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 »
Jonas De Roeck will leave Anderlecht at the end of the season. The Purple & White communicates that the agreement of the assistant coach will not be extended by mutual agreement. "Jonas and the club have now decided not to renew their positive cooperation after the play-offs and to take on new challenges," he said. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren does not come to Lotto Park carefree. The board already pushed Lior Refealov aside and now Lamkel Zé is also out. He tested positive for Covid-19. Dylan Batubinsika, Felipe Avenatti and Frank Boya also passed positive tests. Read more »
Things are going from bad to worse with Lior Refaelov at Antwerp. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that the midfielder is now no longer allowed to train with the first team. In the coming weeks he will individually maintain his condition. Last weekend, VTM already heard that Refaelov was no longer welcome at games. Read more »
Anderlecht is taking into account a possible departure of Albert Sambi Lokonga and is anticipating this. In conversation with De Morgen, sports director Peter Verbeke indicates that he is in talks with a potential successor. Read more »
We have almost forgotten him, but Vincent Kompany is not yet: the Anderlecht coach still calls on Simon Davies every now and then for advice. The Englishman, who was the official head coach for a while at the beginning of last season, still occasionally makes analyzes for the Purple & White. Read more »
It is striking that RSC Anderlecht has already scored twice from set pieces. Previously, it was Nicolas Frutos who was the specialist in the matter, but since his departure the club has called on an external consultant. Who that is, the club does not want to release. Read more »
Jacob Bruun Larsen is currently playing on a rental basis at RSC Anderlecht. There is no purchase option. Vincent Kompany said this weekend that faith has always remained in the winger. So it is not surprising that the club wants to hire him for another season. Read more »
In its weekly debriefing, the Professional Refereeing Department announced that Josh Cullen should have gotten a red card in Sunday's game against Club Brugge. "But not all criteria for a VAR intervention were present," he says. Read more »
The news has now been officially confirmed by RSC Anderlecht: Robin Veldman will be the new coach of the U21. He comes over from Ajax where he also trained the youth teams. At the end of this season he will start his adventure in Brussels. Read more »
It's hard to believe, but the title with Inter Milan is the first trophy abroad for Romelu Lukaku. Yes, he took the FA Cup with Chelsea, but he wasn't actively involved himself. This title feels extra good, congratulations Ket! Read more »
No Lucas Lissens in the selection against Club Brugge, the defender tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently in quarantine. He stays there awaiting a second test. For now, he is the only player to have passed a positive test. Read more »
Today Killian Sardella celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Hendrik Van Crombrugge celebrates his birthday! He becomes 28 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The loan of Antoine Colassin to Zulte Waregem is over. Because Essevee will no longer come into action this season, Anderlecht thought it would be better to bring the young striker back to Brussels. That writes Het Nieuwsblad. Read more »
In many living rooms in Limburg, a party is now starting, but also in the Anderlecht-minded living rooms many will go to sleep with a happy mood. Racing Genk won the Belgian Cup tonight and therefore Anderlecht is certain of European football next season. Read more »
Today Theo Leoni celebrates his birthday! He becomes 21 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Anouar Ait El Hadj celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today it's exactly 100 years ago that Anderlecht played for the first time in the highest division! In the mean time the Mauves became the most succesful club of Belgium and a European topteam... Read more »
Today Vincent Kompany celebrates his birthday! He becomes 35 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The passage of Steven Defour at RSC Anderlecht was difficult from the start. Even before anything was really clear, the supporters' resistance was huge. In his farewell movie there is (minimal) room for purple and white. Defour will stop playing football at the end of this season. Read more »
Today Josh Cullen celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Last week, three international matches have been played. Yari Verschaeren en Sambi Lokonga were selected for the national team, along with many other former Anderlecht-players such as Leander Dendoncker, Youri Tielemans, Dennis Praet, Alexis Saelemaekers, Dries Mertens (youth teams) and of course Romelu Lukaku. Read more »
Today Aristote Nkaka celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Yesterday, the vaccination center opened in the Lotto Park and the first people received their COVID shot. Once completely up and running, more than 25.000 people per day will be vaccinated in Anderlecht's stadium. The first one to receive the vaccine, was Maria. She also received an Anderlecht jersey from CEO Jos Donvil. Read more »
Since this month, season ticket holders can sign up for the new season. This can be done for free, because almost no matches could be attended this season due to COVID-19. 75% of the current season ticket holders already did so. It's still possible to extend for free until the end of the month. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga and Yari Verschaeren can prepare for the Red Devils after the match against Zulte-Waregem. Sambi Lokonga is an extra option for the Red Devils to replace Axel Witsel, according to national coach Roberto Martinez. Read more »
Today Bogdan Mykhaylichenko celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The national coach of America, Gregg Berhalter, has announced his selection for the upcoming international break. Matt Miazga can pack his bags to go with his national team to Austria, where the training camp of the Americans is set up. Read more »
Peter Zulj, currently on loan at the Turkish Göztepe, can also prepare for the Austrian national team. They will play against Scotland (25/03), Faroe Islands (28/03) and Denmark (31/03) during the international break. Read more »
Josh Cullen has received an invitation from the Irish national coach for the international matches against Serbia, Luxembourg and Qatar. The first two matches are part of the qualifying round for next year's World Cup. The game against Qatar, which takes place in Hungary, is a friendly game. Read more »
Naim Van Attenhoven, goalkeeper for the U18 of Anderlecht, can report to the national team of Niger next week. 17-year-old Van Attenhoven is in the selection for the qualifying matches for the Africa Cup against Ivory Coast and Madagascar. Read more »
