Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as
Anderlecht or
RSCA, is a
BelgianThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
football clubA football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in a against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
from
AnderlechtAnderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality...
, in the Brussels Capital Region. They are the most successful Belgian football team in European competition (with 5 trophies) as well as in the Belgian First Division (29 championship wins). Although they were founded in 1908, they only won their first major trophy after
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(in 1947). Since then, they have never finished outside the top six of the Belgian first division. They have been in the first division since 1935. They are #12 in the all time
List of UEFA club competition winners .
The early years (1908-1935)
Founded as Sporting Club Anderlechtois in 1908 by some football fans at the
Concordia café (
D'Aumalestraat in Anderlecht), the club beat Institut Saint-Georges in its first match (11-8). As they were winning most of their matches, the secretary decided to join the official competition in 1909. They began at the regional level and at the end of the season, they had already qualified to play in the higher division. In 1913, they reached the national level, gaining promotion to the
second divisionThe Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian First Division. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905...
. They ended the season in fourth place (behind Uccle Sport, RC Malines and FC Malinois).
Because of
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, the championship was stopped until 1919. However, with the popularity of the team increasing, in 1917 it was decided that Anderlecht would play at the Astridpark (known as
Meirpark at that time) in a new stadium. They baptized the stadium
Emile Verséstadion in honor of the club's first major patron, the industrialist Emile Versé, who also allegedly chose the team colours (purple and white). In 1919-1920, they finished third but failed to qualify for the top division. Nonetheless, at the end of that season, the
Belgian Football AssociationThe Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium...
decided to let two more clubs play in the first division which meant that the three top clubs in the second division would be promoted. Three teams finished with 22 points behind Tilleur and
Standard LiègeRoyal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège, is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. They are one of the most successful clubs in Belgium, having won the Belgian league on 10 occasions, most recently in 2007-08 and 2008-09...
(two teams from
LiègeLiège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the administrative capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium.The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse River, near Belgium's eastern borders...
): Anderlecht, T.S.V. Lyra and F.C. Liégeois. A play-off match was organized, which was won by Anderlecht.
The first season at the top level was tough as the club finished in 12th place. With only 15 points from 26 matches (a win being worth two points at the time) at the end of the 1922-1923 season, they were unable to secure their status in the first division. They managed to win the second division in the following season and finished 9th in first division in 1925, but were relegated again in 1926. In total, they were relegated four times in ten years to the second division (1923, 1926, 1928 and 1931), earning themselves the mockery of local rival clubs
Union Saint-GilloiseR. Union Saint-Gilloise is a Belgian football club located in the municipality of Forest, though it is named after the neighbour municipality of Saint-Gilles, Brussels. It had been in the second division in 2004-05, but was subsequently relegated to third division...
and Daring de Bruxelles. They achieved their best league position up to that point in reaching fifth spot in 1930. 25 years after their formation, the club changed its name to Royal Sporting Club Anderlechtois in 1933. In 1935, they won one of the two tiers of the second division competition (the other one was won by
Club Brugge||-||-||-||}Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042....
) and were promoted to the first division again, where they have remained since.
National competitions
Anderlecht reached fifth place again in 1939. The championship was then suspended due to
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for two years.
Jef MermansJoseph Mermans , usually referred to as Jef Mermans was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won 7 Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition 3 times.Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football...
, a
strikerForwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
from
K. Tubantia F.C.K. Tubantia Borgerhout V.K. is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Borgerhout in the Antwerp suburb. It was given the matricule n°64 by the Belgian Football Association and it now plays in the highest regional league of the Antwerp province. The club is known to have sold the...
was signed in 1942 for a fee of 125,000
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, a record in Belgium at that time. Anderlecht won their first league title in 1947 after having finished 2nd in 1944 and 3rd in 1946 (the championship was abandoned in 1945). Their success increased in the following years as they won 6 more titles between 1949 and 1956 (twice winning three consecutive titles) and 2 more in 1959 and 1962. In the 1960s, under the coaching of
Pierre SinibaldiPierre Sinibaldi is a French former football player and manager.In the 1960s and again in the early 1970s, he coached R.S.C. Anderlecht with whom he previously won four Belgian Championships between 1962 and 1966...
