2023–24 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2023–24 season was Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht's 116th season in existence and 88th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

R.S.C. Anderlecht

2023–24 season
Chairman	Wouter Vandenhaute
Manager	Brian Riemer
Stadium	Lotto Park
Champions' Play-offs	3rd
Belgian Pro League Regular season	2nd
Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Anders Dreyer (15) All: Anders Dreyer (17)
Average home league attendance	19,816[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Kasper Schmeichel 5 DF  SEN Moussa N'Diaye 7 MF  BEL Francis Amuzu 10 MF  BEL Yari Verschaeren 11 FW  BEL Thorgan Hazard 12 FW  DEN Kasper Dolberg 14 DF  BEL Jan Vertonghen (captain) 15 DF  SWE Ludwig Augustinsson (on loan from Sevilla) 16 GK  DEN Mads Kikkenborg 17 MF  BEL Théo Leoni 18 MF  GHA Majeed Ashimeru 20 FW  ARG Luis Vázquez 21 MF  GUI Amadou Diawara

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  BEL Louis Patris 23 MF  BEL Mats Rits 25 MF  DEN Thomas Delaney (on loan from Sevilla) 26 GK  BEL Colin Coosemans 29 FW  BEL Mario Stroeykens 32 FW  ECU Nilson Angulo 33 DF  ARG Federico Gattoni (on loan from Sevilla) 36 MF  DEN Anders Dreyer 54 DF  BEL Killian Sardella 56 DF  BEL Zeno Debast 61 MF  NOR Kristian Arnstad 63 GK  BEL Timon Vanhoutte

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BEL Antoine Colassin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BEL Marco Kana (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024) — MF  NGA Ishaq Abdulrazak (at Häcken until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Alexis Flips (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Kasper Dolberg	Nice	Free	7 July 2023	[3]
DF	Louis Patris	OH Leuven	€3,500,000	8 July 2023	[4]
GK	Maxime Dupé	Toulouse	Free	18 July 2023	[5]
MF	Justin Lonwijk	Dynamo Kiev	Loan	25 July 2023	[6]
FW	Luis Vázquez	Boca Juniors	€4,500,000	26 July 2023	[7]
MF	Tudor Mendel-Idowu	Chelsea	Free	27 July 2023	[8]
MF	Alexis Flips	Reims	€3,500,000	8 August 2023	[9]
MF	Mats Rits	Club Brugge	€2,000,000	15 August 2023	[10]
DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	Sevilla	Loan	16 August 2023	[11]
MF	Thomas Delaney	Sevilla	Loan	22 August 2023	[12]
GK	Kasper Schmeichel	Nice	Free	5 September 2023	[13]
MF	Thorgan Hazard	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed	6 September 2023	[14]
DF	Federico Gattoni	Sevilla	Loan	30 January 2024	[15]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Mohammed Dauda	Tenerife	Undisclosed	24 May 2023	[16]
GK	Timon Wellenreuther	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	2 June 2023	[17][18]
MF	Lior Refaelov	Maccabi Haifa	Free	15 June 2023	[19][20]
MF	Kristoffer Olsson	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	3 July 2023	[21]
GK	Bart Verbruggen	Brighton & Hove Albion	€20,000,000	4 July 2023	[22]
DF	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	Genk	€1,300,000	18 July 2023	[23]
DF	Bogdan Mykhaylichenko	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	24 July 2023	[24]
DF	Noah Sadiki	Union SG	€1,400,000	27 July 2023	[25]
FW	Lucas Stassin	Westerlo	€1,500,000	27 July 2023	[26][27]
DF	Hannes Delcroix	Burnley	Undisclosed	22 August 2023	[28]
DF	Michael Amir Murillo	Marseille	Undisclosed	30 August 2023	[29]
FW	Mustapha Bundu	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Oudenaarde v Anderlecht

24 June 2023 Friendly	Oudenaarde	0–5	Anderlecht	Oudenaarde
19:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Burgemeester Thienpontstadion

Anderlecht v FCSB

1 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	5–2	FCSB
13:00 UTC+1

Anderlecht v Lokomotiva Zagreb

7 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Brussels
13:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

Anderlecht v Sparta Prague

14 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–6	Sparta Prague
16:00 UTC+2
Note: Three periods of 45 minutes.

