2004–05 Belgian First Division

102nd season of top-tier football in Belgium Belgian First Division 2004–05 Club Brugge OostendeMons Champions League Club BruggeAnderlecht UEFA Cup GenkGerminal Beerschot Nenad Jestrović(18 goals) 306 845 2003–04 2005–06 The 2004–05 season of the Belgian First Division began on August 6, 2004 and ended on May 23, 2005. Club Brugge became champions on May 15, 2005 after a decisive game against long-time rivals Anderlecht. The season was full of suspense as the champions and the relegated teams were only known on the 33rd (on 34) matchday. Furthermore, the 3rd place (qualifying for UEFA Cup) had to be decided on a test-match, a fact that had not occurred recently. Promoted teams Belgium right 450 Location of teams in Belgian First Division 2004–05 Belgium 50.833333 4.333333 Anderlecht bottom Belgium 51.2 4.25 Beveren top Belgium 50.85 4.333333 Brussels Belgium 51.216667 4.4 Germinal Beerschot Belgium 51.216667 3.233333 Club BruggeCercle Brugge bottom Belgium 50.4 4.433333 Charleroi Belgium 50.833333 5.2 Sint-Truiden Belgium 50.966667 5.5 Genk Belgium 51.05 3.733333 Gent bottom Belgium 50.633333 5.566667 Standard Belgium 51.116667 4.583333 Lierse bottom Belgium 51.1 3.983333 Lokeren bottom Belgium 50.466667 4.183333 La Louvière Belgium 50.733333 3.216667 Mouscron Belgium 50.45 3.95 Mons bottom Belgium 51.233333 2.916667 Oostende left Belgium 51.083333 4.916667 Westerlo These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season: FC Brussels (second division champion) Oostende (playoff winner) Relegated teams These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: Oostende Mons Battle for the 1st place As usual, the two giants (Sporting Anderlecht and Club Brugge) were occupying the first two places after 5 matches. Brugge was already 1st and actually stayed on top until the end. The Brussels side has indeed failed to show consistency under the management of Hugo Broos who was fired after a 0-0 draw at Gent. Under new coach (Franky Vercauteren), Anderlecht had a run of good form (after the initial 0-1 defeat against Oostende). Linked to the poor results of rivals Brugge, this situation led to a 6-point difference between the two clubs after 32 matches. The Brugge-Anderlecht game (33rd matchday) was thus decisive for both clubs. It ended with a 2-2 draw that was sufficient for the West Flemish. Brugge title is due to its exceptional regularity against smaller teams as is shown on the following table (showing points gained by a top 4 team against the other top 4 teams) : 1. Anderlecht 6 13 2. Standard 6 8 3. Brugge 6 6 4. Genk 6 5 Battle for Europe As Anderlecht and Brugge rapidly ran away with the first two places, the battle for Europe was mainly consisted in the battle for UEFA Cup spots (or battle for the third place). Four teams were serious candidates: Standard, Genk, Charleroi and Gent. The latter two were soon dismissed. Before the last matchday, Standard was two points ahead of Genk but they lost their advantage after a 1-1 draw at Ostend while Genk earned a 3-1 win at Cercle Brugge. As both teams now had the same number of points and wins, a test-match had to be played (in two legs). Standard won the first match 3-1 but lost the away match 0-3 and lost the European ticket for next season. The relegation dog fight After their poor early results, five teams were predicted to fight against relegation: Sint-Truiden, Mouscron and especially newcomers FC Brussels and Oostende along with Mons. Beveren joined the list after a very poor final run. Before the 33rd matchday, the table read: 12. Lierse 32 35 13. Sint-Truiden 32 33 14. Beveren 32 31 15. Mouscron 32 30 16. Brussels 32 30 17. Mons 32 26 18. Oostende 32 26 Lierse and Sint-Truiden were already saved. Mons and Oostende had to win or draw to maintain suspense but they finally both lost (2-0 respectively against Mouscron and at La Louvière). Final league table main WDL 5 QR BRU Club Brugge AND Anderlecht GNK Genk STA Standard Liège CHA Charleroi GNT Gent LOU La Louvière LOK Sporting Lokeren BEE Germinal Beerschot LIE Lierse CER Cercle