Matias Suarez suffers from a knee injury and had to leave Friday's training session. The Argentinian striker is expected to be out for the match against KV Kortrijk, the return match against Shakhtar Donetsk next Thursday would not be at risk. Read more »
Individual tickets are still available for the match against KV Kortrijk next Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online and at the ticketing department. Prices range from 18 to 35 Euros, the kick-off is Sunday 13 March at 6 pm. Read more »
The third goal might be decisive for the qualification next week. "This will be hard. 2-1 would have been a much better result", defender Olivier Deschacht reacted. Read more »
Frank Acheampong scored his fourth goal of this European campaign yesterday and is top scorer of the team. However, he was disappointed with his match against Shakhtar. Read more »
Despite the 3-1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk, Anderlecht should not lose all hope. In the past, 23.9 percent of all teams that suffered a 3-1 defeat in the first leg still managed to obtain the qualification in the second leg. Read more »
Despite the defeat, Besnik Hasi was satisfied with the way Anderlecht played yesterday. This performance should be confirmed next Sunday. "We should absolutely win this weekend", Hasi stated. That is also the reason why he substituted Dennis Praet. Read more »
Bram Nuytinck is still hopeful after the 3-1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk. "Everything is still possible", he claims. "We were able to create many chances here, we can do that in the second leg as well." Read more »
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu had a successful evening yesterday. "We had a tough evening, but this is a good result." Especially the first half of Donetsk was impressive. Read more »
Steven Defour hit the ball wrong and caused the first goal. "I made a mistake", the midfielder said. "I wanted to pass the ball on to Deschacht but I totally hit it wrong." Read more »
Kara Mbodj caused the second goal, but he did not want to take the responsibility. "Stop looking at Okaka and myself!" Afterwards, he did admit that "everyone makes mistakes". Read more »
The European story of Anderlecht in the Europe League seems to end in the 1/8th finals this season. Shakhtar obtained an easy 3-1 victory against the Mauves yesterday, and the Ukrainian side was clearly too strong for Anderlecht Read more »
As expected, both Alexander Büttner as Filip Djuricic are sidelined for the match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Idrissa Sylla and Dodi Lukebakio both fall out of the selection. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht are under extreme pressure to show something against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europe League tonight. Players and staff have something to prove and a good performance might be a step in the right direction for the team. Read more »
Also Paris Saint-Germain managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA Youth League. It won against AS Roma with 3-1. In the first semi-final, PSG will compete against Real Madrid. Anderlecht play against the winners of Chelsea - Ajax in the second semi-final. Read more »
The Lviv Arena, that was constructed for the European Championship in 2012, has enough seats for 34,600 fans. However, the stadium is not completely sold out for tonight's match between Shakhtar and Anderlecht. Read more »
How strong is Shakhtar Donetsk? Nobody knows it better at Anderlecht than Oleg Iachtchouk. "In the past Shakhtar were even able to win against Real Madrid, but that time is over now", Iachtchouk claims. Read more »
Matias Suarez is playing his 50th European game for Anderlecht tonight. He played six matches in the Champions League, nine in the preliminary rounds and 34 Europe League games. Read more »
Steven Defour assisted coach Besnik Hasi at the usual press conference one day before the match. There came many questions about the poor performance against Waasland-Beveren and Mouscron-Péruwelz, but Defour failed to give real answers. Read more »
Mahmoud Hassan will not be making the trip to Ukraine with the rest of the squad. He had two teeth pulled out yesterday and should take some rest for the time being. Read more »
Not only Imoh Ezekiel, also Kara Mbodj, Ibrahima Conté and Idrissa Sylla are traveling to Africa for an interland with their national team. The qualification matches for the Africa Cup 2017 are scheduled this month. Read more »
The 36-year-old Portuguese referee Artur Dias has been appointed by UEFA to whistle the Europe League match between Shakhtar Donetsk and RSC Anderlecht tomorrow. Dias has been an international referee at UEFA and FIFA since 2010 and is a domestic referee in Portugal since 2006. Read more »
Anderlecht U19 managed to defeat FC Barcelona in the UEFA Youth League and are qualified for the semi-finals. Jorn Vancamp and Antoine Bernier scored the goals for the Mauves after a good match between two strong teams. Read more »
150 Anderlecht fans are travelling to Ukraine to attend tomorrow's match between Shakhtar Donetsk and RSC Anderlecht. As only few fans are making the move to Donetsk, no incidents are expected before or after this Europe League match. Read more »
Anderlecht U19 are facing Barcelona in the Van Roy Stadium tonight at 6 pm in the quarter finals of the UEFA Youth League. The line-up of RSC Anderlecht has been announced. Read more »
Nicolas Frutos announced his selection of twenty players that are challenging FC Barcelona in the quarter finals of the UEFA Youth League tonight. Nathan De Medina returns back in the selection. Read more »
Anderlecht is counting on Orel Mangala's skills again for the important match against Barcelona. The midfielder is playing an excellent season and was one of the stars in the match against English side Arsenal. Read more »
The quarter final match of the U19 team in the Uefa Youth League against FC Barcelona at the Van Roy Stadium in Denderleeuw has been completely sold out. "Our U19 are delighted with this attention and will do everything to qualify for the semi-finals", Anderlecht announced on their official website. Read more »
Erik Lambrechts has been assigned to whistle next weekend's match between RSC Anderlecht and KV Kortrijk. He will be assisted by Karel De Rocker, Danny Huens and fourth official Nathan Verboomen. Read more »
De Graafschap lost against Zwolle in the Dutch league with a 2-1 score. Nathan Kabasele played the second half and scored one goal for the Dutch side. However, he could not prevent the defeat for De Graafschap. Read more »
Shakhtar Donetsk won its match against Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian league with a 3-1 score. Shakthar are still the leaders in Ukraine and can challenge Anderlecht next Thursday with a lot of confidence. Read more »
Silvio Proto played a good match against Mouscron-Péruwelz but it could not prevent Anderlecht from suffering a 2-1 defeat. The goalkeeper also does not understand what goes wrong against the smaller teams but does admit things need to change. Read more »
28-year-old referee Aliyar Aghayev has been assigned to whistle the UEFA Youth League match between RSC Anderlecht and FC Barcelona. The quarter finals of the Youth League will be played in the Van Roy Stadium in Denderleeuw next Tuesday. The game is broadcast live at Proximus 11. Read more »
Anderlecht suffered a shameful defeat against Mouscron-Péruwelz yesterday. The final result was 2-1 after a poor performance by the Mauves. Mouscron-Péruwelz seems to be saved by this victory, Anderlecht suffer a big loss in the race for the title. Read more »
Mouscron-Péruwelz is playing against Anderlecht on Le Canonnier tonight at 8 pm. Bram Nuytinck is replacing the injured Olivier Deschacht, Dennis Praet and Stéphane Badji are starting on the bench. Read more »
