# 2023–24 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2023–24 season was Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht's 116th season in existence and 88th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 February 2024
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 | DEN | Kasper Schmeichel |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Moussa N'Diaye |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Francis Amuzu |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Thorgan Hazard |
| 12 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen (captain) |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Mads Kikkenborg |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Théo Leoni |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Luis Vázquez |
| 21 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Louis Patris |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits |
| 25 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Mario Stroeykens |
| 32 | FW | ECU | Nilson Angulo |
| 33 | DF | ARG | Federico Gattoni (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 36 | MF | DEN | Anders Dreyer |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Killian Sardella |
| 56 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast |
| 61 | MF | NOR | Kristian Arnstad |
| 63 | GK | BEL | Timon Vanhoutte |

### 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 |
| — | FW | BEL | Antoine Colassin |

### 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 |
| — | DF | BEL | Marco Kana (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | NGA | Ishaq Abdulrazak (at Häcken until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Alexis Flips (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Kasper Dolberg | Nice | Free | 7 July 2023 |
| DF | Louis Patris | OH Leuven | €3,500,000 | 8 July 2023 |
| GK | Maxime Dupé | Toulouse | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| MF | Justin Lonwijk | Dynamo Kiev | Loan | 25 July 2023 |
| FW | Luis Vázquez | Boca Juniors | €4,500,000 | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Tudor Mendel-Idowu | Chelsea | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Alexis Flips | Reims | €3,500,000 | 8 August 2023 |
| MF | Mats Rits | Club Brugge | €2,000,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| DF | Ludwig Augustinsson | Sevilla | Loan | 16 August 2023 |
| MF | Thomas Delaney | Sevilla | Loan | 22 August 2023 |
| GK | Kasper Schmeichel | Nice | Free | 5 September 2023 |
| MF | Thorgan Hazard | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed | 6 September 2023 |
| DF | Federico Gattoni | Sevilla | Loan | 30 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Mohammed Dauda | Tenerife | Undisclosed | 24 May 2023 |
| GK | Timon Wellenreuther | Feyenoord | Undisclosed | 2 June 2023 |
| MF | Lior Refaelov | Maccabi Haifa | Free | 15 June 2023 |
| MF | Kristoffer Olsson | Midtjylland | Undisclosed | 3 July 2023 |
| GK | Bart Verbruggen | Brighton & Hove Albion | €20,000,000 | 4 July 2023 |
| DF | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | Genk | €1,300,000 | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Bogdan Mykhaylichenko | Dinamo Zagreb | Free | 24 July 2023 |
| DF | Noah Sadiki | Union SG | €1,400,000 | 27 July 2023 |
| FW | Lucas Stassin | Westerlo | €1,500,000 | 27 July 2023 |
| DF | Hannes Delcroix | Burnley | Undisclosed | 22 August 2023 |
| DF | Michael Amir Murillo | Marseille | Undisclosed | 30 August 2023 |
| FW | Mustapha Bundu | Plymouth Argyle | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian Pro League Regular season | 28 July 2023 | 16 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 060.00 |
| Champions' Play-offs | 1 April 2024 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 044.44 |
| Belgian Cup | 30 October 2023 | 25 January 2024 | Seventh round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 19 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Union SG | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League and champions' play-offs |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 3 | Antwerp | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 52 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 51 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
* ↑ The regular season winner qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the play-off.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

#### Champions' Play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CLU | USG | AND | CER | GNK | ANT |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League league stage | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Union SG | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Genk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 37 | Qualification for the European competition play-off | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 32 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ Union SG qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2023–24 Belgian Cup. The Europa League second qualifying spot and the European competition play-off spot were thus passed to the next two highest-placed teams that did not qualify for European competitions.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | |