2009–10 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

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RSC Anderlecht competes in the Belgian League and Cup in Season 2009–10. Anderlecht also took part in the UEFA Champions League, but failed to progress through the qualifying rounds and thus qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

Key events

  • 5 June: Following the Fortis takeover, BNP Paribas will now feature as sponsor on the Anderlecht shirts.[1]
  • 17 June: Hervé Kage moves to Charleroi on a free transfer. At Anderlecht, the 20-year-old had never made it into the first squad.[2]
  • 24 June: Czech defender Ondřej Mazuch joins the squad as he is loaned for one season from Italian giants Fiorentina. In the contract there is also an option to buy him at the end of the season.[3]
  • 30 June: The sponsor deal with BNP Paribas is now fully sealed, the contract will initially just be for one year, until the end of the cuurent season.[5]
  • 20 July: After half a year of rcovering from various injuries in Argentina, Anderlecht's goalgetter Nicolás Frutos returns to Belgium and immediately claims to be fit enough to play.[7]
  • 24 July: Anderlecht presents itself to the press for the new season. Although few transfers were made, the staff claims the team has "definitely improved" compared to last season.[8]
  • 27 July: Just one day before the vital UEFA Champions League match against Sivasspor, the news spreads that Jelle Van Damme shows interest in leaving the club immediately as he "needs a challenge" and would like to "play at a club sure of Champions League participation". He is still under contract for two more seasons however and coach Ariël Jacobs therefore neglects his requests and uses Van Damme in his starting lineup against Sivasspor. This made it impossible for him to play at any other team in the Champions League this season. As Van Damme claimed to be offered a contract by an unnamed club with negotiations pending, Anderlecht suspected Standard Liège to have offered him a contract to destabilize Anderlecht. Standard however have denied this.[9]
  • 30 August: In the Jupiler Pro League, the two best teams of last season play each other as Anderlecht receives Standard at home, which results in an extremely rough and chaotic match. After a wild and gruesome tackle, Standard's Axel Witsel causes multiple open fractures in both the calf and tibia of Marcin Wasilewski, leaving him sidelined for a very long period of time, with estimates going from 8 to 13 months after several successful operations. In the same match Jan Polák tore the ligaments in his knee after contact with Igor De Camargo, leaving him out for probably about half a year. As a result of this match, Axel Witsel got suspended for eight matches in the Belgian League and received numerous anonymous death threats, together with Standard captain Steven Defour. Witsel was removed from the cover of the upcoming Panini sticker album of the Jupiler Pro League. Anderlecht coach Ariël Jacobs expressed his disgust in football and claimed he had "enough of it all", insinuating to quit at the end of the season when his contract ends. Standard sponsor BASE reacted by naming "the brutal tackle by Witsel untolerable" and claimed to support any penalty the club would give Witsel. After the earlier trouble concerning Jelle Van Damme near the end of July, both the staff of Anderlecht and Standard agree to meet and reconcile their differences for the good of Belgian football. Also, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.[11]
  • 21 September: Just recently recovered from his previous injury, Cheikhou Kouyaté now fractures his nose after colliding with Marko Šuler in the match versus Gent, causing him to be out for another six weeks.[13]
  • 30 October: In contrary to earlier statements that he would be leaving, Ariël Jacobs signs a new contract for two more seasons at Anderlecht.[14]

