# 2004–05 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2004–05 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Kaiserslautern rose to 12th in the final table. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the team's 15–0 victory at fifth-tier FC Schönberg 95, which saw striker Carsten Jancker break the German record for the most goals scored in a DFB-Pokal match. However, manager Kurt Jara quit before the end of the season, citing irreconcilable differences with the club management. After a brief caretaker spell under 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure manager Hans-Werner Moser, the club turned to Michael Henke, former assistant coach of Bayern Munich, as his permanent successor.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Tim Wiese |
| 2 | DF | COD | Nzelo Hervé Lembi |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Bill Tchato |
| 4 | DF | GER | Timo Wenzel |
| 5 | DF | GER | Ingo Hertzsch |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christian Nerlinger |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Hany Ramzy |
| 9 | FW | GER | Carsten Jancker |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Ferydoon Zandi |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Ioannis Amanatidis |
| 13 | MF | SUI | Ciriaco Sforza |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Mihael Mikić |
| 15 | GK | AUT | Jürgen Macho |
| 16 | DF | GER | Stefan Blank |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | GER | Jochen Seitz |
| 18 | MF | ALB | Jürgen Gjasula |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop |
| 20 | MF | GER | Marco Engelhardt |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst |
| 23 | MF | GER | Thomas Riedl |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Mika Nurmela |
| 25 | MF | GER | Michael Lehmann |
| 27 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
| 30 | MF | POL | Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków) |
| 32 | DF | CMR | Lucien Mettomo |
| 33 | MF | GER | Patrick Wittich |
| 34 | DF | GER | Matthias Henn |
| 35 | MF | GER | Daniel Damm |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GRE | Dimitrios Grammozis (released) |
| 22 | FW | GER | Christian Timm (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Stefan Malz (to Arminia Ludwigshafen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | GER | Selim Teber (released) |
| 37 | DF | GER | Thomas Drescher (to Wacker Burghausen) |
| — | MF | GER | Torsten Reuter (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 12 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 42 | |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 40 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 38 | |
* ↑ UEFA awarded another UEFA Cup place to the Bundesliga via a random draw among the fairest associations in 2004–05. The place was given to Mainz 05 for winning the national Fair-play competition in this season.