UEFA has appointed Marian Barbu as referee for the match between Real Sociedad and Anderlecht at the Reala Arena in San-Sebastian. Kickoff will take place at 6:45 p.m. The assistant referees are also from Romania. Read more »
The RSC Anderlecht Futsal team participated in the Trofeo Portus Apostoli tournament in Spain last weekend. RSCA was defeated by Palma 4-5, the current Champions League champion. Purple and White also suffered a defeat against home team Noia, 6-4. Noia hosts the tournament. Read more »
On Sunday, Standard Liege will visit the Lotto Park. Lothar D'Hondt will be in charge of the game, Romain Devillers and Nico Claes will assist him along the line. Fourth official is Nathan Verboomen. Read more »
RSCA's U21s are taking part in this year's Premier League International Cup, which brings together twelve English and twelve European clubs. Anderlecht's youngsters have been drawn in Group D with teams from : Chelsea, RB Leipzig, Crystal Palace, Real Sociedad, Brighton, Southampton and Sporting Portugal. Read more »
Louis Patris played STVV's entire match against Cercle Brugge, which ended in a 1-1 draw. STVV is currently in 13th place. On the other side of the language border, Alexis Flips came onto the field in the 84th minute. His Charleroi had to take a late equalizer from Club Brugge. Charleroi is currently in fourth place. Read more »
Anderlecht's women's team responded to their elimination in the Champions League with brilliance. The young goalkeeper, Aude Waldbillig, stopped a penalty kick after halftime, preventing a reversal. Racing Genk was eventually defeated 5-1. Coach Dennis Moerman was outraged by missed offside situations that created chances for Genk. Read more »
The RSCA Futures have suffered yet another baleful day. This time they lost 2-3 to Zulte Waregem. Anderlecht are now very last in the standings with 1 out of 18 and urgently need to look for points. Read more »
Anderlecht were again stranded in a draw. A very weak start to the second half allowed Dender to erase Edozie's goal before half-time, although Coosemans also had to turn out with a great save before half-time. Anderlecht recovered after the equaliser, spurred on by the substitutes, but forgot to reward itself as it did get a few more good chances. The last win dates back to matchday 4. Let's take another three points against Standard next weekend, then? Read more »
Ludwig Augustinsson, the left-back of purple and white, was still absent yesterday due to the effects of his concussion against Genk. However, according to press reports, he could return to the squad for the away game against Real Sociedad. Read more »
No major surprises in the selection for the move to Dender. Anders Dreyer has recovered and is back in the side. Francis Amuzu and Ludwig Augustinsson are both unavailable. Read more »
Anderlecht's seven future opponents in the Europa League also came into action yesterday and the day before. We try to give you an overview of their results each matchday. Real Sociedad, Anderlecht's next opponent, played a draw against Nice. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren scored the 1-0 against Ferencvaros with a volledy on an excellent pass from Mario Stroeykens. His goal clearly pleased the team, because immediately afterwards purple-white played more liberated. With Verschaeren and Stroeykens in the middle of the pitch, the group played more attacking and found a lot of space. Verschaeren therefore stressed after the match that this was the first time he could really play football. Read more »
Anderlecht won 2-1 against Ferencvaros in their first Europa League match. A little past the hour, purple-white scored twice in short order. Things heated up in the closing stages after an unjustified red card for Angulo and Traore's tying goal. Read more »
RSCA Women failed to qualify for the Champions League. Purple and White had to pick up a 1-2 deficit in Norway against Vaalerenga, but eventually went down 3-0. Anderlecht held firm until minute 70 but then swallowed three counter-goals on ten minutes. Read more »
RSCA Women failed to qualify for the Champions League after a disappointing 3-0 loss to Vaalerenga in Norway. Despite needing to overcome a 1-2 deficit, Anderlecht held strong until the 70th minute before conceding three quick goals in the final quarter of the match.
Anderlecht secured a 2-1 victory against Ferencvaros in their first Europa League match. The Belgian team dominated the game from the start, with Edozie and Dolberg showing promise in the attacking third. After the break, Edozie set up Verschaeren for the opening goal, followed by Dolberg converting a penalty to make it 2-0. However, a controversial red card for Angulo and an own goal by Simic brought Ferencvaros back into the game. Read more »
Riemer may no longer sit on the bench, but on the field, there was still little to enjoy. Watching Anderlecht's current style of play was at times painful. Charleroi easily held their ground without much effort, even on the offensive end. Koné made a save from Sardella's shot before halftime, and Anderlecht only had their first real chance in stoppage time, with Angulo missing a cross from Amuzu in front of an empy goal. On Wednesday, the Mauves will need to step up again in the Europa League.
No big surprises in the selection for Ferencvaros. Amando Lapage does feature given the limited number of central defenders. Anders Dreyer is absent. He has in fact become a father, so seems to have recovered from his injury. Read more »
Saturday RSC Anderlecht will visit promoted side Dender, Kevin Van Damme whistles the match at 8.45pm. Lennert Jans and Tom Vanpoucke are along the line, Arne De Beuckelaer is fourth official. Read more »
Anderlecht's U19, the current holders of the Belgian Cup, will start the 2024-2025 cup competition against their neighbours from Saint-Gilles. The first match is scheduled for Wednesday 25 September at 8pm at the RSCA Academy. With David Hubert absent as coach, René Peeters is likely to lead the purple-and-white team. Read more »
Tomorrow, RSC Anderlecht hosts Hungarian Ferencvarosi TC, as part of the Europa League. The match will be led by an Austrian refereeing team. Julian Weinberger will whistle the match in progress, Andreas Heidenreich and Maximilian Kolbitsch will be along the line. Read more »
A very weak Anderlecht suffered a 0-2 defeat against Genk. Anderlecht was thoroughly outplayed in the first half, with Genk dominating and only leading 0-1 at halftime thanks to Coosemans, who saved a penalty. After Sor missed a big chance, substitute Adedeji scored the second goal after the break. Read more »
Anderlecht was held to a 2-2 home draw against Westerlo. Westerlo earned their point as Anderlecht played too passively for 70 minutes. Despite taking an early lead, Anderlecht allowed Westerlo to equalize before halftime. In the second half, a defensive mistake allowed Westerlo to take the lead, which finally prompted Anderlecht to attack more aggressively. Stroeykens salvaged a point for Anderlecht. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will play a postponed match against Genk tomorrow, that match was originally scheduled for August 24 and at that time both players were not yet with RSC Anderlecht. So in principle they may not take part tomorrow either, however, there is an exception if postponement is due to European preliminaries, which is now the case. Read more »
The RSC Anderlecht public got to know Samuel Edozie on Saturday against Westerlo, who was allowed to fill in for Yari Verschaeren on the hour. The English winger introduced the Lotto Park to him in a pleasant way. Read more »
Leander Dendoncker realises that tomorrow against Genk must be better than against Westerlo. He himself says he still lacks some match rhythm, but he continues to work hard on that to get back on level terms. Read more »
