Season 2004–05 Average goals/game 2.75 Dates 7 Aug 2004 – 22 May 2005 Goals scored 842 | Champions 1. FC Köln Top goalscorer Lukas Podolski (24) Champion 1. FC Köln | |
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Promoted 1. FC Köln
MSV Duisburg
Eintracht Frankfurt Relegated SV Eintracht Trier 05, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Similar 2007–08 2 Bundesliga, 2013–14 2 Bundesliga, 2003–04 Bundesliga, 2015–16 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.
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Final standings
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 München and 1. FC Köln had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rot-Weiss Essen, Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Eintracht Trier was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers: