2007–08 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

R.S.C. Anderlecht
2007–08 season
Owner	Constant Vanden Stock (until 19 April 2008); Roger Vanden Stock (from 19 April 2008)
President	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	Franky Vercauteren (until 12 November 2007); Ariël Jacobs (from 12 November 2007)
Stadium	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Belgian First Division	2nd
Belgian Cup	Winners
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

RSC Anderlecht compete in the Belgian League, Belgian Cup, Belgian Supercup and UEFA Cup. (They were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round) in Season 2007-08.

Players[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Zítka	32	EU	2002	2010
13	GK	Proto	24	EU	2005	2010
22	GK	Schollen	29	EU	2006	2009
25	GK	Bruzzese	18	EU	2007
27	RB	Wasilewski	27	EU	2007	2011
32	CB	Gillis	18	EU			Youth system
23	CB	Juhász	24	EU	2003	2011
26	CB	Pareja	23	Non-EU	2006	2012
6	CB	Van Damme	24	EU	2006	2010
3	LB	Deschacht (VC)	26	EU	1996	2011
5	DM	Biglia	21	Non-EU	2006	2010
31	DM	De Man	24	EU	1997	2009
30	DM	Gillet	22	EU	2008 (Winter)	2011
15	AM	Chatelle	26	EU	2008 (Winter)	2011
14	AM	Goor (captain)	34	EU	2005	2009
10	AM	Hassan	32	Non-EU	2006	2008
36	AM	Legear	20	EU	2003	2011
11	MF	Boussoufa	23	EU	2006	2010
35	MF	Crommen	16	EU			Youth system
18	MF	Iakovenko	20	EU	2008 (Winter)	2008	Loan	On loan from Genk
8	MF	Polák	26	EU	2007	2011
19	MF	Saré	17	Non-EU			Youth system
24	CF	Akın	26	Non-EU	2007	2008
29	CF	Frutos	26	Non-EU	2005	2010
9	CF	Mpenza	31	EU	2004	2008
17	CF	Mukendi	16	Non-EU			Youth system
40	CF	Pieroni	27	EU	2008 (Winter)	2008	Loan	On loan from Nantes (via Lens)
7	CF	Vlček	31	EU	2008 (Winter)	2009

Last updated: 25 Jan 2008
Source: rsca.be, players' Wikipedia articles, soccerbase.com, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Transfers 2007-08[edit]

Players in[edit]

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
25	GK	Bruzzese	18	EU	RFC Liège	Transferred Y	Summer	2011	Undisclosed
22	GK	Schollen	29	EU	NAC Breda	Transferred Y	Summer		Undisclosed
20	LB	Triguinho	28	Non-EU	São Caetano	6-month loan Y	Summer	2008	n/a	Uefa.com
8	MF	Polák	26	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Transferred Y	Summer	2011	€3.5m	Uefa.com
15	FW	Théréau	24	EU	Steaua București	Transferred Y	Summer	2011	€2.9m	Uefa.com
30	DF	Gillet	22	EU	Gent	Transferred Y	Winter	2011	About €2m	Uefa.com
12	RW	Chatelle	26	EU	Genk	Transferred Y	Winter	2012	Undisclosed
18	MF	Yakovenko	20	EU	Genk	6-month loan Y	Winter	2008	n/a
40	CF	Pieroni	27	EU	Lens	6-month loan Y	Winter	2008	n/a
7	FW	Vlček	31	EU	Slavia Prague	Transferred Y	Winter	2009	Undisclosed	Uefa.com

