2021–22 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht
2021–22 season
Chairman	Wouter Vandenhaute
Head coach	Vincent Kompany
Stadium	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
First Division A	3rd
Belgian Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Joshua Zirkzee (16); All: ; Lior Refaelov (19)

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Source
DF	Sergio Gomez (ESP)	Borussia Dortmund (GER)	Undisclosed	1 July 2021	^[1]
DF	Taylor Harwood-Bellis (ENG)	Manchester City (ENG)	Loan	1 July 2021	^[2]
FW	Benito Raman (BEL)	Schalke 04 (GER)	Undisclosed	15 July 2021	^[3]
MF	Kristoffer Olsson (SWE)	Krasnodar (RUS)	Undisclosed	21 July 2021	^[4]
FW	Joshua Zirkzee (NED)	Bayern Munich (GER)	Loan	4 August 2021	^[5]
FW	Christian Kouamé (CIV)	Fiorentina (ITA)	Loan	21 August 2021	^[6]
DF	Lisandro Magallán (ARG)	Ajax (NED)	Loan	31 August 2021	^[7]

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Albert Sambi Lokonga (BEL)	Arsenal (ENG)	€19.9m	19 July 2021	^[8]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: RSCA Football Academy

2 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	Cancelled	Oostende	Neerpede, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	1–1	OFI	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dauda 63'		Korovesis 80'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium

16 July 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	0–2	Ajax	Brussels, Belgium
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Haller 7', 55' Magallán 90+2'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Simon Bourdeaud’hui

7 October 2021 Friendly	Anderlecht	4–1	Westerlo	Brussels, Belgium
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: RSCA Football Academy

9 January 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	2–0	Westerlo	Brussels, Belgium
11:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede

9 January 2022 Friendly	Anderlecht	3–0	Zulte Waregem	Brussels, Belgium
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Complexe Sportif Neerpede

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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					50	25	16	9	107	56	+51	050.00

Source: Soccerway

First Division A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Union SG	34	24	5	5	78	27	+51	77	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I^[a]
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
4	Antwerp	34	19	6	9	55	38	+17	63
5	Gent	34	18	8	8	56	30	+26	62	Qualification for the Play-offs II

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.^[9]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	10	6	72	36	+36	64	10	5	2	41	19	+22	8	5	4	31	17	+14

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

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[10]

25 July 2021 1	Anderlecht	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Verschaeren 45+2' Hoedt 66' Murillo 90+4' Amuzu 90+5'	Report	Undav 20', 62' François 50' Lapoussin 52' Lazare 73' Avenatti 80'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

31 July 2021 2	Eupen	1–1	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Agbadou 29' Cools 45+1'	Report	Raman 39' Murillo 61'	Stadium: Stadion am Kehrweg Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

8 August 2021 3	Anderlecht	3–0	Seraing	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 58' Kiese Thelin 69' Sergio Gómez 82' Amuzu 90+1' 90+3'	Report	Boulenger 31' 39'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Wim Smet

15 August 2021 4	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Deman 1' Utkas 19' Waldo Rubio 90+3'	Report	Zirkzee 13' 29'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

29 August 2021 6	Genk	1–0	Anderlecht	Genk
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz 66' Ugbo 87'	Report	Raman 42' Harwood-Bellis 66' Olsson 68' Amuzu 84' Sergio Gómez 90'	Stadium: Cegeka Arena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

12 September 2021 7	Anderlecht	7–2	Mechelen	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 23' Kouamé 49' 57' Olsson 60' Murillo 61' Amuzu 74' Verschaeren 85' Zirkzee 87'	Report	Storm 36' Kaya 90+1'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

19 September 2021 8	Standard Liège	0–1	Anderlecht	Liège
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Al-Dakhil 7' Klauss 37' Nkounkou 67' Amallah 84' Fai 84'	Report	Sergio Gómez 9' Refaelov 12' Harwood-Bellis 24' Ashimeru 90' Zirkzee 90'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

23 September 2021 5	Anderlecht	1–1	Gent	Anderlecht
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Murillo 28' Refaelov 59' (pen.) Cullen 72'	Report	Owusu 31' Castro-Montes 39' Godeau 55'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 September 2021 9	Oostende	2–2	Anderlecht	Oostende
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gueye 7' 29' Ndicka 36' Tanghe 90+2'	Report	Amuzu 35' Kouamé 47' Zirkzee 64' Raman 82'	Stadium: Diaz Arena Attendance: 5,008 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

3 October 2021 10	Anderlecht	1–1	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Refaelov 51' Hoedt 70' Raman 75'	Report	Rits 15' Sobol 44' Lang 70' Balanta 79' De Ketelaere 90+1'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Lawrence Visser

