Edward Still is not the only candidate on Anderlecht's list to become the new coach of the Futures. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that purple-white is also considering Sven Vermant. Vermant is currently an assistant coach with Belgium's U16 and U17 teams. Read more »
Anderlecht is negotiating with Edward Still to become the new coach of the RSCA Futures, according to transfer specialist Sasha Tavolieri. Anderlecht is said to have made Still a serious offer. Still is hesitating between the Futures and an offer from series-mate Zulte Waregem. In the past, Still was trainer of Charleroi, Eupen and Kortrijk, although he did not achieve great success there. Still would decide this weekend Read more »
While the players are enjoying a well-deserved holiday, they are working hard behind the scenes to prepare for the next season of the Challenger Pro League. After the departure of Marink Reedijk, Anderlecht must appoint a new coach and find a physical trainer to take over Hubert Lemaire. Several players will also leave, which means that a balance must be found again. For the practice matches, please mark Wednesday, July 17 in your diary. Read more »
Three RSCA Futures players have received an invitation to join Morocco's U20 squad. They are Nail Moutha-Sebtaoui, Ali Maamar (photo) and Anas Tajaouart. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, RSCA Futures have to look for a new coach for next year. Dutchman Marink Reedijk is leaving the club and spent one season as coach of the Futures who played a mediocre season in the Challenger Pro League resulting in 12th place. Read more »
RSCA Futures will remain active pending the end of the season and, after their recent match in Rocourt, will now travel to Rotterdam for a friendly match against Feyenoord's U21. It is not yet certain whether this match will be broadcast live on Mauve TV. Read more »
On Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m., Anderlecht will host Club Brugge in the King Baudouin Stadium. This is the last league game of the season for Marink Reedijk's team. It promises to be a prestige duel against the rival academy currently led by former Purple and White coach Robin Veldman. With a victory, Anderlecht would still be ahead of the Bruges players in the standings. Consequently, the entire team is counting on the unconditional support of the fans. Read more »
Just under a year after he suffered a serious knee injury, Henrik Bellman has said goodbye to Anderlecht on Instagram. Where his future lies is not yet known. Read more »
In a friendly game, Anderlecht played a 2-2 draw on the field of Zulte Waregem yesterday afternoon. At Anderlecht, many players who did not play a full match last weekend played in combination with players from the Futures. In the second half, Amuzu and Ashimeru, who were both out for a long time, made their return. Read more »
Club Brugge has appointed former Anderlecht coach Robin Veldman (38) to replace Nicky Hayen, who is leaving Club NXT to succeed the sacked Ronny Deila. Notable fact is that Veldman's assignment currently consists of only four games as the youth teams of clubs from 1A are not participating in the playoffs. Read more »
The RSCA Futures lost 0-1 against Zulte Waregem this afternoon. After barely two minutes, the visitors took advantage of misses by Nail Moutha-Sebtaoui. The Anderlecht youngsters did not recover from that setback. Read more »
The Swedish Häcken would like to acquire Ishaq Abdulrazak permanently from Anderlecht. That is what La Dernière Heure reports. The player himself also prefers to stay with the Swedish club. Read more »
The RSCA Futures played to a 0-0 draw this afternoon visiting Patro Eisden. Not an unkind result against the higher ranked Limburgers, because coach Marink Reedijk (photo) had to miss a lot of players. Read more »
The RSCA Futures played a 1-1 draw against FC Liege tonight. This was a match that was postponed a few weeks ago due to snow. For Anderlecht, Antoine Colassin (pictured) scored. Nunzio Engwanda possibly dropped out with an injury. Read more »
Lucas Lissens is about to swap Anderlecht for Lyngby of Denmark. So writes the Danish website B.T. The 22-year-old defender will sign a contract there until mid-2027. Read more »
A few days after he was about to move to KV Mechelen, Nail Moutha has signed a first professional contract with Anderlecht. The 18-year-old Moutha emerged as the RSCA Futures' regular left back this season. Read more »
Nail Moutha-Sebtaoui (18) is staying with Anderlecht after all. So the young defender is not going to KV Mechelen, which wanted to loan him to sister club Helmond, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. Anderlecht made an effort, as Moutha-Sebtaoui is the Futures' regular left back. The player had completed his medical tests at Mechelen, but then chose to stay with Anderlecht anyway. Read more »
Theo Leoni, Amando Lapage and Ludwig Augustisson: those are the three players Brian Riemer is thinking of to take post at center back tomorrow alongside Zeno Debast. Leoni seems to have the best papers, but isn't he a bit frail? "Theo is one of the players with the greatest soccer intelligence we have," Riemer said. Read more »
Lucas Lissens will not be Jan Vertonghen's replacement tonight. The rock of the Futures injured himself on training camp in Tunisia. "It's not a major injury, but unfortunately he won't get fit in time for thr game against Union," coach Brian Riemer said. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht travels to Union tomorrow without injured Jan Vertonghen and Thomas Delany, so no left-footed defender left. And that's where Theo Leoni comes in, Brian Riemer tested Leoni as a central defender against Al Ahli last week. Read more »
Those who watched the practice match between Anderlecht and Al-Ahli on Friday saw a very strong Nilson Angulo. Brian Riemer now calls him one of the revelations of the winter training camp. "We now choose to let him grow on, rather than spend a lot of money on a new, fast winger." Read more »
Will 2024 be the year of Mo Bouchouari? The 23-year-old right-back was a surprise name from the Futures squad who was allowed to come along on an internship, but apparently he made a very good impression there. "When I saw him, I thought 'Where have you been all this time?'" coach Brian Riemer recounted. Read more »
