	2	last Bundesliga season
Jörg Keßler	02/24/1964	Thuringia	8th	29	0	0	FIFA referee last Bundesliga season
Thorsten Kinhöfer	06/27/1968	Westphalia	15th	65	2	1
Knut Kircher	02/02/1969	Württemberg	17th	65	0	3	FIFA referee
Markus Merk	03/15/1962	southwest	22nd	74	1	2	FIFA referee
Florian Meyer	11/21/1968	Lower Saxony	19th	91	3	4th	FIFA referee
Markus Schmidt	08/31/1973	Württemberg	8th	35	1	1
Peter Sippel	06.10.1969	Bavaria	14th	55	1	1	FIFA referee
Wolfgang Stark	11/20/1969	Bavaria	20th	70	4th	1	FIFA referee
Stefan Trautmann	03/17/1972	Lower Saxony	10	31	0	0	last Bundesliga season
Franz-Xaver Wack	05.03.1965	Bavaria	19th	66	4th	0	FIFA referee
Lutz Wagner	May 27, 1963	Hesse	18th	56	0	3
Michael Weiner	03/21/1969	Lower Saxony	18th	87	2	1	FIFA referee

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Power failure delays Bundesliga start - welt.de
2. ↑ dfb.de: It happened on ... Matchday: The day when it got dark