2004–05 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2004–05 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2004–05 season
Manager	Kurt Jara Hans-Werner Moser
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Halil Altıntop Ioannis Amanatidis Ferydoon Zandi (6) All: Carsten Jancker (10)
Home colours
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Season summary

Kaiserslautern rose to 12th in the final table. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the team's 15–0 victory at fifth-tier FC Schönberg 95, which saw striker Carsten Jancker break the German record for the most goals scored in a DFB-Pokal match. However, manager Kurt Jara quit before the end of the season, citing irreconcilable differences with the club management. After a brief caretaker spell under 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure manager Hans-Werner Moser, the club turned to Michael Henke, former assistant coach of Bayern Munich, as his permanent successor.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Tim Wiese 2 DF  COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi 3 DF  CMR Bill Tchato 4 DF  GER Timo Wenzel 5 DF  GER Ingo Hertzsch 6 MF  GER Christian Nerlinger 7 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy 9 FW  GER Carsten Jancker 10 MF  IRN Ferydoon Zandi[notes 1] 11 FW  GRE Ioannis Amanatidis 13 MF  SUI Ciriaco Sforza 14 MF  CRO Mihael Mikić 15 GK  AUT Jürgen Macho 16 DF  GER Stefan Blank

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER Jochen Seitz 18 MF  ALB Jürgen Gjasula 19 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 2] 20 MF  GER Marco Engelhardt 21 GK  GER Thomas Ernst 23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl 24 MF  FIN Mika Nurmela 25 MF  GER Michael Lehmann 27 GK  GER Florian Fromlowitz 30 MF  POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków) 32 DF  CMR Lucien Mettomo 33 MF  GER Patrick Wittich 34 DF  GER Matthias Henn 35 MF  GER Daniel Damm

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 3] (released) 22 FW  GER Christian Timm (to Greuther Fürth) 28 MF  GER Stefan Malz (to Arminia Ludwigshafen)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  GER Selim Teber (released) 37 DF  GER Thomas Drescher (to Wacker Burghausen) — MF  GER Torsten Reuter (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

Main article: 2004–05 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Hannover 96	34	13	6	15	34	36	−2	45
11	Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	50	55	−5	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
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

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

1. UEFA awarded another UEFA Cup place to the Bundesliga via a random draw among the fairest associations in 2004–05. The place was given to Mainz 05 for winning the national Fair-play competition in this season.