6+5 rule brings Anderlecht in trouble
From 2012 the 6+5 rule starts. That means that clubs have to put up six players out of their own country in their original team. The new rule will be introduced gradually. Read more »
From 2012 the 6+5 rule starts. That means that clubs have to put up six players out of their own country in their original team. The new rule will be introduced gradually. Read more »
It starts to look like Lucas Biglia won't play next season for Anderlecht anymore.
According to the Spanish media, Espanyol would be intrested in the Argentinian. Read more »
Belgium has been defeated again in a friendly international game. The Red Devil's opponent Italy won the game with 3-1. Sonck scored Belgium's only goal deep into stoppage time. Read more »
The Czech Republic has defeate Scotland tonight. The score was 3-1. Anderlecht player Jan Polak played the whole game. Stani Vlcek and Daniel Zitka remained on the bench. Read more »
Superleague Formula fans can admire Sporting Anderlecht's and PSV Eindhoven's race car this weekend on the Belgian circuit of Zolder. The car will be presented there. Read more »
Anderlecht has made it known that Cheik Tioté can leave the club if they get a good offer and that news made it to Kerkrade aswell. Therefor Roda JC made an offer for the midfielder. How much Anderlecht asks is not known. Read more »
The French AS Monaco is interested in Cheik Tioté. That much that the French team is even prepared to make an offer for the player from Ivory Coast. Cheik Tioté and Roland Lamah can leave Anderlecht if there's a good offer. Read more »
Anderlecht will get a compensation from the UEFA because it lets its players go to the EK in Switzerland and Austria. RSC Anderlecht would get about 4.000 euro a day for each player. Read more »
The friendly between Lens and Anderlecht in the begin of july is canceled. Because of safety measures has the French team decided to cancel the game. Anderlecht already found a new opponent: on the 12 of july it meets Willem II. Read more »
It looked like Anderlecht wouldn't get Hernan Losada after all, but the player himself now says that purple-white shouldn't be worried. In Het Laatste Nieuws he says today that he prefers Anderlecht over a Spanish team. Read more »
Anderlecht and Germinal Beerschot have come to an agreement about the loan of Sébastian Siani. Now the player only has to come to an agreement with Beerschot, but that shouldn't be a problem. Read more »
Lucas Biglia has asked the board of Anderlecht if he can talk with interested clubs. He will only do this however, if one of the interested clubs is willing to pay Anderlecht a fair price for him. Read more »
Anderlecht and Charleroi are currently negotiating about Cyril Théréau's future. The French striker would like to play another season for Charleroi. Charleroi wants to buy him, but Anderlecht only wants to let him go on loan. Read more »
Also Marcin Wasilewski will be present at the UEFA EC next month. Poland’s national coach Leo Beenhakker has announced his definitive selection, including the Anderlecht defender. Read more »
After Union St-Gilles' relegation it has become less interesting for Anderlecht to let their youngsters gain experience at Union. Herman Van Holsbeeck will discuss this with the Union-management today. Read more »
Germinal Beerschot is still trying to get Sébastian Siani to join their next season’s selection. The club will negotiate with the player next week. If they come to an agreement, Anderlecht is willing to lend him out for one season Read more »
Roland Lamah and Cheik Tioté have returned to Anderlecht from their stay at Roda JC. They can eventually leave the club if Anderlecht receive a good bid. Read more »
Zitka, Polak and Vlcek are all three in the Czech Republic's final selection for the European Championship. The country defeated Lithuania 2-0 in a friendly game. On Friday, there's a new friendy scheduled, vs. Scotland. Read more »
Today Pieter celebrates his birthday. He is responsible for the management of the server and for an important part of the maintenance and extension of the website. We’d like to thank and congratulate him! Read more »
After the end of each season, the visitors of this website can choose a MVP (Most Valuable Player). The values that you gave to the players through the season were used to make up this ranking. Read more »
The Spanish club Real Murcia expressed its interest in Mbo Mpenza, whose contract with Anderlecht has recently ended. Murcia already wanted to land Mpenza last season, but the transfer fee was too high back then. Read more »
Today it's exactly 100 years ago that the club was founded. Happy birthday Anderlecht and some more beautiful years! Read more »
Last Saturday Ahmed Hassan signed his contract with Al Ahli. They came to an agreement some months ago, so it was already known that Hassan would leave Anderlecht. Read more »
Hernan Losada's transfer to Anderlecht might be cancelled afterall. According to several media Germinal Beerschot have received a higher bid for its Argentinan player by the Spanish club Osasuna Pamplona. Read more »
