# 2004–05 Hamburger SV season

The 2004–05 season was the 85th season in the existence of Hamburger SV and the club's 42nd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hamburger SV participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal and the Intertoto Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Martin Pieckenhagen |
| 2 | DF | GER | Björn Schlicke |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Daniel Van Buyten |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Raphaël Wicky |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 8 | MF | POR | Almami Moreira (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| 11 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth |
| 12 | GK | GER | Sascha Kirschstein |
| 13 | MF | GER | Leonhard Haas |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 16 | DF | GER | René Klingbeil |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Jean Carlos (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Hampel |
| 19 | FW | GER | Mustafa Kučuković |
| 21 | DF | NED | Khalid Boulahrouz |
| 22 | MF | GER | Stefan Beinlich |
| 23 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter |
| 24 | DF | SVN | Mišo Brečko |
| 25 | FW | BEL | Émile Mpenza |
| 26 | DF | GER | Boris Leschinski |
| 27 | MF | GER | Alexander Laas |
| 28 | DF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 30 | MF | GER | Eren Şen |
| 31 | MF | GHA | Charles Takyi |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Naohiro Takahara |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Christian Rahn (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Bernardo Romeo (on loan to Mallorca) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Stephan Kling (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BLR | Vyacheslav Hleb (to Grasshoppers) |
| — | FW | SCG | Besart Berisha (on loan to Aalborg BK) |

### Hamburger SV Amateure

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl |
| — | DF | GER | Volker Schmidt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Sidney Sam |
| — | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 2004 | 21 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 047.06 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2004 | 21 August 2004 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Intertoto Cup | 17 July 2004 | 4 August 2004 | First round | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 043.59 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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