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 31-08-2009 

Reactions from Standard

Reactions from Standard

Also at Standard they talked about what happened to Wasyl. I immediately want to exchange a title for Wasilewski," Jovanovic said. But not all of them reacted this way (Especially Defour). Read more »

Suarez: "We wanted to play football"

Suarez:

Besides Wasilewski, Anderlecht will also have to miss Polak for a couple of months. “We thought Polak’s tackle would be everything,” said Matias Suarez , “unfortunately there was a sequel.” Read more »

Few riots after Anderlecht - Standard

Few riots after Anderlecht - Standard

After the game there were a few riots at the Vanden Stock-stadium. A big group of Anderlecht fans waited for the Standard – fans. Beer was thrown around, sticks were thrown and the police ended up with putting the water canon on. Read more »

Van Holsbeeck: "Won’t buy to buy"

Van Holsbeeck:

After the game RSCA – Standard no one was busy with the result. All thoughts went to Wasilewski and Polak. “Today I saw things that should never happen,” said Herman Van Holsbeeck. Read more »

Kinnen: "Fracture Wasilewski dead serious"

Kinnen:

Anderlecht’s club doctor, Louis Kinnen, could say a bit more about Wasyl’s situation after the game. “He’s got a double fractured leg,” he said. “Wasyl is at the hospital now where he will be operated ASAP.

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Reactions after RSCA-Standard

Reactions after RSCA-Standard

Manager Van Holsbeeck and coach Jacobs were both outraged after the game against Standard. "I've seen things that don't belong on a football field today", said the manager. Read more »

 30-08-2009 

Line Up: Anderlecht-Standard

Line Up: Anderlecht-Standard

Tonight, Anderlecht face Standard de Liège. Biglia is uncertain. He'll undergo a scan before the game that will termine whether he can play or not. Jonathan Legear is injured. Read more »

Reserves beat Standard

Reserves beat Standard

Anderlecht's reserves defeated Standard de Liège yesterday. The final score was 0-3. The young Bruno Baras scored a hattrick. Diandy, Kouyaté and Reynaldo also played with the reserves. Read more »

Iakovenko for one year to Westerlo

Iakovenko for one year to Westerlo

Sasha Oleksandr Iakovenko will leave Anderlecht and go play for Westerlo. The Mauves came to a deal with the club. Iakovenko will be loaned for one year. Afterwards, he'll surely return to Brussels. Read more »

Europa League: ticketing info

Europa League: ticketing info

Tickets for the Europa League games can be bought under the form of a mini-season-ticket. The cheapest place costs 75 euro (for the three games). The most expensive ones are 160 euro. Read more »

Rnic close to deal with Cercle

Rnic close to deal with Cercle

Nemanja Rnic will probably go to Cercle Brugge. According to the media, Anderlecht and Cercle have a deal about a loan. The player himself still has to agree with the deal. Read more »

First game in Zagreb

First game in Zagreb

The calendar for the Europa League has been announced. Anderlecht will first play against Dinamo Zagreb. The first home game will be played on Thursday 17th September. Read more »

 28-08-2009 

Also Lukaku back to school on Tuesday

Also Lukaku back to school on Tuesday

Tuesday 1 September means back to school, also for Romelu Lukaku. “We’ve worked out a special program for Romelu,” says Peter Smeets. "We made an agreement with his school concerning missed classes,” he says in Het Laatste Nieuws. Read more »

Lukaku selected for national B-team

Lukaku selected for national B-team

Coach Jean-François de Sart has selected 23 players for the international games of 4th September in Malta and 8th September against Slovenia. Amongst the selected players is Anderlecht – striker Romelu Lukaku. Read more »

Jacobs: "We have to help Polak"

Jacobs:

Jan Polak hasn’t been playing well lately. Coach Ariël Jacobs realises this and wants to do everything to get him to play better. ‘We have to help him to get over this,” he says in LDH. Read more »

Europa League draw: Anderlecht in pot 2

Europa League draw: Anderlecht in pot 2

At 1pm, RSC Anderlecht will know their opponents for the Europa League. They are in pot two, just as Club Brugge that qualified yesterday after a penalty shootout. The first two clubs in the group phase qualify for the next round. Read more »

Injury news: Boussoufa and Biglia uncertain

Injury news: Boussoufa and Biglia uncertain

Lucas Biglia is uncertain for the clash with Standard. He has a calf injury and will be examined. Also Boussoufa was unable to train. He's ill because of playing three games in a short time in combination with the ramadan. Read more »


 26-08-2009 

Reactions other players

Reactions other players

Mbark Boussoufa: "Getting behind like this sucks. Two of the three goals are our own fault. We tried, but Lyon plays on another level, it’s a European top club that plays CL every year. We don’t see teams like this in the EL.” Read more »

Anderlecht-Lyon 1-3

Anderlecht-Lyon 1-3

French club Olympique Lyon and Atletico Madrid of Spain booked their places in Thursday’s draw for the Champions League group stages with convincing playoff wins on Tuesday. Read more »

 25-08-2009 

Will Anderlecht stunt like Real Madrid ?

Will Anderlecht stunt like Real Madrid ?

Tonight Anderlecht has the impossible task to qualify themselves for the Champions League. In the past it already happened 68 times that a club had to make up for a 5-1 loss. The only team who succeeded was Real Madrid. Read more »

Baseggio has thyroid gland cancer

Baseggio has thyroid gland cancer

Ex-Anderlecht player Walter Baseggio has thyroid gland cancer. In Le soir he talks about how the found it out in July. There are no disseminations and the chance he will recover is big. Read more »

Selection: Anderlecht - Lyon

Selection: Anderlecht - Lyon

Today the players trained once and afterwards Ariël Jacobs selected 20 players. Jelle Van Damme is suspended and that’s why he doesn’t belong to tonight’s selection. Read more »

 24-08-2009 

 23-08-2009 

Anderlecht to beat Zulte: 0-2

Anderlecht to beat Zulte: 0-2

RSC Anderlecht defeated Zulte waregem this weekend with 0-2. That way, the Mauves keep the lead with the maxium of the points. Boussuofa and Lukaku scored the two goals. Read more »

 21-08-2009 

Anderlecht loans Kudimbana to Crotone

Anderlecht loans Kudimbana to Crotone

Nicaise Mulopo Kudimbana, a 22 year old goalie at Anderlecht will play on loan for one year with the Italian team FC Crotone, in second division. They also have an option to buy him after the season. Read more »

Injury report

Injury report

Anderlecht is back in Belgium and already trained once yesterday. Biglia, Suarez and Van Damme were taken care off. They got a lot of kicks during the game against Lyon. Read more »

Gillet: "It was a nightmare"

Gillet:

Guillaume Gillet could start the game against Lyon, but drowned with the rest of the team. “We showed a lot of respect, didn’t make enough mistakes and couldn’t handle the rhythm,” he said. Read more »

 20-08-2009 

Anderlecht loses with 5-1 from Lyon

Anderlecht loses with 5-1 from Lyon

Sporting Anderlecht lost 5-1 to Olympique Lyon at the Stade de Gerland on Wednesday in the Champions League play-offs. Anderlecht suffered the dominance of the home team in the first half and just underwent the game. Read more »


 19-08-2009 

Line Up: Lyon-RSCA

Line Up: Lyon-RSCA

This evening, RSC Anderlecht will play in the Stade de Gerland against Lyon for a place in the Champions League. One week later, the return game in Brussels follows. Read more »

Plenty off interest in Iakovenko

Plenty off interest in Iakovenko

A lot of clubs are interested in Iakovenko. Zulte Waregem, Kortrijk, Cercle and STVV all want the Anderlecht offensive midfielder on loan. Iakovenko has not yet played for the Mauves this season due to an infection. Read more »

