| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Teams | 64 |
| Defending champions | Werder Bremen |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Bayern Munich |
| Runners-up | Schalke 04 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
The2004–05DFB-Pokal was the 62nd season of the annual Germanfootball cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 20 August 2004 and ended on 28 May 2005. In the finalFC Bayern Munich defeatedFC Schalke 04 2–1, thereby claiming their twelfth title and completingthe double.[1]
Times up to 30 October 2004 and from 27 March 2005 areCEST (UTC+2). Times from 31 October 2004 to 26 March 2005 areCET (UTC+1).
*Match awarded 2–0 to 1. FC Köln II as VfL Wolfsburg fielded an ineligible player
| 21 September 2004 | |||
| SC Paderborn 07 | 2–1 | MSV Duisburg | |
| SC Freiburg | 3–2 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | (AET) (Karlsruher SC won 3–0 on penalties) |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–3 | LR Ahlen | (AET) |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 0–0 | Eintracht Trier | (AET) (Eintracht Trier won 4–3 on penalties) |
| 1. FC Köln II | 2–4 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| VfL Osnabrück | 2–3 | FC Bayern Munich | |
| 22 September 2004 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | (AET) |
| FC Energie Cottbus | 2–2 | Hannover 96 | (AET) (Hannover 96 won 5–4 on penalties) |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–2 | Hertha BSC | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4–4 | FC Schalke 04 | (AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 4–3 on penalties) |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 2–1 | Alemannia Aachen | |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–3 | Hansa Rostock | (AET) (Hansa Rostock won 4–2 on penalties) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | SpVgg Unterhaching | |
| SV Werder Bremen | 3–2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 9 November 2004 | |||
| SV Werder Bremen | 3–1 | Eintracht Trier | (AET) |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 3–2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 4–0 | Karlsruher SC | |
| Hannover 96 | 1–0 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| 10 November 2004 | |||
| SC Paderborn 07 | 2–2 | SC Freiburg | (AET) (SC Freiburg won 4–1 on penalties) |
| LR Ahlen | 2–3 | Hansa Rostock | (AET) |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–2 | FC Schalke 04 | |
| FC Bayern Munich | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 1 March 2005 | |||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | Hansa Rostock | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3–1 | Hannover 96 | |
| FC Bayern Munich II | 0–3 | SV Werder Bremen | |
| 2 March 2005 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 0–7 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 19 April 2005 | |||
| FC Schalke 04 | 2–2 | SV Werder Bremen | (AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 5–4 on penalties) |
| 20 April 2005 | |||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0–2 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Bayern Munich |
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The following were the top scorers of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal.
