2004–05 R.S.C. Anderlecht season
| 2004–05 season | |||
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| 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) | ||
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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]
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Left club during season
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Results
Belgian First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
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| 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: 
(C) Champions
(C) Champions
Champions League
Third qualifying round
| 10 August 2004 | Benfica .svg.png)  | 1–0 | .svg.png) Anderlecht | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon | 
| Zahovič  13' | Report MatchCentre | Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) | 
| 24 August 2004 | Anderlecht .svg.png)  | 3–0 (3–1 agg.) | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) Anderlecht | Estadio Mestalla, Valencia | 
| 20:45 | Vicente  16' Baraja  45' | Report MatchCentre | Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France) | 
| 29 September 2004 | Anderlecht .svg.png)  | 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 .svg.png)  | 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 | .svg.png) 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 .svg.png)  | 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 | .svg.png) Anderlecht | San Siro, Milan | 
| 20:45 | Cruz  33' Martins  60', 63' | Report MatchCentre | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mike Riley (England) | 

















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