2023–24 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2023–24 season is Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht's 116th season in existence and 88th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They will also compete in the Belgian Cup.

R.S.C. Anderlecht

2023–24 season
Chairman	Wouter Vandenhaute
Manager	Brian Riemer
Stadium	Lotto Park
Belgian Pro League	2nd
Belgian Cup	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Kasper Dolberg (10) All: Kasper Dolberg (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 24 September 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 September 2023^[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 1 GK   FRA Maxime Dupé 5 DF   SEN Moussa N'Diaye 7 MF   BEL Francis Amuzu 8 MF   FRA Alexis Flips 9 FW   BEL Benito Raman 10 MF   BEL Yari Verschaeren 11 MF   BEL Thorgan Hazard 12 FW   DEN Kasper Dolberg 14 DF   BEL Jan Vertonghen (captain) 15 DF   SWE Ludwig Augustinsson (on loan from Sevilla) 17 MF   BEL Théo Leoni 18 MF   GHA Majeed Ashimeru 19 MF   NED Justin Lonwijk (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 20 FW   ARG Luis Vázquez 21 MF   GUI Amadou Diawara

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   BEL Louis Patris 23 MF   BEL Mats Rits 25 MF   DEN Thomas Delaney (on loan from Sevilla) 26 GK   BEL Colin Coosemans 29 FW   BEL Mario Stroeykens 32 FW   ECU Nilson Angulo 33 GK   DEN Kasper Schmeichel 36 MF   DEN Anders Dreyer 47 DF   BEL Lucas Lissens 54 DF   BEL Killian Sardella 56 DF   BEL Zeno Debast 61 MF   NOR Kristian Arnstad 63 GK   BEL Timon Vanhoutte 77 MF   ENG Tudor Mendel-Idowu

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   BEL Antoine Colassin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   NGA Ishaq Abdulrazak (at Häcken until 30 June 2024) — DF   BEL Marco Kana (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Kasper Dolberg	Nice	Free	7 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Louis Patris	OH Leuven	€3,500,000	8 July 2023	^[3]
GK	Maxime Dupé	Toulouse	Free	18 July 2023	^[4]
MF	Justin Lonwijk	Dynamo Kiev	Loan	25 July 2023	^[5]
FW	Luis Vázquez	Boca Juniors	€4,500,000	26 July 2023	^[6]
MF	Tudor Mendel-Idowu	Chelsea	Free	27 July 2023	^[7]
MF	Alexis Flips	Reims	€3,500,000	8 August 2023	^[8]
MF	Mats Rits	Club Brugge	€2,000,000	15 August 2023	^[9]
DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	Sevilla	Loan	16 August 2023	^[10]
MF	Thomas Delaney	Sevilla	Loan	22 August 2023	^[11]
GK	Kasper Schmeichel	Nice	Free	5 September 2023	^[12]
MF	Thorgan Hazard	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed	6 September 2023	^[13]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Mohammed Dauda	Tenerife	Undisclosed	24 May 2023	^[14]
GK	Timon Wellenreuther	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	2 June 2023	^[15]^[16]
MF	Kristoffer Olsson	Midtjylland	Undisclosed	3 July 2023	^[17]
GK	Bart Verbruggen	Bon & Ho Albion	€20,000,000	4 July 2023	^[18]
DF	Hendrik Van Crombrugge	Genk	€1,300,000	18 July 2023	^[19]
DF	Bogdan Mykhaylichenko	Dinamo Zagreb	Free	24 July 2023	^[20]
DF	Noah Sadiki	Union SG	€1,400,000	27 July 2023	^[21]
FW	Lucas Stassin	Westerlo	€1,500,000	27 July 2023	^[22]^[23]
DF	Hannes Delcroix	Burnley	Undisclosed	22 August 2023	^[24]
DF	Michael Amir Murillo	Marseille	Undisclosed	30 August 2023	^[25]
FW	Mustapha Bundu	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Oudenaarde   v   Anderlecht

24 June 2023 Friendly	Oudenaarde	0–5	Anderlecht	Oudenaarde
19:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Burgemeester Thienpontstadion

Anderlecht   v   Lokomotiva Zagreb

7 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–1	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Brussels
13:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

Anderlecht   v   Sparta Prague

14 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–6	Sparta Prague
16:00 UTC+2
Note: Three periods of 45 minutes.

Anderlecht   v   Ajax

22 July 2023 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Ajax	Brussels
13:30 UTC+2	Dolberg   12' Aertssen   80' (o.g.) Raman   90+4'			Stadium: Lotto Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian Pro League	28 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	10	6	3	1	16	10	+6	060.00
Belgian Cup	30 October 2023		Seventh Round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				10	6	3	1	16	10	+6	060.00

Last updated: 7 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Union SG	17	13	2	2	40	18	+22	41	Qualification for the Europa League and Play-off I^[a]
2	Anderlecht	17	10	5	2	34	19	+15	35	Qualification for the Play-off I
3	Gent	17	8	8	1	30	18	+12	32
4	Antwerp	17	8	6	3	34	14	+20	30
5	Genk	17	7	7	3	33	18	+15	28

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2023. 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.^[27]
Notes:

1. The regular season winner will qualify for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

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
10	6	3	1	16	10	+6	21	4	1	0	9	4	+5	2	2	1	7	6	+1

Last updated: 7 October 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	15	9	7	4	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[28]

Union Saint-Gilloise v Anderlecht

28 July 2023 1	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Anderlecht	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgess   17' Rasmussen   27' Eckert   30' Vanhoutte   54' Nilsson   83' Mac Allister   85' Puertas   90+8' (pen.)	Report	Sardella   75' Vertonghen   83' Leoni   87'	Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Anderlecht v Antwerp

