After Sherjill Mac Donald, also Sergio Hellings is leaving Anderlecht on loan for Heracles Almelo (Ned). The Dutch club also has an option to buy both players who still have contracts until 2007 in Brussels. Read more »
Another reaction from Aruna reached us: "It was really bad for me. One week in my country will do me good." Read more »
Tomorrow, the forward sale for the three Champions League-matches against Inter Milan, Bremen and Valencia will start. From 1 till 8 September, there's a priority period for season-ticket holders to buy a ticket for the 3 matches. Read more »
After the 7-0 victory against the B-team of Beveren last week, the reserve team were beaten today. AA Ghent won with 4-1. Iachtchouk opened the score after 8 minutes, but the Buffalo's scored four times after the opening goal. Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck reached an agreement with Marc Hendrikx on Monday. The player will sign a contract with Lokeren on Tuesday. Read more »
Yesterday, Aruna Dindane left to Ivory Coast. Though it seems that he's prepared to return to Anderlecht, under certain conditions. The striker has not completely turned his back to the Mauves yet. Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck reacted again to the case-Aruna in the VT4-studio in the programme "Kort op de bal". He defended the player, and accused the environment of the Ivorian. Read more »
Valencia's defender Roberto Fabian Ayala is out for at least 6 weeks. The Argentinian player got injured at the knee in the Olympic football final, in which he won gold. Read more »
Anderlecht-defender Vincent Kompany didn't train with the Red Devils today. He caught a severe cold, and had to rest for one day. He also injured his toe. Read more »
During the match Vitesse - Feyenoord, a delegation of Anderlecht was in the audience to scout Thomas Buffel. But bad luck, because the young Red Devil only played the two last minutes of the game. Read more »
It's still a big mistery whether Aruna Dindane will stay in Anderlecht or not. But it seems like West Bromwich Albion aren't interested in the Ivorian striker anymore. Read more »
Anderlecht threatened to give Aruna a fine, but now the Mauves are searching for another solution. "We will wait until Tuesday, then the transfer market will close", said manager Herman Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
The transfer of Marc Hendrikx (Anderlecht) to Lokeren isn't completed yet. Hendrikx and Anderlecht are still argueing about the CL-premium he earned. Read more »
Aruna took the plane yesterday, and went to Ivory Coast. He will play a friendly match against Sudan on Sunday. He will return on Tuesday or Wednesday. Read more »
Aruna Dindane created chaos last week, because he didn't show up on training, and didn't appear for the match against AA Ghent. Read more »
It looked bad for Walter Baseggio on Saturday (kick in the kidney), but the medical staff of Anderlecht was very optimistic yesterday about his playing chances for the next competition match against Charleroi. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza had a busy evening yesterday. During the match against AA Ghent, he caught a hand injury. He had to go to the hospital then, where they saw he had a dislocated thumb. Read more »
Bremen lost against Wolfsburg with 1-2. Klose scored for Werder (70th minute). Valencia will play against Villareal tomorrow. Inter play against Chievo on 12/9. Cannavaro, defender of Inter Milan, will probably move to Juventus. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic played a very good match yesterday, he scored once and made one assist. He already has 3 assists now. "I'm proving that I can do more than score", said Jestrovic. Read more »
During the game, Mbo Mpenza and Baseggio were replaced. Mpenza got injured at his thumb and will probably be out for one game. Baseggio got a kick in his back and may be out longer. It is not yet known how serious the injury is. Read more »
Anderlecht defeated Gent with 2-0. Lovre took Aruna's place in the line-up. Gent created danger on counter-attacks, but Zitka saved. Jestrovic opened the score and Iachtchouk doubled it in the second half. RSCA are now 3rd. Read more »
Ivorian striker Aruna Dindane didn't turn up again. It's the third day in a row that he doesn't show up. The board of Anderlecht doesn't know what to do anymore. He certainly won't play against AA Ghent. Read more »
Aruna Dindane is mad at Anderlecht because he is not allowed to leave, and very frustrated. He even emptied his locker yesterday. His manager, coach Hugo Broos and chairman Vanden Stock gave their opinion on his behaviour. Read more »
Anderlecht will play against AA Ghent tonight at 8 pm. The Buffalo's didn't beat Anderlecht since the season '99-'00. And AA Ghent haven't score a single goal this season. Read more »
Yesterday evening at 6 pm, Mbo Mpenza became father of a daughter who is called Yelena. Congratulations to Mbo and his wife Caroline! Read more »
The prices for the Champions League are known. Like every year, season-ticket-holders have priority to buy a mini-season-ticket (for the CL). More info in our ticketing sectionRead more »
Things are getting out of hand in the case-Aruna. The Ivorian was absent for today's training, for the second day in a row. And it seems like he won't show up for the match against AA Ghent either. Read more »
Friday, Aimé Antheunis has announced the Belgian selection for the WC-qualification match against Lithuania, on Saturday 4 September in Charleroi at 8.15 pm. Read more »
Aruna Dindane didn't appear on the training in Neerpede today. The striker picked up some things and immediately disappeared. A possible transfer of the Ivorian striker seems more and more likely. More news later... Read more »
Ki-Hyeon Seol leaves Belgium for Wolverhampton in England. Both teams reached an agreement on Wednesday night. Read more »
Aruna Dindane didn't train with Anderlecht yesterday. The official reason was that he suffers from a thigh injury. But this seems to be an excuse of the Ivorian striker. Read more »
The match Charleroi - RSC Anderlecht has been rescheduled from Saturday evening 25 September to Friday evening 24 September, at 8.30 pm, because the match will be broadcast live on Canal+. Read more »
It's decided: Aruna Dindane stays in Anderlecht until the end of the season. Now that Anderlecht qualified for the Champions League, the club refused every offer. Read more »
Hugo Broos, Franky Vercauteren and Olivier Deschacht reacted unhappy after the draw. They all agreed that it will be a very difficult to reach the 2nd round.
Anderlecht-coach Hugo Broos faces a heavy task. Read more »
The first group stage of the Champions League is known. Anderlecht is in group G, a tough group with Valencia, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen. Read more »
Tottenham have had a £6m for Anderlecht's Ivory Coast forward Aruna Dindane turned down. The club are also said to be looking at Dindane's Swedish teammate midfielder Christian Wilhelmsson. Read more »
Hugo Broos is very happy with Aruna's performance against Benfica on Tuesday, but he thinks about a transfer of the striker. "I'm thinking about an alternative, in case Anderlecht let him leave", says Broos. Read more »
Ehret will play one half with the reserves on Monday. The Frenchman is recovered from his foot injury. Though it will take a while before he's ready for the A-team. Read more »
Anderlecht have received an offer of West-Bromwich on Wednesday. The English team would be prepared to pay 8.5 million euros for the Ivorian striker. Read more »
The Wolverhampton Wanderers paid 2 million euro to Anderlecht for the Korean striker Seol. That's the exact transfer fee as described in Seol's contract. The striker signed for 3 or 4 years. Read more »
Serge Trimpont, the advisor of Aruna, doesn't believe in a transfer of the Ivorian striker. "If they ask 12 million euros for him, they can ask 30 million as well", said Trimpont. Read more »
Anderlecht already have 3.6 million euro because of the qualificatio for the Champions League. You have to add many bonusses with that, like TV-money. Read more »
Aruna will go to Ivory Coast after the match against AA Ghent, to play an interland. Read more »
The transfer of Hendrikx to Lokeren is not yet completed. All sides have come to an agreement though, but Hendrikx wants the Champions League qualification bonus too (37.500 euro). Read more »
The Anderlecht-players gave their favorite opponents in the Champions League before the draw. The results show that Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bremen are the favorite opponents. The Anderlecht-players are very confident... Read more »
There's a chance that Aruna Dindane will leave Anderlecht for another team. In that case, Anderlecht will buy reinforcement to be competitive in the Champions League. Read more »
Jestrovic scored a goal on Tuesday, but didn't play very well. The striker has an excuse for it. "I had to play partly blinded. During the stretching, an elastic hit my right eye and I couldn't see much through it during the game" Read more »
Mbo Mpenza will go with his wife to the hospital, and it's very likely that the striker will become father today. Read more »
Aruna Dindane let us know yesterday that he still wants to leave. It looks like the club is prepared to negotiate, if a club wants to pay at least 12 million euro. Read more »
Ki Hyeon Seol leaves Anderlecht for the English second division team Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 25-years old South-Korean international joined Anderlecht in 2001. He played 97 games in the Jupiler League and scored 28 goals. Read more »
Later today, the Champions League draw takes place (4:00pm CET). Anderlecht are in the 3rd pot with more points than Ajax and PSG. The last few years, the Mauves were in the 4 pot. Read more »
Ki-Hyeon Seol will probably move to the English team Wolverhampton, the club that had interest in Aruna. Wolverhampton are negotiating now with the board of Anderlecht, to set the transfer fee of the South Korean striker. Read more »
National coach Lars Lagerbaeck of Sweden has called up Christian Wilhelmsson for the WC-qualification match against Malta. Read more »
Yesterday evening, during the match Anderlecht - Benfica Lisbon, there was a delegation of Ajax Amsterdam in the stadium. There's a rumour going on that the Swedish player Ibrahimovic would leave Amsterdam. Read more »
"I thought it would be difficult to qualify, but the first goal gave us confidence", said Olivier Deschacht. "I don't think Benfica had two big chances." Read more »
Hugo Broos was very releaved after the match. "We've played a good match. Benfica played very well-organised in the beginning, but I knew we would qualify when we scored the 1-0. Read more »
Anderlecht won the game from Benfica with 3-0. The three goals were made by Aruna (twice) and Jestrovic. RSCA had a difficult first 30 minutes, but controled te game afterwards and walked over Benfica in the 2nd half. Read more »
Sherjill MacDonald, Anderlecht's 19-years old striker, goes to Heracles Almelo for one year. The club hired him from Anderlecht and has an option for a final transfer. He has already been training with the team this morning. Read more »
RSCA-Benfica kicks off at 8:30pm. The Mauves are 1 goal down. The exact line-ups are still not known, but Broos already gave some hints about his formation. Trappatoni comes to Brussels to defend his lead, but also to score 1 goal Read more »
Tonight Anderlecht play for the Champions League. A real clash on the sportive and financial aspect. The players have to try to wipe out a 1-0 defeat. Read more »
One of the big questions in Anderlecht remains: Will Aruna play or not? Aruna himself says he's ready for the game:" I didn't take any risk on the training." Read more »
If Anderlecht qualify, they will earn about 6 million EUR. But also the players receive a lot of money. A qualification for the CL is good for a 52.500 euro bonus per player. Last season, each player earned 102.000 EUR. Read more »
Marc Hendrikx will probably sign tomorrow or thursday in favour of Lokeren. If Anderlecht qualifies for the Champions' League, he will earn a bonus of 37500€. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht haven't performed well in the competition until now. But coach Hugo Broos knows for sure: "It will be different against Benfica." In the mean time, he trained behind closed doors with different formations. Read more »
A friendly match between RSC Anderlecht and RC Lens will take place on September the 3rd at half past seven in the Luc Varenne Stadium in Tournai, at the benefit of the families of the victims of the Ghislenghien tragedy. Read more »
There are 1,500 Benfica-fans expected in the Vanden Stock stadium. Tickets are still available at the moment, but it's most likely that the game will be sold out by tomorrow evening. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza's wife is having a baby at this time, so it is possible that the new Anderlecht striker won't play against Benfica. Read more »
Jestrovic says he's ready for the clash of tomorrow with Benfica. Broos is still doubting though: "I'll only put him in the line-up if he's 100% fit." Read more »
Benfica lost Friday evening with 1-0 in the Portugesian Supercup against Porto. The goal was scored in the 55th minute, by Quaresma. Read more »
Giovanne Elber has severly injured himself yesterday during the french competition match between Lyon and Metz. He has a luxation of the right ankle and a broken bone. Lyon will try to buy a new striker before the 31st augustus. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht is mad at Inter Milan, because the Italian team broke an agreement about the Nigerian striker Eliakwu. The striker will be lend out to Ascoli. Read more »
Today Glen De Boeck celebrates his birthday! He becomes 33 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Without playing well, Anderlecht have won against Beveren with 0-1. It was a poor match though, with few big chances. Read more »
The reserve team of RSC Anderlecht have won against Beveren with 7-0 in the King Boudewijnstadium yesterday. Anatoli Gerk scored twice. Read more »
Assistant-manager De Pot claims that Anderlecht didn't give permission yet for a transfer of Marc Hendrikx to Lokeren. He trained with the group, and played in the reserves match against Beveren, just like De Boeck. Read more »
For the match RSC Anderlecht - Benfica Lisbon, 2.498 tickets are still available. Read more »
After the last training, Nenad Jestrovic had a painful heel, so he is uncertain for the match against Beveren. Jan Van Steenberghe will probably replace Tristan Peersman on the bench, because Peersman has a hip injury. Read more »
Most of the internationals returned to Anderlecht yesterday. Aruna didn't train, but can resume the training today. Zewlakow and Wilhelmsson are expected today. Read more »
Eva's Kumtich and Anderlecht will give the kick off of the competition tonight. This will be a big clash, because both teams are favorites for the title. The kick off in Kumtich tonight, at 6.45 pm. Read more »
A man from Aartselaar is suspected to steal money that was meant to purchase season-tickets for Anderlecht. The man is chairman of the local fanclub. Read more »
Goalkeeper Daniel Zitka and striker Oleg Iachtchouk are fit for the match against Beveren tomorrow. The sprained ancle of Oleg Iachtchouk isn't as serious as expected. Read more »
The young Ivorian player Roland Lamah, who comes from Visé, passed all the medical tests and signed a contract for one year now, with an option for another year. Read more »
This week, Fabrice Ehret resumed the training. But he already caught an injury on his achilles tendon. So it will take some more time before he can play a match with the first team of Anderlecht. Read more »
The training of today will be replaced to the afternoon, so some internationals are able to join the training then. Read more »
The winger of Anderlecht would have reached a deal for 4 seasons with Lokeren on Wednesday. It's the 4th season in Anderlecht now for the midfielder. Read more »
The English team West Bromwich have made an offer of 8 million euros for the Ivorian striker Aruna Dindane. But Anderlecht refuse to talk about a transfer of the striker. Read more »
Oleg Iachtchouk had to leave the training on Tuesday. Examinations showed that he has a twisted ancle, and that he will miss the match against Beveren. Read more »
Not only the Red Devils played a match yesterday, also some other players of Anderlecht played interlands. Ivory Coast, Aruna's national team, won with 2-1 against Senegal. Aruna scored once. Read more »
The Red Devils played a 2-2 draw against Norway in a friendly match in Olso on Wednesday. The score was 1-2 at half-time, after two goals of Thomas Buffel (25th en 34th minute). Read more »
Today Walter Baseggio celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
For the match against Anderlecht, Benfica can count on midfielder Geovani and defender Luisao again. Nuno Gomes will probably be out for the important match against the Mauves. Read more »
Because of the match of the Red Devils in Norway this evening, Hugo Broos will have to wait until Friday before his internationals return to Brussels. Lovré will return today, he went to the Olympics. Read more »
Ehret is back after a muscle rupture, and has resumed training. But he still has physical difficulties. He won't play with the reserves Friday. Seol will probably play on Friday. Kolar trains individually. Read more »
The transfer of Marc Hendrikx is totally stuck. It was expected that Lokeren would receive an answer today, but it looks like they will have to wait a few days more for an answer of Hendrikx and Anderlecht. Read more »
The pre-sale for Anderlecht - Benfica goes well. More than 18.000 tickets are already sold. There are still 3500 tickets available on the ticket service of RSCA. Opening hours: during the week: 9am-6pm. Saturday: 10am - 12am. Read more »
During yesterday's training, Oleg Iachtchouk got injured. He would have a light torsion, and is probably unavailable for the match against Beveren. Ehret is back after a muscle rupture, and has resumed the training. Read more »
The Belgian promises (-21) have won a friendly match against the promises of Norway with 2-3 (half-time: 0-1) in Kongsvinger on Tuesday. Read more »
National coach Antheunis will start the friendly match against Norway on Wednesday with the same team as the match against the Netherlands in May. Then, the Red Devils won surprisingly with 0-1 in Eindhoven. Read more »
Anderlecht-player Sergio Hellings will do some tests for the English First Division team Leeds United at the end of the week. MacDonald tries to convince the German team Hamburg of his talents. Read more »
Though Roger Vanden Stock denied previously that Anderlecht aren't looking for a new defender, they seem to be charmed by the Australian player Jonathan McKain. Read more »
Aimé Antheunis hasn't announced the team yet that will challenge Norway. But the match during the training yesterday, revealed one of his plans. Kompany will stay in the team, though Van Buyten has returned. Read more »
Anderlecht has completed a deal with the young player Roland Lamah (16 years). The big promise trained with the first team yesterday, and left a good impression. Read more »
Aimé Antheunis can count on Mbo Mpenza against Norway. The new striker of Anderlecht will also travel to Norway, because his wife won't give birth in the upcoming days. Read more »
It's possible that Mbo Mpenza won't travel to Oslo on Tuesday. The Red Devils play a friendly match there on Wednesday, against Norway. The Anderlecht-striker will probably become striker in the upcoming days. Read more »
The Anderlecht-player asks for more offensive football. "Aruna and Mbo make an attack, I finish it off", said Jestrovic. Read more »
Lokeren expect an answer of Marc Hendrikx this week about a possible transfer. "Everyone knows the conditions. We want an answer Tuesdag or Wednesday", says Lokeren-chairman Roger Lambrecht. Read more »
De Boeck is training with the group again, since last week. The defender wants to make his come-back next week with the reserve team. But he won't be in the squad for the match against Benfica Lisbon. Read more »
Anderlecht have won against Sint-Truiden, but coach Hugo Broos wasn't very happy. "Our strikers were too selfish. This may not happen again." Read more »
Anderlecht have earned their first three points of the season after a close 2-1 victory against Sint-Truiden. The visitors played very defensive, and that worked for one half. Read more »
Both Anderlecht and Sint-Truiden didn't score on the first match day. Zetterberg, Mornar and Baseggio scored last year. The score was 3-0 then. Read more »
Yesterday, Vincent Kompany had to leave the training after half an hour. He underwent an echo, which showed that nothing is broken in his foot. Kompany still has a minor injury. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic will be in the eleven against Sint-Truiden tonight. Mbo Mpenza will replace Goran Lovré (to the Olympics) on the right wing. Read more »
On the last training, there was a discussion between Peersman and Broos. Peersman, who is frustrated that Zitka is first goalkeeper, is not allowed to speak with the press anymore after his reaction of last week. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht and Lokeren have an agreement about the transfer of Marc Hendrikx, but the players hasn't made a decision yet. The player would get a more lower wage, and that seems to be a serious obstacle. Read more »
Aimé Antheunis has announced his selection today for the friendly interland Norway -Belgium, which will take place on 18 August in Oslo (7 pm). The national coach called up 20 players. Read more »
The English team West Bromwich are still interested in Aruna Dindane. The team hopes Anderlecht won't make it through the Champions League, because they expect that Anderlecht will let their Ivorian striker leave. Read more »
Vincent Kompany, who had a minor injury, will join the group again today. The come-back of the Czech Martin Kolar is expected in October. Read more »
Sherjill MacDonald got the permission of Anderlecht to test for four days for the German team Hamburg. Sergio Hellings is wanted by the Premier League club Leeds. Read more »
The manager of Anderlecht, Herman Van Holsbeeck, told Lokeren that second goalkeeper Tristan Peersman is not allowed to leave. Previously, Lokeren wanted to rent the goalkeeper. Read more »
The soap about Marc Hendrikx continues. Lokeren had an agreement with the defender, but that doesn't mean he will play for Lokeren. Read more »
Goran Lovré went to Athens, for the Olympic Games. Servia Montenegro have already lost there with 6-0 against Argentina. Read more »
The statistics show Anderlecht have an advantage: the Mauves haven't lost and were able to score at least one time during the last 8 European home matches. Read more »
"We don't score like it's supposed to." This is a quote of Hugo Broos after the second match in a row without a goal. And goalgetter Nenad Jestrovic sits in the mean time on the bench, and will stay there. Read more »
"I think this is a very bad result", says Olivier Deschacht. "Certainly if you look back at the match. A draw was a more logical result. After such a match, I'm pessimistic for the second match." Read more »
The managers of Sherjill McDonald (Bolton) and Sergio Hellings (Middlesborough)will get a letter of Anderlecht, to call them back to Brussels. Read more »
Hugo Broos said yesterday that there will maybe come another defender to Anderlecht, because the Mauves have many injured players on that position. Read more »
One day after the game against Benfica, we know the opinions of Franky Vercauteren en Roger Vanden Stock about the chances of Anderlecht. They both are faithful, and also the players stay calm. Read more »
Hannu Tihinen will be back on the pitch in November. Until then, Traoré will replace him in the eleven. The Iceberg broke a bone in his foot, during the match against Westham. He will be out longer than expected. Read more »
Hugo Broos is unhappy with the 1-0 defeat against Benfica. He realises that it might not be good enough. Anderlecht had the chances to score, but they were all missed. Read more »
Tristan Peersman's frustration is also heard by other teams. Lokeren have told the manager of Peersman that they are interested in the goalkeeper of the Red Devils. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht have lost with 1-0 today on the field of Benfica Lisbon. Zahovic scored the only goal of the game, after 13 minutes. Read more »
Anderlecht are ready for the difficult in Portugal. The champion has to play on the field of Benfica. The line-up of Benfica isn't revealed yet, but the one of RSCA was already announced by Hugo Broos. Read more »
Trainer Hugo Broos tries to calm down the group, but chairman Roger Vanden Stock announced that he'll talk to the players before the game in Benfica. Read more »
"I might quit professional football and go play in 3rd division." Also Vanden Stock had read Tristan Peersman's comments and wasn't really happy with them. "I guess he doesn't realise he's playing for the best club in the country" Read more »
Anderlecht have a lot to win in the Champions League. Therefore, the board promised a bonus of 37,500 euro if Benfica gets eliminated. That's more than last season, when Wisla Krakow was defeated. Read more »
The game between Anderlecht and Benfica is sold out. About 300 Anderlecht fans will join the team to Portugal. Read more »
The Anderlecht board was unhappy about the comments of Peersman after the game against Mouscron. The goalkeeper had a private conversation with manager Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
Hendrikx may leave Anderlecht without a transfer fee. "We'll await Marc's decision", said Van Holsbeeck. "Hendrikx and Lokeren know what share of his salary we want to pay. They can handle it now." Read more »
Anderlecht left for Lisbon today, where it will play against Benfica on Tuesday. Broos selected the same 18 players as last Friday, but he'll change the starting line-up and maybe the formation too. Read more »
Nenad Jestrovic left the last training in Brussels a bit earlier. He had some problems with an injury, but he'll join the team to Portugal. Yves Vanderhaeghe is recovered, but won't play against Benfica. Read more »
Tristan Peersman is disappointed, because he had to start the season on the bench. "The decision of the coach really slapped me of my feet. I have my own ideas about what happened, and I could see the decision coming." Read more »
Broos refuses to worry about the poor match against Mouscron. "The goal team had an offday, and we deserved to lose against a strong Mouscron. If that happened on the second match day, nobody would talk about it." Read more »
Anderlecht lost surprisingly the first match of the season with 2-0 against Mouscron. Hugo Broos had to make a few tough decisions before the match. But did he make the wrong decisions? Read more »
Coach Hugo Broos prefered Daniel Zitka instead of Tristan Peersman. "Zitka was first goalie last year", explained Broos his decision before the match. But it was Zitka who made a bad interference, which caused the second goal. Read more »
Anderlecht have lost the first match of the season against Mouscron. "This is a bad start of the season, we are behind from the beginning", said Broos after the match. Read more »
Aruna Dindane remains in Anderlecht. This season, but next year is the 24-year old Ivorian striker irrevocable gone. The manager still refuses to talk with Anderlecht because they block a transfer. Read more »
Anderlecht and Lokeren are still negotiating about a possible transfer of Marc Hendrikx. Lokeren even wants to involve Davy De Beule in the transfer, he still has a contract for one year in Lokeren. Read more »
The webteam wants to thank Fredoo for our new layout. We also want to let you know that there still are some small changes possible in the upcoming weeks... Among others the player's profiles will be updated... Read more »
The Belgian football competition 2004-2005 has started Friday with a big surprise. Champion Anderlecht lost the opening match in Mouscron with 2-0. The Mauves played a poor game and were defeated by a motivated Mouscron. Read more »
Aruna keeps thinking about a transfer to Portsmouth, but Anderlecht keeps confirming that the Golden Shoe is not allowed to leave. "Not even for 20 million", said Van Holsbeeck. Read more »
Benfica expect a full Estadio Da Luz-stadium for the match of Tuesday against Anderlecht. Already 16.000 tickets were sold yesterday. They expect that all 60.000 seats will be taken. Read more »
MacDonald and Hellings returned to Anderlecht, after some tests abroad. Read more »
Yves Vanderhaeghe tried to train again yesterday, eventhough he had a blocked neck. But he had to leave the training after a while... Read more »
Anderlecht could keep the same team as last season, and bought Ehret and Mbo Mpenza. The Mauves are also thé favorite for the title this season. Mouscron lost Pieroni and Mbo Mpenza. Read more »
Anderlecht and Lokeren negotiated about a transfer of Marc Hendrikx Thursday evening. The midfielder still has a contract for one more year in Anderlecht, but he could sign a contract for 3 years in Lokeren. Read more »
Seol, who played the Asian Cup with South Korea, is back in Brussels. He trained in Neerpede yesterday. Still, Broos gives him some rest, so he won't play against Benfica. Monday, he will resume the training with the group. Read more »
There are more and more problems for the European competitor of Anderlecht, Benfica Lisbon. The Croatian striker Sokota couldn't train yesterday, because of a back injury. Read more »
Mbo Mpenza resumed the training again yesterday, just like Michal Zewlakow. Third goalkeeper Jan van Steenberghe caught a minor shoulder injury. Yves Vanderhaeghe didn't train. Read more »
Aimé Antheunis, Walter Meeuws and Rik Coppens already know it: Anderlecht will become champion again. This will be the top 5, according to them: Anderlecht, Club Bruges, RC Genk, AA Ghent and Standard. Read more »
Every team from the First League has at least one fan who is banned from the stadium. Only Westerlo is an exception. Anderlecht 'lead' with 78 hooligans, Club Bruges has 37. Read more »
It's likely that the Supercup will be canceled. Anderlecht and Club Bruges can't find a date and the Profliga doesn't seem to have a problem with canceling the match this season. Read more »
Anderlecht announced that striker Aruna Dindane has to cost 15 million euros. But didn't they say that the Ivorian wasn't for sale? Read more »
Hannu Tihinen is injured, so Lamine Traoré gets his chance. It also seems like Zewlakow will play. That means that Vanden Borre will start on the bench. Deschacht and Kompany complete the defence. Read more »
The team of Benfica counts a lot of injured players. Good news of Anderlecht that is. On Tuesday, the first leg between both teams is played in the Estadio da Luz. Read more »
The examination of Mbo Mpenza indicated a light injury. Mpenza says it's because he was exhausted on a training and got a cramp. He resumed the training today. Read more »
Yesterday evening, the reserves of RSCA beat Diest with a 2-4 score. Some players from the A-team also played, like Van Steenberghe, Hendrikx, Iachtchouk, De Man and Gerk. Read more »
The Belgian football team has lost seven places on the Fifa-ranking that was presented on Wednesday in Lausanne. They tumbled from rank 24 to rank 31, with 650 points. Read more »
