UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Constant Vanden Stock Stadium - Brussels Thursday 13 April 2017 RSC Anderlecht 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Manchester United FC Quarter-finals, First leg Last updated 08/08/2019 23:40CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 RSC Anderlecht - Manchester United FC Thursday 13 April 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Manchester Radzinski 15, 33; 24/10/2000 GS1 2-1 Brussels United FC Irwin 36 (P) Cole 15, 50, 72, Irwin Manchester United FC - RSC 13/09/2000 GS1 5-1 Manchester 32 (P), Sheringham Anderlecht 42; Koller 55 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Manchester 3-1 Mulder 20, Bergholtz 27/11/1968 R2 Brussels United FC agg: 3-4 58, 70; Sartori 8 Manchester United FC - RSC 13/11/1968 R2 3-0 Manchester Kidd 52, Law 68, 78 Anderlecht European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Taylor 8, 20, 52, Manchester United FC - RSC 10-0 Viollet 25, 38, 44, 65, 26/09/1956 PR Manchester Anderlecht agg: 12-0 Whelan 61, 82, Berry 77 RSC Anderlecht - Manchester 12/09/1956 PR 0-2 Brussels Viollet 25, Taylor 75 United FC Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 6 22 Manchester United FC 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 22 6 RSC Anderlecht - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tottenham Hotspur FC - RSC Kane 29, Dembélé 05/11/2015 GS 2-1 London Anderlecht 87; Ezekiel 72 RSC Anderlecht - Tottenham Gillet 13, Okaka 75; 22/10/2015 GS 2-1 Brussels Hotspur FC Eriksen 4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arteta 25 (P), Alexis Sánchez 29, Oxlade- 04/11/2014 GS Arsenal FC - RSC Anderlecht 3-3 London Chamberlain 58; Vanden Borre 61, 73 (P), A. Mitrović 90 Najar 71; Gibbs 89, 22/10/2014 GS RSC Anderlecht - Arsenal FC 1-2 Brussels Podolski 90+1 2 RSC Anderlecht - Manchester United FC Thursday 13 April 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Tottenham Goor 68; Berbatov 71 06/12/2007 GS 1-1 Brussels Hotspur FC (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Crespo 8, Ricardo 23/11/2005 GS RSC Anderlecht - Chelsea FC 0-2 Brussels Carvalho 15 Morientes 34, Luis 01/11/2005 GS Liverpool FC - RSC Anderlecht 3-0 Liverpool García 61, Cissé 89 19/10/2005 GS RSC Anderlecht - Liverpool FC 0-1 Brussels Cissé 20 13/09/2005 GS Chelsea FC - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 London Lampard 19 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Koller 76; Smith 13, 21/02/2001 GS2 RSC Anderlecht - Leeds United 1-4 Brussels 38, Viduka 34, Harte 81 (P) Harte 74, Bowyer 87; 13/02/2001 GS2 Leeds United - RSC Anderlecht 2-1 Leeds Stoica 65 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - RSC Roberts 83; 23/05/1984 F agg: 2-2 (aet, 4- London Anderlecht Czerniatynski 60 3 pens) RSC Anderlecht - Tottenham 09/05/1984 F 1-1 Brussels Olsen 85; Miller 58 Hotspur FC Scifo 18, Brylle RSC Anderlecht - Nottingham 3-0 25/04/1984 SF Brussels Larsen 56 (P), Forest FC agg: 3-2 Vandenbergh 86 Nottingham Forest FC - RSC 11/04/1984 SF 2-0 Nottingham Hodge 84, 87 Anderlecht European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 21/04/1982 SF RSC Anderlecht - Aston Villa FC Brussels agg: 0-1 07/04/1982 SF Aston Villa FC - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 Birmingham Morley 28 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hughes 13, 2-1 19/12/1978 R1 Liverpool FC - RSC Anderlecht Liverpool Fairclough 85; Van agg: 3-4 Der Elst 71 Vercauteren 17, Van Der Elst 38, 04/12/1978 R1 RSC Anderlecht - Liverpool FC 3-1 Brussels Rensenbrink 87; Case 27 3 RSC Anderlecht - Manchester United FC Thursday 13 April 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Peach 66 (P), Mc Southampton FC - RSC 2-1 16/03/1977 QF Southampton Dougall 72; Van Der Anderlecht agg: 2-3 Elst 84 RSC Anderlecht - Southampton Ressel 30, 02/03/1977 QF 2-0 Brussels FC Rensenbrink 83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rensenbrink 43, 73 RSC Anderlecht - West Ham (P), Van Der Elst 48, 