Injury news
Biglia has a bruise and couldn't train today. He was examined. Jan Polak has the flu and ran some laps. Serhat Akin is uncertain for the game against Genk. He has a calf injury. Read more »
Biglia has a bruise and couldn't train today. He was examined. Jan Polak has the flu and ran some laps. Serhat Akin is uncertain for the game against Genk. He has a calf injury. Read more »
Sunday evening will see Genk visit Anderlecht. The visitors have not been performing well and dismissed their coach Broos last week. However Ariël Jacobs thinks that Genk will be very motivated nevertheless Read more »
Ariël Jacobs selected 13 players for the game against Genk. There will be 2 more players added after the u21 game. Probably Bakary Sare and Cor Gillis. Polak, Wasilewski, Akin, Biglia and Iakovenko are all uncertain. Read more »
Guillaume Gillet knows that Anderlecht played without glance against FC Dender in the Cup-tie for the semi-finals. "We did what we had to do" so says Gillet, "but it's a shame that we faced that late equaliser".
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It will be a special match for Thomas Chatelle, former player and captain of Racing Genk, this weeks apponent of RSC Anderlecht. The midfielder played eight years for Genk. Read more »
Guillaume Gillet and Daniel Van Buyten, in real life good friends, face each other next week in the Uefa-cup tie Anderlecht-Bayern München. Both players are sending a lot of sms messages to each other. Read more »
Racing Lens is charmed by Mbark Boussoufa. The French club is looking for a midfielder and is eager to land Boussoufa. Also Saint-Etienne and Marseille are interested in the player. Read more »
Ebay has removed tickets that were illegally for sale on its website. The tickets were meant for the game between Anderlecht and Standard; bidding meant that the prices were exhorbitant, way above the standard ticket price. Read more »
Bayern München qualified for the semi-finals of the German Cup. Anderlecht's UEFA Cup opponent scored via Ribéry in the 120th minute against München 1860. Toni, Schwarz and Thorandt got a red card. Read more »
Anderlecht came returned from the game against Dender. Lucas Biglia got a kick on his thigh and will be examined. He is uncertain for Sunday's match against Genk. Newcommer Aleksander Iakovenko also has an injury at his thigh. Read more »
Jacobs was pleased with the qualification but not with the way on which it happened. " We made it ourselves too easy. We've played a good first ten minutes but then we've lost control on the match and Dender got some chances." Read more »
Today Davy Schollen celebrates his birthday! He becomes 30 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht qualified for the semi-finals of the Belgian Cup. After winning the first leg with 3-0, the Mauves secured their place in the next round by playing a 1-1 draw in Dender. Read more »
Anderlecht celebrates its 100th birthday this year. To honour that event, the Mauves will publish a comic book in Dutch and French in cooperation with A. Dupuis Productions. The comic book will be in the stores in April. Read more »
In a few weeks, Anderlecht will announce its plans with Roland Lamah and Cheik Tioté. Roda JC would like to keep the players and is also interested in Sébastien Siani. Read more »
Rik Van de Velde will work for Anderlecht as fulltime scout, according to Belgian paper "Het Laatste Nieuws". Van de Velde worked as headcoach for 2nd devision club Hamme this season, where he got fired. Read more »
Anderlecht will get about 1 million Euro from tv-rights for the match against Bayern München, according to the Belgian paper "La dernière Heure". The tv-rights for the game were sold to the German channel "Prosieben Sat1". Read more »
On Monday, the 2nd division clubs rejected a proposal to reform the highest division. By doing so, the league will keep existing in its current form. Van Holsbeeck fears the Belgian football will keep on weakening and takes action Read more »
On the first day of the ticket sale for the game against Bayern, Anderlecht already sold 7.000 tickets. For the 2nd leg, there are only 2.000 tickets available anymore. The Alianz Arena will be sold out. Read more »
The Dutchman Eric Braamhaar will lead Sunday's game between Anderlecht and RC Genk. Earlier this season, the referee was already in charge of the game Genk-Club Brugge where he failed to give Genk a deserved penalty. Read more »
Roda JC defeated second division club FC Dordrecht in Holland with 1-3. That way, Roda is qualified for the semi-finals of the Dutch club. Anderlecht-player Roland Lamah, on loan in Roda, opened the score. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza is injured at his knee and will be out for the Cup match against Dender. Olivier Deschacht and Marcin Wasilewski are almost recovered, but today's match comes too soon. Frutos will be unavailable for 3 more weeks. Read more »
Trainer Ariel Jacobs announced his selection for the game against Dender. Anderlecht defends a 3-0 lead tonight in the quarter-finals of the Belgian Cup. In the first leg, Vlcek scored two goals. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan's contract ends after this season. Everyone thinks the Egyptian player will leave the club, but Hassan hasn't made up his mind yet: "I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll stay." Read more »