Players out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	GK	Ujkani	19	EU	Palermo	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	GK	Van Steenberghe	35	EU	Dender	Contract ended Y	Summer	Free
	DF	Felipe	20	Non-EU	Nacional	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	DF	Kone	19	EU	Londerzeel	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	DF	Olufemi	19	Non-EU	Boavista	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	DF	Weydisch	18	EU	UR Namur	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Al-Abdeen	19	Non-EU	Al Hazm	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Cavallo	18	EU	Mons	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Gündoğan	17	EU	Gençlerbirliği	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Kolář	24	EU	Helsingborgs	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Lacroix	20	EU	Tienen	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Lifondja	18	EU	RKC Waalwijk	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	MF	Vanden Borre	20	EU	Fiorentina	Transferred Y	Summer	€3.8m
	MF	Yakassongo	18	EU	Mouscron	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	FW	Allagui	21	EU	Carl Zeiss Jena	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	FW	Mbokani	22	Non-EU	Standard Liège	Transferred Y	Summer	Undisclosed
	FW	Owusu Acheampong	27	Non-EU	Real Tamale	End of trial Y	Summer	n/a
	FW	Tchité	23	Non-EU	Racing Santander	Transferred Y	Summer	€7.5m
28	MF	Baseggio	29	EU	Mouscron	Transferred Y	Winter	Undisclosed
39	DF	Odjidja-Ofoe	19	EU	Hamburg	Transferred Y	Winter	Undisclosed	Uefa.com
20	DF	Triguinho	28	Non-EU	São Caetano	End of loan Y	Winter	n/a
4	DF	von Schlebrügge	30	EU	Brøndby	Transferred Y	Winter	Undisclosed

Last updated: 19 January 2007
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Loaned out[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF	Habarugira	19	EU	Union Saint-Gilloise	Loaned out Y	Summer	n/a
	MF	Ngolok	19	EU	Union Saint-Gilloise	Loaned out Y	Summer	n/a
	MF	Siani	21	Non-EU	Union Saint-Gilloise	Loaned out Y	Summer	n/a
	MF	Tioté	21	Non-EU	Roda JC	Loaned out Y	Summer	n/a
	FW	Lamah	20	EU	Roda JC	Loaned out Y	Summer	n/a
	MF	Kums	19	EU	Kortrijk	Loaned out Y	Winter	n/a
15	FW	Théréau	24	EU	Charleroi	Loaned out Y	Winter	n/a	Uefa.com

Last updated: 19 January 2007
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Competitions[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Belgian Supercup	—	—	Winner	28 Jul 2007
Jupiler League	—	—	2	3 Aug 2007	10 May 2008
UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	—	Third Qualifying Round	15 Aug 2007	29 Aug 2007
UEFA Cup	First Round	—	Round of 16	21 Sep 2007	12 Mar 2008
Belgian Cup	Round 6	—	Winner	24 Nov 2007	18 May 2008

Updated to match played 18 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Jupiler League[edit]

Classification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Standard Liège (C)	34	22	11	1	61	19	+42	77	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Anderlecht	34	21	7	6	59	31	+28	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Club Brugge	34	20	7	7	45	30	+15	67	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Cercle Brugge	34	17	9	8	62	33	+29	60
5	Germinal Beerschot	34	16	7	11	46	34	+12	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round^[2]

Source: Jupiler League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised.
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	7	6	59	31	+28	70	14	2	1	35	10	+25	7	5	5	24	21	+3

Source: Jupiler League

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Competitive[edit]

