Last night, Serbia suffered a last-minute 1-2 loss to Greece in Belgrade. The winning goal was scored in the 94th minute by Douvikas, after Tzolis (formerly of Club Brugge) had equalized Zivkovic's early opening goal midway through the second half. Read more »
Anderlecht has found its opponent for a friendly match during the long international break. According to La Dernière Heure, Stade Reims will travel to Neerpede on October 2 for a friendly match behind closed doors. Read more »
Dinamo Zagreb will be the next opponent in the Europa League. The Croatians defeated Lokomotiva 3-2. Dion Drena Beljo scored twice, while Niko Galesic netted the third goal. Dinamo currently leads the Croatian league, tied on points with Osijek and Hajduk Split. Read more »
Jelle Coen's dismissal has not slowed down RSCA Futures' preparations. While several players will be away with their national teams during this international break, the group remains focused on its next official fixture: the league match against Eupen on 9 October. In the meantime, and while a new head coach has yet to be appointed, Yannick Kindermans and Marvin Ogunjimi are temporarily taking charge at Neerpede. As the young Purple & White side do not have a Challenger Pro League match this weekend, the Anderlecht staff have arranged a friendly to keep the squad in the right rhythm. Read more »
Anderlecht swept Zulte Waregem aside with a 3-0 win. It produced, for the time being, its best league performance of the season, with Bentayeb and Winkler the standout performers. After the break, Anderlecht quickly turned its deserved 1-0 lead into a 3-0 advantage and won in convincing fashion. Zulte Waregem created the first danger, but Claes mishit his shot. Read more »
According to the press, Telo Aasgaard is not expected to start the Europa League clash against Lyon. The media say he still needs to get a better grasp of Vitor Bruno's system. His runs still need refining, and he has to appear more often between the lines, the purple-and-white coach stressed. He also pointed out that other newcomers still have to learn the system, and therefore called for patience. Read more »
Anderlecht now know who will oversee their European opener on Wednesday evening. UEFA has appointed Spanish referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea to officiate the match on 16 September at 9 p.m. The 39-year-old Spaniard will be assisted by compatriots Iker De Francisco and Iván Masso Granado. Adrian Cordero will take up the role of fourth official. Read more »
Anderlecht's women's team have made it six out of six after two matchdays. RSCA Women won 0-2 away at Gent, while major rivals OHL were somewhat surprisingly held to a 0-0 draw in Genk. Bjarnadottir and Van Belle scored for Anderlecht, who now top the table together with Club YLA (Club Brugge). Read more »
Anderlecht dropped points once again. They played to a 0-0 draw against Genk, despite having an excellent scoring opportunity in each half, but Brughmans made the save both times. Anderlecht certainly deserved the win, but all in all, they failed to create enough danger.
Read more »RSCA Women have been knocked out of Europe after a 3-1 defeat at Feyenoord. Anderlecht had won the first leg 2-1, but that proved insufficient to secure qualification. The fact that Anderlecht had played for a long spell against ten men last week and failed to build a bigger lead over the Rotterdam side proved costly this evening. After just ten minutes, Feyenoord had already turned the tie around, racing into a 2-0 lead. Read more »
Basile Vroninks is set to leave Anderlecht on a temporary move to KV Kortrijk, according to La Dernière Heure. The newly promoted side will sign Vroninks on loan, giving the right-back the chance to gain experience at the highest level.
