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
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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

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 (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

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)

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