# 2004–05 Grazer AK season

The 2004–05 Grazer AK season was the 56th season of competitive football played by Grazer AK. AK Grazer finished second in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, one point behind champions Rapid Wien.

## 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 | AUT | Andreas Schranz |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Gregor Pötscher |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Mario Tokić |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Anton Ehmann |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Dieter Ramusch |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Joachim Standfest |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Samir Muratović |
| 9 | MF | LVA | Imants Bleidelis |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Alen Škoro |
| 11 | MF | AUT | Martin Amerhauser |
| 12 | FW | AUT | Martin Six |
| 13 | GK | AUT | Franz Almer |
| 15 | MF | AUT | David Sencar |
| 16 | DF | AUT | Dominik Sobl |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Daniel Pirker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | AUT | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| 19 | MF | AUT | Matthias Dollinger |
| 20 | MF | AUT | René Aufhauser |
| 22 | MF | CRO | Mario Bazina |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Gernot Sick |
| 24 | DF | AUT | Mario Sonnleitner |
| 25 | DF | AUT | Mario Majstorović |
| 26 | DF | AUT | Gernot Plassnegger |
| 27 | DF | AUT | Thomas Lechner |
| 28 | FW | AUT | Roland Kollmann |
| 29 | MF | AUT | Ralph Spirk |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Heinz Lienhart |
| 31 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović |
| 32 | GK | AUT | Jürgen Rindler |
| 35 | DF | GAM | Pa Saikou Kujabi |

### 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 |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Ilčo Naumoski (to Malatyaspor) |
| 21 | FW | AUT | Dominic Hassler (to LASK Linz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Stefan Erklinger (to Kapfenberg) |

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rapid Wien (C) | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 70 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 69 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Pasching | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Mattersburg | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 45 | |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 5 October 2004.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | AUX | GAK | RAN | AMC |
| 1 | AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Auxerre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 0–0 | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | GAK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | — |
| 5 | Amica Wronki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | — | 0–5 | — |