2004–05 2. Bundesliga

The 2004–05 2. Bundesliga was the 31st season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Eintracht Frankfurt were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Trier, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot-Weiß Erfurt were relegated to the Regionalliga.

2. Bundesliga

Season	2004–05
Champions	1. FC Köln
Promoted	1. FC Köln MSV Duisburg Eintracht Frankfurt
Relegated	Eintracht Trier Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Erfurt
Matches played	306
Goals scored	842 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lukas Podolski (24)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

League table

For the 2004–05 season Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen and Dynamo Dresden were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Eintracht Frankfurt, TSV 1860 Munich and 1. FC Köln had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.^[1]

Aachen

Ahlen

Aue

Burghausen

Cologne

Cottbus

Dresden

Duisburg

Erfurt

Essen

Frankfurt

Fürth

Karlsruhe

Munich

Oberhausen

Saarbrücken

Trier

Unterhaching

Locations of the participating teams of the 2004–05 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C, P)	34	20	7	7	62	33	+29	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	MSV Duisburg (P)	34	19	5	10	50	37	+13	62
3	Eintracht Frankfurt (P)	34	19	4	11	65	39	+26	61
4	1860 Munich	34	15	12	7	52	39	+13	57
5	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	17	5	12	51	42	+9	56
6	Alemannia Aachen	34	16	6	12	60	40	+20	54
7	Erzgebirge Aue	34	15	6	13	49	40	+9	51
8	Dynamo Dresden	34	15	4	15	48	53	−5	49
9	Wacker Burghausen	34	13	9	12	48	55	−7	48
10	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	14	3	17	40	43	−3	45
11	Karlsruher SC	34	11	10	13	46	47	−1	43
12	1. FC Saarbrücken	34	11	7	16	44	50	−6	40
13	LR Ahlen	34	10	9	15	43	49	−6	39
14	Energie Cottbus	34	10	9	15	35	48	−13	39
15	Eintracht Trier (R)	34	9	12	13	39	53	−14	39	Relegation to Regionalliga[a]
16	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R)	34	8	10	16	40	62	−22	34
17	Rot-Weiss Essen (R)	34	6	15	13	35	51	−16	33
18	Rot-Weiß Erfurt (R)	34	7	9	18	34	60	−26	30

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Rot-Weiss Essen, Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Eintracht Trier was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	LRA	AUE	WBU	FCE	SGD	DUI	ERF	RWE	SGE	SGF	KSC	KOE	M60	RWO	FCS	TRI	UNT
Alemannia Aachen	—	0–2	1–5	3–1	4–0	5–1	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–3	5–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–3
LR Ahlen	1–1	—	1–2	1–3[a]	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	3–2	2–4	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–2
Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–3	3–2	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–0
Wacker Burghausen	2–3	1–0	2–2	—	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0
Energie Cottbus	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	—	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	4–1	3–5	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Dynamo Dresden	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–0
MSV Duisburg	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–3	2–0	4–2	—	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	4–3	3–1
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	0–3	1–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–2[b]
Rot-Weiss Essen	0–2	1–0	1–5	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	4–4	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	6–2	3–0	2–0	3–0
Greuther Fürth	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	3–2	2–1	—	1–0	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	3–3	3–1
Karlsruher SC	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	—	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
1. FC Köln	1–0	3–0	1–0	8–1	0–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	—	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–2	1–0
1860 Munich	3–0	3–4	1–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	—	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	4–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	—	3–0	1–1	3–1
1. FC Saarbrücken	1–2	0–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–4	2–0	4–1	3–0	—	1–1	0–1
Eintracht Trier	0–4	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	—	2–0
SpVgg Unterhaching	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The LR Ahlen v Wacker Burghausen match from 22 October 2004, which finished with a score of 1–0, was annulled by the DFB on 15 February 2005 and was required to be replayed due to match fixing by referee Robert Hoyzer. The replay took place on 27 April 2005 and finished with a score of 1–3.
2. The Rot-Weiß Erfurt v SpVgg Unterhaching match from 6 April 2005, which finished with a score of 2–0, was later awarded to SpVgg Unterhaching with a score of 0–2 due to Rot-Weiß Erfurt player Senad Tiganj testing positive for doping.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[2]

Goals	Player	Team
24	Lukas Podolski	1. FC Köln
17	Abdelaziz Ahanfouf	MSV Duisburg
	Klemen Lavrič	Dynamo Dresden
16	Francisco Copado	SpVgg Unterhaching
	Arie van Lent	Eintracht Frankfurt
15	Michal Kolomazník	TSV 1860 Munich
	Stefan Reisinger	SV Wacker Burghausen
13	Nico Patschinski	SV Eintracht Trier 05
12	Henrich Benčík	1. FC Saarbrücken
11	Markus Kurth	MSV Duisburg
	Kai Michalke	Alemannia Aachen
	Matthias Scherz	1. FC Köln
	Stanko Svitlica	LR Ahlen