According to the police of the district Brussels South, there are probably new riots coming up in Anderlecht. According to several clues, they could take place next Wednesday or Friday. Read more »
The Mauves are still looking for a new striker. According to the press, Anderlecht and Standard are both following Bulgarian striker Dimitar Makriev of the Israeli Ashdod. Both clubs deny interest. Read more »
Germinal Beerschot and Anderlecht are still negotiating. The Antwerp club is showing interest in striker Sébastien Siani. Cyril Théréau and Mark De Man are probably not going to GBA. The club is not interested in them. Read more »
Hungary have won their friendly match on saturday against Greece with 3-2. Roland Juhasz gave his country the lead by scoring the 2-1 in the 59th minute. Read more »
The Argentine olympic selection have won a friendly match against the Catalunian selection. Biglia was brought in during the second half, and gave the assist for the only goal of the evening. Read more »
Ariël Jacobs will coach Anderlecht next season as well. The coach brought Anderlecht to a second place in the Jupiler League and also won the Cup. "If the press, fans and board of Anderlecht appreciate my work, I'm satisfied". Read more »
Last night there were heavy riots in Anderlecht between fans and North Africans. About 200 people were arrest and 26 got injured, including a lot of police officers. Read more »
During the summer, Anderlecht will renew the visitors' locker rooms. The rooms will be enlarged and equiped with more luxary. Several old offices and the old kitchen will be taken down to allow the extention. Read more »
Sebastien Siani can go to Germinal Beerschot. This season, the striker was playing for Union on loan. GBA are also interested in striker Cyril Théréau and defender Mark De Man. Read more »
There is still no agreement about the TV rights for next season. Belgacom's offer is still on the table, but the clubs hope to catch more money for the deal. The negotiations continue next week. Read more »
Van Holsbeeck and Pieroni's manager negotiated yesterday about the striker's future. Anderlecht are not prepared to pay 1.2 million euro for the player. But Pieroni is optimistic: "Maybe my future still lies in Anderlecht." Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa is the best paid football player in Belgium. He'll earn 1.5 million per year, bonusses included. He'll make 4.109 euro per day. Half of that amount goes to taxes. Read more »
The Superleague Formula announced 7 of the 10 race-teams. The other 3 teams will be announced in July during a test drive in Monteblanco. Anderlecht forms a team with the Brazilian Flamengo. They'll race under the name 'Astromega' Read more »
Around the stadion of Royal Sporting club Anderlecht is a confrontation going between some young North-Africans, anderlechtfans and the police. The riots started after a recall of some North-Africans on a website to smash a bar. Read more »
According to the Spanish press, Anderlecht want at least 5 million euro for Lucas Biglia. According to that same source, the club also confirmed the interest of Racing Santander, but did not receive a bid yet. Read more »
Oleksandr Iakovenko signed a contract for four seasons. The 20 year old Ukranian midfielder was already playing for Anderlecht on loan. His club Racing Genk now sold him to Anderlecht. Read more »
The police fears heavy riots tonight. On several extreme and racist websites, the message "attack all white fans of football club Anderlecht" appeared. Already more than 600 people reacted on this message. Read more »
Today Silvio Proto celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa extended his contract today until 2012. Boussoufa and Anderlecht already reached an agreement earlier this week and today the midfielder sigend his contract. Read more »
The trainings for the new season will begin on June 23. The first friendly will be played against Knokke. Also a game vs. Hamme and a training camp are scheduled. The Supercup against Standard is played on August 9. Read more »
Sporting Anderlecht reached an agreement with Johan Walem. The former player of the club will become the new trainer of the reserves. He signed for two years and will start his job on July 1. Read more »
The Belgian Football Organisation stopped the examination of RSCA-STVV. The investigators were looking for possible corruption, but they couldn't find any proof. The Belgian Federal Court continues the investigation. Read more »
Yesterday, Anderlecht defeated Wolvertem in a friendly game. The final score was 1-4. Though the home side already opened the score after five minutes of play via Van Den Bossche. Read more »
On Saturday, the Argentinian U23 selection plays a game in Barcelona to prepare the Olympics. After Lucas Biglia, the Argentinian coach now also selected his Anderlecht team mate Nicolas Pareja. Read more »
This evening, the Mauves play a friendly game against Wolvertem. Tomorrow, the holiday starts for the players. Scout Zetterberg will soon move back to Sweden, but the fans can see him in Belgium for the last time tonight. Read more »
Lucas Biglia wants to leave Anderlecht and several Spanish and Italian clubs are showing interest. That we already knew. Now we also know the names of those teams. The most concrete interest is coming from Racing Santander. Read more »
Anderlecht decided not to use the option in Pieroni's contract. His club Nantes want 1.2 million euro for the striker and that is too much for the Mauves. Pieroni's manager will have a talk with Van Holsbeeck tomorrow. Read more »
Anderlecht earned 3.437.454 euro on their TV rights this season. Standard an Brugge follow with 250.000 euro less. The Mauves also made 30.000 euro more than last year. Read more »
Today, Anderlecht was honored by the city of Brussels for winning the Belgian Cup. Players and staff were received by Brussels' minister-president Picqué and the ministers Vanhengel and Cerexhe. Read more »
Tomorrow, Anderlecht play a friendly game against Wolvertem. The Mauves will mainly play with their reserves. Only a few players from the first team will travel to Wolvertem. Kickoff at 7:00pm. Read more »
Besnik Hasi signed his contract for Anderlecht. If the club can reach an agreement with Hasi's current team, Cercle Brugge, than the Kosovar will become Anderlecht's assistant coach during the next two years. Read more »
Anderlecht announced the prices of the season tickets for 2008-2009. There's an increase between 10 and 55 euro, depending on the block. Current holders can renew their season ticket starting from May 26 until June 14. Read more »
Ariel Jacobs had a talk with Roland Lamah, who's playing on loan for Roda JC. Anderlecht want Lamah to return, but the player is not sure whether that's a good idea. Jacobs has to convince the midfielder. Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa confirmed he'll stay in Anderlecht. According to the newspapers, he has found an agreement with Anderlecht. His salary is being raised to 1.3 million euro per year. Read more »
Hernan Losada has signed his contract for Anderlecht. The Argentinian midfielder passed the medical tests and the GBA came to an agreement with Anderlecht. Losada signed for four years and is on a holiday now. Read more »
Lucas Biglia will probably leave Anderlecht. Spanish and Italian clubs are showing interest in the Argentinian midfielder. And also the player himself wants to go: "I said farewell to the fans after the Cup final", he said. Read more »
Johan Walem will probably return to Anderlecht. The former player of the club can sign a two year contract. He'll become youth trainer. The idea is that Walem will become assistant coach for the first team after one year. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza will leave Anderlecht this summer, but Herman Van Holsbeeck made clear that he can return after his career. "Mbo is someone we can use. I don't know yet which function he'll get though", says Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan is leaving Anderlecht, but he'll keep on working as scout for the club. "Hassan will start working as a scout withing two years, when his career as a player ended", explains Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
Luigi Pieroni was absent during the Cup final. The striker wasn't even on the bench. Trainer Jacobs did not select him. A clear signal from the club that the player will probably have to leave. Read more »
It's not yet certain which TV station will broadcast the games of the Jupiler League during the next three years. The Belgian Football Organisation wants at least 50 million per year. The highest bid today was 44 million. Read more »
The transfer of Hernan Losada to Anderlecht has been completed. "Everything was arranged on Sunday morning", said GBA manager Jos Verhaegen. It's not yet sure whether other Anderlecht will be involved in the deal. Read more »
Yesterday, there were riots before the Cup final. Several Anderlecht hooligans smashed a few windows of nearby houses. There are also destructions on the subway station. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan is leaving Anderlecht after this season, he will go to his home country Egypte and play for Al-Ahly. De Egyptian felt like he was on top of the world after winning the Cup. Read more »
Not only Silvio Proto, but also Mark De Man is bound to leave Anderlecht. A possible candidate is Germinal Beerschot, but other teams are showing their interest as well. Read more »
Anderlecht has bought a lot of new players for next season, and one of them is Hernan Losada. "He can become a real reinforcement. I only talked 1 minute with him and I knew enough" so sais Jacobs. Read more »
Anderlecht struggled against Gent during the first half. Substitute Chatelle played an important role in the revival of Anderlecht. "Jacobs asked us to play all or nothing during the second half", so says Thomas Chatelle. Read more »
Gent scored an early goal yesterday in the Cup-final, but Anderlecht equalised after 1 minute, thanks to a goal from Jan Polak. "I'm not entirely happy with my performance despite my goal". Read more »
Anderlecht has won the Cup after a great final. Gent managed to take the lead twice during the game, but Anderlecht managed to equalise each time, and made the winner after a great goal by Gillet. Read more »
This afternoon, Anderlecht play their first Cup final since the mid-nineties. A unique event for both players and fans. The opponent will be AA Gent. Juhasz is suspended, Serhat injured. The line-ups: Read more »
Normally, both finalists of the Belgian Cup can train in the King Baudouin Stadium. But due to the heavy rainfall, that training is cancelled. The field is in a very bad condition. Read more »
Next season, Molupo Kudimbana will play for SK Beveren on loan. The 21 year old goalkeeper played for Union Saint Gilloise this year and recently signed for Anderlecht. Read more »
Today, the Belgian Football Organisation decided over a reformation of the highest division. From the season of 2009-2010, the first division will count only 16 teams and there will be a play-off. Read more »
Anderlecht informed after Cercle striker Tom De Sutter. That's what the player's manager announced. Though De Sutter would become second striker after Frutos. For that reason, he probably won't join Anderlecht. Read more »
Nemanja Rnic and Hernan Losada will both join Anderlecht. Though both players still have to sign their contract, they already gave an interview. "I want to become the best defender in the world", Rnic said. Read more »
The cup final is not the last game of the season. On Monday, the players have a day off. On Tuesday, the last training of the season is scheduled. On Wednesday, the team plays a friendly against Wolvertem. Read more »
The players will receive a 14,000 euro bonus for winning the Cup. In total, the players already made 23,100 euro on bonuses in the Belgian Cup. If the Mauves win the Cup, they'll be honoured on a stage in the Vanden Stock Stadium. Read more »
Anderlecht also reached an agreement with Hernan Losada. The Argentinian midfielder can sign a four year deal in Brussels. Anderlecht will now negotiate with Losada's club GBA. Read more »
Anderlecht reached an agreement Serbian defender Nemanja Rnic (23) of Partizan Belgrade. The defender can leave his club for free and will sign a deal in Brussels for three seasons next week. Read more »
On Sunday, the cup final against AA Gent is played. Roland Juhasz is suspended and will be replaced by Nicolas Pareja. Serhat Akin will miss the final too, he's still injured. Read more »
Olivier Deschacht probably won't go to Espanyol. "It seems like the Spanish side isn't interested in me anymore. We are far away from a deal", said a disappointed Deschacht in the newspapers. Read more »
Dirir will probably sign for Brugge. Anderlecht showed interest too, but they prefer a return of Lamah over a transfer of Dirar. Van Holsbeeck: "We are not making any kind of deal with Westerlo, unless Lamah isn't returning." Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa is now doubting to sign a new deal for Anderlecht. It bothers him the negotiations are still going on, after three months. Though the Mauves offered him a salary of 1.3 million per year, a record. Read more »
The club celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. To celebrate that event, we made a unique section on this website. We made a list of the most important and most remarkable players in our long history. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan was selected by the Egyptian national coach Hassan Shehata for the qualification games for the World Championship in 2010. Egypte is in a group with Congo, Djibouti and Malawi. Read more »
Jelle Van Damme asked national trainer René Vandereycken for rest and as a consequence, he was not selected for the game against Italy. "He has a medical problem for weeks now", so the national coach. Read more »
Jelle Van Damme is one of the players that is very fit and scores very easily. "I realize that sunday people will look at me when a corner or a free kick will have to be taken." Read more »
"I want to win the cup, but it's a shame that it has to be on the expense of AA Ghent", looks forward Mbark Boussoufa on Sporza. "Playing against your ex-club is always special and hurts a bit too." Read more »
Three days to go and than Anderlecht will be playing its first cup final since 1997. "That cup has to be the cherry on the cake", tells captain Deschacht to Sporza radio. Read more »
Next Sunday, Anderlecht will meet AA Ghent in the cup final, the late club of Guillaume Gillet. "I am glad for them that they were able to reach the cup final", tells Guillaume Gillet. Read more »
Sponsor and car builder Opel has presented the 'RSCA Astra GTC Limited Edition'. It's a version of the Astra car, especially built for Anderlecht's 100th anniversary. The car does not contain loud Anderlecht symbols. Read more »
Anderlecht fans can get a free hair cut or can get make-up for free on Sunday around the Heysel Stadium where the Cup final will take place. Interested fans can go to terrace 4, starting from 1:00pm. Read more »
Anderlecht defeated AS Eupen, a second division team, in yesterday's friendly game with 0-1. The Mauves played with their reserves. Only a few players from the first team participated. Mpenza scored the only goal. Read more »
Lucas Biglia (hip) rejoined the group today. His fellow countryman Nicolas Frutos (ankle) also trained again. Legear is the only one to persue an individual training programme. The team will prepare the Cup final in isolation. Read more »
Daniel Zitka is in the pre-selection of the Czech Republic, just like Vlcek and Polak. Meanwhile, Belgian federal coach announced his selection for the friendly game against Italy. Read more »
Yesterday, Club Brugge stiker François Sterchele was buried. 4,000 people attended the funeral, including Anderlecht manager Van Holsbeeck and trainer Ariel Jacobs. Also former Anderlecht player Kompany was there. Read more »
Anderlecht has an agreement with Kouyaté of FC Brussels. Kouyaté wants to leave Brussels and already took legal steps to break his contract. Meanwhile, the Mauves contacted the player and reached an agreement with him. Read more »
On May 4, defender Wasilewski became father of a daughter named Zuzanna. We would like to congratulate Marcin and his wife Joanna! Read more »
Jan Polak will extend his stay in Anderlecht. The midfielder announced to feel very happy in Brussels. Therefore he won't leave. He also said to be eager to win the Belgian Cup on Sunday. Read more »
Anderlecht will most likely reinforce themselves with Gombani of Cercle and Losada of GBA. The manager of GBA announced that Losada will sign with 99.9% certainty. Next week the midfielder will sign. Read more »
There is a chance that Luigi Pieroni will go to Club Brugge. The West-Flemish team is looking for a now striker after the death of Sterchele and the possible departure of Salou. Read more »
Anderlecht and Westerlo are negotiating about a possible transfer of midfielder Dirar. Also Brugge are showing interest. Dirar still has a contract for two years, but wants to leave Westerlo. Standard and Ajax are also interested. Read more »
Biglia didn't train today with a hip injury. He's also ill. Frutos was absent too. He received medical attention. Legear has a quadriceps injury and may not be able to play in the Cup. Akin has a sore knee and is rehabilitating. Read more »
Minister of Justice, Vandeurzen, announced that there is no evidence for fraude during the game of Anderlecht against STVV. The Belgian Football Organisation is still investigating the case though. Read more »
He's 12 years old and his name is Mo Soumare, a player in Anderlecht's youth team. But several French are already showing interest in the player. Mo ended third in the 'Pinanti is Pinanti Cup',a search for the best young talent. Read more »
Referee Serge Gumienny is appointed to lead the Cup final of next Sunday between AA Gent and Anderlecht. The game kicks off in the King Baudouin stadium at 4:30pm in Brussels. Read more »
Tomorrow, Anderlecht play a friendly game against AS Eupen, a second division team. The Mauves will play with their reserves. Only a few players from the first team will travel to Eupen. Read more »
According to the press, Anderlecht are following tow Colombian players. Their names are Marcos Perez (17), a striker of Boyana Chico and Victor Ibarbo (17), a midfielder of Atletico Nacional. Both players are international. Read more »
There is a possibility that Anderlecht will offer one million euro and strikers Théréau (on loan at Charleroi) and Siani (on loan for a second division team) for Hernan Losada of GBA. Read more »
Anderlecht are qualified for the second qualification round and will be a seeded team. Also in the third and last qualification round, the Mauves are seeded. Here are the possible opponents. Read more »
The season has ended and Anderlecht finished second, thereby securing a Champions League ticket. We made a few statistics of Anderlecht's performance in the Belgian league this season. Read more »
Anderlecht player Mbark Boussoufa ended third in the election of Professional Football Player of the Year. Standard player Jovanovic was the winner and his team mate Fellaini second. Read more »
In the newspapers, several articles appeared in which was written that Anderlecht are interested in Gombani of Cercle Brugge. Manager Van Holsbeeck already denied that the club is interested in the players' services. Read more »
Manager Herman Van Holsbeeck has denied that there are already negotiations going on between his club and Hernan Losada. "We'll continue our efforts to land the player next week. But for now, he haven't contacted him yet." Read more »
The Superleague Formula now counts 13 clubs. Al Ain FC from the United Arab Emitates, joined the racing league today. The club presented their race car to the press today. Read more »
Anderlecht finished the season at the second place. Tonight, the Mauves defeated Mons 1-2. That way, Anderlecht is qualified for the second qualifaction round for the UEFA Champions League. Read more »
The Dutch club FV Utrecht reinforced themselves with 18 players. One of them is Anderlecht player Benamar Abdennour. Read more »
Tonight, Anderlecht disputes their final game of this season with a match against Mons. One point is sufficient to secure the second place and a Champions League ticket. Here are the line-ups: Read more »
Anderlecht will start training for the new season on June 23. On July8, the team leaves on practice camp to the Dutch village of Oisterwijk. There's a friendly game against Lens scheduled. Read more »
An Anderlecht degeation will attend the funeral of Brugge striker Sterchele. It were the deeply shocked players themselves who asked to attend the funeral. There will also be one minute of silence before every game this weekend. Read more »
Their still are a lot of questions about the match Anderlecht-Sint-Truiden. "I didn't really noticed anything strange about the match." so says VRT-anker Frank Raes. Read more »
Anderlecht has sent an e-mail to all its supporter clubs with the question to behave itself with dignity this weekend if a minute silence or applause is kept for the deceased François Sterchele. Read more »
The transfer of Hernan Losada to Anderlecht is almost all settled. That communicates the newspaper "Het Laatste Nieuws". The transfer of Argentinian could even be already rounded off this weekend. Read more »
Today Nicolas Frutos celebrates his birthday! He becomes 27 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht's reserves have defeated Mons in the last match of the season. The result was 1-0. The only goal of the game was scored by Roobaert. The reserves end the reason on the 9th position. Read more »
Ariël Jacobs gives his opinion about tommorow's match against Mons. "We know what we have to do, Mons was called a potential revelation in the beginning of this season, but they are just starting to play at their best". Read more »
Trainer Jacobs announced his selection today for the last game of the season, against Mons. Thomas Chatelle makes his come back after a long injury. Jonathan Legear has a quadriceps injury and is out. Wasilewski is suspended. Read more »
Between May 23 and June 24, the Anderlecht players can go on holiday. But several of them have games to play for their national team. One of them is Marcin Wasilewksi who made it to Poland's selection. Read more »
The Anderlecht players are all shocked after the death of François Sterchele of rival Club Brugge. "It's a shame the fans were hissing at him during his last game. If they only had known what was about to happen..." Gillet said. Read more »
Brugge opened a condolence register for Sterchele. You can sign it on www.francoissterchele.be. After a few weeks, the results will be handed over to Sterchele's family Read more »
Leo Beenhakker, Poland's federal coach, has announced his selection for the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland. Anderlecht player Wasilewski is in his final selection. Read more »
Cercle Brugge are interested in Cheik Tioté to replace Besnik Hasi. The midfielder is currently playing on loan for Roda JC and it's not clear whether he'll return to Brussels next season. Read more »
A lot of people were skeptic about the qualities of Stanislav Vleck. However, he has quickly showed his huge value by scoring important goals: “I hope that we will be able to win the needed point in Mons for the Champions League." Read more »
The Belgian football world is in grief over the death of François Sterchele. The Club Brugge-striker died in a car accident in the night of Wednesday to Thursday. Read more »
Anderlecht will end the season with a friendly game against Wolvertem SC. It's a yearly tradition. The game will take place on Wednesday, May 21. The kick-off will be given at 7pm in the Frans Lathouwer stadium. Read more »
It seems that Luigi Pieroni and Silvio Proto will be leaving the club. Chairman Vanden Stock explains: "Proto should leave. He is second goalkeeper here, but deserves to play. He has the qualities." Read more »
Midfielder Mbark Boussoufa is one of the three candidates to win the award of Professional Football Player of the Year next Sunday. The other two nominees are Standard players Marouane Fellaini and Milan Jovanovic. Read more »
According to gambling expert Karl Dhont, the game between Anderlecht and STVV has been forged. Anderlecht won the game 4-1. "Chinese gambled for more than 1.2 million dollar on that game", he said. Read more »
Franky Vercauteren became assistant coach of the national team on Monday through the 2010 World Cup campaign. Vercauteren was fired by Anderlecht in November after a string of bad results. Read more »
Building a new stadium will take too long. That's what Anderlecht chairman Vanden Stock announced. Therefore, he would like to enlarge the current stadium. An increase of 8.000 extra seats is possible. Read more »
