# 2013–14 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2013–14 season is a season in Belgian Pro League played by R.S.C. Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

## Match results

League positions are sourced from Statto, while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Standard Liège | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 67 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 57 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Lokeren | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 28 July 2013 | 11th | Lokeren | H | L | 2–3 | Bruno 55', Gillet 76' pen. | 26,000 |
| 2 August 2013 | 1st | Cercle Brugge | A | W | 4–0 | Deschacht 7', Suárez 41', Bruno (2) 51', 57' | 9,900 |
| 11 August 2013 | 5th | Gent | H | W | 4–1 | Kljestan 32', Praet 34', Bruno 49', Acheampong 78' | 24,000 |
| 18 August 2013 | 5th | Waasland-Beveren | A | W | 3–0 | Kljestan 74', Acheampong 82', Gillet 90+2' | 7,252 |
| 25 August 2013 | 2nd | Sporting Charleroi | H | W | 5–2 | Suárez (3) 21', 32', 47', Nuytinck 57', Bruno 75' | 26,112 |
| 1 September 2013 | 5th | Zulte-Waregem | A | L | 3–4 | Kljestan 18', Suárez 59', de Zeeuw 78' | 9,489 |
| 14 September 2013 | 4th | Mechelen | H | W | 5–0 | Mitrović (2) 2', 38', Kljestan 18', Suárez 41', Acheampong 89' | 21,000 |
| 22 September 2013 | 5th | Club Brugge | A | L | 0–4 | | 27,024 |
| 29 September 2013 | 4th | Lierse | H | W | 2–0 | Gillet 65', Praet 84' | 21,000 |
| 6 October 2013 | 5th | Kortrijk | H | L | 0–1 | | 22,000 |
| 18 October 2013 | 4th | Mons | A | W | 2–0 | Mitrović 29', Mbemba 45' | 6,200 |
| 27 October 2013 | 5th | Standard Liège | H | D | 1–1 | Kljestan 1' | 26,000 |
| 30 October 2013 | 5th | KV Oostende | A | W | 3–0 | Mitrović 45+1', Mbemba 71', Kljestan 73' | 6,352 |
| 2 November 2013 | 4th | OH Leuven | H | W | 3–1 | Kljestan 43', Mitrović (2) 44', 81' | 20,000 |
| 10 November 2013 | 4th | Genk | A | W | 1–0 | Mbemba 78' | 24,236 |
| 23 November 2013 | 4th | Sporting Charleroi | A | L | 1–2 | Gillet 73' | 9,157 |
| 1 December 2013 | 5th | Cercle Brugge | H | W | 2–1 | Bruno 30', Mitrović 86' | 19,351 |
| 7 December 2013 | 3rd | Waasland-Beveren | H | W | 2–0 | Mitrović 33', Vargas 65' | 19,500 |
| 15 December 2013 | 2nd | Gent | A | W | 2–1 | Bruno 60' pen., Mitrović 76' | 19,866 |
| 22 December 2013 | 3rd | Standard Liège | A | D | 1–1 | Praet 18' | 27,489 |
| 26 December 2013 | 2nd | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 1–0 | Malanda 66' o.g. | 20,000 |
| 19 January 2014 | 2nd | Mechelen | A | L | 1–2 | Najar 2' | 11,911 |
| 26 January 2014 | 2nd | Club Brugge | H | W | 2–0 | Mitrović 39', N'Sakala 88' | 20,300 |
| 31 January 2014 | 2nd | Lierse | A | L | 0–2 | | 9,300 |
| 8 February 2014 | 2nd | Kortrijk | A | D | 2–2 | Cyriac 76', Pollet 90+3' | 9,214 |
| 16 February 2014 | 3rd | Mons | H | W | 2–0 | Kljestan 37', Vargas 49' | 20,000 |
| 21 February 2014 | 3rd | Lokeren | A | L | 1–2 | Odoi 57' o.g. | 9,093 |
| 2 March 2014 | 3rd | Genk | H | W | 2–0 | Mitrović 63', Pollet 90+1' | 20,100 |
| 8 March 2014 | 3rd | OH Leuven | A | L | 0–1 | | 9,200 |
| 16 March 2014 | 3rd | KV Oostende | H | W | 4–0 | Mitrović (2) 9' pen., 77', Najar 28', Deschacht 83' | 21,000 |

