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 30-09-2003 

Anderlecht-Bayern : 1-1

Anderlecht-Bayern : 1-1

This evening, Anderlecht has played his first homematch in the Champions League against Bayern munchen. Mornar scored the 1-0 but Munchen was able to score so the game ended in a 1-1 result. Read more »

1.800 Bayern fans expected

1.800 Bayern fans expected

All the tickets (22500) are sold for the match of tonight. 1800 Bayern fans are expected.
The security services of Anderlecht and the Brussels police asked the fans not to show up around the stadium without a ticket. Read more »

Preview on RSCA-Bayern

Preview on RSCA-Bayern

Doll isn't fit. This time, Broos will play in 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 formation. This means that Zetterberg is out of the team. Pizarro is fit for Bayern. The Spanish referee Medina will lead the game. The last confrontation ended on 2-2. Read more »

Wilhelmsson out for only 3 weeks

Wilhelmsson out for only 3 weeks

The injury of Christian Wilhelmsson isn't that bad as expected. The Swede will be out for 3 weeks.
Olivier Doll, isn't fit for the game against Bayern. The risk on a serious injury is too high if he plays. Read more »

 29-09-2003 
 28-09-2003 

Celtic, Bayern and Lyon have won

Celtic, Bayern and Lyon have won

Celtic Glasgow, opponent of Anderlecht in the Champions League, have won their match against Hibernian with 1-2. Celtic could win after the came behind with 1-0. Thompson (pen) and Larsson scored.
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 27-09-2003 

RSCA won 7 games in a row

RSCA won 7 games in a row

Anderlecht won the first 7 games of the league. It's only the 3rd time in the history of the club that this happens. The first time was in 1964, the 2nd time in 1967. Read more »

Wilhelmsson got injured

Wilhelmsson got injured

Wilhemsson was replaced in the game against Heusden. He got injured at his knee. Further examination will point out how serious it is. He'll probably be out for a few weeks. Read more »

Reaction of Broos after the game

Reaction of Broos after the game

Hugo Broos praised the fighting spirit of his team, but he wasn't happy about the prestations of the field. "We played with fire."
"We started well, but we weren't aggressive enough. We could have lost." Read more »

 26-09-2003 

RSCA defeated Heusden

RSCA defeated Heusden

RSCA defeated Heusden in a difficult game. The Mauves started with Ilic, Zetterberg and Zewlakow in the team. Zetterberg was man of the match, with 3 goals. The result was 2-4, though 10' before the end, Heusden were leading 2-1. Read more »

Preview on Heusden-RSCA

Preview on Heusden-RSCA

Tonight, Anderlecht play vs. Heusden-Zolder, a team that couldn't score a single goal in the league yet. Broos gives rest to Deschacht, Tihinen and Baseggio. Aruna has the flu. The 24 years old Janssen makes his debute for Heusden Read more »

 25-09-2003 

Many Bayern players out

Many Bayern players out

Owen Hargreaves and Claudio Pizarro have the flu. "Also 3 other players have some illness", says trainer Hitzfeld. Also Jeremies, Deisler and Scholl are out, just like Sagnol who needs an operation. Read more »

2000 tickets for Celtic

2000 tickets for Celtic

Anderlecht cannot give anough tickets for the Celtic-supporters. The SCottish team want 7000 tickets for the match on October 21. Anderlecht has only 2000 seats available. Friday the stadium will be inspected by the Uefa. Read more »

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

The whole Purple Dynamite Webteam would like to congratulate David with his birtday and thank him for his support to this website! Happy Birthday David!!! Read more »


 24-09-2003 

Belgium is now 16th on FIFA ranking

Belgium is now 16th on FIFA ranking

Belgium won two places on the FIFA world ranking and is now 16th. The opponents for the European Championship (Croatia, Bulgaria, Latvia and Andorra) score less good. Brazil is leading the ranking followed by France. Read more »

Vercauteren stays in Anderlecht

Vercauteren stays in Anderlecht

Franky Vercauteren will remain assistant coach at Anderlecht in the next few years. There still wasn't a contract signed, but both sides came to an oral agreement. Vercauteren's current contract ends in June. Read more »

Injury news: update

Injury news: update

Vanderhaeghe, Junior, Kolar and Zane trained with the group. Doll trained individually, but will join the team soon. De Boeck had some fever yesterday. Read more »

2 new supporter clubs founded

2 new supporter clubs founded

The RSCA stewards founded a new official supporter club. Also in Liège, a new one was founded carrying the name: "Purple Heart from Liège". Further, all supporter clubs get the opportunity to buy a unique Anderlecht flag. Read more »

 23-09-2003 

Kolar is back after injury

Kolar is back after injury

Martin Kolar is almost completely recovered from a long injury. The Czech midfielder played 90 minutes with the reserves against Westerlo and was one of the most remarkable players on the field. Read more »

Team almost complete again

Team almost complete again

The team of Hugo Broos is almost complete again. Besides Lovre and Jestrovic, all injured players are recovered. Olivier Doll joins the group on Wednesday. Read more »

Van Himst as new PR-man?

