Previously was announced that Co Adriaanse, AZ-coach, is interested in a move to Anderlecht. But now, also Portsmouth show interest. Adriaanse is the best candidate to succeed Velimir Zajec. And the Dutch coach is flattered. Read more »
According to coach Franky Vercauteren, Pär Zetterberg has the perfect profile to be captain. The Swede will stay captain until the end of the season, Walter Baseggio is vice-captain. Read more »
There seems to be a solution for the goalkeeper problem. Tristan Peersman is getting stronger and stronger, and Daniël Zitka joined the group today, after his injury. Read more »
Anderlecht won't go on isolation before Friday's match against Charleroi. The previous three matches, with Vercauteren as coach, they always went on isolation. Read more »
Legear and Zewlakow seem to be recovered from their muscle injury. This Monday they can join the group again, like Mpenza. Read more »
Atletico Madrid show interest in Christian Wilhelmsson. But the Spanish club has to compete with the Tottenham Hotspurs. The English side is preparing to pay 3 million euro. That's the fee that Anderlecht ask for the Swede. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic is returning to his old form again. The Anderlecht-striker scored twice against Mons. Jestrovic admits that he's far more happy now that Broos is gone. Read more »
The Profliga has come to an agreement about the tv-rights. Those are normally good for 15 million euro, to be divided amongst all teams from the first division. Read more »
Tristan Peersman wasn't in the selection for the match against Mons yesterday. Jan Van Steenberghe was goalkeeper, and Kevin Van Den Noortgaete was second goalie against Mons. Read more »
Anderlecht have obtained their first victory under trainer Franky Vercauteren. Despite the snow, the game against Mons took place and the Mauves won with 1-2. Thanks to the defeat of Genk, Anderlecht are back on the 2nd place now. Read more »
Clayton Zane is almost back. He played his last game for Anderlecht in November 2003. Sinces then, he has been working individually on his come-back. Next week, he can restart training again. Read more »
Today, the already twice postponed game of matchday 17 between Mons and Anderlecht is played. Mons have to miss a lot of players. Vercauteren will start with an extremely offensive line-up. Read more »
"Marius Mitu is welcome. If he can play in one team with me? Of course, also with Zetterberg. There is a big chance that we will play even better then." Baseggio also told that losing his statute as captain of the team hurt him. Read more »
According to Anderlecht manager Herman Van Holsbeeck, Anderlecht are not searching for a new coach for the next season. Read more »
There is no training behind closed doors planned this week. With this measure, the board want to avoid that the pitch of Anderlecht would be damaged. Read more »
The line-ups for the replay in and against Mons were announced yesterday. The selection of Anthony Vanden Borre is remarkable. His last selection for the A-squad dates from December of last year. Read more »
The Anderlecht defender is set to leave the Belgian club in the summer, and a number of top clubs are said to be keen on snapping him up. Read more »
Tuesday evening, there was again a ball puncture, this time in front of millions of televiewers during Real Madrid-Juventus. It is already the 4th time that this happens with a 'Finale' type of ball in only three months. Read more »
The bad results of Anderlecht have scared away a few fans. Some newspapers made a few calculations about the attendance in the Vanden Stock Stadium and on away games. Read more »
Secretarian Collin, manager Van Holsbeeck and youth director Deraeve will traval to Cameroon next week to look for opportunities to cooporate with local clubs. Read more »
Italian paper ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ is reporting that Serie A side Juventus are tracking the most linked player of the past two seasons, Anderlecht defender Vincent Kompany. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza, who is injured at the back, has to rest until Wednesday. That way, it isn't clear yet whether he'll be able to play on Friday. Kolar resumed the trainings with the group today. Read more »
The reserves of Anderlecht will play a friendly game next Tuesday against Rode-Verrewinkel. Peersman, Gerk, Vanden Borre, Ehret and Grégoire (who isn't authorized to play in Mons) will participate the game. Read more »
Anderlecht might go in isolation to prepare for the game in Mons. One thing is already for sure: Zewlakow won't be able to play. He isn't recovered yet from his injury. Peersman might take his place on the bench. Read more »
Sebastien Siani is training with the A-squad. Siani is a young player from Cameroon. He signed a test contract until the end of the season. Read more »
Aruna Dindane didn't receive a fine for his red card against Lierse, which is new in Anderlecht. "I want to avoid fines as much as possible", says Franky Vercauteren. Read more »
Anderlecht goalkeeper Daniël Zitka will be between the posts again on Tuesday. Zitka caught an arm fracture in December, but is now able to resume the keepers training. "I'm on schedule." Read more »
