2004–05 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen after finishing in 3rd place in the Bundesliga in 2003-04, Bayer played the UEFA Champions League 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 goalscorerDimitar 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 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
11 FW  BRA França
12 FW  UKR Andriy Voronin
13 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka
15 MF  TUR Sezer Öztürk
16 MF  POL Jacek Krzynówek
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Clemens Fritz
19 MF  CRO Marko Babic
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
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 (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt)
14 MF  GER Hanno Balitsch (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  TUR Kenan Şahin (to Energie Cottbus)
21 MF  POL Radosław Kałużny (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
23 FW  USA Landon Donovan (to LA Galaxy)

Matches

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Bundesliga
7 August 2004 Matchday 1Bayer Leverkusen2–1Hannover 96Leverkusen
19:30 Bernd Schneider  49'
França  90'		 Michael Tarnat  14' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
15 August 2004 Matchday 2VfL Bochum2–2Bayer LeverkusenBochum
12:30 Vratislav Lokvenc  28'
Christoph Preuss  69'		 Dimitar Berbatov  62'
Andriy Voronin  87'		 Attendance: 26,289
28 August 2004 Matchday 3Bayer Leverkusen4–1Bayern MunichLeverkusen
10:30 Dimitar Berbatov  21', 59'
França  52', 57'		 Michael Ballack  84' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
11 September 2004 Matchday 4 Mainz 052–0Bayer LeverkusenMainz
10:30 Niclas Weiland  65'
Benjamin Auer  68'		 Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 19,500
18 September 2004 Matchday 5Bayer Leverkusen2–2FC NürnbergLeverkusen
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 Stuttgart3–0Bayer LeverkusenStuttgart
10:30 Philipp Lahm  12'
Martin Stranzl  42'
Silvio Meissner  90', pen.'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
2 October 2004 Matchday 7Bayer Leverkusen3–0Hamburger SVLeverkusen
10:30 Jacek Krzynowek  10'
Juan  73'
Dimitar Berbatov  87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
16 October 2004 Matchday 8 Stuttgart3–1Bayer LeverkusenBerlin
10:30 Gilberto  38'
Thorben Marx  52'
Marcelinho  79'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 47,152
23 October 2004 Matchday 9Kaiserslautern0–0Bayer LeverkusenKaiserslautern
10:30 Stadium: Fritz Walter
Attendance: 34,843
27 October 2004 Matchday 10Bayer Leverkusen3–2Arminia BielefeldLeverkusen
10:30 Andriy Voronin  50', 54', 77' Delron Buckley  19'
Fatmir Vata  69'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
30 October 2004 Matchday 11Borussia Dortmund1–0Bayer LeverkusenDortmund
10:30 Ewerthon  41' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 78,000
6 November 2004 Matchday 12Bayer Leverkusen4–1SC FreiburgLeverkusen
12:30 Paul Freier  49', 88'
Jacek Krzynowek  53' Andriy Voronin  90'		 Soumaila Coulibaly  29' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
13 November 2004 Matchday 13Werder Bremen2–2Bayer LeverkusenBremen
12:30 Miroslav Klose  19'
Nelson Valdez  72'		 Andriy Voronin  51'
Dimitar Berbatov  54'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 38,128
20 November 2004 Matchday 14Bayer Leverkusen0–3Schalke 04Leverkusen
12:30 Ebbe Sand  27'
Aílton  37'
Lincoln  71'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
27 November 2004 Matchday 15Hansa Rostock2–2Bayer LeverkusenRostock
12:30 Andriy Voronin  36'
Dimitar Berbatov  63'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 15,800
4 December 2004 Matchday 16Bayer Leverkusen2–1WolfsburgLeverkusen
12:30 Andriy Voronin  46'
França  89'		 Diego Klimowicz  4' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
12 December 2004 Matchday 17Borussia M´gladbach1–1Bayer LeverkusenMönchengladbach
14:30 Václav Svěrkoš  68' Dimitar Berbatov  63' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,221
