| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 2004 – 21 May 2005 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 18th Bundesliga title 19thGerman title |
| Relegated | Bochum Hansa Rostock Freiburg |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Schalke 04 SV Werder Bremen |
| UEFA Cup | Hertha BSC Stuttgart Bayer Leverkusen Mainz |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 890 (2.91 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marek Mintál (24 goals) |
2005–06 → | |
The2004–05 Bundesliga was the 42nd season of theBundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 2004 and concluded on 21 May 2005.[1]
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were1. FC Nürnberg,Arminia Bielefeld and1. 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 replacedEintracht Frankfurt and1. FC Köln (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and1860 Munich (ending their top flight spell of ten years).
(*) Promoted from2. Bundesliga.
| 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 | Qualification toChampions 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 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 58 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 57 | |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 55 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 51 | Qualification toIntertoto 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 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 43 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first qualifying round[b] |
| 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 Nürnberg | 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 | Relegation to2. 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 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | BOC | SVW | BVB | SCF | HSV | H96 | FCK | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | ROS | S04 | VFB | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 3–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 6–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Hansa Rostock | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — |