According to Turkish media, a Liverpool scout was present during the Oud Heverlee Leuven - RSC Anderlecht match. He would have been there to scout Bart Verbruggen. Manchester United would also be following the Dutchman's performance from a short distance. Read more »
After the victory over OH Leuven, Anderlecht is in the top eight for the first time since September. Although we have to add a caveat. Charleroi has one point less than Anderlecht ... and also one match more to play. Read more »
This afternoon Anderlecht plays against OH Leuven and Het Nieuwsblad writes this weekend that purple-white also inquired about the transfer possibilities of OHL striker Mario Gonzalez in January. The Spaniard has already scored 15 times this season. Read more »
Anderlecht youngsters Anas Tajaouart (photo) and Ali Maamar have both turned down selection for the Belgian youth teams and are opting for the Moroccan U20s. So reports the Moroccan website DM Sport. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht had drawn home advantage during the draw, only Union also plays at home first and since the Europa League is rated higher by UEFA, Union gets priority. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht had drawn home advantage during the draw, only Union also plays at home first and since the Europa League is rated higher by UEFA, Union gets priority. So Purple and White will also be driven to its own stadium, although the supporters don't weigh that too heavily.
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Switzerland has just drawn a draw for the quarterfinals of the Conference League. Anderlecht will play AZ Almaar. The first match will take place on Thursday April 13 in the Lotto Park. The return match will take place one week later. Read more »
Our Red Devils will also soon be in action during two away games against Sweden and Germany. Fresh new national coach Domenico Tedesco included RSC Anderlecht players Zeno Debast and Jan Vertonghen in his selection. Read more »
The national U21 will take on the Czech Republic and Japan in the coming weeks. National coach Jacky Mathijssen included Killian Sardella and Yari Verschaeren in his selection for these two away games. Read more »
Bart Verbruggen is one of the nominees for the "Player of the Week" in the Europa Conference League. Of the four nominated players, two are active in the Jupiler Pro League, Bart Verbruggen and Gift Orban. You can vote here. In the video below, UEFA also highlights Verbruggen's saves starting at 1.10. Read more »
"We have no injuries," Brian Riemer could immediately reassure everyone after the game. Francis Amuzu and Yari Verschaeren mainly suffered from cramps. So without mishaps, Riemer can count on a full core next Sunday. Read more »
Friday's draw for the Conference League quarterfinals will take place at 2 p.m. Possible opponents are: AZ Alkmaar (NED), West Ham (ENG), Gent (BEL), Nice (FRA), Fiorentina (ITA), Lech Poznań (POL) or Basel (SWI). Read more »
RSC Anderlecht and Union Saint-Gilles joined AA Gent as placed for the next round last night. It's a banner year for Belgian teams in Europe, three Belgian clubs in the quarter-finals, that's 31 years ago and a huge boost for Belgian coeds.
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Anderlecht will start with an attacking eleven in Villarreal with Refealov in midfield. On the left, N'Diaye will again play against the Spaniards. Raman functions as a deep striker. Read more »
Tonight at 20:40, the Dutch channel Play6 will start broadcasting the match Villarreal - Anderlecht. On the French side, RTBF has chosen the option of RUSG against Union Berlin. Only Auvio offers the match between the Purple and White. Read more »
The black jersey with which Anderlecht will play its European matches this season has already been sold more than 15,000 times. The club reports. Never before has an Anderlecht jersey sold so well, it sounds. Read more »
Marc Coucke will be present in Spain to attend the game between Villarreal and Anderlecht in the Conference League. He usually doesn't travel to RSCA's European matches because of his professional agenda. He did not take the same plane as the team, but joined the delegation afterwards. Read more »
The Spanish security services consider Thursday's match between Villarreal and Anderlecht a high-risk match. About a thousand Anderlecht supporters will travel to Villareal. This includes 200 who label the Spaniards as 'radical'. Read more »
While Anderlecht plays Villarreal on Thursday, the Lotto Park is the setting for Union's European match. Het Nieuwsblad knows that purple-white will receive 125,000 to 150,000 euro for this. That Union plays this European match in Anderlecht is a consequence of the transition that coach Felice Mazzu made last summer. Read more »
Anders Dreyer and Kristian Arnstad both received good news from their national coach today. Both were called up for the upcoming international games. For Dreyer, it is his first selection since November 2021. Read more »
Sunday afternoon RSC Anderlecht will visit Oud-Herverlee Leuven, Jasper Vergoote whistles the game underway. Michael Geerolf, Martijn Tiesters are along the line, Brent Staessens is fourth official. Read more »
Anderlecht has appointed Briton Ian Burchnall (40) as one of Brian Riemer's assistants. He previously worked in Norway at Sarpsborg 08, Viking FK and Östersund. In England, he was coach of Notts County and Forest Green Rovers. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru may soon report back to the Ghana national team. The Anderlecht midfielder is part of the selection of 25 players for qualifying matches for the Africa Cup that Ghana plays against Angola. Read more »
Chapter number one of the saga, Adrien Trebel, though it also appears to be the very last. The story now seems to be definitively over for the Frenchman at RSC Anderlecht. Brian Riemer first hinted that Trebel was out against Villareal due to injury. Read more »
