2020–21 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht
2020–21 season
Chairman	Marc Coucke
Head coach	Vincent Kompany
Stadium	Lotto Park
Belgian First Division A	5th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lukas Nmecha (11); All: ; Lukas Nmecha (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

The 2020–21 R.S.C. Anderlecht season is the club's 113th season in existence and its 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Anderlecht are participating in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 August 2020[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	GER	Timon Wellenreuther
8	MF	BEL	Pieter Gerkens
9	FW	BEL	Landry Dimata
10	MF	NED	Michel Vlap
11	FW	RSA	Percy Tau (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
14	DF	UKR	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
16	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon
17	MF	SRB	Luka Adžić
18	MF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre
19	FW	SLE	Mustapha Bundu
21	DF	BIH	Ognjen Vranješ
22	DF	BEL	Elias Cobbaut
23	MF	AUT	Peter Žulj
25	MF	FRA	Adrien Trebel
27	FW	BEL	Ilias Takidine
30	GK	BEL	Hendrik Van Crombrugge


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	NED	Derrick Luckassen (on loan from PSV)
39	DF	COD	Edo Kayembe
40	FW	BEL	Francis Amuzu
42	DF	BEL	Hannes Delcroix
44	DF	CRO	Antonio Milić
46	MF	BEL	Anouar Ait El Hadj
48	MF	BEL	Albert Sambi Lokonga
49	FW	BEL	Jérémy Doku
51	MF	BEL	Yari Verschaeren
53	MF	BEL	Antoine Colassin
54	DF	BEL	Killian Sardella
55	DF	BEL	Marco Kana
62	DF	PAN	Michael Murillo
70	GK	BEL	Rik Vercauteren
92	DF	JAM	Kemar Lawrence
99	MF	BEL	Zakaria Bakkali

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
2	DF	POR	Josué Sá
3	DF	WAL	James Lawrence
15	MF	USA	Kenny Saief
38	FW	GHA	Mohammed Dauda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
77	MF	ALB	Kristal Abazaj
—	MF	BEL	Aristote Nkaka
—	DF	GAM	Bubacarr Sanneh

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
5	MF	UKR	Yevhen Makarenko (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2021)
24	FW	SWE	Isaac Kiese Thelin (at Malmö until 31 December 2020)
43	DF	BEL	Thierry Lutonda (at waalwijk until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
50	MF	BEL	Sieben Dewaele (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	ZIM	Knowledge Musona (at Eupen until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–1	Charleroi	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

18 July 2020 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boudebouz 45' (pen.)	Report	Vlap 18' (pen.) Roofe 68'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

18 July 2020 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Delcroix 2'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

1 August 2020 Friendly	Lille	2–0	Anderlecht	Camphin-en-Pévèle, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Araújo 50', 55'	Report		Stadium: Domaine de Luchin Attendance: 0

4 September 2020 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Anderlecht	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Palacios 6'		Dauda 21'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	9 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	036.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021		Sixth round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				26	10	11	5	36	26	+10	038.46

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Genk	25	12	7	6	49	33	+16	43	Qualification for the Play-offs I
4	Standard Liège	25	10	8	7	36	29	+7	38	Qualification for the Play-offs I
5	Anderlecht	25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	38	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Charleroi	25	11	4	10	38	34	+4	37
7	Beerschot	25	11	4	10	46	48	−2	37

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 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.[2]

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
25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	38	7	6	0	18	6	+12	2	5	5	16	20	−4

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D
Position	7	4	5	8	6	5	5	7	8	7	5	7	7	8	7				4	5	6	5	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[3]

9 August 2020 1	KV Mechelen	2–2	Anderlecht	Mechelen
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme 30' Kaboré 42' Vranckx 70' De Camargo 83' Vanlerberghe 85'	Report	Luckassen 44' Vlap 53' Doku 64' Bushiri 75' (o.g.) Colassin 88'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

16 August 2020 2	Anderlecht	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mykhaylichenko 41' Dimata 50', 61' Žulj 52' Tau 90+3'	Report	Sankhon 47' Balongo 88'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

23 August 2020 3	Anderlecht	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Žulj 24' Dimata 63' (pen.) Trebel 70'	Report	Bocat 11' 39' Gnohéré 90+3'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

28 August 2020 4	Oostende	2–2	Anderlecht	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	D'Haese 11' D'Arpino 29' Gueye 34' (pen.) Theate 56' McGeehan 72'	Report	Kana 33' Trebel 35', 57' Murillo 43' Tau 54'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

13 September 2020 5	Anderlecht	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 36' (pen.) Vranješ 43' Murillo 68'	Report	Bates 33' Omolo 38' Decostere 59' Kanouté 83'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Nicolas Laforge

19 September 2020 6	Waasland-Beveren	2–4	Anderlecht	Beveren
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Khammas 45' Bertone 57' Jackers 59' Sula 64' Wuytens 71' Heymans 88'	Report	Trebel 3' Nmecha 15', 60' (pen.) Doku 18' Verschaeren 55'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser

27 September 2020 7	Anderlecht	1–1	Eupen	Anderlecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doku 38' Lokonga 71' El Hadj 90+3'	Report	Adriano 58' Peeters 81' Koch 89' Ngoy 90' Vázquez 90+4'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Kevin Dhondt

