R.S.C. Anderlecht in European football

R.S.C. Anderlecht in European football

Club	R.S.C. Anderlecht
Seasons played	62
First entry	1955–56 European Cup
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Europa League	1983 [1]
Cup Winners' Cup	1976, 1978 [1]
Super Cup	1976, 1978 [1]

The first time R.S.C. Anderlecht qualified for European football was in 1955. The last time they were in European football is in 2022. In that time-frame they have won 5 titles in European football. They won the Uefa Cup in 1983, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1976 and 1978, and the Super Cup in 1976 and 1978. In total, Anderlecht have played 415 games with a win percentage of 45.30% across all European football competitions. They have competed in 61 seasons in European football. R.S.C. Anderlecht are by far the most successful football club in Belgian football history.

European record

Overall record

Updated 20 February 2025

^[1]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
European Cup / Champions League	200	70	44	86	282	320	−38	035.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	44	29	3	12	86	34	+52	065.91
UEFA Cup / Europa League	166	79	41	46	273	197	+76	047.59
UEFA Europa Conference League	20	10	4	6	27	17	+10	050.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	18	13	0	5	51	27	+24	072.22
UEFA Super Cup	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	050.00
Total	442	199	89	154	720	592	+128	045.02

Pld = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against, GD = goal difference.

Matches

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Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
1955–56	European Cup	First round	Vörös Lobogó SE	1–4	3–6
1956–57	European Cup	Preliminary round	Manchester United	0–2	0–10
1959–60	European Cup	Preliminary round	Rangers	0–2	2–5
1962–63	European Cup	Preliminary round	Real Madrid	1–0	3–3
		First round	CDNA Sofia	2–0	2–2
		Quarter-final	Dundee	1–4	1–2
1964–65	European Cup	Preliminary round	Bologna	1–0	1–2 [note 1]
		First round	Liverpool	0–1	0–3
1965–66	European Cup	Preliminary round	Fenerbahçe	5–1	0–0
		First round	Derry City	9–0	w/o [note 2]
		Quarter-final	Real Madrid	1–0	2–4
1966–67	European Cup	First round	Haka	2–0	10–1
		Second round	Dukla Prague	1–2	1–4
1967–68	European Cup	First round	Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–1	3–1
		Second round	Sparta Prague	3–3	2–3
1968–69	European Cup	First round	Glentoran	3–0	2–2
		Second round	Manchester United	3–1	0–3
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Valur	2–0	6–0
		Second round	Coleraine	6–1	7–3
		Third round	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	2–3
		Quarter-final	Newcastle United	2–0	1–3
		Semi-final	Internazionale	0–1	2–0
		Final	Arsenal	3–1	0–3
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Željezničar	5–4	4–3
		Second round	AB	4–0	3–1
		Third round	Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	1–3
1971–72	UEFA Cup	First round	Bologna	0–2	1–1
1972–73	European Cup	First round	Vejle BK	4–2	3–0
		Second round	Spartak Trnava	0–1	0–1
1973–74	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Zürich	3–2	0–1
1974–75	European Cup	First round	Slovan Bratislava	3–1	2–4
		Second round	Olympiacos	5–1	0–3
		Quarter-final	Leeds United	0–1	0–3
1975–76	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Rapid București	2–0	0–1
		Second round	Borac Banja Luka	3–0	0–1
		Quarter-final	Wrexham	1–0	1–1
		Semi-final	Sachsenring Zwickau	2–0	3–0
		Final	West Ham United	4–2
1976	European Super Cup	Final	Bayern Munich	4–1	1–2
1976–77	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Roda JC	2–1	3–2
		Second round	Galatasaray	5–1	5–1
		Quarter-final	Southampton	2–0	1–2
		Semi-final	Napoli	2–0	0–1
		Final	Hamburger SV	0–2
1977–78	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	6–1
		Second round	Hamburger SV	1–1	2–1
		Quarter-final	Porto	3–0	0–1
		Semi-final	Twente	2–0	1–0
		Final	Austria Wien	4–0
1978	European Super Cup	Final	Liverpool	3–1	1–2
