Friday morning we had to say goodbye to Michael Ruysseveldt. He was the regular bus driver of RSC Anderlecht and of the Red Devils for years. A few years ago he had to quit his job as a bus driver due to illness. Read more »
Anderlecht announced the news about the arrival of Vercauteren on the official website. Vercauteren does come as head coach, Simon Davies becomes field coach. Anderlecht also confirms the departure of Frank Arnesen. Read more »
The Brazilian press mentions a possible (temporary) transfer from the Brazilian super talent Lincoln Corrêa dos Santos to Anderlecht. Reportedly, Mancester City made a bid of 10 million euros this summer for the 18-year-old Brazilian striker of Flamengo. City wanted to lend Lincoln to Anderlecht, so that he could get a taste of European football. Read more »
Anderlecht will go to the Kiel tomorrow for a cup match against Beerschot. Sieben Dewaele was very close to playing in the other purple. "Beerschot was very concrete this summer," says father Jurgen Dewaele. But Vincent Kompany held Dewaele in Brussels. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre also sees the problems that Vincent Kompany faces at RSC Anderlecht. He has already decided to help his buddy and trains like crazy to back to his level. He lost 18 kilograms in the last three months. Now he has to work on the muscle mass.
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News that many Anderlecht supporters have been longing for; Kemar Roofe has been found fit by the medical staff for the cup match at Beerschot this Wednesday. The striker was expected to make his appearance yesterday evening in the U21 game against AA Ghent, but there was no trace of the Englishman on the match sheet. Read more »
Yesterday, the U21 played their match against AA Gent. Anderlecht won the match 3-2 and jumped over Ghent to the lead of the ranking. Antoine Colassin, Knowledge Musona and Nayel Mehssatou (photo) scored for Anderlecht. Anderlecht is first with 9 out of 12. Read more »
Antoine Colassin may well be the next youth player to make his debut. The 18-year-old striker traveled with to Bruges on Sunday, participated in the warming-up, but became the nineteenth man and didn't make it to the match sheet. Read more »
Kemar Roofe plays his first minutes in the shirt of Anderlecht today. The English striker will return to the U21 after two months of injury. That is what Het Nieuwsblad writes. Read more »
Simon Davies spoke to the press this afternoon about the game in Bruges on Sunday. Read more »
Earlier we saw photos of Anthony Vanden Borre who came to discuss his future at RSC Anderlecht. In the corridors he came across Mogi Bayat, who also came to discuss a future, not his own but of his player Adrien Trebel.
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The U21 of Anderlecht have won 5-1 against OH Leuven. Francis Amuzu and Jeremy Doku (photo) each scored twice. Adrien Trebel played, under the eye of Vincent Kompany, the entire match. Thierry Lutonda and Hotman El Kababri made their appearance again. Read more »
What already appeared in the press an hour ago has now been officially confirmed by RSC Anderlecht: Anthony Vanden Borre will be training with the U21 in the coming months. In this way the club wants to give Vanden Borre the chance to regain its level and perhaps also to participate in First Division again. Read more »
The transfer of the Norwegian youth player Kristian Arnstad has been completed. Read more »
Anderlecht couldn't win a second top match in a row. After a dominance in the first half, Antwerp took the lead via Refaelov. Not long after that Chadli scored the 1-1, but the red card from Sambi Lokonga made it difficult. Miyoshi secured the final score with a goal in the 87th minute. Read more »
Anderlecht are going to attract Kristian Arnstad. That writes Het Laatste Nieuws based on Norwegian sources. Arnstad is the captain of the Norwegian U16. He is the player Michael Verschueren was referring to when he said that Frank Arnesen would bring a top talent to Anderlecht. Read more »
It remains to be seen whether Sieben Dewaele and Peter Zulj can be used during tomorrow's game against Antwerp. Dewaele returned from the Belgian U21 with a calf injury. Zulj broke his nose against Standard and wears a mask. Read more »
The U21 of RSC Anderlecht have already set a good example. They won their match for the Cup of Belgium against Beerschot with 4-0. Their first match against Oud-Heverlee Leuven was also won with 1-3. Read more »
Coach Simon Davies spoke with the press in the afternoon about the upcoming game against Antwerp on Sunday (2.30 p.m.). David Steegen took once again a seat next to the coach as a press spokesperson. Read more »
After winning their game against Oud-Heverlee Leuven, the U21 of RSC Anderlecht are getting ready for the next game in the Belgian Cup. Tonight, Craig Bellamy's players will compete against the other purple and white Beerschot. Read more »
50,000 people showed up yesterday for the 'Vincent Kompany Testimonial', more than expected. Everything shows that Kompany was more than just a Manchester City player. And that feeling is mutual: "City is in my heart, Anderlecht is in my blood," said the Red Devil. Read more »
Nobody dares to doubt that Vincent Kompany was more than a monument at Manchester City. And that may even be taken literally because in the future there will be a statue of Kompany at the stadium. He also got his own little street: The Vincent Kompany Crescent ". Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers almost scored for the Belgian U21, but he saw his shot hit the post. Saelemaeker's strong match against Standard also immediately earned him a place in the starting eleve nwith the Belgian U21. Physically he feels better every match. Read more »
Johan Walem's U21 played a 0-0 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina yesterday in Leuven. Anderlecht's Alexis Saelemaekers played the entire match. Francis Amuzi was substituted by Jeremy Doku in minute 91. Sardella stayed on the bench. Because of this draw, Belgium is now fourth in group 9 with 1 point. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga left the national U21 after one match. That decision was made in advance after consultation with the Football Association and Vincent Kompany. Lokonga has just come out of a long rehabilitation and two games in five days is still too much for the young midfielder. Read more »
Sieben Dewaele and Sambi Albert Lokonga are no longer with the national U21 and have left the selection. Dewaele had to leave the group due to an injury. Lokonga just got out of injury and gets a rest. Tonight, the young Devils will play in the stadium of Oud-Heverlee Leuven against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read more »
A week after they won a tournament in the Netherlands, they were again the strongest team in the Ramada Cup, which was disputed nearby Amsterdam. After a perfect group stage, they won this Sunday from Ajax in the semi-final and Bayern Leverkusen in the final. Read more »
A youth tournament for the U11 was organized this weekend in Zevenbergen in the Netherlands: the "Moerdijk International U11 Cup". RSC Anderlecht finished third, after FC Utrecht and KRC Genk. Many of the big players of European football participated, including Paris Saint German and Manchester City. Read more »