Today Stanislav Vlcek celebrates his birthday! He becomes 32 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa got his third yellow card in the lost game against Zulte Waregem. Therefore, he'll be suspended for the upcoming game against Racing Genk (on Sunday). Read more »
Nicolas Pareja is known as a rock-solid defender. Lately, he's playing decent games together with Roland Juhasz. It also seems that the Argentinian is willing to stay longer in Brussels. Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa prefers to stay in Anderlecht, but many clubs are eager to land the talented midfielder. Clubs like Ajax, Lille, Lens, Saint-Etienne and Marseille are interested in the Moroccan international. Read more »
The exact data of the UEFA-Cup confrontations with Bayern are known. The first leg will be played in Brussels on Thursday 6th March at 7pm. The return game takes place on Thursday 12th March at 8:45pm in München. Read more »
Biglia, Boussoufa, Juhasz, Mpenza, Pareja and Van Damme all have minor injuries. Boussoufa has a bruise at the thigh, Biglia has the same injury. Mpenza has a knee and a calf injury. Read more »
Hamburg's Vincent Kompany drew 1-1 against Bayern Munich yesterday. The ex-Anderlecht player is in an ideal position to judge his former club's chances: "Anderlecht's chances for qualification are slim," said the midfielder. Read more »
It seems the Belgian strikers took a day off: merely 8 goals were scored on matchday 23. A disappointing low that set a historic record. Only three matchdays ago, the record was set on 11 goals. Read more »
The excitement after ensuring qualification in the UEFA Cup, came to a halt last night when Anderlecht lost to Zulte-Waregem. "It would've been ideal to win this weekend, too bad we failed," said defender Jelle Van Damme. Read more »
Coach Ariël Jacobs regrets the loss against Zulte-Waregem and rues the opportunity to jump to fourth place. "We lacked precision in the second half, because of exhaustion and anxiety. On top of that we missed a penalty." Read more »
Anderlecht couldn't narrow down the gap on GBA, Cercle and Standard. The Mauves lost against Zulte-Waregem with 1-0 after a boring game. Ahmed Hassan missed a penalty a few minutes before the end. Read more »
The German clash between Hamburg , the team of vincent Kompany, and leader Bayern , the opponent of Anderlecht in the Uefa-cup, ended in 1-1. Olic scored the 0-1 for Hamburg. Zé Roberto made the 1-1 after an action of Ribéry. Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa played a good match against Bordeaux in the Uefa Cup, and proved that he can make a difference in European matches. "I never doubted that I was able to play at this level." Read more »
Belgian defender Daniël Van Buyten is expecting a lot of calls from Belgian journalists. "But München won't make the same mistake as Bordeaux, we won't underestimate Anderlecht." Read more »
Due to the failing Belgian politics, Anderlecht's new stadium is put on hold. Chairman Roger Vanden Stock is considering a temporarily solution and wants to enlarge the current stadium to 32,000 seats. Read more »
The French side Bordeaux was frustrated after their UEFA-Cup defeat. Johan Micoud assaulted Mbark Boussoufa after the game. "Micoud was yelling and came after me. I never provoked him", said Boussoufa. Read more »
Ariël Jacobs will probably stay Anderlecht's coach next season. Herman Van Holsbeeck announced that he's prepared to extend Jacobs' contract with one year. Afterwards, he'll be offered a deal as technical director. Read more »
Anderlecht will have earned up to 3.5 million euro in the UEFA-Cup. If the Mauves are able to eliminate Bayern, the amound will be higher. It's a big difference with the Champions League. Read more »
The reserves won their match against Zulte Waregem. The final result was 1-0. The only goal was scored by Baras in the 17th minute. Cor Gillis received a yellow card. Read more »
Wasilewski incurred an injury to his knee after the Uefa-cup game against Bordeaux. He is out for the game in Zulte-waregem this sunday. Polak has also a small injury at his knee and is uncertain for sunday. Read more »
The passage of Anderlecht to the Round of 16 of the UEFA Cup also has consequences in the Jupiler League. The game against Roeselare, which was originally set to Saturday the 15 March will now be played the next day at 18h. Read more »
A trip to Zulte-waregem is no joke. Several topteams have lost points there. Is there any chance of complacency after the European succes against Bordeaux this thursday? Read more »
In the weekly press conference, general manager Herman van Holsbeeck had a few things to say about the recent good run of form, "There is still a lot of work to do if we want to say we had a good season this year. Read more »
If it depends on Roger Vanden Stock, then Ariël Jacobs will remain as head coach of Anderlecht next year, "I want to give Jacobs a chance. We're satisfied with his work." Vanden Stock said. "If he wants to stay then he can stay." Read more »
Some Anderlecht fans brought destruction to a French bar near the place de la victoire. The police had to intervene. Also in other places in Bordeaux were some clashes between Anderlecht and Bordeaux fans. Read more »
Lokeren chairman Roger Lambrecht says in "Het Laatste Nieuws" that Anderlecht is still interested in Joao Carlos. But Anderlecht is not the only team that angles to the services of the brasilian defender.
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Newspaper "Het Laatste Nieuws" claims that the contract of Serhat Akin will not be extended. This means that the turkish striker can leave Anderlecht for free at the end of the season. Read more »
Winter transfer Thomas Chatelle made an important first-half goal, that gave the team wings. "We were struggling in the beginning of the game, Bordeaux played really aggressively," said the winger. Read more »
There were nothing but happy faces after last night's game against Bordeaux. Coach Ariël Jacobs believes the qualification will give his team a boost. "Beating Bordeaux was unhoped-for," said Jacobs. Read more »
Chairman Roger Vanden Stock showed himself elated after seeing his team qualify against Bordeaux. "The qualification is more than deserved. I'd like to point out that Bordeaux regarded us as a minor team," said the chairman. Read more »
Despite being away in the return leg, Anderlecht held the lion's share of possession 54% to 46% of Bordeaux in Stade Chaban-Delmas. Whilst the score was only 1-1, Anderlecht had more shots, 8 to 5, and more of them on target, 6-2. Read more »
Anderlecht are through to the Round of 16 of the UEFA Cup, courtesy of Chatelle's goal in the 33rd minute. The away goal meant that Bordeaux needed an insurmountable 3 goals to advance, a task impossible with 2 players sent off. Read more »
The mother of Anderlecht's assistant trainer Daniel Renders died today after a long disease. Daniel received the bad news when he was about to take the plane to Bordeaux this morning. He didn't join the team and stayed in Brussels Read more »
Nicolas Frutos will be out for a while. His rehabilitation will take longer than first expected. He'll be unavailable for three or four weeks longer than indicated before. He'll be examined soon. Read more »
If Anderlecht qualifies, the players will receive 12,500 euro each. The club has promised that bonus to the team. In case the Mauves reach the next round, they'll meet Bayern München that defeated Aberdeen with 5-1. Read more »
Tonight Anderlecht will face Bordeaux in the return leg of the 16th-finals of the UEFA Cup. The Mauves will defend the narrow 2-1 lead from the first leg. Not an ideal position since a 1-0 victory would put Bordeaux through. Read more »
The supporters of Anderlecht are eagerly awaiting the match in and against bordeaux. Over 2000 fans will be cheering for Anderlecht this thursday in the South West of France. There are still tickets available for the game. Read more »
Anderlecht's confidence is growing. Coach Ariël Jacobs is dreaming about the title again, but keeps his feet on the ground. "I've learned to stay realistic in all circumstances" Read more »
Anderlecht wants to pay hommage to Hassan for his victory in the Africa Cup. First was planned to honour Hassan before the game against Mouscron but Hassan was still in Egypt so the honouration was postponed. Read more »
The players and staff of Anderlecht took this morning the plane to Bordeaux. With the departure Anderlechtmanager Herman Van Holsbeeck looked ahead of tomorrow's game. Read more »
Anderlecht thinks about Giuseppe Rossini as new striker for next season. The 21 year old Belgian striker spoke already with Herman Van Holsbeeck but there is not yet a deal. Read more »
Jan Polak doesn't think that the return of Hassan is bad for the team. " Hassan knows what's good for the team, I'm convinced of his qualities. He may still run with the ball but preferably on the half of the opponent." Read more »
The last months there was a lot of criticism on Lucas Biglia. He was blamed for the bad footbal of Anderlecht. But now he is convinced that things are changing. " The rest and confindence is back in the group." He said. Read more »
"I'm still fed up with the late goal from Mouscron. That goal could be prevented. I made a mistake by playing too far from my man, but we obtained our fouth victory on a row and had a perfect preparation for Thursday." Read more »
Roland Lamah is prefering to stay in Holland instead of returning to Anderlecht at season's end. He's afraid that he'll end up on the bench. "Lamah has to honour his contract. He'll return in June", reacted Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
Serhat Akin had an infectio, but is recoverd. He and Pareja are fit for the UEFA-Cup match in Bordeaux. Deschacht is training individually. Frutos and Legaer are rehabilitating. Read more »
Trainer Ariël Jacobs announced his selection for the game against Bordeaux. The Mauves are defending a 2-1 lead. Hassan returned in time and joins the team. Akin and Pareja are fit to play. Goor is suspended. Read more »
Hassan is going to Bordeaux with the team: "I'm happy and motivated. I had a talk with the trainer. No one is mad at me. If my injury is recovering well, I'll be ready to play." Read more »
Ahmed Hassan returned to Anderlecht today. He has to pay a huge fine for being several days late. "But I was injured", Hassan reacted. Though manager Van Holsbeeck is disappointed in the player: "He should have informed us." Read more »
Yesterday, two young Brazilian players arrived in Anderlecht for a test. Reynaldo (18 years) is a striker of the Brazilain 1st division club Nautico Recife. Midfielder Max (17 years) is playing for Ponte Preta in the 2nd division. Read more »
Bart Goor can sign a new deal. He's invited to stay until 2009. Due according to the press, he'll have to make financial sacrifices. The player hasn't decided over his future yet. Read more »
Mark De Man was in the starting line-up against Mouscron, due to an injury of Pareja. "Pareja and Juhasz have become complementary. I'm not getting any chances. That's why I'm considering to leave Anderlecht", he reacted. Read more »
Manager Herman Van Holsbeeck is angry with the local politicians. "We've been asking where we are allowed to build our new stadium, but no one seems to be able to answer us", he said. Read more »
Anderlecht's January recruitment drive has yielded immediate results for the club. The Mauves' goal scoring struggles was evident during the first half of the season, and Pieroni, Gillet and Vlcek have rectified this problem. Read more »
After Sunday's match, couple of players commented on their victory and Bruges' defeat reducing the deficit down to 8 points. However manager Van Holsbeeck is more apprenhensive, "It's best if we don't think about the title". Read more »
Bordeaux smashed AS Monaco 6-0 and looks ready for the return leg in the UEFA-Cup against RSC Anderlecht. "The game against Monaco was great" says Bordeaux player Chalmé. Read more »
Jonathan Legear was not selected against Mouscron. On Monday he was examined. From that it appeared that he still has thigh problems. Legear is certainly out for Thursday and also the game against Zulte will probably come too soon Read more »
Nicolas Pareja didn't play against Mouscroun because of an injury at his foot. If everything goes well he'll be recovered for the game against Bordeaux. "Nico could have played but I didn't want to take any risk", Jacobs said. Read more »
Luigi Pieroni started in the first eleven for the second time. The striker thanked his coach with the 2-1 win against Mouscron, scoring on assist of Vlcek. "I am pretty happy with my performance" he says. Read more »
Ariël Jacbos wasn't pleased after the match against Mouscron. "Mouscron hardly proved to be a threat, but out of the blue, a lot of players started to run out of position" Read more »
Jan Polak again was the decisive player for RSC Anderlecht, just like in the match against Bordeaux. With a fine goal, he broke the deadlock for Aderlecht, "Again, this was an important goal" he says. Read more »
Belgian goalkeeper Silvio Proto has extended his contract at Astridpark until 2012. The 24 year old has been with Anderlecht ever since 2004. Read more »
The 2-1 victory over Mouscron ensured that Anderlecht prevented the opposition on gaining a further advantage on the table. Cercle and Club Brugge both lost to Gent and Standard respectively, closing down the lead to 8 points. Read more »
Anderlecht has won the last game of the 22th round with 2-1 from Mouscron. Thanks to the defeat of Cercle and Club Bruges and the draw of Germinal Beerschot Anderlecht is now back in the race for a European ticket. Read more »
The captain of the Egyptian national team, Ahmed Hassan, has come out to refute claims that he is going to retire from international football, but admitted that he had considered doing so just after winning the Africa Cup. Read more »
In a reaction on Hassan's neglect for the club's rules, manager Van Holsbeeck is considering to lower the player's wage. Due to new Belgian laws, there is no fiscally interesting tariff for foreigners anymore. Read more »
The Dutch club Roda JC won with 3-1 from FC Twente on Saturday the 16th. Roland Lamah scored the first goal in the 24th minute of the game. It's already his 9th goal for the Dutch club. He was also involved in the third goal. Read more »
Tonight Mouscron visits Anderlecht. It's also the return from Walter Bassegio, who is dreaming of scoring against his former club. In the last 5 seasons, the Mauves never lost from Mouscron. Read more »
It was difficult for the press to get a reaction from Daniel Zitka after the game against Bordeaux. The goalie had nothing to tell. " I hadn't any ball to catch." Read more »
Nicolas Frutos and Olivier Deschacht are still rehabilitating. They'll be absent tomorrow. Though both players are close to a come-back. They are almost fully recovered. Read more »
Anderlecht received "official" news from the Egyptian Football Organisation concerning the return of Ahmed Hassan. According to the Egyptians, Hassan has an ankle injury. He'll return on Tuesday, four days later than first planned Read more »
The reserves didn't come further than a draw against Mouscron. The final score was 1-1. The goal of Anderlecht was scored by El Kaddouri in the 63rd minute. Iakovenko was replaced after one hour. Read more »
In March, the first tests with Anderlecht's race car for the Superleague Formula take place. The location that was chosen as most suited is Donington Park in England. Read more »
For the first time since he got fired as headcoach from Anderlecht, Frank Vercauteren talked with the press again. He explains his situation in the Belgian paper "De Standaard" Read more »
Today Olivier Deschacht celebrates his birthday! He becomes 27 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The match between Bordeaux and Anderlecht of next thursday will be aired live on the Belgian Channel VT4. The match begins at 19.45 hours. Studioguest is Glenn de Boek, presentation by Carl Huybrechts. Read more »
Michel Louwagie, the manager of footbalclub AA Gent, is still unhappy about the transfertechnique Anderlecht used to convince Guillaume Gillet to choose for Anderlecht.
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Ariël Jacobs announced his selection for sunday. Legear is out with an inflammation of the thigh that he incurred in the Uefa Cup game against Bordeaux. Jacobs also can't appeal on Hassan, Frutos and Deschacht. Read more »
Sunday at 18pm Walter Bassegio will play against his former team Anderlecht. A special game for Enzo Scifo, Alin Stoica and Walter Bassegio. Bassegio gives his view about the club for which he played almost his whole career. Read more »
Ariel Jacobs was forthcoming with praise for his players as they overcame a rough patch domestically and record a surprise 2-1 win over Bordeaux. "Although I would rather have won 1-0, I cannot complain about 2-1." Read more »
Scottish side Aberdeen held Bayern Munich to a 2-2 stalemate in their Round of 32 UEFA Cup first leg. The travelling side were heavy favorites against the men from Pittodrie, however they have to settle with two away goals. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan has not yet returned to Anderlecht. The midfielder was scheduled to arrive tomorrow, but he isn't coming, telling the press that "I'm injured and I'll be staying in Egypt for 10 more days". Read more »
Roland Lamah will return to Anderlecht next season. Lamah, on loan at Roda JC, has already scored 8 goals in the Dutch First Division in 22 games. The midfielder still has a contract in Brussels until June 2011. Read more »
The players came unhurt from the game against Bordeaux. Only Pareja had a problem of a blocked back, however he is not in doubt for the match against Mouscron this weekend. The players got a running exercise today. Read more »
Yesterday Serhat Akin played the lone striker. He had a difficult first half but after the break he forced a few chances. "I enjoyed the game. It didn't matter that I was the only striker. I fought for every ball" Read more »
Bart Goor was shown his third yellow card in this season's UEFA Cup and will thus sit out a suspension for the return game next Thursday. Girondins de Bordeaux will likewise have to make due without Alou Diarra. Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa played a good game against the French side Bordeaux and was a constant nuisance for the visiting defenders. "This is a great relief, because we deserved to win this game," said the Moroccann midfielder. Read more »
The home side was elated after winning the game in the dying seconds of the match, but nevertheless there was also some frustration because of an imaginary penalty. "It was a clean tackle," said goalkeeper Daniël Zitka. Read more »
Ariël Jacobs was content with his team's victory, but rues Bordeaux' penalty-goal. "I don't think we should be euphoric. This game is already behind me, I'm looking head to the next match." Read more »
RSC Anderlecht played a good first leg against a weak Bordeaux side and won the game in the dying seconds. Bordeaux came ahead thanks to a penalty, but Polak and Mpenza made sure that Anderlecht won deservedly. Read more »
Guillaume Gillet got to hear today that he can't play against Bordeaux. The midfielder took two yellow cards in the Intertoto Cup with his former club AA Gent and is therefore suspended for tonight's match. Read more »
Jelle Van Damme en Johan Micoud know each other from when they both played at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. "Johan made me more mature in many ways" so says Van Damme. The 2 players still phone each other weekly. Read more »
If Anderlecht makes it to the next round, they will probably play against Bayern Munich. That means a lot of income for Anderlecht. There are circulating amounts of more than one million euro tv-money for that game only. Read more »
