Olivier Renard, technical director of RSC Anderlecht, has emphasized his big ambitions for the club. The Brussels club aims to return to the top of the league. Renard, who lived through Anderlecht's glory days, stressed that working for the club automatically means striving for success. “The quality we show on training and in matches shows that the talent is there,” Renard said in an interview with RTL Sport. Read more »
David Hubert will receive assistance from Jonathan Alves who will be added to his staff. Alves, who was previously in charge of Belgium's U19, was chosen after an evaluation of the current team. Hubert stressed that the two men's visions of soccer are well matched. Alves, a Portuguese, is known for his analytical skills. Read more »
Jonathan Alves, was coach of the Purple and White U19, but is now moving to the A-team. There he will become assistant coach to David Hubert. He also performed that function in the past for Vincent Euvrard at RWDM and Zulte-Waregem, respectively. Read more »
The U23 of Sporting Anderlecht are no longer in danger of relegation after their victory against Lierse. Coach Jelle Coen indicated that this is the first time the team has managed to reach this position. “We dominated the match and the victory is therefore justified,” Coen said. He noted that Lierse applied more pressure in the second half, but that Anderlecht were lucky with a ball on the post and an effort that was just turned away on the line. Read more »
The RSCA Futures earned a convincing victory over Lierse, with a final score of 2-0. This victory gave the Futures a jump in the standings, putting them in 12th place. The goals were scored by Tajaouart in the 2nd minute and Ure in the 20th minute, both of whom provided a strong start to the match. So with this win, the U23 have crept away from the relegation places. Read more »
It is clear that David Hubert is pulling the card of youth, he put Tristan Degreef in the starting lineup and allowed 16-year-old Engwanda to come in. “I don't look at age but at qualities,” Hubert said. Degreef's reaction especially pleased the coach. Read more »
From Nov. 24 to Dec. 2, the Moroccan national U15 team will take part in an international tournament in Alicante, Spain. Anderlecht players Ilyas Bounahr and Ilyas Bennane are in the Moroccan selection. Morocco will play matches against Spain and Mexico at the tournament. Read more »
Nilsson Angulo made a big impact at RSCA Futures last weekend. Against Lokeren-Temse, he showed why he was selected for Ecuador's national team. He dominated the left flank and constantly tested Lokeren's defense. Despite a shot on the crossbar in the first half, he found the net in the 60th minute and led his team to a 0-1 victory. Read more »
On Saturday, November 23 at 8 p.m., Anderlecht's U23 team will travel to Lokeren Temse for the twelfth matchday of the Challenger Pro League. This is another crucial match for Jelle Coen's team. The RSCA Futures will have to do without the suspended Joren Dom, while the home team will also have to do without Mo Soumare, who is suspended. With only 7 points and last place in the standings, Anderlecht is 5 points behind their opponent for the weekend. Read more »
Romelu Lukaku could not attend Hubert Lemaire's book launch at Anderlecht yesterday, but the two men had already met last Friday in Tubize. Other members of the Anderlecht family did attend, including Nicolas Frutos, Anthony Vandenborre and Olivier Deschacht, among others. In front of a crowd of supporters at the fan shop, Hubert Lemaire shared his passion and talked about the many years he has devoted to the youth of purple and white. His book, with 220 pages full of anecdotes, is on sale in the fanshop and better bookstores.
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Mario Stroeykens played the full match for Belgium's U21 against the Czech Republic, but the young Red Devils had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The Devils took the lead and then were denied another clear penalty kick. An own-goal later decided the game. The outward game was lost 0-2, missing Euro U21.
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Jan-Carlo Simic remained on the bench with Serbia taking on Denmark in the Nations League, while Kasper Dolberg was substituted in the 70th minute after picking up yellow. The match ended in a 0-0 draw, allowing Denmark to qualify for the next round, while Serbia must complete a playoff to remain in League A. Gassimou Sylla played the first half of the U17 match between Belgium and England (1-1).
Read more »Mario Stroeykens played the full match for Belgium U21 against the Czech Republic. However, Belgium suffered a 0-2 blowout and see their chances of qualifying for Euro U21 dwindle. Jan-Carlo Simic remained on the bench for Serbia in their draw against Switzerland. Kasper Dolberg came onto the pitch in the 79th minute of the match between Denmark and Spain. Denmark lost 1-2.
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Three Anderlecht U23 players Ludo Wola-Wetshay, Kais Barry and Nathan De Cat have been selected by national coach Jonathan Alves for the Euro U19 qualifying tournament. The Belgian team will face Bulgaria, Lithuania and England from 13 to 19 November. Bulgaria is the host country of the tournament.
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Although he was in the pre-selection, Killian Sardella did not receive a first invitation to the Red Devils on Friday. After the game against Cercle Brugge, the right-back was frankly straightforward: ‘Of course I'm disappointed. I had expected to be there.'
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(Yet) no selection for the Red Devils for Killian Sardella. The Anderlecht right-back, like Mario Stroeykens, has been called up for the national U21. The fact that Sardella is an important player there played a part in national coach Domenico Tedesco's choice.
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The Belgian U18 squad, led by coach David Penneman, will participate in a friendly tournament in Spain. Two Anderlecht players, Jarne Flies and Nunzio Engwanda-Ongena, have been included in the selection. The Belgian squad will take on Germany on Nov. 15, and a second opponent has yet to be confirmed for the match on Nov. 18.
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RSC Anderlecht's U19 achieved a 2-0 victory against RWDM in the Belgian Cup. The return match will take place at RWDM's field on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. The goals were scored by Sylla and De Corte.
Read more »Inquiries were made from Cameroon to Killian Sardella's entourage about his interest in playing for that country's national team. Sardalla's mother is from Cameroon. The right-back, who has always played for Belgium's youth teams.
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Tonight Anderlecht will play Royal Union Tubize-Braine in the 1/16th finals of the Cup of Belgium. For most of us, this club is a noble unknown. So time for a brief introduction.
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Loïc Masscho has found a new club. The 23-year-old defender pulled the door of Anderlecht behind him after last season. Now he has signed a contract with Sporting Hasselt until the end of the season.
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Three young Anderlecht talents, Milan Debast, Noa Ojea Cobiella and Yhanis Onehese, are part of Belgium's U16 Futures selection. They will play Denmark twice on October 31 and November 3. The matches will take place at 11.30am each time.
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Mathias ‘Zanka' Jørgensen has announced his retirement from Denmark's national team. The 34-year-old defender wants to free up more time for his family. Moreover, he no longer sees himself being there at the 2026 World Cup, so he wants to give opportunities to younger players now. Read more »
Forget and scrap all rumours surrounding the arrival of a new head coach at Anderlecht. The club has confirmed that David Hubert (36) will remain head coach. Read more »
Young Englishman Ryan Mason (33) is the top candidate to become Anderlecht's new head coach, according to Het Nieuwsblad Read more »
Anderlecht has signed another youth player to a professional contract with Noah Kalonji. The 15-year-old Kalonji has tied his fate to purple-white until mid-2026. “Kalonji is a versatile midfielder who stands out for his serenity on the pitch and his ball recovery,” is how Anderlecht describes the player. Read more »
