After an extra week of holiday, Ali Maamar (photo), Jayden Onia Seke and Joshua Nga Kana also reported back at the club on Friday. The trio joined up later because they were still on duty with their national teams after the end of the season. The current first-team squad now consists of twenty players (see here). With World Cup participants Nathan Saliba and Cesar Huerta, everyone has started preparations for the new season. Read more »
Bram Geers and Anderlecht have immediately ended their collaboration. The decision was taken after a meeting between Geers and Antoine Sibierski. Geers returned to Anderlecht last year from Bayern Munich, where he had been put in charge of the strategic oversight of the players' physical development and medical support. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, the decision not to continue with Geers follows an audit of the club's operational workings by Sibierski. Read more »
Vítor Bruno's first day as Anderlecht head coach made it immediately clear what he stands for. The Portuguese coach wants to create a professional working environment in which discipline and responsibility are central. During the first training session, it stood out that all players stepped onto the pitch with their socks pulled up and wearing shin guards. According to Bruno, that is not a minor detail, but a matter of course. Read more »
While in Seattle in the United States for business and football-related meetings, chairman Michael Verschueren is closely following developments at Anderlecht. With the appointment of Vitor Bruno as the club's new head coach now in place, he is looking ahead to the future of the purple-and-white with optimism. He also expects the club to unveil several new signings in the coming weeks. According to Verschueren, the search for a new coach was handled much more thoroughly this time than in the past. Read more »
Vitor Bruno is leading Anderlecht's training session for the second time today. The press was welcome and immediately witnessed an adjustment from the new coach: from now on, players will be required to wear shin guards in training as well. Bruno clearly seems intent on making the sessions more intense. Read more »
According to Het Nieuwsblad, Anderlecht had all but reached an agreement with Alfred Schreuder to become their manager for the new season. The Dutchman, however, decided at the last moment not to accept the proposal and preferred to wait for other offers. Schreuder is currently at the World Cup as assistant to Julian Nagelsmann, Germany's national coach. He was reportedly set to sign a three-year deal and could have started immediately after the World Cup, or once Germany were eliminated. Read more »
Anderlecht have found their new head coach. The Brussels side are betting on 43-year-old Portuguese Vítor Bruno, a name that will mean little outside Portugal. Yet the club sees him as the ideal man to usher in a new era. His record as a head coach is still limited, but his career has already featured striking highs and lows. Read more »
The search for a new coach has been dragging on for several weeks. Sporting director Antoine Sibierski and CEO Kenneth Bornauw are taking their time to select the right candidate. The club is deliberately opting for a manager who can build for the long term, rather than having to change course again in short order. The name of Karel Geraerts has been mentioned regularly in recent weeks, but Anderlecht has made it clear that he is no longer in the running to become the next head coach. Read more »
As the squad returns to the training ground on Monday, the position of head coach at Anderlecht remains open for the time being. Behind the scenes, however, work is under way on an agreement that, according to internal sources, is now in the final stage of negotiations. If the new coach is not announced in time, assistant Jérémy Taravel will temporarily take charge of the first sessions at the training centre in Neerpede. The Frenchman will also remain part of the technical staff after the arrival of the new coach. Read more »
Anderlecht's pre-season does not just bring in fresh faces, but also a few familiar names back to Neerpede. Several players are returning after loan spells and rejoining the first-team squad. Forward Luis Vázquez has reported back after spending last season at Getafe. Moussa N'Diaye is also back in Brussels after his successful stint at Schalke 04, where he celebrated promotion to the Bundesliga. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht have bolstered their defence with the signing of Giulian Biancone (26). The French centre-back joins from Olympiakos and has put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Lotto Park, with the option of an additional season. Biancone is no stranger to Belgian football: he spent two seasons on loan in the Jupiler Pro League with Cercle Brugge, arriving from Monaco. He then went on to feature in France's Ligue 1 with Troyes and in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest, before spending the past three seasons in Greece. Read more »
Anderlecht will have to do without the support of its fans next season for away match(es) at Union's Joseph Mariën Stadium. The sanction follows numerous incidents that took place after the lost cup final against Union. Anderlecht has also been fined €8,000. Fans launched fireworks and destroyed a number of seats in the stadium. Read more »
Today Nilson Angulo celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The Pro League has announced the schedule for the new season. Anderlecht will kick off with a home match against La Louvière. They will then face newly promoted sides Beveren and Kortrijk. On matchday four, their first major fixture awaits: an away trip to Union. Read more »
In Switzerland, the draw for the second qualifying round of the Europa League has been made. Anderlecht were the first team out of the hat and were paired with Hammarby from Sweden. Read more »
