For the first time since December 18, Andy Najar played a game on Tuesday, back then it was also with the U21 against Lokeren. Where he then got injured again after just five minutes, it went fine this time. "I felt good", the Honduran said afterwards. Read more »
Louis Mergan is the successor of Bruno Taverne as goalkeeper coach of the oldest youth teams. The 61-year-old Mergan worked in the past as goalkeeper coach for, amongst others, Lokeren, Dender, Eendracht Aalst and Hamme. At the last club he retired a year ago, but now he goes back to work. Read more »
Bad news for Thijs Lambrix, the goalkeeper of the U17 of Anderlecht. The young goalkeeper must undergo surgery on the cartilage of the knee and will therefore be out for six to nine months. Read more »
Andy Najar and Henry Onyekuru had a positive return on the field yesterday. Najar played 75 minutes. He still lacks some match rhythm, but seems ready to make his return in the first team on Sunday against Charleroi. Read more »
Thursday 10 May, RSC Anderlecht will receive Standard Liège at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. This game is as good as sold out, only a few individual places remain available. For the home games against Genk and Charleroi there are still enough tickets available. Read more »
Chances are that Henry Onyekuru and Andy Najar will make their first minutes of play after their injury tonight. They will play with the reserves against Sporting Lokeren. If both don't feel anything after the game, a selection against Charleroi is a possibilitie. Read more »
Sven Kums had to stop the game against Genk twenty minutes before time. He had too much trouble with a contracture in his thigh and asked himself to be substituted. Kums hopes to be fit again for the match against Charleroi. Read more »
Lazar Markovic scored his first goal for RSC Anderlecht on Saturday. His adductors prevent him from completing the entire game. But what he especially wanted to say: "This goal is to show Liverpool that I am still alive." Read more »
Anderlecht suffered a second defeat in a row in Play-Off 1. On the field of Racing Genk, purple-white lost with 2-1. If Ghent wins this evening in Charleroi, the Buffalo's will take the second place. Read more »
Lazar Markovic did not play against Standard. The Serbian was not ready to play three games in one week due to his injury to the adductors. Markovic was therefore spared for the match against Racing Genk. But is that really so? Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre, who is who is worshipped by a large part of the Anderlecht supporters, is once again a footballer. Vanden Borre has been training at Cercle Brugge for a while and on Wednesday he also played his first minutes. Read more »
If RSC Anderlecht were to remain in the running for the title, it had to win against Standard. "Now it will even be an achievement to stay second", said Hein Vanhaezebrouck after the loss of points on Sclessin. "I do not have 30 finishers for the goal," he adds. Read more »
Pieter Gerkens mainly saw a number of opportunities that have not been finished. He would have preferred to see his team go back to Brussels with at least one point. "We should certainly have scored more than once," Gerkens said. Read more »
Andy Najar was not yet part of the game selection on Wednesday. Hein Vanhaezebrouck wants to avoid to bring the Hondurans too early. The game at home against Chalerloi on matchday six will be a realistic goal. Lazar Markovic was also absent from the selection. Read more »
Kara Mbodj sees light at the end of the tunnel. The Senegalese has announced that he wants to play again in three weeks. "I now do three individual training sessions a day, and if everything goes well, I can continue the field training this week and I can play games in three weeks." Read more »
After months of being injured, Andy Najar will be back in the selection for the first time tomorrow. We should not expect him at the kickoff. "Andy trains everything, but I'm not going to do crazy things and bring him at a time when he is not ready yet," says Hein Vanhaezebrouck at his press conference Read more »
An remarkable player at the group training at Anderlecht yesterday: Henry Onyekuru first signed up since he injured at the end of December. Both Onyekuru and Anderlecht hope that the Nigerian can still play during these play-offs. Read more »
Steven Defour was also present at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Sunday to encourage his former team. Tomorrow, RSC Anderlecht will go to Sclessin: "And I will also support Anderlecht", Defour said. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers played a very strong game against Bruges. After the game, the coach praised him. "I have to pay attention, but Saelemaekers is gradually becoming a phenomenon", says Hein Vanhaezebrouck. The coach fears that he will have to miss the youngster with an injury.+ Read more »
Due to the injury of Dennis Appiah, Alexis Saelemaekers gets his chance as right back. The youth product of purple and white was voted 'Man of the Match' against Charleroi and Hein Vanhaezebrouck also sees that it is good. Read more »
On his press conference, Hein Vanhaezebrouck came back to Lazar Markovic's first place in the starting eleven last week. He was immediately good for an assist. "I am glad that he delivered a very solid performance at his first place in the starting eleven," said the coach. Read more »
Now that KV Mechelen is relegating, left back Elias Cobbaut has indicated that he wants to leave the club. The 20-year-old defender is the revelation of Malinwa this season and is too good for 1B. The full G5, including Anderlecht, has Cobbaut on its list. Read more »
Those who are still looking for tickets for Sunday's game against Club Brugge, are lost. All tickets are sold. RSC Anderlecht will play the game in a sold out Constant Vanden Stock Stadium. Read more »
After Luc Devroe, Marc Coucke has also taken doctor Chris Goossens from Ostend to Anderlecht. Anderlecht announced the news p, Monday. "This feels like coming home", says Goossens in a first reaction. "As a child my father always took me to the Astridpark." Read more »
Ten days after his surgery, Mohammed Dauda resumed the training. The goal getter of the Reserves can normally play games again. During the U21 match against AA Gent, Dauda received a blow and had to undergo surgery. Read more »
The injury of Uros Spajic turns out well. Initially it was feared that his season was over, but now it would appear that he is out for only two weeks. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck has again made a youngster debut against Charleroi. In the final minutes Abdoul Dante was allowed to substitute Alexis Saelemaekers. The Malian had already been on the bench eight times this season, but now he was playing (a few) minutes for the first time. Read more »
Uros Spajic injured himself on Friday after a duel with Bedia. Chances are that the season is over for the Serbian. Hein Vanhaezebrouck said that it was "a serious injury", at his press conference after the game. Read more »
Heny Onyekury underwent tests at Anderlecht to see how his knee is doing. It looked pretty stable. It is not excluded that the Nigerian can resume group training in two weeks. Read more »
Andy Najar will not play against Charleroi and Bruges. The game against Standard is probably also too early. The medical staff wants to avoid a relapse. Read more »
