2018–19 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

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

Anderlecht

2018–19 season
Chairman	Marc Coucke
Manager	Hein Vanhaezebrouck Karim Belhocine
Ground	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division A	6th
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Santini (16) All: Ivan Santini (16)
Average home league attendance	19,450
Home colours Away colours

Match details

Belgian First Division A

Regular season

Pos	Team	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
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	51
5	Gent	30	15	5	10	53	45	+8	50
6	Antwerp	30	14	7	9	39	34	+5	49

Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]

Matches

Belgian First Division A match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
28 July 2018	2nd	Kortrijk	A	W	4–1	Santini (3) 3', 48', 73', Dimata 31'	8,589	[2]
5 August 2018	1st	KV Oostende	H	W	5–2	Santini (3) 46', 83' pen., 86', Dimata (2) 52', 89'	19,207	[3]
12 August 2018	1st	Sporting Charleroi	A	W	2–1	Dimata 45+3' pen., Santini 64'	12,303	[4]
17 August 2018	1st	Royal Excel Mouscron	H	W	2–0	Trebel 38', Dimata 63'	20,000	[5]
26 August 2018	2nd	Club Brugge	A	L	1–2	Musona 19'	27,500	[6]
2 September 2018	3rd	Antwerp	H	D	1–1	Gerkens 17'	21,000	[7]
15 September 2018	4th	Genk	A	L	0–1		20,850	[8]
23 September 2018	3rd	Standard Liège	H	W	2–1	Santini 72, Sanneh 90+4'	21,000	[9]
30 September 2018	3rd	Sint-Truiden	H	D	0–0		21,000	[10]
7 October 2018	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	2–1	Bakkali 43', Gerkens 78'	8,400	[11]
21 October 2018	3rd	Cercle Brugge	H	W	4–2	Dimata (3) 8' pen., 32', 52', Gerkens 54'	19,000	[12]
28 October 2018	4th	AS Eupen	A	L	1–2	Santini 79'	5,082	[13]
1 November 2018	4th	Lokeren	H	D	1–1	Dimata 59'	20,000	[14]
4 November 2018	4th	Waasland-Beveren	A	W	2–1	Dimata 12' pen., Trebel 83'	6,205	[15]
11 November 2018	4th	Gent	H	W	2–0	Kums (2) 4', 73'	20,000	[16]
25 November 2018	4th	Sint-Truiden	A	L	2–4	Santini (2) 38', 52' pen.	10,223	[17]
2 December 2018	4th	Genk	H	L	0–1		20,000	[18]
9 December 2018	4th	Sporting Charleroi	H	D	1–1	Amuzu 47'	20,000	[19]
16 December 2018	4th	Cercle Brugge	A	L	1–2	Gerkens 22'	8,645	[20]
22 December 2018	6th	Royal Excel Mouscron	A	L	1–3	Dimata 77'	6,889	[21]
27 December 2018	5th	Waasland-Beveren	H	W	3–0	Dimata (2) 9', 90+1', Bornauw 51'	18,503	[22]
19 January 2019	5th	Gent	A	L	0–1		20,000	[23]
27 January 2019	5th	AS Eupen	H	W	2–1	Verschaeren 51', Santini 65'	19,000	[24]
3 February 2019	6th	Standard Liège	A	L	1–2	Kums 28'	27,245	[25]
10 February 2019	6th	Zulte-Waregem	H	D	0–0		18,000	[26]
17 February 2019	6th	Antwerp	A	W	1–0	Bolasie 90+2'	14,346	[27]
24 February 2019	6th	Club Brugge	H	D	2–2	Bolasie (2) 32', 81'	21,000	[28]
3 March 2019	6th	Lokeren	A	W	2–1	Santini 15', Gerkens 67'	6,231	[29]
10 March 2019	5th	Kortrijk	H	W	2–0	Kums (2) 33', 70'	19,503	[30]
17 March 2019	4th	KV Oostende	A	W	2–0	Bolasie 70', Santini 90+5'	7,191	[31]

Championship play-off

Pos	Team	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 third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Gent[lower-alpha 2]	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

Source: Sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season[32]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.
Notes:

1. After the season, 2018–19 Belgian Cup winners KV Mechelen were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation, allowing Standard Liège to enter in the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the fourth-placed team of the league, Royal Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent. This decision is subject to appeal.
2. As highest finisher not already qualified, Gent was awarded the spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League which came up after the barring of KV Mechelen.

Belgian First Division A Championship play-off match details

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
30 March 2019	4th	Genk	A	L	0–3		20,000	[33]
4 April 2019	5th	Club Brugge	H	L	2–3	Gerkens 64', Trebel 90'	20,000	[34]
7 April 2019	5th	Antwerp	H	L	1–2	Gerkens 33'	19,000	[35]
12 April 2019	5th	Standard Liège	A	FF	0–5		27,236	[36]
21 April 2019	5th	Gent	H	D	0–0		17,500	[37]
28 April 2019	5th	Club Brugge	A	L	0–1		24,925	[38]
5 May 2019	5th	Standard Liège	H	W	2–1	Verschaeren 37', Santini 57'	19,000	[39]
12 May 2019	5th	Antwerp	A	D	1–1	Santini 5'	15,408	[40]
16 May 2019	6th	Genk	H	D	1–1	Bolasie 65'	19,000	[41]
19 May 2019	6th	Gent	A	L	1–2	Bolasie 73'	19,243	[42]

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			[43]

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	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			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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League match details

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group	20 September 2018	Spartak Trnava	A	L	0–1		17,114	[44]
Group	4 October 2018	Dinamo Zagreb	H	L	0–2		12,137	[45]
Group	25 October 2018	Fenerbahçe	H	D	2–2	Bakkali (2) 35', 49'	13,292	[46]
Group	8 November 2018	Fenerbahçe	A	L	0–2		32,789	[47]
Group	29 November 2018	Spartak Trnava	H	D	0–0		8,063	[48]
Group	13 December 2018	Dinamo Zagreb	A	D	0–0		12,170	[49]

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		Cup		UEFA EL		Total		Discipline
				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

See also

• 2018–19 in Belgian football
• 2018–19 Belgian First Division A
• 2018–19 Belgian Cup
• 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

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