Mihajlo Cvetkovic will not take part in the U19 European Championship at the end of the month. Het Nieuwsblad reports that Anderlecht has refused to release its striker. Because the tournament is not on the official FIFA calendar, Anderlecht is not obliged to do so. The Euros run from 28 June to 11 July. Read more »
Today Moussa N'Diaye celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
While the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada is in full swing, Anderlecht is already looking ahead to the coming season. The Brussels club will reconvene at Neerpede on Friday for the traditional start of pre-season. The first two days will be entirely devoted to medical and fitness tests, with the squad split into two groups. On Monday the first on-field training session will follow. Read more »
The 20-year-old Lander Gijsbers has signed a new contract with Anderlecht for one season, with an option for an additional year, the club announced today. The goalkeeper arrived last year from OH Leuven and was due to see his contract expire at the end of this month. Gijsbers was part of the Futures squad this past season. He didn't play, but was on the bench as second goalkeeper fourteen times in 1B. Read more »
Within ten days Anderlecht wants to have its new coach for next season in place, Het Nieuwsblad reports. According to the paper, Antoine Sibierski has held talks with several candidates and two of them made the strongest impression. Jérémy Taravel will remain on board as assistant coach. Sibierski believes the new head coach will be fine with two assistants — Taravel will be one, the second name is not yet known. Read more »
Today Joshua Nga Kana celebrates his birthday! He becomes 17 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Whether talks are actually taking place between Toluca and Anderlecht remains unclear. Rumours of a personal agreement between Toluca and Huerta are also hard to verify, but that hasn't stopped the Mexican media from openly speculating about Huerta's transfer fee. According to Mexican sources and transfer specialist César Luis Merlo, advanced negotiations are indeed underway — yet the transfer fee is a sticking point. Toluca is reportedly willing to spend around €4 million on Huerta, whose market value fell sharply over the past year due to injuries, while Anderlecht is asking roughly €6.5 million. Read more »
Fifty years after the partnership began, Adidas officially returns to RSC Anderlecht's shirt. The Brussels club unveiled on Thursday its new home kit for the 2026–2027 season, in a carefully staged mise-en-scène by directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. To mark the renewal of the contract, RSCA entrusted the presentation video to the two film-world icons. The new shirt is now on sale in the renovated Fanshop at Lotto Park and in RSCA's official webshop. Read more »
Anderlecht will enter the second qualifying round of the Europa League as a seeded team. That spares them a number of tough opponents, although there are also a few heavyweights among the unseeded clubs. Anderlecht could face: - Besiktas - Twente - Tromsø - Hammarby - St. Gallen .There are also a number of teams that will come through from the first qualifying round. Read more »
After his somewhat surprising substitute appearance for Morocco in a World Cup warm-up friendly, Anderlecht player Ali Maamar will not be heading off on holiday just yet. Maamar has been named to the World Cup squad as a provisional replacement for Genk's El Ouahdi, who is currently facing visa problems and has so far been unable to travel to the US with the Moroccan team. Morocco are of course working to resolve the issues in time, so it remains uncertain whether Maamar will actually feature at the World Cup. Read more »
Today Alexander De Ridder celebrates his birthday! He becomes 18 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Mihajlo Ilic celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Keisuke Goto celebrates his birthday! He becomes 21 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
RSCA Futsal confirmed their domestic dominance, claiming a fourth consecutive title with a 6-2 win over Antwerp in the second leg of the final. After winning the first leg, Anderlecht thus rounded off an almost perfect season with the crown. It took just three minutes for the scoring to open: Edu, fed by Grello, crushed Antwerp's hopes. Before the break Anderlecht pulled further away: Cainan — good for 115 goals in three seasons — even scored from his own half, after which Raul and Grello took the score to 4-0 at the interval. Read more »
Nathan Saliba can look forward to the World Cup in his home country, Canada. The midfielder is included in head coach Jesse Marsch's squad. Canada will face Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar and Switzerland in the group stage, giving them a realistic chance of progressing from the groups for the first time in their history. If Saliba makes an impression, his value could of course rise, and Sibierski has already made clear that the Canadian must become a key figure for Anderlecht next season. Read more »
After seven years, the marriage between Anderlecht and kit supplier Joma is over. The club announced this today via its official channels. "Purple-and-white wish to expressly thank Joma for the professional and creative collaboration," it reads. "We look back on a successful partnership." Joma is a Spanish sports brand. Read more »
The 40-year-old Grello has won the seventh Golden Boot of his career. He finished with 329 points, ahead of Marvin Ghislandi (320 pts) and Omar Rahou (236 pts), two international players from FT Charleroi. Read more »
Cesar Huerta reported to the Mexican national team today. He will be part of the squad for Saturday night's friendly against Australia. Mexico will announce its final World Cup roster on Monday.
