2004–05 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen played the UEFA Champions League after finishing in 3rd place in the Bundesliga in 2003-04 and advanced to the Round of 16 in a tough group with Real Madrid, AS Roma and Dynamo Kyiv. The best results were a 5-1 win against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and a 3-0 win against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Dimitar Berbatov was the season top scorer with 26 goals.

Bayer Leverkusen
2004–05 season
ManagerKlaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalSecond stage
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Dimitar Berbatov (20)
All: Dimitar Berbatov (26)

Transfers

In
Pos. Name From
MF Paul Freier VfL Bochum
MF Tranquillo Barnetta FC St. Gallen
DF Roque Júnior AC Milan
MF Jacek Krzynowek 1. FC Nuremberg
FW Andriy Voronin 1. FC Köln

Out
Pos. Name From
DF Lúcio Bayern Munich
FW Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy
FW Thomas Brdaric VfL Wolfsburg
MF Christoph Preuß VfL Bochum
GK Frank Juric Hannover 96
DF Teddy Lucic Häcken
FW Oliver Neuville[notes 1] Borussia M'gladbach

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1][2]

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 Hans-Jörg Butt
3 DF  BRA Roque Júnior
4 DF  BRA Juan
5 DF  GER Jens Nowotny
7 MF  BRA Robson Ponte
9 FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov
10 MF  GER Paul Freier[notes 2]
11 FW  BRA França
12 FW  UKR Andriy Voronin
13 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka
15 MF  TUR Sezer Öztürk[notes 3]
16 MF  POL Jacek Krzynówek
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Clemens Fritz
19 MF  CRO Marko Babić
20 GK  GER Tom Starke
22 GK  GER René Adler
25 MF  GER Bernd Schneider
26 MF  GER Sascha Dum
27 MF  GER Gonzalo Castro[notes 4]
28 DF  GER Carsten Ramelow
29 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
35 DF  ARG Diego Placente
40 MF  GER Timo Röttger

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
6 DF  SWE Teddy Lučić (to BK Häcken)
8 MF  GER Jermaine Jones[notes 5] (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt)
14 MF  GER Hanno Balitsch (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  TUR Kenan Şahin[notes 6] (to Energie Cottbus)
21 MF  POL Radosław Kałużny (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
23 FW  USA Landon Donovan (to LA Galaxy)

