# 2022–23 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2022–23 season was the 115th season in the history of R.S.C. Anderlecht and their 87th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Belgian Pro League, the Belgian Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 April 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Moussa N'Diaye |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Francis Amuzu |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen |
| 16 | GK | NED | Bart Verbruggen |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru |
| 21 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Ishaq Abdulrazak |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Noah Sadiki |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Mario Stroeykens |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge (captain) |
| 32 | FW | ECU | Nilson Angulo |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Rik Vercauteren |
| 33 | MR | DEN | Anders Dreyer |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Killian Sardella |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Marco Kana |
| 56 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast |
| 61 | MF | NOR | Kristian Arnstad |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo |
| 63 | GK | BEL | Timon Vanhoutte |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Aristote Nkaka |
| 19 | FW | SLE | Mustapha Bundu |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko (at Shakhtar Donetsk until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GHA | Mo Dauda (on loan to CD Tenerife) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 32 | MF | Nilson Angulo | LDU Quito | €1,900,000 | 21 June 2022 |
| 24 | MF | Ishaq Abdulrazak | IFK Norrköping | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Amadou Diawara | Roma | €1,890,000 | 31 August 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | Benfica | Free | 2 September 2022 |
| 33 | MF | Anders Dreyer | FC Midtjylland | €4,200,000 | 15 January 2023 |
| 13 | FW | Islam Slimani | Brest | Free | 31 January 2023 |

### Out
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Pro League | 24 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 038.24 |
| Belgian Cup | 10 November 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 August 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Third qualifying round | Quarter-finals | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 040.38 |
Last updated: 23 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Charleroi | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 48 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 46 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 November 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 18 July 2022.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WHU | AND | SIL | FCSB |
| 1 | West Ham United | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | FCSB | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 2 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 7 November 2022.

##### Round of 16

The knockout round play-offs draw was held on 24 February 2023.

##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | NED | Bart Verbruggen | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | 28 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 25 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Moussa N'Diaye | 25 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen | 36 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | BEL | Noah Sadiki | 18 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | BEL | Lucas Lissens | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Killian Sardella | 22 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Marco Kana | 16 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast | 49 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo | 45 | 6 | 27+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 50 | 3 | 27+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren | 42 | 4 | 26+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov | 45 | 6 | 17+12 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 10+4 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru | 42 | 3 | 21+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+5 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | GUI | Amadou Diawara | 35 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Ishaq Abdulrazak | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 16 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | DEN | Anders Dreyer | 20 | 5 | 13+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 61 | MF | NOR | Kristian Arnstad | 43 | 1 | 12+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | BEL | Théo Leoni | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman | 33 | 6 | 13+8 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+8 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | ALG | Islam Slimani | 16 | 9 | 7+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Mario Stroeykens | 41 | 4 | 11+15 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ECU | Nilson Angulo | 11 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | BEL | Lucas Stassin | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SWE | Kristoffer Olsson | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj | 13 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | BEL | Julien Duranville | 10 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | ITA | Sebastiano Esposito | 21 | 2 | 5+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | POR | Fábio Silva | 32 | 11 | 17+3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9+1 | 3 |
Last updated: 23 April 2023 Source: Competitions