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 31-07-2016 

Anderlecht opened the season with victory

Anderlecht opened the season with victory

GAMES Sporting Club Anderlecht opened the season with a 1-2 victory against Mouscron. Anderlecht started with an experimental team, without Defour but with Doumbia. Hanni had to take the position of striker instead of Sylla. Okaka, sent to the reserves, was also suspended. De Maio became captain for his match, and played alongside Kara (instead of Nuytinck). Read more »

 27-07-2016 

Rostov - Anderlecht 2-2

Rostov - Anderlecht 2-2

GAMES Rostov and Anderlecht played 2-2 yesterday in the 3rd Champions League qualification round. With this result, the Mauves have a good position to advance to the play-off round. Anderlecht took the lead twice, but Rostov managed to return each time. Read more »

 26-07-2016 

Preview Rostov - Anderlecht

Preview Rostov - Anderlecht

GAMES Within less than half an hour, Anderlecht will start their European campaign in the Champions League qualification round. The opponent will be the Russian club Rostov. Stefano Okaka did not travel with the team to Russia. He has been sent to the B-team. Read more »


 25-07-2016 

Return of Massimo Bruno?

Return of Massimo Bruno?

TRANSFERS Ex-Anderlecht player Massimo Bruno may return to Anderlecht. Coach Weiler is looking for reinforcements on the right wing and Bruno is one of his options. The player was already active in Anderlecht before leaving to Red Bull Salzburg. Later he was transferred to Red Bull Leipzig, which promoted to the Bundesliga. Read more »

Leya Iseka to Marseille

Leya Iseka to Marseille

TRANSFERS Leya Iseka has been loaned to the French club Marseille. The French do not have an option to buy the striker from Anderlecht. The player was already active in a friendly match for the Southern French club. He immediately scored two goals. Read more »

 21-07-2016 

Praet and Kara out for match against Rostov

Praet and Kara out for match against Rostov

GAMES Dennis Praet won't fly to Rostov with the team next week. The midfielder is officially injured, but may be suffering from another case of 'transfer fever'. Several Italian and Spanish clubs are still interested in the player, who absolutely wants to leave. Yet up until now, no club is willing to pay the necessary transfer fee. Read more »

 20-07-2016 

Chipciu signed, Mak not coming

Chipciu signed, Mak not coming

TRANSFERS Chipciu has signed a contract for four years and have been introduced to the press yesterday. This will be the last reinforcement before the match against Rostov. But three or four will follow later on the summer. Read more »


 18-07-2016 
 15-07-2016 

Champions League: Anderlecht vs. Rostov

Champions League: Anderlecht vs. Rostov

GAMES Anderlecht will have to eliminate the Russian club Rostov if they want to advance in the Champions League qualification rounds. The first leg will be played on July 26 or 27. The second leg follows one week later. More details are yet to be announced. Read more »

 14-07-2016 

Alexandru Chipciu close to Anderlecht

Alexandru Chipciu close to Anderlecht

TRANSFERS Anderlecht and Steaua Bucharest are negotiating about the transfer of Alexandru Chipciu. Coach René Weiler would like to have the Romanian as reinforcement. "He can play on the left or right wing, but also on a central position. And he has a lot of experience", he said. Read more »

Praet close to Sampdoria?

Praet close to Sampdoria?

TRANSFERS According to the Italian press, Sampdoria offered 8 million euro for Dennis Praet plus a possible bonus of one million. That same media mentions an agreement between Anderlecht and the Italian club, but manager Van Holsbeeck denies: "there is no agreement whatsoever with Sampdoria". Read more »

Friendly game against Heerenveen

Friendly game against Heerenveen

GAMES On July 20, Anderlecht will face the Dutch club Heerenveen in the Vanden Stock Stadium. The friendly match kicks off at 7pm and is free for season ticket holders. Fans without a season ticket, pay five euro. Tickets can be bought on the matchday itself. Read more »

Anderlecht will know CL opponent on Friday

Anderlecht will know CL opponent on Friday

GAMES On Friday, Anderlecht will know their opponent in the Champions League qualification round. ​​​PAOK Saloniki (Greece), Steaua Bucharest (Romania), AS Monaco (France), Young Boys Bern (Switzerland) or Rostov (Russia) are the possible adversaries. The first leg will be played on 26th and 27th July. The return is one week later. Read more »


 10-07-2016 

Anderlecht interested in Mihajlovic?

Anderlecht interested in Mihajlovic?