Results

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Bundesliga
7 August 2004 Matchday 1 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Hannover 96 Leverkusen
19:30 Bernd Schneider  49'
França  90'		 Michael Tarnat  14' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
15 August 2004 Matchday 2 VfL Bochum 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
12:30 Vratislav Lokvenc  28'
Christoph Preuss  69'		 Dimitar Berbatov  62'
Andriy Voronin  87'		 Attendance: 26,289
28 August 2004 Matchday 3 Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 Bayern Munich Leverkusen
10:30 Dimitar Berbatov  21', 59'
França  52', 57'		 Michael Ballack  84' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
11 September 2004 Matchday 4 Mainz 05 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Mainz
10:30 Niclas Weiland  65'
Benjamin Auer  68'		 Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 19,500
18 September 2004 Matchday 5 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 FC Nürnberg Leverkusen
10:30 Hans-Jorg Butt  76', pen.'
Dimitar Berbatov  80'		 Sven Muller  23'
Diego Placente  69', o.g.'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
25 September 2004 Matchday 6 Stuttgart 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
10:30 Philipp Lahm  12'
Martin Stranzl  42'
Silvio Meissner  90', pen.'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
2 October 2004 Matchday 7 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Hamburger SV Leverkusen
10:30 Jacek Krzynowek  10'
Juan  73'
Dimitar Berbatov  87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
16 October 2004 Matchday 8 Stuttgart 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
10:30 Gilberto  38'
Thorben Marx  52'
Marcelinho  79'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 47,152
23 October 2004 Matchday 9 Kaiserslautern 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Kaiserslautern
10:30 Stadium: Fritz Walter
Attendance: 34,843
27 October 2004 Matchday 10 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Arminia Bielefeld Leverkusen
10:30 Andriy Voronin  50', 54', 77' Delron Buckley  19'
Fatmir Vata  69'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
30 October 2004 Matchday 11 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
10:30 Ewerthon  41' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 78,000
6 November 2004 Matchday 12 Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 SC Freiburg Leverkusen
12:30 Paul Freier  49', 88'
Jacek Krzynowek  53' Andriy Voronin  90'		 Soumaila Coulibaly  29' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
13 November 2004 Matchday 13 Werder Bremen 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
12:30 Miroslav Klose  19'
Nelson Valdez  72'		 Andriy Voronin  51'
Dimitar Berbatov  54'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 38,128
20 November 2004 Matchday 14 Bayer Leverkusen 0–3 Schalke 04 Leverkusen
12:30 Ebbe Sand  27'
Aílton  37'
Lincoln  71'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
27 November 2004 Matchday 15 Hansa Rostock 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Rostock
12:30 Andriy Voronin  36'
Dimitar Berbatov  63'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 15,800
4 December 2004 Matchday 16 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Wolfsburg Leverkusen
12:30 Andriy Voronin  46'
França  89'		 Diego Klimowicz  4' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
12 December 2004 Matchday 17 Borussia M´gladbach 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Mönchengladbach
14:30 Václav Svěrkoš  68' Dimitar Berbatov  63' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,221
23 January 2005 Matchday 18 Hannover 96 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Hannover
14:30 Andriy Voronin  18'
Dimitar Berbatov  36'
Paul Freier  58'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,067
29 January 2005 Matchday 19 Bayer Leverkusen 4–0 VfL Bochum Leverkusen
12:30 Jacek Krzynówek  28'
Andriy Voronin  31'
Robson Ponte  70'
Paul Freier  78'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
5 February 2005 Matchday 20 Bayern Munich 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Munich
14:30 Roy Makaay  45'
Paolo Guerrero  68'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
13 February 2005 Matchday 21 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 Mainz 05 Leverkusen
14:30 Paul Freier  64'
Jacek Krzynówek  69'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
19 February 2005 Matchday 22 FC Nürnberg 3–4 Bayer Leverkusen Nürnberg
12:30 Marek Mintál  29', 53'
Paolo Guerrero  68'		 Dimitar Berbatov  2', 59'
Carsten Ramelow  32'
Jacek Krzynowek  79'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 18,000
27 February 2005 Matchday 23 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
13:30 Dimitar Berbatov  80' Cacau  89', pen.' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
5 March 2005 Matchday 24 Hamburger SV 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg
11:30 Daniel Van Buyten  22' Stadium: AOL Arena
Attendance: 43,959
27 February 2005 Matchday 23 Bayer Leverkusen 3–3 Hertha Berlin Leverkusen
13:30 Robson Ponte  5'
Hans-Jorg Butt  12', pen.'
Andriy Voronin  84'		 Marcelinho  24', 29'
Andreas Neuendorf  62'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
19 March 2005 Matchday 26 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 Kaiserslautern Leverkusen
11:30 Callsen-Bracker  12'
Andriy Voronin  46'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
2 April 2005 Matchday 27 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Bielefeld
10:30 Radomir Dalovic  65' Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 24,092
9 April 2005 Matchday 28 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
10:30 Sebastian Kehl  88' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
16 April 2005 Matchday 29 SC Freiburg 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg
10:30 Alexander Iashvili  37' Bernd Schneider  26'
Dimitar Berbatov 66', 83'		 Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
24 April 2005 Matchday 30 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
12:30 Jacek Krzynowek  3'
Marko Babic  37'		 Miroslav Klose  38' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
30 April 2005 Matchday 31 Schalke 04 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen
10:30 Lincoln  30', 37'
Ebbe Sand  41'		 Paul Freier  23'
Dimitar Berbatov 56'
Andriy Voronin  64'		 Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 61,524
7 May 2005 Matchday 32 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Hansa Rostock Leverkusen
10:30 Dimitar Berbatov  27', 90'
Andriy Voronin  58'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
14 May 2005 Matchday 33 Wolfsburg 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
10:30 Miroslav Karhan  24'
Thomas Brdaric  30'		 França  61'
Daniel Bierofka  86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,771
21 May 2005 Matchday 34 Bayer Leverkusen 5–1 Borussia M´gladbach Leverkusen
10:30 Dimitar Berbatov  41', 58', 61'
Andriy Voronin  59'
França  69'		 Oliver Neuville  2' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500

Champions League
15 September 2004 Matchday 1 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Real Madrid Leverkusen
15:45 Jacek Krzynówek  39'
França  50'
Dimitar Berbatov  55'		 Stadium: BayArena
28 September 2004 Matchday 2 Dynamo Kyiv 4–2 Bayer Leverkusen Kyiv
15:45 Diogo Rincon  30', 69'
Florin Cernat  74', 90'		 Andriy Voronin  59'
Jens Nowotny  68'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskiy
19 October 2004 Matchday 3 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Roma Leverkusen
15:45 Roque Junior  48'
Jacek Krzynówek  59'
França  90+4'		 Dimitar Berbatov  26', o.g.' Stadium: BayArena
3 November 2004 Matchday 4 Roma 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Roma
17:45 Vincenzo Montella  90' Dimitar Berbatov  82' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
23 November 2004 Matchday 5 Real Madrid 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Madrid
17:45 Raúl  70' Dimitar Berbatov  37' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
8 December 2004 Matchday 6 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv Leverkusen
17:45 Juan  51'
Andriy Voronin  77'
Marko Babic  86'		 Stadium: BayArena
8 December 2004 Round of 16 Liverpool 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Liverpool
16:45 Luis García  15'
John Arne Riise  36'
Dietmar Hamann  90'		 França  90+1' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,942
Referee: Kyros Vassaras
9 March 2005 Round of 16 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 Liverpool Leverkusen
16:45 Jacek Krzynówek  88' Luis García  28', 32'
Milan Baros  67'		 Stadium: BayArena

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Name Goals
Dimitar Berbatov 26
Andriy Voronin 17
França 14
Jacek Krzynowek 9
Paul Freier 6

References
  1. "Bayer First Team". ogol.com. ogol. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/bayerlev.htm
  3. "Bayer 2004-05 matches". ogol.com. ogol. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

Notes
  1. Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.
  2. Freier was born in Bytom, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 11 and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in May 2002.
  3. Öztürk was born in Velbert, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-15, U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and B level.
  4. Castro was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Spain internationally through his parents and represented Spain at U-19 level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2007.
  5. Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in February 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  6. Şahin was born in Cologne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level.
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