# 2004–05 DFB-Pokal

The 2004–05 DFB-Pokal was the 62nd season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 20 August 2004 and ended on 28 May 2005. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated FC Schalke 04 2–1, thereby claiming their twelfth title and completing the double.

## Matches

Times up to 30 October 2004 and from 27 March 2005 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 31 October 2004 to 26 March 2005 are CET (UTC+1).

### First round

| 20 August 2004 |
| SV Werder Bremen II | 1–2 | MSV Duisburg |
| FC Teningen | 1–2 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| FC St. Pauli | 1–3 | FC Energie Cottbus |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–2 | LR Ahlen |
| Jahn Regensburg II | 1–3 | SpVgg Unterhaching |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | Wacker Burghausen | (AET) |
| 21 August 2004 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–4 | 1. FC Köln |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–3 | VfL Bochum |
| VfB Lübeck | 0–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–2 | Erzgebirge Aue |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 0–4 | SC Freiburg |
| SC Paderborn 07 | 4–2 | Hamburger SV |
| Jahn Regensburg | 0–2 | SV Werder Bremen |
| FC Schönberg 95 | 0–15 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Hannover 96 II | 0–3 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| TSV Völpke | 0–6 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 1–3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| TuS Mayen | 0–6 | VfB Stuttgart |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1–2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | (AET) |
| Hertha BSC II | 0–2 | FC Schalke 04 |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | Hansa Rostock |
| 22 August 2004 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–2 | Alemannia Aachen |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | Karlsruher SC |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | (AET) (FC Bayern Munich II won 6–5 on penalties) |
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 1–3 | Eintracht Trier |
| VfR Aalen | 2–5 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| TSV 1946 Aindling | 0–1 | Hertha BSC |
| VfR Neumünster | 0–3 | Hannover 96 |
| 1. FC Köln II | 2–0 $^*$ | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Germania Schöneiche | 1–2 | TSV 1860 München |
| VFC Plauen | 1–2 | Arminia Bielefeld |
$^*$ Match awarded 2–0 to 1. FC Köln II as VfL Wolfsburg fielded an ineligible player

### Second round

| 21 September 2004 |
| SC Paderborn 07 | 2–1 | MSV Duisburg |
| SC Freiburg | 3–2 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | (AET) (Karlsruher SC won 3–0 on penalties) |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–3 | LR Ahlen | (AET) |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 0–0 | Eintracht Trier | (AET) (Eintracht Trier won 4–3 on penalties) |
| 1. FC Köln II | 2–4 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| VfL Osnabrück | 2–3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 22 September 2004 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | (AET) |
| FC Energie Cottbus | 2–2 | Hannover 96 | (AET) (Hannover 96 won 5–4 on penalties) |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–2 | Hertha BSC |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–4 | FC Schalke 04 | (AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 4–3 on penalties) |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 2–1 | Alemannia Aachen |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–3 | Hansa Rostock | (AET) (Hansa Rostock won 4–2 on penalties) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | SpVgg Unterhaching |
| SV Werder Bremen | 3–2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |

### Round of 16

| 9 November 2004 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 3–1 | Eintracht Trier | (AET) |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 3–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 4–0 | Karlsruher SC |
| Hannover 96 | 1–0 | Borussia Dortmund |
| 10 November 2004 |
| SC Paderborn 07 | 2–2 | SC Freiburg | (AET) (SC Freiburg won 4–1 on penalties) |
| LR Ahlen | 2–3 | Hansa Rostock | (AET) |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–2 | FC Schalke 04 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart |

### Quarter-finals

| 1 March 2005 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | Hansa Rostock |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3–1 | Hannover 96 |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 0–3 | SV Werder Bremen |
| 2 March 2005 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–7 | FC Bayern Munich |

### Semi-finals

| 19 April 2005 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2–2 | SV Werder Bremen | (AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 5–4 on penalties) |
| 20 April 2005 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0–2 | FC Bayern Munich |

### Final
## Top scorers

The following were the top scorers of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carsten Jancker | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 |
| 1 | Claudio Pizarro | Bayern Munich | 6 |
| 3 | Roy Makaay | Bayern Munich | 5 |
| 3 | Lukas Podolski | 1. FC Köln | 5 |
| 5 | Antonio Di Salvo | Hansa Rostock | 4 |
| 5 | Paolo Guerrero | Bayern Munich | 4 |
| 5 | Mike Hanke | Schalke 04 | 4 |
| 5 | Roque Santa Cruz | Bayern Munich | 4 |
| 5 | Selim Teber | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4 |