2016–17 R.S.C. Anderlecht season explained

Club:	Anderlecht
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	René Weiler
Chairman:	Roger Vanden Stock
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
League:	Belgian First Division A
League Result:	1st (champions)
Cup1:	Belgian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Seventh round
Cup2:	UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:	Third qualifying round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Quarter final
League Topscorer:	Łukasz Teodorczyk (22)
Season Topscorer:	Łukasz Teodorczyk (30)
Highest Attendance:	21,000 vs Standard Liège, Belgian First Division A, 29 January 2017
Lowest Attendance:	7,300 vs OH Leuven, Belgian Cup, 21 September 2016
Average Attendance:	18,333^[1]
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

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.

Match details

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

Belgian First Division A

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian First Division A.

Regular season

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

Championship play-offs

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
	1st	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	2–1	Chipciu 20', Tielemans 72'	9,941	^[33]
	1st	Gent	H	D	0–0		21,500	^[34]
	1st	KV Oostende	A	W	1–0	Hanni 48'	8,000	^[35]
	1st	Club Brugge	H	W	2–0	Dendoncker 21', Mbodji 34'	20,366	^[36]
	1st	Sporting Charleroi	H	L	0–1		21,500	^[37]
	1st	Gent	A	D	0–0		19,999	^[38]
	1st	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	2–0	Chipciu 15', Thelin 90+2'	19,500	^[39]
	1st	Club Brugge	A	D	1–1	Hanni 9'	27,490	^[40]
	1st	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	3–1	Teodorczyk (2) 59', 81', Bruno 87'	14,710	^[41]
	1st	KV Oostende	H	W	3–2	Rozehnal 42' o.g., Dendoncker 64', Acheampong 78'	19,500	^[42]

Belgian Cup

See main article: 2016–17 Belgian Cup.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round		OH Leuven	H	W	1–0	Harbaoui 52'	7,300	^[43]
Seventh round		Sporting Charleroi	A	D	2–2 3–5 pens.	Spajić 12', Teodorczyk 81'	9,689	^[44]

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying stage

See 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		Rostov	A	D	2–2	Hanni 3', Tielemans 52'	14,770	^[45]
Third qualifying round second leg		Rostov	H	L	0–2		19,464	^[46]

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying stage

See 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		Slavia Praha	A	W	3–0	Sylla 50, Teodorczyk 62', Hanni 72'	16,096	^[47]
Play-off round second leg		Slavia Praha	H	W	3–0	Tielemans 22' pen., Teodorczyk 40' pen., Heylen 61'	13,075	^[48]

Group stage

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group		Qabala	H	W	3–1	Teodorczyk 14', Rafael Santos 41' o.g., Capel 77'	11,638	^[49]
Group		Saint-Étienne	A	D	1–1	Tielemans 62' pen.	23,258	^[50]
Group		Mainz 05	A	D	1–1	Teodorczyk 65'	21,317	^[51]
Group		Mainz 05	H	W	6–1	Stanciu (2) 9', 41', Tielemans 62', Teodorczyk (2) 89', 90+4' pen., Bruno 90+2'	13,275	^[52]
Group		Qabala	A	W	3–1	Tielemans 10, Bruno 90', Teodorczyk 90+3'	4,500	^[53]
Group		Saint-Étienne	H	L	2–3	Chipciu 21', Stanciu 31'	13,583	^[54]

Knockout phase

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League knockout phase.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Round of 32		Zenit	H	W	2–0	Acheampong (2) 5', 31'	13,415	^[55]
Round of 32		Zenit	A	L	1–3	Thelin 90'	17,992	^[56]
Round of 16		APOEL	A	W	1–0	Stanciu 29'	19,327	^[57]
Round of 16		APOEL	H	W	1–0	Acheampong 65'	15,662	^[58]
Quarter final		Manchester United	H	D	1–1	Dendoncker 86'	20,060	^[59]
Quarter final		Manchester United	A	L	1–2	Hanni 32'	71,496	^[60]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[61]