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Report
1	28 Jul 2007	Belgian Supercup	Final	H	Club Brugge	3 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Johan Verbist 4' Boussoufa 37' Mpenza 87' Hassan
2	3 Aug 2007	Jupiler League	1	A	Mechelen	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Peter Vervecken 91' Wasilewski
3	11 Aug 2007	Jupiler League	2	H	Lokeren	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 24,498 Referee: Claude Bourdouxhe 79' Tchité
4	15 Aug 2007	UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	A	Fenerbahçe	0 – 1	Kick off: 20:00 CET Referee: Howard Webb 32' Alex
5	18 Aug 2007	Jupiler League	3	A	Dender	2 – 2	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Luc Wouters 11' Hassan 18' Boussoufa
6	25 Aug 2007	Jupiler League	4	H	Brussels	3 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 24,594 Referee: Paul Allaerts 15' Théréau 17' Wasilewski 92' Legear
7	29 Aug 2007	UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round	H	Fenerbahçe	0 – 2	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca 4' Kežman 74' Alex
8	2 Sep 2007	Jupiler League	5	A	Mouscron	2 – 1	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Johan Verbist 14' von Schlebrügge 87' Van Damme
9	15 Sep 2007	Jupiler League	6	H	Zulte Waregem	2 – 2	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 24,569 Referee: Benoni Burie 43' Hassan 58' (pen) Hassan
10	21 Sep 2007	UEFA Cup	First Round	H	Rapid Wien	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Jonas Eriksson 11' Akın
11	23 Sep 2007	Jupiler League	7	A	Genk	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 24,976 Referee: Paul Allaerts 86' Akın
12	29 Sep 2007	Jupiler League	8	H	Charleroi	0 – 1	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 25,025 Referee: Jan Wegereef
13	5 Oct 2007	UEFA Cup	First Round	A	Rapid Wien	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Nicola Rizzoli 24' Akın
14	7 Oct 2007	Jupiler League	9	A	Roeselare	2 – 2	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Benoni Burie 78' Polák 92' (pen) Frutos
15	21 Oct 2007	Jupiler League	10	H	Gent	2 – 1	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 25,943 Referee: Serge Gumienny 15' Legear 45' Frutos
16	25 Oct 2007	UEFA Cup	Group stage	H	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Alexandru Tudor 36' Frutos 70' Frutos
17	28 Oct 2007	Jupiler League	11	A	Cercle Brugge	0 – 0	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo
18	3 Nov 2007	Jupiler League	12	H	Westerlo	3 – 1	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 24,997 Referee: Joeri van de Velde 21' Goor 58' Akın 88' Akın
19	8 Nov 2007	UEFA Cup	Group stage	A	AaB	1 – 1	Kick off: 19:15 CET Referee: Laurent Duhamel 59' (og) Jakobsen
20	11 Nov 2007	Jupiler League	13	A	Germinal Beerschot	0 – 2	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Luc Wouters
21	24 Nov 2007	Belgian Cup	Sixth	H	Hamme	2 – 1	Kick off: 20:30 CET 31' Legear 71' Mpenza
22	30 Nov 2007	Jupiler League	14	H	Standard Liège	0 – 0	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 25,061 Referee: Paul Allaerts
23	6 Dec 2007	UEFA Cup	Group stage	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Damir Skomina 68' Goor
24	9 Dec 2007	Jupiler League	15	A	Sint-Truiden	3 – 4	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef 29' Hassan 32' Van Damme 45' (pen) Hassan
25	16 Dec 2007	Jupiler League	16	A	Club Brugge	0 – 1	Kick off: 13:00 CET Attendance: 28,199 Referee: Serge Gumienny
26	19 Dec 2007	UEFA Cup	Group stage	A	Getafe	1 – 2	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Nikolai Ivanov 68' Théréau
27	22 Dec 2007	Jupiler League	17	H	Mons	3 – 2	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 22,395 Referee: Stéphane Breda 17' Odjidja-Ofoe 36' Hassan 41' (own) Nibombé
28	12 Jan 2008	Belgian Cup	Seventh	H	Waasland	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Referee: Jean-Baptist Bultynck 60' Akın 62' Boussoufa
29	19 Jan 2008	Jupiler League	18	H	Mechelen	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 25,387 Referee: Luc Wouters 25' (own) Vleminckx
30	27 Jan 2008	Jupiler League	19	A	Lokeren	0 – 0	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Peter Vervecken
31	30 Jan 2008	Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals	H	Dender	3 – 0	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jérome Efong Nzolo 1' Vlček 46' Vlček 87' Mpenza
32	2 Feb 2008	Jupiler League	20	H	Dender	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tim Pots 24' (pen) Chatelle
33	9 Feb 2008	Jupiler League	21	A	Brussels	4 – 2	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Johan Verbist 3' Van Damme 26' Gillet 49' Gillet 60' Wasilewski
34	13 Feb 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	H	Bordeaux	2 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento 79' Polák 95' Mpenza
35	16 Feb 2008	Jupiler League	22	H	Mouscron	2 – 1	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 24,586 Referee: Tim Pots 14' Polák 21' Pieroni
36	21 Feb 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	A	Bordeaux	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Attendance: 20,017 Referee: Selçuk Dereli 33' Chatelle
37	24 Feb 2008	Jupiler League	23	A	Zulte Waregem	0 – 1	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere
38	27 Feb 2008	Belgian Cup	Quarter-finals	A	Dender	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:30 CET 17' Goor
39	2 Mar 2008	Jupiler League	24	H	Genk	1 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 25,189 Referee: Eric Braamhaar 4' Vlček
40	6 Mar 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	H	Bayern Munich	0 – 5	Kick off: 19:00 CET Referee: Olegário Benquerença
41	9 Mar 2008	Jupiler League	25	A	Charleroi	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Serge Gumienny 28' Hassan 40' Boussoufa
42	12 Mar 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	A	Bayern Munich	2 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Terje Hauge 20' Akın 35' Iakovenko
43	15 Mar 2008	Jupiler League	26	H	Roeselare	5 – 0	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 24,407 Referee: Philippe Flament 14' Hassan 17' Boussoufa 36' Biglia 55' Pieroni 87' Pieroni
44	19 Mar 2008	Belgian Cup	Semi-finals	H	Germinal Beerschot	1 – 0	Referee: Frank De Bleeckere 87' (o.g.) Dheedene
45	23 Mar 2008	Jupiler League	27	A	Gent	3 – 2	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jérôme Efong Nzolo 24' Vlček 38' Vlček 65' (pen) Frutos
46	30 Mar 2008	Jupiler League	28	H	Cercle Brugge	3 – 1	Kick off: 18:00 CET Attendance: 24,801 Referee: Luc Wouters 41' Van Damme 66' Boussoufa 72' Van Damme
47	6 Apr 2008	Jupiler League	29	A	Westerlo	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Johan Verbist 13' Gillet 35' Frutos
48	13 Apr 2008	Jupiler League	30	H	Germinal Beerschot	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:30 CET Attendance: 24,759 Referee: Paul Allaerts 60' Vlček 65' Frutos
49	16 Apr 2008	Belgian Cup	Semi-finals	A	Germinal Beerschot	1 – 1	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Jerome Efong Nzolo 54' Vlček
50	20 Apr 2008	Jupiler League	31	A	Standard Liège	0 – 2	Kick off: 20:45 CET Referee: Frank De Bleeckere
51	26 Apr 2008	Jupiler League	32	H	Sint-Truiden	4 – 1	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 24,319 Referee: Tim Pots 81' Frutos 83' Boussoufa 85' Frutos 86' Frutos
52	3 May 2008	Jupiler League	33	H	Club Brugge	2 – 0	Kick off: 20:00 CET 17' Vlček 30' Van Damme
53	10 May 2008	Jupiler League	34	A	Mons	2 – 1	Kick off: 20:00 CET Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Luc Wouters 34' Vlček 59' Van Damme
54	18 May 2008	Belgian Cup	Final	N	Gent	3 – 2	Kick off: 16:30 CET Referee: Serge Gumienny 34' Polák 70' Boussoufa 71' Gillet

