According to the Romanian journalist Emanuel Rosu, Anderlecht is thinking of hiring George Puscas this winter. Rosu does explicitly state that the talks are not yet at an advanced stage. Puscas is a 25-year-old center striker who plays for Reading. Read more »
The federal prosecutor's office has announced the names of the people it intends to refer to court in Operation Zero. It concerns 56 people. These include Herman Van Holsbeeck, Jo Van Biesbroeck, Philippe Collin, Laurent Denis, Luc Devroe and Christian N'Sengi. Read more »
It is not yet 100% certain, but there is a very good chance that Rayane Bounida will move to Ajax in March. There are more and more reports from various channels that the deal is done. Although we still have to wait until Bounida's 16th birthday in March. Read more »
The matches between RSC Anderlecht and Standard Liege are always very fraught. Supporters are not yet allowed in the stadium due to the current health crisis but that doesn't stop Mauves Army from already challenging the opponent. Read more »
Lisandro Magallan is training with the selection again after a short absence. In principle, he will be ready to play against Standard. Majeed Ashimeru is currently recovering from a covid infection. He should be able to leave quarantine this weekend. Whether he will be included in the selection, remains to be seen. Read more »
For the first time since 2017 Anderlecht had a player in the top ten of the Golden Boot. And even two. Sergio Gomez (picture) obtained the eighth place and Lukas Nmecha the ninth. The victory went somewhat surprisingly to Paul Onuachu of Racing Genk. Read more »
The Pro League has announced the exact dates for the matches in February and the first weekend of March. Anderlecht plays three times at home on Sunday and two times away on Saturday. Read more »
Hendrik Van Crombrugge has finished eighth in the election of Goalkeeper of the Year. The prize went to Simon Mignolet of Club Brugge. Bart Verbruggen also collected five points. Read more »
Vincent Kompany finished sixth in the election of Coach of the Year. The trophy went to Union coach Felice Mazzu. He narrowly won against Philippe Clement of Club Brugge. Read more »
Charles De Ketelaere succeeds himself as Youngster of the Year. It was Yari Verschaeren who was able to tell the Club Brugge player the news in a video message. "It is thickly deserved," said Verschaeren. Anderlecht has with Sergio Gomez, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Anouar Ait El Hadj three players in the top five. Read more »
Naïm van Attenhoven is no longer a player of Anderlecht. The 18-year-old goalkeeper has left purple and white. While waiting for a new club, he maintains his fitness with the Free Pro Players, the association of unemployed professional soccer players. Yesterday, he played a friendly game with them. Read more »
Anderlecht has a third corona case. After Lisandro Magallan and Enock Agyei, Majeed Ashimeru has now also tested positive for the corona virus. The Ghanaian midfielder was immediately quarantined. Read more »
What we already announced a few days ago, is now also official: former Anderlecht player Edo Kayembe swaps Eupen for Watford. A year and a half ago, Anderlecht sold the Congolese midfielder to Eupen for 800,000 euros. Read more »
At Anderlecht, players were tested for corona after returning to the club. Only Lisandro Magallan, who traveled to Argentina during the short break, tested positive from the first team. U21 player Enock Agyei also tested positive. Both players are going into quarantine. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru took advantage of the short vacation to visit his native country Ghana. The midfielder did not arrive there empty-handed. He donated soccer shoes and other soccer equipment to the local youth. Read more »
As the last of all first division teams, Anderlecht will resume training tomorrow. Purple-White will not go on a foreign training camp, but will prepare for the second half of the season in Neerpede. Read more »
January 1 is the day of good intentions for the new year and it's no different for Anouar Ait El Hadj. In his Instagram stories, the attacking midfielder looks forward to 2022. "2022 is a new challenge. Let's improve on our mistakes and show everyone that we are hungry" Read more »
eruvian journalists report an agreement between Anderlecht and Sporting Cristal over Percy Liza. Others contradict these reports. Meanwhile, Liza received the award of best newcomer in the Peruvian first division.
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A lot of Anderlecht players are currently spending their vacation in Dubai. Among others Benito Raman, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Francis Amuzu, Joshua Zirkzee, Killian Sardella and Nayel Mehssatou are staying there. Wesley Hoedt is in Abu Dhabi.
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Two players of Anderlecht didn't miss a second of the 28 official games that purple-white already played this season: goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge and defender Wesley Hoedt. When we make an overview of the number of playing minutes per player, we notice that Yari Verschaeren is the only youth product in the top ten. Read more »
Beerschot - Anderlecht minute 68. A first: Vincent Kompany substitutes Josh Cullen. For the first time this season Anderlecht played in an official game without the Irishman. Out of the 28 games Anderlecht played this season, Cullen only missed these 22 minutes. Read more »
Despite the recent capital increase, Anderlecht booked a loss of 29 million Euros again this year. According to CEO Peter Verbeke, bankruptcy was avoided thanks to the recent financial efforts of Marc Coucke, among others. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru will not participate in the Africa Cup in January. The Anderlecht midfielder is not part of Ghana's 31-man pre-selection. Christian Kouamé is thus the only player Anderlecht has to miss through the tournament. Read more »
The draw for the semi-finals of the Croky Cup took place immediately after the quarter finals. Anderlecht will meet Eupen in 2 legs. Eupen will play at home first.