Anderlecht needs a victory if they want to make a chance to reach the next round. If they don't win it will be very difficult. Anderlecht misses their strikers Pieroni, Vlcek and Frutos. They will be replaced by Serhat and Mpenza. Read more »
Coach Ariël Jacobs announced the selection for the game against Bordeaux. Vlcek and Pieroni are cup-tied in the European competition. Frutos is still injured and Hassan is in Egypt to celebrate the victory in the Africa Cup. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan will be absent for tomorrow's match against Bordeaux. The Egyptian selection arrived in the capital Cairo, where they celebrated their victory in the African Cup. Read more »
Yesterday, it was announced that Goor had to leave after this season. Though it seems that manager Van Holsbeeck is changing his mind: "He can stay for one more year. We can still negotiate about the financial aspect." Read more »
Tomorrow, Guillaume Gillet makes his debut for Anderlecht in a European competition. The midfielder is already dreaming of the next round, which would be a match against German giants Bayern Munich Read more »
"The match against Bordeaux comes at the ideal moment" so says Thomas Chatelle. "You can feel that as well in the dressing room. Everybody is ready, we are not afraid." Read more »
After victories against Dender and Brussels, Anderlecht seems to be back on track. "The dark clouds are gone, but the sky still isn't bright blue" says Van Holsbeeck on Sporza Radio. Read more »
There will be no Vlcek or Pieroni against Bordeaux, because they've played in the UEFA Cup with their previous clubs. This gives Serhat the opportunity to show what he can do, "I'll be there in the decisive moments." Read more »
Nicolas Pareja has the difficult task to prevent Cavenaghi from scoring. "Cavenaghi isn't a big name like Tevez but he's a real goalgetter. It isn't Pareja against Cavenaghi, it's Anderlecht against Bordeaux !" Read more »
There are still tickets available for this game. So far there are 12.000 tickets sold. Jelle Van Damme has a light injury at his calf and is uncertain. If he isn't able to play, he will be replaced by Goor. Read more »
Wednesday Andelecht will face Bordeaux in the UEFA Cup. Man in form for Girondins de Bordeax is Fernando Cavenaghi. "The UEFA Cup is my tournament, I have scored in almost every game." Read more »
Bart Goor and Serhat Akin will likely play their last months at Anderlecht. Both players are at the end of their contract and the club does not seem eager to extend it. Read more »
Egypt has won the Africa Cup 2008. It beat Cameroon in the final with 1-0. The only goal was made by Terika. It's Egypts second Africa Cup in a row. Anderlecht player Ahmed Hassan started as captain. Read more »
Will Hassan win his second Africa on a row? From 18pm (Belgian time) you can see the final of the Africa Cup between Egypt and Cameroon live on eurosport. Read more »
This Afternoon Roda JC beat Ajax with 2-1. It was Anderlecht player Roland Lamah, on loan at Roda, who opened the score. Huntelaar scored the equaliser for Ajax, but a Hadouir goal won the game in the second half. Read more »
Pieroni made a good debut and was very useful for the team. He even gave the assist to the first goal of Gillet but he himself couldn't score. He is also very satisfied about his new team: "I saw a strong Anderlecht. " Read more »
Anderlecht captain Bart Goor Still believes in the championship. "I give us 50% chance to win the title," Goor suprises after game against Brussels. "It will be difficult but many top clubs still have to visit us." Read more »
Despite conceding two goals Jelle Vandamme was glad with the victory. "We've scored 4 times that gives us confidence for wednesday. " He also praised his new striker: "Pieroni is an excellent addition." Read more »
Coach Ariël Jacobs is satisfied with the victory, but he was less happy with two conceded goals. "we deserved this victory but those two goals we conceded disappoint me," the coach said. Read more »
Bordeaux, the next opponent of Anderlecht in the UEFA Cup, defeated FC Metz today with 3-0. Top scorer Cavenaghi scored twice for Les Girondins. Bordeaux are second in the French league, close behind Olympique Lyon. Read more »
Canvas is broadcasting a series on mothers of famous people. Tomorrow, Mina Boussoufa is being visited, the mother of Mbark Boussoufa. The show begins at 8.55 pm. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht made a good performance this evening, and obtained an easy win against FC Brussels. The final score was 2-4. New signing Gillet scored two goals for the Mauves, who are now on a fifth rank. Read more »
Lucas Biglia caught his third yellow card of the season against FC Brussels. For that reason, the Argentinian midfielder is suspended for the next game against Excelsior Mouscron. Read more »
