Things can change in the blink of an eye. Where there was rumors and gossip about the sour relation between Franky Vercauteren and Vince "The Prince" this morning as minor headlines in most media, the news developed and became breaking news: Vincent Kompany is no longer an active player and becomes the new head coach. Read more »
This Sunday Anderlecht will play its first home game of the '20-'21 season. The squad will parade on a brand new pitch with drainige. This operation has as estimated cost of about one million euros, but the quality is expected to be top notch. Read more »
In the run-up to the first two home games of Anderlecht, the city hall of Anderlecht is imposing the closure of catering establishments, cafes, street vendors and other types of companies that sell alcoholic drinks in the close area of the stadium. This measure will be valid on August 16 and 23, 2020 between 3 p.m. and 1 a.m. Read more »
Last weekend, the Telent's customers had to find other media to watch the games in 1A. This weekend the may be able to return to Play Sports. Telenet and Eleven reached an agreement under wich they will sign today. Read more »
On Sunday, the first home game is scheduled for RSC Anderlecht. The chance of Percy Tau, Mustapha Bundu and Bogdan Michaylichenko start in Lotto Park is small. Frank Vercauteren may prefer that they competitive pace first in exhibition games. Read more »
Anderlecht has 1 million followers on Facebook since the begining of this week. This makes it clear how big the club is in Belgium and Europe. Read more »
Thomas Didillon took the time to say goodbye through his social media yesterday. The goalkeeper exchanged RSC Anderlecht for Cercle Bruges yesterday. After the arrival of Hendrik Van Crombrugge, he had become redundant in Brussels. Read more »
Mustapha Bundu did not play in the exhibition game against Lommel yesterday. Anderlecht's new flank attacker has briefly returned to Denmark to solve some administrative papework. Read more »
For a moment it seemed that Luc Nilis was going to join the Anderlecht coaching staff. It is not possible that these plans now definetely intersect. Nilis starts working for the Turkish first division team MKE Ankaragücü. Read more »
Today Jean Kindermans celebrates his birthday! He becomes 56 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
In the last corona tests before KV Mechelen - Anderlecht, one person tested positive at Mechelen. It is not (yet) known if it concerns a player, staff member or club employee. The person is not showing any symptoms and has been quarantined for seven days. Read more »
Today Marco Kana celebrates his birthday! He becomes 18 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
With Mustapha Bundu, Aarhus sees his star player of the past years moving to Anderlecht. The almost three million euros that Anderlecht pays is a record for the Danish club. Aarhus says goodbye to his fan favorite on Twitter with a compilation video of his most beautiful goals. Read more »
Max de Jong returns to work less than three months after his dismissal at Anderlecht. The goalkeeper coach has signed a contract with Al-Raed in Saudi Arabia. He will work together again with Besnik Hasi. Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylinchenko immediately joined training after his transfer, as did Percy Tau. Both will also be entitled to play for the match against KV Mechelen. Although Tau will not be expected there yet due to a lack of preparation. Read more »
They had been impatiently asking questions on the RSC Anderlecht Twitter account about the pending transfer of Percy Tau for several days. Once that it was officially announced yesterday, the South Africans started to follow the purple and white on Twitter. Read more »
Flemish minister, Ben Weyts has decided after consulting that football can be played this weekend in the province of Antwerp. For example, Anderlecht will play on the KV Mechelen field on Sunday for the firts match of the new season. Read more »
The time has come, the Jupiler Pro League will start this weekend without a counter-notice. However, Play Sports subscribers still do not know whether they will be able to follow the matches on TV. Eleven Sports hopes this week for an agreement with Telenet. Read more »
Today there is finally a breakthrough in the transfer of Thomas Didillon to Cercle Brugge. The goalkeeper normally takes his medical tests there today. And then nothing stands in the way of a transfer. Officially Didillon is then owned by Monaco who immediately send him on loan to Cercle. Read more »
Kemar Roofe says goodbye to Anderlecht and its supporters via Instagram. "Thank you to everyone at Anderlecht for giving me the opportunity to play here. Thanks also to the fans for making me feel so welcome from day one. I felt right at home and can't thank you enough for this." Read more »
Now that he is injured, Vincent Kompany is busy coaching during the friendly games. Much more than Frank Vercauteren, the official head coach. License manager Nils Van Brantegem does not like that. Read more »
Anderlecht has filed a complaint against strangers after vandalism in Neerpede last weekend. On Saturday night vandals sprayed 'fuck the prosses, Kompany casse-toi' on the asphalt at the entrance of the training complex. Read more »
Anderlecht target Mustapha Bundu tested positive on COVID-19 on July 22. The striker had no symptoms, but was quarantined for a week. He missed three league games due to his positive test. Read more »
After more than ten years, David Steegen (photo) has stepped aside as Anderlecht's press officer. Steegen will be involved in strengthening the club's Brussels anchoring. Jan Gatz, 27, succeeds Steegen as spokesperson. Read more »
In principle, Mykhaylinchenko Bogdan is joining training at RSC Anderlecht this week. And they probably welcome another transfer at Neerpede, Percy Tau. The negotiations are going well and Purple & White hopes to finish this week. Read more »
Thomas Didillon is almost AS Mónaco, who will lend him immediately to Cercle Bruges, the latter already wants to line up the goalkeeper in the next week's match against Standard and hopes to welcome him to training this week. Read more »
The entrance to the Anderlecht training center was recently tackled by vandals. They marked the ground in rude language towards Vincent Kompany. The text has been partly removed. Read more »
Althouth the modified calendar 1A was presented around 6 pm yesterday, according Het Nieuwsblad, Anderlecht will open the competiton at KV Mechelen on Sunday, August 9. Given the strict measures regarding the corona, it is not yer certain if that coincidence will be able to continue. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre seems to be a full-fledged player of the A-team of Anderlecht. On the player page on the official club website, the defender is among the other A-team players. Vanden Borre was assigned number 18.