Last updated: 18 May 2008
Source: sporza.be
¹Anderlecht goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Anderlecht.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendly[edit]

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	Scorers	GD
1	7 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Knokke	11 - 0	Mpenza (4), Hassan (2 (1 pen)), Deschacht, Lamah, Mukendi, Van Damme, own goal	11
2	10 Jul 2007	OBI-Cup	N	Galatasaray	0 - 1		-1
3	12 Jul 2007	OBI-Cup	N	Borussia Dortmund	1 - 2	Baseggio	-1
4	18 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Nancy	2 - 1	Mpenza, von Schlebrügge	1
5	19 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Wolvertem	3 - 0	Kums, Mukendi, Odjidja-Ofoe	3
6	21 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Marseille	2 - 4	Théréau, Wasilewski	-2
7	22 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	OH Leuven	0 - 2		-2
8	25 Jul 2007	Friendly	N	Alemannia Aachen	0 - 1		-1
9	31 Jul 2007	Friendly	A	Crystal Palace	1 - 1	Théréau	0
10	6 Jan 2008	Friendly	N	Be Quick	7 - 0	Théréau (3), Vlček (3), Crommen	7
11	8 Jan 2008	Friendly	A	Cartagena	0 - 2		-2
12	21 May 2008	Friendly	A	Wolvertem	4 - 1	Boateng, Boussoufa, Mpenza, Pieroni	3

Last updated: 21 May 2008
¹Anderlecht goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Anderlecht.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

References[edit]

^ "Anderlecht ontslaat Frank Vercauteren".
^ "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[1] "Anderlecht ontslaat Frank Vercauteren".

[2] "Cercle laat Intertoto-ticket aan G.Beerschot" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

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