Aruna will know how hard he'll be punished in April. The sport committee has to decide over a amicable settlement first. If that is the case, Aruna will be suspended for 4 matchdays at most. Read more »
Goalkeeper Daniël Zitka became father for the second time Saturday night. His daughter was named Nela. The baby and the mother are both in good condition. The Purple Dynamite Webteam wants to congratulate the happy family! Read more »
Anderlecht seem to be charmed by dynamic midfielder Marius Mitu, from Lierse SK. The Mauves have offered the Rumanian player a contract for three years, according to several newspapers. Read more »
Christian Wilhelmsson and Vincent Kompany were at the Antwerp Diamond Games (tennis) today. This was an excellent opportunity to relax after the exciting game in Lierse of last Friday. Read more »
Zitka participated in a friendly game on training yesterday. It became clear that he won't be able to train at normal level soon. His fracture isn't healed yet. He might be out for the rest of the season. Read more »
Jan Van Steenberghe played with the flu yesterday. He got a special injection to make him ready to play. That way, Peersman didn't have to make his come-back yet and Van Den Noortgaete stayed on the bench. Read more »
Aruna and Baseggio were in Brussels yesterday for an extra training. The other players got a special programme to train at home. Last week, Baseggio had already lost his status of captain to Pär Zetterberg. Read more »
Aruna hopes on a mild suspension for the punch he gave to Lierse player Nikolovski. Last month, the striker already escaped from a heavier punishment when he hit Tomislav Mikulic of Racing Genk. Read more »
Jan Van Steenberghe will stay in Anderlecht for one extra year. The player and the board came to an agreement about his contract. His current one ended after this season. Read more »
Trainer Franky Vercauteren was satisfied after the game. "Especially about the way we played. Don't forget we could even equalise with one man less on the field. Unfortunatly, we couldn't take the three points." Read more »
Besides FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, also Arsenal are eager to sign Anderlecht's youngster Kompany. It's not yet clear if the defender will leave the Mauves at the end of this season. Read more »
Aruna won't be suspended for two months. He got a red card today, and had received a suspended suspension of 6 weeks last year. But that punishment expired on January 31. Therefore, he'll probably get a normal suspension. Read more »
Anderlecht lost again two valuable points. This time in Lierse. The game seemed like a copy of the one of last week: enough chances to win, but a lack of concentration and bad luck kept the Mauves from a victory. Read more »
Walter Baseggio will play tonight. He replaces Grégoire. Tristan Peersman will not take place on the bench. He is replaced by Kevin Vanden Noortgaete. Read more »
Tonight, Lierse-Anderlecht is played. The game begins at 8:30pm. There are two changes in the Anderlecht squad: Traoré will replace the injured Zewlakow and Baseggio starts on the bench. Read more »
Anderlecht's reserves have made a draw against Lierse (1-1). Gerk scored the equaliser for his team in the 48th minute. Lierse had first opened the score after only five minutes of play. Shorty before the end, Lamah was sent off. Read more »
Christian Wilhelmsson, who was put down with the flu, will normally be recovered for tomorrow's match in Lierse. Christophe Grégoire (back) has joined the group again. Besnik Hasi can start running again on Monday. Read more »
Baseggio might sit on the bench Friday so that Vercauteren could replace Vanderhaeghe in the midfield. Walter had already been dispossessed of his captain arm-band last Saturday, without any explanation. Read more »
Ehret had to stop training because of a painful knee. Grégoire could start again, and Wilhelmsson, ill, is expected to come back this Thursday. Hasi still has to wait one month before joining the group again. Read more »
Vercauteren is preparing the crucial match of next Friday. After the defeat in Ostende, the Purples must necessarily win. Read more »
After Tuesday's charity-match in Barcelona for the tsunami victims, Real Madrid's president highly praised Vincent Kompany's talent. Read more »
On Tuesday evening, football stars showed their support to the tsunami-victims. They played a charity-match in Nou Camp in Barcelona, and managed to get 8 millions euro. Read more »
Today Olivier Deschacht celebrates his birthday! He becomes 24 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Nico Claes, an Anderlecht fan from Lembeek, was surprised on Sunday morning when Walter Baseggio brought him breakfast. This stunt was set up by his father and the Zenne and Pajotters Sjotters Organisation (indoor football) Read more »
Anderlecht have to miss Hannu Tihinen and Michal Zewlakow this Friday for the game in Lierse. Tihinen has a head wound and a light concussion. He can train again, but he isn't allowed to play. Zewlakow has a strain and is out too. Read more »
