Felice Mazzu's entire staff has been reassigned, except goalkeeper coach Laurent Deraedt, to whom RSC Anderlecht has said goodbye. Whether Frank Boeckx will now take up that role with the A-core is not yet clear. Read more »
Newspapers are writing on their websites this morning that Anderlecht is holding talks with Jesper Fredberg. The 41-year-old Fredberg is currently working as sporting director at Viborg. He has to assist Peter Verbeke in the sporting management of the club. Read more »
For the second weekend in a row, the RSCA Futures lost to the last in the ranking. Against Dender tonight, Anderlecht's U23 lost 0-2. Anderlecht are now in shared third place.
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Peter Verbeke admitted earlier that the intention was to keep Sergio Gomez and sell Francis Amuzu. Fate decided otherwise and RSC Anderlecht acquired Moussa N'Diaye to make up for Gomez's departure with time. Only now that time has come and it saw the market value quadruple. Read more »
Will Lucas Stassin get his chance again tomorrow at the Gaverbeek, Felice Mazzu is not quite sure yet. Everyone at the club agrees not to burn the youngster too soon, although it is only logical that Stassin got his chance against Club Brugge. Read more »
Felice Mazzu must have been relieved when he spoke to the press after the game against KV Mechelen. But whether he will now also permanently change his playing system, he would not say. Read more »
With two goals after his substitution Mario Stroeykens provided the turnaround yesterday afternoon at KV Mechelen. The 18-year-old match winner was allowed to tell his story to the press afterwards. "The relief after the match was great," he told them. Read more »
With the lead in 1B, the RSCA Futures are doing very well. Ancien David Hubert enjoys watching the young guard take steps forward. "The question of whether we could stand up to the ranked professional teams has now been answered," he says today in Het Nieuwsblad. Read more »
It is not excluded that Lucas Stassin will make his debut in Anderlecht's A-team tonight. The young striker is in the selection for an official game for the first time. "Given the number of players allowed on the match sheet, maybe this is a chance to give him and the youngsters a signal," said coach Felice Mazzu. Read more »
On the third matchday of the Conference League, Anderlecht hosts West Ham tonight. With a victory, purple-white will tip over the English to the lead in the group. Read more »
For tomorrow's European clash with West Ham, Felice Mazzu has selected two youngsters. Lucas Stassin is scoring fluently at the Futures and N'Diaye, who came over from Barcelona B, is also in the selection. Raman seems to have recovered from his illness. Read more »
Deep striker Chike Van de Ven Macayle, signed his first professional contract with RSC Anderlecht. He binds himself to the club until June 2023. Van de Van Macayle transferred from KRC Genk in 2019 and currently plays under coach Stéphane Stassin with the U16 and is thus also part of the 2007 generation. Read more »
It's the RSCA Futures that put a smile on the Anderlecht fan's face these days. The U23 of purple and white won 1-3 yesterday at their Standard peers. Lucas Stassin (pictured) scored twice. This puts the RSCA Futures alongside Beerschot in the lead in 1B. Read more »
Julian Duranville got his first start with the first team yesterday afternoon. The youngster tried, but unfortunately a mistake of his was the basis of the only goal of the game. "A mistake of mine put us in the shit," he told afterwards. Read more »
Antoine Colassin had the goal to play with the first team of RSC Anderlecht, but unfortunately he didn't get the playing time he would have liked and so he took the decision to leave on loan with an option to buy to Heerenveen. Read more »
Felice Mazzu saw a lot of internationals leave but that didn't mean he was taking it easy. Although some relaxation was provided for the "home players," a little team building consisting of padel and BBQ. Read more »
No Red Devils for Yari Verschaeren, but he did play with the national U21, who played a friendly game against France yesterday. The match ended with a 2-2 draw, both goals had a purple and white edge. Read more »
Yesterday evening, several Anderlecht players were again in action with their national team. In Leuven, Yari Verschaeren and Lucas Lissens came face to face with Bart Verbruggen. Nilson Angulo (picture) and Amadou Diawara also came into action. Read more »
In addition to Zeno Debast, Sebastiano Esposito and Moussa N'Diaye also played with their national team yesterday. Esposito lost, N'Diaye won. Both were friendly games. Read more »
Zeno Debast is about to start against Wales for the Red Devils. So his first starting place right away with his first selection. "Zeno has deserved this," said national coach Roberto Martinez in his interview before the match. Read more »