Defender Joao Carlos will stay in Lokeren until the end of the season. Nevertheless, it is against all odds that he will be playing for Lokeren next season. Three teams are showing interest, one of them is RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
Luigi Pieroni is eagerly awaiting his first match and goal for his new club. "I know they are expecting a lot of goals from me" he said, "but I don't want to name an exact number of goals, altough I have a figure in my head". Read more »
Against Dender he scored the only goal on penalty but now he hopes on a fieldgoal. " Even for an inhabitant of brussels like me this a game like another. For the players there is no derbyfeeling we just want to win" Read more »
Ex-Anderlecht star Jan Mulder ,who played 7 years for the mauve-whites before he went to Ajax in 1972, talks abouts his biggest passions: "Anderlecht and women". (dutch) Read more »
Anderlecht needs a win in the brussels derby tonight to satisfy the fans and the press. For goals they count on newcomer Luigi Pieroni. Zitka's injury recovers fast and he's in the selection. Read more »
It's possible that Ahmed Hassan will have to miss the first game against Bordeaux. Hassan plays the final of the Africa Cup with Egypt. The game is on Sunday, so there's very little time for the player to return to Brussels. Read more »
Joao Carlos, Lokeren's Brazilian defender, can still sign for many clubs. Anderlecht, Standard and Red Star Belgrade show conrete interest in the player. Red Star is the closest to signing the player. Read more »
Last week Anderlecht signed Pieroni from Nantes but before that transfer was handled Anderlecht was interested in Russian forward Dimitri Bulykin. " In leverkusen he wasn't happy and he wanted to leave " Read more »
Thomas chatelle and Daniel Zitka have a light injury and are uncertain. Jonathan Legear (muscle injury), Olivier Deschacht (muscle injury) and Nicolas Frutos (bruise) are still recovering. Pieroni will make his first appearance. Read more »
Egypt and Hassan have reached the final of the Africa Cup after a 4-1 victory against favourite Ivory Coast. Hassan played the whole game and was captain of Egypt. The final is sunday against Cameroon. Read more »
Arnold Kruiswijk is Anderlechts first transfer for next season. For most people he's an unknown young defender , but in the Netherlands everybody knows him as a young talented player and youth-international. Read more »
The Belgian national team won their friendly game against Standard with 2-0. Goals were made by Marouane Fellani and Thomas Buffel. Read more »
Arnold Kruiswijk will leave Groningen at the end of the season to play for Anderlecht. Herman Van Holsbeeck is proud at his last transfer, “You can see that we learn about mistakes of the past.” Read more »
Today, Dutchman Arnold Kruiswijk signed a contract for 4 years. The 23 year old defender is delighted to play in the mauve-white of RSC Anderlecht. His contract will start on the 1st of July. Read more »
On the 21st matchday of the league, Sporting Anderlecht meets FC Brussels. Referee Johan Verbist has been appointed to lead the Brussels derby. Read more »
Belgium boss Réné Vandereycken isn’t happy with the way of handling of Club Bruges. He accused them of boycotting today’s friendly game but Bruges-secretary Jacques Denolf denies. Read more »
Anderlecht have signed an extra defender for next season. It’s Arnold Kruiswijk a 24 year old Dutchman whose contract with FC Groningen finishes at the end of the season. Read more »
In Jupiler League TV, Mouscron recruit Walter Baseggio talked about how his new club had enticed him over, "before that, I had good intentions and then I had one year difficult but for me, it is in the past..." Read more »
The loan acquisition from RC Lens, Luigi Pieroni, will be unavailable for the UEFA Cup Round of 32 clash against Girondins de Bordeaux as his club took part in the second-tier European competition. Read more »
This year, the club celebrates its 100th birthday! To celebrate this they asked Jan (the club’s painter) to paint 13 Anderlecht players. Only the most ‘successful’ players will be immortalized. Read more »
Good news: Mbark Boussoufa trained with the group again. Also Nicolas Pareja is fit again and trained without any problems. Thomas Chatelle has to rest for 3 days, but can possibly train again on Thursday. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan and his Egyptian teammates offered a cow last Friday to get some luck during their game in the African Cup of Nations. The animal was slaughtered in a ritual way causing GAIA to react angrily. Read more »
Jan Polak had a difficult start at Anderlecht, but it seems we will get to see the real Polak soon. Against Dender he played one of his better games. "It's not easy to immediately play well in a new team," he says. Read more »
