2021–22 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht
season
Chairman	Wouter Vandenhaute
Head coach	Vincent Kompany
Stadium	Lotto Park
Belgian First Division A	7th
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joshua Zirkzee (2); All: ; Benito Raman; Yari Verschaeren; (3 each)
Highest home attendance	4,256 (vs. KF Laçi, 12 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	7,877 (vs. Vitesse, 19 August 2021)
Biggest win	3-0 (vs. KF Laçi (a), 5 August 2021 & vs. RFC Seraing (h), 8 August 2021)
Biggest defeat	1-3 (vs. Union Saint-Gilloise (h), 25 July 2021)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 26 August 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 114th season in the existence of R.S.C. Anderlecht and the club's 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Anderlecht will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 18 August 2021^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Timon Wellenreuther
3	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt
6	DF	ENG	Taylor Harwood-Bellis (on loan from Manchester City)
7	FW	BEL	Francis Amuzu
8	MF	IRL	Josh Cullen
9	FW	BEL	Benito Raman
11	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov
14	DF	UKR	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
16	GK	NED	Bart Verbruggen
17	MF	ESP	Sergio Gomez
18	MF	GHA	Majeed Ashimeru
19	FW	SLE	Mustapha Bundu
20	MF	SWE	Kristoffer Olsson
22	DF	BEL	Elias Cobbaut
23	FW	NED	Joshua Zirkzee (on loan from Bayern Munich)
24	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel
26	GK	BEL	Colin Coosemans
30	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge (captain)
34	DF	BEL	Mohamed Bouchouari
38	FW	GHA	Dauda Mohammed
46	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj
50	MF	BEL	Sieben Dewaele
51	MF	BEL	Yari Verschaeren
53	MF	BEL	Antoine Colassin
54	DF	BEL	Killian Sardella
55	DF	BEL	Marco Kana
56	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast
61	MF	NOR	Kristian Arnstad
62	DF	PAN	Michael Amir Murillo
68	DF	BEL	Nayel Mehssatou
70	GK	BEL	Rik Vercauteren

Transfers[]

In[]

Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Sergio Gomez	Borussia Dortmund	€1.5m	1 July 2021	^[2]

Out[]

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga	Arsenal	€19.9m	19 July 2021	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	Sint-Truiden	showBrussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: RSCA Football Academy

2 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	Cancelled	Oostende	showNeerpede, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	OFI	showBelgium
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–2	Ajax	showBrussels, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Haller 7', 55' Magallán 90+2'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud’hui

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	25 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Belgian Cup	TBD				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa Conference League	5 August 2021	26 August 2021	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	050.00
Total					8	4	2	2	16	11	+5	050.00

Last updated: 26 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Genk	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Eupen	7	3	2	2	13	9	+4	11
7	Anderlecht	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10
8	Kortrijk	7	3	1	3	9	8	+1	10
9	Sint-Truiden	7	3	1	3	6	8	−2	10

Updated to match(es) played on 13 September 2021. 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.^[4]

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
4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7	1	0	1	4	3	+1	1	1	0	3	2	+1

Last updated: 31 July 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	P
Position	16	17	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 31 July 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[5]

25 July 2021 1	Anderlecht	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	showAnderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Verschaeren 45+2' Hoedt 66' Murillo 90+4' Amuzu 90+5'	Report	Undav 20', 62' François 50' Lapoussin 52' Lazare 73' Avenatti 80'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

31 July 2021 2	Eupen	1–1	Anderlecht	showEupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Agbadou 29' Cools 45+1'	Report	Raman 39' Murillo 61'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,442 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

8 August 2021 3	Anderlecht	3–0	RFC Seraing	showAnderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 58' Kiese Thelin 69' Sergio Gómez 82' Amuzu 90+1', 90+3'	Report	Boulenger 31' 39'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee:

15 August 2021 4	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Anderlecht	showBrugge
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Deman 1' Utkus 19' Rubio 90+3'	Report	Zirkzee 13', 29'	Stadium: Jan Breydelstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee:

22 August 2021 5	Anderlecht	*(Postponed)*	Gent	showAnderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Lotto Park

29 August 2021 6	Genk	v	Anderlecht	showGenk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Luminus Arena

12 September 2021 7	Anderlecht	v	KV Mechelen	showAnderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Lotto Park

Belgian Cup[]

UEFA Europa Conference League[]

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[6]

5 August 2021 First leg	Laçi	0–3	Anderlecht	showElbasan, Albania
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Delcroix 27' Hoedt 42' Refaelov 61'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

12 August 2021 Second leg	Anderlecht	2–1 (5–1 agg.)	Laçi	showAnderlecht, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amuzu 32' Verschaeren 71'	Report	Lushkja 84'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

Play-off round[]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[7]

19 August 2021 First leg	Anderlecht	3–3	Vitesse	showAnderlecht, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 10', 34' Cullen 43' Verschaeren 90' Refaelov 90+4' Thelin 90+7'	Report	Bazoer 24' Dasa 31', 76' Bero 36' Frederiksen 46' Schubert 66' Tannane 72', 73' Darfalou 85' Wittek 88' Buitink 89'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 7,877 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

26 August 2021 Second leg	Vitesse	2–1 (5–4 agg.)	Anderlecht	showArnhem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wittek 4', 49'	Report	Refaelov 80'	Stadium: GelreDome Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Statistics[]

Squad appearances and goals[]

Last updated 19 August 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
16	GK		Bart Verbruggen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Colin Coosemans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Hendrik Van Crombrugge	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
70	GK		Rik Vercauteren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Hannes Delcroix	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1
4	DF		Wesley Hoedt	7	1	4	0	0	0	3	1
6	DF		Taylor Harwood-Bellis	5	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF		Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
22	DF		Elias Cobbaut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Mohamed Bouchouari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Killian Sardella	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
55	DF		Marco Kana	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
56	DF		Zeno Debast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF		Michael Amir Murillo	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
68	DF		Nayel Mehssatou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Josh Cullen	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF		Lior Refaelov	6	1	2+2	0	0	0	2	1
17	MF		Sergio Gómez	7	1	4	1	0	0	3	0
18	MF		Majeed Ashimeru	6	0	2+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
20	MF		Kristoffer Olsson	7	0	2+2	0	0	0	3	0
25	MF		Adrien Trebel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF		Anouar Ait El Hadj	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
50	MF		Sieben Dewaele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF		Yari Verschaeren	7	3	4	1	0	0	1+2	2
52	MF		Mario Stroeykens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
53	MF		Antoine Colassin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF		Kristian Arnstad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Francis Amuzu	6	2	2+2	1	0	0	2	1
9	FW		Benito Raman	7	3	4	1	0	0	3	2
19	FW		Mustapha Bundu	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW		Joshua Zirkzee	4	2	2	2	0	0	1+1	0
24	FW		Isaac Kiese Thelin	6	1	1+3	1	0	0	1+1	0
38	FW		Dauda Mohammed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers[]

References[]

^ "A-Team". R.S.C. Anderlecht.
^ "Sergio Gómez will play for RSCA next season". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Arsenal sign Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht on long-term contract". BBC. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[1] "A-Team". R.S.C. Anderlecht.

[2] "Sergio Gómez will play for RSCA next season". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[3] "Arsenal sign Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht on long-term contract". BBC. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[4] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[5] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[6] "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[7] "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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