2017–18 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

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Anderlecht
2017–18 season
ChairmanRoger Vanden Stock
ManagerRené Weiler
(until 18 September)
Hein Vanhaezebrouck
(from 3 October)
GroundConstant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division A3rd
Belgian CupSeventh round
Belgian Super CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Łukasz Teodorczyk (15)
All: Łukasz Teodorczyk (15)
Average home league attendance19,275

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[edit]

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[edit]

Belgian First Division A[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 30 20 7 3 68 33 +35 67 Qualification for the championship play-offs
2 Anderlecht 30 16 7 7 49 42 +7 55
3 Charleroi 30 13 12 5 46 30 +16 51
4 Gent 30 14 8 8 45 27 +18 50
5 Genk 30 11 11 8 44 36 +8 44
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[2]

Matches[edit]

Belgian First Division A match details
Date League
position
Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
28 July 2017 10th Antwerp A D 0–0 11,500 [3]
6 August 2017 5th KV Oostende H W 1–0 Hanni 77' 20,000 [4]
13 August 2017 11th Sporting Charleroi A L 0–2 11,400 [5]
20 August 2017 10th Sint-Truiden H L 2–3 Bruno 18', Teodorczyk 87' 18,000 [6]
27 August 2017 11th Gent A D 0–0 20,000 [7]
8 September 2017 10th Lokeren H W 3–2 Onyekuru (2) 3', 77', Teodorczyk 90' 18,783 [8]
16 September 2017 9th Kortrijk A D 2–2 Harbaoui 23', Onyekuru 76' 9,134 [9]
23 September 2017 7th Waasland-Beveren A W 2–1 Stanciu 75', Spajić 81' 8,235 [10]
1 October 2017 7th Standard Liège H W 1–0 Onyekuru 89' 26,361 [11]
13 October 2017 5th Mechelen A W 4–3 Gerkens 18', Onyekuru (2) 30', 37', Teodorczyk 43' 16,715 [12]
22 October 2017 5th Genk H L 0–1 20,000 [13]
25 October 2017 3rd Zulte-Waregem H W 2–0 Gerkens 74', Harbaoui 77' 19,500 [14]
28 October 2017 3rd AS Eupen A W 3–2 Leye 30' o.g., Wagué 32' o.g., Hanni 40' 5,000 [15]
5 November 2017 3rd Club Brugge H D 0–0 20,500 [16]
18 November 2017 3rd Royal Excel Mouscron A W 2–1 Bruno 42', Onyekuru 80' 10,101 [17]
26 November 2017 3rd Kortrijk H W 4–0 Makarenko 1' o.g., Hanni 15', Trebel 73', Harbaoui 79' 19,000 [18]
2 December 2017 3rd Lokeren A W 2–1 Gerkens 17', Onyekuru 52' 7,807 [19]
10 December 2017 3rd Sporting Charleroi H L 1–3 Onyekuru 82' 19,000 [20]
17 December 2017 3rd Club Brugge A L 0–5 27,667 [21]
22 December 2017 3rd AS Eupen H W 1–0 Amuzu 25' 17,000 [22]
26 December 2017 3rd Gent H W 1–0 Hanni 77' 21,000 [23]
21 January 2018 2nd Genk A W 1–0 Hanni 45' 19,755 [24]
24 January 2018 3rd Waasland-Beveren H D 2–2 Teodorczyk 40', Saief 83' 19,000 [25]
28 January 2018 3rd Standard Liège A D 3–3 Hanni (3) 14', 41', 44' 27,259 [26]
4 February 2018 3rd Mechelen H D 2–2 Ganvoula (2) 10', 57' 19,549 [27]
10 February 2018 3rd KV Oostende A L 0–2 6,807 [28]
16 February 2018 3rd Sint-Truiden A L 0–1 10,433 [29]
25 February 2018 3rd Royal Excel Mouscron H W 5–3 Morioka (2) 26', 90+2', Teodorczyk (3) 45+2' pen., 57', 61' 20,500 [30]
3 March 2018 2nd Zulte-Waregem A W 3–2 Morioka 2', Teodorczyk (2) 12', 32' 11,073 [31]
11 March 2018 2nd Antwerp H W 2–1 Teodorczyk 22', Ganvoula 77' pen. 19,886 [32]

Championship play-off[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLU STA AND GNT GNK CHA
1 Club Brugge (C) 10 3 3 4 17 12 +5 46 Qualification for the Champions League group stage 4–4 1–2 0–1 1–0 6–0
2 Standard Liège 10 6 3 1 20 9 +11 43 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–0
3 Anderlecht 10 4 0 6 12 15 −3 40 Qualification for the Europa League group stage 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 3–1
4 Gent 10 4 2 4 8 8 0 39 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1
5 Genk (O) 10 4 4 2 13 13 0 38 Qualification for the Europa League play-off final 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1
6 Charleroi 10 2 2 6 9 22 −13 34 1–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season[33]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details
Date League
position
Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
1 April 2018 3rd Gent H L 0–2 19,500 [34]
6 April 2018 3rd Sporting Charleroi A W 2–1 Morioka 3', Teodorczyk 64' pen. 10,918 [35]
15 April 2018 2nd Club Brugge H W 1–0 Teodorczyk 52' 20,391 [36]
18 April 2018 2nd Standard Liège A L 1–2 Trebel 40' 27,259 [37]
21 April 2018 2nd Genk A L 1–2 Marković 20' 16,905 [38]
29 April 2018 2nd Sporting Charleroi H W 3–1 Gerkens 44', Morioka 57', Dendoncker 73' 19,721 [39]
6 May 2018 2nd Club Brugge A W 2–1 Teodorczyk 58', Morioka 73' 27,671 [40]
10 May 2018 3rd Standard Liège H L 1–3 Teodorczyk 63' 19,500 [41]
13 May 2018 3rd Gent A L 0–1 19,999 [42]
20 May 2018 3rd Genk H L 1–2 Teodorczyk 53' 26,361 [43]