Van Himst as new PR-man?

Paul Van Himst was asked by RSCA for a PR-job. Van Himst didn't answer yet. Last week, Van Himst was appointed by the Nation Football Organisation the replace Guy Thys as PR-man.
Van Himst is now thinking of combining the 2 jobs. Read more »

 21-09-2003 

RSCA beat Westerlo

RSCA beat Westerlo

Anderlecht defeated Westerlo with 5-1. The Mauves played a good game. Aruna gave 3 assists and scored himself. The other goals were made by Mornar, Hendrikx, Wilhelmsson and Zewlakow. RSCA have the max. of 18 points out of 6 games Read more »


 20-09-2003 

Prematch RSCA - Westerlo

Prematch RSCA - Westerlo

Hugo Broos sill rotates in his team and leaves Baseggio on the bench. Zetterberg plays. In the defence play De Boeck and Kompany. Kolar will probably take place on the bench. Read more »

Kompany plays this evening

Kompany plays this evening

Vincent Kompany will start against Westerlo this evening. Probably Glen De Boeck will start on the bench, but also Tihinen is an option. The Fin has played a lot of games last weeks and he needs some rest. Read more »

Zane scores

Zane scores

Friday evening, the reserves of Anderlecht have beaten the reserves of VC Westerlo with 4-0. Clayton Zane scored the first goal. Goals: 28' Zane (0-1), 38' Martens (0-2), 70' Deman (0-3), 81' Gerk (0-4) Read more »

 19-09-2003 
 18-09-2003 

Lyon win first match in Champions League

Lyon win first match in Champions League

Anderlecht lost the 1st Champions League game with 0-1. Juninho scored on penalty after 26'. Zitka played the ball and Lyon striker Govou hit him in the face. Though the referee gave a penalty: 0-1. Anderlecht couldn't strike back Read more »


 17-09-2003 

Preview Lyon - Anderlecht

Preview Lyon - Anderlecht

Tonight Anderlecht plays their first match in the Champions League against Lyon. Anderlecht has never lost from a French team. Four times Anderlecht won, four times the game ended on a draw. Read more »

Downtime server!

Downtime server!

The server of our Internet Service Provider was attacked on Tuesday around 4p.m.with a DoS (Denial of Service) Attack. Because of this, the site was unavailable for 12 hours. Read more »

Latest training

Latest training

Hugo Broos cancelled the second training. Thanks to this decision, the players were free until this morning. Ivica Mornar was not at the training yesterday morning. He suffers from a disease. Read more »

Agreement about fees

Agreement about fees

Glen De Boeck and Walter Baseggio have met Verschueren yesterday to speak about the fees granted to the players for each CL match. The two parts found an agreement: The fees will be a little bit higher than in the year '01-'02. Read more »

 15-09-2003 

Traore replaces Doll

Traore replaces Doll

Olivier Doll won't play in Lyon. The defender got injured duting the game in Lokeren. He didn't train and will be replaced by Lamine Traore. Read more »

 14-09-2003 

Reaction Glen De Boeck

Reaction Glen De Boeck

Hugo Broos has chosen Glen De Boeck and not Vincent Kompany, so that De Boeck made his debut in the competition. Kompany gets some rest for the match against Lyon. Read more »

Update about the injuries

Update about the injuries

Kompany is fit for the game in Lyon. Kolar, Junior and Vanderhaeghe played with the reserves. Iachtchouk is out for 10 days and Zane will be playing with the reserves next week. Read more »

150 CL season tickets left

150 CL season tickets left

There are still 150 CL season tickets available. It's expected that these will be sold after the weekend. So RSCA will play in a sold out stadium in the Champions League. Read more »

Anderlecht humiliate Lokeren

Anderlecht humiliate Lokeren

Anderlecht defeated Lokeren with 0-6. The Mauves didn't have to go deep to obtain this deserved victory. At half time, the score was 0-2. Lokeren made two own-goals but couldn't threaten Zitka during the game. Read more »

 12-09-2003 

Players prepare for upcoming games

Players prepare for upcoming games

The internationals Hasi, Aruna Tihinen, Zewlakow, Mornar and Baseggio were abscent on yesterday's training.
Though the 6 players are in the selection for the game in Lokeren and for the CL duel of next Wednesday in Lyon. Read more »

At least 5 million fundings for Neerpede

At least 5 million fundings for Neerpede

Anderlecht may count on 5 million euro financial support from the communion of Brussels. The money will be used to build a new youth training centre. That's what Brussel's minister for sports Guy Vanhengel announced. Read more »

