Due to Joshua Zirkzee's injury, Benito Raman was allowed to come in at halftime on Sunday. Usually he only gets a quarter game to show himself. The latter is hard for him. "I'm glad that for once it was more than a quarter of an hour," he said afterwards. Read more »
Two players of Anderlecht are included in the Pro League team of the regular league: Wesley Hoedt and Sergio Gomez. The Pro League only looked at the statistics of the players. Read more »
Lior Refaelov is facing his fourth cup final, automatically the nickname 'Mister Croky Cup' comes up although he doesn't want to shout it too loud himself. The game still has to be played, and AA Gent is a feared opponent: "Every final is fifty-fifty, and Gent plays very good football, just like us.
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At around 6pm on 18 May 2008, Ahmed Hassan was able to lift the Belgian Cup after winning the final against KAA Gent. It was also the Egyptian's farewell to Belgian football and, for the time being, the last Cup won for the club. Read more »
René Weiler is currently active at the Japanese top club Kashima Antlers. Thousands of kilometres, however, do not stop him from following RSC Anderlecht. The Swiss was the last coach to win a prize with purple-white and now, with all his heart, he wishes them the cup.
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Peter Verbeke is already working hard on next season. On Sunday, there was some time to enjoy the qualification for the Champions' Play Offs, but now he has to work on a striker for next season again, as both Christian Kouamé and Joshua Zirkzee are here on loan. Read more »
A few weeks ago, the news appeared that RSC Anderlecht was going to cut back the budget of the women's team. CEO Peter Verbeke now announces that this won't be the case, on the contrary, a complete new philosophy will be installed following the example of the youth. Read more »
Vincent Kompany does not lose his cool easily, but after the win against KV Kortrijk, he screamed it out. And for once he also let his players celebrate exuberantly. CEO Peter Verbeke and chairman Wouter Vandenhaute got a heartfelt hug and dad Pierre Kompany also shared in the joy. Read more »
Saturday Olivier Deschacht officially says goodbye to football with his Legends Game for which tickets are still available. Something he is looking forward to, but also to the cup final on Monday: "I expect a very nice game". Read more »
Captain Hendrik Van Crombrugge was without a chance against the penalty of KV Kortrijk but kept his team straight for the rest. He pulled his players along and gave them the chance to take home the three points. Read more »
D-day for RSC Anderlecht today, if it wins against KV Kortrijk, it can end up on the third place because Antwerp lost points against Cercle Brugge yesterday. But it will have to win its match tonight and that's also the goal for Vincent Kompany and his troops. Read more »
Anderlecht will place a big screen in the Lotto Park for the final of the Belgian Cup. Owner Marc Coucke let it be known via Twitter. "We do this for the many fans without tickets", Coucke writes. Read more »
Anderlecht goes to Kortrijk on Sunday and there, Nayel Mehssatou is currently playing at left back. The 19-year old defender left Anderlecht in January for the blokes. It will be a happy reunion. "I'm very grateful to Anderlecht for the professional guidance I got there", Mehssatou looks ahead on the website of KVK. Read more »
In the weekly review of the Professional Refereeing Department, Kristoffer Olsson's yellow card comes up for discussion. The Department supports the decision of the referee, although red would not have been wrong either. Read more »
Vincent Kompany and his players were already aware of AA Gent's point loss before the game. The cheering of the supporters on the Theo Verbeecklaan could be heard up to the dressing room of the Lotto Park. Read more »
Only smiling faces after last night's game. Of course, the players knew about Gent's point loss before the game, which according to Joshua Zirkzee, gave some of them a boost. Read more »
Anderlecht cannot count on Majeed Ashimeru on Sunday. On his press conference, coach Vincent Kompany told that the Ghanaian is out for a while. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Anderlecht tries to get him ready for the Cup Final. Read more »
Panama ended the World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory against Canada. Amir Murillo started the game, but was replaced at half-time. Afterwards, he wrote on Instagram how sorry he was that Panama missed out on the World Cup. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht's U23 will probably joining the 1B division. At the moment, they are second and as good as assured of a top four spot. However, that entry will cost a lot of money, 1 million euro to be exact. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic is in the country before he leaves for a two-week holiday to Dubai. Last March, he had a corona infection, in the meantime he has resumed his work as an agent. Meanwhile, he continues to support RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
Sergio Gomez made the most of the past few days with the Spanish U21, which also managed to qualify for the European Championships -21 in 2023. The Spaniard is satisfied with his performance but does not want to look too far into the future yet: "Now focus on the last months of the season with RSC Anderlecht". Read more »
Josh Cullen is one of the first names that Vincent Kompany puts on the match sheet, also with the Irish national team he is already at 15 caps. The Irish international is looking forward to tomorrow's game against the Red Devils. Read more »
Tessa Wullaert had to cope with an injury the past few weeks, but is back for the play-offs with RSC Anderlecht. Where she still feels good, her contract runs until next year but there are no concrete plans yet: "I let everything come to me".
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With two match days to go, Anderlecht doesn't have their fate in their own hands anymore. The purple and white team dominated in Ghent, but returned to Brussels without points. At the press conference after the match, Vincent Kompany reacted disappointed, but combative. Read more »
A visibly very disappointed Wesley Hoedt spoke to Sporza after the game against Gent. "When you get so many chances, you can only look at yourself," said the defender. "We have to stay positive now and do everything we can to win two more." Read more »
Vincent Kompany takes Sunday's game as sober as ever. RSC Anderlecht has enough with a draw, but the coach doesn't count. What he does know is that it will be a duel worth watching. Read more »
