# 2017–18 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2017–18 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Super Cup, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

## Review and events

After winning the 2016–17 First Division A, Anderlecht opened the 2017–18 season with a Belgian Super Cup victory over Zulte Waregem, winners of the 2016–17 Belgian Cup in the first Belgian football match to feature the use of a video assistant referee.

## Match details
### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 67 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 55 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Charleroi | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Genk | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 44 | 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 2017 | 10th | Antwerp | A | D | 0–0 | | 11,500 |
| 6 August 2017 | 5th | KV Oostende | H | W | 1–0 | Hanni 77' | 20,000 |
| 13 August 2017 | 11th | Sporting Charleroi | A | L | 0–2 | | 11,400 |
| 20 August 2017 | 10th | Sint-Truiden | H | L | 2–3 | Bruno 18', Teodorczyk 87' | 18,000 |
| 27 August 2017 | 11th | Gent | A | D | 0–0 | | 20,000 |
| 8 September 2017 | 10th | Lokeren | H | W | 3–2 | Onyekuru (2) 3', 77', Teodorczyk 90' | 18,783 |
| 16 September 2017 | 9th | Kortrijk | A | D | 2–2 | Harbaoui 23', Onyekuru 76' | 9,134 |
| 23 September 2017 | 7th | Waasland-Beveren | A | W | 2–1 | Stanciu 75', Spajić 81' | 8,235 |
| 1 October 2017 | 7th | Standard Liège | H | W | 1–0 | Onyekuru 89' | 26,361 |
| 13 October 2017 | 5th | Mechelen | A | W | 4–3 | Gerkens 18', Onyekuru (2) 30', 37', Teodorczyk 43' | 16,715 |
| 22 October 2017 | 5th | Genk | H | L | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 25 October 2017 | 3rd | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 2–0 | Gerkens 74', Harbaoui 77' | 19,500 |
| 28 October 2017 | 3rd | AS Eupen | A | W | 3–2 | Leye 30' o.g., Wagué 32' o.g., Hanni 40' | 5,000 |
| 5 November 2017 | 3rd | Club Brugge | H | D | 0–0 | | 20,500 |
| 18 November 2017 | 3rd | Royal Excel Mouscron | A | W | 2–1 | Bruno 42', Onyekuru 80' | 10,101 |
| 26 November 2017 | 3rd | Kortrijk | H | W | 4–0 | Makarenko 1' o.g., Hanni 15', Trebel 73', Harbaoui 79' | 19,000 |
| 2 December 2017 | 3rd | Lokeren | A | W | 2–1 | Gerkens 17', Onyekuru 52' | 7,807 |
| 10 December 2017 | 3rd | Sporting Charleroi | H | L | 1–3 | Onyekuru 82' | 19,000 |
| 17 December 2017 | 3rd | Club Brugge | A | L | 0–5 | | 27,667 |
| 22 December 2017 | 3rd | AS Eupen | H | W | 1–0 | Amuzu 25' | 17,000 |
| 26 December 2017 | 3rd | Gent | H | W | 1–0 | Hanni 77' | 21,000 |
| 21 January 2018 | 2nd | Genk | A | W | 1–0 | Hanni 45' | 19,755 |
| 24 January 2018 | 3rd | Waasland-Beveren | H | D | 2–2 | Teodorczyk 40', Saief 83' | 19,000 |
| 28 January 2018 | 3rd | Standard Liège | A | D | 3–3 | Hanni (3) 14', 41', 44' | 27,259 |
| 4 February 2018 | 3rd | Mechelen | H | D | 2–2 | Ganvoula (2) 10', 57' | 19,549 |
| 10 February 2018 | 3rd | KV Oostende | A | L | 0–2 | | 6,807 |
| 16 February 2018 | 3rd | Sint-Truiden | A | L | 0–1 | | 10,433 |
| 25 February 2018 | 3rd | Royal Excel Mouscron | H | W | 5–3 | Morioka (2) 26', 90+2', Teodorczyk (3) 45+2' pen., 57', 61' | 20,500 |
| 3 March 2018 | 2nd | Zulte-Waregem | A | W | 3–2 | Morioka 2', Teodorczyk (2) 12', 32' | 11,073 |
| 11 March 2018 | 2nd | Antwerp | H | W | 2–1 | Teodorczyk 22', Ganvoula 77' pen. | 19,886 |

