Lukas Nmecha can prepare for the European Championship final with the German U21. After two minutes it was already 0-1 for Germany with an assist from Nmecha, before the game was ten minutes away the 0-2 was already on the board. The Netherlands softened to 1-2, but had no further answer against the Germans. Read more »
Sakina Diki Ouzraoui will also play for the ladies of Anderlecht next season. The 19-year-old midfielder came over from RWDM in 2018 and will start her fourth season in the Purple & White shirt. Read more »
Today Edo Kayembe celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht have just announced the permanent transfer of Landry Dimata to Espanyol Barcelona. "Espanyol was crowned champion on Sunday and thus assured itself of promotion. Thanks to this performance, the clause of a permanent purchase in Nany's transfer agreement is activated," reports the Purple & White. Read more »
Mehdi Bayat resigned as federation chairman. At the end of August we will know who his successor will be and there is a chance that it will be Michaël Verschueren, although nothing is certain yet. Meanwhile, Verschueren is already a representative of professional football. Read more »
Morocco already wants Anouar Ait El Hadj for some time now. The player himself has now indicated that his preference goes to the national team of Belgium. The attacking midfielder is currently with the national U21 where he may be able to celebrate his debut in Kazakhstan. Read more »
Today Michel Vlap celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The Red Devils are doing everything they can to prepare Axel Witsel for the third European Championship match against Finland. If it doesn't work out, Albert Sambi Lokonga will be his replacement in the European Championship selection. National coach Roberto Martinez made this clear at his press conference yesterday. Read more »
Romelu Lukaku is not only Serie A champion with Inter Milan, he has also been voted Serie A's Most Valuable Player (MVP). A nice personal award for the Red Devil. It is also the first time that a Belgian player has won this award. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht are mourning this week. It unexpectedly had to say goodbye to one of its youth trainers, Maxime Coppens. Owner Marc Coucke had to say goodbye to his father, André Coucke became 93 years old. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht have not used the purchase option on Majeed Ashimeru. But that doesn't mean it doesn't want to continue with the Ghanaian. Only the purchase option is too expensive according to purple and white. That is why it has started negotiations with Red Bull Salzburg to buy Ashimeru after all. Read more »
Nmecha is the player of the season and also gave the best assist of the season. El Hadj scored the most beautiful goal, Van Crombrugge made the most spectacular save and Sambi Lokongo was awarded for the best celebration of the season. At least those are the choices the Anderlecht fans made following a survey of the club itself. Read more »
Landry Dimata played 83 minutes in the match between Espanyol Barcelona and Alcorcon last weekend. It was the final game of the league and it was lost with 1-0. In principle, Dimata will play in La Liga next year, as Espanyol had a mandatory purchase option when promoted to the highest division. Read more »
More than two weeks after Jonas De Roeck and Anderlecht decided to split up after this season, the coach has found a new club. De Roeck will start next season as head coach at Westerlo in 1B. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga can report in Neerpede on Monday when the Red Devils start preparing for the European Football Championship. Het Nieuwsblad writes that Roberto Martinez wants three players from the reserve list to anticipate a possible drop out of Axel Witsel. Sambi Lokonga is one of the three. Read more »
2,500 supporters. That is the number of fans that would be allowed into the stadium at the start of the competition. But the Pro League sees opportunities to do more and is working on a plan to admit fans based on stadium capacity. Anderlecht, for example, received between 6,000 and 7,000 fans for a number of matches in October. Read more »
Qualification for the Conference League group stage yields Anderlecht around 2.94 million euros. Each win brings in another half a million. A draw is good for 166,000 euros. The group winner takes another 650,000 euros, for the second in the group that is exactly half of it. The final winner of this new competition can credit 8.9 million to the bank account. Finally, UEFA also distributes another 23.5 million in marketing revenue among the 32 participants. Read more »
Anderlecht delivers a number of internationals for the upcoming international games. Warner Hahn is playing with Suriname, which will play against Bermuda and Canada. Matt Miazga will play with the US against Switzerland, Honduras and Costa Rica. The Americans participate in the Concacaf Nations League and the Gold Cup. Josh Cullen, selected for Ireland, will face Andorra and Hungary. Read more »
Anderlecht will receive 150,000 from the solidarity fund that was gained by the teams that played in Europe this year. This fund covers (part of) the financial loss because Anderlecht did not get the chance to play for Play-off 1 on the last match day. Read more »
Today it's exactly 113 years ago that the club was founded. Happy birthday Anderlecht and some more beautiful years! Read more »
Today Jeremy Doku celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Some research teaches us that Anderlecht will be seeded in both Conference League preliminary rounds. The Purple & White currently still has a European coefficient of 25,000 points and therefore has to tolerate only three teams in front of them in the third preliminary round: Basel, Copenhagen and Ghent. Read more »
Laura De Neve has been voted Professional Football Player of the Year. The Anderlecht defender sees a strong season crowned with an individual prize. Vincent Kompany and Anouar Ait El Hadj did not win any prizes. Read more »
Due to the fourth place in the final ranking, Anderlecht have to start in the third preliminary round of the Conference League. On July 26, Anderlecht will know who will be the opponent in this. The games are scheduled on August 5 and 12. Read more »