Nzolo to lead RSCA-Standard

Nzolo to lead RSCA-Standard

The clash between Anderlecht and Standard will be led by referee Jérome Nzolo. The game will be played on Sunday 30th August at 8:30pm in the Vanden Stock Stadium. A few days earlier, the second leg against Lyon is scheduled. Read more »

 18-08-2009 

Kanu stays at Anderlecht

Kanu stays at Anderlecht

Anderlecht won’t rent Kanu again. That’s what Het Nieuwsblad writes today. Last season he played at Cercle Brugge, who still wants him. But RSCA will need Kanu this season. Read more »

Frutos: "Don’t expect to start"

Frutos:

Nicolas Frutos had a special training programme this last couple of weeks, but he’s part of the selection for Lyon. “I don’t expect to start the game,” says the Argentinean striker in the papers. Read more »

Govou not ready to play against Anderlecht

Govou not ready to play against Anderlecht

Lyon-captain Sydney Govou probably won’t be there on Wednesday against Anderlecht. The attacker got injured during the game against Valenciennes this weekend. Further research will be done to see how serious it is. Read more »

Bastos: "Have to respect Anderlecht"

Bastos:

The Brazilian Michel Bastos, who left Rijsel for Lyon for 18 million euros, is looking forward to a (new) confrontation with Anderlecht. He already played against RSCA with Lille in the CL – campaign in 2006. Read more »

Frutos Wednesday on the bench against Lyon

Frutos Wednesday on the bench against Lyon

Expected is that Nicolas Frutos will start the game against Lyon on the bench. “Frutos has already trained intensively,” says trainer Ariël Jacobs. “Now we have to choose the right moment to let him play.” Read more »

 17-08-2009 

Lyon wins: 1-0

Lyon wins: 1-0

Lyon also played this Saturday and won with 1-0 against Valenciennes. This way they got their first victory of the season. It was Gomis who coals score after an assist of Bastos. Read more »

Heerenveen wins thanks to Losada

Heerenveen wins thanks to Losada

Anderlecht-player Hernan Losada, who plays on loan at SC Heerenveen, ensured his team of its first victory of the season. The Argentinean scored the 1-0 after fifteen minutes. Read more »

Frutos got rest

Frutos got rest

Nicolas Frutos did get selected this Saturday by Jacobs for the game against Westerlo, but in the end he watched the game from the stands. The Argentinean got rest. “No problems with Nico,” said Jacobs. Read more »


 15-08-2009 
 14-08-2009 

Selection: Anderlecht - Westerlo

Selection: Anderlecht - Westerlo

Ariël Jacobs selected 21 players for the game against Westerlo. Biggest surprise is Romelu Lukaku. "Last season we had a difficult game against Westerlo,” Jacobs remembers. Read more »

Friendly game against Diegem Sport

Friendly game against Diegem Sport

This Sunday, August 16th, Anderlecht will play a friendly game against Diegem Sport. It will me a mixture of players out of the A and B – team. The game starts at 4pm in the stadium in Diegem. Read more »

Frutos: "I can mean something in Lyon"

Frutos:

Nicolas Frutos didn’t play against Cercle on Saturday and trained individually the past few days. “But I’m not injured again,” he reassures everyone, “I’m working on my physical condition now and I can’t do that in group.” Read more »

Kruiswijk wants to stay at Anderlecht

Kruiswijk wants to stay at Anderlecht

Arnold Kruiswijk says he doesn’t have the intention to leave Anderlecht. The Dutch defender just began his second season at Anderlecht. Because of a couple of injuries, he didn’t get a lot of time to play. Read more »

 13-08-2009 

Sas: "Mazuch not 100% fit"

Sas:

On Monday, Ondrej Mazuch, trained for the first time with the group after his injury. “I still can’t say he’s totally fit,” says doctor Kristof Sas in Sudpresse. “Once and a while he still feels something.” Read more »