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According to some sources, Óscar García is on RSCA's shortlist of potential head coaches. In the past he has coached, among others, OHL, Barcelona U19, Tel Aviv, Brighton, Watford, Red Bull Salzburg, Saint?Étienne, Olympiakos, Celta Vigo, Reims and Chivas; he is currently active at Ajax. As a player he was developed at Barcelona before becoming a coach at Albacete, Valencia and UE Lleida. Read more »
Today Adjani Mujangi Bia celebrates his birthday! He becomes 16 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
After the heavy 5-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise, RSC Anderlecht came in for fierce criticism on the HLN Football podcast. Analysts Frank Boeckx and Toby Alderweireld did not spare the purple-and-white and pointed to structural problems within the club. At the same time, Boeckx put forward a notable name as a possible new coach: Wouter Vrancken. Boeckx suggested the heavy loss may even have clarified matters for sporting director Antoine Sibierski. Read more »
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (39) has decided to end his career. The Danish goalkeeper played for Anderlecht during the 2023-2024 season. Schmeichel was currently playing for Celtic, but due to a shoulder injury, he was expected to be sidelined until at least February 2027. Read more »
The red card Thorgan Hazard picked up against Union could have an unpleasant aftermath for the player. The football association's disciplinary prosecutor is seeking to ban Hazard for two matches outright, plus an additional one-match suspension on probation. Hazard is leaving Anderlecht, but the suspension will carry over into other competitions. A three-match ban was deemed excessive because Hazard had no prior suspensions on his record. Read more »
Yesterday the three players chosen to join this year's Pro League Hall of Fame were announced. Alongside Lei Clijsters the honour went to Enzo Scifo and Frank Vercauteren, two genuine icons in Anderlecht's history. Enzo Scifo (b. 1966) played 254 matches for Anderlecht, scoring 57 goals. Read more »
Except for the internationals, the RSC Anderlecht players have gone on holiday. On 17 June they will learn their opponent for the Europa League qualifying rounds; 22 June marks the resumption of training. That means Antoine Sibierski has plenty on his plate, since the qualifiers are scheduled for 23 and 30 July. If they lose, there is still the safety net of Conference League qualification, but hopefully it will not come to that. Read more »
Today Enzo Sternal celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, the Anderlecht board has made a decision about Jérémy Taravel's future. He is reportedly not to remain as head coach, but the club would be grateful for his work in guiding the team through difficult circumstances. He is said to have been offered the chance to stay on as an assistant to the new coach. Who that will be is not yet known, nor is it known whether Taravel will accept the role. Read more »
That Anderlecht played a very mediocre season was underlined again today by the humiliating defeat at Union. Pro League statistics also confirm in numbers just how weak Anderlecht performed this season. Anderlecht played 40 competitive matches. Of those, only 15 were won (37.5%). Read more »
Today it's exactly 118 years ago that the club was founded. Happy birthday Anderlecht and some more beautiful years! Read more »
Today Lilian Vergeylen celebrates his birthday! He becomes 20 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
On Thursday, there was a celebration for Ludwig Augustinsson. Before kickoff in the match against STVV, he was honored for his 100th match for Anderlecht. By now, the tally has even reached 103. There likely won't be many more added to that. Although he still has a year left on his contract, he may Read more »
The Fan Council, Anderlecht's supporters' council, recently met with the club's sporting leadership. New sporting director Antoine Sibierski set out his plans. “The central message was clear: the club must be rebuilt on mentality, responsibility, discipline and a true winners' culture,” the report said. Below is the full account published by the Fan Council in their Facebook group. Read more »
The season is effectively over for Anderlecht. One match remains, but it no longer matters. Anderlecht finished fourth and must go into the Europa League qualifying rounds. It's high time to strengthen the squad, especially after the departure of several experienced figures yesterday. Read more »
Good news for Ilay Camara. The winger has been named to Senegal's national squad and will go to the World Cup. Moussa N'Diaye, who bounced back well during his loan at Schalke 04, was not selected. Senegal are drawn in a very tough World Cup group with France, Norway and Iraq. Read more »
