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	1st
Belgian Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Belgian Supercup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Nenad Jestrović (18)
← 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. Position Player 1 GK Daniel Zítka 3 DF Olivier Deschacht 4 MF Yves Vanderhaeghe 6 DF Michał Żewłakow 7 MF Goran Lovre[2] 8 FW Nenad Jestrović 9 FW Mbo Mpenza[3] 10 MF Walter Baseggio (captain) 11 MF Martin Kolář 15 MF Besnik Hasi[4] 16 FW Clayton Zane 17 MF Christian Wilhelmsson 18 MF Christophe Grégoire

No. Position Player 20 MF Fabrice Ehret 21 MF Pär Zetterberg (vice-captain) 22 FW Oleg Yashchuk 24 GK Tristan Peersman 25 GK Jan Van Steenberghe 26 FW Aruna Dindane 27 DF Vincent Kompany 28 MF Anatoli Gerk 30 DF Hannu Tihinen 31 MF Mark De Man 34 DF Lamine Traoré 36 FW Jonathan Legaer 37 DF 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. Position Player 5 DF Glen De Boeck (retired) 14 MF Marc Hendrikx (to Lokeren)

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

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

Benfica v Anderlecht

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

Anderlecht v Benfica

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

Group stage

Valencia v Anderlecht

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)

Anderlecht v Inter Milan

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)

Anderlecht v Werder Bremen

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)

Werder Bremen v Anderlecht

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)

Anderlecht v Valencia

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)

Inter Milan v Anderlecht

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

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/belgium/2004-2005/eerste/ander.htm
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).