1st division (Belgium) 2004/05

First division 2004/05
master	Club Bruges
Champions League qualification	Club Brugge RSC Anderlecht
UEFA Cup qualification	KRC Genk Germinal Beerschot
UI cup	Sporting Charleroi KAA Gent Sporting Lokeren
Cup winners	Germinal beerschot
Relegated	KV Ostend RAEC Mons
Teams	18th
Games	306  (including 1 criminally verified)
Gates	845  (ø 2.77 per game) (excluding penalty verified games)
Top scorer	Nenad Jestrović ( Anderlecht )
← First division 2003/04 First division 2005/06 →
Second division 2004/05 ↓

The 2004/05 First Division was the 102nd season of the top Belgian division in men's football . It started on August 6, 2004 and ended on May 23, 2004.

Champion of FC Bruges against defending champions RSC Anderlecht could win, realizing his 13th and last championship to date.

For the first time in the history of the Belgian league, a final placement had to be fought out in two playoffs. After the 34 regular match days, Standard Liège and KRC Genk were tied on points and with the same number of wins in third place, which entitles them to participate in the UEFA Cup qualification in the following season. Genk prevailed after a 1: 3 in the first leg (away) and a 3: 0 in the second leg (home) and qualified for the European Cup.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Club Bruges (P)	34	24	7th	3	083:250	+58	79
2.	RSC Anderlecht (M)	34	23	7th	4th	075:340	+41	76
3.	KRC Genk	34	21st	7th	6th	059:370	+22	70
4th	Standard Liege	34	21st	7th	6th	064:300	+34	70
5.	Sporting Charleroi	34	19th	7th	8th	047:340	+13	64
6th	KAA Gent	34	18th	5	11	046:360	+10	59
7th	RAA La Louvière	34	12	8th	14th	043:430	± 0	44
8th.	Sporting Lokeren	34	11	11	12	036:380	−2	44
9.	Germinal beerschot	34	12	6th	16	036:450	−9	42
10.	Lierse SK	34	12	5	17th	057:600	−3	41
11.	Cercle Bruges	34	12	5	17th	045:740	−29	41
12.	KVC Westerlo	34	11	6th	17th	034:540	−20	39
13.	Excelsior Mouscron	34	10	6th	18th	040:430	−3	36
14th	VV St. Truiden	34	10	6th	18th	040:580	−18	36
15th	FC Brussels (N)	34	10	3	21st	032:600	−28	33
16.	KSK Beveren	34	8th	8th	18th	043:590	−16	32
17th	KV Ostend (N)	34	6th	9	19th	031:620	−31	27
18th	RAEC Mons	34	7th	5	22nd	039:580	−19	26th

At the end of the 2004/05 season:
Belgian champions and participants in the third qualifying round of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League : Club Brugge Participant in the second qualifying round for the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League : RSC Anderlecht Participant in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round : KRC Genk Participant in the first qualifying round for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup (as cup winners): Germinal Beerschot Participant in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 : Sporting Charleroi Participants in the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 : KAA Gent, Sporting Lokeren Relegated to the second division: KV Oostende, RAEC Mons
At the end of the 2003/04 season:
(M)	Belgian M aster 2003/04: RSC Anderlecht
(P)	Belgian P okalsieger 2003/04: FC Bruges
(N)	N euaufsteiger from the Second Division: FC Brussels, KV Oostende

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2002/03		FCB	AND	GNK	SLÜ	SPC	GNT	LOU	LOK	GER	LIE	CERIUM	WES	MOU	TRU	BRS	BEV	EAST	MON
1.	Club Bruges		2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5-0	2-0	0-0	6-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	3-0	5: 1	4: 1	3: 1	7: 3	3: 1
2.	RSC Anderlecht	2: 1		4: 2	3: 2	3-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	3-0	5: 1	5: 2	4-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	5: 2	0: 1	2: 1
3.	KRC Genk	2: 1	2: 4		1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	3: 2	0-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2
4th	Standard Liege	1: 4	1-0	1-0		1: 2	3-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	4: 1	4-0	2-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 3	3-0	5-0	2-0
5.	Sporting Charleroi	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	0-0		3: 2	2: 5	2: 1	1-0	1-0	5: 1	0: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	1-0
6th	KAA Gent	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1		2: 1	3: 1	05: 0 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1
7th	RAA La Louvière	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	0-0	0: 1		0-0	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	4-0
8th.	Sporting Lokeren	0: 2	2: 2	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0		0: 1	0: 2	4-0	3: 1	1: 1	4: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0
9.	Germinal beerschot	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2		2: 2	2: 3	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	4-0	2-0
10.	Lierse SK	0: 2	1: 1	1: 5	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	7-0	2-0	2-0		2-0	3-0	0: 1	0: 1	5: 1	1: 3	3: 1	4: 1
11.	Cercle Bruges	1: 2	1: 3	1: 3	1: 3	0: 4	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2		0-0	1-0	5: 1	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	2-0
12.	KVC Westerlo	1: 3	2: 2	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 2		0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 1
13.	Excelsior Mouscron	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 3	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 3	6-0	3-0		4-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	5: 1
14th	VV St. Truiden	3: 2	2: 2	0: 2	4: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	4-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 2		2-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0
15th	FC Brussels	1: 6	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1		1: 3	2: 2	2: 1
16.	KSK Beveren	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	5: 1	4: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0: 1		2: 2	0: 4
17th	KV Ostend	1: 2	1: 3	1: 3	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 3	0: 1	3: 3	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1		1-0
18th	RAEC Mons	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 3	0: 1	1-0	4: 1	0: 1	0: 1	4: 1	1: 3	3: 2	0: 2	4: 1	1: 2	2: 2	2-0

¹ The game KAA Gent against Germinal Beerschot (0: 1) was rated 5: 0 due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play.

The championship team of Club Bruges

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Club Bruges

Goal: Tomislav Butina (32 / -); Stijn Stijnen (1 / -) Defense: Peter Van der Heyden (30/3); Philippe Clement (25/4); Birger Maertens (25 / -); Hans Cornelis (24/2); David Rozehnal (23/1); Olivier De Cock (15 / -); Ivan Gvozdenović (10/1); Michael Klukowski (6 / -); Marek Špilár (6 / -) Midfield: Gert Verheyen (32/13); Gaëtan Englebert (31/4); Nastja Čeh (29/10); Timmy Simons (29/7); Jonathan Blondel (15/2); Kevin Roelandts (7 / -); Serhiy Serebrennikow (5 / -); Bart Vlaeminck (3 / -); Sebastian Hermans (1 / -) Storm: Rune Lange (32/15); Boško Balaban (25/11); Victor Simões (24/4); Manasseh Ishiaku (14/1); Dieter Van Tornhout (12/3); Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo (4/1) Coach: Trond Sollied

• Alin Stoica (6/1) and Bengt Sæternes (2 / -) left the club during the season.

Web links

• Official archive of the Jupiler League
• Match days and dates on rsssf.com
• Tables on belgianfootball.be

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results 2004/05. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .