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2004–05 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

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

R.S.C. Anderlecht
2004–05 season
ManagerHugo Broos (until 7 February)
Franky Vercauteren (from 8 February)
StadiumConstant Vanden Stock Stadium
First Division2nd
Belgian CupRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Belgian SupercupRunners-up
Top goalscorerNenad Jestrović (18)

Season summary edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Belgian First Division edit

Pos Team
 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 edit

Third qualifying round edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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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