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 31-12-2004 
 30-12-2004 

Anderlecht want Soetaerts back

Anderlecht want Soetaerts back

It's possible that Tom Soetaers will return to Anderlecht. The player is now stuck in the B-team of Ajax and may leave. Several other Belgian teams already contacted him, including Bruges, Genk and now Anderlecht too. Read more »

 29-12-2004 

 28-12-2004 

Fenerbahçe want Aruna

Fenerbahçe want Aruna

Fenerbahçe are negociating with Aruna Dindane. There wasn't an official bid from the Turkish club yet. According to manager Trimpont, it's most likely that Aruna will stay in Brussels until the end of the season. Read more »

Kranjcar not to Anderlecht

Kranjcar not to Anderlecht

Niko Kranjcar will probably be too expensive for Anderlecht. The 21-year old Croatian player is allowed to leave Dinamo Zagreb, but he has to cost 3 million euros. Read more »

 27-12-2004 
 26-12-2004 

 25-12-2004 

Junior to Mons for 6 months?

Junior to Mons for 6 months?

Anderlecht want to let Junior finish the season in Mons. The Walloon club is very interested in the offer. Both clubs are now looking for an agreement about his salary. Junior will return to RSCA after the end of the season. Read more »

 24-12-2004 

8 million for Wilhelmsson

8 million for Wilhelmsson

Christian Wilhelmsson wants to leave Anderlecht, but interested clubs will have to pay a lot of money for the Swedish midfielder. According to the English press, Anderlecht have set a price of 8 million euro on Wilhelmsson's head. Read more »

 23-12-2004 

Anderlecht beaten in the Supercup

Anderlecht beaten in the Supercup

Brugge beat Anderlecht in the Supercup. They won the 25th edition of this meaningless trophee with 0-2. Both teams played with a few young players. There wasn't much good football to see. Also the bad referee Vereecke didn't help. Read more »


 22-12-2004 

Staff not convinced by Bodrusic

Staff not convinced by Bodrusic

Test-player Dario Bodrusic won't join Anderlecht on their winter training camp. The technical staff was not convinced by his prestations. The Croatian defender is playing for Inter Zapresic at the moment. Read more »

Zitka wants Belgian nationality

Zitka wants Belgian nationality

Zitka started a procedure to gain the Belgian nationality. He hopes to have both Belgian and Czech nationality by the end of 2005. The goalkeeper can't play for the Belgian national team. Read more »

Grégoire to replace Wilhelmsson?

Grégoire to replace Wilhelmsson?

Anderlecht are not intending to let Christian Wilhelmsson go, but they are looking for a replacement. The Mauves are interested in Christophe Grégoire, who's currently playing for Mouscron. Read more »

Wilhelmsson unhappy

Wilhelmsson unhappy

After Aruna, Jestrovic, Iachtchouk, Peersman, Traoré and Baseggio, also Wilhelmsson complained yesterday. He's unhappy because Anderlecht refused him a transfer to Tottenham. "I want a better contract or I'll leave", he said. Read more »

Mitu to Anderlecht?

Mitu to Anderlecht?

There still hasn't been made an offer for Aruna Dindane. So he will probably stay. Manager Van Holsbeeck says that Daems isn't an option for Anderlecht. Mitu (Lierse) is an option, at the end of the season. Read more »

 21-12-2004 

Only 5,000 tickets sold for Supercup

Only 5,000 tickets sold for Supercup

Who still wants to buy a ticket for the Supercup match between Anderlecht and Bruges tomorrow, won't have any problems. There were only among 5,000 tickets sold on Monday evening, inculding 2,000 tickets for the business seats. Read more »

 20-12-2004 

 19-12-2004 
 18-12-2004 

Mons-RSCA postponed: Broos reacts

Mons-RSCA postponed: Broos reacts

"We were driving to Mons when we received the message that the game was cancelled. We had just left Brussels, so it wasn't too bad for us", reacted Anderlecht-trainer Hugo Broos yesterday. Read more »

 17-12-2004 

Last match of Aruna?