6 August 2023 2	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Brussels
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg   45+5' (pen.) Patris   90+2'	Report	Balikwisha   38'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 15,068 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

Sint Truiden v Anderlecht

13 August 2023 3	Sint Truiden	0–1	Anderlecht	Sint-Truiden
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Helden   19' Koita   60' Delorge-Knieper   86' Barnes   90+6'	Report	Stroeykens   21' N'Diaye   53' Dreyer   56' Arnstad   68' N'Diaye   82' Leoni   84' Patris   90+3'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 8,365 Referee: Lawrence Visser

Anderlecht v Westerlo

20 August 2023 4	Anderlecht	2–1	Westerlo	Brussels
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg   1' Diawara   45+2' Vertonghen   72'	Report	Fixelles   52' Madsen   74' Jordanov   81',   87'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Anderlecht v Charleroi

27 August 2023 5	Anderlecht	2–1	Charleroi	Brussels
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leoni   34' Amuzu   78'	Report	Rogelj   32' Andreou   76' Heymans   87'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 16,082 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

Genk v Anderlecht

3 September 2023 6	Genk	1–1	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonsu Baah   9' Muñoz   86' Arteaga   89' Arokodare   90+7'	Report	Vertonghen   9' Delaney   24' Debast   32' Flips   49' Rits   54' Amuzu   71' Vázquez   89'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 20,655 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Kortrijk v Anderlecht

17 September 2023 7	Kortrijk	2–2	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De Neve   19' Kana   33'   81' Avenatti   41',   57' (pen.) Audoor   71' Mehssatou   85'	Report	Dolberg   20' Debast   54' Hazard   90+5' Dreyer   90+7'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Anderlecht v Club Brugge

24 September 2023 8	Anderlecht	1–1	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg   40'	Report	Vetlesen   13' Olsen   64'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Lawrence Visser

Eupen v Anderlecht

30 September 2023 9	Eupen	1–3	Anderlecht	Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Christie-Davies   36' Nuhu   38' (Finnbogason)		Dreyer   1' (Leoni) Paeshuyse   67' (o.g.) Vázquez   88' (Leoni)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion

Anderlecht v Mechelen

7 October 2023 10	Anderlecht	3–1	Mechelen	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Stroeykens   14' (Hazard) Leoni   58' Dolberg   60' (Augustinsson) Sardella   69' Amuzu   90+3' (Vázquez)		Schoofs   27' Storm   73' (without assist) Bates   77' Mrabti   83'	Stadium: Lotto Park

Standard Liège v Anderlecht

22 October 2023 11	Standard Liège	3–2	Anderlecht	Liège
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngoy   50',   61' (without assist) Alzate   52' (without assist) Kawabe   55' (Fossey) Price   90+6'		Dolberg   18' (Hazard) Dreyer   24' (Rits) Hazard   60' Debast   90+1' Schmeichel   90+22'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Anderlecht v OH Leuven

28 October 2023 12	Anderlecht	5–1	OH Leuven	Brussels
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Lotto Park

Cercle Brugge v Anderlecht

5 November 2023 13	Cercle Brugge	0–3	Anderlecht	Brugge
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Gent v Anderlecht

12 November 2023 14	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

Anderlecht v RWDM

26 November 2023 15	Anderlecht	2–1	RWDM	Brussels
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

Westerlo v Anderlecht

1 December 2023 16	Westerlo	1–3	Anderlecht	Westerlo
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Het Kuipje

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Belgian Cup

RAAL La Louvière v Anderlecht

30 October 2023 Seventh round	RAAL La Louvière	0–1	Anderlecht	La Louvière
20:30 CET (UTC+1)			Raman   19'	Stadium: Stade du Tivoli

References

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2. "Kasper Dolberg signs for RSCA | RSC Anderlecht". www.rsca.be.
3. "Louis Patris is our second summer signing". www.rsca.be.
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5. "Justin Lonwijk strengthens our midfield". rsca.be. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
6. "Striker Luis Vázquez joins us from Boca Juniors". www.rsca.be.
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11. "Thomas Delaney is our 10th summer signing". rsca.be. 22 Aug 2023. Retrieved 26 Aug 2023.
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14. "Dauda Mohammed's final move to Tenerife has been announced". Footballghana.com. 25 May 2023.
15. "Feyenoord sign Timon Wellenreuther on a permanent deal". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 2 June 2023.
16. "Feyenoord legt Wellenreuther vast na 'bijzonder mooi en goed seizoen'" [Feyenoord sign Wellenreuther after 'exceptionally beautiful and good season']. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
17. "Kristoffer Olsson makes permanent switch to FC Midtjylland". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 3 July 2023.
18. "Verbruggen makes the permanent move to Brighton & Hove Albion". www.rsca.be.
19. "Hendrik Van Crombrugge is leaving RSCA after 4 seasons". www.rsca.be.
20. "All the best, Mykha". www.rsca.be.
21. "Noah Sadiki is leaving RSCA and joins RUSG". www.rsca.be.
22. "Lucas Stassin joins Westerlo". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 27 July 2023.
23. "Lucas Stassin va bel et bien quitter Anderlecht : le jeune attaquant est en route pour Westerlo" [Lucas Stassin will indeed leave Anderlecht: the young striker is on his way to Westerlo]. Le Soir (in French). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
24. "Hannes Delcroix is transferred to Burnley". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 22 August 2023.
25. "Amir Murillo moves to Olympique de Marseille". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 30 August 2023.
26. "Mustapha Bundu makes the permanent move to Plymouth". R.S.C. Anderlecht. 1 September 2023.
27. [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
28. "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.

External links

• Official website