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)

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Daniel Zítka
3	DF	Olivier Deschacht
4	MF	Yves Vanderhaeghe
5	DF	Glen De Boeck
6	DF	Michał Żewłakow
7	MF	Goran Lovre^{[notes 1]}
8	FW	Nenad Jestrović
9	FW	Clayton Zane
10	MF	Walter Baseggio (captain)
11	MF	Martin Kolář
12	DF	Olivier Doll
14	MF	Marc Hendrikx
15	DF	Besnik Hasi^{[notes 2]}
17	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson
18	MF	Seol Ki-hyeon

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Ivica Mornar
21	MF	Pär Zetterberg
22	FW	Oleg Yashchuk
23	MF	Gabriel N'Galula
24	GK	Tristan Peersman
26	FW	Aruna Dindane
27	DF	Vincent Kompany
30	DF	Hannu Tihinen
31	MF	Mark De Man
34	DF	Lamine Traoré
35	FW	Sherjill MacDonald
	GK	Jan Van Steenberghe
	DF	Anthony Vanden Borre
	MF	Anatoli Gerk

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
2		DF	Aleksandar Ilić (to Vitesse)

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

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

6 August 2003	Anderlecht	3–2	Rapid Bucureşti	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.

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[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.