The reserve team started the 2004–05 season with a 3–0 win against Pfullendorf on 8 August 2004. During the 2004–05 season, the reserve team faced reserve teams from other clubs. The reserve team for Bayern defeated 1860 Munich II 4–2 and drew 1–1, drew 1. FSV Mainz 05 0–0 and 1–1, and defeated VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 and lost 2–1. During the 2004–05 season, the reserve team defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach in a shootout and Alemannia Aachen and Eintracht Braunschweig in regular time to get to the quarter–final of the German Cup where they lost to Werder Bremen 3–0. The reserve team finished the 2004–05 season in sixth place.