2016–17 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2016–17 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Anderlecht

2016–17 season
Chairman	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	René Weiler
Ground	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division A	1st (champions)
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Quarter final
Top goalscorer	League: Łukasz Teodorczyk (22) All: Łukasz Teodorczyk (30)
Highest home attendance	21,000 vs Standard Liège, Belgian First Division A, 29 January 2017
Lowest home attendance	7,300 vs OH Leuven, Belgian Cup, 21 September 2016
Average home league attendance	18,333[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Match details

League positions are sourced by Statto,^[2] while the remaining information is referenced individually.

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Anderlecht	30	18	7	5	67	30	+37	61	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Club Brugge	30	18	5	7	56	24	+32	59
3	Zulte Waregem	30	15	9	6	49	38	+11	54
4	Gent	30	14	8	8	45	29	+16	50
5	Oostende	30	14	8	8	52	37	+15	50

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.^[3]

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
30 July 2016	3rd	Royal Excel Mouscron	A	W	2–1	Acheampong 62', Sylla 65'	7,000	[4]
7 August 2016	1st	Kortrijk	H	W	5–1	Hanni 32', Teodorczyk 50', Chipciu 54', Defour 63', Sylla 75'	20,000	[5]
12 August 2016	1st	Sint-Truiden	A	D	0–0		10,039	[6]
21 August 2016	2nd	AS Eupen	A	D	2–2	Capel 21', Teodorczyk 46'	5,221	[7]
28 August 2016	5th	Gent	H	D	2–2	Tielemans 19' pen., Teodorczyk 47'	19,000	[8]
11 September 2016	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	H	W	3–2	Teodorczyk 57', Hanni 66', Tielemans 68'	19,000	[9]
18 September 2016	2nd	Genk	A	W	2–0	Mbodji 64', Harbaoui 76'	19,570	[10]
25 September 2016	2nd	Westerlo	H	L	1–2	Hanni 83'	11,000	[11]
2 October 2016	2nd	Standard Liège	A	W	1–0	Teodorczyk 79'	27,850	[12]
16 October 2016	1st	Lokeren	H	W	1–0	Teodorczyk 89'	20,000	[13]
23 October 2016	2nd	Club Brugge	A	L	1–2	Teodorczyk 87'	27,106	[14]
26 October 2016	2nd	Mechelen	H	W	2–0	Teodorczyk 31', Tielemans 81' pen.	17,509	[15]
30 October 2016	2nd	Waasland-Beveren	A	L	1–2	Teodorczyk 10'	7,098	[16]
6 November 2016	2nd	KV Oostende	H	D	1–1	Tielemans 82' pen.	20,000	[17]
20 November 2016	6th	Zulte-Waregem	A	L	2–3	Teodorczyk (2) 14', 31'	12,250	[18]
27 November 2016	6th	Royal Excel Mouscron	H	W	7–0	Teodorczyk 1', Hanni 21', Delač 28' o.g., Stanciu 31', Tielemans 76' pen., Spajić 82', Bruno 84'	15,000	[19]
4 December 2016	3rd	Kortrijk	A	W	3–1	Stanciu 29', Teodorczyk 56', Obradović 83'	9,191	[20]
11 December 2016	3rd	Club Brugge	H	D	0–0		20,000	[21]
18 December 2016	3rd	AS Eupen	H	W	4–0	Hanni (2) 8', 90', Dendoncker (2) 21', 61'	15,000	[22]
22 December 2016	3rd	Gent	A	W	3–2	Teodorczyk (2) 29', 56', Chipciu 74'	19,999	[23]
26 December 2016	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	2–0	Teodorczyk 74', Acheampong 85'	14,061	[24]
22 January 2017	2nd	Sint-Truiden	H	W	3–1	Tielemans (2) 31', 90+2' pen., Stanciu 65'	19,000	[25]
25 January 2017	2nd	Westerlo	A	W	4–2	Teodorczyk 7', Stanciu 15', Dendoncker 45', Tielemans 49'	8,000	[26]
29 January 2017	2nd	Standard Liège	H	D	0–0		21,000	[27]
3 February 2017	2nd	Lokeren	A	D	0–0		8,202	[28]
12 February 2017	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	4–2	Hanni 22', Bruno 42', Tielemans 46', Chipciu 90+1'	19,000	[29]
19 February 2017	2nd	KV Oostende	A	W	4–1	Hanni 2', Tielemans (2) 67', 69', Teodorczyk 90'	9,000	[30]
26 February 2017	2nd	Genk	H	W	2–0	Mbodji 32', Tielemans 50'	19,000	[31]
4 March 2017	2nd	Mechelen	A	L	2–3	Teodorczyk 54', Nuytinck 71'	16,701	[32]
12 March 2017	1st	Waasland-Beveren	H	W	3–0	Bruno 3', Teodorczyk 36', Mbodji 41'	20,000	[33]

