Birthday Steven Defour and Leander Dendoncker
Today Steven Defour and Leander Dendoncker celebrate their birthday. Steven Defour is now 28 and Leander Dendoncker 21years old. We wish them both a happy anniversary! Read more »
Today Steven Defour and Leander Dendoncker celebrate their birthday. Steven Defour is now 28 and Leander Dendoncker 21years old. We wish them both a happy anniversary! Read more »
300 to 400 fans attended the open training in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium today. Silvio Proto, Matias Suarez and Frank Acheampong did not appear on training. Leander Dendoncker did participate to the training session. Read more »
Anderlecht are organising an open training session today. All fans are welcome in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium at 2 pm. Purses, handbags and plastic bags are not allowed at the training. The parking lot Parking Hôpital is open for the fans. Read more »
Silvio Proto is heading towards his final year at Anderlecht and the negotiations about a new contract have not started yet. The club prefers to wait until the end of the season. Read more »
Johan Verbist has been appointed as referee for the important match between RSC Anderlecht and Club Bruges next weekend. He will be assisted by Dirk Gilon, Danny Huens, Philippe Vandecauter, Nicolas Laforge and Christophe Delacour. The kick-off is in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium at 6 pm. Read more »
Mauves Army 2003 will collect money for the tifo's for the play offs during the match against Club Bruges next Sunday. Mauves Army entirely depend on donations. Read more »
Steven Defour returns after a two-match suspension so it is not sure yet how the midfield will look like against Zulte Waregem today. If coach Besnik Hasi makes a choice for Stéphane Badji, Steven Defour and Youri Tielemans, then Filip Djuricic will probably be sidelined. Read more »
If Charleroi manage to qualify for the Europe League in the Play Off 2, they will be playing their European matches in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium next season. It is not the first time Anderlecht allows other teams to play in their stadium. Also Zulte Waregem did the same three years ago. Read more »
The away shirts of Anderlecht are currently sold with a reduced price in the Anderlecht fanshop. The current away shirts were popular, with a 40% share on the total sale of all jerseys. The new home outfit will be presented next week. Read more »
Youri Tielemans and former French international Louis Saha visited Molenbeek with several other players this week. Tielemans shared a message with the youngsters in Molenbeek to never lose hope, keep working hard and be yourself." Read more »
Nicolas Frutos recently made a promotion and many people want him to take over the position of Besnik Hasi next season. However, newspaper Het Nieuwsblad claims that the Argentinian former striker will become assistant-coach next season. He is said to be taking over the role of Geert Emmerechts. Read more »
Gilles Van Binst, who played at Anderlecht between 1968 and 1980, confessed in a tv documentary of Flemish channel Canvas he used dope once in his career. He received it from a two-times world champion cycling. Read more »
Frank Acheampong is one of the five nominees for the Ebony Shoe. This prize is an award for the best African player of the best player with African roots in the Jupiler Pro League. The winner is announced on 9 May 2016. Read more »
Nicolas Frutos is making a promotion within the club and has been assigned as "Performance Manager". Communication manager David Steegen does stress the fact that coach Besnik Hasi still has the full responsibility over the first team. Read more »
Anderlecht are opening the doors of the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium tomorrow for an open training session. This session is starting at 10.30 am and there are again strict security measures. Read more »
The Anderlecht fans showed a great tifo yesterday before the match against Racing Genk. They honoured the victims of the terrorist attacks in Brussels of two weeks ago. An emotional chairman Roger Vanden Stock came on the pitch to thank the fans after the match. Read more »
Goalkeeper Silvio Proto did not cheer after the Anderlecht goal yesterday. He realized how his colleague felt after the gigantic blunder that caused this goal. Read more »
Today Ibrahima Sory Conté celebrates his birthday! He becomes 25 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Former Anderlecht player Jean Cornelis has died yesterday at the age of 74. Cornelis was one of Anderlecht's best left backs in history and he was still helping the club every day. Read more »
Yesterday, the players normally would have gathered in the Westland Shopping Centre for a signing session. Due to the terrorist attacks on Brussels, this session has been postponed. A new date has not been announced yet. Read more »
A lot of Anderlecht players have left the club for international games. The Mauves have the most internationals from all Belgian clubs: 13. Surprisingly Oostende ranks second with 9 players leaving the club. Read more »
Stéphane Badji received a red card last week against Kortrijk but will not be suspended. Instead of two matches suspension with an 800-Euro fine, he will only be suspended for one match with delay and a fine of 400 Euros. Read more »
The usual strict security measures are still valid for tonight's match against Shakhtar Donetsk. This means no bags, purses or plastic bags are allowed inside the stadium. The fans are also asked to arrive on time as there will be more police control. Read more »
Frank Acheampong started 2016 like a tornado. It took him three years to convince Anderlecht that he does have some amazing skills. What is happening this year with the fast winger? Read more »