Although RSC Anderlecht supporters mentioned Dutch AZ Alkmaar coach Co Adriaanse as possible successor of stand-in manager Franky Vercauteren, the club board rules out any negotiations for the moment. Read more »
Vincent Kompany played a charity match to support the World Aids Day on 30 November in Camp Nou, Barcelona. Today, the 18-year old star defender will play again in Catalonia. Read more »
The latest rumours suggest that it wasn't Roger Vanden Stock, who wasn't in Belgium, but Constant Vanden Stock who wanted Broos out. Until that time, he had always supported Broos. Read more »
Hannu Tihinen got injured in the game against KV Oostende of last Saturday. He has a light concussion and a bad wound at his eyebrow. He'll be able to train in the next few days. Zewlakow has a strain at his leg. Read more »
Anderlecht-goalkeeper Tristan Peersman talked with the press for the first time after his blunder against STVV. "Everything is okay", Peersman concluded at the end of the interview. Read more »
Co Adriaanse, coach of the Dutch AZ, is interested in training a Belgian topclub next season. Adriaanse already announced he'll leave AZ this year. "I got the maximum out of this team, my work is done", he said. Read more »
The new assistent-coach of Anderlecht, Glen De Boeck, learns fast. Yesterday, De Boeck refused to predict the result of Anderlecht's next game. On Thursday, the former defender had said that the Mauves would beat Oostende with 4-0 Read more »
Tristan Peersman's come-back was postponed last weekend. "He wasn't ready yet", a representative of the club answered. A psychologist is guiding Peersman at the moment. Read more »
It seems like the Brugian coach Trond Sollied will leave his club at the end of the season. The Norwegian is even charmed by three clubs: Anderlecht, Standard and Panathinaikos. Read more »
Youth international Jonathan Legear said some negative things about his former club Standard de Liège. Meanwhile, the club reacted on the comments on its website. Read more »
Belgian champions Anderlecht, who sacked coach Hugo Broos on Monday, suffered another blow as they lost 1-0 at home to bottom club Oostende. Read more »
Today, Franky Vercauteren will make his début as coach of Anderlecht, against Ostende. Will the new coach have an immediate effect, and will the audience see a good match? Read more »
Peersman was selected by Vercauteren for tomorrow's game against KV Oostende. The goalkeeper visited a psychologist today. Tomorrow it's decided whether he'll be on the bench or in the goal. Read more »
Belgium won't have a direct participator for the UEFA Champions League. The national champions will have to play in the 3rd preliminary round, just like in the last few years. The vice-champion has to play in 2 preliminary rounds. Read more »
Jonathan Legear will miss the match against Ostende. Indeed the echography results have confirmed that Jonathan was not totally recovered from his ailing (adductors). Read more »
Vincent Kompany is convinced that his participation in the match against Ostende is not in danger. "The medical staff of the national team told me that my back-ailment was probably due to the bad condition of the Egyptian ground". Read more »
Aruna was the only international player to be back. The others are expected to come back today. Therefore Vercauteren decided to put off the training to this afternoon. Read more »
On Thursday Zitka started negotiations with Trabzonspor. However it is still unclear whether or not Zitka wants to leave Belgium. His position in Anderlecht is unclear. Read more »
Daniel Zitka got injured at the thigh today on training. Legear was examined today. Lovré only ran a few laps to allow the bruise at the left quadriceps to heal. Read more »
The website of Lierse announced that the combi-rule (=only people with a ticket who came with a supporter bus are allowed inside the stadium) will be in force on February 18 for the game against Anderlecht. Read more »
It seems like Martin Kolar's knee-injury is finally cured. The player resumed the trainings today. He ran a few laps. He already trained last week, but had to give up due to an infection. Read more »
Do we really want to be laughed at by the whole world? Not enough to have our honour broken? Our national team looks like an ancient glory that now has become alcoholic and that is just the shadow of itself! Read more »
The auction of the LIMITED EDITION Golden Shoe shirts (N° 1/50) of Kompany was closed at 7 pm. The entire proceeds and the sale, 9,140 euros, will go to Unicef. Read more »
Anatoli Gerk missed today's training, because of a fever attack. Legear suffers from a minor injury. Lovré had to rest for one day, because of a sprained buttock. Read more »
The media are guessing who will be the successor of Hugo Broos. Het Laatste Nieuws judged the chances of five candidates: Eric Gerets, Co Adriaanse, Georges Leekens, Joël Muller and Huub Stevens. Read more »
National coach Aimé Antheunis tries to launch the national team again, with this friendly match against Egypt. The poor state of the pitch in the Ahmed Osman-stadium will make combination football almost impossible. Read more »
