2003–04 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

During the 2003–04 season, R.S.C. Anderlecht participated in the Belgian First Division.

R.S.C. Anderlecht
2003–04 season
ChairmanRoger Vanden Stock
ManagerHugo Broos
Belgian First Division1st
Belgian CupSemi-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerAruna Dindane (15)

Season summary edit

Anderlecht won the title for the first time in three seasons. They had held a big lead over their title rivals Club Brugge for some time, but a bad finish from Anderlecht kept the suspense until the 31st matchday, when Club Brugge drew with Mouscron while the team from Brussels also drew (1-1) at Lierse to confirm their title.

First-team squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CZE Daniel Zítka
3 DF   BEL Olivier Deschacht
4 MF   BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe
5 DF   BEL Glen De Boeck
6 DF   POL Michał Żewłakow
7 MF   SCG Goran Lovre[notes 1]
8 FW   SCG Nenad Jestrović
9 FW   AUS Clayton Zane
10 MF   BEL Walter Baseggio (captain)
11 MF   CZE Martin Kolář
12 DF   BEL Olivier Doll
14 MF   BEL Marc Hendrikx
15 DF   ALB Besnik Hasi[notes 2]
17 MF   SWE Christian Wilhelmsson
18 MF   KOR Seol Ki-hyeon
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   CRO Ivica Mornar
21 MF   SWE Pär Zetterberg
22 FW   UKR Oleg Yashchuk
23 MF   COD Gabriel N'Galula
24 GK   BEL Tristan Peersman
26 FW   CIV Aruna Dindane
27 DF   BEL Vincent Kompany
30 DF   FIN Hannu Tihinen
31 MF   BEL Mark De Man
34 DF   BFA Lamine Traoré
35 FW   NED Sherjill MacDonald
25 GK   BEL Jan Van Steenberghe
37 DF   BEL Anthony Vanden Borre
28 MF   RUS Anatoli Gerk

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   SCG Aleksandar Ilić (to Vitesse)

Results edit

Belgian First Division edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) 34 25 6 3 77 27 +50 81 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Club Brugge 34 22 6 6 77 31 +46 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Standard Liège 34 18 11 5 68 31 +37 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Genk 34 17 8 9 58 40 +18 59 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5 Mouscron 34 15 14 5 64 42 +22 59
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Champions League edit

Second qualifying round edit

6 August 2003 Anderlecht   3–2   Rapid București Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:30 Jestrović   50'
Zetterberg   52'
Seol   75'
Report Ilyés   42'
Bratu   45'
Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round edit

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

Group stage edit

17 September 2003 Lyon   1–0   Anderlecht Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45 Juninho   25' (pen.) Report Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)
5 November 2003 Celtic   3–1   Anderlecht Celtic Park, Glasgow
20:45 Larsson   12'
Miller   17'
Sutton   29'
Report Dindane   77' Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Lovre was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) internationally and represented them at U-19, U-21, and U-23 level.
  2. ^ Hasi was born in Gjakova, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in 2000.