1978–79	Cup Winners' Cup	Second round [note 3]	Barcelona	3–0	0–3 (1–4 p)
1979–80	UEFA Cup	First round	Dundee United	1–1	0–0
1980–81	UEFA Cup	First round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	0–1
1981–82	European Cup	First round	Widzew Łódź	2–1	4–1
		Second round	Juventus	3–1	1–1
		Quarter-final	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	2–1
		Semi-final	Aston Villa	0–0	0–1
1982–83	UEFA Cup	First round	Koparit Kuopio	3–0	3–1
		Second round	Porto	4–0	2–3
		Third round	FK Sarajevo	6–1	0–1
		Quarter-final	Valencia	3–1	2–1
		Semi-final	Bohemians Prague	3–1	1–0
		Final	Benfica	1–0	1–1
1983–84	UEFA Cup	First round	Bryne	1–1	3–0
		Second round	Baník Ostrava	2–0	2–2
		Third round	Lens	1–0	1–1
		Quarter-final	Spartak Moscow	4–2	0–1
		Semi-final	Nottingham Forest	3–0	0–2
		Final	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	1–1 (3–4 p)
1984–85	UEFA Cup	First round	Werder Bremen	1–0	1–2
		Second round	Fiorentina	6–2	1–1
		Third round	Real Madrid	3–0	1–6
1985–86	European Cup	First round	Everton	-	- [note 4]
		Second round	Omonia	1–0	3–1
		Quarter-final	Bayern Munich	2–0	1–2
		Semi-final	Steaua București	1–0	0–3
1986–87	European Cup	First round	Górnik Zabrze	2–0	1–1
		Second round	Steaua București	3–0	0–1
		Quarter-final	Bayern Munich	2–2	0–5
1987–88	European Cup	First round	Malmö FF	1–1	1–0
		Second round	Sparta Prague	1–0	2–1
		Quarter-final	Benfica	1–0	0–2
1988–89	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Metz	2–0	3–1
		Second round	KV Mechelen	0–2	0–1
1989–90	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Ballymena United	6–0	4–0
		Second round	Barcelona	2–0	1–2 ( a.e.t. )
		Quarter-final	FC Admira/Wacker	2–0	1–1
		Semi-final	Dinamo București	1–0	1–0
		Final	Sampdoria	0–2 ( a.e.t. )
1990–91	UEFA Cup	First round	Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	2–0
		Second round	Omonia	3–0	1–1
		Third round	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	1–2
		Quarter-final	Roma	2–3	0–3
1991–92	European Cup	First round	Grasshopper	1–1	3–0
		Second round	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	0–0
		Group A	Panathinaikos	0–0	0–0
			Red Star Belgrade	3–2	2–3
			Sampdoria	3–2	0–2
1992–93	UEFA Cup	First round	Hibernian	1–1	2–2
		Second round	Dynamo Kyiv	4–2	3–0
		Third round	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	0–0
1993–94	Champions League	First round	HJK	3–0	3–0
		Second round	Sparta Prague	4–2	1–0
		Group B	Milan	0–0	0–0
			Werder Bremen	1–2	3–5
			Porto	1–0	0–2
1994–95	Champions League	Group C	Steaua București	0–0	1–1
			Benfica	1–1	1–3
			Hajduk Split	0–0	1–2
1995–96	Champions League	Qualifying round	Ferencváros	0–1	1–1
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First round	Alania Vladikavkaz	4–0	1–2
		Second round	Vitória de Guimarães	0–0	1–1
		Third round	Helsingborgs IF	1–0	0–0
		Quarter-final	Internazionale	1–1	1–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Second Qualifying round	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	2–0
		First round	Austria Salzburg	4–2	3–4
		Second round	Schalke 04	1–2	0–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Tiligul Tiraspol	5–0	1–0
		Second qualifying round	Osijek	2–0	1–3
		First round	Grasshopper	0–2	0–0
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	KS/Leiftur	6–1	3–0
		First round	Olimpija Ljubljana	3–1	3–0
		Second round	Bologna	2–1	0–3
2000–01	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Anorthosis Famagusta	4–2	0–0
		Third qualifying round	Porto	1–0	0–0
		Group G	Manchester United	2–1	1–5
			PSV Eindhoven	1–0	3–2
			Dynamo Kyiv	4–2	0–4
		Group D	Lazio	1–0	1–2
			Real Madrid	2–0	1–4
			Leeds United	1–4	1–2
2001–02	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Sheriff Tiraspol	4–0	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Halmstads BK	1–1	3–2
		Group A	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–5	1–1
			Roma	0–0	1–1
			Real Madrid	0–2	1–4
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First round	Stabæk	0–1	2–1
