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Grazer AK
2004–05 season
Manager	Walter Schachner
Stadium	Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Bundesliga	2nd
Austrian Cup	Semi-finals
Austrian Supercup	Runners-up
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Grazer AK season was the 56th season of competitive football played by Grazer AK. AK Grazer finished second in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, one point behind champions Rapid Wien.^[1]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[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	AUT	Andreas Schranz
2	DF	AUT	Gregor Pötscher
4	DF	CRO	Mario Tokić
5	DF	AUT	Anton Ehmann
6	DF	AUT	Dieter Ramusch
7	MF	AUT	Joachim Standfest
8	MF	BIH	Samir Muratović
9	MF	LVA	Imants Bleidelis
10	FW	BIH	Alen Škoro
11	MF	AUT	Martin Amerhauser
12	FW	AUT	Martin Six
13	GK	AUT	Franz Almer
15	MF	AUT	David Sencar
16	DF	AUT	Dominik Sobl
17	DF	AUT	Daniel Pirker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	AUT	Emanuel Pogatetz
19	MF	AUT	Matthias Dollinger
20	MF	AUT	René Aufhauser
22	MF	CRO	Mario Bazina^{[notes 1]}
23	MF	AUT	Gernot Sick
24	DF	AUT	Mario Sonnleitner
25	DF	AUT	Mario Majstorović
26	DF	AUT	Gernot Plassnegger
27	DF	AUT	Thomas Lechner
28	FW	AUT	Roland Kollmann
29	MF	AUT	Ralph Spirk
30	GK	AUT	Heinz Lienhart
31	MF	AUT	Zlatko Junuzović^{[notes 2]}
32	GK	AUT	Jürgen Rindler
35	DF	GAM	Pa Saikou Kujabi

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
9	FW	MKD	Ilčo Naumoski (to Malatyaspor)
21	FW	AUT	Dominic Hassler (to LASK Linz)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	AUT	Stefan Erklinger (to Kapfenberg)

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rapid Wien (C)	36	21	8	7	67	31	+36	71	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Grazer AK	36	21	7	8	58	28	+30	70	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Austria Wien	36	19	12	5	64	24	+40	69
4	Pasching	36	17	9	10	53	48	+5	60
5	Mattersburg	36	12	9	15	48	58	−10	45

Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Austrian Cup

15 March 2005 Round of 16	Kremser SC	1–4	Grazer AK	Krems
19:00	Fleischhacker 7'	Report	Kollmann 57' Ehmann 60' Bleidelis 77' Škoro 90'	Stadium: Sepp-Doll-Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik

12 April 2005 Quarter-finals	Austria Lustenau	1–3	Grazer AK	Lustenau
18:30	Laschet 45'	Report	Sick 40' Aufhauser 64' Kujabi 90+3'	Stadium: Reichshofstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bernhard Brugger

17 May 2005 Semi-finals	Rapid Wien	4–1	Grazer AK	Vienna
19:15	Hofmann 8', 64' Martínez 90' Lawarée 90+4'	Report	Ehmann 74'	Stadium: Gerhard Hanappi Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Thomas Steiner

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

10 August 2004 First leg	Grazer AK	0–2	Liverpool	Graz, Austria
20:45		Report	Gerrard 22', 78'	Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

24 August 2004 Second leg	Liverpool	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Grazer AK	Liverpool, England
21:10		Report	Tokić 54'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,350 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg	Grazer AK	5–0	Litex Lovech	Graz, Austria
19:00	Bazina 14', 51' Kollmann 39', 43' Pogatetz 85'	Report		Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tonny Kolbech Poulsen (Denmark)

30 September 2004 Second leg	Litex Lovech	1–0 (1–5 agg.)	Grazer AK	Lovech, Bulgaria
19:00	Joãozinho 67'	Report		Stadium: Lovech Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 5 October 2004.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AZ	AUX	GAK	RAN	AMC
1	AZ	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0	—	1–0	—
2	Auxerre	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7		—	—	0–0	—	5–1
3	GAK	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7		2–0	—	—	—	3–1
4	Rangers	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	6		—	0–2	3–0	—	—
5	Amica Wronki	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0		1–3	—	—	0–5	—

Source: RSSSF

21 October 2004 1	Auxerre	0–0	Grazer AK	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez (Spain)

4 November 2004 2	Grazer AK	3–1	Amica Wronki	Graz, Austria
18:45 (CET)	Kollmann 32', 61' (pen.), 72'	Report	Dembiński 27'	Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)

25 November 2004 3	Rangers	3–0	Grazer AK	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 (CET)	Novo 58' Arveladze 85' Namouchi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 46,450 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

15 December 2004 4	Grazer AK	2–0	AZ	Graz, Austria
20:45 (CET)	Aufhauser 41' Kollmann 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

17 February 2005 First leg	Grazer AK	2–2	Middlesbrough	Graz, Austria
18:30 (CET)	Bazina 64' Kollmann 79'	Report	Zenden 52' Hasselbaink 66'	Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

24 February 2005 Second leg	Middlesbrough	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Grazer AK	Middlesbrough, England
20:45 (CET)	Morrison 18' Hasselbaink 60'	Report	Bazina 79'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,370 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)