Anderlecht facts
Saturday, July 31, 2021
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RSC Anderlecht
Formed: 1908
Nicknames: Paars-wit (Purple and Whites, Dutch), Les Mauves et Blancs (Purple and Whites, French)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1976, (1977), 1978, (1990)
UEFA Cup (1): 1983, (1984)
UEFA Super Cup (2): 1976, 1978
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)
League title: 34 (2017)
Belgian Cup: 9 (2008)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa Conference League unless indicated otherwise)
2021/22: qualifying play-offs
2020/21: did not take part in UEFA competition
2019/20: did not take part in UEFA competition
2018/19: UEFA Europa League group stage
2017/18: UEFA Champions League group stage
2016/17: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16
2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage
2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage
Records
UEFA club competition
Biggest home win
9-0: Anderlecht v Derry City
23/11/65, European Cup first round first leg
Biggest away win
1-10: Haka v Anderlecht
14/09/66, European Cup first round first leg
Heaviest home defeat
0-5 twice, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain
23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage
Heaviest away defeat
10-0: Manchester United v Anderlecht
26/09/56, European Cup preliminary round second leg
UEFA Europa Conference League
Biggest home win
3-0: Anderlecht v Paide Linnameeskond
11/08/22, third qualifying round second leg
Biggest away win
0-3: Laç v Anderlecht
05/08/21, third qualifying round first leg
Heaviest home defeat
0-1 twice, most recently v West Ham
06/10/22, group stage
Heaviest away defeat
2-0: AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht (aet)
20/04/23, quarter-final second leg