2003–04 R.S.C. Anderlecht season
# 2003–04 R.S.C. Anderlecht season

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. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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

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

### Belgian First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### Champions League

**Second qualifying round**

Anderlecht won 3–2 on aggregate.

**Third qualifying round**

Anderlecht won 4–1 on aggregate.

