2021–22 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht
2021–22 season
Chairman	Wouter Vandenhaute
Head coach	Vincent Kompany
Stadium	Lotto Park
Belgian First Division A	6th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joshua Zirkzee (6); 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)
	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 11 September 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
2	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Ajax)
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt
6	DF	ENG	Taylor Harwood-Bellis (on loan from Manchester City)
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 Gómez
18	MF	GHA	Majeed Ashimeru
20	MF	SWE	Kristoffer Olsson
23	FW	NED	Joshua Zirkzee (on loan from Bayern Munich)
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel
26	GK	BEL	Colin Coosemans
30	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	MF	BEL	Francis Amuzu
42	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix
46	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj
47	DF	BEL	Lucas Lissens
51	MF	BEL	Yari Verschaeren
52	MF	BEL	Mario Stroeykens
53	FW	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	MF	BEL	Nayel Mehssatou
70	GK	BEL	Rik Vercauteren
99	FW	CIV	Christian Kouamé (on loan from Fiorentina)

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	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: RSCA Football Academy

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

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

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–2	Ajax	Brussels, 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	27 October 2021	30 November 2021	Sixth round		2	2	0	0	10	4	+6	100.00
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					10	6	2	2	26	15	+11	060.00

Last updated: 26 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Club Brugge	19	11	6	2	39	24	+15	39	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Antwerp	19	11	3	5	36	23	+13	36
4	Anderlecht	19	9	7	3	41	24	+17	34
5	Charleroi	19	9	5	5	34	26	+8	32	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Kortrijk	20	8	7	5	24	22	+2	31	Qualification for the Play-offs II

Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 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	Anderlecht
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	Eupen
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	Anderlecht
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: Wim Smet

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

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

29 August 2021 6	Genk	1–0	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz 66' Ugbo 87'	Report	Raman 42' Harwood-Bellis 66' Olsson 68' Amuzu 84' Sergio Gómez 90'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Referee: Nicolas Laforge

12 September 2021 7	Anderlecht	7–2	KV Mechelen	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 23' Kouamé 49', 57' Olsson 60' Murillo 61' Amuzu 74' Verschaeren 85' Zirkzee 87'	Report	Storm 36' Kaya 90+1'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Jonahan Lardot

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.

27 October 2021 Sixth round	RAAL La Louvière	1–7	Anderlecht	La Louvière
20:45 CEST	Franco 34' (pen.) Matoka 38' Vanhecke 64' Lazitch 65' Denayer 74' Lokando 86'	Report	Magallán 12' Zirkzee 20', 45' Hoedt 31', 90' Murillo 34' Refaelov 38', 80' Raman 75'	Stadium: Stade Communal du Tivoli Referee: Kevin Van Damme

30 November 2021 Seventh round	Seraing	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Anderlecht	Seraing
20:45 CET	Maziz 10' (pen.), 60' 79' Mikautadze 17' (pen.) Lahssaini 90' Sanogo 118'	Report	Kouamé 39', 41' Refaelov 50'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Referee: Bert Put
	Penalties
	Del Fabro Nadrani Sanogo Mikautadze Maziz		Gómez Amuzu Cullen Verschaeren Murillo

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	Elbasan, 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	Anderlecht, 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	Anderlecht, 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	Arnhem, 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 30 November 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	NED	Bart Verbruggen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	BEL	Colin Coosemans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	22	0	16	0	2	0	4	0
70	GK	BEL	Rik Vercauteren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Lisandro Magallán	6	0	2+2	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix	7	1	3	0	2	0	2	1
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt	22	4	16	1	2	2	4	1
6	DF	ENG	Taylor Harwood-Bellis	17	0	12+2	0	0	0	3	0
14	DF	UKR	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	10	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
47	DF	BEL	Lucas Lissens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF	BEL	Killian Sardella	5	0	2	0	0+1	0	2	0
55	DF	BEL	Marco Kana	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
56	DF	BEL	Zeno Debast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	PAN	Michael Amir Murillo	19	1	12+2	1	2	0	2+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	BEL	Francis Amuzu	21	3	6+10	2	1+1	0	3	1
8	MF	IRL	Josh Cullen	22	0	16	0	2	0	4	0
11	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov	19	9	10+4	4	2	3	3	2
17	MF	ESP	Sergio Gómez	22	5	16	5	2	0	4	0
18	MF	GHA	Majeed Ashimeru	20	0	3+13	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
20	MF	SWE	Kristoffer Olsson	21	1	14+2	1	1	0	4	0
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj	16	0	7+5	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
50	MF	BEL	Sieben Dewaele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	MF	BEL	Yari Verschaeren	20	4	10+5	2	1	0	1+3	2
52	MF	BEL	Mario Stroeykens	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
61	MF	NOR	Kristian Arnstad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	DF	BEL	Nayel Mehssatou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BEL	Benito Raman	20	7	9+6	4	0+1	1	4	2
23	FW	NED	Joshua Zirkzee	19	8	10+4	6	2	2	2+1	0
53	FW	BEL	Antoine Colassin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	CIV	Christian Kouamé	11	5	9+1	3	1	2	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
19	FW	SLE	Mustapha Bundu	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin	8	1	1+4	1	0	0	1+2	0
38	FW	GHA	Dauda Mohammed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

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.

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[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.

2021–22 in Belgian football
« 2020–21 2022–23 »
League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2021 Winter 2021–22 Summer 2022
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Seraing Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Union SG Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Deinze Excel Mouscron Lierse Lommel RWDM47 Virton Waasland-Beveren Westerlo