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 »
Lior Refaelov is out of contract with Anderlecht after this season and wants to know by New Year whether an extended stay at Lotto Park is happening. This is what his manager Dudu Dahan told Het Laatste Nieuws today. Dahan meanwhile screens interest from other clubs, including "a Belgian top club". Read more »
Can Yari Verschaeren play against Silkeborg tomorrow or not? Tonight after the last training session before the game, the decision will be made. Coach Robin Veldman told that at his pre-match press conference. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers is currently in Belgium to rehabilitate from a knee injury. Het Laatste Nieuws sought him out and of course Anderlecht came up for discussion. "It hurts to see the club of my heart go through such a difficult period," the Milan player told the paper. 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 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 »
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 »
After the game against Eupen, coach Robin Veldman came with slightly positive news about Yari Verschaeren's injury. In the afternoon, Het Nieuwsblad was still talking about an absence of two to those weeks, but it may not get that far. 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 »
This afternoon, at age 22, it finally happened: Theo Leoni got to make his debut for Anderlecht's first team. "I feel an enormous pride, also for my family," he said after the match. "I had been waiting for this for a long time. I had to be very patient." Read more »
Bad luck for Yari Verschaeren. The attacking midfielder was missing this afternoon with a knee injury. He is said to be out for two to three weeks. That means he will be out of action before the World Cup break, which starts on November 13 . 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 »
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 »
Will we (finally) get Théo Leoni's debut for the first team tomorrow? It could well be, as the RSCA Futures captain is not present tonight at Beerschot. He is, however, in the selection for the first team's match tomorrow. Will he benefit from Kristian Arnstad's suspension? Read more »
Kristoffer Olsson was not included in Midtjylland's squad against Lazio of Rome, he is said to be suffering from a minor injury that prevented him from playing in the match. His team was beaten by 2-1, they are fourth in their group. Read more »
Wouter Vandehaute made some statements during his press conference last Monday that have gone wrong with supporters. For instance, he said that the confidence of politicians had to be regained. The supporters showed their disagreement with a banner yesterday. Read more »
For a moment he seemed to become the match-winner with his goal, buthe wasn't. Jan Vertonghen was therefore bitterly disappointed after the match and did not hide his disappointment. "We wanted to make a fresh start and FCSB was the ideal opponent for that. But through childish mistakes we gave it away." Read more »
Anderlecht got stuck at 2-2 against the weak FCSB from Romania. Purple and white certainly did not play well, but they were the best team and took the lead twice. After halftime, the Romanians equalized each time after easily avoidable goals. If West Ham loses to Silkeborg tonight, Anderlecht will be eliminated from Europe. But this team doesn't have much to look for in Europe at the moment.
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Next Sunday, November 6, Antwerp will host RSC Anderlecht at the Bosuilstadium. To say that tickets for that match are in high demand is an understatement. In barely three hours, all tickets were sold. Read more »
Robin Veldman already faces a serious assignment tomorrow, the Conference League match against FCSB. The time was short to prepare, Veldman's philosophy also leans closer to that of Vincent Kompany, he immediately admitted himself. But above all, he wants to return the joy of football to his players. Read more »
Lior Refaelov took a seat next to Robin Veldman for the press conference. He talked about the departure of Felice Mazzu, who saw his players briefly at Neerpede Monday. But also about his understanding of the supporters' discontent. Read more »
This morning, the press was invited to Neerpede to attend an open training session. There they saw Adrien Trebel taking part in training, not fully yet, but a large part. So there is a chance that the Frenchman might be back sooner than expected. Read more »
Zeno Debast is still suffering too much from his ankle injury and is therefore unavailable for tomorrow's match against FCSB. By the way, RSC Anderlecht doesn't agree with the punishment for Kristian Arnstad's red card and will appeal. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen was in Sint-Niklaas this afternoon to open a second Red Court. A social project of the Belgian Football Federation. He also took the time to answer questions about RSC Anderlecht and Vertonghen sees it working out. Read more »
Anderlecht are among the worst pupils in 1A in terms of physical parameters. This is the conclusion reached by Het Laatste Nieuws after comparing different rankings of physical parameters. So it is time the players put in some serious teeth Read more »
On top of all fines and damages, RSC Anderlecht must also pay a severance pay to its former coach Felice Mazzu. This reportedly amounts to around €500,000. Meanwhile, he is also already named at his ex-club Charleroi as T1. Read more »
Zeno Debast was replaced at half-time on Sunday, he was suffering from an ankle injury. That now seems to be not too bad although it is uncertain whether Debast will be able to play for the Conference League match against FCSB on Thursday. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht is going through a deep crisis The fan outbursts after the match between Anderlecht and Standard also sent the Brussels bus driver home with headaches. Read more »
