2004–05 Alemannia Aachen season

Alemannia Aachen

2004–05 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Old Tivoli (domestic matches) RheinEnergieStadion (European matches)
2. Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Kai Michalke (11)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 German football season, Alemannia Aachen competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary

Alemannia Aachen failed to gain promotion to the Bundesliga or even repeat their cup run of the previous season, but still enjoyed a decent run in the UEFA Cup, making it through the group stages before being knocked out in the round of 32 by eventual semi-finalists AZ.

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. Position Player 1 GK Stephan Straub 2 DF Frank Paulus 3 DF Alexander Klitzpera 4 DF Thomas Hengen 5 MF Dennis Brinkmann 6 DF Willi Landgraf 7 MF Reiner Plaßhenrich 8 MF Simon Rolfes 9 FW Daniel Gomez 10 MF Ivan Petrović 11 FW Erik Meijer 12 DF Moses Sichone 13 MF Florian Bruns

No. Position Player 15 GK Marcus Hesse 16 FW Chris Iwelumo 17 DF Thomas Stehle 18 MF Sergio Pinto 19 FW Jan Schlaudraff 20 FW Jens Scharping 21 MF Cristian Fiél 22 FW Kai Michalke 23 MF Laurentiu-Aurelian Reghecampf 24 GK Kristian Nicht 27 DF Emil Noll 28 DF Mirko Casper 29 DF Edwin Bediako[2]

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. Position Player 33 DF Stefan Blank (to Kaiserslautern)

Transfers

In

• Emil Noll - VfR Aalen
• Mirko Casper - Yurdumspor Köln
• Moses Sichone - Köln
• Thomas Hengen - 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• Thomas Stehle - 1. FC Nuremberg
• Jan Schlaudraff - Borussia Mönchengladbach, January
• Sergio Pinto - FC Schalke 04
• Jens Scharping - VfB Lübeck
• Cristian Fiél - VfL Bochum
• Kristian Nicht - 1. FC Nuremberg
• Florian Bruns - 1. FC Union Berlin
• Chris Iwelumo - unattached (last at Stoke City), 12 July^[3]
• Simon Rolfes - Werder Bremen
• Ivan Petrović - Napredak Kruševac

Results

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

• Alemannia Aachen 0-0 AZ
• AZ 2-1 Alemannia Aachen

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes2/alemannia.htm
2. Bediako previously wore the #19 shirt before being allocated #29.
3. "Iwelumo joins Aachen". BBC Sport. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 11 July 2013.