2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

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.

Schalke 04
2004–05 season
ManagerJupp Heynckes
Ralf Rangnick
Bundesliga2nd
UEFA CupRound of 32
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Intertoto CupWinners
Top goalscorerAílton (14)

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
Main article: 2004–05 Bundesliga

League table
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 to Champions 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 to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Hertha BSC 34 15 13 6 59 31 +28 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 VfB Stuttgart 34 17 7 10 54 40 +14 58
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 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
Main article: 2004–05 DFB-Pokal

Final
Main article: 2005 DFB-Pokal Final
28 May 2005 Schalke 04 1–2 Bayern Munich Berlin
20:45 CEST
  • Lincoln 45' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 74,349
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Main article: 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round
17 July 2004 First leg Schalke 04 5–0 Vardar Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17:15 (CEST)
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)
Report
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)
Report
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)
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)
Report
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
Stadium: Stadion u Nisy
Attendance: 7,880
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

First round
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round
16 September 2004 First leg Schalke 04 5–1 Liepājas Metalurgs Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CEST)
Report
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
Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Group stage
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A
Pos Team 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)
Report
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)
Report
Stadium: Murrayfield
Attendance: 27,272[3]
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
25 November 2004 3 Schalke 04 2–0 Ferencváros Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CET)
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)
Report
Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase

=Round of 32
16 February 2005 First leg Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Schalke 04 Donetsk, Ukraine
18:15 (CET)
Report
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
Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 51,180
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - FC Schalke 04 - 2004/05".
  2. "Schalke vs. Basel - 21 October 2004". RSSSF.com.
  3. "Hearts vs. Schalke - 4 November 2004". BBC Sport. 4 November 2004.

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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