2004–05 Fußball-Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga 2004–05 was the 42nd season of Germany's premier football league.

Final standings

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	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	20	3	11	56	46	+10	63
3	Werder Bremen	34	18	5	11	68	37	+31	59	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Hertha BSC	34	15	13	6	59	31	+28	58	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round
5	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	7	10	54	40	+14	58
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	16	9	9	65	44	+21	57	2005–06 UEFA Cup First round 1
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	10	9	47	44	+3	55	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Hamburger SV	34	16	3	15	55	50	+5	51	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9	VfL Wolfsburg	34	15	3	16	49	51	−2	48
10	Hannover 96	34	13	6	15	34	36	−2	45
11	FSV Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	50	55	−5	43	2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round 2
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 Nuremberg	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	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	7	9	18	31	65	−34	30
18	SC Freiburg (R)	34	3	9	22	30	75	−45	18

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Since 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.
²UEFA awarded another UEFA Cup place to the Bundesliga via a random draw among the fairest associations in 2004-05. The place was given to FSV Mainz 05 for winning the national Fair-play competition in this season.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
24	Marek Mintál	1. FC Nuremberg
22	Roy Makaay	Bayern Munich
20	Dimitar Berbatov	Bayer Leverkusen
18	Marcelinho	Hertha BSC
15	Miroslav Klose	Werder Bremen
	Delron Buckley	Arminia Bielefeld
	Jan Koller	Borussia Dortmund
	Andriy Voronin	Bayer Leverkusen
14	Aílton	Schalke 04
13	Michael Ballack	Bayern Munich
	Kevin Kurányi	VfB Stuttgart

Champion Squad

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FC Bayern Munich

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (32); Michael Rensing (4). Defenders: Lúcio (32 / 3); Willy Sagnol (22 / 1); Robert Kovač (22); Bixente Lizarazu (13); Thomas Linke (11); Samuel Kuffour (7); Andreas Görlitz (7); Tobias Rau (5). Midfielders: Torsten Frings (29 / 3); Hasan Salihamidžić (29 / 2); Michael Ballack (27 / 13); Owen Hargreaves (27 / 1); Bastian Schweinsteiger (26 / 3); Sebastian Deisler (23 / 4); Martín Demichelis (23); Zé Roberto (22 / 1); Mehmet Scholl (20 / 3); Jens Jeremies (7). Forwards: Roy Makaay (33 / 22); Claudio Pizarro (23 / 11); José Paolo Guerrero (13 / 6); Vahid Hashemian (9); Roque Santa Cruz (4); Alexander Zickler (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Felix Magath. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Jan Schlösser, Piotr Trochowski. Transferred out during the season: Piotr Trochowski (to Hamburger SV).

See also

• Bundesliga (football)