List of R.S.C. Anderlecht managers

This is a list of R.S.C. Anderlecht managers from 1920 when the first manager was appointed, to the present day.[1]

Managers

Name	Nationality	Anderlecht career	Matches	Honours
Sylvain Brébart	Belgium	1920–22	51	Promotion to First Division (3rd in Promotion in 1920–21)
Charles Bunyan, Sr.	England	1922	0	In charge for 10 days before dying
Cyrille Bunyan	England	1922–25	78	Promotion to First Division (1st in Promotion in 1923–24)
Lee Thomas	England	1926–28[2]	55	Promotion to Premier Division (2nd in First Division in 1926–27)
Florimond Plasch	Belgium	1928–31	78	Promotion to Premier Division (2nd in First Division in 1928–29)
Ferdinand Adams	Belgium	1930–32[3] and 1940–43[4]	65
Maurice Versé	Belgium	1931–33	52
Charles Gilis	Belgium	1932–35[3] and 1935–36	46	Promotion to Premier Division (1st in First Division in 1934–35)
Claude Leclercq	Belgium	1933–34[5]	32
Ernest Churchill Smith	Ireland	1936–39 and 1948–50	138	2 Premier Division titles in 1948–49 and 1949–50
Robert Wijckaert	Belgium	1939–45[4]	162
Emile Defevere	Belgium	1939–45[4]	178
Paul Schuppen	Belgium	1945–46[6]	6
John Kennedy	England	1946	14
Martin McLaren	England	1946	8
Georges Perino	France	1946–48	58	The first Premier Division title of RSC Anderlecht in 1946–47
Bill Gormlie	England	1950–59	294	5 First Division titles in 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56 and 1958–59
Arnold Deraeymaeker	Belgium	1959–60[6] and 1968[6]	43
Pierre Sinibaldi	France	1960–66 and 1969–71	293	4 First Division titles in 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65 and 1965–66 and 1 Cup in 1964–65
Andras Beres	Hungary  Belgium	1966–68	59	1 First Division title in 1966–67
Norberto Höfling	Romania  Belgium	1968–69	22
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch	Belgium	1971[6] and 1972–73[6]	29	1 Cup in 1972–73
Georg Keßler	West Germany	1971–72	58	1 First Division title in 1971–72 and 1 Cup in 1971–72
Urbain Braems	Belgium	1973–75 and 1979–80	127	1 First Division title in 1973–74 and 1 Cup in 1974–75
Hans Croon	Netherlands	1975–76	51	1 Cup in 1975–76 and 1 European Cup Winners' Cup in 1975–76
Raymond Goethals	Belgium	1976–79, 1988–89 and 1995[6]	213	2 Cups in 1987–88 and 1988–89 and 1 European Cup Winners' Cup in 1977–78 and 2 UEFA Super Cups in 1976 and 1978
Tomislav Ivić	Yugoslavia	1980–82	94	1 First Division title in 1980–81
Paul Van Himst	Belgium	1982–85	155	1 First Division title in 1984–85, 1 Belgian Supercup in 1985 and 1 UEFA Cup in 1982–83
Martin Lippens	Belgium	1985–86[6] and 1988–89	69	2 Cups in 1987–88 and 1988–89
Jean Dockx	Belgium	1985–86,[6] 1995,[6] 1997[6] and 1998–99	36
Arie Haan	Netherlands	1986–87 and Dec 1997–Sept 98	100	2 First Division titles in 1985–86 and 1986–87
Georges Leekens	Belgium	1987–88	32	1 Belgian Supercup in 1987
Aad de Mos	Netherlands	1989–92	141	1 First Division title in 1990–91
Luka Peruzović	Croatia	1992–93	26
Johan Boskamp	Netherlands	1993–95 and 1995–97	198	3 First Division titles in 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95, 1 Cup in 1993–94 and 1 Belgian Supercup in 1993
Herbert Neumann	Germany	1995	4
René Vandereycken	Belgium	July 1997–Dec 97	20
Franky Vercauteren	Belgium	1998–99 and Feb 2005–Nov 07	156	2 First Division titles in 2005–06 and 2006–07 and 2 Belgian Supercups in 2006 and 2007
Aimé Anthuenis	Belgium	1999–July 02	141	2 First Division titles in 1999–00 and 2000–01 and 2 Belgian Supercups in 2000 and 2001
Hugo Broos	Belgium	July 2002–Feb 05	126	1 First Division title in 2003–04
Ariel Jacobs	Belgium	Nov 2007–May 12	175	2 First Division titles in 2009–10 and 2011–12, 1 Cup title in 2007–08 and 1 Belgian Supercup in 2010
John van den Brom	Netherlands	July 2012–March 14		1 First Division title in 2012-13
Besnik Hasi	Albania  Kosovo	March 2014–May 2015		1 First Division title in 2013-14 and 1 Belgian Supercup in 2014
René Weiler	Switzerland	July 2016–September 2017		1 First Division title in 2016-17 and 1 Belgian Supercup in 2017
Hein Vanhaezebrouck	Belgium	October 2017–December 2018
Fred Rutten	Netherlands	January 2019–April 2019
Karim Belhocine	France	April 2019–July 2019
Vincent Kompany (Serves as Player-Manager)	Belgium	July 2019–August 2019	4
Simon Davies	Wales	August 2019–October 2019
Franky Vercauteren	Belgium	October 2019–present

References

1. Gallez, Marcel; Serkijn, Johan (2008). Le dictionnaire du RSC Anderlecht (tome 2). Magnad. ISBN 978-2-9600723-3-4.
2. No manager was appointed during the 1925–26 season
3. Served as trainer during this period
4. During the 1941–42 and 1942–43 seasons 3 managers were working together: Ferdinand Adams, Robert Wijckaert and Emile Defevere. Before the next season, Ferdinand Adams left the trio and Robert Wijckaert left before the 1945–46 season.
5. After Claude Leclercq was sacked during the 1934–35 season, a committee used to select the players until the end of the season
6. Served as caretaker manager.