2014–15 R.S.C. Anderlecht season


The 2014–15 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup, Belgian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Review

Background

Pre-season

It was announced that Anderlecht would play six matches in preparation for the 2014-15 season, with games against Royal Knokke, Oudenaarde, A.E.C. Mons|Mons], Dynamo Kyiv, RFC Liège and Deinze with the pre-season matches starting from 28 June 2014 and ending on 22 July 2014.
Anderlecht kicked off their pre-season campaign with a 1-4 victory away to Royal Knokke on 28 June at Stadion Olivier. The club followed that with a 0-2 win at Oudenaarde, with goals coming from Youri Tielemans and Frank Acheampong. Anderlecht then drew 0-0 with Mons in match remembered less so for the result but more so for the return of Matías Suárez who had been out injured since October 2013 due to a serious knee injury he suffered in training at that time. On 11 July, Anderlecht faced Dynamo Kyiv in Austria. A match they won 2-1 thanks to a brace from Frank Acheampong.
On the following Wednesday, Anderlecht won their penultimate pre-season fixture when they beat RFC Liège 0-2 at the Stade du Pairay, with goals coming from Aleksandar Mitrović and Samuel Armenteros. Anderlecht won their sixth and final friendly match on July 22, beating Deinze 0-1 at the Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion thanks to a goal from Nathan Kabasele. Which meant the club ended pre-season unbeaten, winning five and drawing just one.

Transfers

's first summer signing was Brazilian Wigor Alan do Nascimento who was signed from Brazilian club Capivariano after a successful trial. The club also signed goalkeeper Mulopo Kudimbana on a permanent contract in June, with the Congolese international joining from Oostende. Samuel Armenteros, Michaël Heylen, Mehdi Tarfi and Fede Vico all returned from their loan spells at Feyenoord, Kortrijk, Zulte Waregem and Oostende respectively while Demy de Zeeuw left in the opposite direction following the completion of his loan spell from Spartak Moscow.
Numerous outgoings were completed also. Fernando Canesin completed a permanent transfer to Oostende, Nabil Jaadi left the club to join Italian Serie A side Udinese while Jordan Lukaku joined Oostende permanently after a successful loan spell. Four other players also completed permanent moves away from the club, Massimo Bruno to Red Bull Salzburg, Cheikhou Kouyaté to West Ham United, David Pollet to Gent and Dalibor Veselinović to Mechelen. Elis Koulibaly and Youri Lapage were loaned to Eendracht Aalst, the Belgian Second Division side also claimed to have signed Jonathan Kindermans on loan but Anderlecht later confirmed Kindermans was to join Eerste Divisie side Telstar on loan.
Guillaume Gillet also left the club on loan, he joined French Ligue 1 side Bastia on a season-long loan deal on 10 July.

July

On 20 July, Anderlecht played their first competitive fixture of the season in the 2014 Belgian Super Cup against Lokeren, a match they won 2-1 at their home ground of Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Aleksandar Mitrović gave Anderlecht the early lead on twenty-nine minutes after a byline pass from Cyriac. Lokeren equalised on seventy-three minutes thanks to a looping header from Tunisian striker Hamdi Harbaoui. As the match was heading for extra time Anderlecht found a ninety first-minute winner, Andy Najar put in a cross which was met by Lokeren's Denis Odoi who put the ball into his own net for an own goal. That won Anderlecht their twelfth Belgian Super Cup triumph.

Match details

League positions are sourced by Statto, while the remaining information is referenced individually.

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

League table
Matches

Championship Playoff

Playoff table

Matches

Belgian Super Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef
Final20 7 2014LokerenHW2–1Mitrović 29', Odoi 90+1' o.g.13,733

Belgian Cup

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef
Sixth round24 9 2014Patro EisdenAW5–3 Kabasele 5' pen., 20' pen., Mitrović 39', 109', Conté 120+1'3,100
Seventh round3 12 2014Racing MechelenHW4–1Cyriac 15', Kabasele 23', 82', Tielemans 35'9,000
QF first leg17 12 2014Zulte-WaregemAW3–0Acheampong 72', Praet 74', Kljestan 86'4,520
QF second leg21 1 2015Zulte-WaregemHW4–2Kljestan 25', 44', Cyriac 40', Leya 68'7,000
SF first leg4 2 2015GentAW2–0Najar 33', Vanden Borre 56'14,473
SF first leg12 2 2015GentHW3–0Defour 11', Mitrović 14', Tielemans 57' pen.9,113
Final22 3 2015Club BruggeNL1–2Mitrović 89'45,000

UEFA Champions League

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef
Group16 9 2014GalatasarayAD1–1Praet 52'28,553
Group1 10 2014Borussia DortmundHL0–318,649
Group22 10 2014ArsenalHL1–2Najar 71'19,881
Group4 11 2014ArsenalAD3–3Vanden Borre 61', 73' pen., Mitrović 90'59,872
Group26 11 2014GalatasarayHW2–0Mbemba 44', 86'19,857
Group9 12 2014Borussia DortmundAD1–1Mitrović 84'65,851

UEFA Europa League

RoundDateOpponentsVenueResultScore
F–A		ScorersAttendanceRef
Round of 3219 2 2015Dynamo MoscowHD0–017,317
Round of 3226 2 2015Dynamo MoscowAL1–3Mitrović 28'12,316

Appearances and goals

Club

Coaching staff

Other information

Transfers

Transfers in

#Position:PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource
26 OostendeUndisclosed
40 CapivarianoUndisclosed

Loans in

#PositionPlayerLoaned fromDateLoan expiresTeamSource

Total spending: Undisclosed

Transfers out

#PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource
34 UdineseUndisclosed
37 OostendeUndisclosed
MechelenUndisclosed
17 Red Bull SalzburgUndisclosed
55 OostendeUndisclosed
16 West Ham UnitedUndisclosed
11 GentUndisclosed
36 Everton F.C.Undisclosed

Loans out

#PositionPlayerLoaned toDateLoan expiresSource
Eendracht AalstEnd of season
Eendracht AalstEnd of season
TelstarEnd of season
30 BastiaEnd of season

Total income: Undisclosed