| Club: | Anderlecht |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Chairman: | Wouter Vandenhaute |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Vincent Kompany |
| Stadium: | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium |
| League: | First Division A |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Belgian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup3: | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| Cup3 Result: | Play-off round |
| League Topscorer: | Joshua Zirkzee (16) |
| Season Topscorer: | Lior Refaelov (19) |
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| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col style="width:65px" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed | [1] | |||||||
| Manchester City | Loan | [2] | |||||||
| Schalke 04 | Undisclosed | [3] | |||||||
 Krasnodar | Undisclosed | [4] | |||||||
| Bayern Munich | Loan | [5] | |||||||
 Fiorentina | Loan | [6] | |||||||
| Ajax | Loan | [7] |
| scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col style="width:65px" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | €19.9m | [8] |
See main article: 2021–22 Belgian First Division A.
The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.[9]
See main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup. Anderlecht entered the competition in the sixth round. They were drawn away to RAAL La Louvière in the sixth round and Seraing in the seventh round.
See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[10]
The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[11]
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
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | Cup | UECL | Total | Discipline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
| 1 | GK | Timon Wellenreuther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | Lisandro Magallán * | 19 (5) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 (5) | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | Hannes Delcroix | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | Wesley Hoedt | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | DF | 12 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 7 | FW | Francis Amuzu | 13 (24) | 9 | 1 (5) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 (29) | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | Josh Cullen | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | Benito Raman | 11 (24) | 9 | 0 (5) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 (29) | 12 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | Michel Vlap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | Lior Refaelov | 29 (8) | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 (8) | 19 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko | 5 (13) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 6 (18) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 16 | GK | Bart Verbruggen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | Sergio Gómez | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | Majeed Ashimeru | 10 (21) | 3 | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 12 (27) | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW | Mustapha Bundu | 0 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | Kristoffer Olsson | 0 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated 30 November 2021|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club|}
| Player | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Conference League | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 2 | FW | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 3 | FW | 99 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 4 | FW | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Total | 80 | 18 | 9 | 107 | ||||