, the club even won 5 titles in a row (from 1964 until 1968), which is still a Belgian league record. The star of this team was
Paul Van HimstPaul van Himst was a talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. He is now retired, and still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...
(topscorer in 1965, 1967 and 1969 and
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winner in 1960, 1961, 1965 and 1974). On September 30, 1964, the
Belgian national football teamThe Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association.-History:...
fielded 11 Anderlecht players against the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association. It won Euro 88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany...
after
F.C. LiégeoisRoyal Football Club de Liège is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. It currently plays in the Belgian Second Division. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to register with the country's national federation, and the club was the first Belgian champion in history...
goalkeeper Delhasse was substituted, to be replaced by Jean Trappeniers. The 10 other players were
Georges HeylensGeorges Heylens is a former Belgian football player who played with R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national football team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers...
,
Laurent VerbiestLaurent Verbiest was a Belgian football player. He died in a car crash in the middle of his career. Verbiest played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by...
,
Jean PlaskieJean Plaskie is a Belgian former football player.He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers.-External links:*...
,
Jean CornelisJean Cornelis is a Belgian former football player.He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Cornelis played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. He now works for R.S.C....
,
Pierre HanonPierre Hanon is a former footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps.Hanon...
, Joseph Jurion, Jacky Stockman,
Johan DevrindtJohan Devrindt was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers....
,
Paul Van HimstPaul van Himst was a talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. He is now retired, and still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...
and
Wilfried PuisWilfried Puis was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Puis was in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers...
. Since the arrival of Sinibaldi, the team had played in a "
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ian" 4-2-4 formation, a departure from the W-M tactics (defense in a W-shape and attack in an M-shape, i.e. a kind of 2-3-3-2) used by former coach, the
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Bill GormlieWilliam Joseph "Bill" Gormlie was an English football player and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for Blackburn Rovers and Northampton Town. He used to coach R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgian national team.-References:...
. After three consecutive title wins, Sinibaldi left the club and was replaced by
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Andreas BeresAndrás Béres was a Hungarian football manager and player. He used to coach R.S.C. Anderlecht and Club Brugge among others.-External links:**...
who coached the team to two league championships in the following two seasons.
European competitions
Anderlecht played in the first
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in 1955, and lost both legs of their tie against MTK Budapest. A year later, they were eliminated after the preliminary round against
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(12-0 on aggregate). In 1959, on their next venture into European competition, they lost both legs of their opening tie to
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. Anderlecht then had to wait until the 1962-1963 season to compete in Europe again, and they won their first European match 1-0 with a goal by Joseph "Jef" Jurion in the second leg of their tie with
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following a 3-3 draw in
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. For the first time they advanced to the second round, where they beat CSKA Sofia before losing to
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in the quarter-finals.
In 1964, after a 1-0 win at home, Anderlecht lost 2-1 at Bologna FC, and both teams had to play a third match (in
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) that finished 0-0. Anderlecht finally qualified on the toss of a coin. In the second round, they were knocked out by
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. The year after, they reached the quarter-finals again, this time meeting
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. But dubious refereeing in the second leg helped the Spanish to progress in the cup after a 4-3 victory on aggregate (the Belgians had won the first match 1-0). In 1966-1967 and 1967-1968, they suffered consecutive second round knockouts to
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sides (first Dukla Prague, then
Sparta PragueAC Sparta Prague is a top Czech football club.It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic. Sparta was long the main source for the Czech Republic national football team, however lately this has ceased to be the case, as the best Czech players almost all now play in higher-paying foreign...
).
National competitions
Anderlecht won their next domestic title in 1972 on the last matchday of the season, with a little help from another team from Brussels. Racing White's draw with Club Brugge, who had gone into the final round of matches as league leaders, enabled Anderlecht to claim the championship. The same year,
Rob RensenbrinkPieter Robert Rensenbrink is a former Dutch football player and member of the Dutch national football team that reached two World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978....
was signed from Club Brugge. In 1973, the club from Brugge won the championship at the Parc Astrid, a measure of revenge after they had finished second for five seasons in a row, while
Les Mauves et Blancs ended the season in sixth place, a poor performance (their worst since 1952). This was the beginning of a long rivalry between the two teams. A year later, Anderlecht finished on top once again with a team comprising players like Rensenbrink,
Ludo CoeckLudo Coeck was a Flemish-Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Internazionale and Ascoli Calcio...
, Paul Van Himst and Attila Ladynski. Between 1975 and 1984, Anderlecht only won one championship but they achieved considerable European success (see below). Their worst finish in the Belgian championship during this period was fifth place in 1980.
Juan LozanoJuan Lozano Bohórquez was a Spanish football midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Anderlecht, Real Madrid and Eendracht Aalst. He was awarded the Footballer of the Year award for the Belgian league in 1987 and was capped once for the Spanish national team.Juan Lozano was born in Coria...
,
Morten OlsenMorten Per Olsen is a Danish former football player and current football manager. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, where he is under contract through 2010...
,
Luka PeruzovićLuka Peruzović is a football coach and former player, who managed Belgium's Standard Liège, Charleroi and Anderlecht and Qatar's Al Sadd....
and coach
Tomislav IvicTomislav Ivić is a former Croatian football manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivic is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...
all joined the following season, which culminated in a 17th championship win for Anderlecht. The season 1982-1983 was a noteworthy season for the club for numerous reasons: former Anderlecht favourite Paul Van Himst was named the new coach, there was further European success, and the rebuilding of the club stadium began in 1983. But in the domestic league, Anderlecht had to settle for second place behind
BeverenKoninklijke Sportkring Beveren is a Belgian football club, from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It is famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have played in the...
.
European competitions
Anderlecht reached their first European final in 1970 in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which became the
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two years later. That year, it was decided that, in the case of teams being level on aggregate after two matches, the team that had scored the most goals away would qualify. The new rule saw Anderlecht past
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and
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respectively at the second and third stages of the competition (having beaten
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in the first round). In the semifinals, the team from Brussels beat Internazionale, but after they had won the home leg of the final against
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3-1, they lost 3-0 at Highbury in the second leg.
Six years later, Anderlecht won their first European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup. They easily eliminated
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, then
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(from
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). The third round tie against
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cup winner
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, at that time playing in the old English third division, proved more difficult. They knocked East German side
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out in the semifinals. It had already been decided that the final would be played at the
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in
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. This presented a good opportunity for the team from Brussels to win their first European title, and they did so with a 4-2 win over
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. Rob Rensenbrink and
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scored twice each, while Ludo Coeck, one of the key players of the team, was injured.
Anderlecht also won the European Supercup that year against Bayern Munich, winning the home leg 4-1 after a 2-1 defeat at the
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).
The club's defence of the Cup Winners' Cup proved unsuccessful, losing the 1977 final to
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(2-0). They took their revenge against the German side the following season at the second round stage of the Cup Winners' Cup, then eliminated FC Porto and
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to reach the final for the third time in a row, and they won the cup again with a 4-0 victory against the FK Austria Vienna with two goals apiece from Rob Rensenbrink and
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. Again, the team won the Supercup, this time against
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.
The day before the journey to
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for their UEFA Cup first round match in 1982, Paul Van Himst replaced Tomislav Ivic as coach. Anderlecht easily won (6-1 on aggregate), and they knocked out FC Porto (6-3 on aggregate) and Sarajevo (6-2 on aggregate) in the following two rounds. Two wins over
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saw the club through to the semi-finals, where they faced Bohemians Prague, who were beaten 4-1 over two legs. For their first UEFA Cup final since the UEFA Cup replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Anderlecht beat S.L. Benfica to win their fifth European trophy in 7 years. The key players in this Anderlecht team were
Franky VercauterenFrançois Vercauteren , nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, last working for Belgium national football team.- Career :...
and Juan Lozano.
