2020–21 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

The 2020–21 R.S.C. Anderlecht season is the club's 113th season in existence and its 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Anderlecht are participating in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Anderlecht

2020–21 season
Chairman	Marc Coucke
Head coach	Vincent Kompany
Stadium	Lotto Park
Belgian First Division A	5th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: Lukas Nmecha (11) All: Lukas Nmecha (11)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 August 2020[1]

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  GER Timon Wellenreuther 8 MF  BEL Pieter Gerkens 9 FW  BEL Landry Dimata 10 MF  NED Michel Vlap 11 FW  RSA Percy Tau (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 14 DF  UKR Bohdan Mykhaylichenko 16 GK  FRA Thomas Didillon 17 MF  SRB Luka Adžić 18 MF  BEL Anthony Vanden Borre 19 FW  SLE Mustapha Bundu 21 DF  BIH Ognjen Vranješ 22 DF  BEL Elias Cobbaut 23 MF  AUT Peter Žulj 25 MF  FRA Adrien Trebel 27 FW  BEL Ilias Takidine 30 GK  BEL Hendrik Van Crombrugge

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  NED Derrick Luckassen (on loan from PSV) 39 DF  COD Edo Kayembe 40 FW  BEL Francis Amuzu 42 DF  BEL Hannes Delcroix 44 DF  CRO Antonio Milić 46 MF  BEL Anouar Ait El Hadj 48 MF  BEL Albert Sambi Lokonga 49 FW  BEL Jérémy Doku 51 MF  BEL Yari Verschaeren 53 MF  BEL Antoine Colassin 54 DF  BEL Killian Sardella 55 DF  BEL Marco Kana 62 DF  PAN Michael Murillo 70 GK  BEL Rik Vercauteren 92 DF  JAM Kemar Lawrence 99 MF  BEL Zakaria Bakkali

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 2 DF  POR Josué Sá 3 DF  WAL James Lawrence 15 MF  USA Kenny Saief 38 FW  GHA Mohammed Dauda

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 MF  ALB Kristal Abazaj — MF  BEL Aristote Nkaka — DF  GAM Bubacarr Sanneh

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 5 MF  UKR Yevhen Makarenko (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2021) 24 FW  SWE Isaac Kiese Thelin (at Malmö until 31 December 2020) 43 DF  BEL Thierry Lutonda (at waalwijk until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player 50 MF  BEL Sieben Dewaele (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2021) — MF  ZIM Knowledge Musona (at Eupen until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

4 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–1	Charleroi	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

11 July 2020 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede - Terrein 6

18 July 2020 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boudebouz  45' (pen.)	Report	Vlap  18' (pen.) Roofe  68'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

18 July 2020 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Anderlecht	Saint-Étienne, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Delcroix  2'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

1 August 2020 Friendly	Lille	2–0	Anderlecht	Camphin-en-Pévèle, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Araújo  50', 55'	Report		Stadium: Domaine de Luchin Attendance: 0

4 September 2020 Friendly	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Anderlecht	Leverkusen, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Palacios  6'		Dauda  21'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	9 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1	25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	036.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021		Sixth round	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				26	10	11	5	36	26	+10	038.46

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Genk	25	12	7	6	49	33	+16	43	Qualification for the Play-offs I
4	Standard Liège	25	10	8	7	36	29	+7	38
5	Anderlecht	25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	38	Qualification for the Play-offs II
6	Charleroi	25	11	4	10	38	34	+4	37
7	Beerschot	25	11	4	10	46	48	−2	37

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
25	9	11	5	34	26	+8	38	7	6	0	18	6	+12	2	5	5	16	20	−4

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D
Position	7	4	5	8	6	5	5	7	8	7	5	7	7	8	7				4	5	6	5	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[3]

9 August 2020 1	KV Mechelen	2–2	Anderlecht	Mechelen
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Damme  30' Kaboré  42' Vranckx  70' De Camargo  83' Vanlerberghe  85'	Report	Luckassen  44' Vlap  53' Doku  64' Bushiri  75' (o.g.) Colassin  88'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

16 August 2020 2	Anderlecht	3–1	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Mykhaylichenko  41' Dimata  50',  61' Žulj  52' Tau  90+3'	Report	Sankhon  47' Balongo  88'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

23 August 2020 3	Anderlecht	1–1	Excel Mouscron	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Žulj  24' Dimata  63' (pen.) Trebel  70'	Report	Bocat  11'  39' Gnohéré  90+3'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

28 August 2020 4	Oostende	2–2	Anderlecht	Ostend
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	D'Haese  11' D'Arpino  29' Gueye  34' (pen.) Theate  56' McGeehan  72'	Report	Kana  33' Trebel  35',  57' Murillo  43' Tau  54'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

13 September 2020 5	Anderlecht	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha  36' (pen.) Vranješ  43' Murillo  68'	Report	Bates  33' Omolo  38' Decostere  59' Kanouté  83'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Nicolas Laforge

19 September 2020 6	Waasland-Beveren	2–4	Anderlecht	Beveren
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Khammas  45' Bertone  57' Jackers  59' Sula  64' Wuytens  71' Heymans  88'	Report	Trebel  3' Nmecha  15',  60' (pen.) Doku  18' Verschaeren  55'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser

27 September 2020 7	Anderlecht	1–1	Eupen	Anderlecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doku  38' Lokonga  71' El Hadj  90+3'	Report	Adriano  58' Peeters  81' Koch  89' Ngoy  90' Vázquez  90+4'	Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Kevin Dhondt