Anderlecht v Ajax

22 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Ajax	Brussels
13:30 UTC+2	Dolberg 12' Aertssen 80' (o.g.) Raman 90+4'			Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Al Ahli

12 January 2024 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–0	Al Ahli
15:00 UTC+1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League Regular season	28 July 2023	16 March 2024	Matchday 1	2nd	30	18	9	3	58	30	+28	060.00
Champions' Play-offs	1 April 2024	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		9	4	2	3	11	9	+2	044.44
Belgian Cup	30 October 2023	25 January 2024	Seventh round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Total					42	24	11	7	73	41	+32	057.14

Last updated: 19 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Union SG	30	21	7	2	63	31	+32	70	Qualification for the Europa League and champions' play-offs[a]
2	Anderlecht	30	18	9	3	58	30	+28	63	Qualification for the champions' play-offs
3	Antwerp	30	14	10	6	55	27	+28	52
4	Club Brugge	30	14	9	7	62	29	+33	51
5	Cercle Brugge	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	47

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[31]
Notes:

1. The regular season winner qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the play-off.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	9	3	58	30	+28	63	11	3	1	30	13	+17	7	6	2	28	17	+11

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	15	8	6	4	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[32]

Union Saint-Gilloise v Anderlecht

28 July 2023 1	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Anderlecht	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgess  17' Rasmussen  27' Eckert 30' Vanhoutte  54' Nilsson  83' Mac Allister  85' Puertas 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Sardella  75' Vertonghen  83' Leoni  87'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Anderlecht v Antwerp

6 August 2023 2	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Brussels
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 45+5' (pen.) Patris  90+2'	Report	Balikwisha  38'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 15,068 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Sint Truiden v Anderlecht

13 August 2023 3	Sint Truiden	0–1	Anderlecht	Sint-Truiden
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Helden  19' Koita  60' Delorge-Knieper  86' Barnes  90+6'	Report	Stroeykens  21' N'Diaye 53' Dreyer  56' Arnstad  68' N'Diaye  82' Leoni  84' Patris  90+3'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 8,365 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Anderlecht v Westerlo

20 August 2023 4	Anderlecht	2–1	Westerlo	Brussels
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 1' Diawara  45+2' Vertonghen 72'	Report	Fixelles  52' Madsen  74' Jordanov 81',  87'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Charleroi

27 August 2023 5	Anderlecht	2–1	Charleroi	Brussels
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leoni 34' Amuzu 78'	Report	Rogelj  32' Andreou 76' Heymans  87'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 16,082 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Genk v Anderlecht

3 September 2023 6	Genk	1–1	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonsu Baah  9' Muñoz  86' Arteaga  89' Arokodare 90+7'	Report	Vertonghen  9' Delaney  24' Debast  32' Flips  49' Rits  54' Amuzu 71' Vázquez  89'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 20,655 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Kortrijk v Anderlecht

17 September 2023 7	Kortrijk	2–2	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Neve 19' Kana  33'  81' Avenatti  41', 57' (pen.) Audoor  71' Mehssatou  85'	Report	Dolberg 20' Debast  54' Hazard  90+5' Dreyer 90+7'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Anderlecht v Club Brugge

24 September 2023 8	Anderlecht	1–1	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 40'	Report	Vetlesen  13' Olsen 64'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Lawrence Visser

Eupen v Anderlecht

30 September 2023 9	Eupen	1–3	Anderlecht	Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Christie-Davies  36' Nuhu 38' (Finnbogason)		Dreyer 1' (Leoni) Paeshuyse 67' (o.g.) Vázquez 88' (Leoni)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Anderlecht v Mechelen

7 October 2023 10	Anderlecht	3–1	Mechelen	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Stroeykens 14' (Hazard) Leoni  58' Dolberg 60' (Augustinsson) Sardella  69' Amuzu 90+3' (Vázquez)		Schoofs  27' Storm 73' (without assist) Bates  77' Mrabti  83'	Stadium: Lotto Park

Standard Liège v Anderlecht

22 October 2023 11	Standard Liège	3–2	Anderlecht	Liège
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngoy  50', 61' (without assist) Alzate 52' (without assist) Kawabe 55' (Fossey) Price  90+6'		Dolberg 18' (Hazard) Dreyer 24' (Rits) Hazard  60' Debast  90+1' Schmeichel  90+22'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Anderlecht v OH Leuven