Players

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
25 GK Belgium Bruzzese 20 EU 2007
28 GK Belgium Cordier 25 EU 2009
22 GK Belgium Schollen 31 EU 2006 2009
24 GK Belgium Proto 26 EU 2006 2009
1 GK Czech Republic Zítka 34 EU 2002 2010
27 RB Poland Wasilewski 29 EU 2007 2011
26 CB Honduras Bernárdez 27 Non-EU 2009 2009
23 CB Hungary Juhász 26 EU 2003 2011
4 CB Netherlands Kruiswijk 25 EU 2008 2012
2 CB Czech Republic Mazuch 20 EU 2009 2009 On loan from Fiorentina
44 CB Serbia Rnić 25 EU 2008 2011 Free
6 CB Belgium Van Damme 26 EU 2006 2010
3 LB Belgium Deschacht (VC) 28 EU 1996 2011
5 DM Argentina Biglia 23 Non-EU 2006 2010
30 DM Belgium Gillet 24 EU 2008 2013
12 AM Belgium Chatelle 28 EU 2008 2011
13 AM Belgium Legear 22 EU 2003 2011
11 MF NetherlandsMorocco Boussoufa 25 EU 2006 2012
35 MF Belgium Crommen 18 EU Youth system
32 MF Senegal Diandy 20 EU 2009
16 MF Senegal Kouyaté 20 EU 2008
34 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Mukendi 18 EU 2008
8 MF Czech Republic Polák 28 EU 2007 2011
37 MF Brazil Reynaldo 20 EU 2008 2011
99 MF Ivory Coast Saré 19 Non-EU 2007 Youth system
21 CF Belgium De Sutter 24 EU 2009 2013
19 CF Argentina Frutos 28 Non-EU 2005 2010
10 CF Brazil Kanu 22 EU 2008 Youth system
36 CF Belgium Lukaku 16 EU 2009 Youth system
9 CF Argentina Suárez 21 Non-EU 2008 2013 €1.2M
  • Last updated: 25 October 2009
  • 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).


Jupiler Pro League

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Anderlecht (C) (O) 28 22 3 3 62 20 +42 69 Belgian Title Playoff 2009-10
2 Club Brugge 28 17 6 5 52 33 +19 57
3 Gent 28 14 7 7 49 30 +19 49
4 Kortrijk 28 12 9 7 39 30 +9 45
5 Sint-Truiden 28 12 6 10 35 35 0 42
6 Zulte Waregem 28 10 11 7 39 32 +7 41
7 Mechelen 28 12 3 13 36 46 −10 39 Belgian Europa League Playoff 2009-10
8 Standard Liège 28 10 9 9 38 34 +4 39
9 Cercle Brugge 28 11 5 12 45 40 +5 38
10 Germinal Beerschot 28 9 8 11 30 43 −13 35
11 Genk (O) 28 8 10 10 33 31 +2 34
12 Westerlo 28 8 8 12 28 34 −6 32
13 Charleroi 28 5 8 15 28 45 −17 23
14 Lokeren 28 5 3 20 22 54 −32 18
15 Roeselare (R) 28 4 6 18 29 58 −29 18 Relegation Playoffs
16 Mouscron (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Belgian Third Division 1

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; if teams are still tied a playoff is organised
1Mouscron were relegated due to the club's financial problems, which caused them to forfeit three consecutive matches. Their record was expunged.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 22 3 3 62 20  +42 69 11 2 1 27 10  +17 11 1 2 35 10  +25

Source: Jupiler League

Results by round

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
Ground A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A A H H A A H A
Result W W W W D L D W W L W W W W W W W W P D W W L W W W W W W
Position 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Source: Competitive Matches and Soccerassociation.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results Points
Home Away
Cercle Brugge 3–2 3–1 6
Charleroi 2–0 2–0 6
Club Brugge 3–2 2–4 3
Genk 2–0 2–0 6
Gent 1–1 2–2 2
Germinal Beerschot 1–0 5–0 6
Kortrijk 1–0 2–0 6
Lokeren 2–0 4–0 6
Mechelen 2–0 2–0 6
Mouscron / / 0
Roeselare 3–1 2–1 6
Sint-Truiden 1–2 1–2 0
Standard Liège 1–1 4–0 4
Westerlo 3–0 2–0 6
Zulte-Waregem 2–1 2–0 6