Tomorrow only a practice match is scheduled against Libyan champion Al Ahli (3 p.m.). In that, Lissens and N'Diaye will already not be able to play. Next Wednesday Anderlecht will play Union for the cup. Anderlecht will not be able to count on Jan Vertonghen or Thomas Delaney. Anderlecht hopes to get them ready to play before the first league game of 2024 at OHL. Read more »
In late November, RSC Anderlecht acquired Japanese striker, Keisuke Goto, the intention was for him to join the Futures in January. However, all the paperwork has not yet been completed, which means Goto is not yet eligible to play. Read more »
Walloon transfer journalist Sacha Tavolieri reports in a podcast on Youtube that Anderlecht is very interested in Stanis Idumbo. This 18-year-old Belgian currently plays for Ajax II in the Dutch second division and is considered a great talent. Read more »
The RSCA Futures suffered a 0-2 home defeat against Beveren tonight. With Moussa N'Diaye and Kristian Arnstad, two boys from the first team played. The Beveren goals fell in the last twenty minutes. Read more »
Eight months after that unfortunate moment at Oud-Herverlee Leuven, Yari Verschaeren was back on the field on Friday. Earlier than expected because initially he was out until 2024. Friday, he got a half-hour fill-in and it felt "super good," according to de Ket. Read more »
Will we get Yari Verschaeren's big comeback tomorrow against Westerlo? It could well be. The midfielder is fully fit and Brian Riemer is running high with him. "If he can play a season fully fit and at his peak, he is a candidate for the Golden Shoe," Riemer said. Read more »
Anderlecht today announced the figures from its annual accounts for the 2022-2023 financial year, which runs concurrently with the soccer season. Purple-white still suffered a loss of 6 million euros, but that is much less than the previous year's 27 million. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht currently has Francis Amuzu, Kasper Dolberg, Thorgan Hazard and Yari Verschaeren on the injured list. Verschaeren has already played with the Futures meanwhile, so a return seems imminent, though they especially don't want to take any risks. Read more »
The arrival of 18-year-old Japanese striker Keisuke Goto has been officially announced by Anderlecht. The player will be rented for one year with purchase option. From January he will join the RSCA Futures. Read more »
The RSCA Futures scored a very handsome victory tonight. It defeated leader Zulte Waregem 2-5. Nilson Angulo (pictured) scored twice. Tristan Degreef accounted for a goal and two assists. Yari Verschaeren played an hour. Read more »
It will be a night that all of Anderlecht is looking forward to Saturday: the return of Yari Verschaeren to the RSCA Futures. At his press conference, Brian Riemer praised the medical staff and Verschaeren for their work over the past few months. "Yari's rehabilitation was a straight line forward. He didn't have any relapses." Read more »
Yari Verschaeren will play his first official game tomorrow since dropping out in March with a serious knee injury. Het Laatste Nieuws reports. The midfielder will be in action with the RSCA Futures against Zulte Waregem. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren was very happy yesterday on his reappearance after eight months of injury. To the newspapers he told even more than in his interview with VTM (which you could already read yesterday). "The knee felt good and also mentally I was fine," the Anderlecht number ten said. Read more »
Anderlecht is close to signing young Japanese striker Keisuke Goto, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. The 18-year-old played in the Japanese second division and is a youth international for his country. This summer there were also rumors of Goto's arrival. Read more »
Will we see Yari Verschaeren play this year, that chance exists. The midfielder, meanwhile, is training full time and so far has not been bothered by the left knee. He may resume training with the RSCA Futures in the coming weeks. Read more »
Every month, the Pro League honors a "Manager of the Month. Marink Reedijk, coach of the RSCA Futures, has now won the award for the month of October. He makes it ahead of Alexander Blessin (Union) and Miron Muslic (Cercle Brugge). Read more »
Anderlecht has just announced a selection of eighteen players for tonight's cup game against La Louvière. No less than seven familiar names are not here. In their place we find Benito Raman, among others, but also three youngsters from the Futures core. Read more »
The RSCA Futures recorded their third win in a row tonight. Visiting FC Liege, the purple and white youngsters made it 0-2. Substitute Lilian Vergeylen signed for both goals.
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Majeed Ashimeru will also make playing minutes with the RSCA Futures this weekend. Coach Brian Riemer told that at his press conference yesterday afternoon. According to the coach, Ashimeru has more to gain from playing much of the game at the Futures than sitting on the bench at the first team this weekend. Read more »
Jesper Fredberg signed a new contract with Anderlecht yesterday. The Danish CEO Sports, who had a contract until the end of this season, has now signed an open-ended contract. "I am very happy that we can continue our work. There are a lot of challenges ahead of us," Fredberg said. Read more »
The RSCA Futures recorded their second win in a row yesterday. Against SL16 FC, the U23 of Standard, it was 3-0. Ismael Baouf, Luca Monticelli and Robbie Ure (pictured) scored. With 12 points, the Futures now are in the middle of the table. Read more »
After more than two months of injury, Majeed Ashimeru is back to playing soccer. Before becoming eligible for the A team, Brian Riemer will let him gain rhythm with the RSCA Futures. "Majeed will play his first 45 minutes with the Futures," the coach said at his press conference yesterday afternoon. Read more »
Antoine Colassin believes his experience in the Netherlands was a great learning experience for him. He loved Heerenveen, which he describes as a very open club, and he enjoyed every match. Read more »
