Fixtures

Belgium First Division A 03/30 19:45 31 Anderlecht vs Antwerp - View
Belgium First Division A 04/07 16:30 32 Club Brugge vs Anderlecht - View
Belgium First Division A 04/14 16:30 33 Anderlecht vs Union Saint Gilloise - View
Belgium First Division A 04/20 18:45 34 Genk vs Anderlecht - View
Belgium First Division A 04/24 18:30 35 Anderlecht vs Cercle Brugge - View
Belgium First Division A 04/28 14:00 36 Cercle Brugge vs Anderlecht - View

Results

Belgium First Division A 03/16 19:45 30 [2] Anderlecht v KV Kortrijk [16] L 0-1
Belgium First Division A 03/09 19:45 29 [14] RWD Molenbeek v Anderlecht [2] W 0-3
Belgium First Division A 03/03 17:30 28 [2] Anderlecht v Eupen [15] W 1-0
Belgium First Division A 02/25 12:30 27 [3] Club Brugge v Anderlecht [2] W 1-2
Belgium First Division A 02/18 17:30 26 [2] Anderlecht v Sint-Truidense [9] W 4-1
Belgium First Division A 02/11 17:30 25 [13] Charleroi v Anderlecht [2] W 1-3
Belgium First Division A 02/04 17:30 24 [2] Anderlecht v Gent [5] W 1-0
Belgium First Division A 02/01 19:30 23 [8] KV Mechelen v Anderlecht [2] D 2-2
Belgium First Division A 01/28 17:30 22 [2] Anderlecht v Union Saint Gilloise [1] D 2-2
Belgium Cup 01/25 19:30 3 Union Saint Gilloise v Anderlecht L 2-1
Belgium First Division A 01/21 17:30 21 [14] OH Leuven v Anderlecht [2] D 1-1
Belgium Cup 01/17 19:30 3 Union Saint Gilloise v Anderlecht - PPT.

Stats

 TotalHomeAway
Matches played 43 22 21
Wins 25 15 10
Draws 11 5 6
Losses 7 2 5
Goals for 83 45 38
Goals against 44 18 26
Clean sheets 15 9 6
Failed to score 5 3 2

Wikipedia - R.S.C. Anderlecht

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht (Dutch: [ˈɑndərlɛxt] , French: [ɑ̃dɛʁlɛkt], German: [ˈandɐlɛçt]) or RSCA (Dutch: [ˌɛr.ɛs.seːˈaː, -ˈʔaː], French: [ɛʁ.ɛs.se.ɑ], German: [ˌɛʁʔɛs.tseːˈʔaː]), is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions, with five trophies, as well as in the Belgian domestic league, with 34 championship wins. They have also won nine Belgian Cups and hold the record for most consecutive Belgian championship titles, winning five between the 1963–64 and 1967–68 seasons.

Founded in 1908, the club first reached the highest level in Belgian football in 1921–22 and have been playing in the first division continuously since 1935–36 and in Europe since 1964–65. They won their first major trophy after World War II with a championship win in 1946–47. They never finished outside the top six of the Belgian first division with the exception of 2019–20 (8th) and 2022–23. They are ranked 14th amongst all-time UEFA club competition winners, tenth in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics continental Clubs of the 20th Century European ranking and were 41st in the 2012 UEFA team rankings. In 1986, they achieved their best UEFA ranking with a joint first place with Juventus.

Anderlecht have been playing their matches in the Astrid Park in the municipality of Anderlecht since 1917. Their current stadium was renamed Lotto Park in 2019. Previously it was called Constant Vanden Stock Stadium which was first opened in 1983 to replace the former Emile Versé Stadium. They play in purple and white outfits. They have long-standing rivalries with Club Brugge and Standard Liège.

History

Founded as Sporting Club Anderlechtois on 27 May 1908 by a dozen football lovers at the Concordia café (located in the Rue d'Aumale/Aumalestraat in the municipality of Anderlecht), the club beat Institut Saint-Georges in their first match, 11–8. They joined the official competition in 1909–10, starting at the lowest level in the Belgian football league system, then the third provincial division. In 1912–13, they gained promotion to the second-higher level of football, then named the Promotion. After only one season at that level, the championships were suspended due to World War I, and resumed in 1919–20. With the popularity of the team increasing, Anderlecht had moved to a new stadium in the Astrid Park in 1917 (then known as Meir Park). They baptized the stadium Stade Emile Versé in honor of the club's first major patron, the industrialist Emile Versé.

At the end of the 1920–21 season, Anderlecht was promoted to the first division for the first time in their history. In the next 14 seasons, Anderlecht was relegated four times (1923, 1926, 1928 and 1931) and promoted four times (1924, 1927, 1929, 1935), earning themselves the mockery of local rival clubs Union Saint-Gilloise and Daring Club de Bruxelles, who nicknamed them the "lift club". In 1933, 25 years after their formation, the club changed their name to Royal Sporting Club Anderlechtois. Since their promotion in 1935, Anderlecht has remained at the top level of football. With Jef Mermans, a striker signed from K Tubantia FC in 1942 for a record fee of 125,000 Belgian francs, Anderlecht won their first league title in 1947. Their success increased in the following years as they won six more titles between 1949–50 and 1955–56 (winning three consecutive titles twice) and two more in 1958–59 and 1961–62. In the 1960s, under the coaching of Pierre Sinibaldi and then of Andreas Beres, the club even won five titles in a row (from 1963–64 to 1967–68), which is still a Belgian league record. The star of this team was Paul Van Himst, topscorer in 1965, 1967 and 1969 and Belgian Golden Shoe winner in 1960, 1961, 1965 and 1974.

