2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season

FC Schalke 04 had a surprise title tilt at Bundesliga, in spite of a poor start to the season and the resultant dismissal of manager Jupp Heynckes. With largely unproven Ralf Rangnick taking over, Schalke went about level with title rivals Bayern Munich after a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Lincoln. From there on, Bayern dominated, leaving Schalke a full 14 points behind, albeit good enough for runners-up, qualifying the team for the Champions League.

Schalke 04
2004–05 season
ManagerJupp Heynckes
Ralf Rangnick
Bundesliga2nd
UEFA CupRound of 32
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Intertoto CupWinners
Top goalscorerAílton (14)

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 Frank Rost
2 MF  DEN Christian Poulsen
3 DF  GEO Levan Kobiashvili
4 DF  GER Thomas Kläsener
5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 MF  TUR Hamit Altıntop[notes 1]
7 MF  GER Michael Delura
9 FW  BRA Aílton
10 MF  BRA Lincoln
11 FW  DEN Ebbe Sand
12 DF  NED Marco van Hoogdalem
13 GK  GER Christofer Heimeroth
14 FW  GER Gerald Asamoah[notes 2]
15 DF  POL Tomasz Wałdoch
16 DF  URU Darío Rodríguez
17 MF  BEL Sven Vermant
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  NED Niels Oude Kamphuis
19 MF  URU Gustavo Varela
20 DF  SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 3]
21 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann
23 DF  GER Fabian Lamotte
24 DF  GER Christian Pander
25 FW  GER Kai Hesse
26 FW  GER Mike Hanke
27 DF  GER Tim Hoogland
29 GK  GER Volkan Ünlü
30 DF  GER Christian Petereit
31 MF  GER Sven Kmetsch
32 DF  GER Niko Bungert
33 MF  GER Mimoun Azaouagh[notes 4]
34 MF  GER Ahmet Cebe

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
5 MF  GER Jörg Böhme (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF  GER Simon Talarek (to SG Wattenscheid 09)

Results

Third round
17 July 2004 Schalke 04 5–0 Vardar Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
17:15 Krstajić  19'
Altıntop  40'
Aílton  50'
Kläsener  81'
Tanevski  90' (o.g.)		 Report Attendance: 56,054
Referee: Milan Šedivý (Czech Republic)
24 July 2004 Vardar 1–2 Schalke 04 Gradski Stadion, Skopje
17:00 Wandeir  84' Report Pander  4'
Sand  15'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)

Schalke 04 won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
28 July 2004 Esbjerg 1–3 Schalke 04 MCH Arena, Herning
19:45 Lucena  8' Report Aílton  40'
Hanke  71'
Altıntop  87'		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)
3 August 2004 Schalke 04 3–0 Esbjerg Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:15 Hanke  11'
Altıntop  54'
Asamoah  63'		 Report Attendance: 56,320
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Schalke 04 won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final
10 August 2004 (2004-08-10) Schalke 04 2–1 Slovan Liberec Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:15 Aílton  25'
Asamoah  41'		 Report Zápotočný  74' Attendance: 54,136
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
24 August 2004 (2004-08-24) Slovan Liberec 0–1 Schalke 04 Stadion u Nisy, Liberec
18:45 Report Aílton  87' Attendance: 7,880
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round
16 September 2004 Schalke 04 5–1 Liepājas Metalurgs Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:15 Sand  20', 53', 60'
Kobiashvili  67'
Asamoah  89'		 Report Katasonov  34' Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
30 September 2004 Liepājas Metalurgs 0–4 Schalke 04 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
16:00 Report Sand  45'
Hanke  63', 75', 90'		 Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)

Schalke 04 won 9-1 on aggregate.

Group stage
21 October 2004 Schalke 1–1 Basel Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 Kobiashvili  8' Report Delgado  82' Attendance: 52,900[2]
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
4 November 2004 Hearts 0–1 Schalke Murrayfield, Edinburgh
20:30 Kisnorbo  48'  Report Lincoln  73' Attendance: 27,272[3]
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
25 November 2004 Schalke 2–0 Ferencváros Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:15 Gyepes  16' (og)
Kobiashvili  40'		 Report Attendance: 51,179
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)
1 December 2004 Feyenoord 2–1 Schalke Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
20:45 Kalou  32', 40' Report Hanke  6' Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Matt Messias (England)

Round of 32
16 February 2005 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 Schalke 04 RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk
18:15 (CET) Brandão  86' Report Aílton  7' Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
24 February 2005 Schalke 04 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
18:00 (CET) Report Aghahowa  22' Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
28 May 2005 (2005-05-28) Schalke 04 1–2 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:45 CEST Lincoln  45' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 74,349
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/schalke.htm
  2. "Schalke vs. Basel - 21 October 2004". RSSSF.com.
  3. "Hearts vs. Schalke - 4 November 2004". BBC Sport.

Notes
  1. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-18, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2004.
  2. Asamoah was born in Mampong, Ghana, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2001.
  3. Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  4. Azaouagh was born in Beni Sidel, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
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