Anderlecht are organizing an autograph session in the Westland Shopping Center on Tuesday 22 March. A dozen of players that are not on national duty will be available for autograph signings and pictures between 1 and 2 pm. Read more »
Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad revealed the salary costs of all Pro League teams. It does not come as a surprise that Anderlecht offer the highest wages, but still there are some remarkable facts in this research report. Read more »
Filip Djuricic plays often at Anderlecht and as a result the Serbian national coach Radovan Curcic selected the winger for the friendly matches with Serbia against Poland and Estonia later this month. Read more »
Anderlecht will contest the decision to suspend Stéphane Badji for two matches and to give him an 800-Euro fine. The decision of the Board of Prosecutors will be reviewed Friday. Read more »
Today Andy Najar celebrates his birthday! He becomes 23 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
The Board or Prosecutors requested two matches suspension for Stéphane Badji's tackle, but Anderlecht contested this sanction. However, the suspension for two matches is maintained and the fine is even increased by an extra 200 Euros. Read more »
Herewith we want to congratulate Pieter (nick name Garrincha) with his birthday. He has been an appreciated editor for this website for many years now and we want to thank him a lot for his hard work to keep this website up to date. Read more »
Mahmoud Hassan has been selected to play with his home country Egypt against Nigeria. These matches will be played on 25 and 27 March. Many Anderlecht players have been called up for their national teams: also Conté, Sylla, Acheampong, Kara and Ezekiel are on duty. Read more »
The Anderlecht board have decided to contest the suspension proposal for Stéphane Badji. The case will be reviewed today. "Stéphane Badji did commit a foul, but he never had the intention to hurt the player", manager Herman Van Holsbeeck reacts. Read more »
Stéphane Badji received a red card against KV Kortrijk yesterday and the Board of Prosecutors want two matches suspension for the defensive midfielder. They also demand a 600 Euros fine. RSC Anderlecht can still contest the decision. Read more »
Stéphane Badji received a red card for a serious tackle on Mercier yesterday. He will probably be suspended for one matchday. Leander Dendoncker is expected to have recovered from his groin injury before the start of the play offs. Read more »
The Mauves fans of Purple Heart have a collaboration agreement with English side Leicester City and some Leicester fans attended yesterday's match against KV Kortrijk. They all started cheering at Marcin Wasilewski in the 27th minute. Read more »
Guillaume Gillet is making an excellent start in the French league. The midfielder, who joined Nantes last January, was elected Player of the Month in the French Ligue 1. Read more »
Frank Acheampong's good performance the last couple of weeks has not gone unnoticed for the coach of the Ghanaian national team. Avram Grant selected the fast winger for the qualification matches of the Africa Cup against Mozambique. Read more »
Sunday will be a crucial match for coach Besnik Hasi. What will happen if he has to go? Who will take over his position? Het Nieuwsblad listed some possible scenario's. Read more »
Anderlecht started constructing a new grass turf after the match against Standard de Liège and these construction works are finished. The turf should be in ideal condition to play Sunday's match against Kortrijk. Read more »
Anderlecht will stay in Belgium to prepare themselves for the play-offs next month. Most other teams are leaving for a sunny destination on practice camp, but Anderlecht still have to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europe League next Thursday. Read more »
Frank Acheampong has been included in the UEFA Europe League team of the week again. The quick winger again scored a goal against Shakhtar Donetsk, his fourth of this European campaign. Read more »
Piximate was launched in 2015, an app that allows users to share pictures in a secure and safe way with family and friends. Bubbi, who developed this application, is now focusing on football teams that want to strengthen their relationship with the fans. This might also be important for sponsors. Read more »
Dodi Lukebakio Ngandoli caused some panic as he arrived at the airport of Lviv, Ukraine. The youngster lost his ID card, and as a result he was not allowed to enter the country. Finally, Lukebakio managed to find back his documents to join his team mates. Read more »
Two weeks ago, chairman Roger Vanden Stock left the stadium during the match Olympiakos - Anderlecht as he did not agree with the referee. Thirty years ago, he did exactly the same against FC Liège. Read more »
Ghanasportsonline.com is reporting that Anderlecht put a price tage of seven million Euros on its player Frank Acheampong. The quick winger's performance has not gone unnoticed, Juventus and AS Roma are said to be interested in the young talent. Read more »
Today Guillaume Gillet celebrates his birthday! He becomes 32 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
150 Anderlecht fans are travelling to Ukraine to attend tomorrow's match between Shakhtar Donetsk and RSC Anderlecht. As only few fans are making the move to Donetsk, no incidents are expected before or after this Europe League match. Read more »
Today is international women's day, and to celebrate this special day Anderlecht are launching an action for the female fans of the Mauves. Two of them will get a free photo shoot with their favourite player. Read more »
The shameful defeat against Mouscron-Péruwelz seems to have woken up the Anderlecht squad. Besnik Hasi organized a group discussion yesterday, during which the players and the group had the opportunity to discuss about what went wrong last weekend. This happened in a constructive and sincere way; Read more »
