# 2018–19 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2018–19 season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels, covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. Anderlecht participated in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

## Match details
### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 56 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 6 | Antwerp | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |

#### Matches

Belgian First Division A match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 28 July 2018 | 2nd | Kortrijk | A | W | 4–1 | Santini (3) 3', 48', 73', Dimata 31' | 8,589 |
| 5 August 2018 | 1st | KV Oostende | H | W | 5–2 | Santini (3) 46', 83' pen., 86', Dimata (2) 52', 89' | 19,207 |
| 12 August 2018 | 1st | Sporting Charleroi | A | W | 2–1 | Dimata 45+3' pen., Santini 64' | 12,303 |
| 17 August 2018 | 1st | Royal Excel Mouscron | H | W | 2–0 | Trebel 38', Dimata 63' | 20,000 |
| 26 August 2018 | 2nd | Club Brugge | A | L | 1–2 | Musona 19' | 27,500 |
| 2 September 2018 | 3rd | Antwerp | H | D | 1–1 | Gerkens 17' | 21,000 |
| 15 September 2018 | 4th | Genk | A | L | 0–1 | | 20,850 |
| 23 September 2018 | 3rd | Standard Liège | H | W | 2–1 | Santini 72, Sanneh 90+4' | 21,000 |
| 30 September 2018 | 3rd | Sint-Truiden | H | D | 0–0 | | 21,000 |
| 7 October 2018 | 3rd | Zulte-Waregem | A | W | 2–1 | Bakkali 43', Gerkens 78' | 8,400 |
| 21 October 2018 | 3rd | Cercle Brugge | H | W | 4–2 | Dimata (3) 8' pen., 32', 52', Gerkens 54' | 19,000 |
| 28 October 2018 | 4th | AS Eupen | A | L | 1–2 | Santini 79' | 5,082 |
| 1 November 2018 | 4th | Lokeren | H | D | 1–1 | Dimata 59' | 20,000 |
| 4 November 2018 | 4th | Waasland-Beveren | A | W | 2–1 | Dimata 12' pen., Trebel 83' | 6,205 |
| 11 November 2018 | 4th | Gent | H | W | 2–0 | Kums (2) 4', 73' | 20,000 |
| 25 November 2018 | 4th | Sint-Truiden | A | L | 2–4 | Santini (2) 38', 52' pen. | 10,223 |
| 2 December 2018 | 4th | Genk | H | L | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 9 December 2018 | 4th | Sporting Charleroi | H | D | 1–1 | Amuzu 47' | 20,000 |
| 16 December 2018 | 4th | Cercle Brugge | A | L | 1–2 | Gerkens 22' | 8,645 |
| 22 December 2018 | 6th | Royal Excel Mouscron | A | L | 1–3 | Dimata 77' | 6,889 |
| 27 December 2018 | 5th | Waasland-Beveren | H | W | 3–0 | Dimata (2) 9', 90+1', Bornauw 51' | 18,503 |
| 19 January 2019 | 5th | Gent | A | L | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 27 January 2019 | 5th | AS Eupen | H | W | 2–1 | Verschaeren 51', Santini 65' | 19,000 |
| 3 February 2019 | 6th | Standard Liège | A | L | 1–2 | Kums 28' | 27,245 |
| 10 February 2019 | 6th | Zulte-Waregem | H | D | 0–0 | | 18,000 |
| 17 February 2019 | 6th | Antwerp | A | W | 1–0 | Bolasie 90+2' | 14,346 |
| 24 February 2019 | 6th | Club Brugge | H | D | 2–2 | Bolasie (2) 32', 81' | 21,000 |
| 3 March 2019 | 6th | Lokeren | A | W | 2–1 | Santini 15', Gerkens 67' | 6,231 |
| 10 March 2019 | 5th | Kortrijk | H | W | 2–0 | Kums (2) 33', 70' | 19,503 |
| 17 March 2019 | 4th | KV Oostende | A | W | 2–0 | Bolasie 70', Santini 90+5' | 7,191 |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Genk (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Antwerp (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final |
| 5 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 32 | |
Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 March 2019 | 4th | Genk | A | L | 0–3 | | 20,000 |
| 4 April 2019 | 5th | Club Brugge | H | L | 2–3 | Gerkens 64', Trebel 90' | 20,000 |
| 7 April 2019 | 5th | Antwerp | H | L | 1–2 | Gerkens 33' | 19,000 |
| 12 April 2019 | 5th | Standard Liège | A | FF | 0–5 | | 27,236 |
| 21 April 2019 | 5th | Gent | H | D | 0–0 | | 17,500 |
| 28 April 2019 | 5th | Club Brugge | A | L | 0–1 | | 24,925 |
| 5 May 2019 | 5th | Standard Liège | H | W | 2–1 | Verschaeren 37', Santini 57' | 19,000 |
| 12 May 2019 | 5th | Antwerp | A | D | 1–1 | Santini 5' | 15,408 |
| 16 May 2019 | 6th | Genk | H | D | 1–1 | Bolasie 65' | 19,000 |
| 19 May 2019 | 6th | Gent | A | L | 1–2 | Bolasie 73' | 19,243 |

### Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Sixth round | 27 September 2018 | Union Saint-Gilloise | H | L | 0–3 | | | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DZG | FEN | SPT | AND |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 7 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |
UEFA Europa League match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Group | 20 September 2018 | Spartak Trnava | A | L | 0–1 | | 17,114 |
| Group | 4 October 2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | H | L | 0–2 | | 12,137 |
| Group | 25 October 2018 | Fenerbahçe | H | D | 2–2 | Bakkali (2) 35', 49' | 13,292 |
| Group | 8 November 2018 | Fenerbahçe | A | L | 0–2 | | 32,789 |
| Group | 29 November 2018 | Spartak Trnava | H | D | 0–0 | | 8,063 |
| Group | 13 December 2018 | Dinamo Zagreb | A | D | 0–0 | | 12,170 |

## 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
Players contracted for the 2018–19 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Frank Boeckx | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | POR | Josué Sá † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SEN | Kara Mbodji | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | James Lawrence | 22 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 24 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GAM | Bubacarr Sanneh | 8 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 14 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Makarenko | 13 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 17 (3) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Andy Najar | 21 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 24 (6) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Pieter Gerkens | 22 (10) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 26 (11) | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata * | 17 (3) | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 (3) | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka | 4 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ZIM | Knowledge Musona † | 3 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COD | Yannick Bolasie * | 16 (1) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (1) | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah | 15 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kenny Saief | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 5 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Luka Adžić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Ivan Santini | 27 (7) | 16 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 (8) | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 30 (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 (1) | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Elias Cobbaut | 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 23 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 (2) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Peter Žulj | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | NED | Boy de Jong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SRB | Ivan Obradović | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GHA | Dauda Mohammed | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | COD | Edo Kayembe | 6 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 19 (11) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 21 (14) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | DF | GHA | Emmanuel Sowah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Antonio Milić | 16 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 (5) | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 45 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 22 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 (1) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 47 | DF | MLI | Abdoul Karim Danté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | BEL | Albert Sambi Lokonga | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 5 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | BEL | Jérémy Doku | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BEL | Sieben Dewaele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren | 19 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 19 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | GK | MAR | Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BIH | Ognjen Vranješ | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 56 | MF | BEL | Alexis Saelemaekers | 22 (8) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 24 (10) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 60 | FW | CIV | Olivier Dhauholou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ALB | Kristal Abazaj | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BEL | Zakaria Bakkali | 13 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 (5) | 3 | 7 | 1 |