During the 2008–09 season

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competed in the

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, and Champions League. Anderlecht competed in the

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as cup-winners, but lost to Standard Liège. After the 34 league matches, they ended with 77 points tied for first place. As

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had the same number of points and the same number of matches won, test matches were organised to determine the winner. Anderlecht drew 1–1 at home but then lost 1–0 at Standard and thus ended in second position. In the cup they were eliminated in the early rounds by

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, who progressed on to lose the final. Anderlecht failed to progress past the second qualifying round of

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Players

Transfers 2008-09

Players in

Players out

Loaned out

Competitions

Jupiler Pro League

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Squad statistics

Squad

''Appearances for competitive matches only'' Note: during the summer transfer window, Kouyaté and Proto are loaned out while Lamah and Pareja were sold. During the winter transfer window, Goor was sold and Kanu was loaned out. ''As of game played May 21, 2009''

Scorers

:''Last updated on May 21, 2009.''

Per Competition

Per Match

The list of matches is chronological, as presented at the list of competitive matches. :A '-' denotes the player was at that time not on the books of Anderlecht.