Belgian Super Cup[edit]

Belgian Super Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
Final 22 July 2017 Zulte-Waregem H W 2–1 Hanni 46', Trebel 59' 21,500 [44]

Belgian Cup[edit]

Belgian Cup match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
Sixth round 20 September 2017 Westerlo A W 1–0 Onyekuru 66' [45]
Seventh round 29 November 2017 Standard Liège H L 0–1 20,500 [46]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR BAY CEL AND
1 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 0 1 25 4 +21 15[a] Advance to knockout phase 3–0 7–1 5–0
2 Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15[a] 3–1 3–0 3–0
3 Scotland Celtic 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3[b] Transfer to Europa League 0–5 1–2 0–1
4 Belgium Anderlecht 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3[b] 0–4 1–2 0–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.
UEFA Champions League match details
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref
Group 12 September 2017 Bayern München A L 0–3 70,000 [47]
Group 27 September 2017 Celtic H L 0–3 19,898 [48]
Group 18 October 2017 PSG H L 0–4 19,108 [49]
Group 31 October 2017 PSG A L 0–5 46,403 [50]
Group 22 November 2017 Bayern München H L 1–2 Hanni 63' 19,753 [51]
Group 5 December 2017 Celtic A W 1–0 Šimunović 62' o.g. 57,931 [52]

Appearances and goals[edit]

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 A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
1 GK  BEL Matz Sels * 32 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 37 0 1 0
2 DF  POR Josué Sá 17 (5) 0 0 0 1 0 0 (3) 0 18 (8) 0 4 0
3 DF  BEL Olivier Deschacht 21 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 26 0 2 1
4 DF  SEN Kara Mbodji 13 0 1 0 1 0 4 (1) 0 19 (1) 0 2 0
5 DF  SER Uroš Spajić 27 (1) 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 35 (1) 1 11 0
7 MF  HON Andy Najar 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
8 MF  BEL Pieter Gerkens 28 (6) 4 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 5 0 33 (8) 4 3 0
9 FW  NGA Henry Onyekuru * 14 (5) 9 0 (1) 0 2 1 4 (2) 0 20 (8) 10 5 0
10 MF  ROU Nicolae Stanciu 3 (7) 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 1 (2) 0 5 (10) 1 2 0
10 MF  JPN Ryota Morioka 13 (3) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 (3) 6 0 0
11 MF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu 10 (7) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 14 (7) 0 3 0
12 DF  FRA Dennis Appiah 23 (4) 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 5 (1) 0 30 (6) 0 7 0
15 MF  USA Kenny Saief * 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 3 0
17 MF  BEL Massimo Bruno * 7 (10) 2 0 0 2 0 0 (4) 0 9 (14) 2 1 0
20 MF  BEL Sven Kums 35 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 5 0 42 (1) 0 7 1
23 GK  BEL Frank Boeckx 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 12 0 1 0
24 FW  SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin 1 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0
25 MF  FRA Adrien Trebel 30 (3) 2 1 1 1 0 6 0 38 (3) 3 10 1
30 GK  NED Boy de Jong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF  BEL Leander Dendoncker 35 (1) 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 43 (1) 1 8 2
33 GK  BEL Davy Roef 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW  CGO Silvère Ganvoula 4 (11) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (11) 3 1 0
36 FW  SVN Robert Berić * 1 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (5) 0 0 0
37 DF  SER Ivan Obradović 21 (4) 0 1 0 2 0 2 (1) 0 26 (5) 0 5 0
38 FW  GHA Dauda Mohammed 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0
39 MF  COD Edo Kayembe 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
40 FW  BEL Francis Amuzu 3 (8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (8) 1 0 0
41 DF  GHA Emmanuel Sowah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
43 DF  BEL Kobe Cools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF  BEL Hannes Delcroix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK  BEL Mile Svilar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF  BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF  MLI Abdoul Karim Danté 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
48 FW  BEL Albert Sambi Lokonga 4 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (3) 0 0 0
50 MF  SRB Lazar Marković * 5 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 (3) 1 1 0
52 MF  BEL Nelson Azevedo-Janelas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
56 MF  BEL Alexis Saelemaekers 7 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 (4) 0 2 0
91 FW  POL Łukasz Teodorczyk 28 (5) 15 1 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 33 (7) 15 11 1
94 MF  ALG Sofiane Hanni 21 (2) 8 1 1 1 0 6 1 29 (2) 10 5 0
99 FW  TUN Hamdi Harbaoui 5 (6) 3 0 0 2 0 0 (2) 0 7 (8) 3 4 0

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