Anderlecht played in the first European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1955–56, and lost both legs of their tie against Vörös Lobogo. They had to wait until the 1962–63 season to win their first European tie, with a 1–0 victory over Real Madrid, which followed a 3–3 draw in Spain. For the first time, they advanced to the second round, where they beat CSKA Sofia before losing to Dundee in the quarter-finals. In the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Anderlecht lost in the final against Arsenal. Between 1975 and 1984, Anderlecht only won one championship but they achieved considerable European success: they won the 1975–76 and 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cups against West Ham United and Austria Wien respectively, as well as the two subsequent European Super Cups.

The 1982–83 season was a noteworthy season for the club for numerous reasons: former Anderlecht favourite Paul Van Himst was named the new coach, they won the 1982–83 UEFA Cup and under the impulse of sporting director Michel Verschueren, the rebuilding of the club stadium began. But in the domestic league, Anderlecht had to settle for second place behind Standard. Their bid to retain the UEFA Cup in 1983–84 failed at the final hurdle against English side Tottenham Hotspur. Anderlecht reached the final by bribing the semi-final referee to the equivalent of £27,000, ensuring passage against another English side, Nottingham Forest.

After three second-place finishes in a row, the Purple and Whites secured an easy 18th title in 1984–85, 11 points ahead of Club Brugge. In 1985–86, Anderlecht won the championship again, but this time after a two-legged play-off against Club Brugge. Anderlecht won their 20th championship on the last matchday of the 1986–87 season. They then lost key players Franky Vercauteren, Enzo Scifo (transferred in the summer of 1987) and Juan Lozano (heavily injured in a game at KSV Waregem a few months earlier). A weakened team coached by Raymond Goethals finished only fourth in 1988 behind Club Brugge, KV Mechelen and Royal Antwerp, but they nonetheless managed to lift the Belgian Cup for the sixth time in club history after a 2–0 victory over Standard Liège, with goals by Luc Nilis and Eddie Krnčević. The next year, Anderlecht retained the trophy with goals by Eddie Krncevic and Milan Janković (again with a 2–0 win over Standard), but finished second in the championship. After his second cup win, Goethals left for Bordeaux in the French Ligue 1.

During the 1990s, Anderlecht reached one more European final, the 1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, which they lost to Italian club Sampdoria. The club then declined in European competitions, with the 1990–91 and 1996–97 UEFA Cup quarter-finals their best results. In national competition, they won four championship titles and a cup. During the 2000s, Anderlecht secured five more Belgian champion titles, reaching a total of 29 titles in 2007, in addition to one more cup victory. In the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the first time to the second round, then another group stage, where they finished third in their group behind Real Madrid and Leeds United.

In 2009–10, the Purple and Whites won their 30th Belgian league title, while in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, Anderlecht made history by becoming the first Belgian team to finish the group stage of a European competition with the maximum number of points, dominating group opposition Lokomotiv Moscow, Sturm Graz and AEK Athens. They were also the only team of that year's Europa League to achieve this feat. On 6 May 2012, Anderlecht won their 31st Belgian championship, while on 22 July, they won their tenth Belgian Super Cup.

The seasons 2014–15 and 2015–16 were a disappointment sportively. After the appointiment of young Swiss coach René Weiler, Anderlecht, with youth players like Youri Tielemans and Leander Dendoncker, became champions again in the 2016–17 season. In the Europa League they were eliminated in the quarter final by Manchester United.

After businessman Marc Coucke took over the club in 2018, structural changes followed, together with regular personnel changes. Sportingly, a low point was reached in 2019–20: despite the return of club icon Vincent Kompany, the club did not qualify for the European Cups the following season, which it had managed for the previous 55 years.

Anderlecht is a professional soccer team based in Brussels, Belgium. The team was founded in 1908 and has since become one of the most successful clubs in Belgian soccer history. Anderlecht has won a record 34 Belgian First Division titles, as well as 9 Belgian Cups and 3 Belgian Supercups.

The team plays their home matches at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, which has a capacity of 21,500 spectators. Anderlecht's traditional colors are purple and white, and their crest features a stylized letter "A" with a crown on top.

Anderlecht has a strong reputation for developing young talent, with many of their academy graduates going on to play for top European clubs. Notable former players include Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku, and Youri Tielemans.

The current squad features a mix of experienced veterans and promising young players, with a focus on attacking football and possession-based play. The team is led by head coach Vincent Kompany, who returned to Anderlecht in 2020 after a successful playing career at Manchester City.

Overall, Anderlecht is a respected and successful club with a rich history and a bright future ahead.