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 30-11-2017 

"Referee demanded the leading role"

INTERVIEWS Uros Spajic was still a bit surprised after the game against Standard. He still could not understand what game had just happened; "Our supporters should not throw beer, but the Standard players acted as if it were missiles coming at them." Read more »

 29-11-2017 

Anderlecht eliminated in the Cup

Anderlecht eliminated in the Cup

GAMES Anderlecht are already eliminated in the Cup. Standard scored early in the first half and also missed a penalty. Anderlecht opened the second half with a lot of pressure, but couldn't create many chances. The match had to be interrupted due to fans misconduct and theatrical play of Standard coach Pinto. Read more »

New webpoll: who is your center striker?

New webpoll: who is your center striker?

WEBSITE - WEBSITE Now that Lukasz Teodorczyk is fit again, Hein Vanhaezebrouck can count on his three center strikers. But would you put him in the team now? Or did Hamdi Harbaoui convince you in the last two duels? Or would you really like to see Robert Beric in action? Vote in our new poll. Read more »

Ticketing closed on 4, 5 and 6 December

Ticketing closed on 4, 5 and 6 December

OTHER Next week, RSC Anderlecht will go to Glasgow for the last Champions League match of this campaign. As a consequence, the ticketing service will be closed on Monday 4, Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December. On Thursday 7 December, ticketing will be open until 8 PM.
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Preview: Anderlecht - Standard

Preview: Anderlecht - Standard

GAMES No Champions League tonight, but the Belgian Cup. In the eighth final, Standard visits the Constant Vanden Stock stadium. Coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck wants to win the cup, but may leave some players at rest. Read more »

Resistance against takeover bid Gheysens

Resistance against takeover bid Gheysens

OTHER  Within the board of Anderlecht the resistance against Paul Gheysens as a possible taker of the club is growing. This is what Het Nieuwsblad claims. The fear is that Gheysens mainly wants to buy Anderlecht to push through his project with the Eurostadium. Read more »

Kums ready

Kums ready

INJURIES Sven Kums is ready for the game against Standard. But that does not mean that he will play. He may be allowed to rest from Hein Vanhaezebrouck in order to limit the risk of a relapse. Read more »

"Not an easy task"

INTERVIEWS Hein Vanhaezebrouck is vigilant about tonight's game. Standard is on the right track after their bad season start and the coach expects a difficult game against the Rouches. Anderlecht does have the home advantage, and that is what the coach sees as a surplus. Read more »

"Moment to replace field not ideal"

OTHER RSC Anderlecht currently has a very busy calendar at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Tomorrow it will play its third home game in one week time. Hein Vanhaezebrouck would like to see a new field, but he realizes that the moment to replace it is not ideal.
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Reminder: Season card not valid for cup duel

Reminder: Season card not valid for cup duel

OTHER Tomorrow, the eighth finals of the Belgian Cup are programmed in the Astridpark. RSC Anderlecht will receive Standard Liège in a full house. There are no tickets available. Also the season tickets of the regular football competition do not offer access to this game. Read more »

 28-11-2017 

"Bruno has fought himself into the team"

INTERVIEWS There is a good chance that Hein Vanhaezebrouck will be rotating against Standard. RSC Anderlecht currently has a busy schedule and the coach wants to give some players the chance to rest. Every player gets the chance on training to prove himself and to get into the team: "Just look at Bruno, he has fought himself into the team." Read more »

Bruno: "You have to earn credit"

Bruno:

INTERVIEWS Massimo Bruno did not have a great time lately with RSC Anderlecht. Although he now seems on the right track: a goal against Mouscron and three assists against KV Kortrijk. Bruno himself hopes and prays that he is on the right track, because he wants to make it at Anderlecht. Read more »

New lawn in the stadium?

New lawn in the stadium?