Last match of Aruna?

"It is possible that the match against Mons is my last match with Anderlecht. I want to go to a team from one of the big competitions, I want to play important matches every week", says Aruna. Read more »

Mons - Anderlecht

Mons - Anderlecht

After the victory against Club Bruges last weekend, the competition is still exciting. The champion has to challenge Mons, that has only won 1 point in the last 8 matches with coach Daerden. Read more »

 16-12-2004 

Van Steenberghe also tomorrow goalkeeper

Van Steenberghe also tomorrow goalkeeper

Goalkeeper Tristan Peersman trained yesterday without any problems, but coach Hugo Broos sticks to Jan Van Steenberghe, who will start against Mons. Also Jestrovic is in the starting line-up. Deschacht is fit again. Read more »

 15-12-2004 

Marseille and Benfica want Aruna

Marseille and Benfica want Aruna

Benfica are interested in Aruna Dindane. Apparently, the Portuguese club was charmed by the prestations of the Ivorian striker, when Anderlecht and Benfica met in the Champions League qualification round. Read more »

 14-12-2004 

Diakité to Union

Diakité to Union

Ivorian defender Diakité will go to Union (2nd division) on a rental base. He'll stay there until the end of the season. Read more »

Updates about the injuries

Updates about the injuries

Besnik Hasi is out for the game in Mons. Anatoli Gerk has a rupture in a muscle in his thigh. He's out for 3 weeks. Vanderhaeghe ran some laps, just like Olivier Deschacht. Glenn De Boeck was operated successfully yesterday. Read more »

Site of the year

Site of the year

Our site finished forth in the election for Site of the year 2004, organised by Clickx Magazine. We also finished forth last year. That is still better than the official site of Standard, which finished 10th. Read more »

 13-12-2004 

Farewell Raymond

Farewell Raymond

The football world said good-bye to Raymond Goethals Monday. In the basilica of Koekelberg were more than 1000 people present at Goethals' funeral. Read more »

 12-12-2004 

Hasi injured

Hasi injured

Besnik Hasi got injured during the game against Club Brugge. He sprained a muscle in his leg. That way, Yves Vanderhaeghe will stay in the starting line-up. Read more »

 11-12-2004 

Anderlecht beat Brugge

Anderlecht beat Brugge

Anderlecht have stunned Brugge with a dramatic victory. Jestrovic scored the winning goal 5 minutes before time. Ceh had opened the for Brugge in the 1st half. Vanderhaeghe made the equaliser with a great shot. Final score: 2-1. Read more »

Line-ups for Anderlecht-Brugge

Line-ups for Anderlecht-Brugge

Tonight Anderlecht and Brugge face each other. Anderlecht have to win to bring the gap between clubs to 4 points. Hannu Tihinen makes his come-back. Also Zetterberg and Mpenza are back. Baseggio, Legear and Traoré are on the bench Read more »

Reserves: 0-0

Reserves: 0-0

Yesterday, the reserves of Anderlecht obtained a scoreless draw against Brugge. In a weak game, Sporting had the best chances, but the shot of Lacroix died on the post. Also a bad Jestrovic missed a good oppertunity. Read more »

 10-12-2004 

The end of the fancard?

The end of the fancard?

Next week, the clubs and minister Patrick Dewael will meet. It's most likely that the fancard will be cancelled. Dewael wants to bring more people to the stadiums. Read more »

Peersman ready

Peersman ready

Peersman, Van Steenberghe and Van Den Noortgate were tested by keeper trainer Jacky Munaron. Peersman seems ready for the game against Brugge. Also the other two goalkeepers seem ready. Read more »

New fanshop opened

New fanshop opened

Anderlecht have opened their new fanshop. The old one became too small, and the ticketing service will move to there now. The new fanshop is located beneath tribune 4. Read more »

Kompany on the list of Barcelona

Kompany on the list of Barcelona

Barcelona want reinforcement for two positions, and will choose out of 5 players: Tacchinardi (Juventus), Carew (Besiktas), Edu (Arsenal), Ljuboja (PSG) and Kompany. Kompany won't leave during the winter, maybe after the season. Read more »

New title for Kompany

New title for Kompany

Vincent Kompany was elected as best Belgian football player of 2004. As well the readers of La Dernière Heure, the spectators of RTL-TVi as the coaches of the First League placed him on rank 1. Read more »

New keeper for Anderlecht?