Bordeaux already announced that midfielder Fernando Menegazzo will have to miss the game against Anderlecht. Now goalkeeper Ulrich Ramé won't play either. He injured his ankle during a training in Bordeaux. Read more »
Anderlecht had announced that Biglia and Pareja wouldn't be playing against the Red Devils. The sponsor would have objected against it, but Fortis are denying it, "For us it's no problem, they have to decide." Read more »
Nabil Dirar can count on a lot of interest of teams like Anderlecht. The westerlo-player impresses with his dribbles. "I watch a lot of movies on the internet," he says. Read more »
The Anderlecht youngsters have failed to reach the eight-finals at the Italian Viareggio tournament. The youngsters lost 3-2 from Sparta Prague yesterday. Anderlecht ended in third place in their group. Read more »
While he was elected best youngster last season, this season the Argentinian was less spared of criticism. The midfielder remains unfazed, however: "The criticism motivates me to do better," said Biglia. Read more »
Thomas Chatelle has to rest for three days due to a groin injury. Serhat Akin is suffering from a muscle injury. Legear, Pareja, Deschacht and Frutos are rehabilitating. Boussoufa is ill. Read more »
Bordeaux, Anderlecht's opponent in the UEFA Cup, qualified for the 1/8 finals in the French Cup. Bordeaux was able to beat Le Mans thanks to a goal of Cavenaghi (1-0). This weekend, the club meets Metz in the French league. Read more »
Lucas Biglia and Nicolas Pareja won't play in the friendly game with Standard against the Red Devils. Anderlecht doesn't want its players in a Standard shirt. Manager Van Holsbeeck explains: Read more »
Chairman Roger Vanden Stock appeared satisfied after the narrow win over FC Dender. "It's better to win 1-0 in the league and win with a bigger margin in the cup," explained the chairman. Read more »
According to the French press, Anderlecht have informed about Juan Pablo Pino. The Colombian striker is currently playing for Sporting Charleroi, who are hiring the player from AS Monaco. Read more »
The free ticket sale for the UEFA Cup-match between Anderlecht and Bordeaux starts this Monday at 2pm. 10,000 tickets have already been sold. Tickets cost between 40 and 75 euro. Kids have a discount. Read more »
Scout Pär Zetterberg didn't attend the game yesterday. The Swede was following the game between Westerlo and Zulte Waregem. Zetterberg scouted the 21 year old Nabil Dirar, a Morrocan winger of Westerlo. Read more »
Both Akin and Chatelle were in the starting line-up yesterday. But both players are still injured. Chatelle has a problem at the groin, Akin has a strain. Though the two of them are selected for an international game. Read more »
Thomas Chatelle decided yesterday's match with a penalty goal. Despite the narrow win, the Mauves were a lot better than Dender. The team even started to play good: "We have played a good game", confirms Chatelle. Read more »
Anderlecht defeated Dender tonight in the league. The game ended on 1-0. The only goal of the game was scored in the first half by Thomas Chatelle on penalty after a hands ball in the box. Read more »
Tonight, Anderlecht meet Dender again, this time in the Belgian League. Last Wednesday, the Mauves walked over this same opponent in the Cup. The score was 3-0 with two goals of Vlcek. Read more »
Soon, the direction board and trainer Ariël Jacobs will have a meeting to talk about next season. "I'm not sure whether I'll stay as coach next season. I haven't thought about it yet. We'll see..." Read more »
Anderlecht's youth team defeated Vicenza with 0-6. Also Sparta Prague won in the group of Anderlecht, with 1-2 against Pergocrema. That way, the Mauves are leading the group. Read more »
The game against Brussels of next week will be special. Before kick-off, 600 kids will enter the field wearing a shirt with "NO RACISM" on it. Afterwards, similar shirts will be handed out to the fans. Read more »
Ariël Jacobs announced his selection for the game against Dender. The coach has to miss a lot of players due to suspensions, injuries and international games. Hassan, Wasilewski, Van Damme, Deschacht, Frutos and Legear are absent. Read more »
Anderlecht was very active on the transfer market during the winter break. Now that the market is closed, we made an overview of the incoming and outgoing transfers of Sporting Anderlecht. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza decided not to go to the Turkish club Sivasspor. This means that the striker stays in Brussels. Read more »
Lucas Biglia and Nicolas Pareja will be playing with Standard against the Red Devils. After trainer Jacobs, also Pareja is having problems with the fact that he has to play in a Standard shirt. Read more »
Hervé Kage will be playing for Union on loan until the end of the season. The Mauves also came to an agreement about goalkeeper Kudimbana. His loan was extended. Read more »
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