For the 2004–05 season Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen and Dynamo Dresden were newly promoted to the 2.
In the 2004-05 football season, Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen, and Dynamo Dresden were promoted to the second division.