2004–05 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

R.S.C. Anderlecht
2004–05 season
Manager	Hugo Broos (until 7 February); Franky Vercauteren (from 8 February)
Stadium	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
First Division	2nd
Belgian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Belgian Supercup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Nenad Jestrović (18)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

During the 2004–05 Belgian football season, Anderlecht competed in the Belgian First Division.

Season summary

Anderlecht were unable to defend their title and finished three points behind champions Club Brugge in second. Despite this, the club still qualified for the Champions League.

The club had a poor run in the Champions League, losing all six of their games in the group stage.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CZE	Daniel Zítka
3	DF	BEL	Olivier Deschacht
4	MF	BEL	Yves Vanderhaeghe
6	DF	POL	Michał Żewłakow
7	MF	SCG	Goran Lovre^[2]
8	FW	SCG	Nenad Jestrović
9	FW	BEL	Mbo Mpenza^[3]
10	MF	BEL	Walter Baseggio (captain)
11	MF	CZE	Martin Kolář
15	MF	ALB	Besnik Hasi^[4]
16	FW	AUS	Clayton Zane
17	MF	SWE	Christian Wilhelmsson
18	MF	BEL	Christophe Grégoire


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SUI	Fabrice Ehret
21	MF	SWE	Pär Zetterberg (vice-captain)
22	FW	UKR	Oleg Yashchuk
24	GK	BEL	Tristan Peersman
25	GK	BEL	Jan Van Steenberghe
26	FW	CIV	Aruna Dindane
27	DF	BEL	Vincent Kompany
28	MF	RUS	Anatoli Gerk
30	DF	FIN	Hannu Tihinen
31	MF	BEL	Mark De Man
34	DF	BFA	Lamine Traoré
36	FW	BEL	Jonathan Legaer
37	DF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre^[5]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	BEL	Glen De Boeck (retired)
14	MF	BEL	Marc Hendrikx (to Lokeren)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	KOR	Seol Ki-Hyeon (to Wolverhampton Wanderers)
23	MF	COD	Gabriel N'Galula (to Mons)

Results

Belgian First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge (C)	34	24	7	3	83	25	+58	79	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Anderlecht	34	23	7	4	75	34	+41	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Genk	34	21	7	6	59	37	+22	70	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Standard Liège	34	21	7	6	64	30	+34	70
5	Charleroi	34	19	7	8	47	34	+13	64	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Champions League

Third qualifying round

10 August 2004	Benfica	1–0	Anderlecht	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
	Zahovič 13'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

24 August 2004	Anderlecht	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Benfica	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
	Dindane 34', 59' Jestrović 73' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre	Argel 72'	Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Group stage

14 September 2004	Valencia	2–0	Anderlecht	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
20:45	Vicente 16' Baraja 45'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

29 September 2004	Anderlecht	1–3	Inter Milan	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Baseggio 90+4'	Report MatchCentre	Martins 9' Adriano 51' Stanković 55'	Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

20 October 2004	Anderlecht	1–2	Werder Bremen	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Wilhelmsson 26'	Report MatchCentre	Klasnić 36', 59'	Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

2 November 2004	Werder Bremen	5–1	Anderlecht	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Klasnić 2', 16', 79' Klose 33' Jensen 90'	Report MatchCentre	Iachtchouk 30'	Attendance: 37,579 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

24 November 2004	Anderlecht	1–2	Valencia	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Wilhelmsson 24'	Report MatchCentre	Corradi 19' Di Vaio 48'	Attendance: 25,866 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

7 December 2004	Inter Milan	3–0	Anderlecht	San Siro, Milan
20:45	Cruz 33' Martins 60', 63'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

References

^ "FootballSquads - Anderlecht - 2004/05".
^ Lovre was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).
^ Mpenza was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo).
^ Hasi was born in Đakovica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
^ Vanden Borre was born in Likasi, Zaire (now DR Congo).

[1] "FootballSquads - Anderlecht - 2004/05".

[2] Lovre was born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

[3] Mpenza was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo).

[4] Hasi was born in Đakovica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).

[5] Vanden Borre was born in Likasi, Zaire (now DR Congo).

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