In 1984, Anderlecht reached the UEFA Cup final again but their route to the final was less straightforward. In the round of 16, they were leading 1-0 at
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with a goal by
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but the
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equalized with a goal from a wicked deflection which left goalkeeper Jacky Munaron helpless. At home, Anderlecht secured a 1-0 win. After beating
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in the quarter-finals, they lost 2-0 at
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. Anderlecht won the second leg 3-0 in extremely scandalous circumstances. It later emerged that the referee officiating the match had been paid a bribe totalling £27,000 by the club's chairman.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/42383.stm In the final,
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won after a penalty shootout.
National competitions
After three second-place finishes in a row, the Purple and Whites secured an easy 18th title in 1985, 11 points ahead of Club Brugge. The club scored 100 goals in 34 league matches that season. It was the first title under the coaching of Paul Van Himst, who was fired in the middle of the following season, replaced by
Arie HaanAdrianus Haan is a former Dutch football midfielder and the current manager of Chongqing Lifan, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven...
. Franky Vercauteren and Morten Olsen still featured in the team alongside players like goalkeeper Munaron, Luka Peruzović, Erwin Vandenbergh,
Alex CzerniatynskiAlexander "Alex" Czerniatynski was a Belgian football striker, he was last coach of KSK Beveren.- Career :Czerniatynski played successively for Charleroi, Antwerp, Anderlecht, Standard, Antwerp again, KV Mechelen, Germinal Ekeren and Tilleur-Liège...
, Enzo Scifo and
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. In 1986, Anderlecht won the championship again, but this time after a two-legged play-off against Club Brugge. Club Brugge forced a 1-1 draw away to Anderlecht, and led 2-0 at home after thirty minutes, but Anderlecht managed to equalise.
Anderlecht won its 20th championship on the last matchday of the 1986-1987 season. They easily beat
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(who were already relegated) while joint leaders
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lost to Club Brugge, who needed a win to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Franky Vercauteren and Enzo Scifo were transferred in the summer and Juan Lozano had been heavily injured in a game at
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a few months earlier. A weakened team coached by
Raymond GoethalsRaymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who notably led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club....
finished only 4th in 1988 behind Club Brugge, Mechelen and Antwerp, but they managed to lift the Belgian Cup for the sixth time in their history, after a 2-0 victory against Standard Liège, with goals by
Luc NilisLuc Nilis is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with Ipswich Town goalkeeper Richard Wright....
and
Eddie KrnčevićEdward Krnčević was an Australian football player. He played in Europe several clubs, including Dinamo Zagreb, MSV Duisburg, Cercle Brugge, R. Charleroi S.C., R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège, FC Mulhouse and K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, and played primarily as a striker. Krncevic finished top...
. The next year, Anderlecht retained the trophy with goals by Krnčević and Jankovic (again with a 2-0 win over Standard), but finished second in the championship. After his second cup win, Raymond Goethals left for Bordeaux.
At the end of the 1992-1993 season, R.S.C. Anderlechtois merged with the women's team Brussels Dames '71 to become R.S.C. Anderlecht.
European competitions
In 2000-2001, Anderlecht beat FC Porto in the third qualifying round of the
UEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe...
to progress to the first group stage. They finished first in their group ahead of Manchester United, despite having lost their first group match 5-1 to Manchester United at
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and their third one 4-0 at Dynamo Kiev. In the second group stage, they finished third behind Real Madrid and
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, securing a 2-0 victory in their last match against Real Madrid, who had already qualified for the quarter-final stage of the tournament. 2003-04 saw Anderlecht faced a very tough draw against Bayern München,
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and
CelticThe Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
- although they managed one win and a draw from their home games and put up a credible showing in the away matches, seven points and 4th place was the outcome. In seasons 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, Anderlecht again qualified for the group stage quite easily, but were drawn in a very tough group on both occasions, firstly with Valencia, Inter Milan and Werder Bremen, then with Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Betis the following season. Anderlecht lost all matches at the group stage in
2004-05The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool FC, who beat AC Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0...
and set an unwanted Champions League record of most consecutive defeats. However, in their last match of the
2005-06The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st staging of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played...
group phase, with Anderlecht already eliminated from the competition, it was
Vincent KompanyVincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian footballer, currently playing for Manchester City and the Belgium national team.-Anderlecht:...
whose winning goal at Real Betis ended their nightmare run. For the
2006-07The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007...
season, Anderlecht gained direct qualification for the Champions League proper, and although they had dropped from the third into the fourth pot of the draw, they got what seemed to be an easier draw with AC Milan,
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and AEK Athens. However, they disappointingly failed to win a single game, losing two and drawing four, and were eliminated from European contention altogether with 4 points in 4th place.
