2017–18 R.S.C. Anderlecht season explained

Club:	Anderlecht
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	René Weiler (until 18 September) Hein Vanhaezebrouck (from 3 October)
Chairman:	Roger Vanden Stock
Stdtitle:	Ground
Stadium:	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
League:	Belgian First Division A
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Belgian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Seventh round
Cup2:	Belgian Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Łukasz Teodorczyk (15)
Season Topscorer:	Łukasz Teodorczyk (15)
Average Attendance:	19,275
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Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

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.

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

See main article: 2017–18 Belgian First Division A.

Regular season

Matches

Belgian First Division A match details

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

Championship play-off

Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
	3rd	Gent	H	L	0–2		19,500	^[32]
	3rd	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	2–1	Morioka 3', Teodorczyk 64' pen.	10,918	^[33]
	2nd	Club Brugge	H	W	1–0	Teodorczyk 52'	20,391	^[34]
	2nd	Standard Liège	A	L	1–2	Trebel 40'	27,259	^[35]
	2nd	Genk	A	L	1–2	Marković 20'	16,905	^[36]
	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	H	W	3–1	Gerkens 44', Morioka 57', Dendoncker 73'	19,721	^[37]
	2nd	Club Brugge	A	W	2–1	Teodorczyk 58', Morioka 73'	27,671	^[38]
	3rd	Standard Liège	H	L	1–3	Teodorczyk 63'	19,500	^[39]
	3rd	Gent	A	L	0–1		19,999	^[40]
	3rd	Genk	H	L	1–2	Teodorczyk 53'	26,361	^[41]

Belgian Super Cup

See main article: 2017 Belgian Super Cup.

Belgian Cup

See main article: 2017–18 Belgian Cup.

Belgian Cup match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round		Westerlo	A	W	1–0	Onyekuru 66'		^[43]
Seventh round		Standard Liège	H	L	0–1		20,500	^[44]

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage.

UEFA Champions League match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group		Bayern München	A	L	0–3		70,000	^[45]
Group		Celtic	H	L	0–3		19,898	^[46]
Group		PSG	H	L	0–4		19,108	^[47]
Group		PSG	A	L	0–5		46,403	^[48]
Group		Bayern München	H	L	1–2	Hanni 63'	19,753	^[49]
Group		Celtic	A	W	1–0	Šimunović 62' o.g.	57,931	^[50]

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		Matz Sels *	32	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	37	0	1	0
2	DF		Josué Sá	17 (5)	0	0	0	1	0	0 (3)	0	18 (8)	0	4	0
3	DF		Olivier Deschacht	21	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	26	0	2	1
4	DF		Kara Mbodji	13	0	1	0	1	0	4 (1)	0	19 (1)	0	2	0
5	DF		Uroš Spajić	27 (1)	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	35 (1)	1	11	0
7	MF		Andy Najar	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
8	MF		Pieter Gerkens	28 (6)	4	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	5	0	33 (8)	4	3	0
9	FW		Henry Onyekuru *	14 (5)	9	0 (1)	0	2	1	4 (2)	0	20 (8)	10	5	0
10	MF		Nicolae Stanciu	3 (7)	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	5 (10)	1	2	0
10	MF		Ryota Morioka	13 (3)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13 (3)	6	0	0
11	MF		Alexandru Chipciu	10 (7)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	14 (7)	0	3	0
12	DF		Dennis Appiah	23 (4)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	30 (6)	0	7	0
15	MF		Kenny Saief *	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	3	0
17	MF		Massimo Bruno *	7 (10)	2	0	0	2	0	0 (4)	0	9 (14)	2	1	0
20	MF		Sven Kums	35	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	5	0	42 (1)	0	7	1
23	GK		Frank Boeckx	8	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12	0	1	0
24	FW		Isaac Kiese Thelin	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
25	MF		Adrien Trebel	30 (3)	2	1	1	1	0	6	0	38 (3)	3	10	1
30	GK		Boy de Jong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Leander Dendoncker	35 (1)	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	43 (1)	1	8	2
33	GK		Davy Roef	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Silvère Ganvoula	4 (11)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (11)	3	1	0
36	FW		Robert Berić *	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
37	DF		Ivan Obradović	21 (4)	0	1	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	26 (5)	0	5	0
38	FW		Dauda Mohammed	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
39	MF		Edo Kayembe	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
40	FW		Francis Amuzu	3 (8)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (8)	1	0	0
41	DF		Emmanuel Sowah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
43	DF		Kobe Cools	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Hannes Delcroix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK		Mile Svilar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF		Sebastiaan Bornauw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF		Abdoul Karim Danté	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
48	FW		Albert Sambi Lokonga	4 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	0	0	0
50	MF		Lazar Marković *	5 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (3)	1	1	0
52	MF		Nelson Azevedo-Janelas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
56	MF		Alexis Saelemaekers	7 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	0	2	0
91	FW		Łukasz Teodorczyk	28 (5)	15	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	33 (7)	15	11	1
94	MF		Sofiane Hanni	21 (2)	8	1	1	1	0	6	1	29 (2)	10	5	0
99	FW		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	^[51]
1 July 2017	MF	8	Pieter Gerkens	Sint-Truidense	Unknown	^[52]
1 July 2017	DF	5	Uros Spajic	Toulouse	Unknown	^[53]

Out

+First Team	Date	Position	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Ref
3 July 2017	DF	Fabrice N'Sakala	Alanyaspor	Unknown	^[54]
22 July 2017	DF	Rafael Galhardo	Cruzeiro	Free	^[55]
28 July 2017	DF	Bram Nuytinck	Udinese	Unknown	^[56]
28 August 2017	GK	Mile Svilar	Benfica	€2,500,000	^[57]

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	^[58]
1 July 2017	30 June 2018	FW	9	Henry Onyekuru	Everton	^[59]
Loan ext.	30 June 2018	MF	17	Massimo Bruno	RB Leipzig	^[60]
Loan ext.	30 June 2018^[61]	FW	24	Isaac Kiese Thelin	Bordeaux	^[62]

Out

+First Team	Start date	End date	Position	Player	To club	Ref
July 2017	January 2018	MF	Frank Acheampong	Tianjin Teda^[63]	^[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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supercoupe: l'arbitrage vidéo a validé le premier but d'Anderlecht contre Zulte . Le Soir . 23 July 2017 . 25 July 2017.
2. News: Antwerp 0–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 28 July 2017 . 14 August 2017.
3. News: Anderlecht 1–0 KV Oostende. Soccerway . 6 August 2017 . 14 August 2017.
4. News: Sporting Charleroi 1–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 13 August 2017 . 14 August 2017.
5. News: Anderlecht 2–3 Sint-Truiden. Soccerway . 20 August 2017 . 22 August 2017.
6. News: Gent 0–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 27 August 2017 . 29 August 2017.
7. News: Anderlecht 3–2 Lokeren. Soccerway . 8 September 2017 . 10 September 2017.
8. News: Kortrijk 2–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 16 September 2017 . 18 September 2017.
9. News: Waasland-Beveren 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 23 September 2017 . 24 September 2017.
10. News: Anderlecht 1–0 Standard Liège. Soccerway . 1 October 2017 . 2 October 2017.
11. News: Mechelen 3–4 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 13 October 2017 . 16 October 2017.
12. News: Anderlecht 0–1 Genk. Soccerway . 22 October 2017 . 23 October 2017.
13. News: Anderlecht 2–0 Zulte-Waregem. Soccerway . 25 October 2017 . 31 October 2017.
14. News: AS Eupen 2–3 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 28 October 2017 . 31 October 2017.
15. News: Anderlecht 0–0 Club Brugge. Soccerway . 5 November 2017 . 12 November 2017.
16. News: Royal Excel Mouscron 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 18 November 2017 . 20 November 2017.
17. News: Anderlecht 4–0 KV Kortrijk. Soccerway . 28 November 2017 . 26 November 2017.
18. News: Lokeren 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 2 December 2017 . 3 December 2017.
19. News: Anderlecht 1–3 Sporting Charleroi. Soccerway . 10 December 2017 . 11 December 2017.
20. News: Club Brugge 5–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 17 December 2017 . 18 December 2017.
21. News: Anderlecht 1–0 AS Eupen. Soccerway . 22 December 2017 . 27 December 2017.
22. News: Anderlecht 1–0 Gent. Soccerway . 26 December 2017 . 27 December 2017.
23. News: Genk 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 21 January 2018. 22 January 2018.
24. News: Anderlecht 2–2 Waasland-Beveren. Soccerway . 24 January 2018 . 25 January 2018.
25. News: Standard Liège 3-3 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 28 January 2018 . 28 January 2018.
26. News: Anderlecht 2-2 Mechelen. Soccerway . 4 February 2018 . 5 February 2018.
27. News: KV Oostende 2-0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 10 February 2018 . 12 February 2018.
28. News: Sint-Truiden 1-0 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 16 February 2018 . 22 February 2018.
29. News: Anderlecht 5-3 Royal Excel Mouscron. Soccerway . 25 February 2018 . 26 February 2018.
30. News: Zulte-Waregem 2-3 Anderlecht. Soccerway . 3 March 2018 . 4 March 2018.
31. News: Anderlecht 2–1 Antwerp. Soccerway . 11 March 2018 . 19 March 2018.
32. News: Anderlecht 0–2 Gent. Soccerway. 1 April 2018. 2 April 2018.
33. News: Sporting Charleroi 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 6 April 2018. 9 April 2018.
34. News: Anderlecht 1–0 Club Brugge. Soccerway. 15 April 2018. 16 April 2018.