		Second round	Midtjylland	3–1	3–0
		Third round	Bordeaux	2–2	2–0
		Fourth round	Panathinaikos	2–0	0–3
2003–04	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Rapid București	3–2	0–0
		Third qualifying round	Wisła Kraków	3–1	1–0
		Group A	Lyon	1–0	0–1
			Bayern Munich	1–1	0–1
			Celtic	1–0	1–3
2004–05	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Benfica	3–0	0–1
		Group G	Valencia	1–2	0–2
			Internazionale	1–3	0–3
			Werder Bremen	1–2	1–5
2005–06	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Neftchi Baku	5–0	0–1
		Third qualifying round	Slavia Prague	2–1	2–0
		Group G	Chelsea	0–2	0–1
			Real Betis	0–1	1–0
			Liverpool	0–1	0–3
2006–07	Champions League	Group H	Lille	1–1	2–2
			AEK Athens	2–2	1–1
			Milan	0–1	1–4
2007–08	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Fenerbahçe	0–2	0–1
	UEFA Cup	First round	Rapid Wien	1–1	1–0
		Group G	Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–0	N/A
			AaB	N/A	1–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	N/A
			Getafe	N/A	1–2
		Round of 32	Bordeaux	2–1	1–1
		Round of 16	Bayern Munich	0–5	2–1
2008–09	Champions League	Second qualifying round	BATE Borisov	1–2	2–2
2009–10	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Sivasspor	5–0	1–3
		Play-Offs	Lyon	1–3	1–5
	Europa League	Group A	Dinamo Zagreb	0–1	2–0
			Ajax	1–1	3–1
			FC Timișoara	3–1	0–0
		Round of 32	Athletic Bilbao	4–0	1–1
		Round of 16	Hamburger SV	4–3	1–3
2010–11	Champions League	Third qualifying round	The New Saints	3–0	3–1
		Play-Offs	Partizan	2–2 (2–3 p)	2–2
	Europa League	Group G	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–3	1–3
			Hajduk Split	2–0	0–1
			AEK Athens	3–0	1–1
		Round of 32	Ajax	0–3	0–2
2011–12	Europa League	Play-Offs	Bursaspor	2–2	2–1
		Group L	AEK Athens	4–1	2–1
			Lokomotiv Moscow	5–3	2–0
			Sturm Graz	3–0	2–0
		Round of 32	AZ	0–1	0–1
2012–13	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Ekranas	5–0	6–0
		Play-Offs	AEL Limassol	2–0	1–2
		Group C	Milan	1–3	0–0
			Málaga	0–3	2–2
			Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–0	0–1
2013–14	Champions League	Group C	Benfica	2–3	0–2
			Olympiacos	0–3	1–3
			Paris Saint-Germain	0–5	1–1
2014–15	Champions League	Group D	Galatasaray	2–0	1–1
			Borussia Dortmund	0–3	1–1
			Arsenal	1–2	3–3
	Europa League	Round of 32	Dynamo Moscow	0–0	1–3
2015–16	Europa League	Group J	Monaco	1–1	2–0
			Qarabağ	2–1	0–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	1–2
		Round of 32	Olympiacos	1–0	2–1 ( a.e.t. )
		Round of 16	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	1–3
2016–17	Champions League	Third qualifying round	Rostov	0–2	2–2
	Europa League	Play-Offs	Slavia Prague	3–0	3–0
		Group C	Gabala	3–1	3–1
			Saint-Étienne	2–3	1–1
			Mainz 05	6–1	1–1
		Round of 32	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–0	1–3
		Round of 16	APOEL	1–0	1–0
		Quarter-final	Manchester United	1–1	1–2 ( a.e.t. )
2017–18	Champions League	Group B	Bayern Munich	1–2	0–3
			Celtic	0–3	1–0
			Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–5
2018–19	Europa League	Group D	Spartak Trnava	0–0	0–1
			Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	0–0
			Fenerbahçe	2–2	0–2
2021–22	Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round	Laçi	2–1	3–0
		Play-Offs	Vitesse	3–3	1–2
2022–23	Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round	Paide Linnameeskond	3–0	2–0
		Play-Offs	Young Boys	0–1 (3–1 p)	1–0
		Group B	Silkeborg	1–0	2–0
			FCSB	2–2	0–0
			West Ham United	0–1	1–2
		Knockout Round Play-Offs	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–1 (3–0 p)	0–1
		Round of 16	Villarreal	1–1	1–0
		Quarter-final	AZ	2–0	0–2 (1–4 p)
2024–25	Europa League	Play-Offs	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	1–0
		League phase	Ferencváros	2–1	N/A
			Real Sociedad	N/A	2–1
			Ludogorets Razgrad	2–0	N/A
			RFS	N/A	1–1
			Porto	2–2	N/A
			Slavia Prague	N/A	2–1
			Viktoria Plzeň	N/A	0–2
			TSG Hoffenheim	3–4	N/A
		Knockout Phase Play-Offs	Fenerbahçe	2–2	0–3

