2003–04 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

R.S.C. Anderlecht
2003–04 season
Chairman	Roger Vanden Stock
Manager	Hugo Broos
Belgian First Division	1st
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Aruna Dindane (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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

Season summary

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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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
25	GK	BEL	Jan Van Steenberghe
26	FW	CIV	Aruna Dindane
27	DF	BEL	Vincent Kompany
28	MF	RUS	Anatoli Gerk
30	DF	FIN	Hannu Tihinen
31	MF	BEL	Mark De Man
34	DF	BFA	Lamine Traoré
35	FW	NED	Sherjill MacDonald
37	DF	BEL	Anthony Vanden Borre

Left club during season

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


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

Results

Belgian First Division

Pos	Team v t e	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

Second qualifying round

30 July 2003	Rapid București	0–0	Anderlecht	Stadionul Național, Bucharest
20:00		Report		Referee: Anton Stredák (Slovakia)

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

13 August 2003	Anderlecht	3–1	Wisła Kraków	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:30	Jestrović 13' Lovre 38' Dindane 59'	Report	Żurawski 77' (pen.)	Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

26 August 2003	Wisła Kraków	0–1	Anderlecht	Stadion Miejski, Kraków
21:00		Report	Dindane 85'	Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

Group stage

17 September 2003	Lyon	1–0	Anderlecht	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
20:45	Juninho 25' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Paulo Costa (Portugal)

30 September 2003	Anderlecht	1–1	Bayern Munich	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Mornar 52'	Report	Santa Cruz 73'	Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

21 October 2003	Anderlecht	1–0	Celtic	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Dindane 72'	Report		Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

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)

25 November 2003	Anderlecht	1–0	Lyon	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
20:45	Tihinen 69'	Report		Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

10 December 2003	Bayern Munich	1–0	Anderlecht	Olympic Stadium, Munich
20:45	Makaay 42' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

References

Notes

^ 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.
^ Hasi was born in Gjakova, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in 2000.