In season 2007-2008 Anderlecht lost in the third qualifying round of the Champions League from Fenerbahce. So they had to go to the first round of the Uefa Cup, where they beat Rapid Wien. In the second round they won from Hapoel Tel-Aviv, lost from
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and had a draw against
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and Tottenham Hotspur. They finished as 3rd, enough to go to the next round, where Anderlecht won from Girondins Bordeaux. In the 1/8th finals Bayern Munich was too strong, and had a big win in Anderlecht. The 2-1 win in Munich was not enough to go to the quarter finals.
In the
UEFA Champions League 2008–09The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in...
Anderlecht failed to reach the third qualifying round when losing to
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. After being eliminated from any European Cup action, Anderlecht was also knocked out of the Belgian Cofidis Cup, suffering a 2-1 defeat at KV Mechelen in early January. As of now, Anderlecht is still leading the Belgian Jupiler Pro League table though, aiming for their 30th league title. During the 2009-2010 season, Anderlecht lost both matches in the third qualifying round to
Olympique LyonnaisOlympique Lyonnais is a French football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1....
, losing away 1-5 and home 1-3 after
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(Lyon) scored a hat trick. Anderlecht must now find a spot in the Europa League.
Colours and badge
Anderlecht colours are purple and white, and the club's home kit is generally white with purple trim, though they did wear a black and purple home kit in the 2005-06 season, and a grey in the 2007-2008 season. In the beginning, purple was the main colour of the shirts. The motto of Anderlecht (
Mens sana in corpore sano) is written on its badge as are the three letters SCA referring to the initial name of the club (Sporting Club Anderlechtois). A crown was added in 1933 following the name change to Royal Sporting Club Anderlechtois.
Anderlecht's colours were the inspiration for
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's colours.
Stadium
R.S.C. Anderlecht play their home matches at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium located within the
Parc AstridParc Astrid or Astridpark is an urban public park in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium, inaugurated on August 13, 1911. It was named Parc du Meir/Meirpark until the mayor of Anderlecht decided to change the name in memory of Astrid of Sweden in 1935 who died in a tragic car accident that year. Since...
in the municipality of Anderlecht. The board of directors is currently considering a move to a bigger stadium that would not necessarily lie in Anderlecht.
Anderlecht has been playing in the Parc Astrid since the building of the Emile Versé Stadium in 1917. The stadium was completely rebuilt in 1983 and it was renamed in honour of the then chairman
Constant Vanden StockConstant Vanden Stock was the honorary president and former president and player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968. The stadium of this club is named after him...
.
Supporters
Anderlecht fans are generally considered the most demanding in Belgian football. The club has had the highest average attendance in the Belgian First Division for ten years, except in 2002-03 and 2004-05 (when KRC Genk and
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respectively had higher averages). Anderlecht supporters hail from all over the country and only a minority come from the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht counts 76 fan clubs, three of which are abroad (one in France, one in
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and one in Texas (USA), and 20 of which are in the province of
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.
Honours
- Belgian First Division:
- Winners (29): 1946-47, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1980-81, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07
- Belgian Second Division
The Belgian Second Division is the second-highest division in the Belgian football league system after the Belgian First Division. It was created by the Belgian Football Association in 1905...
:
- Winners (2): 1923-24, 1934-35
- Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association. The first cup was held in 1911-12. The most successful cup club is Club Brugge KV with 10 titles followed by RSC Anderlecht and R Standard de Liège...
:
- Winners (9): 1964-65, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1993-94, 2007-08
The Belgian Cup 2007-08 was the 53rd staging of the Belgian Cup which is the main knock-out football competition in Belgium, won by Anderlecht.-Results:-Legend:* * = after extra-time* D2 = second division* D3 = third division...