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Anderlecht will probably have to miss striker Christian Kouamé for a while. He is in the pre-selection of 28 players of Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup. Eventually, three more names will be dropped from that selection. Read more »
The long-awaited financial reshuffle with capital increase finally took place yesterday morning. Debts are waived by Marc Coucke and a capital increase of 42 million euros takes place. Peter Verbeke becomes CEO of Anderlecht. Read more »
Currently, the advance of the omikron variant is worrying everyone. Also at RSC Anderlecht, which is why they have canceled their winter training camp in Dubai. Normally it would have taken place from 4 to 11 January. Read more »
Last week there was some talk that the Africa Cup could be postponed due to the current health crisis with the Omikron variant. The president of the Africa Cup has now confirmed that the tournament will go ahead as planned. Read more »
The Pro League has announced the exact playing times for the games of the 23rd, 24th and 25th matchday. It concerns three games in the last week of January. Read more »
It's been a common comment over the past 24 hours: why didn't Vincent Kompany report during the match the racism of which he, his staff and some players became victims? Sporza contacted Anderlecht and was told that only after the match all the pieces of the puzzle came together and the seriousness became clear.
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In a message on the official club website, Anderlecht has given more clarification on the racist incidents on Sunday in Bruges. "The behavior of a few casts a shadow over Belgian soccer," it also sounds. Read more »
VTM journalist Jarno Bertho writes on Twitter that neither the referee nor the match delegate heard the racist remarks. Consequently, there is little chance it will be in the match report. However, the police will start an investigation. Meanwhile, a Club supporter confirmed the facts on Twitter.
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Vincent Kompany did not attend the mandatory press conference after the match on Sunday. "We were called out for brown monkey for a whole match", the Anderlecht coach said. Not wanting to make it a personal conflict with Club Brugge, Kompany headed home with his staff, devastated. Read more »
Police have questioned former shareholder Alexandre Van Damme as part of the investigation into fraud in the sale of the club to Marc Coucke several years ago. Van Damme was heard as a witness, not a suspect. Read more »
ormally RSC Anderlecht will start the preparations, after the winter break, without Christiaan Kouame and Majeed Ashimeru. The duo might participate in the Africa Cup, but that would now be postponed. Read more »
Today Kenny Saief celebrates his birthday! He becomes 28 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht has found reinforcements for the scouting team in Tim Matthys (37). Matthys used to work as Sports Manager for AA Gent, but now he will be working for Anderlecht where he will be working together with Peter Verbeke again. The transfer had been in the air for a while.
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Today Christian Kouamé celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
After eliminating Seraing, Kortrijk awaits as next opponent in the Belgian Cup. The purple and white team will play the West Flemish team at home on December 21, 22 or 23. Read more »
21-year-old Jakub Kiwior made his debut in Serie A, as the Polish defender played the entire match against Inter Milan with Spezia. Kiwior arrived at Anderlecht in 2016 as a 16-year-old top talent, but could not live up to it. Read more »
Today Timon Wellenreuther celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
RSC Anderlecht has never received so many direct red cards as this season. Purple and white already received four: Amir Murillo, Christian Kouamé, Majeed Ashimeru and Benito Raman. These red cards also lead to points being lost, as happened last Sunday for example. Read more »
Anderlecht will not appeal to the suspension proposal that the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding against Benito Raman. This is reported by Het Laatste Nieuws. Purple-White thus agrees to three match days effective and one conditional. Read more »
Francis Amuzu didn't respect corona rules last year and was caught partying or gathering four times, for that he now had to answer to the judge. It was his lawyer who was present, Amuzu could choose between community service or prison. Read more »
Last Sunday, RSC Anderlecht came out better after the break and the equalizer came not long after it. The team kept up the pace until Benito Ramen stupidly picked up a red card on the hour. And he was not thanked for that, not by his teammates and certainly not by Vincent Kompany. Read more »
Today Elias Cobbaut celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The Pro League was rightly not worried, yesterday's consultation committee announced no drastic measures for supporters. Everyone remains welcome with Covid Safe Ticket (CST) and with mouth mask, the only change compared to the previous home games. Read more »
Tim Matthys leaves AA Gent, since that is known his name is mentioned more and more at RSC Anderlecht. Especially because sports director Peter Verbeke and Matthys have worked together in the past. But purple-white is not the reason why the scout closed the door of the Buffalo's behind him.
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According to Sudpresse, RSC Anderlecht had its eye on a number of agricultural plots near the already existing sports complexes of the club. The aim was to transform these lands and develop a sports complex on them; something that had apparently been previously promised by the municipality.
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Former footballer Tim Matthys will soon stop as sports director at AA Gent. Anderlecht is one of the teams that asked him for a job as a scout. However, Het Nieuwsblad knows that there is no agreement (yet). Read more »