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 included in matchday squads -->
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		Davy Roef	15	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	25	0	1	0
1	GK		Rubén Iván Martínez	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	7	0	0	0
3	DF		Olivier Deschacht	5 (11)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	9 (11)	0	2	0
4	DF		Kara Mbodji	29	4	0	0	0	0	7	0	36	4	10	0
5	DF		Sebastian De Maio	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
5	DF		Uroš Spajić *	24 (4)	1	2	1	0	0	9	0	35 (4)	2	7	0
7	MF		Andy Najar	7 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	12 (3)	0	1	0
8	MF		Stéphane Badji	6 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	2 (5)	0	9 (9)	0	3	1
9	FW		Hamdi Harbaoui	1 (7)	1	1	1	0	0	0 (2)	0	2 (9)	2	0	0
10	MF		Dennis Praet	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
10	MF		Massimo Bruno *	13 (15)	4	2	0	0	0	2 (7)	2	17 (22)	6	1	0
11	MF		Alexandru Chipciu	31 (1)	5	0 (2)	0	2	0	10 (2)	1	43 (5)	6	7	0
12	DF		Dennis Appiah	17	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	24	0	3	0
14	DF		Bram Nuytinck	28 (2)	1	2	0	2	0	9 (1)	0	41 (3)	1	7	0
16	MF		Steven Defour	1 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	0	0
17		MF		Diego Capel	5 (10)	1	2	0	0	0	2 (6)	1	9 (16)	2	2	0
18		FW		Frank Acheampong	16 (13)	3	2	0	0 (2)	0	12 (2)	3	30 (17)	6	5	0
19		FW		Oswal Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Fabrice N'Sakala	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22	MF		Idrissa Doumbia	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	2 (3)	0	0	0
23	GK		Frank Boeckx	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	26	0	1	0
24	DF		Michaël Heylen	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	1 (4)	1	0	0
24	FW		Isaac Kiese Thelin *	2 (14)	1	0	0	0	0	3 (3)	1	5 (17)	2	2	0
25	MF		Adrien Trebel	12 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12 (5)	0	4	0
26	FW		Idrissa Sylla	1 (3)	2	0	0	2	0	1 (1)	1	4 (4)	3	4	0
27	MF		Mahmoud Hassan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
31	MF		Youri Tielemans	35 (2)	13	1	0	2	1	13	4	51 (2)	18	8	0
32	MF		Leander Dendoncker	40	5	1	0	2	0	14	1	57	6	8	1
37	DF		Ivan Obradović	26	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	33	1	4	0
40	DF		Wout Faes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF		Emmanuel Sowah Adjei	5 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	9 (5)	0	3	0
45	GK		Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF		Hannes Delcroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW		Jorn Vancamp	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1	0
73	MF		Nicolae Stanciu	20 (4)	4	1 (1)	0	0	0	11 (1)	4	32 (6)	8	3	1
77	FW		Nathan Kabasele	0 (1)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	1	0
91	FW		Łukasz Teodorczyk *	36 (2)	22	0 (2)	1	0	0	10 (3)	7	46 (7)	30	10	0
94	MF		Sofiane Hanni	35 (3)	10	1 (1)	0	2	1	9 (4)	2	47 (8)	13	8	0
97	MF	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Dodi Lukebakio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Italy	Stefano Okaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eerste klasse a 2016/2017 - Attendance.
2. News: Anderlecht 2016-2017 : Results & Fixtures . Statto . 29 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102235351/http://www.statto.com/ . 2 November 2010 . dmy.
3. News: Mouscron-Péruwelz 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 1 August 2016.
4. News: Anderlecht 5–1 Kortrijk. Soccerway. 7 August 2016.
5. News: Sint-Truiden 0–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 15 August 2016.
6. News: AS Eupen 2–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 29 August 2016.
7. News: Anderlecht 2–2 Gent. Soccerway. 29 August 2016.
8. News: Anderlecht 3–2 Sporting Charleroi. Soccerway. 12 September 2016.
9. News: Genk 0–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 19 September 2016.
10. News: Anderlecht 1–2 Westerlo. Soccerway. 25 September 2016.
11. News: Standard Liège 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 4 October 2016.
