2004–05 1. FC Kaiserslautern season

During the 2004–05 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
2004–05 season
ManagerKurt Jara
Hans-Werner Moser
StadiumFritz-Walter-Stadion
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Halil Altıntop
Ioannis Amanatidis
Ferydoon Zandi (6)
All: Carsten Jancker (10)

Season summary

Kaiserslautern rose to 12th in the final table. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the team's 15-0 victory at fifth-tier FC Schönberg 95, which saw striker Carsten Jancker break the German record for the most goals scored in a DFB-Pokal match. However, manager Kurt Jara quit before the end of the season, citing irreconcilable differences with the club management. After a brief caretaker spell under 1. FC Kaiserslautern Amateure manager Hans-Werner Moser, the club turned to Michael Henke, former assistant coach of Bayern Munich, as his permanent successor.

Players

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 Tim Wiese
2 DF  COD Nzelo Hervé Lembi
3 DF  CMR Bill Tchato
4 DF  GER Timo Wenzel
5 DF  GER Ingo Hertzsch
6 MF  GER Christian Nerlinger
7 DF  EGY Hany Ramzy
9 FW  GER Carsten Jancker
10 MF  IRN Ferydoon Zandi[notes 1]
11 FW  GRE Ioannis Amanatidis
13 MF   SUI Ciriaco Sforza
14 MF  CRO Mihael Mikić
15 GK  AUT Jürgen Macho
16 DF  GER Stefan Blank
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  GER Jochen Seitz
18 MF  ALB Jürgen Gjasula
19 MF  TUR Halil Altıntop[notes 2]
20 MF  GER Marco Engelhardt
21 GK  GER Thomas Ernst
23 MF  GER Thomas Riedl
24 MF  FIN Mika Nurmela
25 MF  GER Michael Lehmann
27 GK  GER Florian Fromlowitz
30 MF  POL Kamil Kosowski (on loan from Wisła Kraków)
32 DF  CMR Lucien Mettomo
33 MF  GER Patrick Wittich
34 DF  GER Matthias Henn
35 MF  GER Daniel Damm

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
8 MF  GRE Dimitrios Grammozis[notes 3] (released)
22 FW  GER Christian Timm (to Greuther Fürth)
28 MF  GER Stefan Malz (to Arminia Ludwigshafen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  GER Selim Teber (released)
37 DF  GER Thomas Drescher (to Wacker Burghausen)
— MF  GER Torsten Reuter (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken)

References
  1. "FootballSquads - 1.FC Kaiserslautern - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes
  1. Zandi was born in Emden, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Iran internationally and made his international debut for Iran in February 2005.
  2. Altıntop was born in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-18, U-20, U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
  3. Grammozis was born in Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Greece internationally through his parents and represented Greece at U-21 level.
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