OTHER The field of the Constant Vanden Stock stadium is no longer very good. That is why both coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck and the players have indicated a wish for a new turf. This should allow them to better implement the football they want to bring.
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Injury Kums not very serious

Injury Kums not very serious

INJURIES The thigh injury that Sven Kums contracted against KV Kortrijk, turns out to be alright at first sight. It would mainly be about overloading. The risk is that this can lead to a strain or tear. Kums might also get some rest during the cup game against Standard tomorrow. Read more »


 27-11-2017 

Press conference before Anderlecht - Standard

Press conference before Anderlecht - Standard

OTHER The matches follow each other very quickly. It is not the Champions League that will be on the program this week but the Belgian Cup. The draw offered us a good game at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium with the Clasico. And before the game against Standard, Hein Vanhaezebrouck will have a press conference this Tuesday November 28 at 11:00. Read more »

Boucaut referee for Lokeren - RSC Anderlecht

Boucaut referee for Lokeren - RSC Anderlecht

GAMES In the context of matchday 17 of the Jupiler Pro League, RSC Anderlecht will move to the Daknam Stadium on Saturday. Referee Alexandre Boucaut has been appointed to lead this game. He will be assisted by Frederic Godelaine, Patrick Plumes and fourth official Wim Smet. Read more »

Anderlecht send scout for Argentinian defender

Anderlecht send scout for Argentinian defender

TRANSFERS Kara Mbodji was out against KV Kortrijk with the knee problems. Still, there is a chance that the Senegalese will leave Anderlecht in January. To anticipate on that departure, Anderlecht is already busy scouting. It has found German Conti, a 23-year-old Argentine defender. But there is also interest from Portugal for Conti.

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Belgian Cup: Anderlecht - Standard on Play Sports

Belgian Cup: Anderlecht - Standard on Play Sports

OTHER This wednesday, RSC Anderlecht will receive Standard Liège at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in the context of the eighth finals of the Croky Cup. This game can be followed live on Play Sports 1, the sports channel of Telenet. Kickoff is scheduled at 8.45pm. Read more »

"We should have finished the game earlier"

INTERVIEWS RSC Anderlecht won 4-0 at home against KV Kortrijk, but that does not mean that Hein Vanhaezebrouck was a satisfied coach, on the contrary. He still saw too many points that need to be worked on. After the 2-0, his team already fell back and that has to be stop according to the coach. Read more »

"I expect more from him"

INTERVIEWS Henry Onyekuru worked Hein Vanhaezebrouck with moments on his nervs. The Nigerian was nonchalant and went more for his own success than for the team. "Henry has to stop thinking that he will only be judged on his goals", according to the coach. Read more »

Assist hattrick for Bruno

Assist hattrick for Bruno

OTHER Massimo Bruno gave the assists for all three Anderlecht goals yesterday. With this he crowned himself as a man of the match. Hein Vanhaezebrouck is satisfied with the progress made by Bruno, but he is still not quite sure where the coach would like to see him. Read more »

Hanni: "High pressing suits me"

Hanni:

INTERVIEWS Sofiane Hanni makes progress week after week. He scored (the only) Champions League goal for purple-white and yesterday he scored again. The fans also accepted the captain again and rewarded him with an applause replacement. Read more »

First Belgian game with World Cup ball

First Belgian game with World Cup ball

OTHER Adidas is sponsor of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and also of RSC Anderlecht. So Purple-White was allowed to play with the new World Cup, the Telstar. No other Belgian team has Adidas as a sponsor, so the Telstar will only be used in the capital. Read more »

 26-11-2017 

Mid-December decision about future

Mid-December decision about future

TRANSFERS It does not work at RSC Anderlecht for Nicolae Stanciu. The Romanian therefore seriously thinks about a departure if he does not get more play minutes. By mid-December the Romanian takes a decision about his future: stay or leave. Read more »

Early return of Ganvoula?

Early return of Ganvoula?

