2017–18 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2017–18 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Super Cup, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Anderlecht

2017–18 season
Chairman	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	René Weiler (until 18 September) Hein Vanhaezebrouck (from 3 October)
Ground	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division A	3rd
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Łukasz Teodorczyk (15) All: Łukasz Teodorczyk (15)
Average home league attendance	19,275
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Review and events

After winning the 2016–17 First Division A, Anderlecht opened the 2017–18 season with a Belgian Super Cup victory over Zulte Waregem, winners of the 2016–17 Belgian Cup in the first Belgian football match to feature the use of a video assistant referee.^[1]

Match details

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2017–18 Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Anderlecht	30	16	7	7	49	42	+7	55
3	Charleroi	30	13	12	5	46	30	+16	51
4	Gent	30	14	8	8	45	27	+18	50
5	Genk	30	11	11	8	44	36	+8	44

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.^[2]

Matches

Belgian First Division A match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
28 July 2017	10th	Antwerp	A	D	0–0		11,500	[3]
6 August 2017	5th	KV Oostende	H	W	1–0	Hanni 77'	20,000	[4]
13 August 2017	11th	Sporting Charleroi	A	L	0–2		11,400	[5]
20 August 2017	10th	Sint-Truiden	H	L	2–3	Bruno 18', Teodorczyk 87'	18,000	[6]
27 August 2017	11th	Gent	A	D	0–0		20,000	[7]
8 September 2017	10th	Lokeren	H	W	3–2	Onyekuru (2) 3', 77', Teodorczyk 90'	18,783	[8]
16 September 2017	9th	Kortrijk	A	D	2–2	Harbaoui 23', Onyekuru 76'	9,134	[9]
23 September 2017	7th	Waasland-Beveren	A	W	2–1	Stanciu 75', Spajić 81'	8,235	[10]
1 October 2017	7th	Standard Liège	H	W	1–0	Onyekuru 89'	26,361	[11]
13 October 2017	5th	Mechelen	A	W	4–3	Gerkens 18', Onyekuru (2) 30', 37', Teodorczyk 43'	16,715	[12]
22 October 2017	5th	Genk	H	L	0–1		20,000	[13]
25 October 2017	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	2–0	Gerkens 74', Harbaoui 77'	19,500	[14]
28 October 2017	3rd	AS Eupen	A	W	3–2	Leye 30' o.g., Wagué 32' o.g., Hanni 40'	5,000	[15]
5 November 2017	3rd	Club Brugge	H	D	0–0		20,500	[16]
18 November 2017	3rd	Royal Excel Mouscron	A	W	2–1	Bruno 42', Onyekuru 80'	10,101	[17]
26 November 2017	3rd	Kortrijk	H	W	4–0	Makarenko 1' o.g., Hanni 15', Trebel 73', Harbaoui 79'	19,000	[18]
2 December 2017	3rd	Lokeren	A	W	2–1	Gerkens 17', Onyekuru 52'	7,807	[19]
10 December 2017	3rd	Sporting Charleroi	H	L	1–3	Onyekuru 82'	19,000	[20]
17 December 2017	3rd	Club Brugge	A	L	0–5		27,667	[21]
22 December 2017	3rd	AS Eupen	H	W	1–0	Amuzu 25'	17,000	[22]
26 December 2017	3rd	Gent	H	W	1–0	Hanni 77'	21,000	[23]
21 January 2018	2nd	Genk	A	W	1–0	Hanni 45'	19,755	[24]
24 January 2018	3rd	Waasland-Beveren	H	D	2–2	Teodorczyk 40', Saief 83'	19,000	[25]
28 January 2018	3rd	Standard Liège	A	D	3–3	Hanni (3) 14', 41', 44'	27,259	[26]
4 February 2018	3rd	Mechelen	H	D	2–2	Ganvoula (2) 10', 57'	19,549	[27]
10 February 2018	3rd	KV Oostende	A	L	0–2		6,807	[28]
16 February 2018	3rd	Sint-Truiden	A	L	0–1		10,433	[29]
25 February 2018	3rd	Royal Excel Mouscron	H	W	5–3	Morioka (2) 26', 90+2', Teodorczyk (3) 45+2' pen., 57', 61'	20,500	[30]
3 March 2018	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	3–2	Morioka 2', Teodorczyk (2) 12', 32'	11,073	[31]
11 March 2018	2nd	Antwerp	H	W	2–1	Teodorczyk 22', Ganvoula 77' pen.	19,886	[32]