 11-09-2003 
 10-09-2003 

Hasi scores for Albania

Hasi scores for Albania

Besnik Hasi made the first goal for his country in the game against Georgia. Albania won the game with 3-1 and is ranked 4th. Georgia, 5th, played one game less. Read more »

Belgium defeated Croatia

Belgium defeated Croatia

Belgium still has a chance to qualify for the European Championship in 2004. All will depend on the game between Bulgaria and Croatia. Sonck scored both goals for Belgium. Simic scored for Croatia. The final score was 2-1. Read more »

 09-09-2003 

Deisler (Bayern) out for game vs. RSCA

Deisler (Bayern) out for game vs. RSCA

Bayern Munich's midfielder, Sebastian Deisler, has to rest for a while. The international misses the interland against Scotland. He'll be out for 3 weeks, so he might miss the game against Anderlecht (Sept. 30). Read more »

Anthuenis announced his team

Anthuenis announced his team

Anthuenis announced his team for the game against Croatia. There are no changes made to the team that played vs. Holland. Mpenza is injured and it's possible that he can't play. Read more »

 08-09-2003 

Will Mornar play against Belgium?

Will Mornar play against Belgium?

It's not yet clear if Anderlecht striker Ivica Mornar will play with Croatia against Belgium. He played a very good game vs. Andorra, but it's possible that Dario Srna will take his place in the team again, after a weekend of rest Read more »

Kolar and Junior resumed trainings

Kolar and Junior resumed trainings

Anderlecht's sick-bay is getting empty. Besides Yves Vanderhaeghe, also Martin Kolar and Junior resumed training today. Goran Lovré is operated today. He'll be out until the winter break. Read more »

 07-09-2003 

Players to Lyon by train

Players to Lyon by train

The players travel to Lyon on Tuesday, September 16. On the 17th, they have to play their first Champions League game of the season. The team will travel by train (TGV). Read more »

RSCA keep on following Johansen

RSCA keep on following Johansen

Anderlecht keep on following the 18-years old Johansen (Norway) of Tromso. He already played with the reserves agains Turnhout. He'll be back during the Norwegian winter break for a new evaluation. Read more »

Many players return from injury

Many players return from injury

After one week of rest, Pär Zetterberg will rejoin the group on Monday. Junior and Kolar will participate all trainings from next week on. Right now, they are training partly with the group. Read more »

 06-09-2003 
 05-09-2003 

Anderlecht - Brugge on Sunday

Anderlecht - Brugge on Sunday

The match of the rivals Anderlecht and Club Bruges will take place Sunday October 5, 2003 at 8pm. The sale of the tickets for this match will start Wednesday September the 17th. Read more »

Zetterberg not at training

Zetterberg not at training

Pär Zetterberg cannot train yet because of an injury to the groin. He will visit the doctor at the beginning of next week to see the evolution of his blessure. Read more »

 04-09-2003 
 03-09-2003 

RSCA meet FC Brussels in Cup

RSCA meet FC Brussels in Cup

RSCA meet FC Brussels (2nd division) in the 1/16 finals of the Belgian Cup. The game will normally be played in the weekend of November 15. RSCA have to play on the field of FC Brussels. Read more »

Bad behaviour fans is discussed

Bad behaviour fans is discussed

Tomorrow, the Anderlecht board is meeting to discuss the bad behaviour of the fans. After the hissing at Hasi, Vanderhaeghe and Hendrikx, also Seol underwent the same faith. Thus the problem will be discussed tomorrow. Read more »

 02-09-2003 

Posing for Neerpede

Posing for Neerpede

Fotographer Henk Van Cauwenberghe has used a few Anderlechtplayers as his models. Van Cauwenberghe shooted the players for a calendar with "art"pictures. Read more »

Renders saw bad Lyon

Renders saw bad Lyon

Anderlecht-scout Daniël Renders went to Guingamp-Lyon last saturday. He saw Lyon losing with 2-0. That day were scouts of Bayern and Celtic guests in the Vanden Stock-stadium.
Read more »

 01-09-2003 

Gilles De Bilde to Lierse

Gilles De Bilde to Lierse

Gilles De Bilde moves to Lierse at the last day before the transfer market closes! The deal was closed around 19:00. Both clubs came to a fast agreement. He will perform the physical test Thursday. Read more »

De Bilde starts training again

De Bilde starts training again

De Bilde will start the individual trainings today. He follows a special scheme Broos made for him. On Thursday, he'll undergo some physical tests. De Bilde is not allowed inside the stadium or the dressing rooms of the A-team. Read more »

Tomorrow starts CL ticket sale

Tomorrow starts CL ticket sale

The ticketing sale for the Champions League starts tomorrow. During the first week, only season-ticket-holders can buy tickets. They pay between 75€ and 130€ for a CL-season-ticket. The others have to wait until next Tuesday. Read more »