OTHER Isaac Kiese Thelin, on loan at Waasland-Beveren, regularly scores a goal. He is even number 1 in the top scorer ranking. Sylvère Ganvoula currently on loan at KV Mechelen, is not doing so well. They even think of an early return to Brussels. Read more »

Preview: Anderlecht - KV Kortrijk

Preview: Anderlecht - KV Kortrijk

GAMES After the great performance of Wednesday against Bayern Munich, Anderlecht will later today receive KV Kortrijk at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium. De 'Kerels' have a difficult season and are third last. But their first game under the new coach Glenn De Boeck was won last weekend. Read more »

1,000 euro fine for Teodorczyk

1,000 euro fine for Teodorczyk

OTHER Last season RSC Anderlecht played against Club Bruges on 14 May in play-off 1. The Bruges fans were waiting for the Anderlecht players and were spitting and throwing beer on them. Lukasz Teodorczyk reacted by raising his middle finger towards those fans. He now receives a 1000 euro fine from the Football Cell. Read more »

Aruna Dindane visits Neerpede

Aruna Dindane visits Neerpede

OTHER RSC Anderlecht got a visit today at Neerpede from Aruna Dindane, the striker who played in the Astridpark for 5 seasons. The Ivorian played for Anderlecht in the beginning of the 2000s. In 2005 he left for RC Lens. On November 26 he celebrates his 37th birthday. Read more »

 24-11-2017 

"If things are going well, the decibels may rise"

INTERVIEWS After the game against Bayern Munich, Hein Vanhaezebrouck indicated that he wanted to feel a bit more fire from the supporters at half time. On his press conference this afternoon he explained more about what he meant. "It is not that I blame the crowd for not being behind the team." Read more »

Kobe Cools signs contract prolongation

Kobe Cools signs contract prolongation

YOUTH Kobe Cools was allowed to join the first team last week to Mouscron. Recently he extended his contract with RSC Anderlecht for 2 years, until 2020, plus another option on an additional season. Cools has been active for several years within the youth teams of purple and white. The 20-year-old defender is also active in the UEFA Youth League. Read more »

Third candidate buyer is not a serious option

Third candidate buyer is not a serious option

OTHER This morning the news has been revealed that there would be a third candidate buyer for RSC Anderlecht. Het Nieuwsblad did some further and additional research and it turned out that that option wasn't really serious. This would indeed have been discussed, but there is no further interest. Read more »

Boeckx as guest at De Ideale Wereld.

Boeckx as guest at De Ideale Wereld.

OTHER
Frank Boeckx was a guest at De Ideale Wereld yesterday, the humoric program on Canvas. Inevitably, the marriage of Olivier Deschacht, who married Annelien Coorevits in intimate circle on 10 November, was mentioned. And you have to see this video. Boeckx was at the wedding party and got the wedding bouquet. Hilarious ! Read more »

UEFA plans sanction for Bayern Munich

UEFA plans sanction for Bayern Munich

UEFA can not laugh with the action of the Bayern Munich fans during the game against RSC Anderlecht. The German supporters unfold  a banner to protest against the high ticket prices. They also threw fake money. Read more »

Still ome tickets available for Anderlecht-Kortrijk

Still ome tickets available for Anderlecht-Kortrijk

GAMES The Cup game against Standard is sold out, but there are still tickets available for the game against KV Kortrijk this Sunday, and against Charleroi on 10 December. For the game against Charleroi there are only individual places available. Tickets can be purchased both online and at the ticket office. Read more »

Third candidate buyer

Third candidate buyer

OTHER A third party has shown interest in buying Anderlecht. A name is not known, but it is a rich foreigner who made a fortune in the oil industry. The Brussels lawyer Sven Mary was in London this week with the entourage of the prospective buyer. Read more »

Injury Trebel is not too bad

Injury Trebel is not too bad

INJURIES Adrien Trebel remains insecure for Sunday's game against KV Kortrijk, but his injury is not too bad. The medial band of the knee is not touched. There is some fluid accumulation, which means he will have to rest. Read more »

Amuzu signs contract until 2019

Amuzu signs contract until 2019

YOUTH Again, a promising player has extended his contract with Anderlecht. This time it is Francis Amuzu. The 19-year-old winger signed a new contract that will bind him to Anderlecht until mid-2019, with an option for an additional year. Read more »

French interest in Azevedo

French interest in Azevedo

YOUTH - TRANSFERS Some clubs from France are getting interested in Nelson Azevedo. Both Troyes, Nantes and Monaco are charmed by the attacker and have already started initial discussions with his entourage. Also a fourth French club and some Belgian first division teams follow Azevedo. Read more »

