2004–05 in Belgian football

The 2004-2005 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
August 18, 2004	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)	Norway	2–2	F	Thomas Buffel (2)	www.dhnet.be
September 4, 2004	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi (H)	Lithuania	1–1	WCQ	Wesley Sonck	www.sport.be
October 9, 2004	El Sardinero, Santander (A)	Spain	0–2	WCQ		www.sport.be
November 17, 2004	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)	Serbia and Montenegro	0–2	WCQ		www.sport.be
February 9, 2005	Cairo (A)	Egypt	0–4	F		www.dhnet.be
March 26, 2005	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–1	WCQ	Thomas Buffel, Emile Mpenza (2), Koen Daerden	www.sport.be
March 30, 2005	Serravalle (A)	San Marino	2–1	WCQ	Daniel Van Buyten, Timmy Simons	www.sport.be
June 4, 2005	Red Star Stadium, Beograd (A)	Serbia and Montenegro	0–0	WCQ		www.sport.be

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

Main article: Belgian First Division 2004-05

Second division

			P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Zulte-Waregem	34	22	7	5	71	35	+36	73
P	2	Roeselare	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
R	16	Visé	34	10	7	17	52	54	-2	37
R	17	Maasmechelen	34	9	10	15	35	53	-18	37
R	18	Aalst	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.

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	KV Mechelen	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
R	14	Wevelgem	30	7	5	18	35	65	-30	26
R	15	Lyra	30	5	7	18	41	76	-35	22
R	16	Evergem	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.

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	1	Overpelt-Lommel	30	24	6	0	77	22	+55	78
P	2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	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
R	15	Veldwezelt	30	7	4	19	32	56	-24	25
R	15	Seraing	30	3	13	14	33	54	-21	22

See also

• Belgian First Division 2004-05