Anderlecht coach Franky Vercauteren wants to talk to the group on Friday. The upcoming days he also wants to have some individual sessions. He said he wanted to talk to goalkeeper Tristan Peersman. Read more »
The dismissal of Hugo Broos was announced Monday, but nobody wanted to give further explanation then. Now, the team announced that they will engage a full-time spokesman. Read more »
Pär Zetterberg criticised former coach Hugo Broos a few weeks ago, because of a "lack of respect". But after the dismissal of the coach, the Swedish midfielder didn't want to react. "No comment", he stated. Read more »
Franky Vercauteren is realistic: "If they recruit another coach in June, I will be assistant-coach again." But Anderlecht would even consider to offer Vercauteren a contract for next season too. Read more »
Anderlecht engage a psychologist who will have to assist the players. This psychologist is probably Johan Desmadryl, a sport psychologist, who earlier worked with Brigitte Becue. Read more »
Aimé Anthuenis revealed his starting line-up for the friendly game between Belgium and Egypt. It won't be an easy game for the Belgians, also because the accomodation in Cairo is very bad. Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire played a friendly game against the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aruna Dindane scored the opening goal for his country after 39 minutes. The final result was 2-2. Read more »
Pär Zetterberg will play for one more season. After that he'll retire and become sportive manager for Anderlecht. Read more »
Today, there was a press conference on Anderlecht. Van Holsbeeck explained why the club sacked coach Hugo Broos. He started with the words: "The decision was hard for us, especially the human consequences of it." Read more »
It seems like Glen De Boeck won't play anymore. He answered the question of the press whether he will continue his football career, with a significant quote: "That chapter is definitive finished." Read more »
The Broos-chapter has finished in Anderlecht. Franky Vercauteren coached the training on Tuesday morning. Glen De Boeck and Daniel Renders were his assistants. Read more »
Besnik Hasi will be two weeks longer out than expected. There is a small rupture in the ligaments of his knee, and isn't able to train yet. Also Daniel Zitka will be longer out. Read more »
"I want to stay neutral", says Verschueren. "I don't want to hurt anyone and I want to respect the human factor. Therefore I will not throw oil on the fire. The situation has been bubbling for weeks and we should alleviate it now" Read more »
Today is decided who will assist Vercauteren on the bench. Glen De Boeck is likely to get this job. Jacky Munaron and Daniel Renders are keeping their actual job. Read more »
With Vercauteren (48), Anderlecht have chosen a 'clubman' to replace Broos. He is known for his excellent feedback, his diplomacy and his good technical approach. Read more »
Manager Herman Van Holsbeeck would like to make a new contract with Van Steenberghe before the next management committee next week. Read more »
Neither Anderlecht nor Hugo Broos himself wanted to react on the events of the past 24 hours. The only one who wanted to comment the firing of Broos was Yves Vanderhaeghe. He regrets it happened, but he saw it coming of course. Read more »
Anderlecht is the first club to sack Hugo Broos. Broos already trained RWDM, Club Brugge and Mouscron, but kept the honour for himself there. Broos obtained one national title with Anderlecht, but was always under fire. Read more »
Anderlecht's management committee has decided to fire Hugo Broos today after another disappointing match yesterday in Gent (0-0). Anderlecht is now 14 points behind Bruges and the title appears more and more impossible. Read more »
Defender Daniel Van Buyten and striker Wesley Sonck got injured and won't be able to play in the friendly interland game of Belgium against Egypt. Federal coach Aimé Anthuenis replaces only Sonck, by Tom Soetaers (Genk). Read more »
Goalkeeper Tristan Peersman was impressed by the interest of the media in his prestations with the reserves. That was the reason why he refused a place on the bench in the game on AA Gent. Kevin Van Noortgaete (18) took his place. Read more »
With interland games coming up, a lot of players left Brussels. 10 players are playing for their countries in the next few days. Besides the Belgian internationals, Tihinen, Aruna, Zewlakow and Wilhelmsson are absent on training. Read more »
Yves Vanderhaeghe will be suspended in the game against Oostende. The player got his 3rd yellow card today in Gent today. Further, the complete Anderlecht defense is still booked with two yellow cards. Read more »
Anderlecht did not manage to beat AA Gent. The game ended in a weak and scoreless draw. That way, Club Brugge are now 14 points ahead of Anderlecht, that has 2 games less played though. Read more »
One surprise in the selection of Anderlecht for the topper of this afternoon: Tristan Peersman is not in the selection. He requested to be left out himself. Vanden Noortgaete will take his place on the bench. Read more »
