The match of Anderlecht starts today at 4.50 pm. Why so early ? Turkey has recently abolished the winter hour and is now two hours ahead of our time. The game was actually scheduled at 9 pm but then it is 11pm in Turkey, so far too late. Read more »
USA coach Dave Sarachan has announced his selection for the games against England (November 15) and Italy (November 20). Kenny Saief is part of the selection. Both matches are played in Europe. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht can count on the support of about 300 Anderlecht supporters tomorrow. The purple-white fans, however, will have to do their utmost to outsing the Turkish supporters. Read more »
Around 9 am this morning, Anderlecht flew from Zaventem to Istanbul for tomorrow's European game against Fenerbahçe. In the wake of chairman Marc Coucke, 23 players got on the plane. Defender James Lawrence and midfielder Royta Morioka were not there. Read more »
Anderlecht are already going to use the option to definitively capture Landry Dimata. That writes Het Nieuwsblad. It only needs to pay 5 million euros for this. Purple-white currently rents Wolfsburg's striker for 500,000 euros. Read more »
Anderlecht are doing everything to get Sven Kums and Adrien Trebel fit for tomorrow's game against Fenerbahçe. Andy Najar (hamstrings) also travels, but whether he is employable is highly uncertain. Read more »
Adrien Trebel made the "handcuffs gesture" last Sunday after his goal to support his agent Mogi Bayat. The Pro League and the sports union Sporta already distanced themselves from the gesture and called for serenity. Yesterday, the Frenchman explains more about his support to Bayat who is still in jail.
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On Sunday, RSC Anderlecht will receive AA Gent in the Astridpark. Erik Lambrechts has been appointed to lead this game in the right direction. Rien Vanyzere and Stijn Hutsebaut are the linesmen, Lothar D'Hondt the fourth official. Read more »
The next dismissal within RSC Anderlecht is a fact, head of medical service leaves purple-white in mutual agreement. De Coene and club doctor Chris Goossens, attracted by Marc Coucke, did not really get along. Read more »
James Lawrence is in the selection for Wales for the first time. The 26-year-old defender of RSC Anderlecht plays with Wales against Denmark in the context of the Nations League and a friendly match against Albania. Read more »
David Steegen is doing his last days as communication manager and press spokesperson at Anderlecht. His successor is Marie Verbeke. She currently fulfills the same function at Police Zone South. Read more »
On Thursday, Anderlecht will play against Fenerbahçe in the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in Istanbul, in the context of the fourth matchday in the UEFA Europa League. The match can be followed live on Sporza. Attention: the kick-off is scheduled at 4.50 pm. Read more »
After half an hour, Sven Kums had to be replaced. Pain on the tailbone forced him to ask for his replacement. "During the match it turned out that he could not play anymore and he was so smart to ask for his replacement himself." Read more »
A little past half an hour Albert Sambi Lokonga was allowed to replace the injured Sven Kums against Waasland-Beveren. For the midfielder this were his first minutes of the season. "He has done well," said coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck afterwards. Read more »
Antonio Milic got a red card against Waasland-Beveren after two yellow cards. The defender is thus automatically suspended for next weekend's game against AA Gent. Read more »
That there is a lack of quality has already been said and written several times. RSC Anderlecht are therefore looking specifically for the winter market. And Hein Vanhaezebrouck knows who he wants: "It will not be just anyone who comes." Read more »
Marc Coucke has been quiet on twitter for quite some time, even after the miserable match against Eupen there was no response from the chairman. He reacted yesterday. He apologized to the supporters and said he will continue to work hard to bring back football happiness to the fans. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht never made a problem when a leased player played against them. Still, Davy Roef will not be in the goal at Waasland-Beveren next Sunday. The Pro League changed the rules stating that a leased player is no longer allowed to play against his mother club. Read more »
The CIES Football Observatory calculated according to statistics which clubs have the best youth academy. RSC Anderlecht is the best Belgian club in place 22. Purple & White delivered 38 players to the various biggest leagues.
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Nicolas Laforge has been appointed to steer the game between Waasland Beveren and RSC Anderlecht in the right direction. Dirk Gilon and Vito Di Vincenzo are the linesmen. Kevin Van Damme is the fourth official. Read more »
No Zakaria Bakkali against Eupen on Sunday. Bakkali was ill in bed and was not ready for the match. Landry Dimata also let the game pass by. He already trained along the past weekend. Read more »
Sporting Lokeren fired his coach Peter Maes last weekend. And apparently it had been planning it for some time. For example, the board of Lokeren already contacted U21 trainer last week Jonas De Roeck. Who thanked for the offer. Read more »
Today Abdoul Karim Danté celebrates his birthday! He becomes 20 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Finally a sign of life of Leander Dendoncker at Wolverhampton. The Anderlecht product was on the bench for the first time yesterday afternoon in a match in the Premier League. He had to wait for two months for this. Read more »
The strong performance and two goals of Zakaria Bakkali have also not escaped UEFA. In the top team of the third matchday, the Anderlecht midfielder is awarded a place. Fenerbahçe striker Michael Frey is also part of the top team. Read more »
Everybody does not want to say it in so many words, but Pieter Gerkens's mistake turned the game over and Fenerbahçe came back into the game. Gerkens himself realizes that as well. After the game, he excused himself extensively in the locker room, but his teammates took it up for him: "Anyone can make a mistake like that".
