Moussa N'Diaye played the entire match for Schalke 04 against Fürth and received a yellow card in that game, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Schalke is in first place in the second Bundesliga, one point ahead of Paderborn. Keisuke Goto played the entire match for Sint-Truiden against Antwerp, which was lost 1-0. With this defeat, Sint-Truiden loses second place to Club Brugge, which now has a two-point lead over the Canaries. Read more »
Erik Lambrechts has been appointed referee for Sunday's match in Bruges at 1:30 p.m. He will be assisted by linesmen Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny; Wesli De Cremer will be the fourth official. Read more »
How long Nathan De Cat (17) will remain at Anderlecht is uncertain. The midfielder is under contract until 2027 and the club wants to extend his deal, but even then a summer departure is not out of the question. Under interim coach Jérémy Taravel, De Cat has been given more freedom in midfield. Against OH Leuven he stood out with an assist in the 5-1 victory. Read more »
Anderlecht remains a team of two faces. It recorded its biggest win of the season with a 5-1 victory, but the first half was dreadful to watch. The purple-and-whites were fortunate to go into the break level at 1-1. After the interval a different Anderlecht turned up, and within a quarter of an hour the score was 3-1 thanks to goals from Hazard and Cvetkovic. Read more »
RSCA Futures racked up a comprehensive victory this evening against their age-mates from Club Brugge. After an early red card for Club NXT player Garcia, the purple-and-white youngsters found the net five times. Substitute Terry Van de Ven struck twice, while Angély, De Ridder and N'Dao also scored. The Futures climb to a joint eleventh place with 27 points — already eleven clear of the relegation zone. Read more »
Anderlecht finally picked up a win. They came away from Zulte Waregem with a 4-2 victory, courtesy of a Hazard hat-trick. Despite the four goals, it was no easy evening for the visitors: an enterprising home side fashioned several chances. Anderlecht led 0-3 at half-time, but a sluggish second half remained tense after a quick 1-3 until Hazard restored some calm with 1-4. In added time Zulte Waregem scored once more. Read more »
More than anything, interim head coach Jérémy Taravel will remember the victory over Zulte-Waregem: the purple-and-white found the net 4 times and took the win, but it wasn't pretty. Read more »
Yet another D-day tomorrow for Anderlecht in the league. After the cup euphoria came another disappointing league performance last weekend. Anderlecht travels to Zulte Waregem tomorrow, a side that has beaten the purple-and-white 3-2 in each of their last three encounters. If Anderlecht does not want to seriously jeopardize its chances of the Champions' play-offs, it must finally win — and it must finally find the net again in the JPL. Read more »
In a clash between two under-23 sides, RSCA Futures beat Jong Genk this evening. Early goals from Pape N'Dao and Anas Tajaouart quickly put the Futures 2-0 up, and Genk spending most of the match with ten men also played into their hands. With a superb through ball, Tajaouart set N'Dao on his way to the opener within minutes; shortly afterwards Genk's Kim was sent off for a heavy tackle. Tajaouart then made it 2-0, and although Genk grabbed a late consolation goal through Coenen, it proved insufficient. Read more »
On Sunday, February 22, at 6:30 p.m., SV Zulte Waregem and RSC Anderlecht will face each other. The match will be refereed by Bert Verbeke, assisted by Quentin Blaise and Vito Di Vincenzo on the sidelines. Tom Stevens will serve as the fourth official. Read more »
In a first reaction after the disappointing draw at home against La Louvière, Enric Llansana declared that the team has been unable to create enough goal-scoring opportunities: "We simply create too little. Then again, we must finish the opportunities we get. If we convert one of those chances, the game immediately becomes a lot easier." Read more »
The rebirth of Anderlecht remains, for now, a one?hit wonder, because in the league we again saw the uninspired Anderlecht of recent weeks. The team had a brief better spell in each half during which it, especially after the break, could and should have scored through Camara and Sikan. Once again a major disappointment, because La Louvière never threatened at all. The purple and whites have now gone four league matches without scoring. Read more »
