R.S.C. Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the mos ...

is a professional

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. The club was founded in 1908 and holds the record of Belgian championship titles. Players listed in this article are players who played in at least 100 games in the Belgian first division. sport.be The recordman of appearances in the first division for RSC Anderlecht is legendary player

Paul Van Himst Paul Guillaume van Himst (born 2 October 1943) is a Belgian former association football, football player and a Coach (sport), football manager who played as a forward (association football), forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht. Regarded ...

with 457 matches between 1960 and 1975.

Joseph Mermans Josephus Antoon Louisa "Jef" Mermans (16 February 1922 in Merksem – 20 January 1996 in Wildert), nicknamed "The Bomber", was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won seven Belgian Champio ...

, nicknamed ''Le Bombardier'' () is RSC Anderlecht record goalscorer with 338 goals in 384 matches, between 1942 and 1957. Dutch international

Rob Rensenbrink Pieter Robert Rensenbrink (; 3 July 1947 – 24 January 2020) was a Dutch footballer and member of the Netherlands national team that reached two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1974 and 1978. A creative and prolific left winger or forward, he bec ...

, who scored 141 goals in 261 league appearances for Anderlecht between 1971 and 1980 was voted the club's greatest ever player in 2008.

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* Appearance and goal totals include matches in the

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only. Substitute appearances are included. * Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2015-2016 season.

Playing positions

Players

References

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