# 2016–17 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2016–17 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

## Match details

League positions are sourced by Statto, while the remaining information is referenced individually.

### Belgian First Division A
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 61 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 59 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Oostende | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 July 2016 | 3rd | Royal Excel Mouscron | A | W | 2–1 | Acheampong 62', Sylla 65' | 7,000 |
| 7 August 2016 | 1st | Kortrijk | H | W | 5–1 | Hanni 32', Teodorczyk 50', Chipciu 54', Defour 63', Sylla 75' | 20,000 |
| 12 August 2016 | 1st | Sint-Truiden | A | D | 0–0 | | 10,039 |
| 21 August 2016 | 2nd | AS Eupen | A | D | 2–2 | Capel 21', Teodorczyk 46' | 5,221 |
| 28 August 2016 | 5th | Gent | H | D | 2–2 | Tielemans 19' pen., Teodorczyk 47' | 19,000 |
| 11 September 2016 | 2nd | Sporting Charleroi | H | W | 3–2 | Teodorczyk 57', Hanni 66', Tielemans 68' | 19,000 |
| 18 September 2016 | 2nd | Genk | A | W | 2–0 | Mbodji 64', Harbaoui 76' | 19,570 |
| 25 September 2016 | 2nd | Westerlo | H | L | 1–2 | Hanni 83' | 11,000 |
| 2 October 2016 | 2nd | Standard Liège | A | W | 1–0 | Teodorczyk 79' | 27,850 |
| 16 October 2016 | 1st | Lokeren | H | W | 1–0 | Teodorczyk 89' | 20,000 |
| 23 October 2016 | 2nd | Club Brugge | A | L | 1–2 | Teodorczyk 87' | 27,106 |
| 26 October 2016 | 2nd | Mechelen | H | W | 2–0 | Teodorczyk 31', Tielemans 81' pen. | 17,509 |
| 30 October 2016 | 2nd | Waasland-Beveren | A | L | 1–2 | Teodorczyk 10' | 7,098 |
| 6 November 2016 | 2nd | KV Oostende | H | D | 1–1 | Tielemans 82' pen. | 20,000 |
| 20 November 2016 | 6th | Zulte-Waregem | A | L | 2–3 | Teodorczyk (2) 14', 31' | 12,250 |
| 27 November 2016 | 6th | Royal Excel Mouscron | H | W | 7–0 | Teodorczyk 1', Hanni 21', Delač 28' o.g., Stanciu 31', Tielemans 76' pen., Spajić 82', Bruno 84' | 15,000 |
| 4 December 2016 | 3rd | Kortrijk | A | W | 3–1 | Stanciu 29', Teodorczyk 56', Obradović 83' | 9,191 |
| 11 December 2016 | 3rd | Club Brugge | H | D | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 18 December 2016 | 3rd | AS Eupen | H | W | 4–0 | Hanni (2) 8', 90', Dendoncker (2) 21', 61' | 15,000 |
| 22 December 2016 | 3rd | Gent | A | W | 3–2 | Teodorczyk (2) 29', 56', Chipciu 74' | 19,999 |
| 26 December 2016 | 2nd | Sporting Charleroi | A | W | 2–0 | Teodorczyk 74', Acheampong 85' | 14,061 |
| 22 January 2017 | 2nd | Sint-Truiden | H | W | 3–1 | Tielemans (2) 31', 90+2' pen., Stanciu 65' | 19,000 |
| 25 January 2017 | 2nd | Westerlo | A | W | 4–2 | Teodorczyk 7', Stanciu 15', Dendoncker 45', Tielemans 49' | 8,000 |
| 29 January 2017 | 2nd | Standard Liège | H | D | 0–0 | | 21,000 |
| 3 February 2017 | 2nd | Lokeren | A | D | 0–0 | | 8,202 |
| 12 February 2017 | 2nd | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 4–2 | Hanni 22', Bruno 42', Tielemans 46', Chipciu 90+1' | 19,000 |
| 19 February 2017 | 2nd | KV Oostende | A | W | 4–1 | Hanni 2', Tielemans (2) 67', 69', Teodorczyk 90' | 9,000 |
| 26 February 2017 | 2nd | Genk | H | W | 2–0 | Mbodji 32', Tielemans 50' | 19,000 |
| 4 March 2017 | 2nd | Mechelen | A | L | 2–3 | Teodorczyk 54', Nuytinck 71' | 16,701 |
| 12 March 2017 | 1st | Waasland-Beveren | H | W | 3–0 | Bruno 3', Teodorczyk 36', Mbodji 41' | 20,000 |