Serhat Akin and Sébastien Bruzzese were still absent on training. Thomas Chatelle has rejoined the group after a long period of rehabilitation. Akin was examined at the knee. Bruzzese is recovering from a concussion. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht announced the the fan party, planned on May 16, is cancelled. The players won't be able to attend the party because of the Cup final that takes place two days later. Read more »
It is possible that Anderlecht won't be a seeded team in the third and last Champions League qualification round. Two changes, one in the Portuguese league and one in the French league, could be responsible for that. Read more »
The Mauves are following Brussels striker Cheikhou Kouyaté. The player is 19 years old and it's possible that he'll be granted a free transfer due to a mistake in his contract. Read more »
Hernan Losada, Germinal Beerschot's Argentinian midfielder, reacted on the fact that Anderlecht is showing interest: "Anderlecht is a great club. I would love to sign there. I hope to seal the deal next week." Read more »
Tomorrow (Wednesday May 7), all the Anderlecht players will be present in the Westland Shopping Center between 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm to hand out autographs to the fans. Read more »
There were no trainings on Monday. Coach Ariel Jacobs gave the team two days off (on Sunday and Monday) after the victory against Brugge. On Tuesday, the trainings will resume. Read more »
The new shirts in which Anderlecht played against Brugge, are very popular amongst the fans. They were designed to celebrate the club's 100th anniversary. On Saturday alone, a lot of them were already sold. Read more »
The general manager has confirmed that Milan will take on Anderlecht as part of RSCA's centenary celebrations. However Van Holsbeeck, talking to VRT last Sunday, has not yet confirmed a date for the match against the Rossoneri. Read more »
According to reports from 'Het Laatste Nieuws' and 'Het Nieuwsblad', Anderlecht management have the green light to negotiate with Germinal Beerschot's Argentine midfielder Hernan Losada. Read more »
After last week's acquisition of young Argentinian striker Suarez, Van Holsbeeck and Philippe Collin will head to South American next week to attract more players to move to Brussels, those who are not playing regular football. Read more »
Standard hooligans attacked a pub yesterday that is frequented by Anderlecht fans. The hooligans broke some windows and lit up smoke bombs inside the establishment. The police intervened. One person got injured. Read more »
It seems like Besnik Hasi is not coming to Anderlecht just yet. His current club, Cercle Brugge, is demanding a transfer fee. Cercle also claims that Hasi has one more year in his contract and thus cannot leave the club for free. Read more »
Jelle Van Damme is playing an excellent season, and scored an important goal against Club Brugge. "Scoring in a game like this was a great moment" so Van Damme said after the match. Read more »
"We immedialty had control of the match" said right midfielder Guillaume Gillet. "I think that this was one of our best matches of the season, maybe even thé best. We dominated from start to finish". Read more »
Roger Vanden Stock was happy with the victory over Club brugge, and is thinking about the Champions League. "If we make it to the Champions League, we can make this team even stronger". Read more »
Hasi will be the new assistant coach of Anderlecht for next season, but is currently still playing for Cercle Brugge. At first, it seemed that his current club wouldn't make a problem of it. Read more »
The red card for Geraerts, after a fowl on Boussoufa, was a turning point in the match, according to Boussoufa. "I didn't expect a red card, I can understand that Geraerts is mad because of it". Read more »
Ariël Jacobs was a happy man after the game. "We played a good match in my opinion, and we displayed a good ball circulation. We made Club Brugge chase the bal" so the coach said after the game. Read more »
Ahmed Hassan played his last match at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium. The Egyptian replaced Marcin Wasilewski in the second half and almost gave the assist for a third goal. Read more »
Anderlecht dominated the whole game from start to finish. Jelle Van Damme and Stanislav Vlcek scored in the first half, giving Anderlecht the second place in the league. Read more »
Before the game, there was the honoring for Hassan and Boussoufa. Hassan received a trophy for winning the Africa Cup. Boussoufa received a portret because he was elected as best Anderlecht player of the year. Read more »
Polish defender Marcin Wasilewski received his 12th yellow card this season against Brugge. Therefore he'll be suspended for the last match of the season against Mons. Read more »
Anderlecht's reserves weren't able to beat Brugge. They lost their game with 2-0. The goals were all scored in the first half, by Da Silva Alandson and Meeus. Read more »