35. News: Standard Liège 2–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 18 April 2018. 24 April 2018.
36. News: Genk 2–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 21 April 2018. 24 April 2018.
37. News: Anderlecht 3–1 Sporting Charleroi. Soccerway. 29 April 2018. 30 April 2018.
38. News: Club Brugge 1–2 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 6 May 2018. 8 May 2018.
39. News: Anderlecht 1–3 Standard Liège. Soccerway. 10 May 2018. 15 May 2018.
40. News: Gent 1–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 13 May 2018. 15 May 2018.
41. News: Anderlecht 1–2 Genk. Soccerway. 20 May 2018. 28 May 2018.
42. News: Anderlecht 2–1 Zulte-Waregem. Soccerway. 22 July 2017. 14 August 2017.
43. News: Westerlo 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 20 September 2017. 24 September 2017.
44. News: Anderlecht 0–1 Standard Liège. Soccerway. 29 November 2017. 1 December 2017.
45. News: Bayern München 3–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 12 September 2017.
46. News: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic. Soccerway. 30 September 2017.
47. News: Anderlecht 0–4 PSG. Soccerway. 23 October 2017.
48. News: PSG 5–0 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 31 October 2017.
49. News: Anderlecht 1–2 Bayern München. Soccerway. 28 November 2017.
50. News: Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht. Soccerway. 5 December 2017.
51. Web site: TRANSFER UPDATE: SVEN KUMS SIGNS WITH RSCA . . 2 June 2017 . 25 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728020829/http://www.rsca.be/en/news/transfer-update-sven-kums-signs-rsca . 28 July 2017 . dead .
52. Web site: Gerkens signed and gets number 8 . www.anderlecht-online.be/en . 19 June 2017 . 25 July 2017.
53. Web site: Official: Anderlecht activate option to sign Uros Spajic from Toulouse . www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/ . 15 March 2017 . 25 July 2017.
54. Web site: Alanyaspor signs left back Fabrice N'Sakala from Anderlecht . Troll Football . 3 July 2017 . 25 July 2017.
55. Web site: Galhardo vor einem Transfer nach Cruzeiro . www.anderlecht-online.be . 23 July 2017 . 26 July 2017.
56. Web site: Bram Nuytinck signs for Udinese . 27 July 2017 . 28 July 2017.
57. Web site: Transferupdate: Mile Svilar naar Benfica. rsca.be. 20 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171031212311/http://www.rsca.be/nl/nieuws/transferupdate-mile-svilar-naar-benfica. 31 October 2017. dead.
58. Web site: Official: Matz Sels: Newcastle goalkeeper joins Anderlecht on loan . BBC Sport . 30 June 2017 . 25 July 2017.
59. Web site: Official: Henry Onyekuru: Everton sign Nigeria striker and loan him to Anderlecht . BBC Sport . 30 June 2017 . 25 July 2017.
60. Web site: Official: MASSIMO BRUNO ONE YEAR LONGER AT RSCA . . 1 July 2017 . 25 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170717222848/http://www.rsca.be/en/news/massimo-bruno-one-year-longer-rsca . 17 July 2017 . dead .
61. Anderlecht have negotiated an option to buy clause in Thelin's loan extension
62. Web site: TRANSFER UPDATE: ISAAC KIESE THELIN EXTENDS CONTRACT! . . 24 May 2017 . 26 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170607161327/http://www.rsca.be/en/news/transfer-update-isaac-kiese-thelin-extends-contract . 7 June 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
63. Tianjin Teda have an option to purchase clause in this loan agreement
64. Web site: FRANK ACHEAMPONG TO TIANJIN TEDA FC . . 13 July 2017 . 25 July 2017 .
65. Web site: Badji signed contract with Kayserispor . www.anderlecht-online.be . 21 June 2017 . 25 July 2017.
66. Web site: Trezeguet looking forward to new challenge in Kas?mpasa S.K. . Nile Sports . 7 July 2017. 25 July 2017.
67. Web site: Roda JC loan Belgian striker . www.football-oranje.com . 19 July 2017 . 25 July 2017.
68. Web site: ANDERLECHT PRÊTE AARON LEYA ISEKA À ZULTE WAREGEM . www.sudinfo.be . 21 June 2017 . 25 July 2017.
69. Web site: Official: Doumbia on loan to Zulte Waregem . www.anderlecht-online.be . 19 July 2017 . 25 July 2017.
70. Web site: Official: Lukebakio on loan to Charleroi . www.anderlecht-online.be . 3 July 2017 . 25 July 2017.