After Romelu Lukaku and Youri Tielemans, another youth product from Anderlecht has shown itself to be important for his team. No title or cup, but with a goal in the 86th minute, Sebastiaan Bornauw saved his Cologne from direct relegation from the Bundesliga. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga and Lukas Nmecha are two of the five nominees for the Ebony Shoe. That prize is awarded to the best football player of African descent in our competition. The other contenders are Paul Onuachu, Theo Bongonda (both Genk) and Clinton Mata (Club Brugge). Read more »
Colin Coosemans will almost certainly be the new third goalkeeper of Anderlecht. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, the talks are underway and "barring a turnaround" an agreement will be reached. Timon Wellenreuther will leave. Read more »
Anderlecht counts seventeen draws in the current season. Although Vincent Kompany emphasizes that his team often earned more. In any case, a draw on Sunday is enough to get the Europa League ticket. Read more »
Jeanke De Bock, the equipment man of RSC Anderlecht, is saying goodbye after 36 years of loyal service. He's going on a well-deserved retirement. On Thursday, the players waved him off with a bow of honor in the Lotto Park for his last home game. Read more »
Today Abdoulay Diaby and Yevhenii Makarenko celebrate their birthday. They both become 30 years old and we wish to congratulate them with their anniversary! Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will start its preparation on June 14, after which the necessary friendly games will follow. Next season, however, there will be no friendly against KSV Oudenaarde again. Read more »
Kenny Saief was loaned out to Lechia Gdansk in Poland for the past season and a half. That cooperation has now come to an end, the Polish club has decided not to continue with Saief, who will return to RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
If there is one player that the supporters support it is Josh Cullen. The Irishman never plays a bad game and always gives everything. Vincent Kompany described him earlier as a player with a great warrior heart. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht would now look to let Abdoulay Diaby stay in the Lotto Park next season. The purchase option is probably too expensive, so it wants to negotiate with Lisbon to rent him for another season or to lower the purchase option. Read more »
No Red Devils selection for Albert Sambi Lokonga and Yari Verschaeren, the latter has been called up for the national U21. Although they both may still have a little hope because they are on the reserve list of Roberto Martinez. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren and Anouar Ait El Hadj will not go to the European Championship with the Red Duviels, but they will play with the national U21. They start their campaign in Kazakhstan. Lucas Lissens, Marco Kana and Killian Sardella also belong to the selection. Read more »
Anouar Ait El Hadj has the Belgian-Moroccan nationality. It is no secret that Morocco has been wanting Ait El Hadj's for a while now. It now even wants to call up the midfielder for a friendly game in June. Read more »
Ait El Hadj has been nominated for the Pro League Award of Young Player of the Year. The other two are Charles De Ketelaere (Club Brugge) and Noa Lang (Club Brugge). The winner will be announced on 24 May. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht has a few players on loan with a purchase option: Majeed Ashimeru, Paul Mukairu and Abdoulay Diaby. As it looks now, only Ashimeru's will be lifted. Of the three, only he fits into the system that Vincent Kompany has in mind. Read more »
Roberto Martinez can select 26 players for the European Championship, and that is all that Vincent Kompany is aware of. He is now mainly concerned with the remaining matches in the Champions Play-off. Read more »
Vincent Kompany wanted to be honest and freely admitted that Lukas Nmecha is ready for tonight's game. On Wednesday he had to be subsituted at the Luminus Arena after an hour with a load on his ankle. Read more »
The contract extension of Yari Verschaeren continues to stir emotions. To date no signatures have been signed and that is now taking too long, according to Vincent Kompany. However, everyone agrees that a transfer is too early, except apparently his agents. Read more »
Today Percy Tau celebrates his birthday! He becomes 27 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The van with the VAR equipment arrived too late in Genk tonight. As a result, there will be no offside line to analyze disputed phases. Due to a lack of time, not everything could be set on time. Read more »
May 24, the Pro League Awards will be presented. Vincent Kompany has been nominated for "Coach of the Year". The other two contenders are Alexander Blessin from Ostend and Philippe Clement from Club Brugge. Read more »
Last Saturday the bars around the Lotto Park were open. A lot of supporters came there to watch the home game against Antwerp on the edge of the stadium. Everything went perfectly for which Mayor Fabrice Cumps is grateful to the fans. Read more »
The Pro League had hoped to play games with the fans this season, but unfortunately. Only from next season supporters will again be welcome at games, in the beginning that will even be with a limited number. Read more »
Jonas De Roeck gave more information this morning about his departure from RSC Anderlecht. A difference of opinion about the interpretation of the assistant coach would be the basis. Vincent Kompany did not want to elaborate on this during his press conference. Read more »
Steven Defour retired at the end of this season. An injury to the quadriceps has now brought that pension early, as a result of which Defour immediately puts an end to his football career. He will now immediately start working for the technical staff of KV Mechelen. Read more »
In an interview, Albert Sambi Lokonga denounces the group's mentality. That would also be the basis of the draw against Antwerp. Vincent Kompany cannot help but agree with his captain because those were his own words. Read more »
