The 2004–05 Czech 2. Liga was the 12th season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league. Following a corruption scandal, Viktoria Žižkov were deducted 12 points. Vítkovice also received a points deduction: for bribery in two of their matches the previous season, they were deducted 9 points. In February 2005, Bohemians lost their license to play in the league and thus their results were expunged and the second half of the season was played with only 15 teams.
In May 2005, Most, led by head coach Přemysl Bičovský, celebrated promotion to the Czech First League for the first time, after beating Sparta Prague B. The final round of matches, originally scheduled to take place at a weekend, was moved back to Thursday, 9 June, after the league's board intervened. That day, Vysočina Jihlava became the second team to secure promotion to the Czech First League, also for the first time. FK Tatran Prachatice were relegated despite winning their final match. After the end of the season, Viktoria Plzeň became the third team to be promoted, administratively replacing FK Drnovice, who were refused a professional license for the following season.
Horst Siegl of Most was the league's top scorer with 16 goals, one ahead of Pavel Simr of Vysočina Jihlava. After scoring just four goals in the first half of the season, Siegl added 12 in the spring part of the campaign.
Team changes From 2. Liga Promoted to Czech First League FK Mladá Boleslav FK Drnovice
Relegated to Bohemian Football League SC Xaverov
Relegated to Moravian–Silesian Football League 1. HFK Olomouc
To 2. Liga Relegated from Czech First League FK Viktoria Žižkov FC Viktoria Plzeň
Promoted from Bohemian Football League MFK Ústí nad Labem
Promoted from Moravian–Silesian Football League SK Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž
League standings
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Horst SieglMost162 Pavel SimrVysočina Jihlava153 Petr MikolandaViktoria Žižkov134 Tomáš PilařMost10 Michal ZachariášKladno106 Martin ProhászkaViktoria Žižkov117 Adam BrzezinaMost108 Petr FaldynaKunovice8 Jaroslav PrekopSK Sigma Olomouc B8 Peter ŠtyvarÚstí nad Labem8
See also 2004–05 Czech First League 2004–05 Czech Cup
References
External links Official website