TRANSFERS Serbian media are reporting Anderlecht are interested in Nemanja Mihajlovic, a 20-year-old left winger who is currently playing for Partizan Belgrade. His nickname is the "new Arjen Robben" and the youngster is wanted by Galatasaray, Inter Milan and Fiorentina. Read more »

 07-07-2016 

Weiler: "Still a lot of work"

Weiler:

INTERVIEWS René Weiler was not really happy with yesterday's performance agains OH Louvain. "Our first half was very poor", he reacted. "We need more agression. The second half was better, but there is still a lot of work to do", Weiler stated. Read more »

Friendly: OHL - Anderlecht: 1-4

Friendly: OHL - Anderlecht: 1-4

GAMES Anderlecht also won their third friendly match of the season. The final score was 1-4, but surely the first half was quite poor. Nathan Kabasele, Sofiane Hanni and Trézéguet made a good impression. Read more »

Vanden Borre to Montpellier

Vanden Borre to Montpellier

TRANSFERS Anthony Vanden Borre is leaving Anderlecht. The defender will be loaned to Montpellier for one year. Vanden Borre was sent to the B-team last season after he openly insulted his team mates and the Anderlecht staff.  Read more »

 06-07-2016 

Pescara interested in Bastien

Pescara interested in Bastien

TRANSFERS Italian website Tuttomercatoweb claim Pescara are interested to sign Anderlecht's Samuel Bastien. Pescara recently moved up to the Serie A and see Bastien as a reinforcement for their current squad. As Bastien played in the Serie B for Avellino last season, his skills are not a secret to Pescara.  Read more »

Vanden Borre moving to Montpellier?

Vanden Borre moving to Montpellier?

TRANSFERS French side Montpellier are interested to land Anthony Vanden Borre and contacted Anderlecht yesterday. Now the defender has been sent away to the second team, he might be interested to leave. As manager Van Holsbeeck is currently abroad, the negotiations are expected to start next week. Read more »

De Maio signed for Anderlecht

De Maio signed for Anderlecht

TRANSFERS Sébastian De Maio has signed a four year deal for RSC Anderlecht. The Frenchman leaves his current club, Genoa, for Brussels. De Maio is a physically strong central defender with good technical skills. According to former Anderlecht player El Kaddouri (now Napoli), he can be compared to Vincent Kompany. Read more »


 05-07-2016 

Suarez will not return

Suarez will not return

TRANSFERS Matias Suarez is currently examining how he can break his contract with Anderlecht. That would cost him about one million and a half, but it is certainly less than the four million euro Anderlecht would like to see for their player.  Read more »

Okaka returned to Anderlecht

Okaka returned to Anderlecht

TRANSFERS Stefano Okaka will not leave Anderlecht, at least not for now. Recently several Chinese clubs were prepared to offer up to 12 million euro for the striker. He could earn about 4 million per year himself. But a lot of different managers were involved in the deal and they all wanted their share.  Read more »

 04-07-2016 
 02-07-2016 

Seven Purple Talents graduated

Seven Purple Talents graduated

OTHER School is over and seven Purple Talents managed to graduate. They can now entirely focus on their football careers. The graduated players are: Wout Faes, Nando Nostlinger, Jorn Vancamp, Siebe Van Der Heyden, Antoine Bernier and Reian Meddour. Samy Bourard has a re-examination. Read more »

Okaka: no transfer, back to Brussels

Okaka: no transfer, back to Brussels

TRANSFERS Sport/Voetbalmagazine are reporting Stefano Okaka is not moving to China, he is returning to Brussels next week. The player apparently never negotiated with any Chinese teams and just wants to stay at Anderlecht to ensure he stays in the picture for a selection for the World Championship in 2018. Read more »

Lombaerts feasible for Anderlecht?

Lombaerts feasible for Anderlecht?

TRANSFERS Nicolas Lombaerts wants to leave Saint Petersburg as he is about to become a father, and this statement has caught the interest of many other teams. PSV were interested but they believe a move of Lombaerts is a "mission impossible". Read more »

Sylla not allowed to leave

Sylla not allowed to leave

TRANSFERS Idrissa Sylla was close to a move to English side Wolverhampton, but the striker is still at Anderlecht. It seems like he is temporarily not allowed to leave. As Stefano Okaka is on the verge of moving to China, Sylla is the only alternative for the Italian in the current squad. Read more »

Suarez not to Pescara, Belgrano next option?

Suarez not to Pescara, Belgrano next option?

TRANSFERS Matias Suarez is ill, but apparently he is healthy enough to negotiate with several teams on a possible transfer. Pescara was close to a deal with the Argentinian, but they do not seem to be interested anymore. "There are too many people involved with the deal", Pescara stated. Read more »

Euro 2016: tactical blunders mean the end for Belgium

Euro 2016: tactical blunders mean the end for Belgium

GAMES - OTHER Belgium's golden generation has been eliminated by a relatively modest opponent: Wales. Tactical blunders of a clueless coach Wilmots proved fatal this time, despite an excellent start of the match. A unique chance to reach the final has been lost. And for a small country such as Belgium, that is a disaster. Chances like these don't come along very often... Read more »

 01-07-2016 

Transfer fee Okaka still rising

Transfer fee Okaka still rising

TRANSFERS It looks like Anderlecht will make a lot of profit out of the transfer of Stefano Okaka. They are reported to be receiving twelve million Euros for the Italian striker, which can still increase up to an astonishing 15 million with bonus fees. Read more »

De Maio still hesitating

De Maio still hesitating

TRANSFERS Diego Tavano, Sébastian De Maio's manager, confirms Anderlecht and Genua have reach an agreement on a move of the central defender to Brussels. However, De Maio himself is still hesitating and still has to consider a transfer. Read more »