The U21 of Anderlecht defeated KV Mechelen with 5-0. Mario Stroeykens (photo) scored three times. Kristian Arnstad and Anouar Ait El Hadj, with a lovely curl into the top corner, also found their way to goal. Antoine Colassin, who again played as a deep striker, missed a penalty kick.
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21-year-old Jakub Kiwior made his debut in Serie A, as the Polish defender played the entire match against Inter Milan with Spezia. Kiwior arrived at Anderlecht in 2016 as a 16-year-old top talent, but could not live up to it. Read more »
The U21 booked their seventh victory in eight league games tonight. Visiting OH Leuven, they made it 0-2. Lucas Stassin (photo) and Simion Michez scored for the purple and white. Both goals came after the break.
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The U21 of Anderlecht played a 3-3 against AA Gent. It was the first loss of points for Anderlecht this season. Aouar Ait El Hadj scored two very nice goals. The reappearing captain Théo Leoni also found the way to goal. Read more »
During the international break, several analysts questioned the system that Vincent Kompany stuck to. On Sunday the Anderlecht manager surprisingly opted for a 4-3-3 system and what was even more surprising, not a single youth player in the starting eleven.
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Three players of Anderlecht came in action with their national team yesterday. Joshua Zirkzee keeps on scoring and is now top scorer in the preliminaries of the European Championship U21. Timon Vanhoutte, Naim Van Attenhoven and Kristian Arnstad also came into action. Read more »
Naim Van Attenhoven's debut with the national team is not going unnoticed. Footmercato writes that the 18-year-old Anderlecht goalkeeper has attracted the interest of several clubs from the French Ligue 2.
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For six Anderlecht players, international soccer was on the program yesterday. Five of them celebrated a victory. Only Kristian Arnstad had to be satisfied with a draw. An overview. Read more »
Chris Lokesa and Mario Stroeykens (photo) scored for the young Red Devils. Lokesa did so for the BeGold U19F/U18F in a friendly game during a training camp in Spain. Stroeykens scored for the U19 in the EK qualifier against Azerbaijan. Read more »
Despite the absence of several strikers and the large selection of 29 players, Yari Verschaeren didn't receive an invitation from Roberto Martinez for the Red Devils. Together with three Anderlecht teammates, he can now join the national U21 team. Read more »
The national U19 will be in action next week as part of the qualification round for the European Championship. That will take place from 10 to 16 November in Luxembourg. Wesley Sonck included Anderlecht players Nils de Wilde, Zeno Debast and Mario Stroeykens in his selection.
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The U21 of Anderlecht have qualified for the next round of the Cup of Belgium. Robin Veldman's boys defeated STVV after prolongations. Chris Lokesa scored the winning goal in the 119th minute.
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Anderlecht youngster Simion Michez (photo) is taking part in a training camp organized by the Cameroonian Football Federation for U20 and U23 players this week. The training camp ended with a friendly game against Entente SSG from the French fourth division. Cameroon won 2-0 with Michez scoring one of the goals. Read more »
A satisfied Vincent Kompany after the cup victory over La Louvière. That he chose for his established values and didn't give youngsters a chance, shows how important the Cup is for Anderlecht, but it also caused some questions with the press and supporters. Read more »
The U21 of Anderlecht have booked their sixth league victory in a row. Against Antwerp, it became 0-2. Lucas Stassin and Loic Masscho scored, both on an assist from Adrien Trebel (photo). Read more »
Vincent Kompany counts for the most part on his familiar selection of players for tonight's cup game. Yari Verschaeren will not be there. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that Anderlecht is keeping him on the sidelines as a precaution after he was hit on the knee against Beerschot. Read more »
Only three clubs that are not active in the five biggest leagues deliver more youth players to these leagues than Anderlecht. No less than thirteen players trained by Anderlecht are currently active in a G5-leagues. That's what the CIES Football Observatory calculated. Read more »
Anderlecht will play against RAAL La Louvière in the 1/16th finals of the Cup of Belgium. What can we expect and what do we need to know? We took a closer look at the club and what appears? We can safely call them 'the little Anderlecht'. Read more »
National coach David Penneman has called up Anas Tajaouart, Tristan Degreef (pictured) and Amadou Diallo for three internationals with the Belgian U17 futures. The young Devils leave for Sweden for a tournament. They will play against Sweden on Wednesday and Denmark on Thursday. Read more »