4 October 2020 8	Club Brugge	3–0	Anderlecht	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta 23' Vanaken 48' (pen.) Rits 63' Vormer 90+4'	Report	Sambi Lokonga 47' 72' Luckassen 58' Arnstad 85'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

18 October 2020 9	Anderlecht	2–2	OH Leuven	Anderlecht
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dimata 35' Verschaeren 38' Tau 45'	Report	Malinov 7' Duplus 53' Kotysch 59' Maertens 85'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

23 October 2020 10	Kortrijk	1–3	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo 87'	Report	Nmecha 6', 65' Tau 30'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

1 November 2020 11	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu 76'	Report	De Laet 30' Gelin 62' Buta 78'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

8 November 2020 12	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Dorsch 32' Yaremchuk 61', 89' Mohammadi 75'	Report	Tau 26' Murillo 44', 45+1' Miazga 64' Lawrence 80'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 November 2020 13	Beerschot	2–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly 29' Frans 42' Holzhauser 50' Tissoudali 70'	Report	Lawrence 21' Žulj 60' Nmecha 87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

29 November 2020 14	Anderlecht	0–0	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 80' Cullen 82'	Report	Cimirot 15' Dussenne 78'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

4 December 2020 15	Zulte Waregem	2–2	Anderlecht	Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Seck 8' Bruno 75' Chorý 90+4'	Report	Murillo 30' Nmecha 42' Lokonga 65' Amuzu 85'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

11 December 2020 16	Anderlecht	1–0	Genk	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 December 2020 17	Anderlecht	2–1	Oostende	Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 18', 58' (pen.)	Report	McGeehan 83'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

18 December 2020 18	Charleroi	1–0	Anderlecht	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gholizadeh 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

27 December 2020 19	Anderlecht	2–0	Beerschot	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 32' Mukairu 71'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

10 January 2021 30	OH Leuven	1–0	Anderlecht	Leuven
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jemelka 51' Henry 87' (pen.)	Report	El Hadj 45' Colassin 90+4' Nmecha 90+5'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 January 2021 20	Eupen	2–0	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters 40' Prevljak 75', 85' N'Dri 90+2'	Report	Vlap 14' Lawrence 39' Wellenreuther 41' Miazga 90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

19 January 2021 21	Anderlecht	3–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha 23' (pen.) Vlap 45+1' (pen.) Amuzu 81'	Report	Dessoleil 45' Ilaimaharitra 45+2' Kayembe 50'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

22 January 2021 22	Anderlecht	0–0	Waasland-Beveren	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu 74'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

26 January 2021 23	Excel Mouscron	1–1	Anderlecht	Mouscron
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Xadas 18', 47' Agouzoul 64'	Report	Delcroix 45+3' Nmecha 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

31 January 2021 24	Anderlecht	0–0	Gent	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Arslanagić 60'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 February 2021 25	Genk	v	Anderlecht	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	RFC Liège	0–2	Anderlecht	Liège
21:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van Den Ackerveken 69'	Report	Mukairu 29' Ashimeru 67'	Stadium: Stade de Rocourt Attendance: 0

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Union SG	v	Anderlecht	Forest
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Timon Wellenreuther	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK		Hendrik Van Crombrugge	12	0	12	0	0	0
70	GK		Rik Vercauteren	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
14	DF		Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	9	1	9	1	0	0
20	DF		Matt Miazga	4	0	4	0	0	0
21	DF		Ognjen Vranješ	4	0	4	0	0	0
22	DF		Elias Cobbaut	4	0	4	0	0	0
32	DF		Derrick Luckassen	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
42	DF		Hannes Delcroix	5	0	5	0	0	0
44	DF		Antonio Milić	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Killian Sardella	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
55	DF		Marco Kana	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
62	DF		Michael Murillo	12	2	12	2	0	0
92	DF		Kemar Lawrence	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Josh Cullen	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
10	MF		Michel Vlap	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	MF		Anthony Vanden Borre	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Peter Žulj	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
25	MF		Adrien Trebel	5	2	5	2	0	0
46	MF		Anouar Ait El Hadj	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
48	MF		Albert Sambi Lokonga	8	1	8	1	0	0
51	MF		Yari Verschaeren	8	2	5+3	2	0	0
53	MF		Antoine Colassin	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
61	MF		Kristian Arnstad	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	MF		Zakaria Bakkali	2	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Lukas Nmecha	9	4	8+1	4	0	0
9	FW		Landry Dimata	8	2	4+4	2	0	0
11	FW		Percy Tau	11	4	9+2	4	0	0
12	FW		Paul Mukairu	2	1	0+2	1	0	0
19	FW		Mustapha Bundu	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
27	FW		Ilias Takidine	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Francis Amuzu	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
39	DF		Edo Kayembe	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
17	MF		Luka Adžić	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW		Jérémy Doku	7	2	7	2	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 28 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	9	FW	Landry Dimata	2	2
1	11	FW	Percy Tau	2	2
2	14	DF	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	1	1
	25	MF	Adrien Trebel	1	1
	49	FW	Jérémy Doku	1	1
Own goal				1	1
Totals				8	8

References

"A-Team". R.S.C. Anderlecht.
"Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
"Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

Official website

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[1] "A-Team". R.S.C. Anderlecht.

[2] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

2020–21 in Belgian football
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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 2020 Fall 2020 Winter 2020–21 Summer 2021
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group B) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
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