12. News: Anderlecht 1–0 Lokeren. Soccerway. 16 October 2016.
13. News: Club Brugge 2–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 24 October 2016.
14. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Mechelen. Soccerway. 31 October 2016.
15. News: Waasland-Beveren 2–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 31 October 2016.
16. News: Anderlecht 1–1 KV Oostende. Soccerway. 8 November 2016.
17. News: Zulte-Waregem 3–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 8 November 2016.
18. News: Anderlecht 7–0 Royal Excel Mouscron. Soccerway. 29 November 2016.
19. News: Kortrijk 1–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 5 December 2016.
20. News: Anderlecht 0–0 Club Brugge. Soccerway. 5 December 2016.
21. News: Anderlecht 4–0 AS Eupen. Soccerway. 20 December 2016.
22. News: Gent 2–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 25 December 2016.
23. News: Sporting Charleroi 0–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 28 December 2016.
24. News: Anderlecht 3–1 Sint-Truiden. Soccerway. 24 January 2017.
25. News: Westerlo 2–4 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 25 January 2017.
26. News: Anderlecht 0–0 Standard Liège. Soccerway. 30 January 2017.
27. News: Lokeren 0–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 5 February 2017.
28. News: Anderlecht 4–2 Zulte-Waregem. Soccerway. 13 February 2017.
29. News: KV Oostende 1–4 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 21 February 2017.
30. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Genk. Soccerway. 27 February 2017.
31. News: Mechelen 3–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 4 March 2017.
32. News: Anderlecht 3–0 Waasland-Beveren. Soccerway. 12 March 2017.
33. News: Zulte-Waregem 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 4 April 2017.
34. News: Anderlecht 0–0 Gent. Soccerway. 10 April 2017.
35. News: KV Oostende 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 17 April 2017.
36. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Club Brugge. Soccerway. 26 April 2017.
37. News: Anderlecht 0–1 Sporting Charleroi. Soccerway. 2 May 2017.
38. News: Gent 0–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 2 May 2017.
39. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Zulte-Waregem. Soccerway. 7 May 2017.
40. News: Club Brugge 1–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 16 May 2017.
41. News: Sporting Charleroi 1–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 16 May 2017.
42. News: Anderlecht 3–2 KV Oostende. Soccerway. 23 May 2017.
43. News: Anderlecht 1–0 OH Leuven. Soccerway. 27 September 2016.
44. News: Sporting Charleroi 2–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 1 December 2016.
45. News: Rostov 2–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 27 July 2016.
46. News: Anderlecht 0–2 Rostov. Soccerway. 7 August 2016.
47. News: Slavia Prague 0–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 19 August 2016.
48. News: Anderlecht 3–0 Slavia Prague. Soccerway. 29 August 2016.
49. News: Anderlecht 3–1 Qabala. Soccerway. 15 September 2016.
50. News: Saint-Étienne 1–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 30 September 2016.
51. News: Mainz 05 1–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 24 October 2016.
52. News: Anderlecht 6–1 Mainz 05. Soccerway. 4 November 2016.
53. News: Qabala 1–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 24 November 2016.
54. News: Anderlecht 2–3 Saint-Étienne. Soccerway. 9 December 2016.
55. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Zenit. Soccerway. 16 February 2017.
56. News: Zenit 3–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 23 February 2017.
57. News: APOEL 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 9 March 2017.
58. News: Anderlecht 1–0 APOEL. Soccerway. 16 March 2017.
59. News: Anderlecht 1–1 Manchester United. Soccerway. 14 April 2017.
60. News: Manchester United 2–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 22 April 2017.
61. Web site: Anderlecht. FootballSquads. 28 July 2015.