28 October 2023 12	Anderlecht	5–1	OH Leuven	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Cercle Brugge v Anderlecht

5 November 2023 13	Cercle Brugge	0–3	Anderlecht	Brugge
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Gent v Anderlecht

12 November 2023 14	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Anderlecht v RWDM

26 November 2023 15	Anderlecht	2–1	RWDM	Brussels
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Westerlo v Anderlecht

1 December 2023 16	Westerlo	1–3	Anderlecht	Westerlo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kuipje

Anderlecht v Genk

23 December 2023 19	Anderlecht	2–1	Genk	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Cercle Brugge

27 December 2023 20	Anderlecht	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Union Saint-Gilloise

28 January 2024 22	Anderlecht	2–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Gent

4 February 2024 24	Anderlecht	1–0	Gent	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Sint-Truiden

18 February 2024 26	Anderlecht	4–1	Sint-Truiden	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Eupen

3 March 2024 28	Anderlecht	1–0	Eupen	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Anderlecht v Kortrijk

16 March 2024 30	Anderlecht	0–1	Kortrijk	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Champions' Play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CLU	USG	AND	CER	GNK	ANT
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	7	3	0	21	6	+15	50	Qualification for the Champions League league stage		—	2–2	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–0
2	Union SG	10	4	2	4	17	12	+5	49	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round		1–2	—	0–0	2–3	2–0	4–1
3	Anderlecht	10	4	2	4	12	12	0	46	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round		0–1	2–1	—	3–0	2–1	1–0
4	Cercle Brugge	10	3	4	3	13	13	0	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]		1–1	1–2	1–1	—	4–1	0–1
5	Genk	10	4	1	5	8	17	−9	37	Qualification for the European competition play-off		0–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–0
6	Antwerp	10	2	0	8	7	18	−11	32			1–2	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[33]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Union SG qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2023–24 Belgian Cup. The Europa League second qualifying spot and the European competition play-off spot were thus passed to the next two highest-placed teams that did not qualify for European competitions.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	2	3	11	9	+2	14	4	0	1	8	3	+5	0	2	2	3	6	−3

Last updated: 19 May 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L
Position	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Anderlecht v Antwerp

30 March 2024 1	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Brussels
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sardella 52'	Report	Wijndal  43'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Club Brugge v Anderlecht

7 April 2024 2	Club Brugge	3–1	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mechele 3' Onyedika 61', 89'	Report	Dreyer 90+1'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 24,166 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Union Saint-Gilloise

14 April 2024 3	Anderlecht	2–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Brussels
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 11' Debast  29'  64' Amuzu 76'	Report	Puertas 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Genk v Anderlecht

20 April 2024 4	Genk	2–1	Anderlecht	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Arokodare 14' Zeqiri 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Dreyer 75'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Cercle Brugge

24 April 2024 5	Anderlecht	3–0	Cercle Brugge	Brussels
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leoni 31', 56' Dreyer 33'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Cercle Brugge v Anderlecht

28 April 2024 6	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Anderlecht	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Daland 51'	Report	Stroeykens 11'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Union Saint-Gilloise v Anderlecht

5 May 2024 7	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Anderlecht	Brussels
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Anderlecht v Genk

11 May 2024 8	Anderlecht	2–1	Genk	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Verschaeren 44' Dolberg 70'	Report	Arokodare 75'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Lawrence Bisser

Anderlecht v Club Brugge

19 May 2024 9	Anderlecht	0–1	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Odoi 29'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Erik Lambrechts

Antwerp v Anderlecht

26 May 2024 10	Antwerp	3–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Bosuilstadion

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

RAAL La Louvière v Anderlecht

31 October 2023 Seveenth round	RAAL La Louvière	0–1	Anderlecht	La Louvière
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Raman 19'	Stadium: Stade Communal du Tivoli Referee: Matonga Simonini

Anderlecht v Standard Liège

7 December 2023 Round of 16	Anderlecht	2–0	Standard Liège	Brussels
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lotto Park

Union Saint-Gilloise v Anderlecht

25 January 2024 Quarter-finals	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Anderlecht	Brussels
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lapoussin 26',  90+9' Mac Allister  32' Burgess  53' Rodríguez 62' (pen.) Moris  90+10'	Report	Leoni  24' Rits  53' Dreyer 90+4'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Referee: Lothar D'hondt