# 2019–20 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2019–20 season was the 112th season played by Anderlecht. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. Anderlecht participated in the Belgian First Division A and the Belgian Cup. The club did not participate in any UEFA competition this season, having missed out on European qualification for the first time in 56 years.

## Match details
### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 36 |
| 10 | Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 36 |

#### Matches

Belgian First Division A match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 28 July 2019 | 10th | KV Oostende | H | L | 1–2 | Vlap 13' | 19,000 |
| 4 August 2019 | 11th | Royal Excel Mouscron | A | D | 0–0 | | 8,257 |
| 9 August 2019 | 13th | Mechelen | H | D | 0–0 | | 19,000 |
| 17 August 2019 | 13th | Kortrijk | A | L | 2–4 | Nasri 26', Vlap 66' pen. | 9,000 |
| 23 August 2019 | 14th | Genk | A | L | 0–1 | | 22,105 |
| 1 September 2019 | 13th | Standard Liège | H | W | 1–0 | Saelemaekers 31' | 19,500 |
| 15 September 2019 | 13th | Antwerp | H | L | 1–2 | Chadli 65' | 19,500 |
| 22 September 2019 | 13th | Club Brugge | A | L | 1–2 | Chadli 5' | 26,500 |
| 29 September 2019 | 13th | Waasland-Beveren | H | D | 0–0 | | 18,751 |
| 4 October 2019 | 13th | Sporting Charleroi | A | W | 2–1 | Verschaeren 12', Chadli 64' | 13,332 |
| 20 October 2019 | 11th | Sint-Truiden | H | W | 4–1 | Chadli (2) 5', 64', Kana 10', Roofe 67' | 19,000 |
| 25 October 2019 | 11th | AS Eupen | A | D | 0–0 | | 5,082 |
| 31 October 2019 | 12th | Gent | H | D | 3–3 | Verschaeren 17', Roofe (2) 68' pen., 70' | 21,500 |
| 3 November 2019 | 11th | Cercle Brugge | H | W | 2–1 | Roofe 10' pen., Saelemaekers 19' | 19,000 |
| 8 November 2019 | 10th | Zulte-Waregem | A | W | 2–1 | Chadli 4', Roofe 81' | 10,068 |
| 24 November 2019 | 10th | Kortrijk | H | D | 0–0 | | 19,503 |
| 1 December 2019 | 11th | KV Oostende | A | L | 2–3 | Chadli 84', Doku 90+1' | 6,079 |
| 8 December 2019 | 11th | Sporting Charleroi | H | D | 0–0 | | 19,000 |
| 15 December 2019 | 10th | Standard Liège | A | D | 1–1 | Roofe 67' | 26,972 |
| 22 December 2019 | 10th | Genk | H | W | 2–0 | Vlap (2) 54', 61' | 19,000 |
| 27 December 2019 | 9th | Antwerp | A | D | 0–0 | | 15,073 |
| 19 January 2020 | 9th | Club Brugge | H | L | 1–2 | Colassin 21' | 20,000 |
| 26 January 2020 | 9th | Cercle Brugge | A | W | 2–1 | Amuzu 87', Vlap 90+4' | 5,192 |
| 2 February 2020 | 9th | Royal Excel Mouscron | H | W | 1–0 | Colassin 70' | 18,000 |
| 7 February 2020 | 9th | Gent | A | D | 1–1 | Colassin 14' | 20,000 |
| 15 February 2020 | 9th | Mechelen | A | L | 0–2 | | 16,500 |
| 23 February 2020 | 8th | AS Eupen | H | W | 6–1 | Murillo 9', Vlap 17' pen., Pjaca 25', Kompany 35', Amuzu 52', Bakkali 90+1' | 20,000 |
| 29 February 2020 | 8th | Waasland-Beveren | A | W | 3–0 | Vlap (2) 8', 66', Amuzu 90+4' pen. | 7,253 |
| 7 March 2020 | 8th | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 7–0 | Pletinckx 7' o.g., Vlap (3) 16', 65' pen., 83', Doku (2) 49', 83', Chadli 86' | |

### Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Sixth round | 25 September 2019 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | A | W | 3–2 | Nasri 41', Bourdin 80' o.g., Thelin 106' | |
| Seventh round | 5 December 2019 | Royal Excel Mouscron | A | W | 3–2 | Roofe 20', Doku 44', Luckassen 56' | 5,190 |
| Quarter final | 19 December 2019 | Club Brugge | H | L | 0–2 | | 20,000 |

## Appearances and goals

    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 2019–20 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Frank Boeckx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | POR | Josué Sá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | James Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Vincent Kompany | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Makarenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Andy Najar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Pieter Gerkens | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap | 18 (5) | 11 | 2 | 0 | 20 (5) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Samir Nasri | 5 (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kenny Saief | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Luka Adžić | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli * | 15 (2) | 8 | 1 (1) | 0 | 16 (3) | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CRO | Marko Pjaca * | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Elias Cobbaut | 22 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Peter Žulj | 16 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (6) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 2 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SER | Dejan Joveljić * | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NED | Derrick Luckassen * | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | NED | Philippe Sandler * | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GHA | Dauda Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | COD | Edo Kayembe | 9 (9) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 11 (10) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 11 (9) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 (9) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | GHA | Emmanuel Sowah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | BEL | Thierry Lutonda | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Antonio Milić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | MLI | Abdoul Karim Danté † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | BEL | Lucas Lissens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | BEL | Albert Sambi Lokonga | 22 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 (1) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku | 14 (7) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 16 (8) | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 50 | MF | BEL | Sieben Dewaele | 14 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (2) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 51 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren | 17 (4) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 17 (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | BEL | Hotman El Kababri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | BEL | Antoine Colassin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Killian Sardella | 15 (3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 16 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Marco Kana | 12 (3) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 13 (4) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | BEL | Alexis Saelemaekers | 14 (2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 (2) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | CIV | Olivier Dhauholou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | JAM | Kemar Lawrence | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | JAM | Kemar Roofe | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali | 0 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 |