17 October 2021 11	Sint-Truiden	2–2	Anderlecht	Sint-Truiden
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

24 October 2021 12	Anderlecht	4–2	Beerschot	Anderlecht
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Christof Dierick

31 October 2021 13	Anderlecht	2–2	OH Leuven	Anderlecht
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

7 November 2021 14	Antwerp	2–0	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Yusuf 63' Frey 82', 82'	Report	Cullen 31' Hoedt 81' Harwood-Bellis 82'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

21 November 2021 15	Anderlecht	1–1	Kortrijk	Anderlecht
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wim Smet

27 November 2021 16	Charleroi	1–3	Anderlecht	Bruges
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 10,816 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

5 December 2021 17	Anderlecht	3–2	Zulte Waregem	Anderlecht
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

11 December 2021 18	Seraing	0–5	Anderlecht	Bruges
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Jan Boterberg

14 December 2021 19	Anderlecht	2–0	Sint-Truiden	Anderlecht
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

19 December 2021 20	Club Brugge	2–2	Anderlecht	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Ketelaere 9' Vanaken 85'	Report	Amuzu 73' Hoedt 80'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

27 December 2021 21	Beerschot	0–7	Anderlecht	Antwerp
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

16 January 2022 22	Anderlecht	1–1	Standard Liège	Anderlecht
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Verschaeren 32'	Report	Drăguș 86'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

23 January 2022 23	Mechelen	0–1	Anderlecht	Mechelen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Zirkzee 23'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

26 January 2022 24	Anderlecht	0–2	Cercle Brugge	Anderlecht
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Matondo 68' Kanouté 87'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

29 January 2022 25	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	Anderlecht	Brussels
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nielsen 11'	Report		Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 6,491 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

6 February 2022 26	Anderlecht	4–1	Eupen	Anderlecht
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

12 February 2022 27	Zulte Waregem	1–2	Anderlecht	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gano 74'	Report	Kouamé 18' Refaelov 33'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 7,445 Referee: Jan Boterberg

20 February 2022 28	Anderlecht	2–0	Genk	Anderlecht
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ashimeru 36' Verschaeren 41'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Bram Van Driessche

26 February 2022 29	OH Leuven	0–0	Anderlecht	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

6 March 2022 30	Anderlecht	3–0	Oostende	Anderlecht
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Refaelov 50' Verschaeren 78' Raman 82'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

13 March 2022 31	Anderlecht	2–1	Antwerp	Anderlecht
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zirkzee 24' Gómez 34' Refaelov 59' (pen.) Sardella 75' Kouamé 90+5'	Report	Nainggolan 14' Buta 34' Yusuf 42', 72' Vines 44'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser

20 March 2022 32	Gent	1–0	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tissoudali 81'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 19,990 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

3 April 2022 33	Anderlecht	4–0	Charleroi	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouamé 19' Zirkzee 61' Amuzu 79' Murillo 86'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

10 April 2022 34	Kortrijk	2–3	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 8,950 Referee: Jan Boterberg

Play-Off I

Pos	Team	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	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[11]
(C) Champions

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
6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8	1	1	1	2	3	−1	1	1	1	6	4	+2

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

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 April 2022 1	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–1	Anderlecht	Brussels
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nieuwkoop 2' Vanzeir 12' Lazare 47' Mitoma 52' Bager 90'	Report	Cullen 26', 31' Murillo 50' Olsson 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

1 May 2022 2	Anderlecht	0–0	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Magallán 14' Kouamé 86'	Report	Nsoki 73' Balanta 86'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

8 May 2022 3	Antwerp	0–4	Anderlecht	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Benson 58' Gerkens 82'	Report	Arnstad 9' Amuzu 10', 53', 55' Kouamé 28' Zirkzee 48'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 13,876 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

12 May 2022 4	Anderlecht	2–1	Antwerp	Anderlecht
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 14' (pen.) Amuzu 44' Mykhaylichenko 66' Verschaeren 90+2'	Report	Dwomoh 72' Seck 84'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

15 May 2022 5	Anderlecht	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mitoma 2' Undav 50'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Bram van Driessche

22 May 2022 6	Club Brugge	1–1	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Skov Olsen 39'	Report	Hendry 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 15,126 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

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.