Source: Belgian First Division 2009-10 article

Competitive matches

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 28 July UEFA Champions League QR3 H SivassporTurkey 5 – 0
2 1 August Jupiler Pro League 1 A Kortrijk 2 – 0
3 4 August UEFA Champions League QR3 A Turkey SivassporTurkey 1 – 3
4 8 August Jupiler Pro League 2 H Cercle Brugge 3 – 2
5 15 August Jupiler Pro League 3 H Westerlo 3 – 0
6 19 August UEFA Champions League PO A France LyonFrance 1 – 5
7 22 August Jupiler Pro League 4 A Zulte Waregem 2 – 0
8 25 August UEFA Champions League PO H LyonFrance 1 – 3
9 30 August Jupiler Pro League 5 H Standard Liège 1 – 1
10 12 September Jupiler Pro League 6 A Sint-Truiden 1 – 2
11 17 September UEFA Europa League GS A Croatia Dinamo ZagrebCroatia 2 – 0
12 20 September Jupiler Pro League 7 H Gent 1 – 1
13 24 September Jupiler Pro League 8 A Mouscron 2 – 1
14 27 September Jupiler Pro League 9 H Germinal Beerschot 1 – 0
15 1 October UEFA Europa League GS H AjaxNetherlands 1 – 1
16 4 October Jupiler Pro League 10 A Club Brugge 2 – 4
17 17 October Jupiler Pro League 11 H Charleroi 2 – 0
18 22 October UEFA Europa League GS A Romania Politehnica TimișoaraRomania 0 – 0
19 25 October Jupiler Pro League 12 A Mechelen 2 – 0
20 28 October Cofidis Cup Sixth H Verviers 2 – 0
21 31 October Jupiler Pro League 13 H Lokeren 2 – 0
22 5 November UEFA Europa League GS H Politehnica TimișoaraRomania 3 – 1
23 8 November Jupiler Pro League 14 A Genk 2 – 0
24 21 November Jupiler Pro League 15 H Roeselare 3 – 1
25 27 November Jupiler Pro League 16 H Kortrijk 1 – 0
26 2 December UEFA Europa League GS H Dinamo ZagrebCroatia 0 – 1
27 6 December Jupiler Pro League 17 A Cercle Brugge 3 – 1
28 11 December Jupiler Pro League 18 A Westerlo 2 – 0
29 17 December UEFA Europa League GS A Netherlands AjaxNetherlands 3 – 1
30 23 December Cofidis Cup Seventh H Dender 3 – 0
31 27 December Jupiler Pro League 20 A Gent 2 – 2
32 30 December Jupiler Pro League 21 H Zulte Waregem 2 – 1
33 17 January Jupiler Pro League 22 A Standard Liège 4 – 0
34 23 January Cofidis Cup QF H Cercle Brugge 2 – 1
35 26 January Cofidis Cup QF A Cercle Brugge 0 – 1
36 29 January Jupiler Pro League 24 A Germinal Beerschot 5 – 0
37 3 February Jupiler Pro League 19 H Club Brugge 3 – 2
38 6 February Jupiler Pro League 25 H Sint-Truiden 1 – 2
39 18 February UEFA Europa League R32 A Spain Athletic BilbaoSpain 1 – 1
40 21 February Jupiler Pro League 27 H Mechelen 2 – 0
41 25 February UEFA Europa League R32 H Athletic BilbaoSpain 4 – 0
42 28 February Jupiler Pro League 28 A Roeselare 2 – 1
43 6 March Jupiler Pro League 26 A Charleroi 2 – 0
44 11 March UEFA Europa League R16 A Hamburger SVGermany 1 – 3
45 14 March Jupiler Pro League 29 H Genk 2 – 0
46 18 March UEFA Europa League R16 H Hamburger SVGermany 4 – 3
47 21 March Jupiler Pro League 30 A Lokeren 4 – 0
48 28 March Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 1 H Zulte Waregem 6 – 0
49 31 March Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 2 A Gent 3 – 1
50 3 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 3 H Club Brugge 2 – 2
51 9 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 4 A Sint-Truiden 1 – 1
52 14 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 5 H Kortrijk 1 – 0
53 18 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 6 A Club Brugge 2 – 1
54 25 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 7 H Gent 4 – 2
55 30 April Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 8 A Zulte Waregem 0 – 0
56 5 May Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 9 A Kortrijk 3 – 1
57 8 May Jupiler Pro League Playoff Round 10 H Sint-Truiden 2 – 1

Last updated: 22 March 2010
Source: sporza.be
1Anderlecht goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Anderlecht.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

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