05/05/1976 F 4-2 Brussels United FC 88; Holland 28, Robson 69 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 19/03/1975 QF RSC Anderlecht - Leeds United Brussels Bremner 74 agg: 0-4 Jordan 10, McQueen 05/03/1975 QF Leeds United - RSC Anderlecht 3-0 Leeds 42, Lorimer 89 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 16/12/1964 R1 RSC Anderlecht - Liverpool FC Brussels Hunt 89 agg: 0-4 St. John 10, Hunt 43, 25/11/1964 R1 Liverpool FC - RSC Anderlecht 3-0 Liverpool Yeats 49 Manchester United FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Club Brugge KV - Manchester 0-4 Rooney 20, 49, 57, 26/08/2015 PO Bruges United FC agg: 1-7 Ander Herrera 63 Manchester United FC - Club Depay 13, 43, Fellaini 18/08/2015 PO 3-1 Manchester Brugge KV 90+4; Carrick 8 (og) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 15 6 2 7 14 0 1 13 3 1 2 0 32 7 5 20 32 64 Manchester United FC 4 4 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 2 29 7 4 RSC Anderlecht - Manchester United FC Thursday 13 April 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match background Anderlecht suffered their worst European defeat in a previous encounter with Manchester United and, in their first quarter-final for 20 years, may not be looking forward to facing Zlatan Ibrahimović. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the seventh time; Anderlecht won two of the previous six match-ups (W2 L1 at home – L3 in Manchester). • The first of those fixtures – a 10-0 European Cup win for United at Manchester City's former home, Maine Road, on 26 September 1956 – remains Anderlecht's heaviest loss, and United's biggest win, in UEFA competition. • Anderlecht's 32 UEFA games against English sides have ended W7 D5 L20 (W7 D3 L7 in Brussels). They have yet to win in 15 trips to England (D2 L13). They last played English opposition in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, losing 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur having won by the same scoreline at home. • Anderlecht's past meetings with English teams include two finals: a 4-2 success against West Ham in the 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup decider, played in Brussels, and the two-legged 1984 UEFA Cup final against Tottenham, which they lost 4-3 on penalties after two 1-1 draws. • Aside from their six matches versus Anderlecht, United's only other experience of Belgian opponents is a 7-1 aggregate victory over Club Brugge in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League play-offs. They triumphed 4-0 in the second leg on what is their most recent visit to Belgium. Form guide • Anderlecht have won five of their last six European home games, the only aberration a 3-2 group stage loss to St- Étienne – the side United eliminated in this season's round of 32. • United are six European matches unbeaten (W5 D1). • Anderlecht's last European quarter-final was in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup, where they lost to Internazionale Milano. They were eliminated by another Serie A side – Roma – at the same stage in 1990/91. • United are striving for the only UEFA club trophy that has thus far eluded them. Their only previous quarter-final in this competition came in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup when Ron Atkinson's side lost on penalties to Videoton. Links and trivia • The journey from Manchester to Brussels is around 550km. • Ibrahimović scored four goals at Anderlecht in a 5-0 UEFA Champions League group stage win for Paris Saint- Germain in October 2013. He struck again in the return fixture, a 1-1 draw. • With five goals since the start of the group stage, Ibrahimović and Anderlecht's Łukasz Teodorczyk are the top scorers left in this season's competition. Both are three shy of Zenit's Giuliano and Roma's Edin Džeko at the top of the leaderboard. • Ibrahimović and Anderlecht's Isaac Kiese Thelin are two of three Swedes left in the competition, all of whom are aiming to play in the UEFA Europa League final in their nation's capital.