The 2004–05 Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 2004, with defending champion Werder Bremen hosting Schalke 04, and concluded on 21 May 2005.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were 1. FC Nürnberg, Arminia Bielefeld and 1. FSV Mainz 05. 1. FC Nürnberg and Arminia Bielefeld returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while 1. FSV Mainz 05 played in the top flight for the first time in history. They replaced Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Köln (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and 1860 Munich (ending their top flight spell of ten years).
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 76,000 * Bielefeld SchücoArena 26,600 Bochum Ruhrstadion 36,000 Bremen Weserstadion 42,100 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 68,600 Freiburg badenova-Stadion 25,000 Hamburg AOL Arena 62,000 Hanover AWD-Arena 60,400 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 41,500 Leverkusen BayArena 22,500 * Mainz Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300 Mönchengladbach Stadion im Borussia-Park 54,067 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 * Nuremberg Frankenstadion 44,700 Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke 61,973 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 (*) Promoted from 2. Bundesliga.
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Frank GeideckUhlsportKrombacher Klaus AugenthalerAdidasRWE Felix MagathAdidasDeutsche Telekom Peter NeururerNikeDWS Bert van MarwijkNikeE.ON Horst KöppelLottoJever/Kyocera Volker FinkeJakoSuzuki Thomas DollNikeAbu Dhabi Investment Group Ewald LienenUhlsportTUI Group Jörg BergerJakoVita Cola Falko GötzNikeArcor Hans-Werner MoserKappaDeutsche Vermögensberatung Jürgen KloppLottoDBV-Winterthur Wolfgang WolfAdidasmister*lady Jeans Ralf RangnickAdidasVictoria Versicherung Matthias SammerPumaDebitel Thomas SchaafKappaKiK Eric GeretsNikeVolkswagen/Volkswagen GTI
League table
Results
Overall Most wins – Bayern Munich (24) Fewest wins – SC Freiburg (3) Most draws – Hertha BSC (13) Fewest draws – Schalke 04, Hamburger SV and VfL Wolfsburg (3) Most losses – SC Freiburg (22) Fewest losses – Bayern Munich (5) Most goals scored – Bayern Munich (75) Fewest goals scored – SC Freiburg (30) Most goals conceded – SC Freiburg (75) Fewest goals conceded – Bayern Munich (33)
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Marek Mintál Nürnberg242 Roy Makaay Bayern Munich223 Dimitar Berbatov Bayer Leverkusen204 Marcelinho Hertha BSC185 Miroslav Klose Werder Bremen15 Delron Buckley Arminia Bielefeld Jan Koller Borussia Dortmund Andriy Voronin Bayer Leverkusen9 Aílton Schalke 041410 Michael Ballack Bayern Munich13 Kevin Kurányi VfB Stuttgart Awards Team of the Year Kicker Team of the Season Goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch(VfL Wolfsburg) Defenders Daniel Van Buyten(Hamburger SV) Lúcio(Bayern Munich) Marcelo Bordon(Schalke 04) Midfielders Fabian Ernst(Werder Bremen) Michael Ballack(Bayern Munich) Marek Mintál(1. FC Nürnberg) Lincoln(Schalke 04) Marcelinho(Hertha BSC) Forwards Roy Makaay(Bayern Munich) Dimitar Berbatov(Bayer Leverkusen)
Attendances Source:
No. Team Average Change Highest 1 Borussia Dortmund 77,235 -3,0% 83,000 2 Schalke 04 61,383 0,6% 61,524 3 Bayern München 53,294 -3,3% 63,000 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 49,168 52,3% 53,466 5 Hamburger SV 48,927 1,8% 55,800 6 Hertha BSC 48,474 20,9% 74,500 7 VfB Stuttgart 41,310 -3,8% 48,600 8 Werder Bremen 39,853 5,8% 42,109 9 Hannover 96 36,205 55,0% 49,854 10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 35,630 -7,7% 46,615 11 1. FC Nürnberg 30,134 86,6% 44,650 12 VfL Bochum 26,064 -4,1% 32,645 13 VfL Wolfsburg 24,134 4,7% 30,000 14 SC Freiburg 22,924 -5,1% 25,500 15 Arminia Bielefeld 22,583 65,5% 26,601 16 Bayer Leverkusen 22,500 0,0% 22,500 17 Hansa Rostock 20,647 -7,7% 30,000 18 Mainz 05 20,159 36,7% 20,300
References
External links
2004–05 Bundesliga on kicker.de