23 January 2005 Matchday 18Hannover 960–3Bayer LeverkusenHannover
14:30 Andriy Voronin  18'
Dimitar Berbatov  36'
Paul Freier  58'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,067
29 January 2005 Matchday 19Bayer Leverkusen4–0VfL BochumLeverkusen
12:30 Jacek Krzynówek  28'
Andriy Voronin  31'
Robson Ponte  70'
Paul Freier  78'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
5 February 2005 Matchday 20Bayern Munich2–0Bayer LeverkusenMunich
14:30 Roy Makaay  45'
Paolo Guerrero  68'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 45,000
13 February 2005 Matchday 21Bayer Leverkusen2–0Mainz 05Leverkusen
14:30 Paul Freier  64'
Jacek Krzynówek  69'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
19 February 2005 Matchday 22FC Nürnberg3–4Bayer LeverkusenNürnberg
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 23Bayer Leverkusen1–1VfB StuttgartLeverkusen
13:30 Dimitar Berbatov  80' Cacau  89', pen.' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
5 March 2005 Matchday 24Hamburger SV1–0Bayer LeverkusenHamburg
11:30 Daniel Van Buyten  22' Stadium: AOL Arena
Attendance: 43,959
27 February 2005 Matchday 23Bayer Leverkusen3–3Hertha BerlinLeverkusen
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 26Bayer Leverkusen2–0KaiserslauternLeverkusen
11:30 Callsen-Bracker  12'
Andriy Voronin  46'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
2 April 2005 Matchday 27Arminia Bielefeld1–0Bayer LeverkusenBielefeld
10:30 Radomir Dalovic  65' Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 24,092
9 April 2005 Matchday 28Bayer Leverkusen0–1Borussia DortmundLeverkusen
10:30 Sebastian Kehl  88' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
16 April 2005 Matchday 29SC Freiburg1–3Bayer LeverkusenFreiburg
10:30 Alexander Iashvili  37' Bernd Schneider  26'
Dimitar Berbatov 66', 83'		 Stadium: badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
24 April 2005 Matchday 30Bayer Leverkusen2–1Werder BremenLeverkusen
12:30 Jacek Krzynowek  3'
Marko Babic  37'		 Miroslav Klose  38' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
30 April 2005 Matchday 31Schalke 043–3Bayer LeverkusenGelsenkirchen
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 32Bayer Leverkusen3–0Hansa RostockLeverkusen
10:30 Dimitar Berbatov  27', 90'
Andriy Voronin  58'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
14 May 2005 Matchday 33Wolfsburg2–2Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
10:30 Miroslav Karhan  24'
Thomas Brdaric  30'		 França  61'
Daniel Bierofka  86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,771
21 May 2005 Matchday 34Bayer Leverkusen5–1Borussia M´gladbachLeverkusen
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 1Bayer Leverkusen3–0Real MadridLeverkusen
15:45 Jacek Krzynówek  39'
França  50'
Dimitar Berbatov  55'		 Stadium: BayArena
28 September 2004 Matchday 2Dynamo Kyiv4–2Bayer LeverkusenKiev
15:45 Diogo Rincon  30', 69'
Florin Cernat  74', 90'		 Andriy Voronin  59'
Jens Nowotny  68'		 Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskiy
19 October 2004 Matchday 3Bayer Leverkusen3–1RomaLeverkusen
15:45 Roque Junior  48'
Jacek Krzynówek  59'
França  90+4'		 Dimitar Berbatov  26', o.g.' Stadium: BayArena
3 November 2004 Matchday 4Roma1–1Bayer LeverkusenRoma
17:45 Vincenzo Montella  90' Dimitar Berbatov  82' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
23 November 2004 Matchday 5Real Madrid1–1Bayer LeverkusenMadrid
17:45 Raúl  70' Dimitar Berbatov  37' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
8 December 2004 Matchday 6Bayer Leverkusen3–0Dynamo KyivLeverkusen
17:45 Juan  51'
Andriy Voronin  77'
Marko Babic  86'		 Stadium: BayArena
8 December 2004 Round of 16Liverpool3–1Bayer LeverkusenLiverpool
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 16Bayer Leverkusen1–3LiverpoolLeverkusen
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
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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.
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