2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2004–05 season
Manager	Jupp Heynckes ; Ralf Rangnick
Bundesliga	2nd
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
Intertoto Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Aílton (14)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

FC Schalke 04 had a surprise title tilt at Bundesliga, in spite of a poor start to the season and the resultant dismissal of manager Jupp Heynckes. With largely unproven Ralf Rangnick taking over, Schalke went about level with title rivals Bayern Munich after a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Lincoln. From there on, Bayern dominated, leaving Schalke a full 14 points behind, albeit good enough for runners-up, qualifying the team for the Champions League.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	GER	Frank Rost
2	MF	DEN	Christian Poulsen
3	DF	GEO	Levan Kobiashvili
4	DF	GER	Thomas Kläsener
5	DF	BRA	Marcelo Bordon
6	MF	TUR	Hamit Altıntop^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	GER	Michael Delura
9	FW	BRA	Aílton
10	MF	BRA	Lincoln
11	FW	DEN	Ebbe Sand
12	DF	NED	Marco van Hoogdalem
13	GK	GER	Christofer Heimeroth
14	FW	GER	Gerald Asamoah^{[notes 2]}
15	DF	POL	Tomasz Wałdoch
16	DF	URU	Darío Rodríguez
17	MF	BEL	Sven Vermant


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	NED	Niels Oude Kamphuis
19	MF	URU	Gustavo Varela
20	DF	SCG	Mladen Krstajić^{[notes 3]}
21	MF	GER	Alexander Baumjohann
23	DF	GER	Fabian Lamotte
24	DF	GER	Christian Pander
25	FW	GER	Kai Hesse
26	FW	GER	Mike Hanke
27	DF	GER	Tim Hoogland
29	GK	GER	Volkan Ünlü
30	DF	GER	Christian Petereit
31	MF	GER	Sven Kmetsch
32	DF	GER	Niko Bungert
33	MF	GER	Mimoun Azaouagh^{[notes 4]}
34	MF	GER	Ahmet Cebe

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
5	MF	GER	Jörg Böhme (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	GER	Simon Talarek (to SG Wattenscheid 09)

Results

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

17 July 2004	Schalke 04	5–0	Vardar	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
17:15	Krstajić 19' Altıntop 40' Aílton 50' Kläsener 81' Tanevski 90' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 56,054 Referee: Milan Šedivý (Czech Republic)

24 July 2004	Vardar	1–2	Schalke 04	Gradski Stadion, Skopje
17:00	Wandeir 84'	Report	Pander 4' Sand 15'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Schalke 04 won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

28 July 2004	Esbjerg	1–3	Schalke 04	MCH Arena, Herning
19:45	Lucena 8'	Report	Aílton 40' Hanke 71' Altıntop 87'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

3 August 2004	Schalke 04	3–0	Esbjerg	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:15	Hanke 11' Altıntop 54' Asamoah 63'	Report		Attendance: 56,320 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Schalke 04 won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

10 August 2004 (2004-08-10)	Schalke 04	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:15	Aílton 25' Asamoah 41'	Report	Zápotočný 74'	Attendance: 54,136 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

24 August 2004 (2004-08-24)	Slovan Liberec	0–1	Schalke 04	Stadion u Nisy, Liberec
18:45		Report	Aílton 87'	Attendance: 7,880 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004	Schalke 04	5–1	Liepājas Metalurgs	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:15	Sand 20', 53', 60' Kobiashvili 67' Asamoah 89'	Report	Katasonov 34'	Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

30 September 2004	Liepājas Metalurgs	0–4	Schalke 04	Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
16:00		Report	Sand 45' Hanke 63', 75', 90'	Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Schalke 04 won 9-1 on aggregate.

Group stage

21 October 2004	Schalke	1–1	Basel	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30	Kobiashvili 8'	Report	Delgado 82'	Attendance: 52,900^[2] Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

4 November 2004	Hearts	0–1	Schalke	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
20:30	Kisnorbo 48'	Report	Lincoln 73'	Attendance: 27,272^[3] Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

25 November 2004	Schalke	2–0	Ferencváros	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:15	Gyepes 16' (og) Kobiashvili 40'	Report		Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

1 December 2004	Feyenoord	2–1	Schalke	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
20:45	Kalou 32', 40'	Report	Hanke 6'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Round of 32

16 February 2005	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Schalke 04	RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
18:15 (CET)	Brandão 86'	Report	Aílton 7'	Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

24 February 2005	Schalke 04	0–1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:00 (CET)		Report	Aghahowa 22'	Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

DFB-Pokal

Final

28 May 2005 (2005-05-28)	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:45 CEST	Lincoln 45' (pen.)	Report	Makaay 42' Salihamidžić 76'	Attendance: 74,349 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

References

^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/schalke.htm
^ "Schalke vs. Basel - 21 October 2004". RSSSF.com.
^ "Hearts vs. Schalke - 4 November 2004". BBC Sport.

Notes

^ Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
^ Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
^ Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/schalke.htm

[6] "Schalke vs. Basel - 21 October 2004". RSSSF.com.

[7] "Hearts vs. Schalke - 4 November 2004". BBC Sport.

[2] Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.

[3] Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.

[4] Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.

[5] Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

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