# 2004–05 in Belgian football

The 2004–05 season was the 102nd competitive season in Belgian football.

## Overview

The Brussels derby is played once again since FC Brussels promoted.

## National team

Belgium began their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2006.
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Comp | Belgium scorers | Match Report |
| 18 August 2004 | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A) | Norway | 2–2 | F | Thomas Buffel (2) | www.dhnet.be |
| 4 September 2004 | Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi (H) | Lithuania | 1–1 | WCQ | Wesley Sonck | www.sport.be Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine |
| 9 October 2004 | El Sardinero, Santander (A) | Spain | 0–2 | WCQ | | www.sport.be Archived 2006-04-10 at the Wayback Machine |
| 17 November 2004 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H) | Serbia and Montenegro | 0–2 | WCQ | | www.sport.be Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine |
| 9 February 2005 | Cairo (A) | Egypt | 0–4 | F | | www.dhnet.be |
| 26 March 2005 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–1 | WCQ | Thomas Buffel, Emile Mpenza (2), Koen Daerden | www.sport.be Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine |
| 30 March 2005 | Serravalle (A) | San Marino | 2–1 | WCQ | Daniel Van Buyten, Timmy Simons | www.sport.be Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine |
| 4 June 2005 | Red Star Stadium, Beograd (A) | Serbia and Montenegro | 0–0 | WCQ | | www.sport.be Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine |
Key
* H = Home match
* A = Away match
* F = Friendly
* WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifying, European Zone Group 7

## Honours

| Competition | Winner |
| Belgian First Division | Club Brugge |
| Cup | Germinal Beerschot |
| Supercup | Club Brugge |
| Second division | Zulte-Waregem |
| Third division A | Mechelen |
| Third division B | Overpelt-Lommel |

## Final tables
### Belgian First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | La Louvière | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 44 | |
| 8 | Sporting Lokeren | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 9 | Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | Lierse | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 41 | |
| 11 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 45 | 74 | −29 | 41 | |
| 12 | Westerlo | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 39 | |
| 13 | Mouscron | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 33 | |
| 16 | Beveren | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 32 | |
| 17 | Oostende (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 27 | Relegation to 2005–06 Belgian Second Division |
| 18 | Mons (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to 2005–06 Belgian Second Division |

### Second division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zulte-Waregem (C) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 35 | +36 | 73 |
| 2 | Roeselare (P) | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 60 |
| 3 | Geel | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 56 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 50 |
| 5 | Waasland | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 50 |
| 6 | Tubize | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 48 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 |
| 8 | Ronse | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 48 |
| 9 | Beringen-Heusden-Zolder | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Deinze | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 43 |
| 11 | Hamme | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 41 |
| 12 | Virton | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 41 |
| 13 | Eupen | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 41 |
| 14 | Union | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 39 |
| 15 | Dessel | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 39 |
| 16 | Visé (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 37 |
| 17 | Maasmechelen (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 37 |
| 18 | Aalst (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 34 |

### Third division
#### Third division A

For their second season since the renewal of the club, Y.R. K.V. Mechelen gained the title this time in extremis before R. Cappellen F.C., who reaches the third division playoffs along with Torhout 1992 K.M. and F.C. Denderleeuw respectively winners of the first and second slices. The third slice went to Mechelen so it is Cappellen that replaces them in the playoffs. K.F.C. Evergem-Center and K. Lyra T.S.V. are relegated to promotion while K.S.K. Wevelgem City will fight in the Promotion playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | KV Mechelen (C) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 59 |
| 2 | Cappellen | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 58 |
| 3 | Torhout | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 54 |
| 4 | Denderhoutem | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 54 |
| 5 | Sint-Niklaas | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 54 |
| 6 | Maldegem | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 47 |
| 7 | Turnhout | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 47 |
| 8 | Wetteren | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 45 |
| 9 | Denderleeuw | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 44 |
| 10 | Sporting West | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 42 |
| 11 | Racing Waregem | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 39 |
| 12 | KRC Mechelen | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 34 |
| 13 | Bornem | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 27 |
| 14 | Wevelgem (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 26 |
| 15 | Lyra (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 76 | −35 | 22 |
| 16 | Evergem (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 86 | −56 | 12 |

#### Third division B

United Overpelt-Lommel won this year's edition with a comfortable advance and also won the last two slices. Oud-Heverlee Leuven has won the first slice so the 3rd and 4th placed teams (respectively K.S.K. Tongeren and R. Sprimont Comblain Sport) enter the playoffs. At the bottom of the table, Seraing R.U.L. and Veldwezelt will play Promotion next season while U.R. Namur will have to undergo the playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Overpelt-Lommel (C) | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 78 |
| 2 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven (P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 62 |
| 3 | Tongeren | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 52 |
| 4 | Sprimont Comblain | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 |
| 5 | Walhain | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 |
| 6 | Woluwé | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 44 |
| 7 | Bocholter | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 42 |
| 8 | Tienen | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 |
| 9 | Charleroi-Marchienne | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 37 |
| 10 | Diegem | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 36 |
| 11 | La Calamine | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 35 |
| 12 | Kermt-Hasselt | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 32 |
| 13 | Francs Borains | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 30 |
| 14 | Namur | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 28 |
| 15 | Veldwezelt (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 25 |
| 15 | Seraing (R) | 30 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 22 |