Championship play-off

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	STA	AND	GNT	GNK	CHA
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	46	Qualification for the Champions League group stage		—	4–4	1–2	0–1	1–0	6–0
2	Standard Liège	10	6	3	1	20	9	+11	43	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		1–1	—	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0
3	Anderlecht	10	4	0	6	12	15	−3	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage		1–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	3–1
4	Gent	10	4	2	4	8	8	0	39	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		1–0	1–3	1–0	—	0–0	0–1
5	Genk (O)	10	4	4	2	13	13	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League play-off final		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	4–1
6	Charleroi	10	2	2	6	9	22	−13	34			1–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season^[33]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
1 April 2018	3rd	Gent	H	L	0–2		19,500	[34]
6 April 2018	3rd	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	2–1	Morioka 3', Teodorczyk 64' pen.	10,918	[35]
15 April 2018	2nd	Club Brugge	H	W	1–0	Teodorczyk 52'	20,391	[36]
18 April 2018	2nd	Standard Liège	A	L	1–2	Trebel 40'	27,259	[37]
21 April 2018	2nd	Genk	A	L	1–2	Marković 20'	16,905	[38]
29 April 2018	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	H	W	3–1	Gerkens 44', Morioka 57', Dendoncker 73'	19,721	[39]
6 May 2018	2nd	Club Brugge	A	W	2–1	Teodorczyk 58', Morioka 73'	27,671	[40]
10 May 2018	3rd	Standard Liège	H	L	1–3	Teodorczyk 63'	19,500	[41]
13 May 2018	3rd	Gent	A	L	0–1		19,999	[42]
20 May 2018	3rd	Genk	H	L	1–2	Teodorczyk 53'	26,361	[43]

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2017 Belgian Super Cup

Belgian Super Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Final	22 July 2017	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	2–1	Hanni 46', Trebel 59'	21,500	[44]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2017–18 Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round	20 September 2017	Westerlo	A	W	1–0	Onyekuru 66'		[45]
Seventh round	29 November 2017	Standard Liège	H	L	0–1		20,500	[46]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	BAY	CEL	AND
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	5	0	1	25	4	+21	15[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	7–1	5–0
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	13	6	+7	15[a]			3–1	—	3–0	3–0
3	Celtic	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13	3[b]	Transfer to Europa League		0–5	1–2	—	0–1
4	Anderlecht	6	1	0	5	2	17	−15	3[b]			0–4	1–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
2. Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

UEFA Champions League match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group	12 September 2017	Bayern München	A	L	0–3		70,000	[47]
Group	27 September 2017	Celtic	H	L	0–3		19,898	[48]
Group	18 October 2017	PSG	H	L	0–4		19,108	[49]
Group	31 October 2017	PSG	A	L	0–5		46,403	[50]
Group	22 November 2017	Bayern München	H	L	1–2	Hanni 63'	19,753	[51]
Group	5 December 2017	Celtic	A	W	1–0	Šimunović 62' o.g.	57,931	[52]

Appearances and goals

Source:

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

Players contracted for the 2017–18 season

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	Matz Sels *	32	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	37	0	1	0
2	DF	POR	Josué Sá	17 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	0 (3)	0	18 (8)	0	4	0
3	DF	BEL	Olivier Deschacht	21	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	26	0	2	1
4	DF	SEN	Kara Mbodji	13	0	1	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	19 (1)	0	2	0
5	DF	SER	Uroš Spajić	27 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	35 (1)	1	11	0
7	MF	HON	Andy Najar	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
8	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens	28 (6)	4	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	5	0	33 (8)	4	3	0
9	FW	NGA	Henry Onyekuru *	14 (5)	9	0 (1)	0	2	1	4 (2)	0	20 (8)	10	5	0
10	MF	ROU	Nicolae Stanciu †	3 (7)	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	5 (10)	1	2	0
10	MF	JPN	Ryota Morioka	13 (3)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (3)	6	0	0
11	MF	ROU	Alexandru Chipciu	10 (7)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	14 (7)	0	3	0
12	DF	FRA	Dennis Appiah	23 (4)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	30 (6)	0	7	0
15	MF	USA	Kenny Saief *	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	3	0
17	MF	BEL	Massimo Bruno *	7 (10)	2	0	0	2	0	0 (4)	0	9 (14)	2	1	0
20	MF	BEL	Sven Kums	35	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	5	0	42 (1)	0	7	1
23	GK	BEL	Frank Boeckx	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12	0	1	0
24	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel	30 (3)	2	1	1	1	0	6	0	38 (3)	3	10	1
30	GK	NED	Boy de Jong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	BEL	Leander Dendoncker	35 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	43 (1)	1	8	2
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula	4 (11)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (11)	3	1	0
36	FW	SVN	Robert Berić * †	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
37	DF	SER	Ivan Obradović	21 (4)	0	1	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	26 (5)	0	5	0
38	FW	GHA	Dauda Mohammed	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
39	MF	COD	Edo Kayembe	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
40	FW	BEL	Francis Amuzu	3 (8)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (8)	1	0	0
41	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Sowah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
43	DF	BEL	Kobe Cools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	BEL	Mile Svilar †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	MLI	Abdoul Karim Danté	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
48	FW	BEL	Albert Sambi Lokonga	4 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	0	0	0
50	MF	SRB	Lazar Marković *	5 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (3)	1	1	0
52	MF	BEL	Nelson Azevedo-Janelas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
56	MF	BEL	Alexis Saelemaekers	7 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	0	2	0
91	FW	POL	Łukasz Teodorczyk	28 (5)	15	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	33 (7)	15	11	1
94	MF	ALG	Sofiane Hanni †	21 (2)	8	1	1	1	0	6	1	29 (2)	10	5	0
99	FW	TUN	Hamdi Harbaoui †	5 (6)	3	0	0	2	0	0 (2)	0	7 (8)	3	4	0

Transfers

In

First Team

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Ref
1 July 2017	MF	20	Sven Kums	Watford	Unknown	[53]
1 July 2017	MF	8	Pieter Gerkens	Sint-Truidense	Unknown	[54]
1 July 2017	DF	5	Uros Spajic	Toulouse	Unknown	[55]

Out

First Team

Date	Position	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Ref
3 July 2017	DF	Fabrice N'Sakala	Alanyaspor	Unknown	[56]
22 July 2017	DF	Rafael Galhardo	Cruzeiro	Free	[57]
28 July 2017	DF	Bram Nuytinck	Udinese	Unknown	[58]
28 August 2017	GK	Mile Svilar	Benfica	€2,500,000	[59]

Loans

In

First Team

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	GK	1	Matz Sels	Newcastle United	[60]
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	9	Henry Onyekuru	Everton	[61]
Loan ext.	30 June 2018	MF	17	Massimo Bruno	RB Leipzig	[62]
Loan ext.	30 June 2018[a]	FW	24	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Bordeaux	[63]

1. Anderlecht have negotiated an option to buy clause in Thelin's loan extension

Out

First Team

Start date	End date	Position	Player	To club	Ref
July 2017	January 2018	MF	Frank Acheampong	Tianjin Teda[a]	[64]
1 July 2017		MF	Stéphane Badji	Kayserispor	[65]
5 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Mahmoud Hassan	Kasımpaşa	[66]
19 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Jorn Vancamp	Roda	[67]
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	Aaron Leya Iseka	Zulte Waregem	[68]
19 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Idrissa Doumbia	Zulte Waregem	[69]
2 July 2017	30 June 2018	MF	Dodi Lukebakio	Charleroi	[70]

1. Tianjin Teda have an option to purchase clause in this loan agreement

Awards

See also

• 2017–18 in Belgian football
• 2017–18 Belgian First Division A
• 2017–18 Belgian Cup
• 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
• 2017 Belgian Super Cup