2013–14 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2013–14 season is a season in Belgian Pro League played by R.S.C. Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

R.S.C. Anderlecht

2013–14 season
Chairman	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	John van den Brom (until 10 March) Besnik Hasi (from 10 March)
Stadium	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian Pro League	1st (champions)
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Aleksandar Mitrović (16) All: Massimo Bruno (16) Aleksandar Mitrović (16)
Highest home attendance	26,112 vs Charleroi, Belgian Pro League, 25 August 2013
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs AS Eupen, Belgian Cup, 25 September 2013
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Match results

League positions are sourced from Statto,^[1] while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2013–14 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Standard Liège	30	20	7	3	59	17	+42	67	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Club Brugge	30	19	6	5	54	28	+26	63
3	Anderlecht	30	18	3	9	61	31	+30	57
4	Zulte Waregem	30	14	11	5	51	38	+13	53
5	Lokeren	30	15	6	9	48	31	+17	51

Source: Belgian Pro League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
28 July 2013	11th	Lokeren	H	L	2–3	Bruno 55', Gillet 76' pen.	26,000	[2]
2 August 2013	1st	Cercle Brugge	A	W	4–0	Deschacht 7', Suárez 41', Bruno (2) 51', 57'	9,900	[3]
11 August 2013	5th	Gent	H	W	4–1	Kljestan 32', Praet 34', Bruno 49', Acheampong 78'	24,000	[4]
18 August 2013	5th	Waasland-Beveren	A	W	3–0	Kljestan 74', Acheampong 82', Gillet 90+2'	7,252	[5]
25 August 2013	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	H	W	5–2	Suárez (3) 21', 32', 47', Nuytinck 57', Bruno 75'	26,112	[6]
1 September 2013	5th	Zulte-Waregem	A	L	3–4	Kljestan 18', Suárez 59', de Zeeuw 78'	9,489	[7]
14 September 2013	4th	Mechelen	H	W	5–0	Mitrović (2) 2', 38', Kljestan 18', Suárez 41', Acheampong 89'	21,000	[8]
22 September 2013	5th	Club Brugge	A	L	0–4		27,024	[9]
29 September 2013	4th	Lierse	H	W	2–0	Gillet 65', Praet 84'	21,000	[10]
6 October 2013	5th	Kortrijk	H	L	0–1		22,000	[11]
18 October 2013	4th	Mons	A	W	2–0	Mitrović 29', Mbemba 45'	6,200	[12]
27 October 2013	5th	Standard Liège	H	D	1–1	Kljestan 1'	26,000	[13]
30 October 2013	5th	KV Oostende	A	W	3–0	Mitrović 45+1', Mbemba 71', Kljestan 73'	6,352	[14]
2 November 2013	4th	OH Leuven	H	W	3–1	Kljestan 43', Mitrović (2) 44', 81'	20,000	[15]
10 November 2013	4th	Genk	A	W	1–0	Mbemba 78'	24,236	[16]
23 November 2013	4th	Sporting Charleroi	A	L	1–2	Gillet 73'	9,157	[17]
1 December 2013	5th	Cercle Brugge	H	W	2–1	Bruno 30', Mitrović 86'	19,351	[18]
7 December 2013	3rd	Waasland-Beveren	H	W	2–0	Mitrović 33', Vargas 65'	19,500	[18]
15 December 2013	2nd	Gent	A	W	2–1	Bruno 60' pen., Mitrović 76'	19,866	[19]
22 December 2013	3rd	Standard Liège	A	D	1–1	Praet 18'	27,489	[20]
26 December 2013	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	1–0	Malanda 66' o.g.	20,000	[21]
19 January 2014	2nd	Mechelen	A	L	1–2	Najar 2'	11,911	[22]
26 January 2014	2nd	Club Brugge	H	W	2–0	Mitrović 39', N'Sakala 88'	20,300	[23]
31 January 2014	2nd	Lierse	A	L	0–2		9,300	[24]
8 February 2014	2nd	Kortrijk	A	D	2–2	Cyriac 76', Pollet 90+3'	9,214	[25]
16 February 2014	3rd	Mons	H	W	2–0	Kljestan 37', Vargas 49'	20,000	[26]
21 February 2014	3rd	Lokeren	A	L	1–2	Odoi 57' o.g.	9,093	[27]
2 March 2014	3rd	Genk	H	W	2–0	Mitrović 63', Pollet 90+1'	20,100	[28]
8 March 2014	3rd	OH Leuven	A	L	0–1		9,200	[29]
16 March 2014	3rd	KV Oostende	H	W	4–0	Mitrović (2) 9' pen., 77', Najar 28', Deschacht 83'	21,000	[30]

Championship playoff

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anderlecht (C)	10	7	1	2	17	6	+11	51	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Standard Liège	10	4	3	3	14	11	+3	49	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Club Brugge	10	5	1	4	16	11	+5	48	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Zulte Waregem	10	4	2	4	16	15	+1	41	Qualification for the Testmatches
5	Lokeren	10	2	2	6	14	25	−11	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
6	Genk	10	2	3	5	10	19	−9	32

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points after deduction of (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) number of wins; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) number of away goals scored; 7) number of away wins.
(C) Champions

