A mixture of players from the U21 and U18 played a friendly game in and against KV Mechelen yesterday afternoon. The Purple & White won with 0-3. Simeon Michez (photo) and Lucas Stassin scored the goals. Read more »
Percy Tau does not appear to be the savior leading Brighton & Hove Albion to safety in the Premier League. The South African has been on the bench for more than a month without getting any playing minutes. Read more »
At the end of January, the Pro League decided to permanently stop the competitions up to and including the U16 due to the corona pandemic. The decision was then postponed for the U18 and U21. Today, however, the curtain has fallen: these competitions are also stopped for this season. Friendly games are still possible under strict conditions and with negative PCR tests Read more »
Amir Murillo received his fifth yellow card against Cercle Brugge and is therefore suspended for today's game. Majeed Ashimeru played on Monday with the reserves and left a fit impression and, according to Vincent Kompany, is ready for the match against KV Kortrijk. Read more »
Vincent Kompany appears to be emerging as a trendsetter. After Romelu Lukaku, Adnan Januzaj now also tells that he wants to return to the club of his youth one day. "I often watch Anderlecht games. It remains the biggest club in Belgium." Read more »
22 players who were born in 1999 and who once played in a youth team of Anderlecht, are now playing professional football. An incredible achievement. Six of the boys broke through at the first team of Anderlecht. Others sought and found their way elsewhere. Read more »
Five youngsters can take their chance with the first team until the end of the season. A well thought-out choice that was taken together with U21 coach Craig Bellamy. In the meantime, Moustapha Bokoum, an old acquaintance of Peter Verbeke, joined the U21. Read more »
Graig Bellamy saw five of the players leave for the first team at the beginning of this week, but he also welcomed one. Moustapha Bokoum, who was trained at Bruges and Ghent, is currently training with the U21 of RSC Anderlecht. Read more »
Lucas Lissens is in the starting eleven at Anderlecht for the second time in his career. The 19-year-old central defender will form the heart of the defense against Union, together with that other youth product Hannes Delcroix. As to the rest of the team, the expected names appear at kick-off. Read more »
Etienne Davignon talks openly and honestly in an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws about the financial situation of RSC Anderlecht. There will certainly not be a bankruptcy, but perhaps the club will have to sell a key player again next summer to bring in money. Read more »
Two weeks ago Anthony Vanden Borre gave another unexpected interview. In it he (wrongly) accused RSC Anderlecht of a lack of respect. Meanwhile, he remains absent from the U21, the club is now taking steps to terminate his contract. Read more »
Vincent Kompany gets five more youngsters to the first team. Théo Leoni, Nayel Mehssatou, Alonzo Engwanda, Nils De Wilde and Zeno Debast will remain with the first team until the end of the season. Read more »
Vincent Kompany had nothing but praise for his midfield against Racing Genk. The Albert Sambi Lokonga, Anouar Ait El Hadj and Josh Cullen triangle works perfectly. Josh Cullen gives himself completely and puts himself at the service of the two youngsters. Read more »
Normally there was a friendly game against CS Brugge on the program for the U21 last Saturday. RSC Anderlecht had to cancel that match due to some Covid-19 infections at the U21. Read more »
Within a few weeks, Nicolas Frutos will follow Hernan Losada to America. Graig Bellamy might be his successor to assist Vincent Kompany as an assistant trainer. Bellamy has been coach of the U21 for a year and a half now and is not afraid to discuss things with the head coach. Read more »
Anderlecht said goodbye to a dozen players this winter. A lot of boys in surplus went to other places, but with some players the question arises whether Anderlecht could not use them. What do you think? In our new webpoll we want to know who you would have liked to keep. Read more »
The U21 of Anderlecht played a friendly game this afternoon against Deinze from 1B. Anderlecht won with 1-2 thanks to goals from Simion Michez (photo) and Zeno Debast. Elias Cobbaut, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko and Mario Stroeykens, among others, also played. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga had to be replaced against Oud-Heverlee Leuven with an injury. Today it became clear the midfielder has a small rupture in the hamstrings and will be out for two to three weeks. This means he'll surely miss the matches against Eupen and Charleroi. Read more »
Anderlecht lost a friendly game against Lierse this afternoon with 2-1. The Purple & White competed with the U21 and Michel Vlap. The Dutchman played for an hour. Although he did not play a big game, he showed himself eager. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will start a series of six games in 21 days on Sunday. Vincent Kompany is of course used to that succession of games from the Premier League. As a coach he also thinks this busy calendar is a good thing. Read more »
Anderlecht wants to give Ilias Takidine a taste of professional football. For this it would like to rent out the 19-year-old winger. Read more »
Anderlecht announced via social media that Hannes Delcroix (21) has signed until 2024. The young defender sees his strong performances rewarded with a contract extension. Read more »
Anderlecht seems to think: If our U21 are not allowed to play in 1B, then we just ask those clubs for friendly games. After Westerlo (December) and Lierse (next Saturday), Anderlecht will also play a friendly game against Union. Read more »
Anderlecht hopes to get rid of several players in surplus this winter mercato, but three youngsters are also allowed to temporarily leave. Het Nieuwsblad knows that purple and white wants to lend Antoine Colassin and Marco Kana (photo) to gain playing minutes. Het Laatste Nieuws writes that Ilias Takidine might be in the same case. Read more »
Het Laatste Nieuws reports that Anderlecht is currently looking at the rental period of Derrick Luckassen (25) and especially whether it cannot be terminated prematurely. Read more »
Good news from the young talents department, Mario Stroeykens has extended his contract with RSC Anderlecht until 2023. Stroeykens was part of the wide selection against Beerschot, but eventually followed the game from the stands. Read more »