RSCA Futures lost 2-0 to Lommel tonight. It was a poor game from both sides, but the home team scored twice before the break. Only in the final five minutes did the Futures pose any real threat. With this defeat they remain stuck near the bottom of the ranking. Read more »
After Anderlecht's rebirth in the Croky Cup, another important match awaits tomorrow. Following poor league results the club has lost its cushion and must pick up points to guarantee a place in Play-Off 1. La Louvière has already shown it can be more than a stubborn opponent, but the mauve-and-white can now scarcely afford any slip-ups. Winning is therefore the order of the day. Read more »
"Solidarity," that, according to Adriano Bertaccini, was the key to the victory over Antwerp. "Today we showed a team spirit and mentality that were extraordinary," a beaming Bertaccini told Sporza after the match. "We fought for every ball. If one player slipped up, another was there to pick it up. Read more »
Circle Thursday 14 May in your diary with a thick purple marker. On that day, Ascension Day, Anderlecht will play the Belgian Cup final. The opponent will be city rival, current national champion and league leader Union. The kick-off time has not yet been set, and details about ticket sales are still to be announced. Read more »
Good news for Moussa Diarra and Anderlecht. On appeal, the defender's suspension has been reduced from three to two matches. Diarra will miss the competitive fixtures against La Louvière (this Sunday) and Zulte Waregem (next weekend). He had originally been set to miss three matches for his red card in the Cup semi-final against Antwerp, but the Disciplinary Council has now cut that to two matches to be served and one suspended. Diarra was also fined €2,500. Read more »
Anderlecht have reached the Belgian Cup final. And what a way to do it! They thrashed Antwerp 4-0, and the score could easily have been even higher. Jérémy Taravel breathed new life into Anderlecht on the pitch and, when the final whistle blew, was swept up by his celebrating players and coaching staff. Read more »
RSCA Futures have suffered their first defeat in the Premier League International Cup, losing 1-0 at West Ham. With this loss the Futures' English adventure is over. Anderlecht had needed a win to qualify for the next round and now finish fourth in the group of eight. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht welcomes RAAL La Louvière to Lotto Park this weekend. The Royal Belgian Football Association has appointed Wesli De Cremer as referee for the league match between the Purple & White and their visitors from Hainaut.
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RSC Anderlecht may have to do without Moussa Diarra in the coming weeks. The defender was sent off last week in the first leg against Antwerp after a serious foul on Al-Sahafi. On Monday, the league prosecutor proposed a three-match suspension, supplemented by a fine of €3,000. Read more »
Olivier Renard is no longer sports director of RSC Anderlecht. On Sunday evening, after the 2-0 defeat against RC Genk, he received the news by phone while he was abroad on private business. The club chose to act quickly, even though Renard had known for some time that his position was shaky. Read more »
While Anderlecht has not scored a field goal since mid-December, the loaned Vazquez has scored another one for Getafe. The Argentine made it 1-0 and his team eventually won 2-0. Read more »
Anderlecht lost again, this time 2-0 in Genk. A contentious goal in the 68th minute set the tone for the defeat: a clear foul on Saliba in the build-up was not punished, and shortly afterwards Genk doubled their lead. Anderlecht hardly looked like turning the game around and only mustered a chance in stoppage time. This time Anderlecht were not to blame for an individual error or a poor spell; they were unlucky with a refereeing decision. Read more »
RSCA Futures finally returned to winning ways after taking just two points from their previous four matches. The Futures, who played the final half hour with ten men, won 2-1 at Seraing. It was a narrow victory: Devon De Corte only sealed the win in the 90th minute by converting a penalty. Pape Aliya N'dao opened the scoring early to make it 0-1 for Anderlecht. Read more »
After another setback against Antwerp in the Croky Cup, Anderlecht must travel to Racing Genk. The Limburg side are underperforming relative to expectations, but they remain active in Europe. Still will in any case be without De Cat, who is suspended, so he will once again have to reshuffle his team. There are also several question marks because a number of players are in a form crisis. Read more »
