2018–19 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht
2018–19 season
ChairmanMarc Coucke
ManagerHein Vanhaezebrouck
Karim Belhocine
GroundConstant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division A6th
Belgian CupSixth round
Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivan Santini (16)
All: Ivan Santini (16)
Average home league attendance19,450

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

Match details

Belgian First Division A

Main article: 2018–19 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 play-off Final
5 Gent 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
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

Main article: 2018–19 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

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DZG FEN SPT AND
1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase — 4–1 3–1 0–0
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 0–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 Slovakia Spartak Trnava 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 1–2 1–0 — 1–0
4 Belgium 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 A yellow rectangle, denoting the yellow penalty card shown to a player being cautioned A red rectangle, denoting the red penalty card shown to a player being sent off
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

References

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