Tomorrow, Gabon kicks off the Africa Cup (CAN). Five Anderlecht players will be present on the tournament and many others have an Anderlecht past. We'll give you a preview of the tournament and of the interesting games. Read more »
François 'Swat' Van der Elst has died tonight. The former Belgian international and Anderlecht icon suffered a heavy heart attack on New Years' day. Since then, he was in a coma, but he died last night. Van der Elst became an European football star in the 70s. After his career, he owned a snooker bar in Opwijk. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre ends his professional football career. The right back was loaned to Montpellier, but he didn't show up anymore since Christmas. Today he announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 29. Read more »
Today Hamdi Harbaoui celebrates his birthday! He becomes 32 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Michaël Heylen celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Sofiane Hanni celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Idrissa Sylla celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Kara Mbodj celebrates his birthday! He becomes 27 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Andy Najar is currently playing his first game since he got injured in April. He's on the pitch in a game with the reserves. Read more »
Only two teams in Europe played more games than Anderlecht. Racing Genk played the most games: 25. The Ukrainian team Shaktar Donetsk is on the second place with 24 games. Anderlecht is on the third place with 23 games played. Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck added two extra scouts to the scouting cell: Hendrik Andersen and Goran Lovre, both former Anderlecht players. Van Holsbeeck also hopes he can convince Morten Olsen to join the team. Read more »
FIFA says Hambdi Harbaoui is right in asking his former club Qatar 6 million euros unpaid wages. Read more »
Today Aaron Leya Iseka celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Leander Dendoncker will play tonight with the Belgian Red Devils against Estonia. He will play as defender along Ciman and Vertonghen. Read more »
Senegal - with Kara Mbodj - lost the WC qualifier against South-Africa: 2-1. The Anderlecht defender played ninety minutes. Read more »
The Polish FA has fined Lukasz Teodorczyk with a 15,000 euros penalty because he attended a party during last international break. The striker has to donate the money to charity. Read more »
Roberto Martinez added Leander Dendoncker to his selection for the upcoming WC qualifier next sunday against Estonia. Dendoncker was called to replace Vincent Kompany. Once more the captain is not fit enough to play. Read more »
Last summer Proto had to leave Anderlecht after ten years of loyal service. "Neither Roger Vanden Stock or Herman Van Holsbeeck forced me to leave, others did" Read more »
It is said Anderlecht will start to collaborate with former manager Morten Olsen. The Dane was seen in the grandstand last Thursday. In recent years Anderlecht did not sign many Scandinavian players. With this agreement the club hopes to change that evolution. Read more »
Today Herman Van Holsbeeck celebrates his birthday! He becomes 62 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Roberto Martinez released his selection for the upcoming games against Estonia and The Netherlands. Youri Tielemans is again part of the squad. Read more »
UEFA congratulates Nicolae Stanciu with his 2 goals by putting him in the team of the week. Read more »
As foreseen Lukasz Teodorczyk scored yesterday. In fact, he scored twice. The Polish striker scored his 15th goal in only 19 games. A remarkable statistic. Read more »
For the second day in a row Anderlecht loses a legend. Jean Trappeniers passed away at the age of 74. Read more »
At the age of 82 former Anderlecht player Martin Lippens passed away. Lippens spent his complete career at Anderlecht. After his period as a player he also contributed 22 years as assistent coach. Read more »
Brand new Algerian coach Georges Leekens has no place in his squad for Sofiane Hanni. The former Lokeren manager called 18 players for the upcoming game against Nigeria. Read more »
CIES Football Observatory presented the annual list of the most productive training clubs. Anderlecht is at place 32. Read more »
Today Rafael Galhardo de Souza celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
At last some positive news about the new stadium. The Flemish government approved the report about environmental impact the stadium would have. Now the contractor Ghelamco can request a planning permission. Read more »
Today Jorn Vancamp celebrates his birthday! He becomes 18 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck and AA Gent president Ivan De Witte are in favor of organizing games on monday. On the opposite side is Club Brugge who not (yet) persuaded. Read more »
Yesterday after only 60 minutes Nicolae Stanciu was again replaced by Massimo Bruno. The Romanian is starting to get tired of the criticism about his performance. "I know how to solve this. I don't need help" a cynical Stanciu replied. Read more »
Today Anthony Vanden Borre celebrates his birthday! He becomes 29 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Frank Acheampong celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Nathan De Medina celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Mahmoud Hassan celebrates his birthday! He becomes 22 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Frank Boeckx celebrates his birthday! He becomes 30 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Dodi Lukebakio Ngandoli celebrates his birthday! He becomes 19 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Massimo Bruno celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today René Weiler celebrates his birthday! He becomes 43 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Anderlecht are facing a problem in January, as four key players will probably be selected for the Africa Cup. Sofiane Hanni (Algeria), Kara Mbodj (Senegal), Hamdi Harbaoui (Tunesia) and Frank Acheampong (Ghana) will be called up on national duty for their respective countries. This means Anderlecht will need to find a solution for the period from 21 January 2017 until 12 February 2017. Read more »
Anderlecht announced their players list for the Europe League this season. 29 players are allowed to play for the Mauves. Read more »
Anderlecht posted footage of the first training session of Uros Spajic at Anderlecht. The video can be watched here. Read more »
Dodi Lukebakio moved to French side Toulouse, where they know his bad reputation when it comes to planning. The assistant coach of Toulouse will make sure Dodi Lukebakio follows the rules. This means he got the task to wake up the young player every single morning. Read more »
Uros Spajic had his first training session with Anderlecht today. The Serbian defender will take shirt number five at the Astridpark. He is allowed to play in the following competition match. Read more »
Kara Mbodj was eager to leave Anderlecht but the negotiations with Swansea on a five-year contract turned out wrong. Kara is staying at Anderlecht, and the board are considering to have the defender sign a new contract. Read more »
Het Nieuwsblad claims Anderlecht increased their offer for Nicolas Lombaerts in the final minutes of the transfer window, but Saint Petersburg refused as there was no more time for them to sign an alternative. Read more »
FIFA allowed Matias Suarez to play for Argentinian side Belgrano, however Anderlecht filed a complaint against the player. They claim four million Euros transfer fee. Anderlecht have a strong case against Suarez, but the procedure might take several years. In the mean time, Suarez played two matches with Belgrano, he lost both. Read more »
Anderlecht eliminated Slavia Prague in the play-off round of the UEFA Europe League and this has serious consequences for their staff. Both Prague coach Dusan Uhrin as director Jinoch Konci have been sacked. Read more »
The Red Devils are having their training sessions at the Anderlecht complex in Neerpede. As Marouane Fellaini fell out due to an injury, they were one player short. National coach Roberto Martinez asked one Anderlecht player as a stand-in, and Michaël Heylen was the lucky one. Read more »
