2015–16 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

Anderlecht

2015–16 season
Chairman	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	Besnik Hasi
Ground	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian Pro League	2nd (Runners-up)
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Stefano Okaka (15) All: Stefano Okaka (17)
Highest home attendance	26,000 vs Club Brugge, Belgian Pro League, 25 October 2015 & 17 April 2016
Lowest home attendance	6,000 vs Spouwen-Mopertingen, Belgian Cup, 23 September 2015
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015–16 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Match details

League positions are sourced by Statto,^[1] while the remaining information is referenced individually.

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	21	1	8	64	30	+34	64	Qualification to Championship play-offs
2	Gent	30	17	9	4	56	29	+27	60
3	Anderlecht	30	15	10	5	51	29	+22	55
4	Oostende	30	14	7	9	55	44	+11	49
5	Genk	30	14	6	10	42	30	+12	48

Source: Belgian Pro League, 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.^[2]

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
26 July 2015	4th	Waasland-Beveren	H	W	3–2	Gillet 3', Sylla 35', Tielemans 90+2'	18,700	[3]
2 August 2015	1st	OH Leuven	A	W	2–0	Sylla 69', Tielemans 75'	8,000	[4]
9 August 2015	1st	Gent	H	D	1–1	Sylla 12'	23,000	[5]
16 August 2015	6th	KV Oostende	A	L	1–3	Milić 48' o.g.	7,200	[6]
23 August 2015	3rd	Lokeren	H	W	1–0	Praet 90+1'	21,000	[7]
30 August 2015	1st	Westerlo	A	W	3–0	Okaka 19', Tielemans 53', Praet 70'	8,000	[8]
13 September 2015	2nd	Genk	H	D	0–0		21,000	[9]
20 September 2015	2nd	Sporting Charleroi	A	D	1–1	Okaka 59'	11,592	[10]
27 September 2015	2nd	Sint-Truiden	H	W	1–0	Okaka 32'	20,300	[11]
4 October 2015	3rd	Mechelen	H	D	1–1	Okaka 55'	19,550	[12]
18 October 2015	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	4–0	Okaka (2) 14', 52', Defour 45+3' pen., Dendoncker 86'	9,550	[13]
25 October 2015	1st	Club Brugge	H	W	3–1	Okaka 12', Ezekiel 47', Praet 57'	26,000	[14]
29 October 2015	3rd	Kortrijk	A	D	1–1	Ezekiel 51'	9,198	[15]
1 November 2015	2nd	Mouscron-Péruwelz	H	W	2–0	Najar (2) 52', 90+3'	21,000	[16]
8 November 2015	3rd	Standard Liège	A	L	0–1		27,735	[17]
29 November 2015	4th	OH Leuven	H	W	3–2	Suárez 31', Sylla (2) 39', 69'	16,500	[18]
6 December 2015	4th	Genk	A	D	0–0		17,675	[19]
13 December 2015	4th	KV Oostende	H	D	1–1	Suárez 47'	20,000	[20]
20 December 2015	4th	Club Brugge	A	W	4–1	Okaka 6', Praet (2) 35', 90+3', Suárez 79' pen.	27,065	[21]
23 December 2015	3rd	Lokeren	A	D	1–1	Gillet 90+2'	10,683	[22]
27 December 2015	2nd	Westerlo	H	W	2–1	Okaka 45+1', Gillet 59' pen.	21,000	[23]
17 January 2016	3rd	Gent	A	L	0–2		19,999	[24]
25 January 2016	3rd	Sporting Charleroi	H	W	2–1	Baby 3' o.g., Okaka 54'	20,000	[25]
29 January 2016	2nd	Sint Truiden	A	W	2–1	Tielemans 2' pen., Sylla 84'	12,101	[26]
5 February 2016	3rd	Mechelen	A	D	2–2	Acheampong (2) 18', 70'	10,973	[27]
13 February 2016	3rd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	3–0	Acheampong 30', Büttner 60', Suárez 90+1'	21,000	[28]
21 February 2016	3rd	Waasland-Beveren	A	L	0–1		7,900	[29]
28 February 2016	3rd	Standard Liège	H	D	3–3	Suárez 13', Okaka 55', Lukebakio 74'	20,000	[30]
5 March 2016	3rd	Mouscron-Péruwelz	A	L	1–2	Okaka 43'	8,000	[31]
13 March 2016	3rd	Kortrijk	H	W	3–0	Okaka 6', Acheampong 49', Mbodji 60'	19,500	[32]

Championship Playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	AND	GNT	GNK	OOS	ZWA
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	7	1	2	25	9	+16	54	Qualification to Champions League group stage		—	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	5–0
2	Anderlecht	10	6	1	3	15	16	−1	47	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round		1–0	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
3	Gent	10	3	3	4	10	15	−5	42	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round		1–4	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	1–1
4	Genk	10	5	1	4	20	13	+7	40	Qualification to Testmatches to Europa League		4–2	5–2	1–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Oostende	10	3	2	5	14	19	−5	36			0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	—	3–3
6	Zulte Waregem	10	1	2	7	11	23	−12	27			0–2	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	—

Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.^[33]
(C) Champion.

