The winter break is almost over for RSC Anderlecht. The players are expected on Sunday morning at the training center in Neerpede for a first training session. Towards the evening the selection then takes the plane to the Spanish Pinatar. The Purple & White also went to Pinatar on a winter training camp last year. Read more »
Coach Frank Vercauteren takes 21 players to Antwerp tonight for the final game before the winter break. Francis Amuzu is there again after a small injury. Michel Vlap and Albert Sambi Lokonga (both sick) are currently part of the game selection. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre is still working hard at Neerpede. He is currently training with the U21 under Craig Bellamy and René Peeters, but he is certainly being prepared for the winter training camp with the A-team. From January he is also entitled to play. Read more »
On Sunday Nii Lamptey was a guest at Lotto Park. He was not only there to give kick off, but also to discuss matters with Michael Verschueren. Lamptey owns the Glow Lamp Academy in Ghana and would like to collaborate with RSC Anderlecht. The first conversations took place on Sunday. Read more »
Today Jonas De Roeck celebrates his birthday! He becomes 40 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Jo Van Biesbroeck celebrates his birthday! He becomes 63 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Yari Verschaeren sustained a serious injury at Standard Luik on Sunday. On Monday, he received the first 'Dominique D'Onofrio Trophy'. A prize for the best young debutant in the Jupiler Pro League. It was Paul Van Himst who came to hand out the trophy. Read more »
RC Genk has decided to look for a more experienced goalkeeper. The search ended at Davy Roef, currently third goalkeeper at RSC Anderlecht. Genk would like to hire Roef until the end of the season, but the Purple & White are not inclined to cooperate. Read more »
Today Kenny Saief celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
It was not the game of Sieben Dewaele. In the first half it was noticeable that he had a hard time against Boljevic. Twenty minutes before time he was sent to the dressing room with a red card. Frank Vercauteren explains why he did not change Dewaele at half time: "I simply had no other options." Read more »
Today Gunther Van Handenhoven celebrates his birthday! He becomes 41 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
At the start of the press conference of Frank Vercauteren yesterday, he received a lot of questions about the open letter that Anderlecht posted this Friday. He immediately made clear that he wouldn't answer any question about that subject. Read more »
Bubacarr Sanneh currently plays on a rental basis for the Turkish Göztepe. The loan is not a success, partly due to injuries. Sanneh played only two games in Turkey. The defender now wants to terminate his loan. Back to the Jupiler Pro League or maybe to Denmark. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht shared some pictures of the training yesterday afternoon. On that we not only see Vincent Kompany training again but also Zakaria Bakkali. When the striker is possibly fit again to play, we have to wait and see. Perhaps that will only be after the winter break. Read more »
Nacer Chadli is struggling with the ankle and had to let the past games pass him by. But according to Le Soir, good news is coming for RSC Anderlecht. His recovery is going well and the Red Devil will probably be available for Sunday's game against Standard. Read more »
Adrien Trebel did not see a transfer to Al Shabab last summer and thanked for the offer. A few months later, the Frenchman was called in and he firmly said 'yes' to a transfer. He would even have a personal agreement with the Saudi club. Read more »
Next week the quarter finals of the Croky Cup are on the program with some nice games including RSC Anderlecht - Club Brugge. The previous rounds of the Cup of Belgium were finished without VAR. It will be present from the quarter finals. Read more »
Oleg Iachtchouk is no longer a youth coach at Anderlecht. From now on the former player will independently guide (young) players who are new in Belgium. "In that position we will often meet him in Neerpede," says youth coordinator Jean Kindermans. Read more »
Today De Jong Max celebrates his birthday! He becomes 51 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
At RSC Anderlecht he is already persona non grata for a while. But with some things they really can't ignore him, like Sunday. Mogi Bayat is the brother of Mehdi Bayat, the general manager of Charlerloi. Mogi followed the game from the purple and white business seats. Read more »
Just after Mouscron - Anderlecht, the quarter-finals of the Belgian Cup were drawn. Anderlecht will play at home against archrival Club Brugge. The quarterfinal take place on December 19, and are decided in a single confrontation. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre is back on his weight, Michael Verschueren said that during his TV appearance at La Tribune and Extra Time. Only he is still affiliated with TP Mazembe and therefore he is not allowed to play in Belgium, nor any U21 matches. Read more »
Anderlecht don't have much time to recover from the events at the Versluys Arena. After all, Thursday Mouscron is waiting in the context of the eighth final of the Cup of Belgium. The Purple & White will move to Le Canonnier for that match, where Lawrence Visser will take charge of the game. Read more »
Today Thomas Didillon celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
It has happened, Albert Sambi Lokonga has extended his contract with RSC Anderlecht. He signed for three and a half years, until 2023. Yesterday, Albert Lokonga said with a grin that his extension was for "soon". Read more »
Today Elias Cobbaut celebrates his birthday! He becomes 22 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Jérémy Doku has made his appearance at the A-team a few times, but is mainly active with the U21. He is also part of the national U21. The young winger therefore makes an impression and that also translates into its market value. This currently amounts to five million euros. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren was able to train with a complete A-team at the RSCA Belfius Academy yesterday. All internationals are back and have started preparations for Sunday's game against KV Kortrijk. Read more »
People who are waiting for Anthony Vanden Borre to return will have to be patient. There is a problem with his papers, which means he is not entitled to play. As a result, he is also not allowed to play official friendly games. Read more »
Good news from the infirmary, Philippe Sandler has resumed group training. Sunday's game is still a question mark. Vincent Kompany on the other hand is still unavailable, there is no time limit when he can be used again. So it is still waiting for Kompany. Read more »
It is not surprising that the arrival of Vincent Kompany has increased shirt sales. Just walk around near the stadium before and after a match, the name Kompany on a shirt is most often seen. The colors of the shirt will also be purple and white next season. Read more »
Anderlecht have once again received a fine for misconduct by supporters. The Purple & White now have to pay 2.500 euros for fans who lit a smoke pot during the match of 3 November against Cercle Brugge. The fact that this is the umpteenth incident this year means that Anderlecht have to pay the full fine. Read more »
The Congolese Elia Meschack, who was on trial at Anderlecht this summer, is suspended for twelve months according to Het Laatste Nieuws after he had tried to get a transfer in Switzerland with a fake ID. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht have been struggling with a lot of injuries in recent months. On social media, the medical staff is therefore questioned by the supporters. That medical staff was a guest at Manchester City, the former club of Vincent Kompany. Read more »
Today Bubacarr Sanneh celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Knowledge Musona has not been included in RSC Anderlecht's plans for a while. The matches he plays are occasionally with the B-team. His home country Zimbabwe is still counting on him, he is also the captain of the national team and is called up for the next international matches of Zimbabwe. Read more »
For a moment there were doubts as to whether Nacer Chadli would make the international matches with the Red Devils. On Friday he had to be replaced with a calf burden. But a weekend of rest has been good and Chadli today just registers in Tubize with the national team. Read more »
Frank Arnesen found a new club. De Telegraaf knows that the Danish former manager of Anderlecht has reached an agreement this weekend with Feyenoord. He will be joining the Dutch club from mid-January. Read more »
Friday at 12:00 am national coach Martinez announced the selection of Red Devils for the upcoming games against Russia (November 16th) and Cyprus (November 19th). Anderlecht delivers 4 players with newcomer Cobbaut. Read more »
From 5 to 12 January, RSC Anderlecht will go on a winter training camp. That will probably be in the direction of Murcia again. The Purple & White were also on stage in San Pedro del Pinatar last year, and this destination is again on the table with the most preferential votes. Read more »
Landry Dimata is no longer expected on a football field this year. The striker has been out for more than six months and then RSC Anderlecht can in principle let him get paid out by health insurance. But the club does not do that and simply continues to pay his wages. A nice gesture of purple and white. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht has lifted the option in the contract of Albert Sambi Lokonga. There is not yet a commitment for several years, but the club says it will continue to negotiate in peace. By raising the option, Lokonga is tied to Purple & White until the end of next season. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht have been working with a cashless system in Lotto Park since last season. It used Play Pass for that technology. For this cooperation, both parties received a technology prize in London: "Best Technology Partnership." Read more »
RSC Anderlecht today received another fine for smoke bombs in the stands. The facts date from October 20, 2019 during the match against Sint-Truiden. After Kemar Roofe's 3-1, a white smoke bomb went off in the stands. The facts did not influence the game.
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Yesterday it became known that a camera crew films the actions of Vincent Kompany every minute of the day. How much that documentary will eventually yield is still to be guessed. Kompany can claim his share of the portrait and image rights. Although it is not certain that he will do that. Read more »
Since a few weeks there is a camera crew following Vincent Kompany during all his actions. Every movement is followed and there are no restrictions. Filming is done in the dressing room, on the bus, the training field and the rehabilitation room. Everything is shown. Read more »
In the extra time of the first half of Anderlecht - Cercle Brugge, Yari Verschaeren took his first yellow card as an player in the first team of Anderlecht. Thanks to referee Nicolas Laforge, because yellow was actually exaggerated. Read more »
After the second draw in a row, Anderlecht see the top six running further and further away. The number six Charleroi now has seven more points. But the numbers four to six have all played one match less than Anderlecht. Read more »
The Pro League has changed the kick-off time of the match between Anderlecht and Genk on December 22 with two hours. At the request of the municipal government, the game will start at 8 pm instead of 6 pm. Read more »
High cycling visit yesterday at Neerpede, Remco Evenepoel visited the U14 and U15 of RSC Anderlecht. He was also joined by Yari Verschaeren. A few years ago both youngster started their first training day together at Purple & White. Read more »
