Grazer AK
2004–05 season
ManagerWalter Schachner
StadiumArnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Bundesliga2nd
Austrian CupSemi-finals
Austrian SupercupRunners-up
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupRound of 32

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 Austria AUT Andreas Schranz
2 DF Austria AUT Gregor Pötscher
4 DF Croatia CRO Mario Tokić
5 DF Austria AUT Anton Ehmann
6 DF Austria AUT Dieter Ramusch
7 MF Austria AUT Joachim Standfest
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Samir Muratović
9 MF Latvia LVA Imants Bleidelis
10 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Alen Škoro
11 MF Austria AUT Martin Amerhauser
12 FW Austria AUT Martin Six
13 GK Austria AUT Franz Almer
15 MF Austria AUT David Sencar
16 DF Austria AUT Dominik Sobl
17 DF Austria AUT Daniel Pirker
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Austria AUT Emanuel Pogatetz
19 MF Austria AUT Matthias Dollinger
20 MF Austria AUT René Aufhauser
22 MF Croatia CRO Mario Bazina[notes 1]
23 MF Austria AUT Gernot Sick
24 DF Austria AUT Mario Sonnleitner
25 DF Austria AUT Mario Majstorović
26 DF Austria AUT Gernot Plassnegger
27 DF Austria AUT Thomas Lechner
28 FW Austria AUT Roland Kollmann
29 MF Austria AUT Ralph Spirk
30 GK Austria AUT Heinz Lienhart
31 MF Austria AUT Zlatko Junuzović[notes 2]
32 GK Austria AUT Jürgen Rindler
35 DF The Gambia 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 North Macedonia MKD Ilčo Naumoski (to Malatyaspor)
21 FW Austria AUT Dominic Hassler (to LASK Linz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Austria AUT Stefan Erklinger (to Kapfenberg)

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team 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
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
Stadium: Reichshofstadion
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bernhard Brugger
17 May 2005 Semi-finals Rapid Wien 4–1 Grazer AK Vienna
19:15
Report
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 Austria 0–2 England Liverpool Graz, Austria
20:45 Report
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Attendance: 14,600
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
24 August 2004 Second leg Liverpool England 0–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Austria Grazer AK Liverpool, England
21:10 Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,350
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg Grazer AK Austria 5–0 Bulgaria Litex Lovech Graz, Austria
19:00
Report Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tonny Kolbech Poulsen (Denmark)
30 September 2004 Second leg Litex Lovech Bulgaria 1–0
(1–5 agg.)		 Austria Grazer AK Lovech, Bulgaria
19:00
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ AUX GAK RAN AMC
1 Netherlands AZ 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 — 1–0 —
2 France Auxerre 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 — — 0–0 — 5–1
3 Austria GAK 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 2–0 — — — 3–1
4 Scotland Rangers 4 2 0 2 8 3 +5 6 — 0–2 3–0 — —
5 Poland Amica Wronki 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0 1–3 — — 0–5 —
Source: RSSSF
21 October 2004 1 Auxerre France 0–0 Austria 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 Austria 3–1 Poland Amica Wronki Graz, Austria
18:45 (CET)
Report
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
25 November 2004 3 Rangers Scotland 3–0 Austria Grazer AK Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 (CET)
Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 46,450
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
15 December 2004 4 Grazer AK Austria 2–0 Netherlands AZ Graz, Austria
20:45 (CET)
Report Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

Knockout phase

Round of 32
17 February 2005 First leg Grazer AK Austria 2–2 England Middlesbrough Graz, Austria
18:30 (CET)
Report
Stadium: Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
24 February 2005 Second leg Middlesbrough England 2–1
(4–3 agg.)		 Austria Grazer AK Middlesbrough, England
20:45 (CET)
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 20,370
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

References

  1. 1 2 "Grazer AK 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grazer AK - 2004/05". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "UEFA Cup draw". World Soccer. 5 October 2004.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bazina was born in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  2. ↑ Junuzović was born in Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
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