The test player Lockhead had to leave the pitch after 50 minutes yesterday, because of an injury. Read more »
Coach Hugo Broos, who is still a bit ill, only needs to change his team on one position, compared to nexr week. Zetterberg, who played well last week, takes over the position of Walter Baseggio, who is suspended. Read more »
The reserves of Anderlecht and AA Ghent already played their match. RSCA obtained the victory: 1-0 was the final result. Lovré scored the only goal of the match, after 62 minutes. Read more »
Anderlecht want to keep Chritian Wilhelmsson after this season. The club is making big financial efforts for the Swedish player. Talks about an improved contract will start soon. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht confirmed that the game against Charleroi will be played on March 4 at 8:30pm. Read more »
How are things going in the exploded ball-case? It looked like there would be a decision in April, but the commission have decided that they will treat the case earlier. The definitive decision would come on February 24. Read more »
National coach Aimé Antheunis announced his selection for the friendly match against Egypt next week. Herpoel and Doll return after one year of absence, Vanderhaeghe after two years. Read more »
This is what comes out of the last medical tests which Martin Kolar has underwent for his ailing knee. Oleg Iachtchouk is also suffering from the same ailment! Today he simply contented himself with cure. Read more »
Anderlecht would like to keep their star Christian Wilhelmsson. That is why a new contract (with a higher wage...) is likely to have been presented to him. Read more »
On February 15 (Tuesday), Kompany plays a game for charity in Nou Camp (Barcelona). The profit will go to the tsunami victims. The game will be broadcasted in live by Sporza, that will donate 10 eurocent per viewer. Read more »
The topper between Genk and Anderlecht of April 2 will be played one day later, on Sunday April 3. The kick-off will be given at 8:00pm. The game will be broadcasted in live by Canal+. Read more »
On Friday, a New-Zeelander named Tony Lockhead arrives in Brussels. He'll play with the reserves against Gent. Lockhead is a 23-years old defender. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic trains with the group again. Yesterday, he stayed home because he had a backache. The Serb striker will probably be ready for Sunday's game in Gent. Read more »
Jan Van Steenberghe will probably stay in Brussels for two more years. The club offered him a contract of one year, with an option on a second one. The keeper will probably accept the deal. Read more »
That Aruna will leave Anderlecht after this season is already known. But what we don't know yet, is how he will leave: in friendship or after a fight with the board? Read more »
Anderlecht's fanshop is selling 100 unique shirts of Kompany: 50 purple ones and 50 white ones. Each shirt is especially designed for Kompany's Golden Shoe and signed by the player himself. Read more »
Aruna refuses to talk about a new contract for Anderlecht. That's old news. But what about the other important Anderlecht players, like Golden Shoe Vincent Kompany? Read more »
With Anderlecht in trouble with their goalkeepers, the name of Bertrand Laquait is linked to the club. The French goalie of Charleroi reacted in the newspapers on these rumours and it seems he would love to play for the Mauves. Read more »
Martin Kolar's knee injury isn't healed yet. Recently, he rejoined the group, but now his knee got infected. It is likely that he won't play anymore this season. Daniël Zitka will only run some laps in the next three weeks. Read more »
Although the Anderlecht-board had asked not to show their displeasure, Nenad Jestrovic stated that he is unhappy, and that he wants more respect from coach Hugo Broos. Read more »
Peersman and Deschacht aren't selected for the national team for the friendly game against Egypt. Deschacht is suspended for one official game for the World Cup. Therefore, he's left out of the team. Read more »
Aruna Dindane will leave Anderlecht at the end of the season. Even Roger Vanden Stock knows that. He already said that he would refuse a possible move of Aruna in January. Read more »
Midfielder Marc De Man reached an agreement with Willem II, but is not allowed to leave. Coach Hugo Broos says there are not enough defensive midfielders left. Anatoli Gerk won't leave either. Read more »
Yves Vanderhaeghe celebrated his 35th birthday with a smile on Sunday. The old warrior of Anderlecht has a place in the starting line-up again, and already scored twice in a few games. Read more »
Defender Hannu Tihinen is again selected for his national team. The Finnish player is selected for a practice tournament in Cyprus on February 8 and 9. Besides Cyprus, also Lithuania, Finland and Austria participate. Read more »
Anderlecht-captain Walter Baseggio got his 3rd yellow card last Saturday for protest. Therefore, he'll be suspended for the topper against Gent. Pär Zetterberg will replace him in the team. Read more »
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