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
Manager	Jupp Heynckes Ralf Rangnick
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Intertoto Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Aílton (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 v t e	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[a]
5	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	7	10	54	40	+14	58

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

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

28 May 2005	Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich	Berlin
20:45 CEST	Lincoln 45' (pen.)	Report	Makaay 42' Salihamidžić 76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 74,349 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

Schalke 04 v Vardar

17 July 2004 First leg	Schalke 04	5–0	Vardar	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17:15 (CEST)	Krstajić 19' Altıntop 40' Aílton 50' Kläsener 81' Tanevski 90' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 56,054 Referee: Milan Šedivý (Czech Republic)

Vardar v Schalke 04

24 July 2004 Second leg	Vardar	1–2 (1–7 agg.)	Schalke 04	Skopje, Macedonia
17:00 (CEST)	Wandeir 84'	Report	Pander 4' Sand 15'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Semi-finals

Esbjerg v Schalke 04

28 July 2004 First leg	Esbjerg	1–3	Schalke 04	Herning, Denmark
19:45 (CEST)	Lucena 8'	Report	Aílton 40' Hanke 71' Altıntop 87'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

Schalke 04 v Esbjerg

3 August 2004 Second leg	Schalke 04	3–0 (6–1 agg.)	Esbjerg	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:15 (CEST)	Hanke 11' Altıntop 54' Asamoah 63'	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 56,320 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Final

Schalke 04 v Slovan Liberec

10 August 2004 First leg	Schalke 04	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:15 (CEST)	Aílton 25' Asamoah 41'	Report	Zápotočný 74'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 54,136 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Slovan Liberec v Schalke 04

24 August 2004 Second leg	Slovan Liberec	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Schalke 04	Liberec, Czech Republic
18:45 (CEST)		Report	Aílton 87'	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

Schalke 04 v Liepājas Metalurgs

16 September 2004 First leg	Schalke 04	5–1	Liepājas Metalurgs	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CEST)	Sand 20', 53', 60' Kobiashvili 67' Asamoah 89'	Report	Katasonov 34'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 50,304 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Liepājas Metalurgs v Schalke 04

30 September 2004 Second leg	Liepājas Metalurgs	0–4 (1–9 agg.)	Schalke 04	Liepāja, Latvia
16:00 (CEST)		Report	Sand 45' Hanke 63', 75', 90'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Group stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

Schalke 04 v Basel

21 October 2004 1	Schalke 04	1–1	Basel	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:30 (CEST)	Kobiashvili 8'	Report	Delgado 82'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 52,900[2] Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)

Hearts v Schalke 04

4 November 2004 2	Hearts	0–1	Schalke 04	Edinburgh, Scotland
20:30 (CET)	Kisnorbo  ?'  48'	Report	Lincoln 73'	Stadium: Murrayfield Attendance: 27,272[3] Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Schalke 04 v Ferencváros

25 November 2004 3	Schalke 04	2–0	Ferencváros	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:15 (CET)	Gyepes 16' (o.g.) Kobiashvili 40'	Report		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 51,179 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Feyenoord v Schalke 04

1 December 2004 4	Feyenoord	2–1	Schalke 04	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 (CET)	Kalou 32', 40'	Report	Hanke 6'	Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase

Round of 32

Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke 04

16 February 2005 First leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Schalke 04	Donetsk, Ukraine
18:15 (CET)	Brandão 86'	Report	Aílton 7'	Stadium: RSC Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Schalke 04 v Shakhtar Donetsk

24 February 2005 Second leg	Schalke 04	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Shakhtar Donetsk	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 (CET)		Report	Aghahowa 22'	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.
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.