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
30 March 2014	4th	Standard Liège	A	L	0–1		27,700	[31]
6 April 2014	4th	Club Brugge	H	W	3–0	Tielemans 22', Cyriac (2) 32', 40'	19,000	[32]
11 April 2014	2nd	Lokeren	A	W	2–1	Cyriac 6', Mitrović 60'	7,233	[33]
15 April 2014	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	H	D	0–0		18,603	[34]
21 April 2014	4th	Genk	A	L	0–1		21,430	[35]
27 April 2014	3rd	Standard Liège	H	W	2–1	Mbemba 52', Mitrović 78'	23,000	[36]
4 May 2014	2nd	Club Brugge	A	W	1–0	Meunier 86' o.g.	26,000	[37]
11 May 2014	1st	Genk	H	W	4–0	Bruno (2) 16', 53', Najar 45', Praet 81'	21,000	[38]
15 May 2014	1st	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	2–1	Kouyaté 15', Bruno 24'	9,482	[39]
18 May 2014	1st	Lokeren	H	W	3–1	Mitrović 19', Mbemba 59', Praet 67'	22,000	[40]

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2013 Belgian Super Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Final	21 July 2013	Genk	H	W	1–0	Bruno 45+1'	18,000	[41]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Belgian Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round	25 September 2013	AS Eupen	H	W	7–0	Bruno (2) 5' pen., 52', de Zeeuw 23', Acheampong 35', Suárez 42', Tielemans 50', Cyriac 74'	10,000	[42]
Seventh round	4 December 2013	Westerlo	A	D	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Bruno (2) 48', 106'	7,500	[43]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	OLY	BEN	AND
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	16	5	+11	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–0	1–1
2	Olympiacos	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10[a]			1–4	—	1–0	3–1
3	Benfica	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10[a]	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Anderlecht	6	0	1	5	4	17	−13	1			0–5	0–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Olympiacos 4, Benfica 1.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group	17 September 2013	Benfica	A	L	0–2		29,393	[44]
Group	2 October 2013	Olympiakos Piraeus	H	L	0–3		17,000	[45]
Group	23 October 2013	PSG	H	L	0–5		18,465	[46]
Group	5 November 2013	PSG	A	D	1–1	de Zeeuw 68'	43,091	[47]
Group	27 November 2013	Benfica	H	L	2–3	Mbemba 18', Bruno 77'	16,780	[48]
Group	10 December 2013	Olympiakos Piraeus	A	L	1–3	Kljestan 39'	31,444	[49]

Appearances and goals

As of match played 18 May 2014.^[50]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club with Anderlecht.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Super Cup		Cup		UEFA CL		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BEL	Silvio Proto	31	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	35	0	2	1
2	DF	COD	Fabrice N'Sakala	15 (3)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	6	0	21 (4)	1	6	2
3	DF	BEL	Olivier Deschacht	28	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	33	2	4	1
6	MF	NED	Demy de Zeeuw *	6 (8)	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	10 (8)	3	3	0
7	FW	SWE	Samuel Armenteros	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
8	MF	SER	Luka Milivojević	13 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (1)	0	17 (4)	0	8	0
9	FW	ARG	Matías Suárez	11	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	16	7	2	0
10	MF	BEL	Dennis Praet	31 (6)	5	1	0	1 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	38 (8)	5	3	0
11	FW	BEL	David Pollet	2 (10)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (10)	2	0	0
12	MF	HON	Andy Najar	23 (2)	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	25 (2)	3	1	0
13	GK	BEL	Thomas Kaminski	9 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	14 (1)	0	1	0
14	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck	22 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	3 (2)	0	28 (3)	0	2	0
15	FW	CIV	Gohi Bi Cyriac	15 (12)	4	1	0	1 (1)	1	0 (2)	0	17 (15)	5	1	0
16	MF	SEN	Cheikhou Kouyaté	39	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	48	1	4	2
17	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno	28 (8)	10	1	1	2	4	3	1	34 (8)	16	4	0
18	FW	GHA	Frank Acheampong	9 (15)	3	0	0	2	1	0 (6)	0	11 (21)	4	1	0
19	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan	21 (2)	8	1	0	1	0	5	1	28 (2)	9	5	1
22	DF	COD	Chancel Mbemba	31 (4)	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	36 (4)	6	4	0
23	GK	BEL	Xavier Gies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	COD	Mulopo Kudimbana *	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ESP	Fede Vico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	BEL	Guillaume Gillet	26 (7)	4	1	0	0	0	5	0	32 (7)	4	4	0
31	MF	BEL	Youri Tielemans	21 (8)	1	0	0	2	1	2 (2)	0	25 (10)	2	2	0
32	MF	BEL	Leander Dendoncker	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
34	MF	MAR	Nabil Jaadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	BEL	Samy Bourard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	COL	Oswal Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	BEL	Jordan Lukaku	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
38	FW	BEL	Andy Kawaya	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
39	DF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre	26 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	30 (1)	0	8	2
45	FW	SRB	Aleksandar Mitrović	29 (3)	16	0	0	0 (1)	0	6	0	35 (4)	16	8	2
55	MF	BRA	Fernando Canesin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	VEN	Ronald Vargas	4 (6)	2	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	4 (7)	2	1	0