# List of R.S.C. Anderlecht players

R.S.C. Anderlecht is a professional football team from Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in 1908 and holds the record of Belgian championship titles. Players listed in this article are players who played in at least 100 games in the Belgian first division. The recordman of appearances in the first division for RSC Anderlecht is legendary player Paul Van Himst with 457 matches between 1960 and 1975. Joseph Mermans, nicknamed Le Bombardier (English:The Bomber) is RSC Anderlecht record goalscorer with 338 goals in 384 matches, between 1942 and 1957. Dutch international Rob Rensenbrink, who scored 141 goals in 261 league appearances for Anderlecht between 1971 and 1980 was voted the club's greatest ever player in 2008.

## Key

* Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Belgian Pro League only. Substitute appearances are included.
* Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2015-2016 season.

## Playing positions

| GK | Goalkeeper | CM | Central midfielder |
| RB | Right back | LW | Left winger |
| CB | Centre back | AM | Attacking midfielder |
| LB | Left back | FW | Forward |
| RW | Right winger | ST | Striker |

## Players

| Name | Nationality | Position | Years in Anderlecht | Appearances | Goals |
| Ferdinand Adams | Belgium | ST | 1920–1930 | 152 | 84 |
| Jean Caudron | Belgium | GK | 1922–1931 | 153 | 0 |
| Joseph Luxen | Belgium | RW | 1930–1945 | 147 | 26 |
| Georges Van Calenberg | Belgium | RW | 1931–1946 | 183 | 3 |
| Jean Mertens | Belgium | GK | 1932–1943 | 164 | 0 |
| François Gets | Belgium | CM | 1933–1939 | 100 | 21 |
| Pierre De Pauw | Belgium | RB | 1936–1945 | 105 | 0 |
| Victor Erroelen | Belgium | CB | 1936–1949 | 236 | 4 |
| Michel Vanvarenbergh | Belgium | AM | 1936–1953 | 312 | 128 |
| Jean De Cuyper | Belgium | CB | 1937–1948 | 149 | 3 |
| François De Wael | Belgium | RW | 1941–1950 | 200 | 110 |
| Joseph Vernimmen | Belgium | CM | 1941–1952 | 261 | 20 |
| François Sermon | Belgium | LW | 1941–1953 | 274 | 64 |
| Jean Valet | Belgium | CB | 1941–1954 | 287 | 49 |
| Joseph Mermans | Belgium | ST | 1942–1957 | 384 | 338 |
| Henri Meert | Belgium | GK | 1943–1959 | 312 | 1 |
| Hippolyte Van Den Bosch | Belgium | CM | 1944–1958 | 212 | 141 |
| François Degelas | Belgium | CM | 1947–1958 | 209 | 25 |
| Arsène Vaillant | Belgium | LB | 1948–1954 | 156 | 20 |
| Henri Matthys | Belgium | RB | 1948–1956 | 197 | 0 |
| Marcel De Corte | Belgium | RW | 1950–1959 | 139 | 37 |
| Félix Week | Belgium | GK | 1950–1960 | 134 | 0 |
| Pieter Van Den Bosch | Belgium | FW | 1951–1959 | 156 | 40 |
| Willem de Koster | Belgium | CB | 1951–1960 | 235 | 0 |
| Gaston De Wael | Belgium | AM | 1952–1961 | 112 | 63 |
| René Vanderwilt | Belgium | CM | 1954–1959 | 117 | 19 |
| Charles De Vogelaere | Belgium | RB | 1954–1961 | 105 | 1 |
| Martin Lippens | Belgium | CM | 1954–1964 | 232 | 54 |
| Armand Jurion | Belgium | RW | 1954–1968 | 390 | 72 |
| Jacques Culot | Belgium | LB | 1955–1961 | 167 | 0 |
| Pierre Hanon | Belgium | CM | 1955–1970 | 353 | 31 |
| Jacques Stockman | Belgium | FW | 1957–1966 and 1972–1973 | 246 | 142 |
| Jean Cornelis | Belgium | CB | 1958–1971 | 288 | 7 |
| Jean-Marie Trappeniers | Belgium | GK | 1959–1971 | 278 | 0 |
| Jean Plaskie | Belgium | CB | 1959–1972 | 182 | 2 |
| Laurent Verbiest | Belgium | LB | 1960–1966 | 120 | 2 |
| Georges Heylens | Belgium | RB | 1960–1973 | 360 | 10 |
| Paul Van Himst | Belgium | AM | 1960–1975 | 457 | 236 |
| Wilfried Puis | Belgium | FW | 1961–1971 | 274 | 55 |
| Johan Devrindt | Belgium | ST | 1964–1970 | 112 | 66 |
| Jan Mulder | Netherlands | ST | 1965–1972 | 145 | 89 |
| Julien Kialunda | Zaire | CB | 1965–1972 | 124 | 3 |
| Jos Volders | Belgium | CB | 1968–1974 | 105 | 4 |
| Gilbert Van Binst | Belgium | RB | 1968–1980 | 263 | 28 |
| Jan Verheyen | Belgium | RW | 1971–1975 | 111 | 5 |
| Jan Ruiter | Netherlands | GK | 1971–1977 | 179 | 0 |
| Jean Dockx | Belgium | CB | 1971–1978 | 216 | 12 |
| Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | ST | 1971–1980 | 261 | 141 |
| François Van Der Elst | Belgium | FW | 1971–1980 | 248 | 82 |
| Hugo Broos | Belgium | CB | 1971–1983 | 351 | 2 |
| Ludo Coeck | Belgium | CM | 1972–1983 | 296 | 54 |
| Jean Thissen | Belgium | CB | 1974–1979 | 122 | 4 |
| Jacky Munaron | Belgium | GK | 1974–1989 | 293 | 0 |
| Arie Haan | Netherlands | CM | 1975–1981 | 198 | 35 |
| Franky Vercauteren | Belgium | LW | 1975–1987 | 367 | 92 |
| Michel De Groote | Belgium | CM | 1975–1989 | 294 | 25 |
| Johnny Dusbaba | Netherlands | CB | 1977–1981 | 117 | 1 |
| Benny Nielsen | Denmark | FW | 1977–1981 | 104 | 34 |
| Kenneth Brylle | Denmark | FW | 1980–1984 | 122 | 50 |
| Luka Peruzovic | Yugoslavia | CB | 1980–1986 | 168 | 5 |
| Morten Olsen | Denmark | CB | 1980–1986 | 173 | 3 |
| Wim Hofkens | Netherlands | RB | 1981–1985 | 114 | 4 |
| Walter Degreef | Belgium | LB | 1981–1986 | 110 | 1 |
| Juan Lozano | Spain | AM | 1981–1987 | 129 | 42 |
| Per Frimann | Denmark | CM | 1981–1988 | 159 | 31 |
| Erwin Vandenbergh | Belgium | ST | 1982–1986 | 121 | 87 |
| Henrik Andersen | Denmark | LB | 1982–1990 | 173 | 13 |
| Georges Grün | Belgium | CB | 1982–1990 and 1994–1996 | 250 | 31 |
| Arnor Gudjohnsen | Iceland | ST | 1983–1990 | 139 | 40 |
| Vincenzo Scifo | Belgium | CM | 1983–1987 and 1997–2000 | 197 | 46 |
| Adri van Tiggelen | Netherlands | RB | 1986–1991 | 144 | 7 |
| Luc Nilis | Belgium | ST | 1986–1994 | 224 | 127 |
| Charly Musonda | Zambia | CM | 1987–1994 and 1996–1997 | 109 | 6 |
| Wim Kooiman | Netherlands | CM | 1988–1994 | 151 | 12 |
| Filip De Wilde | Belgium | GK | 1988–2002 | 371 | 0 |
| Marc Degryse | Belgium | AM | 1989–1995 | 171 | 66 |
| Michel De Wolf | Belgium | CB | 1990–1994 | 109 | 2 |
| Graeme Rutjes | Netherlands | CB | 1990–1996 | 152 | 7 |
| Bertrand Crasson | Belgium | RB | 1990–1996 and 1998–2003 | 293 | 20 |
| Pär Zetterberg | Sweden | AM | 1990–1991 and 1993–2006 | 285 | 74 |
| Johnny Bosman | Netherlands | ST | 1991–1996 | 156 | 71 |
| Danny Boffin | Belgium | LW | 1991–1997 | 189 | 30 |
| Johan Walem | Belgium | CM | 1991–1997 | 180 | 16 |
| Bruno Versavel | Belgium | AM | 1992–1997 | 124 | 37 |
| Olivier Doll | Belgium | CB | 1994–2004 | 182 | 5 |
| Glen De Boeck | Belgium | CB | 1995–2004 | 207 | 15 |
| Oleg Iachtchouk | Ukraine | FW | 1996–2006 | 119 | 32 |
| Walter Baseggio | Belgium | CM | 1996–2008 | 256 | 43 |
| Didier Dheedene | Belgium | CB | 1997–2001 | 102 | 9 |
| Alin Stoica | Romania | CM | 1997–2002 | 128 | 23 |
| Bart Goor | Belgium | LW | 1997–2001 and 2005–2008 | 228 | 42 |
| Aruna Dindane | Ivory Coast | FW | 2000–2005 | 131 | 50 |
| Besnik Hasi | Albania | CM | 2000–2006 | 108 | 1 |
| Yves Vanderhaeghe | Belgium | CM | 2000–2006 | 150 | 10 |
| Olivier Deschacht | Belgium | LB | 2001–2018 | 409 | 11 |
| Hannu Tihinen | Finland | CB | 2002–2006 | 101 | 12 |
| Daniel Zitka | Czech Republic | GK | 2002–2010 | 144 | 0 |
| Vincent Kompany | Belgium | CB | 2003–2006 and 2019–present | 73 | 6 |
| Anthony Vanden Borre | Belgium | CB | 2003–2007 and 2012–2016 | 119 | 4 |
| Jonathan Legear | Belgium | RW | 2004–2011 | 123 | 20 |
| Silvio Proto | Belgium | GK | 2005–2016 | 285 | 0 |
| Roland Juhasz | Hungary | DF | 2005–2013 | 207 | 20 |
| Jelle Van Damme | Belgium | LW | 2006–2010 | 110 | 17 |
| Lucas Biglia | Argentina | CM | 2006–2013 | 204 | 14 |
| Mbark Boussoufa | Morocco | AM | 2006–2011 | 148 | 48 |
| Marcin Wasilewski | Poland | RB | 2006–2013 | 143 | 20 |
| Guillaume Gillet | Belgium | RB | 2008–2014 and 2015–2016 | 248 | 48 |
| Matías Suárez | Argentina | FW | 2008–2016 | 177 | 51 |
| Cheikhou Kouyaté | Senegal | DF | 2008–2014 | 153 | 4 |
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | ST | 2009–2011 | 73 | 33 |
| Tom De Sutter | Belgium | ST | 2009–2013 | 119 | 35 |
| Sacha Kljestan | United States | CM | 2010–2014 | 132 | 18 |
| Dennis Praet | Belgium | AM | 2011–2016 | 139 | 20 |
| Youri Tielemans | Belgium | CM | 2013–2017 | 102 | 13 |