Brugge WES Westerlo MOU Mouscron STV Sint-Truiden BRS Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek BEV Beveren OOS Oostende MON Mons 24 7 3 83 25 C 23 7 4 75 34 21 7 6 59 37 21 7 6 64 30 19 7 8 47 34 18 5 11 46 36 12 8 14 43 43 11 11 12 36 38 12 6 16 36 45 12 5 17 57 60 12 5 17 45 74 11 6 17 34 54 10 6 18 40 43 10 6 18 40 58 10 3 21 32 60 8 8 18 43 59 6 9 19 31 62 R 7 5 22 39 58 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 red1 Relegation to 2005–06 Belgian Second Division R R complete Results main FBR grey AND GBA BEV CER CLU CHA GNK GNT LIE LOK LOU BRU MON MOU OST STV STA WES Anderlecht 3–0 5–2 5–2 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 Germinal Beerschot 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 Beveren 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 4–1 Cercle Brugge 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–3 0–0 Club Brugge 2–2 6–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 7–3 5–1 1–1 2–0 Charleroi 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–5 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 Genk 2–4 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 Gent 0–0 5–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 Lierse 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–5 3–2 2–0 7–0 5–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 Lokeren 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 3–1 La Louvière 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 Brussels 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–6 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 Mons 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–3 3–2 Mouscron 2–0 0–1 1–0 6–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 4–0 0–3 3–0 Oostende 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 Sint-Truiden 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 Standard Liège 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–4 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 Westerlo 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 complete Top goal scorers ScorerGoalsTeamSerbia and Montenegro Nenad Jestrović18AnderlechtBEL Kevin Vandenbergh17GenkGUI Sambégou Bangoura15Standard LiègeNOR Rune Lange15Club BruggeNGA Mohammed Aliyu Datti14MonsCIV Aruna Dindane14AnderlechtCIV Moussa Sanogo14BeverenAUS Archie Thompson14LiersePOL Marcin Żewłakow14Mouscron Awards Individual awards Award Winner Club Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year BEL Vincent Kompany Anderlecht Belgian Young Footballer of the Year BEL Vincent Kompany Anderlecht Manager of the Year BEL Hugo Broos Club Brugge Team of the SeasonGouden 11 https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2006-01-19/spelers-kiezen-ook-gouden-11 Voetbalkrant 19 January 2006GoalkeeperBEL Silvio Proto (La Louvière)Defenders BEL Vincent Kompany (Anderlecht) BEL Philippe Clement (Club Brugge) CZE David Rozehnal (Club Brugge) BEL Olivier Deschacht (Anderlecht)Midfielders CZE Nastja Čeh (Club Brugge) BEL Timmy Simons (Club Brugge) POR Sérgio Conceição (Standard Liège) BEL Walter Baseggio (Anderlecht)Forwards SRB Nenad Jestrovic (Anderlecht)CRO Boško Balaban (Club Brugge) Attendances No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Club Brugge 24,432 3,0% 27,734 2 Anderlecht 23,689 -1,9% 25,693 3 Genk 22,650 -4,1% 24,128 4 Standard de Liège 16,882 0,0% 27,000 5 Charleroi 10,713 17,9% 19,710 6 Gent 7,744 -7,3% 10,840 7 Lierse 7,476 3,1% 10,800 8 STVV 7,471 -2,5% 12,000 9 Germinal Beerschot 7,278 -2,0% 10,500 10 Mouscron 6,722 -12,8% 10,000 11 Brussels 5,869 137,5% 15,266 12 Sporting Lokeren 5,712 2,5% 10,500 13 Westerlo 5,265 -0,3% 8,500 14 Cercle Brugge 5,156 1,0% 12,450 15 RAAL 4,816 12,0% 9,017 16 RAEC 4,665 1,8% 9,000 17 Beveren 4,382 -11,3% 7,500 18 Oostende 3,951 138,9% 10,000 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/bel/avebel05.htm Attendances Belgium average European-football-statistics.co.uk Jun 28, 2026 See also 2004-05 in Belgian football References fr Sport.be website - Archive Category:Belgian Pro League seasons Belgian 1