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Marc Coucke spoke on Thursday with a supporters delegation before the start of the match against Fenerbahçe. The chairman repeated once again that he wants to continue to focus on the youth and that in January a player with quality will be added. Read more »
There has been a lot of dissatisfaction among the Anderlecht supporters in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the storm seems to lie down. Marc Coucke then promised to sit down with the supporters. Tonight before the game against Fenerbahçe this will happen. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht expect between 13,000 and 15,000 supporters in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium tonight. It is expected that Turkish Fenerbahçe supporters will also be among them. In 2007 Fenerbahçe also visited, which led to many riots in and around the stadium. Read more »
Anderlecht are in the supreme state of vigilance for the visit of Fenerbahçe tonight. When the Turkish club came to play in the Constant Vanden Stock stadium in 2007, this led to riots. Anderlecht now want to avoid that. Read more »
The European suspension of Alexis Saelemaekers is over, so he can make his European first team debut tonight against Fenerbahçe. According to Het Nieuwsblad chances are that he refers Andy Najar to the bank. Read more »
Now that Mogi Bayat has been put on trial and is in custody, Ryota Morioka wants to break ties with the agent as soon as possible. Bayat brought Morioka to Anderlecht from Waasland-Beveren in January. The Japanese currently also lives in an apartment owned by Bayat Read more »
The investigators in the 'Clean Hands' operation are now also investigating the accounts of seven (ex-) football players. One of them is Ivan Obradovic. The investigators want to check whether they are involved in constructions to launder black money.
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Like Anderlecht, Spartak Trnava and Dinamo Zagreb had a great weekend with a smooth victory. Fenerbahçe, Anderlecht's next opponent, did less well. They could not win again and remain in the danger zone. Read more »
Tomorrow, RSC Anderlecht will play a crucial match in the UEFA Europa League. A game that has to be won for the Purple & White to have a chance to go through in Europe. The 32-year-old Bulgarian Georgi Kabakov was appointed by UEFA to lead the game against Fenerbahçe in the right direction. Read more »
Today Ognjen Vranjes celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Albert Sambi Lokonga celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
BNP Paribas Fortis has been a sponsor of RSC Anderlecht since 1981 and this collaboration will continue for a while. Both parties signed a new agreement for the next three seasons. "We support our champions and defend the wonderful values of the sport," said BNP Paribas Fortis spokesman. Read more »
Marc Coucke is the boss at RSC Anderlecht for a few months now. Immediately after his appointment, several dismissals followed and even now the chairman has again dismissed four employees. Including Katharine Viaene, the executive secretary of former sports director Herman Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
The time has come, the normal competition will resume tonight. How do the players react after all the fuss about operation "Clean Hands". RSC Anderlecht will receive Cercle Brugge on Sunday. Hein Vanhaezebrouck gives a press conference at 1.30 pm at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.
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Hein Vanhaezebrouck has indicated several times that he lacks real leaders in his team. The previous one, Kara Mbodji, left for Nantes during the summer. But King Kara has not forgotten his former teammates and visited Neerpede during the interland break. Read more »
What the gut feeling of many has been saying for a long time is becoming more and more confirmed: a lot of financially unsavory things have happened at Anderlecht in recent years. Legally not prohibited, but the club literally paid a high price. In Sport / Voetbalmagazine we also read figures and facts about Anderlecht. Read more »
Anderlecht earned a nice amount last year in the sale of Youri Tielemans, but the big winner was player's agent Christophe Henrotay. He arranged with Herman Van Holsbeeck that 6.2 million euros of the transfer fee would flow to him. Although Marc Coucke now wants to put a stop to it. Read more »
Few people on training these days. Not surprising since a lot of players are away for international matches. This morning, Anderlecht trained with thirteen A-team players. In addition to the internationals, Adrien Trebel, Frank Boeckx, Ryota Morioka and Alexis Saelemaekers also were absent. Read more »
Marc Coucke said in 'De Afspraak' last Friday that he wants to meet with everyone about the agent problem as quickly as possible. And the chairman kept his word. In the meantime he sat already together with the Belgian football association. Read more »
Nicolae Stanciu never really got his chance at RSC Anderlecht, so he moved to Sparta Prague. There he gets his chance and plays well, so there are other clubs interested in the Romanian. Herman Van Holsbeeck at the time stipulated a percentage on the resale, so that Stanciu might still bring in money for purple-white. Read more »
Today Anderlecht icon Pär Zetterberg blows out 48 candles. Congratulations, Pär! Read more »
The Prosecution Counsel has arrested a ninth person with agent Dragan Siljanoski. Siljanoski is the former agent of Club Brugge coach Ivan Leko. He currently represents, among others, the interests of Ivan Santini. Read more »
Davy Roef left the courthouse in Hasselt as a free man. Nothing is charged to him. However, the goalkeeper can not and does not want to comment. Roef had voluntarily went along with the investigators. Read more »
