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Today Isaac Kiese-Thelin celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Isaac Kiese-Thelin celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Sebastiaan Bornauw exchanged RSC Anderlecht for FC Köln in 2019. RSC Anderlecht then obtained 25% on a possible resale price. Wolfsburg meanwhile made an offer to Cologne of 8 million euros for the Belgian, but Cologne rejected it. Read more »
We can gradually expect Hendrik Van Crombrugge back on the field. Friday's friendly game against STVV will probably come a little bit early, but he may be under the bar during the friendly game against Ostend next week. Read more »
Today Knowledge Musona celebrates his birthday! He becomes 31 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Yari Verschaeren has extended his contract with Anderlecht until 2024. The renewal has been dragging on for a while, although Verschaeren always indicated that it was his intention to stay at Anderlecht, which is what happened. Read more »
Was it serious or did they just want to hurt Anderlecht? Het Laatste Nieuws writes today that Club Brugge has made an offer for Lukas Nmecha at Manchester City. Club turned to City directly without contacting Nmecha's agent first. Read more »
Today Warner Hahn celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
16-year-old Lucas Stassin will train fully with the first team of Anderlecht from this season. The Purple & White just announced that. The club also confirmed last week's news that Stassin has signed a first professional contract until 2024. Read more »
According to the Walloon press, the club will not make any attempt to let Matt Miazga play in purple and white next season. At least Sud Presse seems to know that. In that case, the club will probably have to look for a new central defender, unless it wants to give every chance to Lissens and Debast. Read more »
Anderlecht today starts preparing for the new season with physical and medical tests. According to Het Laatste Nieuws Matt Miazga will not stay with Anderlecht. Read more »
Lucas Lissens (20 in July) has extended his contract with Anderlecht until 2024. Last season, the central defender made his debut in the first team. Read more »
Loan player Ashimeru stays with Anderlecht. At least that is what Het Nieuwsblad proclaims. The option on the Ghanaian midfielder was not lifted recently, but Anderlecht would have been able to buy him cheaper now. Read more »
The new season's calendar has been announced. On Sunday 25 July, the Purple & White will take on Union at home, an old-fashioned Brussels derby for Kompany's men. Read more »
Today Peter Zulj celebrates his birthday! He becomes 28 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Due to the current health crisis, a foreign training camp was not possible in the past season. Now that the pandemic seems to be under control, RSC Anderlecht is looking at the possibilities of going on a foreign training camp during the preparations for next season. Read more »
Next Monday the players are expected again at Neerpede, in the meantime sports director Peter Verbeke is not sitting still. For example, negotiations have finally started for Yari Verschaeren's contract extension. Read more »
Today Rik Vercauteren celebrates his birthday! He becomes 20 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Theo Leoni has extended his contract with Anderlecht by one year until 2022. On Instragram Leoni reacts with joy: "I am very proud to renew my contract with the club I love the most and which I consider to be my home. I'm ready to work hard and give everything." Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko will not be attending the European Football Championship in the coming weeks. The left back of Anderlecht is one of the dropouts that national coach Andrii Shevchenko announced. Evgen Makarenko did make the final selection of 26 players. Read more »
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 »
