2004–05 2. Bundesliga
# 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.

## 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.

| 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 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt (P) | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 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 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 33 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 30 | Relegation to Regionalliga |

* ↑ 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 | 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 |
| 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 | — |

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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:

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