With a visit to Antwerp, Anderlecht will face a difficult task tonight. During the previous matches, the purple and white played very nice at times, but still made it unnecessarily difficult for themselves. Against the Great Old, Anderlecht can take a step forward. Read more »
The RSCA Women booked a nice 0-4 win yesterday on the field of AA Gent, the former club of coach Dave Mattheus (photo). Against the number four in the standings, though, purple and white could only break the spell on the hour. Read more »
Two surprises in the selection for the match at Antwerp. First, Trebel is back in the selection for the first time after his injury. Second, there is no sign of Wesley Hoedt. The Dutchman is said to be dissatisfied with his current status as a bench player and was therefore not included in the selection. Possibly this means that Anderlecht opens the door for a departure of the defender in the next mercato. Read more »
The RSCA Futures won 3-0 tonight against SL16 FC, Standard's U23 team. Chris Lokesa (pictured) was the big standout. He scored twice and gave the assist for Hubert's goal, although you could call that a Lokesa goal as well.
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Ghana's national coach has announced a pre-selection of 55 players for the World Cup in Qatar. One of them is Majeed Ashimeru.Mo Dauda, loaned to Tenerife by Anderlecht with a mandatory purchase option, is also among them. Read more »
With an important goal, Lior Refaelov put Anderlecht on the road to victory. Although he could have made it a much easier evening if he had also scored a second time. He realized that himself. "I'm disappointed that I headed wide of that empty goal," he said afterwards. Read more »
West Ham also won its sixth and final game in the group of Anderlecht yesterday. It thus ends the group stage of the Conference League with 18 out of 18. Visiting FCSB, it became 0-3. Read more »
How do you best respond to criticism? By playing a very strong game and giving your team European wintering, Hendrik Van Crombrugge must have thought. Against Silkeborg, Anderlecht had every chance to win easily, but still it was shivering and trembling until the last second. Read more »
Robin Veldman has some surprises in store in his starting line-up for tonight. For instance, Wesley Hoedt and Amadou Diawara disappear from the starting line-up. Hannes Delcroix will start at left back. Yari Verschaeren is fit and will play at right forward. Read more »
Tonight at 9pm Anderlecht faces its European match of truth. The mission is clear: winning means European winter, not winning is end of story in Europe. Read more »
Referee Jasper Vergoote will lead the match between Antwerp and Anderlecht on Sunday. He will be assisted by linesmen Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijssen and fourth official Bert Put. Read more »
In this holiday period and before a trip to OHL on Saturday, coaches René Peeters and Benoit Haegeman reviewed their selection in a friendly match against FC Utrecht yesterday. RSCA won 2-0, one goal per half, thanks to Amadou Diallo and Ebenezer Agyei (photo) Read more »
Five Anderlecht players were active with the national U17 in the European Championship qualifying round the past few days. Michiel Haentjens, Ethan Butera (photo), Kais Barry, Ismaël Baouf and Lilian Vergeyelen experienced a nice five days. They won all three of their matches. Read more »
Anderlecht's women's team was eliminated in the 1/8th finals of the Cup of Belgium this afternoon. RSCA Women, cup winners last season, lost 1-0 at Standard in a replay of that final. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a squad of 23 players who will travel to Denmark for Thursday's Conference League match against Silkeborg. Benito Raman has recovered from his injury and is back in the selection. Yari Verschaeren will also travel along. Read more »
Game day for RSC Anderlecht, Dave Mattheus' team will play the 8th final of the Belgian Cup this afternoon. And not just any match, as RSCA Women travel to Standard. Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko scored his first goal for Shaktar Donetsk this weekend. Mo Bouchouari then again seems to have secured a starting place at Emmen. The overview of the loaned players. Read more »
Mohamed Bouchouari played 90 minutes during Emmen's game against Groningen, his team took a good 0-0 draw. However, it remains in a relegation position at the moment. Read more »
There is a good chance Noah Sadiki will play right-back in the European match against Silkeborg on Thursday. The youngster may replace the suspended Amir Murillo. Yesterday against Eupen, he also came in for Murillo in the closing minutes. Read more »
Of the last 10 goals Anderlecht have conceded, no fewer than nine fell after set pieces or crosses from the wings. This is what Het Laatste Nieuws notes today. "We need to analyze that properly," says coach Veldman. "I will definitely speak to the boys about it." Read more »
Silkeborg, Anderlecht's last opponent in the group stage of the Conference League on Thursday, lost for the second time in a row this weekend. It went down 1-2 against Viborg, the club of Jesper Fredberg, the man Anderlecht would like to get as Peter Verbeke's right-hand man. Read more »
A satisfied Robin Veldman after the game against Eupen, who saw his team dominate again at Lotto Park. Veldman was also once again asked if he was going to remain head coach. He stressed again that his main aim is to help the club, in whatever position. Read more »
Anderlecht beat Eupen 4-2 this afternoon. The home team led 2-0 early on, but then refused to finish Eupen off completely. The Pandas then came back into the match before half-time through an unfortunate own-goal by Hoedt. Refaelov seemed to redeem Anderlecht after halftime with the 3-1, but immediately afterwards Peeters surprised with a free-kick that still made Anderlecht cringe again. The recovered Ait El Hadj crowned his good performance with a fine 4-2 which Purple and White did not relinquish. Read more »
After two defeats, RSCA Futures scored another three-point win. Visiting Beerschot, the young purple and white won 1-2. Anouar Ait El Hadj and Lucas Stassin (pictured) scored. Anderlecht become co-leaders for the time being. Read more »
The Anderlecht women's team recorded its eighth victory in a row today. It became 2-3 on the field of Zulte Waregem. After half an hour, purple and white were leading 0-3, but after the break things got even hotter. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a selection of 20 players for tomorrow's match against Eupen. Compared to Thursday, Zeno Debast and Hannes Delcroix return from injury. Besides the suspended Arnstad, four other players drop out. Read more »
