# 2004–05 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt competed in the 2nd Bundesliga and in the DFB Pokal in the 2004–05 season.

## Results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg (P) | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 62 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 57 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 56 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### Indoor soccer tournaments
#### Hessen Cup
#### Cup der Öffentlichen Versicherungen
## 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 | MKD | Oka Nikolov |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs |
| 3 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener |
| 4 | DF | GER | Torben Hoffmann |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Keller |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christian Lenze |
| 7 | MF | GER | Benjamin Köhler |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Stefan Lexa |
| 9 | FW | NED | Arie van Lent |
| 10 | MF | AUT | Markus Weissenberger |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Cha Du-ri |
| 12 | DF | GER | Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier (on loan from Hamburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Jurica Puljiz |
| 16 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Vasoski |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Mehmet Dragusha |
| 20 | FW | GER | Markus Beierle |
| 21 | GK | GER | Markus Pröll |
| 22 | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur |
| 25 | DF | GER | Alexander Huber |
| 28 | GK | GER | Jan Zimmermann |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Chris |
| 30 | GK | GER | Andreas Menger |

### 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 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Nico Frommer (on loan to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |

### Eintracht Frankfurt II

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 | Pablo Álvarez |
| — | DF | GER | Mounir Chaftar |
| — | DF | GER | Timothy Chandler |
| — | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung |
| — | MF | GER | Giovanni Speranza |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Faton Toski |
| — | MF | GER | Richard Weil |
| — | MF | CRO | Krešo Ljubičić |
| — | FW | GER | Cenk Tosun |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Oka Nikolov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs | 30 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Andree Wiedener | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Torben Hoffmann | 32 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Jens Keller | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christian Lenze | 18 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Benjamin Köhler | 32 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUT | Stefan Lexa | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Arie van Lent | 34 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Markus Weissenberger | 25 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Du-Ri Cha | 32 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jermaine Jones | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier | 37 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Vasoski | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Daniyel Cimen | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Mehmet Dragusha | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Markus Beierle | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Markus Pröll | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Christopher Reinhard | 27 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Alexander Schur | 26 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Alexander Huber | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Chris | 22 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 2 | Defender | Patrick Ochs | 20 | Yes | Bayern Munich II | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 4 | Defender | Torben Hoffmann | 29 | Yes | TSV 1860 München | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 6 | Midfielder | Christian Lenze | 27 | Yes | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2007 | €50,000 |
| 7 | Midfielder | Benjamin Köhler | 23 | Yes | Rot-Weiss Essen | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2008 | €100,000 |
| 9 | Striker | Arie van Lent | 33 | Yes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 10 | Midfielder | Markus Weissenberger | 29 | Yes | TSV 1860 München | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 12 | Defender | Markus Husterer | 21 | Yes | Bayern Munich II | Loan | Summer | 31 December 2005 | €150,000 |
| 13 | Midfielder | Jermaine Jones | 23 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2005 | Free |
| 14 | Midfielder | Alexander Meier | 21 | Yes | Hamburger SV | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2005 | Free |
| 16 | Defender | Aleksandar Vasoski | 25 | No | FK Vardar | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2006 | €200,000 |
| 22 | Defender | Christopher Reinhard | 19 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Promoted | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |
| 23 | Defender | Marco Russ | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Promoted | Summer | 30 June 2006 | Free |

#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 2 | Defender | Sven Günther | 30 | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 3 | Midfielder | Henning Bürger | 34 | Yes | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 6 | Striker | Ioannis Amanatidis | 22 | Yes | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan end | Summer | Was previously loaned from Stuttgart |
| 7 | Midfielder | Ervin Skela | 27 | Yes | Arminia Bielefeld | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 10 | Striker | Nico Frommer | 26 | Yes | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 13 | Defender | Uwe Bindewald | 35 | Yes | 1. FC Eschborn | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 16 | Midfielder | Markus Kreuz | 27 | Yes | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Transfer | Summer | €150,000 |
| 21 | Defender | Lars Weißenfeldt | 24 | Yes | Kickers Offenbach | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 23 | Defender | Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza | 29 | No | Selangor MPPJ | Free transfer | Summer | Free |
| 27 | Midfielder | Christoph Preuß | 19 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan end | Summer | Free |
| 28 | Defender | Nascimento [de] | 24 | No | FC St. Pauli | Loan end | Summer | Free |
| 33 | Defender | Ingo Hertzsch | 26 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan return | Summer | Free |