Villareal boarded the plane in Spain this morning heading for Belgium. However, due to severe weather, they were forced to make a stopover in Paris. Meanwhile, the entire delegation has already landed safely at Zaventem. Read more »
After three defeats, Villareal has got back on track. Last weekend, Anderlecht's upcoming opponent in the Conference League recorded its second league victory in a row. It won 0-2 at relegation candidate Almeria. Read more »
Today Wesley Hoedt celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
No Jan Vertonghen at training today. Anderlecht coach Brian Riemer revealed during his press chatter this afternoon that the defender is struggling with the ankle. "We will see how it is tomorrow, but it is uncertain if he can play Sunday," Riemer said. Read more »
Dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman has announced a pre-selection of 37 players for the European Championship qualifiers against France and Gibraltar. This includes Bart Verbruggen. For the Anderlecht goalie it is the first time he makes the pre-selection. Read more »
Today Adrien Trebel celebrates his birthday! He becomes 32 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
On Monday 20 March, the first hearing of the lawsuit filed by Anderlecht against journalist Jan Hauspie will take place. This is what news site Apache reports. According to the website, 1 euro in material damages and 25,000 euros in moral damages is asking Hauspie. Read more »
Yesterday's open training session in Anderlecht allowed us to observe some members of the sporting and medical staff who are mainly in charge of the core of the A squad. Whether you know them or not, we think it would be interesting to give you an overview of these RSCA staff members. Read more »
Brian Riemer called 25 players to the Lotto Park yesterday afternoon for an open training session. Good news on the pitch, Marco Kana gave everything during training. Hannes Delcroix is still in rehabilitation while Anders Dreyer was absent due to illness. Benito Raman, who had to drop out sick against Standard, was present.
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At the end of this month, an international break is on the agenda. They also welcomed a new national coach in the Netherlands after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where Ronald Koeman took over from Louis Van Gaal. Koeman will announce his selection next Friday and that will also include Bart Verbruggen. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht filed a claim with FIFA against Nottingham Forest, for the missed transfer of left-back Harry Toffolo. FIFA declared itself incompetent, RSCA went to the TAS, which did have jurisdiction, but there's a long procedural hurdle involved and purple and white don't fancy that. Read more »
Today Mustapha Bundu and Hannes Delcroix celebrate their birthday. Mustapha Bundu is now 26 and Hannes Delcroix 24years old. We wish them both a happy anniversary! Read more »
Today Antoine Colassin celebrates his birthday! He becomes 22 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
It comes as little surprise, but Bart Verbruggen has been voted Player of the Week in the Conference League by UEFA. His three penalty saves also impressed UEFA. Read more »
There has just been a draw for the 16th finals of the Conference League. With Spain's Villarreal, Anderlecht drew one of the toughest opponents possible on paper. Anderlecht first plays at home on 9 March and plays the return game in Spain on 16 March. Read more »
After qualifying against Ludogorets, Anderlecht will have to face Europe again. Who the opponent will be, we will know this afternoon. The draw will take place at 1 pm in Nyon, Switzerland. See who Anderlecht can draw here. Read more »
Not conceding a goal during a penalty series after a European match. Bart Verbruggen did it tonight and that is quite an achievement. As many as 35 years ago, statistics agency OPTA knows. Read more »
Humo and journalist Jan Hauspie would not (yet) comment on Anderlecht's summon against the journalist, but Pol Deltour, national secretary of the Flemish Association of Journalists, did. He regrets that Anderlecht is going to court and not to the Press Council. Read more »
Anderlecht announces that it will take legal action against Jan Hauspie, the Humo journalist who wrote the controversial article about the club's operation some two weeks ago. "The publication of these articles causes unequivocal damage to RSC Anderlecht," it reads. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen has blossomed in defence in recent weeks. There, he leads his defenders and the rest of the squad like a true captain. Calm has returned to the squad and Vertonghen still believes RSC Anderlecht can qualify European. Read more »
Today Mohammed Dauda celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Tonight at 9:15 pm RSCA Futsal welcomes the red lantern Pibo Belizia at the Alfa Sun Indoor Arena, five days later Charleroi travels to Roosdaal for the second leg of the Belgian Cup semi-finals. Martin Baert, father of sports director Lieven Baert, cites three things that gave the club a tremendous boost. Read more »
The Pro League has announced the top team of the regular league in 1B. Including one player from Anderlecht: Lucas Stassin. To arrive at the team, the Pro League based itself on several statistics. Read more »
Today Wouter Vandenhaute celebrates his birthday! He becomes 61 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
About an hour ago, the plane took off with the RSC Anderlecht delegation on board. Marc Coucke stayed home, Wouter Vandenhaute does make the European trip. Along with them also about 150 supporters. Read more »