After the game against Brugge, all players were of course happy. The Mauves demonstrated and Brugge never had a chance. "It was easier than expected", said trainer Jacobs. Read more »
Season ticket holders are asked not to throw away their season ticket after the season. It can be used for next season too in case you renew it. A new season ticket costs 5 euro extra. Read more »
Now that Anderlecht decided to keep Iakovenko, it seems logical that Luigi Pieroni has to leave. Officially, the club will decide after the Cup final, but Pieroni never was able to convince the board, the trainer and the fans. Read more »
Anderlecht had little trouble in holding off Club Bruges. Two goals by Vlcek and Van Damme in the first half handed the home-team a 2-nil victory. The three points give Anderlecht the advantage in the race for second place. Read more »
This evening Anderlecht and Brugge meet in a match that will decide over the second place in the league and the Champions League ticket that is attached to it. The kick-off will be given at 8pm. Read more »
Roland Lamah has changed his mind. He announced that he wants to return to Anderlecht after this season. The Mauves are also interested in Westerlo's Dirar, but they prefer the return of Lamah. Read more »
Manager Van Holsbeeck and scout Philippe Collin will take the plane to South America after tonight's match. The Mauves hope to do two more transfers of young players. Read more »
Many foreign clubs show interest in tonight's clash between Anderlecht and Brugge. Clubs like Tottenham, Everton, Borussia Dortmund, Mainz and Schalke 04 will send a scout to the Vanden Stock Stadium. Read more »
Trainer Ariël Jacobs selected 21 players for tomorrow's clash against Club Bruges. Ahmed Hassan, who was out for a while with a rib injury, and Mbark Boussoufa are amongst the selected people. Read more »
The transfer of Matias Suarez is (finally) completed. That could be read today on Anderlecht's website. The 19 year old striker, at the moment still playing for Belgrano, will be signing a 5 year contract at violet-white till 2013 Read more »
Belgian media are calling tomorrow's clash between Anderlecht and Bruges "the 10 million match". The stakes are high: a ticket to the Champion's League. Coach Ariël Jacobs tries to keep the pressure off. Read more »
Next season, Ariël Jacobs will remain head coach. But if it hadn't been up to him, he would be T2 again. That is what the coach said in today's edition of "La Denière Heure" Read more »
In the penultimate matchday of the Jupiler League, players will be sporting a '2018' logo in their jerseys signifying the league's support of Belgium and the Netherland's bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Read more »
Designer Ian Hutchinson has the task to give Anderlecht's Super League Formula race car its colours. He has three months to complete this task. "It will be a unique challenge", he said. Read more »
Mbark Boussoufa has rejoined the group training. Though it's not yet sure whether he'll be able to play tomorrow. But the outlook is good. "My muscles are sore. I can't sprint for example. We'll see on Saturday", he said. Read more »
Anderlecht's players will earn 11,000 euro if they win the Cup. The opponent in the final, AA Gent have promised a bigger incentive for their players should they win in a season where they have underachieved in the league. Read more »
Tomorrow, Anderlecht and Brugge play for second place and a ticket for the UEFA Champions League. The winner will be able to earn at least 10 million in Europe's most important football competition. Read more »
Anderlecht are negotiating with Ariel Jacobs. Jacobs will probably stay as coach. Besnik Hasi will be his assistant. Both sides already have an oral agreement for two years. Read more »
Oleksandr Iakovenko will stay in Brussels, Anderlecht informed Racing Genk that they want to keep the talented Ukrainian player and will start the negotiations with the player to secure a permanent move to Brussels. Read more »
It has been busy times for Hassan. Today he celebrates his birthday and tommorow is the important game against Club Brugge. He wants to show the Anderlecht faithful one last time what he is capable of. Read more »
Roland Juhasz will face Ibrahim Salou in the game against Club Brugge, but the Hongarian isn't focust on his direct oponent. "I never think about just one player" so he said. Read more »
Today Ahmed Hassan celebrates his birthday! He becomes 33 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht officially introduced their new jersey for next season. The shirt will be first worn by the players in Saturday's game against Brugge, it will also be for sale from that day. Read more »
Also Anderlecht's women team qualified for the Cup final. They defeated Famkes Merkem 0-3 in the first leg. Merkem forfaited for the second leg. The final will take place on the same day as the men final, but starts earlier. Read more »
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