#### Championship playoff

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 51 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 41 | Qualification for the Testmatches |
| 5 | Lokeren | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Genk | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 32 | |
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 March 2014 | 4th | Standard Liège | A | L | 0–1 | | 27,700 |
| 6 April 2014 | 4th | Club Brugge | H | W | 3–0 | Tielemans 22', Cyriac (2) 32', 40' | 19,000 |
| 11 April 2014 | 2nd | Lokeren | A | W | 2–1 | Cyriac 6', Mitrović 60' | 7,233 |
| 15 April 2014 | 3rd | Zulte-Waregem | H | D | 0–0 | | 18,603 |
| 21 April 2014 | 4th | Genk | A | L | 0–1 | | 21,430 |
| 27 April 2014 | 3rd | Standard Liège | H | W | 2–1 | Mbemba 52', Mitrović 78' | 23,000 |
| 4 May 2014 | 2nd | Club Brugge | A | W | 1–0 | Meunier 86' o.g. | 26,000 |
| 11 May 2014 | 1st | Genk | H | W | 4–0 | Bruno (2) 16', 53', Najar 45', Praet 81' | 21,000 |
| 15 May 2014 | 1st | Zulte-Waregem | A | W | 2–1 | Kouyaté 15', Bruno 24' | 9,482 |
| 18 May 2014 | 1st | Lokeren | H | W | 3–1 | Mitrović 19', Mbemba 59', Praet 67' | 22,000 |

### Belgian Super Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Final | 21 July 2013 | Genk | H | W | 1–0 | Bruno 45+1' | 18,000 | |

### Belgian Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Sixth round | 25 September 2013 | AS Eupen | H | W | 7–0 | Bruno (2) 5' pen., 52', de Zeeuw 23', Acheampong 35', Suárez 42', Tielemans 50', Cyriac 74' | 10,000 | |
| Seventh round | 4 December 2013 | Westerlo | A | D | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Bruno (2) 48', 106' | 7,500 | |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | OLY | BEN | AND |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Olympiacos 4, Benfica 1.
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Group | 17 September 2013 | Benfica | A | L | 0–2 | | 29,393 |
| Group | 2 October 2013 | Olympiakos Piraeus | H | L | 0–3 | | 17,000 |
| Group | 23 October 2013 | PSG | H | L | 0–5 | | 18,465 |
| Group | 5 November 2013 | PSG | A | D | 1–1 | de Zeeuw 68' | 43,091 |
| Group | 27 November 2013 | Benfica | H | L | 2–3 | Mbemba 18', Bruno 77' | 16,780 |
| Group | 10 December 2013 | Olympiakos Piraeus | A | L | 1–3 | Kljestan 39' | 31,444 |

## Appearances and goals

    As of match played 18 May 2014.
    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 with Anderlecht.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Cup | Cup | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Silvio Proto | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | COD | Fabrice N'Sakala | 15 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 (4) | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deschacht | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Demy de Zeeuw * | 6 (8) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 (8) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SWE | Samuel Armenteros | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SER | Luka Milivojević | 13 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 17 (4) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Matías Suárez | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet | 31 (6) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 38 (8) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | David Pollet | 2 (10) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | HON | Andy Najar | 23 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | BEL | Thomas Kaminski | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 22 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 28 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Gohi Bi Cyriac | 15 (12) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 17 (15) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SEN | Cheikhou Kouyaté | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno | 28 (8) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 34 (8) | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Frank Acheampong | 9 (15) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 (6) | 0 | 11 (21) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Sacha Kljestan | 21 (2) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 (2) | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba | 31 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 (4) | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | BEL | Xavier Gies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Michaël Heylen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | COD | Mulopo Kudimbana * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Fede Vico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BEL | Guillaume Gillet | 26 (7) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 (7) | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BEL | Youri Tielemans | 21 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 (2) | 0 | 25 (10) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Nabil Jaadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | BEL | Samy Bourard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | COL | Oswal Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | BEL | Jordan Lukaku | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | BEL | Andy Kawaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BEL | Anthony Vanden Borre | 26 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 (1) | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Mitrović | 29 (3) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 (4) | 16 | 8 | 2 |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Fernando Canesin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | VEN | Ronald Vargas | 4 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 |