4 October 2020 8	Club Brugge	3–0	Anderlecht	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta  23' Vanaken  48' (pen.) Rits  63' Vormer  90+4'	Report	Sambi Lokonga  47'  72' Luckassen  58' Arnstad  85'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

18 October 2020 9	Anderlecht	2–2	OH Leuven	Anderlecht
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dimata  35' Verschaeren  38' Tau  45'	Report	Malinov  7' Duplus  53' Kotysch  59' Maertens  85'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

23 October 2020 10	Kortrijk	1–3	Anderlecht	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboyo  87'	Report	Nmecha  6', 65' Tau  30'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

1 November 2020 11	Anderlecht	1–0	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu  76'	Report	De Laet  30' Gelin  62' Buta  78'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

8 November 2020 12	Gent	1–1	Anderlecht	Ghent
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Dorsch  32' Yaremchuk  61',  89' Mohammadi  75'	Report	Tau  26' Murillo  44',  45+1' Miazga  64' Lawrence  80'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

22 November 2020 13	Beerschot	2–1	Anderlecht	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Coulibaly  29' Frans  42' Holzhauser  50' Tissoudali  70'	Report	Lawrence  21' Žulj  60' Nmecha  87'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

29 November 2020 14	Anderlecht	0–0	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  80' Cullen  82'	Report	Cimirot  15' Dussenne  78'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

4 December 2020 15	Zulte Waregem	2–2	Anderlecht	Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Seck  8' Bruno  75' Chorý  90+4'	Report	Murillo  30' Nmecha  42' Lokonga  65' Amuzu  85'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

11 December 2020 16	Anderlecht	1–0	Genk	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 December 2020 17	Anderlecht	2–1	Oostende	Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  18', 58' (pen.)	Report	McGeehan  83'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

18 December 2020 18	Charleroi	1–0	Anderlecht	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gholizadeh  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

27 December 2020 19	Anderlecht	2–0	Beerschot	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  32' Mukairu  71'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

10 January 2021 30	OH Leuven	1–0	Anderlecht	Leuven
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Jemelka  51' Henry  87' (pen.)	Report	El Hadj  45' Colassin  90+4' Nmecha  90+5'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

15 January 2021 20	Eupen	2–0	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peeters  40' Prevljak  75', 85' N'Dri  90+2'	Report	Vlap  14' Lawrence  39' Wellenreuther  41' Miazga  90'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

19 January 2021 21	Anderlecht	3–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nmecha  23' (pen.) Vlap  45+1' (pen.) Amuzu  81'	Report	Dessoleil  45' Ilaimaharitra  45+2' Kayembe  50'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

22 January 2021 22	Anderlecht	0–0	Waasland-Beveren	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Mukairu  74'	Report		Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

26 January 2021 23	Excel Mouscron	1–1	Anderlecht	Mouscron
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Xadas  18',  47' Agouzoul  64'	Report	Delcroix  45+3' Nmecha  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

31 January 2021 24	Anderlecht	0–0	Gent	Anderlecht
18:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Arslanagić  60'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

7 February 2021 25	Genk	v	Anderlecht	Genk
18:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Luminus Arena

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	RFC Liège	0–2	Anderlecht	Liège
21:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van Den Ackerveken  69'	Report	Mukairu  29' Ashimeru  67'	Stadium: Stade de Rocourt Attendance: 0

11 February 2021 Seventh round	Union SG	v	Anderlecht	Forest
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 8 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Timon Wellenreuther	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	GK		Hendrik Van Crombrugge	12	0	12	0	0	0
70	GK		Rik Vercauteren	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
14	DF		Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	9	1	9	1	0	0
20	DF		Matt Miazga	4	0	4	0	0	0
21	DF		Ognjen Vranješ	4	0	4	0	0	0
22	DF		Elias Cobbaut	4	0	4	0	0	0
32	DF		Derrick Luckassen	8	0	7+1	0	0	0
42	DF		Hannes Delcroix	5	0	5	0	0	0
44	DF		Antonio Milić	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Killian Sardella	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
55	DF		Marco Kana	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
62	DF		Michael Murillo	12	2	12	2	0	0
92	DF		Kemar Lawrence	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Josh Cullen	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
10	MF		Michel Vlap	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
18	MF		Anthony Vanden Borre	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Peter Žulj	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
25	MF		Adrien Trebel	5	2	5	2	0	0
46	MF		Anouar Ait El Hadj	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
48	MF		Albert Sambi Lokonga	8	1	8	1	0	0
51	MF		Yari Verschaeren	8	2	5+3	2	0	0
53	MF		Antoine Colassin	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
61	MF		Kristian Arnstad	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	MF		Zakaria Bakkali	2	0	2	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Lukas Nmecha	9	4	8+1	4	0	0
9	FW		Landry Dimata	8	2	4+4	2	0	0
11	FW		Percy Tau	11	4	9+2	4	0	0
12	FW		Paul Mukairu	2	1	0+2	1	0	0
19	FW		Mustapha Bundu	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
27	FW		Ilias Takidine	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		Francis Amuzu	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
39	DF		Edo Kayembe	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
17	MF		Luka Adžić	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW		Jérémy Doku	7	2	7	2	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 28 August 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Total
1	9	FW		Landry Dimata	2	0	2
	11	FW		Percy Tau	2	0	2
2	14	DF		Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	1	0	1
	25	MF		Adrien Trebel	1	0	1
	49	FW		Jérémy Doku	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Totals					8	0	8

References

1. "A-Team". R.S.C. Anderlecht.
2. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Associtation Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
3. "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

• Official website