New keeper for Anderlecht?

It still isn't clear yet who will be goalkeeper against Club Bruges. Tristan Peersman, who has an injury on his achilles tendon, is annoying the team more and more. Read more »

 09-12-2004 

Deschacht out, Zetterberg in the team

Deschacht out, Zetterberg in the team

Olivier Deschacht has a dislocated dorsal vertebra, and will probably not play against Club Bruges Saturday. "Normally spoken, Tihinen isn't fit yet for the match of Saturday", says Broos. But he emphasised: "Normally spoken". Read more »

Vanden Stock stays calm

Vanden Stock stays calm

Anderlecht will play 'the most important game of the season' Saturday. But they don't want to hear that in Brussels. "I've been hearing that for 30 years now about the match against Bruges", says chairman Roger Vanden Stock. Read more »

 08-12-2004 

Fans missed their flight

Fans missed their flight

300 Anderlecht fans missed their flight to Milan in Charleroi. Many of them continued their trip by car, but most of them did not arrive in time in Milan. Read more »

New trophee for Kompany?

New trophee for Kompany?

It's most likely that Kompany will win another trophee on Thursday. The young defender is almost certain of the victory in the election of "Player of the Year". 12 of the 18 trainers from the first division already voted for him. Read more »

Inter also interested in Wilhelmsson

Inter also interested in Wilhelmsson

During the diner between the executives of Inter and RSCA, negociations took place about a transfer of Wilhelmsson. The clubs didn't come to an agreement, but it's clear that Inter are interested in both Kompany and Wilhelmsson. Read more »

Zitka was operated succesfully

Zitka was operated succesfully

Daniel Zitka was operated succesfully today. Docter Louis Kinnen of FC Brussels placed a metal plate in Zitka's arm to hold the two broken pieces together. Zitka will be out for at least two months. Read more »

Adidas replaces all footballs

Adidas replaces all footballs

Sponsor Adidas will replace all of Anderlecht's footballs. After an examination it became clear that a bad dye damaged the stiches of the balls. Because of that, one of the footballs exploded during Anderlecht-La Louvière. Read more »

Anderlecht defeated by Inter

Anderlecht defeated by Inter

Anderlecht have been defeated in their last Champions League game by Inter Milan. The final score was 3-0. The Mauves didn't perform that bad , but some great actions and a few personal mistakes made the difference. Read more »

 07-12-2004 

Wrong dye made ball explode

Wrong dye made ball explode

Adidas knows the reason why the ball exploded against La Louvière. According to the German sports brand, the explosion was caused by a wrong dye on the ball. The dye gave a chemical reaction, according to Adidas. Read more »

Wilhelmsson and/or Zetterberg get rest

Wilhelmsson and/or Zetterberg get rest

Hugo Broos didn't say what was on his mind yesterday. Even on the last training in the San Siro-stadium, the Anderlecht-coach was mysterious."There will be changements, because some players need some rest." Read more »

Barcelona go for Kompany

Barcelona go for Kompany

Barcelona are favourites to sign highly-rated Anderlecht defender Vincent Kompany after his agent revealed he had received an offer from them. Read more »

 06-12-2004 

Raymond Goethals deceased

Raymond Goethals deceased

Raymond Goethals (83), the most succesful coach in the Belgian football history, passed away after a lingering disease. His greatest success was in 1993, when he won the Champions League with Olympique Marseille. Read more »

Inter with B-team

Inter with B-team

The Italians of Inter Milan will probably play with their B-team. Adriano is suspended Tuesday, he won't play. Vieri is in very good shape. He will probably play, together with Davids and Materazzi. Read more »