### Championship play-off

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CLU | STA | AND | GNT | GNK | CHA |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Genk (O) | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 6 | Charleroi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 34 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |
Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 April 2018 | 3rd | Gent | H | L | 0–2 | | 19,500 |
| 6 April 2018 | 3rd | Sporting Charleroi | A | W | 2–1 | Morioka 3', Teodorczyk 64' pen. | 10,918 |
| 15 April 2018 | 2nd | Club Brugge | H | W | 1–0 | Teodorczyk 52' | 20,391 |
| 18 April 2018 | 2nd | Standard Liège | A | L | 1–2 | Trebel 40' | 27,259 |
| 21 April 2018 | 2nd | Genk | A | L | 1–2 | Marković 20' | 16,905 |
| 29 April 2018 | 2nd | Sporting Charleroi | H | W | 3–1 | Gerkens 44', Morioka 57', Dendoncker 73' | 19,721 |
| 6 May 2018 | 2nd | Club Brugge | A | W | 2–1 | Teodorczyk 58', Morioka 73' | 27,671 |
| 10 May 2018 | 3rd | Standard Liège | H | L | 1–3 | Teodorczyk 63' | 19,500 |
| 13 May 2018 | 3rd | Gent | A | L | 0–1 | | 19,999 |
| 20 May 2018 | 3rd | Genk | H | L | 1–2 | Teodorczyk 53' | 26,361 |

### Belgian Super Cup

Belgian Super Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Final | 22 July 2017 | Zulte-Waregem | H | W | 2–1 | Hanni 46', Trebel 59' | 21,500 | |

### Belgian Cup

Belgian Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Sixth round | 20 September 2017 | Westerlo | A | W | 1–0 | Onyekuru 66' | | |
| Seventh round | 29 November 2017 | Standard Liège | H | L | 0–1 | | 20,500 | |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | BAY | CEL | AND |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.
UEFA Champions League match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Group | 12 September 2017 | Bayern München | A | L | 0–3 | | 70,000 |
| Group | 27 September 2017 | Celtic | H | L | 0–3 | | 19,898 |
| Group | 18 October 2017 | PSG | H | L | 0–4 | | 19,108 |
| Group | 31 October 2017 | PSG | A | L | 0–5 | | 46,403 |
| Group | 22 November 2017 | Bayern München | H | L | 1–2 | Hanni 63' | 19,753 |
| Group | 5 December 2017 | Celtic | A | W | 1–0 | Šimunović 62' o.g. | 57,931 |

## 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 2017–18 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Cup | Cup | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | BEL | Matz Sels * | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | POR | Josué Sá | 17 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 18 (8) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Olivier Deschacht | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Kara Mbodji | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 19 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SER | Uroš Spajić | 27 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 (1) | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Andy Najar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Pieter Gerkens | 28 (6) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 (8) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Henry Onyekuru * | 14 (5) | 9 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 (2) | 0 | 20 (8) | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu † | 3 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 5 (10) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Ryota Morioka | 13 (3) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (3) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu | 10 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Dennis Appiah | 23 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 30 (6) | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kenny Saief * | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno * | 7 (10) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 9 (14) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Sven Kums | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 (1) | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | BEL | Frank Boeckx | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SWE | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Trebel | 30 (3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 (3) | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | NED | Boy de Jong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BEL | Leander Dendoncker | 35 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 (1) | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Davy Roef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula | 4 (11) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (11) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SVN | Robert Berić * † | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SER | Ivan Obradović | 21 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 26 (5) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GHA | Dauda Mohammed | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | COD | Edo Kayembe | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | BEL | Francis Amuzu | 3 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | GHA | Emmanuel Sowah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | BEL | Kobe Cools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Hannes Delcroix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | BEL | Mile Svilar † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | MLI | Abdoul Karim Danté | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | BEL | Albert Sambi Lokonga | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | SRB | Lazar Marković * | 5 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | BEL | Nelson Azevedo-Janelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | BEL | Alexis Saelemaekers | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | POL | Łukasz Teodorczyk | 28 (5) | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 | 33 (7) | 15 | 11 | 1 |
| 94 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Hanni † | 21 (2) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 29 (2) | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | TUN | Hamdi Harbaoui † | 5 (6) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 7 (8) | 3 | 4 | 0 |

## Loans
### In

* ↑ Anderlecht have negotiated an option to buy clause in Thelin's loan extension

### Out

* ↑ Tianjin Teda have an option to purchase clause in this loan agreement