Summary of Anderlecht's best results in European competitions

From the quarter-finals upwards:

(5 cups) + (4 finals)

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

- semi-finalists in 1982 and 1986

- quarter-finalists in 1963, 1966, 1975, 1987 and 1988

- group stage (last 8) in 1991–92*, 1993–94

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2) + (2):

- winners in 1976 and 1978

- finalists in 1977 and 1990

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (1) + (2):

- winners in 1983

- finalists in 1984

- quarter-finalists in 1991, 1997, and 2017

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

- finalists in 1970

UEFA Europa Conference League:

- quarter-finalists in 2023

UEFA Super Cup (2):

- winners in 1976 and 1978

• *in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons, there were no semi-finals after the group stage.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

Club ranking for 2016–17 European season (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)

• 36 (67) VfL Wolfsburg (56.035)
• 37 (36) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (55.476)
• 38 (41) Anderlecht (54.000)
• 39 (31) Rubin Kazan (52.216)
• 40 (33) Sporting CP (51.616)

Records

• Most goals in European competition: Rob Rensenbrink, 33 ^[1]
• First European match: Vörös Lobogó 6–3 Anderlecht in the European Cup, 7 September 1955 ^[2]
• First goal scored in Europe: René Vanderwilt against Vörös Lobogó, 7 September 1955 ^[2]
• Biggest win: Anderlecht 10–1 Haka, in the European Cup, 14 September 1966 ^[1]
• Biggest defeat: Manchester United 10–0 Anderlecht in the European Cup, 26 September 1956 ^[1]
• Highest European home attendance:

Notes

1. Play off game finished 0–0 with Anderlecht winning a coin toss to progress to the next round
2. Game was put down as a walk-over due to the withdrawal of Derry
3. Anderlecht were given a bye in to the second round
4. Everton were unable to fulfill this fixture due to the ban on English clubs entering European competition following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.

References

1. "RSC Anderlecht". UEFA. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
2. "MTK 6-3 Anderlecht (07/09/1955)". UEFA. Retrieved 29 September 2017.