Obradovic ready for Kortrijk

Obradovic ready for Kortrijk

INJURIES No Ivan Obradovic yet against Bayern Munich. The Serbian left back was not completely healed after his illness. He was in the stadium to encourage his team mates and will be ready for Sunday's game against Kortrijk. Read more »

Vanhaezebrouck wants more support from fans

Vanhaezebrouck wants more support from fans

INTERVIEWS It was remarkable after the game against Bayern Munich: in his reaction in front of the cameras of Q2 Hein Vanhaezebrouck criticized the Anderlecht fans. "After such a performance and against such a team, I expect more fire when we come on the field after the halft-time." Read more »

Sels: "Not enough efficiency"

Sels:

INTERVIEWS Matz Sels was disappointed after the game against Bayern. He himself did some crucial saves, but due to the many missed opportunities on the other side, this did not yield any points. "We should have taken at least one point." Read more »

Trebel incertain for Kortrijk

Trebel incertain for Kortrijk

INJURIES
Adrien Trebel twisted his knee during the game against Bayern Munich. "I think his medial band has been hit. We will have to wait to see how serious the injury is and see if he can get ready for the game against Kortrijk", says coach Vanhaezebrouck. Read more »


 23-11-2017 
 22-11-2017 
 20-11-2017 

Obradovic was ill

Obradovic was ill

OTHER No Obradovic against Moeskroen, he was ill. During the international break, Obradovic played with Serbia in China. The long journey back took its toll and he got ill. Read more »


 19-11-2017 
 17-11-2017 

No World Cup for Najar

No World Cup for Najar

OTHER Honduras hasn't been able to qualify itself for the World Cup. It lost with 3-1 against Australia. This means that, after going to Brazil for he last World Cup, Andy Najar will not be present on the next World Cup. Read more »

Ganvoula loses father

Ganvoula loses father

OTHER Sylvère Ganvoula's father has passed away. The striker, on loan at KV Mechelen, has return to his home country, Congo-Brazzaville. He will not play next weekend with Mechelen against Charleroi. Read more »

 16-11-2017 

Rappel: cinquième manche du quizz

Rappel: cinquième manche du quizz

WEBSITE Avec la cinquième du quizz, nous sommes exactement à la moitié de la saison. La cinquième manche a une forme differente avec trois questions à choix multiple et une question ouverte avec le lien entre les trois réponses correctes. La dernière limite pour cette manche est aujourd'hui à 22h. Bonne chance! Read more »


 15-11-2017 

Thelin with Sweden qualitfied for World Cup

Thelin with Sweden qualitfied for World Cup

OTHER Monday evening, Sweden surprised the world by qualifying for the World Cup after two games against Italy. Last weekend in Sweden, Sweden won with 1-0 and Monday they played 0-0. Thelin entered the game in the 54th minutes and received a yellow card. Read more »

 14-11-2017 
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 10-11-2017 
 09-11-2017 

Swedish left back in the picture

Swedish left back in the picture

TRANSFERS In January, Anderlecht would like to find a player who can compete with Ivan Obradovic and is now thinking about Niklas Hult. The left back is a key player at Panathinaikos, but he can leave fairly cheap, because the team has some financial issues. Read more »

Stanciu's agent wants a loan

Stanciu's agent wants a loan

TRANSFERS General Manager Herman Van Holsbeeck had talks with Stanciu's agent Anamaria Prodan. He told her that coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck still has to make his final evaluation, but the agent wants Stanciu to go to another team on loan. Read more »

 08-11-2017 
 06-11-2017 
 05-11-2017 

Anderlecht cannot score against Bruges

Anderlecht cannot score against Bruges

GAMES Anderlecht and Bruges kept each other in balace today. The match ended on a scoreless draw, though Anderlecht deserved more. The Mauves had several good chances and saw the linesman incorrectly flag on a goal of Harbaoui. Read more »

 02-11-2017 
 01-11-2017 

PSG again way too strong

PSG again way too strong

GAMES Anderlecht lost 5-0 in Paris. Just as in Brussels, the French champion was a lot stronger than the Belgian champion. Anderlecht has still 0 points and hasn't scored a goal yet in this campaign. In two games, Anderlecht will play in Brussels against Bayern München. Read more »