The managers of Sherjill MacDonald (tests for Bolton) and Sergio Hellings (tests for Middlesborough) received a fax from Anderlecht. They have to decide before the end of the week if they will leave Anderlecht or not. Read more »
Aruna Dindane was told again that he can't leave Anderlecht a few days before the start of the season. In the mean time, also West Bromwich, new team in the English Premier League, made an offer for Aruna. Read more »
The first match of the third preliminary round of the Champions League between Benfica Lisbon and RSC Anderlecht of upcoming Tuesday 10 August will be played at 9 pm Belgian time, instead of 10 pm. Read more »
Friday, Hugo Broos will announce who will be goalkeeper against Mouscron. Tristan Peersman as well as Daniel Zitka are nervous. Read more »
Aruna Dindane (23) refuses to accept that Anderlecht blocks his transfer to Portsmouth. Yesterday, he wasn't the laughing Aruna we are used to see. Read more »
The tension is high on the training of Anderlecht. There is lots of competition between the players, and the pressure is big. Yesterday morning, there was an incident between Nenad Jestrovic and Lamine Traoré during a game. Read more »
The renomated magazine World Soccer, which also is responsible for the election of the World football player of the year, gave a list of 50 promising football players in the world yesterday. Read more »
Mbo caught a knee injury yesterday on training. He underwent an echo, but it seems like he will join the group again today. Read more »
Marc Hendrikx wants to know whether he can leave or not. "Lokeren are an option. It's a nice club, but there are other possibilities too." According to Anderlecht-coach Hugo Broos there wasn't a bid from Lokeren yet. Read more »
Hugo Broos is not concerned about a possible departure of Aruna. "He is disappointed at the moment, but will be better soon. Aruna can do way better than Portsmouth." Read more »
Aruna does not want to accept that Anderlecht refused his transfer to Portsmouth. "I want to leave. Portsmouth are playing in a great league. I could play against the best defenders of the world there." Read more »
The prices for the home match against Benfica Lisbon are known. The priority period for season-ticket holders runs from 5 till 14 August. The free sale starts on Monday 16/8. The free match for season-ticket holders comes later. Read more »
Lots of European topteams seem to be interested in Christian Wilhelmsson. But it's unlikely that the Swedish talented midfielder will leave, because he is one of the key players of Anderlecht. Read more »
Ehret, the new left-winger of Anderlecht, will be out until September with a muscle rupture. Read more »
During half-time there was a heavy discussion, by which Anderlecht-coach still was impressed during the second half. "I made Kompany clear that some things are inappropriate on this level", explained Broos. Read more »
Seol was eliminated on the Asian Cup with South Korea on the quarter finals. "We hope he will return this week", says Broos. "Monday we're going to try to found out when he returns." Read more »
After an examination it was confirmed that Tihinen broke a bone in his right foot. He'll be out for 4 tot6 weeks. Lamine Traoré is going to replace him. Read more »
Aruna scored again in the friendly game against West Ham United. But it may be one of his last goals for the Mauves. The Ivorian is still dreaming of a transfer to a European top-club. Read more »
Hannu Tihinen had to leave the field after one half, Lamine Traore replaced him. The medical staff is afraid that the defender of Anderlecht has broken a bone in his foot, and that he would be out for a long time. Read more »
The friendly match wasn't a complete success, because got four goals against. So they still have to work on their defence. But there was an excuse: they had to play for more then 45 minutes with 10 players. Read more »
Anderlecht played their last friendly game before the start of the season. The score in West Ham was 4-4. 10,858 people attended the game.
Mbo Mpenza scored 3 times. Zitka got red at the end of the second half. Read more »
If Crasson leaves, Michael Lamey won't replace him. The player of PSV left for AZ on a loan. Read more »
Hannu Tihinen rejoins the team today, though he won't play in the Cup match vs. STVV.
Bertrand Crasson has a light injury at his shoulder. It's possible that he misses the Cup game against STVV.
Aruna Dindane has a lumbago. Read more »
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