2004–05 DFB-Pokal

2004–05 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Defending champions	Werder Bremen
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Schalke 04
Matches played	63
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2004–05 was the 62nd season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 20 August 2004 and ended on 28 May 2005. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated FC Schalke 04 2–1, thereby claiming their twelfth title and completing the double.^[1]

1st round

August 20, 2004
SV Werder Bremen II	1–2	MSV Duisburg
FC Teningen	1–2	1. FC Nuremberg
FC St. Pauli	1–3	FC Energie Cottbus
Kickers Offenbach	1–2	LR Ahlen
Jahn Regensburg II	1–3	SpVgg Unterhaching
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Wacker Burghausen	(AET)
August 21, 2004
1. FC Saarbrücken	1–4	1. FC Köln
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	VfL Bochum
VfB Lübeck	0–1	Borussia Dortmund
VfL Osnabrück	3–2	Erzgebirge Aue
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Union Berlin	0–4	SC Freiburg
SC Paderborn 07	4–2	Hamburger SV
Jahn Regensburg	0–2	SV Werder Bremen
FC Schönberg 95	0–15	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hannover 96 II	0–3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
TSV Völpke	0–6	FC Bayern Munich
1. FSV Mainz 05 II	1–3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
TuS Mayen	0–6	VfB Stuttgart
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	(AET)
Hertha BSC II	0–2	FC Schalke 04
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Hansa Rostock
August 22, 2004
Rot-Weiss Essen	0–2	Alemannia Aachen
Dynamo Dresden	1–2	Karlsruher SC
FC Bayern Munich II	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	(AET) (FC Bayern Munich II won 6–5 on penalties)
SG Wattenscheid 09	1–3	Eintracht Trier
VfR Aalen	2–5	1. FSV Mainz 05
TSV 1946 Aindling	0–1	Hertha BSC
VfR Neumünster	0–3	Hannover 96
1. FC Köln II	2–0 ^*	VfL Wolfsburg
Germania Schöneiche	1–2	TSV 1860 München
VFC Plauen	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld

^* Match awarded 2–0 to 1. FC Köln II as VfL Wolfsburg fielded an ineligible player

2nd round

September 21, 2004
SC Paderborn 07	2–1	MSV Duisburg
SC Freiburg	3–2	VfL Bochum	(AET)
Karlsruher SC	1–1	1. FSV Mainz 05	(AET) (Karlsruher SC won 3–0 on penalties)
1. FC Nuremberg	2–3	LR Ahlen	(AET)
TSV 1860 Munich	0–0	Eintracht Trier	(AET) (Eintracht Trier won 4–3 on penalties)
1. FC Köln II	2–4	Arminia Bielefeld
VfL Osnabrück	2–3	FC Bayern Munich
September 22, 2004
Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	(AET)
FC Energie Cottbus	2–2	Hannover 96	(AET) (Hannover 96 won 5–4 on penalties)
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	0–2	VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Braunschweig	3–2	Hertha BSC
1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–4	FC Schalke 04	(AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 4–3 on penalties)
FC Bayern Munich II	2–1	Alemannia Aachen
1. FC Köln	3–3	Hansa Rostock	(AET) (Hansa Rostock won 4–2 on penalties)
Borussia Dortmund	3–1	SpVgg Unterhaching
SV Werder Bremen	3–2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3rd round

November 9, 2004
SV Werder Bremen	3–1	Eintracht Trier	(AET)
FC Bayern Munich II	3–2	Eintracht Braunschweig
Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	Karlsruher SC
Hannover 96	1–0	Borussia Dortmund
November 10, 2004
SC Paderborn 07	2–2	SC Freiburg	(AET) (SC Freiburg won 4–1 on penalties)
LR Ahlen	2–3	Hansa Rostock	(AET)
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	FC Schalke 04
FC Bayern Munich	3–0	VfB Stuttgart

Quarter-finals

March 1, 2005
Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Hansa Rostock
FC Schalke 04	3–1	Hannover 96
FC Bayern Munich II	0–3	SV Werder Bremen
March 2, 2005
SC Freiburg	0–7	FC Bayern Munich

Semi-finals

April 19, 2005
FC Schalke 04	2–2	SV Werder Bremen	(AET) (FC Schalke 04 won 5–4 on penalties)
April 20, 2005
Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	FC Bayern Munich

Final

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

28 May 2005 20:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–2	Bayern Munich
Lincoln  45' (pen.)	Report	Makaay  42' Salihamidžić  76'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,349 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

References

1. "DFB-Pokal 2004-05" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)