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Following yesterday's Pro League decision to play with 18 instead of 16 clubs in the upcoming season, the existing calendar may go into the trash can. The new calendar will be announced today at 6 p.m. The competition start will take place as scheduled on August 8. Read more »
The die is finally cast. The Pro League General Assembly made a number of important decisions this afternoon regarding the next two seasons. The reason was the verdict that was settled by the court yesterday in favor of Waasland-Beveren. After all, Waasland-Beveren demanded that it would be included in the calendar for 1A. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will play a friendly match against Lille tomorrow at 3 pm. This match can be followed live a video broadcast from Lille. It will be transmitted through the French club's Facebook page. Read more »
COVID-19 has been making serious progress for several days and this has not gone unnoticed in Neerpede. All employees switch back to telework. The RSCA Belfius Academy is only accessible for the first team and the U21. In this way they want to reduce the risk of infections as much as possible.
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Yesterday it was photo time at RSC Anderlecht. The annual team photo was taken with Anthony Vanden Borre. Tomorrow the Purple & White will play in and against Lille. Today, all players undergo a corona test before starting tomorrow's game Read more »
Will the competition, regardless of the corona, be able to start next weekend? Now that a court has shown that Waasland-Beveren is right, the Pro League must include the club on the calendar for 1A. If that doesn't happen, the Pro League will have to pay high fines to Waasland-Beveren. Read more »
On social media, Telenet receives many questions from their subscribers about the rights for the Jupiler Pro League. The telecom operator reassures them and says that the negotiations are in progress. Meanwhile, Telenet made a new offer for TV rights at Eleven. Read more »
Last Saturday, RSC Anderlecht played against Nantes. Before the game there were already players / employees who tested positive for COVID-19 at the French club. The Purple & White had everyone tested yesterday and no infections were found. Read more »
After new tests, five new infections of COVID-19 have been diagnosed at FC Nantes, Last Saturday's opponent of Anderlecht in a friendly game. Nantes does not report whether it concerns players or club employees. Read more »
The Jupiler Pro League will start behind closed doors. For the time being, it was only RSC Anderlecht who decided not to allow a crowd in August. The Pro League has now extended that decision to all clubs. Read more »
Several supporter groups are not happy that they are unable to attend live matches in the stadium in August. Mauves Army announced its displeasure yesterday with a banner at Lotto Park, which said 'Football belongs to people'. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht previously announced that they would be playing behind closed doors throughout August. The supporters have to watch the games on TV. But that is not free. The head organization of all supporters' associations therefore asks for free football on TV. Read more »
The phone call from Vincent Kompany to Kemar Lawrence didn't help, the Jamaican is putting the football aside for a while. Lawrence is mentally struggling after the death of his brother, so he will stay in his home country for a while. Read more »
Antwerp wants to add another midfielder to its selection, and is thinking of Pieter Gerkens. The newspapers write that. Brecht Dejaegere of AA Gent is first choice. If he is not feasible, Antwerp will aim for Gerkens.
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Thomas Didillon declined Cercle's offer to rent him for a year. That writes Het Nieuwsblad. The French goalkeeper is unnecessary at Anderlecht, so it is hoped that another solution will arise. Read more »
Antoine Colassin has extended his contract with Anderlecht until 2025. The attacker scored immediately on his debut at home against Club Brugge the last season and also showed his nose for goals in the following games. Read more »
After the friendly game between Anderlecht and Nantes, Adrien Trebel had a chat with Mogi Bayat and Nantes chairman Waldemar Kita. In itself no wonder: Bayat is the manager of Trebel and also a good friend of Kita. Read more »
Anderlecht has fired all three employees of the fanshop today. That reports Het Laatste Nieuws. The dismissal is part of the savings that the new board is implementing. It is unclear how the fanshop will remain active. Read more »
Anyone hopin watch football at Lotto Park in August should leave that hope again. RSC Anderlecht announced that it will end two games at home in August behind closed doors. The increasing rate of corona infections are the basis of this decision. Read more »
If it depends on our visitors, Hannes Delcroix more than Ognjen Vranjes deserves a new chance in the Anderlecht shirt. The other four loaned central defenders do not have to count on much support anymore. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will be in Tubize for its summer training camp in the coming days. Until August 2, the players play and sleep in the national training center. Vincent Kompany is also present, although he does not participate in the training sessions and he mainly coaches. Read more »
