The 2004 FIA European Touring Car Championship season was the last European Touring Car Championship season. For 2005, the European Championship would become the World Touring Car Championship, and a one-off European Touring Car Cup would be held.

The season began at Monza on 28 March, and finished at Dubai after twenty races over ten meetings.

The Drivers' Championship title was won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team Great Britain, who tied on points with BMW Team Deutschland's Dirk Müller, although Priaulx earned the title due to his greater number of victories during the season. AutoDelta's Gabriele Tarquini was third.

BMW won the Manufacturers Championship ahead of Alfa Romeo and SEAT. Tom Coronel won the Michelin Independents Trophy, while AutoDelta won the Michelin Teams Trophy.

Teams and drivers TeamCarNo.DriversClassRounds AutoDelta Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo 156 1 Gabriele Tarquini All 2 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 3 Augusto Farfus All 6 James Thompson 6–7, 9–10 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 4 Alessandro Zanardi All 5 Antonio García All BMW Team UK BMW Team Belgium-Luxembourg 11 Andy Priaulx All 12 Kurt Mollekens 3–7 BMW Team Deutschland 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Toledo Cupra 7 Gianni Morbidelli 1 SEAT Sport 8 Rickard Rydell All 9 Jordi Gené All 10 Frank Diefenbacher All JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 Alessandro BalzanI All GR Asia Honda Civic Type-R 16 Simon HarrisonI All 17 Toni Rasmus RuokonenI 1–7, 10 RS-Line Rotpunkt Sport Ford Focus ST170 18 Sebastian GrunertI 1–5, 7–8, 10 19 Roland AschI 1, 3–4 28 Thomas KlenkeI 2, 9 Carly Motors BMW 320i 20 Tom CoronelI 1–9 21 Paulien ZwartI 1–2, 7 22 Klaas ZwartI 3, 5–6 26 Duncan HuismanI 9 Peugeot Sport Engineering Peugeot 307 Gti 23 Jan Magnussen 2–7, 10 24 Jason Watt 6 29 Sandro SardelliI 7–10 Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 25 Stefano D'AsteI 1–8 Crawford Racing BMW 320i 27 Carl RosenbladI All Oregon Team Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 44 Salvatore TavanoI All 45 Michele BartyanI All 46 Luca RangoniI All Schubert Motors BMW 320i 51 Claudia Hürtgen* 7, 9 52 Thomas Winkelhock* 7, 9 Ford Ravenol Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus ST170 55 Thomas Klenke* ? 56 Patrick Bernhardt* 7, 9 57 Michael Funke* 7, 9 Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 60 Franz Engstler* 7, 9 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 65 Marc Hennerici* 7, 9 66 Diego Romanini* 7, 9 Kissling Motorsport Opel Astra Coupé 73 Stefan Kissling* 7 74 Rainer Bastuck* 7 Icon Class I Independents' Championship * Guest drivers ineligible for points

Calendar Round Country Track Date 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 28 March R2 2 R3 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 18 April R4 3 R5 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 2 May R6 4 R7 Hockenheimring 16 May R8 5 R9 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 30 May R10 6 R11 Donington Park 27 June R12 7 R13 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 July R14 8 R15 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 5 September R16 9 R17 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 19 September R18 10 R19 Dubai Autodrome 8 October R20

Results and standings

Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent 1 Monza Gabriele Tarquini Dirk Müller Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Tom Coronel 2 Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Tom Coronel 3 Valencia Augusto Farfus Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Salvatore Tavano 4 Augusto Farfus Fabrizio Giovanardi AutoDelta Squadra Corse Salvatore Tavano 5 Magny-Cours Jörg Müller Jordi Gené Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Michele Bartyan 6 Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel 7 Hockenheim Jordi Gené Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Luca Rangoni 8 Andy Priaulx Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Luca Rangoni 9 Brno Rickard Rydell Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel 10 Dirk Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Tom Coronel 11 Donington Park James Thompson Andy Priaulx James Thompson AutoDelta Squadra Corse Salvatore Tavano 12 Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel 13 Spa-Francorchamps Jörg Müller Frank Diefenbacher Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Salvatore Tavano 14 Tom Coronel Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Tom Coronel 15 Imola Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Salvatore Tavano 16 Fabrizio Giovanardi Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Alessandro Balzan 17 Oschersleben Augusto Farfus Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Tom Coronel 18 Frank Diefenbacher Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Tom Coronel 19 Dubai Andy Priaulx Augusto Farfus Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Luca Rangoni 20 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini AutoDelta Squadra Corse Salvatore Tavano

Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC DUB  Pts  1 Andy Priaulx 5 2 4 6 8 1 1 Ret 1 2 6 1 4 5 5 Ret 1 Ret 2 2 111 2 Dirk Müller 3 3 5 4 1 6 2 3 4 1 9 4 1 2 8 3 3 2 17† 5 111 3 Gabriele Tarquini 1 Ret 1 2 5 2 Ret 6 9 Ret 3 2 5 4 1 1 Ret DNS 1 1 106 4 Jörg Müller 4 1 6 5 2 4 4 1 7 4 2 Ret 2 1 7 Ret 4 Ret 6 12 93 5 Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 Ret 2 1 6 5 Ret DNS 5 5 4 16 Ret DNS 2 2 17 8 Ret 16† 63 6 Augusto Farfus 19 16 3 3 3 3 Ret DNS 12 Ret 5 Ret 8 22 3 11 2 3 4 15 54 7 Antonio García 12 6 7 15 4 Ret 6 2 3 6 10 5 6 3 9 Ret 9 Ret 9 DNS 43 8 Jordi Gené 9 7 Ret 11 7 Ret 3 4 22† Ret 7 Ret 3 13 4 4 6 6 Ret DNS 39 9 James Thompson 1 3 9 8 5 5 3 3 37 10 Rickard Rydell 10 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 8 5 2 12 22 9 Ret 11 11 5 7 1 15 DNS 29 11 Frank Diefenbacher 7 5 Ret DNS Ret Ret 5 Ret 8 3 21 Ret 7 DNS 17 8 25 Ret 5 4 29 12 Tom Coronel 6 4 10 9 Ret 8 11 8 6 7 13 8 14 6 12 12 8 4 25 13 Kurt Mollekens 11 7 Ret 10 11 8 8 6 18 7 9 14 Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS 8 7 15 17 9 11 14 16 11 10 10 12 6 Ret 11 20 Ret 7 8 15 Alessandro Zanardi 8 9 9 10 20 16 12 9 21† 17 12 7 Ret 16 13 Ret Ret 14 7 6 8 16 Luca Rangoni NC 17 19† 8 18 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 24† 9 8 10 6 17 Alessandro Balzan 14 12 12 13 14 10 13 Ret 13 10 15 11 11 10 10 6 Ret DNS Ret DNS 3 18 Michele Bartyan 20† 11 Ret DNS 9 12 14 16 20 13 18 12 20 17 14 7 18 18 16† 8 3 19 Carl Rosenblad Ret DNS 17 19 12 11 17 13 18 9 17 14 12 9 20 10 12 7 18 9 2 20 Stefano D'Aste 13 8 14 12 10 9 16† DNS 16 14 16 Ret Ret DNS 15 Ret 1 - Duncan Huisman 10 10 0 - Simon Harrison 15 Ret 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 19 11 24† 15 Ret DNS 19 15† 21 16† 10 11 0 - Jan Magnussen 11 Ret 19† 18† 10 12 15 Ret 19 Ret 17 18 12 DNS 0 - Sandro Sardelli 23 Ret 18 14† Ret 15 11 DNS 0 - Gianni Morbidelli 11 Ret 0 - Sebastian Grunert 18 18† Ret DNS NC 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 14 13 0 - Toni Rasmus Ruokonen 17 13 16 18 16 15 15 15 Ret DNS 23 17 24 27† 13 14 0 - Roland Asch 21 14 13 13 Ret DNS 0 - Thomas Klenke 13 14 20 Ret 0 - Jason Watt 20 13 0 - Paulien Zwart 16 15 18 17 Ret DNS 0 - Klaas Zwart 17 Ret 23 15 Ret Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Claudia Hürtgen 16 19 15 11 Marc Hennerici 29 21 19 12 Michael Funke 19 20 14 13 Franz Engstler 21 Ret 13 19 Thomas Winkelhock 15 15 16 17 Diego Romanini 27 24 22 Ret Patrick Bernhardt 26 25 23† DNS Stefan Kissling 25 23 Rainer Bastuck 28 26 Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC DUB  Pts Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap † Retired but classified

Independents' Trophy Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC DUB  Pts  1 Tom Coronel 6 4 10 9 Ret 8 11 8 6 7 13 8 14 6 12 12 8 4 140 2 Salvatore Tavano Ret DNS 8 7 15 17 9 11 14 16 11 10 10 12 6 Ret 11 20 Ret 7 106 3 Alessandro Balzan 14 12 12 13 14 10 13 Ret 13 10 15 11 11 10 10 6 Ret DNS Ret DNS 91 4 Luca Rangoni NC 17 19† 8 18 Ret 7 7 10 Ret 14 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 24† 9 8 10 82 5 Michele Bartyan 20† 11 Ret DNS 9 12 14 16 20 13 18 12 20 17 14 7 18 18 16† 8 76 6 Carl Rosenblad Ret DNS 17 19 12 11 17 13 18 9 17 14 12 9 20 10 12 7 18 9 76 7 Stefano D'Aste 13 8 14 12 10 9 16† DNS 16 14 16 Ret Ret DNS 15 Ret 58 8 Simon Harrison 15 Ret 15 16 Ret DNS Ret 14 19 11 24† 15 Ret DNS 19 15† 21 16† 10 11 45 9 Toni Rasmus Ruokonen 17 13 16 18 16 15 15 15 Ret DNS 23 17 24 27† 13 14 29 10 Sebastian Grunert 18 18† Ret DNS NC 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret 22 Ret 16 13 14 13 22 11 Sandro Sardelli 23 Ret 18 14† Ret 15 11 DNS 16 12 Roland Asch 21 14 13 13 Ret DNS 11 13 Thomas Klenke 13 14 20 Ret 8 14 Paulien Zwart 16 15 18 17 Ret DNS 7 15 Klaas Zwart 17 Ret 23 15 Ret Ret 3 Pos Driver MON VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC DUB  Pts Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

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