2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

Schalke 04
2004–05 season
Manager	Jupp Heynckes ; Ralf Rangnick
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
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)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	5	5	75	33	+42	77	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	20	3	11	56	46	+10	63	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Werder Bremen	34	18	5	11	68	37	+31	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Hertha BSC	34	15	13	6	59	31	+28	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	7	10	54	40	+14	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since 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.

DFB-Pokal

Final

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

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

24 July 2004 Second leg	Vardar	1–2 (1–7 agg.)	Schalke 04	Skopje, Macedonia
17:00 (CEST)	Wandeir 84'	Report	Pander 4' Sand 15'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

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

3 August 2004 Second leg	Schalke 04	3–0 (6–1 agg.)	Esbjerg	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:15 (CEST)	Hanke 11' Altıntop 54' Asamoah 63'	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 56,320 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Final

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

24 August 2004 Second leg	Slovan Liberec	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Schalke 04	Liberec, Czech Republic
18:45 (CEST)		Report	Aílton 87'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 7,880 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg	Schalke 04	5–1	Liepājas Metalurgs	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CEST)	Sand 20', 53', 60' Kobiashvili 67' Asamoah 89'	Report	Katasonov 34'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 50,304 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

30 September 2004 Second leg	Liepājas Metalurgs	0–4 (1–9 agg.)	Schalke 04	Liepāja, Latvia
16:00 (CEST)		Report	Sand 45' Hanke 63', 75', 90'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEY	SCH	BSL	FER	HOM
1	Feyenoord	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	—	—	3–0
2	Schalke 04	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7		—	—	1–1	2–0	—
3	Basel	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		1–0	—	—	—	1–2
4	Ferencváros	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4		1–1	—	1–2	—	—
5	Heart of Midlothian	4	1	0	3	2	6	−4	3		—	0–1	—	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

21 October 2004 1	Schalke 04	1–1	Basel	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30 (CEST)	Kobiashvili 8'	Report	Delgado 82'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 52,900^[2] Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

4 November 2004 2	Hearts	0–1	Schalke 04	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:30 (CET)	Kisnorbo ?' 48'	Report	Lincoln 73'	Stadium: Murrayfield Attendance: 27,272^[3] Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

25 November 2004 3	Schalke 04	2–0	Ferencváros	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CET)	Gyepes 16' (o.g.) Kobiashvili 40'	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

1 December 2004 4	Feyenoord	2–1	Schalke 04	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (CET)	Kalou 32', 40'	Report	Hanke 6'	Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

16 February 2005 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Schalke 04	Donetsk, Ukraine
18:15 (CET)	Brandão 86'	Report	Aílton 7'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

24 February 2005 Second leg	Schalke 04	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 (CET)		Report	Aghahowa 22'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 51,180 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

References

^ "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2004/05".
^ "Schalke vs. Basel - 21 October 2004". RSSSF.
^ "Hearts vs. Schalke - 4 November 2004". BBC Sport. 4 November 2004.

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.

[table_note_res_UC10.67229942310243-6] Since 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.

[1] "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2004/05".

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

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

[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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