#### Championship play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AND | CLU | GNT | OOS | CHA | ZWA |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Oostende (O) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Charleroi | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 35 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — |
* ↑ Zulte Waregem qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Belgian Cup.
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 31 March 2017 | 1st | Zulte-Waregem | A | W | 2–1 | Chipciu 20', Tielemans 72' | 9,941 |
| 9 April 2017 | 1st | Gent | H | D | 0–0 | | 21,500 |
| 16 April 2017 | 1st | KV Oostende | A | W | 1–0 | Hanni 48' | 8,000 |
| 23 April 2017 | 1st | Club Brugge | H | W | 2–0 | Dendoncker 21', Mbodji 34' | 20,366 |
| 27 April 2017 | 1st | Sporting Charleroi | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,500 |
| 30 April 2017 | 1st | Gent | A | D | 0–0 | | 19,999 |
| 7 May 2017 | 1st | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 2–0 | Chipciu 15', Thelin 90+2' | 19,500 |
| 14 May 2017 | 1st | Club Brugge | A | D | 1–1 | Hanni 9' | 27,490 |
| 18 May 2017 | 1st | Sporting Charleroi | A | W | 3–1 | Teodorczyk (2) 59', 81', Bruno 87' | 14,710 |
| 21 May 2017 | 1st | KV Oostende | H | W | 3–2 | Rozehnal 42' o.g., Dendoncker 64', Acheampong 78' | 19,500 |

### Belgian Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Sixth round | 21 September 2016 | OH Leuven | H | W | 1–0 | Harbaoui 52' | 7,300 | |
| Seventh round | 1 December 2016 | Sporting Charleroi | A | D | 2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–5 pens. | Spajić 12', Teodorczyk 81' | 9,689 | |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying stage

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Third qualifying round first leg | 26 July 2016 | Rostov | A | D | 2–2 | Hanni 3', Tielemans 52' | 14,770 | |
| Third qualifying round second leg | 3 August 2016 | Rostov | H | L | 0–2 | | 19,464 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying stage

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Play-off round first leg | 18 August 2016 | Slavia Praha | A | W | 3–0 | Sylla 50, Teodorczyk 62', Hanni 72' | 16,096 | |
| Play-off round second leg | 25 August 2016 | Slavia Praha | H | W | 3–0 | Tielemans 22' pen., Teodorczyk 40' pen., Heylen 61' | 13,075 | |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SET | AND | MNZ | QAB |
| 1 | Saint-Étienne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Gabala | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Group | 15 September 2016 | Qabala | H | W | 3–1 | Teodorczyk 14', Rafael Santos 41' o.g., Capel 77' | 11,638 |
| Group | 29 September 2016 | Saint-Étienne | A | D | 1–1 | Tielemans 62' pen. | 23,258 |
| Group | 20 October 2016 | Mainz 05 | A | D | 1–1 | Teodorczyk 65' | 21,317 |
| Group | 4 November 2016 | Mainz 05 | H | W | 6–1 | Stanciu (2) 9', 41', Tielemans 62', Teodorczyk (2) 89', 90+4' pen., Bruno 90+2' | 13,275 |
| Group | 24 November 2016 | Qabala | A | W | 3–1 | Tielemans 10, Bruno 90', Teodorczyk 90+3' | 4,500 |
| Group | 8 December 2016 | Saint-Étienne | H | L | 2–3 | Chipciu 21', Stanciu 31' | 13,583 |

#### Knockout phase

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Round of 32 | 16 February 2017 | Zenit | H | W | 2–0 | Acheampong (2) 5', 31' | 13,415 |
| Round of 32 | 23 February 2017 | Zenit | A | L | 1–3 | Thelin 90' | 17,992 |
| Round of 16 | 9 March 2017 | APOEL | A | W | 1–0 | Stanciu 29' | 19,327 |
| Round of 16 | 16 March 2017 | APOEL | H | W | 1–0 | Acheampong 65' | 15,662 |
| Quarter final | 13 April 2017 | Manchester United | H | D | 1–1 | Dendoncker 86' | 20,060 |
| Quarter final | 20 April 2017 | Manchester United | A | L | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Hanni 32' | 71,496 |

## 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
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef † | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Rubén Iván Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deschacht | 5 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 (11) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Kara Mbodji | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Sebastian De Maio † | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Uroš Spajić * | 24 (4) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 35 (4) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Andy Najar | 7 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 12 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Stéphane Badji | 6 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 9 (9) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Hamdi Harbaoui | 1 (7) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (9) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Dennis Praet † | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno * | 13 (15) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (7) | 2 | 17 (22) | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu | 31 (1) | 5 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 43 (5) | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bram Nuytinck | 28 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 | 41 (3) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Steven Defour † | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Capel | 5 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6) | 1 | 9 (16) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Frank Acheampong | 16 (13) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 12 (2) | 3 | 30 (17) | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COL | Oswal Álvarez † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | COD | Fabrice N'Sakala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CIV | Idrissa Doumbia | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | BEL | Frank Boeckx | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | BEL | Michaël Heylen † | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin * | 2 (14) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 1 | 5 (17) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 12 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (5) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GUI | Idrissa Sylla † | 1 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 4 (4) | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Mahmoud Hassan | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | BEL | Youri Tielemans | 35 (2) | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 51 (2) | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | SRB | Ivan Obradović | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | BEL | Wout Faes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | GHA | Emmanuel Sowah Adjei | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 9 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | BEL | Mile Svilar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | BEL | Jorn Vancamp | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu | 20 (4) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 4 | 32 (6) | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 | FW | BEL | Nathan Kabasele | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk * | 36 (2) | 22 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 (3) | 7 | 46 (7) | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Hanni | 35 (3) | 10 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 (4) | 2 | 47 (8) | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | COD | Dodi Lukebakio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |