2004–05 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2004–05 season
Manager	Kurt Jara; Hans-Werner Moser
Stadium	Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Halil Altıntop; Ioannis Amanatidis; Ferydoon Zandi (6); All: Carsten Jancker (10)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

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	GER	Tim Wiese
2	DF	COD	Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3	DF	CMR	Bill Tchato
4	DF	GER	Timo Wenzel
5	DF	GER	Ingo Hertzsch
6	MF	GER	Christian Nerlinger
7	DF	EGY	Hany Ramzy
9	FW	GER	Carsten Jancker
10	MF	IRN	Ferydoon Zandi^{[notes 1]}
11	FW	GRE	Ioannis Amanatidis
13	MF	SUI	Ciriaco Sforza
14	MF	CRO	Mihael Mikić
15	GK	AUT	Jürgen Macho
16	DF	GER	Stefan Blank


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Jochen Seitz
18	MF	ALB	Jürgen Gjasula
19	MF	TUR	Halil Altıntop^{[notes 2]}
20	MF	GER	Marco Engelhardt
21	GK	GER	Thomas Ernst
23	MF	GER	Thomas Riedl
24	MF	FIN	Mika Nurmela
25	MF	GER	Michael Lehmann
27	GK	GER	Florian Fromlowitz
30	MF	POL	Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
32	DF	CMR	Lucien Mettomo
33	MF	GER	Patrick Wittich
34	DF	GER	Matthias Henn
35	MF	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	GRE	Dimitrios Grammozis^{[notes 3]} (released)
22	FW	GER	Christian Timm (to Greuther Fürth)
28	MF	GER	Stefan Malz (to Arminia Ludwigshafen)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	GER	Selim Teber (released)
37	DF	GER	Thomas Drescher (to Wacker Burghausen)
—	MF	GER	Torsten Reuter (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ 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

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

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.

[table_note_res_M050.71071155355811-5] 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.

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

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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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