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AND	CLU	GNT	OOS	CHA	ZWA
1	Anderlecht (C)	10	6	3	1	14	6	+8	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	2–0
2	Club Brugge	10	4	3	3	16	14	+2	45	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		1–1	—	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
3	Gent	10	4	4	2	16	11	+5	41	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		0–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–1	5–2
4	Oostende (O)	10	3	3	4	14	17	−3	37	Qualification for the Europa League play-off final		0–1	2–1	4–3	—	1–0	1–1
5	Charleroi	10	2	4	4	10	13	−3	35			1–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	—	2–0
6	Zulte Waregem	10	1	3	6	12	21	−9	33	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]		1–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.^[34]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Zulte Waregem qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Belgian Cup.

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
31 March 2017	1st	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	2–1	Chipciu 20', Tielemans 72'	9,941	[35]
9 April 2017	1st	Gent	H	D	0–0		21,500	[36]
16 April 2017	1st	KV Oostende	A	W	1–0	Hanni 48'	8,000	[37]
23 April 2017	1st	Club Brugge	H	W	2–0	Dendoncker 21', Mbodji 34'	20,366	[38]
27 April 2017	1st	Sporting Charleroi	H	L	0–1		21,500	[39]
30 April 2017	1st	Gent	A	D	0–0		19,999	[40]
7 May 2017	1st	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	2–0	Chipciu 15', Thelin 90+2'	19,500	[41]
14 May 2017	1st	Club Brugge	A	D	1–1	Hanni 9'	27,490	[42]
18 May 2017	1st	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	3–1	Teodorczyk (2) 59', 81', Bruno 87'	14,710	[43]
21 May 2017	1st	KV Oostende	H	W	3–2	Rozehnal 42' o.g., Dendoncker 64', Acheampong 78'	19,500	[44]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Belgian Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round	21 September 2016	OH Leuven	H	W	1–0	Harbaoui 52'	7,300	[45]
Seventh round	1 December 2016	Sporting Charleroi	A	D	2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–5 pens.	Spajić 12', Teodorczyk 81'	9,689	[46]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Third qualifying round first leg	26 July 2016	Rostov	A	D	2–2	Hanni 3', Tielemans 52'	14,770	[47]
Third qualifying round second leg	3 August 2016	Rostov	H	L	0–2		19,464	[48]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Play-off round first leg	18 August 2016	Slavia Praha	A	W	3–0	Sylla 50, Teodorczyk 62', Hanni 72'	16,096	[49]
Play-off round second leg	25 August 2016	Slavia Praha	H	W	3–0	Tielemans 22' pen., Teodorczyk 40' pen., Heylen 61'	13,075	[50]

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SET	AND	MNZ	QAB
1	Saint-Étienne	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	0–0	1–0
2	Anderlecht	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11			2–3	—	6–1	3–1
3	Mainz 05	6	2	3	1	8	10	−2	9			1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Gabala	6	0	0	6	5	14	−9	0			1–2	1–3	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group	15 September 2016	Qabala	H	W	3–1	Teodorczyk 14', Rafael Santos 41' o.g., Capel 77'	11,638	[52]
Group	29 September 2016	Saint-Étienne	A	D	1–1	Tielemans 62' pen.	23,258	[53]
Group	20 October 2016	Mainz 05	A	D	1–1	Teodorczyk 65'	21,317	[54]
Group	4 November 2016	Mainz 05	H	W	6–1	Stanciu (2) 9', 41', Tielemans 62', Teodorczyk (2) 89', 90+4' pen., Bruno 90+2'	13,275	[55]
Group	24 November 2016	Qabala	A	W	3–1	Tielemans 10, Bruno 90', Teodorczyk 90+3'	4,500	[56]
Group	8 December 2016	Saint-Étienne	H	L	2–3	Chipciu 21', Stanciu 31'	13,583	[57]

Knockout phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Round of 32	16 February 2017	Zenit	H	W	2–0	Acheampong (2) 5', 31'	13,415	[58]
Round of 32	23 February 2017	Zenit	A	L	1–3	Thelin 90'	17,992	[59]
Round of 16	9 March 2017	APOEL	A	W	1–0	Stanciu 29'	19,327	[60]
Round of 16	16 March 2017	APOEL	H	W	1–0	Acheampong 65'	15,662	[61]
Quarter final	13 April 2017	Manchester United	H	D	1–1	Dendoncker 86'	20,060	[62]
Quarter final	20 April 2017	Manchester United	A	L	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hanni 32'	71,496	[63]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[64]

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 for the whole of their season with Anderlecht.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Belgian Cup		UEFA CL		UEFA EL		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BEL	Davy Roef †	15	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	25	0	1	0
1	GK	ESP	Rubén Iván Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Olivier Deschacht	5 (11)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9 (11)	0	2	0
4	DF	SEN	Kara Mbodji	29	4	0	0	0	0	7	0	36	4	10	0
5	DF	FRA	Sebastian De Maio †	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
5	DF	SRB	Uroš Spajić *	24 (4)	1	2	1	0	0	9	0	35 (4)	2	7	0
7	MF	HON	Andy Najar	7 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	12 (3)	0	1	0
8	MF	SEN	Stéphane Badji	6 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	2 (5)	0	9 (9)	0	3	1
9	FW	TUN	Hamdi Harbaoui	1 (7)	1	1	1	0	0	0 (2)	0	2 (9)	2	0	0
10	MF	BEL	Dennis Praet †	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
10	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno *	13 (15)	4	2	0	0	0	2 (7)	2	17 (22)	6	1	0
11	MF	ROU	Alexandru Chipciu	31 (1)	5	0 (2)	0	2	0	10 (2)	1	43 (5)	6	7	0
12	DF	FRA	Dennis Appiah	17	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	24	0	3	0
14	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck	28 (2)	1	2	0	2	0	9 (1)	0	41 (3)	1	7	0
16	MF	BEL	Steven Defour †	1 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Diego Capel	5 (10)	1	2	0	0	0	2 (6)	1	9 (16)	2	2	0
18	FW	GHA	Frank Acheampong	16 (13)	3	2	0	0 (2)	0	12 (2)	3	30 (17)	6	5	0
19	FW	COL	Oswal Álvarez †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	COD	Fabrice N'Sakala	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22	MF	CIV	Idrissa Doumbia	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	2 (3)	0	0	0
23	GK	BEL	Frank Boeckx	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	26	0	1	0
24	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen †	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	1 (4)	1	0	0
24	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin *	2 (14)	1	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	1	5 (17)	2	2	0
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel	12 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12 (5)	0	4	0
26	FW	GUI	Idrissa Sylla †	1 (3)	2	0	0	2	0	1 (1)	1	4 (4)	3	4	0
27	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Hassan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
31	MF	BEL	Youri Tielemans	35 (2)	13	1	0	2	1	13	4	51 (2)	18	8	0
32	MF	BEL	Leander Dendoncker	40	5	1	0	2	0	14	1	57	6	8	1
37	DF	SRB	Ivan Obradović	26	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	33	1	4	0
40	DF	BEL	Wout Faes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Sowah Adjei	5 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	9 (5)	0	3	0
45	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	BEL	Jorn Vancamp	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1	0
73	MF	ROU	Nicolae Stanciu	20 (4)	4	1 (1)	0	0	0	11 (1)	4	32 (6)	8	3	1
77	FW	BEL	Nathan Kabasele	0 (1)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	1	0
91	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk *	36 (2)	22	0 (2)	1	0	0	10 (3)	7	46 (7)	30	10	0
94	MF	ALG	Sofiane Hanni	35 (3)	10	1 (1)	0	2	1	9 (4)	2	47 (8)	13	8	0
97	MF	COD	Dodi Lukebakio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0