2004–05 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2004–05 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2004–05 season
ManagerBert van Marwijk
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalThird round
Intertoto CupThird round
Top goalscorerJan Koller (15)

Season summary

New boss Bert van Marwijk failed to turn Dortmund's fortunes around and they finished 7th, a place lower than last season, despite earning the same number of points. However, this season they were only four points off Champions League qualification, giving hope that next season they could qualify.

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 Roman Weidenfeller
3 DF Argentina ARG Juan Fernández
4 DF Germany GER Christian Wörns
5 MF Germany GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF Germany GER Florian Kringe
7 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guy Demel[notes 1]
9 FW Czech Republic CZE Jan Koller
10 MF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Rosický
11 MF Ghana GHA Otto Addo[notes 2]
12 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon
14 FW Poland POL Ebi Smolarek (on loan from Feyenoord)
15 DF Denmark DEN Niclas Jensen
16 MF Nigeria NGA Sunday Oliseh
17 DF Brazil BRA Dedê
18 MF Germany GER Lars Ricken
19 MF Turkey TUR Mehmet Akgün[notes 3]
20 DF Germany GER Malte Metzelder
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Germany GER Christoph Metzelder
22 MF Germany GER Marc-André Kruska
23 DF Algeria ALG Ahmed Reda Madouni[notes 4]
24 MF Germany GER David Odonkor
26 GK France FRA Guillaume Warmuz
28 DF Norway NOR André Bergdølmo
29 DF Germany GER Sascha Rammel
31 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick Kohlmann[notes 5]
33 MF Germany GER Salvatore Gambino
34 DF Germany GER Uwe Hünemeier
35 DF Germany GER Markus Brzenska
36 GK Germany GER Matthias Kleinsteiber
37 FW Turkey TUR Mahir Sağlık[notes 6]
39 FW Germany GER Marcus Steegmann
40 GK Germany GER Sören Pirson
41 MF Germany GER Marc Heitmeier

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
2 DF Brazil BRA Evanílson (to Atlético Mineiro)
25 FW Germany GER Sahr Senesie[notes 7] (on loan to Grasshoppers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 FW Brazil BRA Thiago (released)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 VfB Stuttgart 34 17 7 10 54 40 +14 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 16 9 9 65 44 +21 57
7 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 10 9 47 44 +3 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Hamburger SV 34 16 3 15 55 50 +5 51 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
9 VfL Wolfsburg 34 15 3 16 49 51 2 48
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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.

References

Notes

  1. Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2004.
  2. Addo was born in Hamburg, Germany, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  3. Akgün was born in Bielefeld, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-17 level.
  4. Madouni was born in Casablanca, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in June 2005.
  5. Kohlmann was born in Dortmund, West Germany, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and represented them at U-21 level.
  6. Sağlık was born in Paderborn, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20 level.
  7. Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and represented them at U-20 and U-21 level.
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