2003–04 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Season summary

Anderlecht won the title for the first time in three seasons. They had held a big lead over their title rivals Club Brugge for some time, but a bad finish from Anderlecht kept the suspense until the 31st matchday, when Club Brugge drew with Mouscron while the team from Brussels also drew (1-1) at Lierse to confirm their title.

First-team squad

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  CZE Daniel Zítka
3 DF  BEL Olivier Deschacht
4 MF  BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe
5 DF  BEL Glen De Boeck
6 DF  POL Michał Żewłakow
7 MF  SCG Goran Lovre[notes 1]
8 FW  SCG Nenad Jestrović
9 FW  AUS Clayton Zane
10 MF  BEL Walter Baseggio (captain)
11 MF  CZE Martin Kolář
12 DF  BEL Olivier Doll
14 MF  BEL Marc Hendrikx
15 DF  ALB Besnik Hasi[notes 2]
17 MF  SWE Christian Wilhelmsson
18 MF  KOR Seol Ki-hyeon
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  CRO Ivica Mornar
21 MF  SWE Pär Zetterberg
22 FW  UKR Oleg Yashchuk
23 MF  COD Gabriel N'Galula
24 GK  BEL Tristan Peersman
26 FW  CIV Aruna Dindane
27 DF  BEL Vincent Kompany
30 DF  FIN Hannu Tihinen
31 MF  BEL Mark De Man
34 DF  BFA Lamine Traoré
35 FW  NED Sherjill MacDonald
— GK  BEL Jan Van Steenberghe
— DF  BEL Anthony Vanden Borre
— MF  RUS Anatoli Gerk

Left club during season

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  SCG Aleksandar Ilić (to Vitesse)

Results

Belgian First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 R.S.C. Anderlecht 34 25 6 3 77 27 +50 81 Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Club Brugge 34 22 6 6 77 31 +46 72
3 Standard Liège 34 18 11 5 68 31 +37 65 Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
4 K.R.C. Genk 34 17 8 9 58 40 +18 59 Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5 R.E. Mouscron 34 15 14 5 64 42 +22 59
Source:
Notes:
  1. Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup First Round after being eliminated in the Champions League Third Qualifying Round.

Second qualifying round
30 July 2003 Rapid București 0–0 Anderlecht Stadionul Național, Bucharest
20:00 Report Referee: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)
6 August 2003 Anderlecht 3–2 Rapid București Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:30 Jestrović  50'
Zetterberg  52'
Seol  75'		 Report Ilyés  42'
Bratu  45'		 Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round
13 August 2003 Anderlecht 3–1 Wisła Kraków Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:30 Jestrović  13'
Lovre  38'
Dindane  59'		 Report Żurawski  77' (pen.) Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)
26 August 2003 Wisła Kraków 0–1 Anderlecht Stadion Miejski, Kraków
21:00 Report Dindane  85' Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

Group stage
17 September 2003 Lyon 1–0 Anderlecht Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Juninho  25' (pen.) Report Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)
30 September 2003 Anderlecht 1–1 Bayern Munich Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45 Mornar  52' Report Santa Cruz  73' Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
21 October 2003 Anderlecht 1–0 Celtic Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45 Dindane  72' Report Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
5 November 2003 Celtic 3–1 Anderlecht Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45 Larsson  12'
Miller  17'
Sutton  29'		 Report Dindane  77' Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
25 November 2003 Anderlecht 1–0 Lyon Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45 Tihinen  69' Report Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
10 December 2003 Bayern Munich 1–0 Anderlecht Olympic Stadium, Munich
20:45 Makaay  42' (pen.) Report Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

References

    Notes
    1. Lovre was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) internationally and represented them at U-19, U-21, and U-23 level.
    2. Hasi was born in Gjakova, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in 2000.
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