2004–05 Turkish Cup
The Türkiye Kupası 2004/ 05 was the 43rd edition of the Turkish Cup competition. The competition began on 27 October 2004 with the first round and ended on 11 May 2005 with the finale. In the final, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray clashed. For Fenerbahce, it was the 10th participation in the finals and Galatasaray played for the 19th time for the trophy. Both clubs met for the fourth time on each other in the final.
Galatasaray defeated local rivals 5-1 and won the competition for the 14th time. Hakan Şükür managed a hat-trick in the final. Venue was the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
Participating teams
For the Turkish Cup following 48 teams were eligible to participate:
Akçaabat Sebatspor
Beşiktaş Istanbul
Çaykur Rizespor
Diyarbakirspor
Elazığspor
Fenerbahce
Galatasaray
Gençlerbirliği Ankara
İstanbulspor
Konyaspor
Malatyaspor
MKE Ankaragucu
Adana Demirspor
Altay Izmir
Ankaraspor
Dardanelspor
Göztepe Izmir
Istanbul BB
Izmirspor
Karşıyaka SK
Kayseri Erciyesspor
Kayserispor
Mersin İdman Yurdu
Sakaryaspor
Türk Telekomspor
Yimpas Yozgatspor
Group A
Fatih Karagümrük
Nazilli Belediyespor
Usakspor
Group B
Karabükspor
Kartalspor
Sariyer GK
Group C
Adiyamanspor
Gaziantep BB
1 Main Round
The first main round was held on 27 October 2004. In this round, 33 teams competed: the three relegated the Süper Lig 2003/04 season, all teams in the second league Class A (2nd Division) and the 12 best teams in the second league Class B (3rd League ).
Gaziantep BB was the only walk-through, and was directly qualified for the second main round.
2 Main Round
The second main round was held from December 21 to 23 December 2004. The 17 winners from the first main round would come here for the first division of space 1 to 15 from the 2003/ 04 part.
Second round
The second round was held from January 22 to January 24, 2005.
Quarterfinals
The quarter-final was held on 1 and 2 March 2005.
Semifinal
The semi-final was held on 20 and 21 April 2005.