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Although the transfer window in Belgium does not close until midnight the day after tomorrow, Anderlecht would be well advised to have their preparations in place by tomorrow at the latest. After all, the squad lists for the Europa League group stage must be submitted to UEFA by 23.59 tomorrow. Read more »
Nathan De Cat experienced a mixed Bundesliga debut with Hoffenheim on Saturday. The 18-year-old midfielder started on the bench against Cologne and was only brought on after 71 minutes. Shortly after his introduction, Hoffenheim were leading 2-1, but they ultimately went down 3-2. Although his first appearance in Germany did not go as hoped, De Cat remains convinced he made the right move. Read more »
The RSCA Futures are still waiting for their first point of the new season. On the third matchday, the purple-and-white U23 side lost 0-1 to Beerschot, who played with ten men for well over half an hour. An early goal was enough for the Rats to take all three points. Read more »
Despite the hope that had been pinned on a positive result, Anderlecht were beaten 3-0 without offering much resistance at Union. The revamped purple-and-white side were overpowered before the break in terms of physicality and intensity. Union scored twice in the closing stages of the first half. Anderlecht did create a few chances, but it was Union who struck again in the final stages of the match. Read more »
Anderlecht secured a place in the Europa League league phase on Thursday evening without any trouble. After their 0-3 win in Kazakhstan, Kairat Almaty were also beaten 3-0 at Lotto Park. Coach Vitor Bruno was particularly impressed by the young talents from Neerpede. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Nga Kana was handed a start, while Noah Kajoni and Noa Ojea also got minutes. Read more »
This afternoon, the Europa League draw took place. Anderlecht will play four home games: against Lyon, Salzburg, Sunderland and Hoffenheim. The four away games will take Anderlecht to Crete, Bialystok, Dinamo Zagreb and Marseille. The exact dates and order of play, will be announced later this weekend. Read more »
Anderlecht once again made light work of Kairat Almaty with a 3-0 win and will play in the Europa League group stage. When the score was still 0-0, Almaty came close to taking the lead, but after that Cvetkovic (from the spot), Sikan and Biancone converted three of the many chances Anderlecht fashioned on the night. The gala game many supporters had been hoping for did not materialise straight away. Anderlecht did not want to take any unnecessary risks and end up in a thriller, and Almaty looked a little better than they had last week. Read more »
Anderlecht will defend a comfortable 3-0 lead against Kairat Almaty at Lotto Park on Thursday evening. Yet Vítor Bruno does not want to hear any talk of a formality. The Portuguese coach is demanding the same sharpness as in the first leg. “Match mentality is non-negotiable,” Bruno stressed. Read more »
Mihajlo Cvetkovic currently has just one objective: helping Anderlecht reach the Europa League league phase. The 19-year-old Serbian has been important for the Purple & White with two goals in five European matches and, by his own account, is not thinking about a move away. “I'm staying at Anderlecht,” Cvetkovic made clear at the press conference ahead of the return leg against Kairat Almaty. “Maybe there was interest from other clubs, but I'm not concerned with that. Read more »
Anderlecht's women's team beat Feyenoord 2-1 in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa Cup. If Anderlecht can get through this round, one final qualifying round will still follow. Anderlecht took an early lead through Sarah Wijnants, whom the purple-and-white side brought back to Belgium this summer. A quarter of an hour later, the visitors were shown a red card, making the script for Anderlecht look increasingly favourable. Read more »
During Freiburg's European match against Motherwell, Keisuke Goto made his debut for the German club in the 80th minute. The former Anderlecht striker did so in style: deep into injury time, he sealed the final score. Read more »
Transfer issues were not, after all, the (only) reason for the absence of Nathan Saliba and Moussa N'Diaye yesterday against Kairat Almaty. Het Nieuwsblad has learnt that Saliba was left out of the squad for disciplinary reasons. He had taken out his smartphone during the team meeting. Read more »
The door to the Europa League is wide open for Anderlecht. Without ever having to floor the accelerator, a solid Anderlecht cruised to an easy 0-3 win against a weak Almaty side. Of course, this must not be allowed to go wrong at Lotto Park now. After barely two minutes, Anderlecht were already ahead again, just as they had been in Hammarby and against PAOK. Read more »
Kairat Almaty will host Anderlecht tomorrow on a pitch that is in a very poor condition. Het Nieuwsblad's Jürgen Geril is in Kazakhstan and has noted that the pitch at the Central Stadium has numerous yellow patches and even ruts. Read more »
There are no surprises in the starting line-up for Anderlecht's 5.00 pm kick-off against Kairat Almaty. With the exception of one change, manager Vitor Bruno has opted for the same team that beat PAOK, meaning both Cvetkovic and Sikan are in attack. Read more »
A small delegation has travelled with Anderlecht to Kazakhstan for the European match against Kairat Almaty. Only two journalists made the trip: Jürgen Geril from Het Nieuwsblad and Yves Taildeman from La Dernière Heure. Read more »
Anderlecht have already suffered their first league defeat at SK Beveren. A rather lacklustre purple-and-white side lost 1-0 and showed too little attacking sharpness to wipe out an early deficit. It means Anderlecht are already dropping costly points this early in the season. Europe is currently going well for Anderlecht, but in the league the engine is still spluttering badly. Read more »
RSCA Futures lost 2-1 at Patro Eisden. The Futures had long been in with a chance of victory, as they were leading 0-1 until the hour mark. After that, Eisden were awarded two penalties, both of which were converted, the second after a video challenge by the home side. The revamped Futures put in a decent performance against an experienced and physically strong opponent, including Stef Peeters and Nainggolan in the line-up. Read more »