Reactions after GBA-RSCA

Reactions after GBA-RSCA

Anderlecht didn't perform well against Germinal Beerschot. Still, the Mauves won and they didn't catch a goal. After the match, the coach and the goal gave their reaction. Read more »

 05-12-2004 
 04-12-2004 

Anderlecht beat GBA

Anderlecht beat GBA

Anderlecht have beaten Germinal Beerschot with the smallest difference: 0-1. That way, the Mauves stay 7 points behind Brugge. It was a diffucult victory, but a deserved one for Anderlecht. Read more »

Marc Deman ready for a come-back

Marc Deman ready for a come-back

The 21-year old defender Marc Deman made, together with Hannu Tihinen, his come-back with the reserve team last week. The player is fit again after he caught an injury in September. Read more »

Draw for the reserve team

Draw for the reserve team

The reserve team of RSC Anderlecht obtained a 1-1 draw against Germinal Beerschot yesterday. Goran Lovré scored the only goal for the Mauves. Jestrovic didn't play. Hannu Tihinen played the entire match. Read more »

More than 1000 fans to Inter

More than 1000 fans to Inter

More than 1,000 Anderlecht-fans will travel to Milan Tuesday. They will support their team their, although they are already eliminated in the Champions League. Read more »

RSCA - La Louvière: no replay

RSCA - La Louvière: no replay

Bad Luck for La Louvière: there will be no replay of the match against Anderlecht. The Referee Commission decided that today. During that match, the ball exploded. La Louvière lost the match with 2-1 in Anderlecht. Read more »

Tonight: GBA-RSCA

Tonight: GBA-RSCA

Hugo Broos has to pass his second 'exam' tonight in the game against Germinal Beerschot. The Anderlecht board demanded 4 victories in a row. Broos chose for Traoré to replace the injured Glen De Boeck. Read more »

Traoré replaces De Boeck

Traoré replaces De Boeck

Hugo Broos confirmed that Traoré will play in the game against GBA. The defender from Burkina Faso will replace the injured De Boeck. Kompany will be the other central defender, although he was tired after the game in Barcelona. Read more »

 03-12-2004 

Jestrovic forgets morning training

Jestrovic forgets morning training

Anderlecht have to deal with several incidents this season. Yesterday another incident: no sign of striker Nenad Jestrovic during the morning training. And nobody who knew where he was... Read more »

 02-12-2004 

Injury news

Injury news

Iachtchouk had to leave the training after an hour Wednesday, because of problems with his achilles tendon. Wilhelmsson resumed the training yesterday, Kompany and Gerk joined the group Thursday. Read more »

Barcelona also interested in Kompany?

Barcelona also interested in Kompany?

Barcelona is charmed by Vincent Kompany, who played during the benefit match on Tuesday. Advisor Johan Cruyff called the defender of Anderlecht a talent who combines both technique and physical skills. Read more »

 01-12-2004 

Dindane agent dismisses WBA move

Dindane agent dismisses WBA move

The agent of Anderlecht's Aruna Dindane has said he does not expect the striker to sign for West Bromwich Albion. Previous the Baggies manager had been hopeful of signing the £5m-rated 24-year-old in January. Read more »

Saving our domestic league...

Saving our domestic league...

Ivo Belet and Dirk Claes, both Belgian politicians for CD&V (= Flemish political party), have a few ideas to ensure the future of the Belgian football. They explained everything on a press conference today. Read more »

No official bid on Kompany yet

No official bid on Kompany yet

Vincent Kompany could show himself yesterday in Barcelona when he played for the World's All-Star-Team. Despite his good game, not a single team has informed about the young defender. Read more »

Kompany played with worldteam

Kompany played with worldteam

Vincent Kompany has lost the match with the worldteam against Barcelona, for a good cause. The final result was 4-3. Still, it almost went wrong for Kompany. He nearly missed his flight to the Spanish harbour city. Read more »