# 2004–05 Bundesliga

The 2004–05 Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 2004 and concluded on 21 May 2005.

## Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Nürnberg, Arminia Bielefeld and 1. FSV Mainz 05. 1. FC Nürnberg and Arminia Bielefeld returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while 1. FSV Mainz 05 played in the top flight for the first time in history. They replaced Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Köln (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and 1860 Munich (ending their top flight spell of ten years).

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 76,000 |
| Arminia Bielefeld* | Bielefeld | SchücoArena | 26,600 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 36,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 68,600 |
| SC Freiburg | Freiburg | badenova-Stadion | 25,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | AOL Arena | 62,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | AWD-Arena | 60,400 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 41,500 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 22,500 |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05* | Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Stadion im Borussia-Park | 54,067 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 63,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg* | Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | 44,700 |
| FC Hansa Rostock | Rostock | Ostseestadion | 25,850 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Arena AufSchalke | 61,973 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion | 53,700 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
(*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Frank Geideck | Uhlsport | Krombacher |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Klaus Augenthaler | Adidas | RWE |
| FC Bayern Munich | Felix Magath | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom |
| VfL Bochum | Peter Neururer | Nike | DWS |
| Borussia Dortmund | Bert van Marwijk | Nike | E.ON |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Horst Köppel | Lotto | Jever/Kyocera |
| SC Freiburg | Volker Finke | Jako | Suzuki |
| Hamburger SV | Thomas Doll | Nike | Abu Dhabi Investment Group |
| Hannover 96 | Ewald Lienen | Uhlsport | TUI Group |
| FC Hansa Rostock | Jörg Berger | Jako | Vita Cola |
| Hertha BSC | Falko Götz | Nike | Arcor |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Hans-Werner Moser | Kappa | Deutsche Vermögensberatung |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Jürgen Klopp | Lotto | DBV-Winterthur |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Wolfgang Wolf | Adidas | mister*lady Jeans |
| FC Schalke 04 | Ralf Rangnick | Adidas | Victoria Versicherung |
| VfB Stuttgart | Matthias Sammer | Puma | Debitel |
| SV Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | Kappa | KiK |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Eric Gerets | Nike | Volkswagen/Volkswagen GTI |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 33 | +42 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 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 | |
| 15 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Bochum (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 35 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Freiburg (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 75 | −45 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* ↑ Since DFB Cup winners Bayern Munich and finalists Schalke 04 both qualified for the Champions League, the UEFA Cup place for the cup-winners was given to 6th placed Bayer Leverkusen.
* ↑ 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.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | BOC | SVW | BVB | SCF | HSV | H96 | FCK | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | ROS | S04 | VFB | WOB |
| Hertha BSC | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 6–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Hansa Rostock | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — |

## Overall

* Most wins – Bayern Munich (24)
* Fewest wins – SC Freiburg (3)
* Most draws – Hertha BSC (13)
* Fewest draws – Schalke 04, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg (3)
* Most losses – SC Freiburg (22)
* Fewest losses – Bayern Munich (5)
* Most goals scored – Bayern Munich (75)
* Fewest goals scored – SC Freiburg (30)
* Most goals conceded – SC Freiburg (75)
* Fewest goals conceded – Bayern Munich (33)

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marek Mintál | Nürnberg | 24 |
| 2 | Roy Makaay | Bayern Munich | 22 |
| 3 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 |
| 4 | Marcelinho | Hertha BSC | 18 |
| 5 | Miroslav Klose | Werder Bremen | 15 |
| 5 | Delron Buckley | Arminia Bielefeld | 15 |
| 5 | Jan Koller | Borussia Dortmund | 15 |
| 5 | Andriy Voronin | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 |
| 9 | Aílton | Schalke 04 | 14 |
| 10 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | 13 |
| 10 | Kevin Kurányi | VfB Stuttgart | 13 |