Anderlecht's first opponent at the Pinatar practice camp has been announced. On Saturday, January 11, Purple & White will play a friendly match against Livingston from Scotland. News paper Het Laatste Nieuws knows that. For one player with the Scots, it will be a reunion with his old club. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre is still working hard at Neerpede. He is currently training with the U21 under Craig Bellamy and René Peeters, but he is certainly being prepared for the winter training camp with the A-team. From January he is also entitled to play. Read more »
Hotman El Kababri and Thierry Lutonda (photo) represent a temporary departure in January. Both youngsters were very present in the preparation for the new season. El Kababri even started the season in the starting eleven in the match against KV Oostende. Lutonda came in for a few minutes in the same game. Since then, both players, partly due to injuries, have landed on the back plan. Read more »
Joyful news on the eve of the cup clash against Club Brugge. Because Nayel Mehssatou signed his first professional contract with RSC Anderlecht. Mehssatou, born in Brussels, also has a Chilean passport. As a youth international he played for Chile and Belgium. The 17-year-old midfielder signed a contract until 2022. Read more »
Anderlecht's U21 will close 2019 in a minor. On a visit to AA Gent, they lost 5-2. They also suffered a defeat last week. Anderlecht remain in the lead. Read more »
These days it is hip to do 'Anderlecht-bashing'. It is a word that can justifiably become a word of the year 2019. Journalists without backbone are a strong participant in this popular trend. A dangerous game, burning bridges that you will have to cross in the not too distant future. With negativism you score more points than with positive things. Among all those populist journalists, there are still some who do positive reporting. Read more »
Purple-white has won a point in Liège. Anderlecht came behind after a weak first half, but fought back in the second half. The equalizer fell through Roofe, but a red card for Dewaele tempered the hope for more. Read more »
Oleg Iachtchouk is no longer a youth coach at Anderlecht. From now on the former player will independently guide (young) players who are new in Belgium. "In that position we will often meet him in Neerpede," says youth coordinator Jean Kindermans. Read more »
Anderlecht's U21 have lost 2-0 at OH Leuven. After seven consecutive victories, it is the second defeat of the season. The boys of coach Craig Bellamy (photo) remain well in the lead in the ranking. Read more »
The U12 of Anderlecht have won the Christmas Truce Tournament in Ypres this weekend. The Anderlecht youngsters won five of their seven games and didn't conceide one goal. In the final, they won against Manchester City with 1-0.
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Anthony Vanden Borre is back on his weight, Michael Verschueren said that during his TV appearance at La Tribune and Extra Time. Only he is still affiliated with TP Mazembe and therefore he is not allowed to play in Belgium, nor any U21 matches. Read more »
The U21 won yesterday evening with the smallest difference against KRC Genk. Antoine Colassin's goal (photo) only fell in the added time. After a defeat on the opening day, this is the seventh consecutive victory for the boys of Craig Bellamy. Read more »
It was an eventful day for chairman Marc Coucke at KV Oostende on Sunday. Afterwards he still talked about the performance of RSC Anderlecht. Coucke remains behind the project but admits that the performance is poor. Read more »
Anderlecht have stopped trying to attract 17-year-old Samson Tijani. All Nigeria Soccer knows that. According to the Nigerian website, an abundance of agents ensures that the purple and white close the file. Read more »
A lot of names from the first team on the U21 match sheet on Monday. One of them was Francis Amuzu, who had to be substituted with an injury after an hour of play. He injured the hamstrings. An ultrasound scan must show how serious the injury is. Read more »
The U21 of Anderlecht have won 2-0 against KV Mechelen on Monday. Anouar Ait El Hadj (photo) and Thierry Lutonda scored the goals. For Anderlecht, this was the sixth victory in seven games. Read more »
It has happened, Albert Sambi Lokonga has extended his contract with RSC Anderlecht. He signed for three and a half years, until 2023. Yesterday, Albert Lokonga said with a grin that his extension was for "soon". Read more »
Vincent Kompany is still working hard on his rehabilitation at RSC Anderlecht. But not only should he be ready for the Purple & White, the Red Devils also have an important European Championship ahead. Father Kompany is already confident: "Vince will be ready and we will become European Champion." Read more »
Jérémy Doku has made his appearance at the A-team a few times, but is mainly active with the U21. He is also part of the national U21. The young winger therefore makes an impression and that also translates into its market value. This currently amounts to five million euros. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren was able to train with a complete A-team at the RSCA Belfius Academy yesterday. All internationals are back and have started preparations for Sunday's game against KV Kortrijk. Read more »
Several Anderlecht players had a great evening with their national team. James Lawrence qualified for the European Championship, Elias Cobbaut made his debut with the Red Devils and Knowledge Musona proved to be important with two assists. Read more »
The Belgian U19 also won their third match in the European Championship qualifying tournament this afternoon. Greece was beaten with 1-0. Captain Lucas Lissens (photo) and Marco Kana played the entire game. Antoine Colassin stayed on the bench. Read more »
The Belgian U18 have completed a multi-day training camp in Spain and played two freindly games there. Anderlecht has three boys who came to Spain with Anouar Ait El Hadj, Chris Kalulika and Nayel Mehssatou. Read more »
The Belgian U19 have also won their second match of the European Championship qualifying tournament. On Saturday Albania was beaten with 2-1. Captain Lucas Lissens (photo) and Marco Kana played the entire game. Antoine Colassin was replaced after 84 minutes. Read more »
Several Anderlecht players are active with their national team these days. You can read here how they did it today and in the past days. Read more »
Anderlecht are pulling the youth's card this season. If this policy had been implemented a number of years ago, boys such as Dodi Lukebakio and Orel Mangala were undoubtedly in the first team. The latter closed the door of Neerpede in the summer of 2016. Mangala went to Borussia Dortmund on a loan basis. Read more »
