Club facts: Anderlecht
Friday, June 1, 2018
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RSC Anderlecht
Formed: 1908
Nicknames: Paars-wit (Purple and Whites, Dutch), Les Mauves et Blancs (Purple and Whites, French)
UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets)• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1976, (1977), 1978, (1990)
• UEFA Cup (1): 1983, (1984)
• UEFA Super Cup (2): 1976, 1978
Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)League title: 34 (2017)
Belgian Cup: 9 (2008)
Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise)
2017/18: UEFA Champions League group stage2016/17: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round)
2015/16: round of 16
2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)
2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage
2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage
2011/12: round of 32
2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)
2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs)
2008/09: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
Records
UEFA club competition
• Biggest home win
9-0: Anderlecht v Derry City
23/11/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg
• Biggest away win
1-10: Haka v Anderlecht
14/09/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg
• Heaviest home defeat
0-5 twice, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain
23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage
• Heaviest away defeat
10-0: Manchester United v Anderlecht
26/09/56, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
• Biggest home win
6-1 three times, most recently v Mainz
03/11/16, group stage
5-0: Anderlecht v Tiligul Tiraspol
29/07/98, first qualifying round second leg
• Biggest away win
0-3 on six occasions, most recently v Slavia Praha
18/08/16, play-off first leg
• Heaviest home defeat
0-5: Anderlecht v Bayern München
06/03/08, round of 16 first leg
• Heaviest away defeat
6-1: Real Madrid v Anderlecht
12/12/84, third round second leg