Playoff table

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
3 April 2016	2nd	Genk	H	W	1–0	Bizot 65' o.g.	21,500	[34]
10 April 2016	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	A	W	2–1	Praet 54', Okaka 87'	9,540	[35]
17 April 2016	2nd	Club Brugge	H	W	1–0	Tielemans 61'	26,000	[36]
21 April 2016	1st	Gent	A	D	1–1	Nuytinck 64'	19,999	[37]
24 April 2016	2nd	KV Oostende	A	L	2–4	Defour 77', Sylla 90'	5,000	[38]
1 May 2016	2nd	Gent	H	W	2–0	Mbodji 38', Acheampong 87'	20,000	[39]
8 May 2016	2nd	KV Oostende	H	W	2–1	Tielemans 53' pen., Okaka 90+4'	20,000	[40]
15 May 2016	2nd	Club Brugge	A	L	0–4		27,695	[41]
19 May 2016	2nd	Genk	A	L	2–5	Đuričić 25', Suárez 60'	19,159	[42]
22 May 2016	2nd	Zulte-Waregem	H	W	2–0	Nuytinck 31', Praet 72'	19,500	[43]

Belgian Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Sixth round	23 September 2015	Spouwen-Mopertingen	H	W	3–1	Tielemans 65' pen., Dendoncker 89', Suárez 90+2'	6,000	[44]
Seventh round	2 December 2015	Kortrijk	A	L	2–4	Ezekiel 33', Defour 63'	4,047	[45]

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	AND	MON	QAR
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	4–1	3–1
2	Anderlecht	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			2–1	—	1–1	2–1
3	Monaco	6	1	3	2	5	9	−4	6			1–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Qarabağ	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Group	17 September 2015	Monaco	H	D	1–1	Gillet 11'	15,576	[46]
Group	1 October 2015	Qarabağ	A	L	0–1		25,000	[47]
Group	22 October 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	2–1	Gillet 13', Okaka 75'	18,504	[48]
Group	5 November 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	1–2	Ezekiel 72'	33,479	[49]
Group	26 November 2015	Monaco	A	W	2–0	Gillet 45+1', Acheampong 78'	5,913	[50]
Group	10 December 2015	Qarabağ	H	W	2–1	Najar 28', Okaka 31'	16,075	[51]

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
Round of 32	18 February 2016	Olympiakos Piraeus	H	W	1–0	Mbodji 67'	15,397	[52]
Round of 32	25 February 2016	Olympiakos Piraeus	A	W	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Acheampong (2) 103', 111'	31,005	[53]
Round of 16	10 March 2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	A	L	1–3	Acheampong 68'	23,621	[54]
Round of 16	17 March 2016	Shakhtar Donetsk	H	L	0–1		13,785	[55]

Appearances and goals

Source:^[56]

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Belgian Cup		UEFA EL		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	BEL	Silvio Proto	40	0	0	0	10	0	50	0	2	0
2	DF	FRA	Maxime Colin	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
2	DF	BRA	Rafael Galhardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Olivier Deschacht	28 (4)	0	1	0	10	0	39 (4)	0	7	0
4	DF	SEN	Kara Mbodji	32	2	0	0	9	1	41	3	10	2
7	MF	HON	Andy Najar	24 (3)	2	1 (1)	0	9	1	34 (4)	3	8	0
8	MF	SEN	Stéphane Badji	13 (1)	0	0	0	4	0	17 (1)	0	4	1
9	FW	ARG	Matías Suárez	18 (9)	6	0 (2)	1	3 (4)	0	21 (15)	7	3	0
10	MF	BEL	Dennis Praet	36 (1)	7	0	0	9	0	45 (1)	7	8	1
11	FW	BEL	Nathan Kabasele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	SER	Filip Đuričić *	11 (6)	1	0	0	2 (1)	0	13 (7)	1	1	0
13	GK	BEL	Thomas Kaminski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	NED	Bram Nuytinck	13 (5)	2	2	0	2 (2)	0	17 (7)	2	4	0
16	MF	BEL	Steven Defour	32	2	1	1	8 (1)	0	41 (1)	3	15	0
17	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Conté	4 (1)	0	2	0	0 (3)	0	6 (4)	0	0	0
18	FW	GHA	Frank Acheampong	21 (7)	5	1	0	5 (4)	4	27 (11)	9	2	0
19	FW	COL	Oswal Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	COD	Fabrice N'Sakala	5 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	9 (1)	0	6	0
22	DF	COD	Chancel Mbemba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	BEL	Frank Boeckx	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	BEL	Michaël Heylen	6 (2)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	7 (3)	0	1	0
26	FW	GUI	Idrissa Sylla	10 (20)	7	0 (1)	0	0 (4)	0	10 (25)	7	0	0
27	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Hassan *	1 (6)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (7)	0	0	0
28	DF	NED	Alexander Büttner *	14	1	0	0	2	0	16	1	4	0
30	MF	BEL	Guillaume Gillet	18	3	2	0	6	3	26	6	3	0
31	MF	BEL	Youri Tielemans	29 (5)	6	2	1	5 (4)	0	36 (9)	7	6	0
32	MF	BEL	Leander Dendoncker	23 (1)	1	1	1	6	0	30 (1)	2	5	0
33	GK	BEL	Davy Roef	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF	BEL	Samuel Bastien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	BEL	Aaron Leya Iseka	0 (3)	0	1	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
36	DF	BEL	Nathan de Medina	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
37	DF	SRB	Ivan Obradović	13	0	0	0	3	0	16	0	1	0
38	FW	BEL	Andy Kawaya	0 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (4)	0	1	0
39	DF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
44	DF	BEL	Hervé Matthys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	COD	Dodi Lukebakio	3 (14)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	3 (15)	1	2	0
50	GK	IRL	Liam Bossin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	FW	NGA	Imoh Ezekiel *	11 (9)	2	2	1	4 (3)	1	17 (12)	4	2	0
99	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	30 (7)	15	1 (1)	0	10	2	41 (8)	17	5	1

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