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

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/dortmund.htm

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 (now 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 (now 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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