The Belgian U19 won their first European Championship qualifier against Albania with 1-3. Noah Sadiki opened the score after 47 minutes. Soon after, Albania equalized, but in minute 64, Stroeykens put the Belgians ahead again. Read more »
For a week and a half, it will be very quiet in Neerpede. A lot of players will be away for international games with their national teams. Except for Red Devils Jan Vertonghen and Zeno Debast, they are all playing friendly games. An overview. Read more »
Zeno Debast spoke to the press for the first time today as a Red Devil. The 18-year-old Anderlecht defender exudes calmness, but was already looking his eyes out. "Whether I was starstruck? Yes, of course. It takes some adjusting from TV to reality. Someone as De Bruyne is of an enormous level." Read more »
There is a big gap between the U18 and U23 categories and many players fail to bridge it. Emmanuel Salazaku Kinzadi looks to become one of those players. He arrived in Neerpede in 2020, coming from Mechelen (and previously also playing for Brugge), but since the summer he had already stopped training with the team. Therefore, he is now continuing his career in Italy, more specifically in the Serie B with Pisa. Read more »
The RSCA Futures took a very nice victory on Friday. Robin Veldman's boys won with 2-3 on the field of leader Lierse Kempenzonen. Lucas Stassin scored three goals. Especially his first one was a gem. Read more »
Bart Verbruggen has received an invitation for the selection of the Netherlands U21. The goalkeeper will play against Belgium (Friday, Sept. 23) and Romania (Tuesday, Sept. 27). Read more »
Zeno Debast (picture) is the only debutant in the Red Devils' selection that national coach Roberto Martinez announced. At his press conference, Martinez did not spare his praise. Furthermore, Martinez indicated that he is also following Julian Duranvile with an eye on the World Cup. Read more »
National coach Jacky Mathijssen has included three Anderlecht players in his selection of the Belgian U21. They are Lucas Lissens (photo), Marco Kana and Yari Verschaeren. The young Devils will play against the Netherlands and France. Read more »
Zeno Debast and Francis Amuzu are in the (large) pre-selection of the Red Devils for the international games at the end of this month. Both have never been called up before. Jan Vertonghen, Yari Verschaeren and Hannes Delcroix are also in the pre-selection. Read more »
A whole series of former Anderlecht players changed clubs this summer. There are more than sixty of them. You probably already know that Romelu Lukaku is back with Inter and that Leander Dendoncker went to Aston Villa at the last minute. But do you know where guys like Jordan Lukaku, Matt Miazga and Peter Zulj are playing now? Read more »
Romeo Lavia is one of the youth products that RSC Anderlecht would have liked to keep longer, but in 2020 the midfielder traded purple and white for Manchester City. Recently he made the switch to Southhampton where Anderlecht was still entitled to a percentage on the resale. Read more »
The Professional Refereeing Department believes Noah Sadiki should have been shown a red card against OH Leuven. In the closing stages of the game, the youngster came too late and hit the shin of Mathieu Maertens. "A red card for serious foul play would have been better than yellow," it now sounds like. Read more »
Julien Duranville will not forget the past weekend quickly, Friday he scored his first goal for the U23 team in the Brussels Derby. Yesterday he scored again, but this time for the first team. And for those wondering, yes that's allowed
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RSC Anderlecht didn't get further than a draw against Oud-Heverlee Leuven yesterday. After ten minutes in the second half, new recruit Jan Vertonghen was allowed to come on as a substitute, which was also his debut in the purple and white shirt at the Lotto Park. Read more »
Due to the stomach flu of some of the title holders, Anouar Ait El Hadj got a starting place once again. The youngster from Brussels went all out and did not disappoint. "I will give everything for the club I have loved since childhood," he said afterwards. " Read more »
Anderlecht seems to like to hold on to certainties in soccer lately. After the traditional defeat against Union and the failure to win against Gent, there was again no victory against OHL. It's been five games since the purple and white team won against Leuven. OHL climbed into the lead and Anderlecht equalized quite late through the young Duranville. But Leuven unexpectedly struck again after Diawara was asleep, but luckily Silva was able to save a point for Anderlecht that could only really threaten in the last half hour.
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