 12-08-2009 

Zitka: "Beginning of my return"

Zitka:

After almost nine whole months, Daniël Zitka finished his first training on the field. “This is an important step, but it’s only the beginning of my return,” Zitka says. Read more »

Lyon-coach warns for Hassan

Lyon-coach warns for Hassan

Olympique Lyon, opponent of Anderlecht in the preliminary round for the Champions League next week, isn’t prepared well. The only managed to get a 2 - 2 draw against Le Mans. Read more »

Injury report

Injury report

Up until now all the players ended the games well and everyone was present at training, except the internationals. Iakovenko and Kouyaté trained with the group again for the first time.

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Van Damme: "Standard is history"

Van Damme:

Yesterday, Jelle Van Damme spoke again after the whole Standard – thing. “To me, there never was a case – Van Damme. Too much has been written and said about it. I’ve turned the page and focus on the present. Read more »

 08-08-2009 

Anderlecht-Cercle 3-2

Anderlecht-Cercle 3-2

Anderlecht defeated Cercle Brugge tonight. The final score of the game was 3-2. Anderlecht took the best start with lots of chances. The first goal fell after 12 minutes via Suarez. Read more »

 07-08-2009 

Injury report

Injury report

Iakovenko recovered from his mouth injury and can train again with the ball. Zitka is training individually now and hopes to get the green light within a month so he can train with the group again. Read more »

Polak in selection Czech Republic

Polak in selection Czech Republic

Ivan Hasek, new coach of the Czech Republic has selected 19 players for the friendly game against Belgium on August 12. Jan Polak is the only Anderlecht – player in the selection. Read more »

Brother Biglia searches club in Belgium

Brother Biglia searches club in Belgium

Christian Biglia, Lucas’ brother, is testing at second division team FC Antwerp at the moment. The 26-year old would like to play in Europe and of course Belgium would be great because Lucas plays here as well. Read more »

 06-08-2009 

Defender Dikaba not to Anderlecht

Defender Dikaba not to Anderlecht

The 23-year old Congolese international Rodrigue Dikaba won’t be coming to Anderlecht. Sporting was thinking about him as a substitute for Wasilewski, but the decided now not to buy him. Read more »

Deschacht Red Devil again?

Deschacht Red Devil again?

Interim-coach Frank Vercauteren announces his selection today for the friendly game against the Czech Republic next Wednesday. There is a chance that Olivier Deschacht will be a red devil again after four years. Read more »

Stuttgart replaces Shaktar Donetsk

Stuttgart replaces Shaktar Donetsk

After yesterday evening, RSCA knows all its opponents for the fourth preliminary league of the Champions League. Friday RSCA will draw one of the following teams: Arsenal, Lyon, Sporting Lissabon, Panathinaikos or VfB Stuttgart. Read more »

 05-08-2009 

Medical board impressed by Mendoza

Medical board impressed by Mendoza

This year, not only Anderlecht reformed its medical board, they are now also working with “wonder doctor” Juan Mendoza. Frutos’ healer was invited to join Anderlecht to their trip to Sivas. Read more »

 04-08-2009 
 03-08-2009 

Losada for one year to Heerenveen

Losada for one year to Heerenveen

Today, Anderlecht and Heerenveen reached an agreement about Hernan Losada. The Dutch club will rent the 27-year old Argentinean for one year. If all goes well, he could get a contract at Heerenveen. Read more »

Selection: Sivasspor - Anderlecht

Selection: Sivasspor - Anderlecht

After a simple victory against Kortrijk, Anderlecht already has to play their next game on Tuesday. They have to play against Sivas in Turkey with the CL – qualification as their goal. Read more »

Zitka: "Can train on hard underground"

Zitka:

Silvio Proto is the number one at Anderlecht at the moment, but will it also be that way when Zitka returns? The end of his rehabilitation is in sight. “August will be the month of the truth,” Zitka says. Read more »