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
ManagerKurt Jara
Hans-Werner Moser
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Halil Altıntop
Ioannis Amanatidis
Ferydoon Zandi (6)
All: Carsten Jancker (10)

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Tim Wiese
2 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3 DF Cameroon CMR Bill Tchato
4 DF Germany GER Timo Wenzel
5 DF Germany GER Ingo Hertzsch
6 MF Germany GER Christian Nerlinger
7 DF Egypt EGY Hany Ramzy
9 FW Germany GER Carsten Jancker
10 MF Iran IRN Ferydoon Zandi[notes 1]
11 FW Greece GRE Ioannis Amanatidis
13 MF Switzerland SUI Ciriaco Sforza
14 MF Croatia CRO Mihael Mikić
15 GK Austria AUT Jürgen Macho
16 DF Germany GER Stefan Blank
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Germany GER Jochen Seitz
18 MF Albania ALB Jürgen Gjasula
19 MF Turkey TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 2]
20 MF Germany GER Marco Engelhardt
21 GK Germany GER Thomas Ernst
23 MF Germany GER Thomas Riedl
24 MF Finland FIN Mika Nurmela
25 MF Germany GER Michael Lehmann
27 GK Germany GER Florian Fromlowitz
30 MF Poland POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
32 DF Cameroon CMR Lucien Mettomo
33 MF Germany GER Patrick Wittich
34 DF Germany GER Matthias Henn
35 MF Germany GER Daniel Damm

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
8 MF Greece GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 3] (released)
22 FW Germany GER Christian Timm (to Greuther Fürth)
28 MF Germany GER Stefan Malz (to Arminia Ludwigshafen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Germany GER Selim Teber (released)
37 DF Germany GER Thomas Drescher (to Wacker Burghausen)
— MF Germany GER Torsten Reuter (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga
Main article: 2004–05 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
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.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes
  1. Zandi was born in Emden, West Germany, and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Iran internationally and made his international debut for Iran in February 2005.
  2. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  3. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
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