27 October 2021 Sixth round	RAAL La Louvière	1–7	Anderlecht	La Louvière
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Franco 34' (pen.) Matoka 38' Vanhecke 64' Lazitch 65' Denayer 74' Lokando 86'	Report	Magallán 12' Zirkzee 20', 45' Hoedt 31', 90' Murillo 34' Refaelov 38', 80' Raman 75'	Stadium: Stade Communal du Tivoli Referee: Kevin Van Damme

30 November 2021 Seventh round	Seraing	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Anderlecht	Seraing
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Maziz 10' (pen.), 60' 79' Mikautadze 17' (pen.) Lahssaini 90' Sanogo 118' Maziz	Report	Kouamé 39', 41' Refaelov 50'	Stadium: Stade du Pairay Referee: Bert Put
	Penalties
	Del Fabro Nadrani Sanogo Mikautadze		Gómez Amuzu Cullen Verschaeren Murillo

23 December 2021 Quarter-finals	Anderlecht	3–0	Kortrijk	Anderlecht
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kouamé 35', 76' Gómez 43'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Erik Lambrechts

3 February 2022 Semi-finals First leg	Eupen	2–2	Anderlecht	Eupen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Prevljak 16' (pen.) Peeters 78'	Report	Refaelov 6' (pen.), 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

3 March 2022 Semi-finals Second leg	Anderlecht	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Eupen	Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Murillo 5' Magallán 28' Kouamé 47'	Report	Prevljak 10'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

18 April 2022 Final	Gent	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Anderlecht	Brussels
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Lawrence Visser
	Penalties
	De Sart Hanche-Olsen Castro-Montes Lemajić Ngadeu-Ngadjui		Gómez Raman Castro-Montes Kana Murillo

UEFA Europa Conference League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[12]

5 August 2021 First leg	Laçi	0–3	Anderlecht	Elbasan, Albania
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Delcroix 27' Hoedt 42' Refaelov 61'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 800 Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

12 August 2021 Second leg	Anderlecht	2–1 (5–1 agg.)	Laçi	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Amuzu 32' Verschaeren 71'	Report	Lushkja 84'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.^[13]

19 August 2021 First leg	Anderlecht	3–3	Vitesse	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman 10', 34' Cullen 43' Verschaeren 90' Refaelov 90+4' Thelin 90+7'	Report	Bazoer 24' Dasa 31', 76' Bero 36' Frederiksen 46' Schubert 66' Tannane 72', 73' Darfalou 85' Wittek 88' Buitink 89'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 7,877 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

26 August 2021 Second leg	Vitesse	2–1 (5–4 agg.)	Anderlecht	Arnhem, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wittek 4', 49' Bazoer 8' Schubert 66' Hajek 71' Buitink 90+2'	Report	Hoedt 9' Olsson 29' Amuzu 66' Refaelov 80'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 10,618 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Statistics

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		Cup		UECL		Total		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		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		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				80	18	9	107

References

^ "Officieel: Sergio Gomez tekent tot 2025" (in Dutch). anderlecht-online.be. 30 June 2021.
^ "RSCA Huurt Taylor Harwood-Bellis" (in Dutch). rsca.be. 27 June 2021.
^ "Anderlecht haalt Benito Raman terug naar België: "Klaar om mijn waarde te bewijzen"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 15 July 2021.
^ "Anderlecht heeft vervanger voor Sambi beet: Zweedse EK-ganger Kristoffer Olsson tekent voor vier jaar" (in Dutch). hln.be. 21 July 2021.
^ "Officieel: Anderlecht vindt nieuwe spits in gehuurde Zirkzee van Bayern" [Official: Anderlecht finds new striker in rented Zirkzee from Bayern] (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 4 August 2021.
^ "Officieel: RSC Anderlecht vindt nieuwe spits en haalt Kouamé bij Fiorentina" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 21 August 2021.
^ "Anderlecht Huur Lisandro Magallan Van Ajax" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.
^ "Arsenal sign Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht on long-term contract". BBC. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[table_note_res_RW0.31868065070299-9] 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.

[1] "Officieel: Sergio Gomez tekent tot 2025" (in Dutch). anderlecht-online.be. 30 June 2021.

[2] "RSCA Huurt Taylor Harwood-Bellis" (in Dutch). rsca.be. 27 June 2021.

[3] "Anderlecht haalt Benito Raman terug naar België: "Klaar om mijn waarde te bewijzen"" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 15 July 2021.

[4] "Anderlecht heeft vervanger voor Sambi beet: Zweedse EK-ganger Kristoffer Olsson tekent voor vier jaar" (in Dutch). hln.be. 21 July 2021.

[5] "Officieel: Anderlecht vindt nieuwe spits in gehuurde Zirkzee van Bayern" [Official: Anderlecht finds new striker in rented Zirkzee from Bayern] (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 4 August 2021.

[6] "Officieel: RSC Anderlecht vindt nieuwe spits en haalt Kouamé bij Fiorentina" (in Dutch). voetbalprimeur.be. 21 August 2021.

[7] "Anderlecht Huur Lisandro Magallan Van Ajax" (in Dutch). voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.

[8] "Arsenal sign Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht on long-term contract". BBC. 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[10] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[11] "Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht". www.footnews.be (in French). 8 June 2021.

[12] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[13] "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[14] "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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