# 2021–22 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2021–22 season was the 114th season in the existence of R.S.C. Anderlecht and the club's 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Anderlecht participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán (on loan from Ajax) |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix |
| 4 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt |
| 7 | MF | BEL | Francis Amuzu |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko |
| 16 | GK | NED | Bart Verbruggen |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Sergio Gómez |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Kristoffer Olsson |
| 23 | FW | NED | Joshua Zirkzee (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge (captain) |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj |
| 47 | DF | BEL | Lucas Lissens |
| 52 | MF | BEL | Mario Stroeykens |
| 53 | FW | BEL | Antoine Colassin |
| 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 |
| 70 | GK | BEL | Rik Vercauteren |
| 99 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé (on loan from Fiorentina) |

### 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 | Zakaria Bakkali |

### 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Timon Wellenreuther (to Willem II) |
| — | DF | BEL | Elias Cobbaut (to Parma) |
| — | MF | NED | Michel Vlap (to Twente) |
| — | MF | USA | Kenny Saief (to Ashdod) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Aristote Nkaka (to Waasland-Beveren) |
| — | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel (to Lausanne-Sport) |
| — | FW | SLE | Mustapha Bundu (to Aarhus) |
| — | FW | GHA | Mo Dauda (to Cartagena) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| DF | Sergio Gomez | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Taylor Harwood-Bellis | Manchester City | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| FW | Benito Raman | Schalke 04 | Undisclosed | 15 July 2021 |
| MF | Kristoffer Olsson | Krasnodar | Undisclosed | 21 July 2021 |
| FW | Joshua Zirkzee | Bayern Munich | Loan | 4 August 2021 |
| FW | Christian Kouamé | Fiorentina | Loan | 21 August 2021 |
| DF | Lisandro Magallán | Ajax | Loan | 31 August 2021 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Albert Sambi Lokonga | Arsenal | €19.9m | 19 July 2021 | |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 43 | +37 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 18 April 2022 | Sixth round | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 5 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 107 | 56 | +51 | 050.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Union SG (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I |
| 2 | Club Brugge (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 72 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
* ↑ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CLU | USG | AND | ANT |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Union SG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### Belgian Cup

Anderlecht entered the competition in the sixth round. They were drawn away to RAAL La Louvière in the sixth round and Seraing in the seventh round.

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

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.

## 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 2021–22 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Cup | Cup | UECL | UECL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | GER | Timon Wellenreuther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán * | 19 (5) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 (5) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Makarenko † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Taylor Harwood-Bellis * † | 12 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 (4) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 13 (24) | 9 | 1 (5) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 (29) | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman | 11 (24) | 9 | 0 (5) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 (29) | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Michel Vlap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov | 29 (8) | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 (8) | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko | 5 (13) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 6 (18) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | NED | Bart Verbruggen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Sergio Gómez | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru | 10 (21) | 3 | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 12 (27) | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SLE | Mustapha Bundu | 0 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Kristoffer Olsson | 0 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated 30 November 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | BEL | Colin Coosemans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | BEL | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | BEL | Rik Vercauteren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Lisandro Magallán | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Wesley Hoedt | 22 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Taylor Harwood-Bellis | 17 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko | 10 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | BEL | Lucas Lissens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | BEL | Killian Sardella | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Marco Kana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | BEL | Zeno Debast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo | 19 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 21 | 3 | 6+10 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Josh Cullen | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov | 19 | 9 | 10+4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Sergio Gómez | 22 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Majeed Ashimeru | 20 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Kristoffer Olsson | 21 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | BEL | Anouar Ait El Hadj | 16 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BEL | Sieben Dewaele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | BEL | Yari Verschaeren | 20 | 4 | 10+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 52 | MF | BEL | Mario Stroeykens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | NOR | Kristian Arnstad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | BEL | Nayel Mehssatou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEL | Benito Raman | 20 | 7 | 9+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | NED | Joshua Zirkzee | 19 | 8 | 10+4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | BEL | Antoine Colassin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | CIV | Christian Kouamé | 11 | 5 | 9+1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 19 | FW | SLE | Mustapha Bundu | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 8 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GHA | Dauda Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Conference League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Lior Refaelov | 12 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Joshua Zirkzee | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Christian Kouamé | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Benito Raman | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 80 | 18 | 9 | 107 |