- Belgian League Cup
The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian football cup created in 1998. Due to disagreements over television rights combined with poor attendances and a lack interest from the top clubs, the trophy only lasted for three years, and was cancelled in 2000. The winners of the tournament qualified for the...
:
- Belgian Supercup
The Belgian Supercup is a Belgian club competition played on a single match at the league champion venue since 2004 and formerly at the Stade Roi Baudouin, between the winner of the last Jupiler League and that of the last Belgian Cup. If both teams are the same, the opponent is declared to be the...
:
- Winners (8): 1985, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007
The 2007 Belgian Super Cup was a football match played on 28 July 2007, between league winners R.S.C. Anderlecht and cup winners Club Brugge K.V..-Match details:...
- Bruges Matins
The Bruges Matins is a yearly friendly tournament organised by Belgian football club Club Brugge K.V.....
:
- European Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winners (2): 1975-76, 1977-78
- UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is a competition for eligible European football clubs; the second most prestigious European football contest after the UEFA Champions League. It is an annual football cup competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations...
:
- European Super Cup
The European Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League . It takes place at the start of the domestic season, in August, normally on a Friday.The current champions are Spanish club FC Barcelona, and the most...
:
European record
- As of December 2008.
| Competition |
Matches played |
Wins |
Draws |
Losses |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
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|
162 |
61 |
35 |
66 |
230 |
245 |
| Cup Winners' Cup |
44 |
29 |
3 |
12 |
86 |
34 |
UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is a competition for eligible European football clubs; the second most prestigious European football contest after the UEFA Champions League. It is an annual football cup competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations...
|
94 |
46 |
25 |
23 |
162 |
101 |
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|
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
UEFA Ranking
Club Ranking for 2008/2009 Euro Season (Previous year rank in italics, UEFA Club Coefficients in parentheses)
- 63
(54) Spain GetafeGetafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
(32.853)
- 64 (60) Turkey Beşiktaş
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(32.445)
- 65 (56) Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht (32.065)
- 66 (52) France Lens
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(32.033)
- 67 (55) Spain Zaragoza
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(31.853)
- Full List
Current squad
As of June, 2009:
For recent transfers, see R.S.C. Anderlecht season 2009-10 and List of Belgian football transfers summer 2009.
Non-playing staff
- Head Coach - Belgium Ariël Jacobs
Ariël Jacobs is a former Belgian football player and is currently active as the coach of Anderlecht.-External links:*...
- Assistant Coaches - Albania Besnik Hasi
Besnik Hasi is an ethnic Albanian Kosovar former football player who is currently assistant manager at RSC Anderlecht....
; Belgium Daniel Renders
- Goalkeeping Coach - Belgium Filip de Wilde
Filip Alfons De Wilde is a former Belgian football goalkeeper, who played mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.-Club career:...
- Rehabilitation Trainer - Belgium Olivier Beuckelaers
- Team Manager - Belgium Mike Blaam
- Physical Trainer - Belgium Eric Dehaeseleer
Reserve squad
Staff
Head coach René Peeters
Assistant coach Johan WalemJohan Walem is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but he gained surprisingly few caps for the national team, scoring two goals.His former clubs are Molenbeek , Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma ,...
Jean Debock
Goalkeeper Coach Joseph de Coster
Fitness Coach René Havet
Doctor Christophe Brams
Team manager Jean-Claude Collignon
Physical Trainer Hubert Lemaire
Social Coach Peter Smeets
physiotherapist Koen Walravens
Noted players
Listed according to year of Anderlecht first-team debut (year in parentheses):
1940s Jef Mermans (1942)
1950s
Armand JurionArmand Joseph Jurion , nicknamed Jef, was a Belgian football player who played with the Belgium national team from 1955 to 1967. Jurion spent most of his club career at R.S.C. Anderlecht where he won 8 championship titles and one Cup and was awarded 2 Golden Shoe...
(1954)
Pierre HanonPierre Hanon is a former footballer who played mainly for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the national team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. In total, Hanon collected 48 caps.Hanon...
(1954)
Paul van HimstPaul van Himst was a talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. He is now retired, and still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...
(1959)
1960s
Jan MulderFor other Jan Mulders see Jan MulderJohan Mulder was a Dutch football striker who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax. He also played five matches for the Netherlands, scoring once. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966-67 season in the Belgian Jupiler League...
(1965)
Georges HeylensGeorges Heylens is a former Belgian football player who played with R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national football team. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers...
Johan DevrindtJohan Devrindt was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers....
Jacky Stockman
Laurent VerbiestLaurent Verbiest was a Belgian football player. He died in a car crash in the middle of his career. Verbiest played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by...
Jean PlaskieJean Plaskie is a Belgian former football player.He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers.-External links:*...
Jean CornelisJean Cornelis is a Belgian former football player.He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Cornelis played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. He now works for R.S.C....
Wilfried PuisWilfried Puis was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium. Puis was in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers...
Jean Trappeniers
Maurice MartensMaurice Martens was a Belgian football player ,left-back , who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1973 while at Racing White. He played 26 times and scored 2 goals for the national team between 1971 and 1980, starting in a 1-0 friendly win against Luxembourg on November 7, 1971.Having been a...
1970s
Hugo BroosHugo Broos is a Belgian football manager who is currently coaching Trabzonspor of Turkcell Süper Lig. He also is a former central defender who played a long time with R.S.C. Anderlecht. Broos then moved to the rival Club Brugge in 1983...
(1971)
Ludo CoeckLudo Coeck was a Flemish-Belgian footballer who played as left winger or central midfielder. His clubs included Berchem Sport, Anderlecht, Internazionale and Ascoli Calcio...
†(1972)
Robbie RensenbrinkPieter Robert Rensenbrink is a former Dutch football player and member of the Dutch national football team that reached two World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978....
(1972)
Arie HaanAdrianus Haan is a former Dutch football midfielder and the current manager of Chongqing Lifan, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven...
Peter ResselPeter Helmut Ressel is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team. He won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1974 by defeating Tottenham Hotspur, scoring the 2-0 in the 84th minute of the second leg, which secured Feyenoord's win...
(1975)
Franky VercauterenFrançois Vercauteren , nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, last working for Belgium national football team.- Career :...
(1975)
Gilbert van BinstGilbert Van Binst was a Belgian football player, born on 5 July 1951. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, Toulouse FC, Club Brugge KV and Belgium .- External links :*...
Jacky Munaron Attila Ladynski
Duncan McKenzieDuncan McKenzie is an ex-footballer who played for a number of clubs as a striker in the 1970s, notably Everton and Leeds United.-Playing career:...
(1976)
1980s
Morten OlsenMorten Per Olsen is a Danish former football player and current football manager. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, where he is under contract through 2010...
(1980)
Luka PeruzovićLuka Peruzović is a football coach and former player, who managed Belgium's Standard Liège, Charleroi and Anderlecht and Qatar's Al Sadd....
(1980)
Juan LozanoJuan Lozano Bohórquez was a Spanish football midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Anderlecht, Real Madrid and Eendracht Aalst. He was awarded the Footballer of the Year award for the Belgian league in 1987 and was capped once for the Spanish national team.Juan Lozano was born in Coria...
(1981)
Erwin VandenberghErwin Vandenbergh was a Belgian football striker. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs . In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games...
(1982)
Per FrimannPer Frimann Hansen is a Danish former football player. He most notably played as a midfielder for Belgian club RSC Anderlecht, with whom he won three Belgian Jupiler League championships, as well as the 1983 UEFA Cup...
(1982)
Georges GrünGeorges Grün is a former Belgian football defender and is now a TV presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI....
(1983) Enzo Scifo (1983)
Frank ArnesenFrank Arnesen is a Danish former football player and current Director of Football at English football club Chelsea F.C.. As a player, he most notably played with Dutch clubs Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven, winning the 1988 European Cup with PSV...
(1983)
Bertrand CrassonBertrand Crasson is a former Belgian footballer, in the position of right/center back.He started his career at R.S.C. Anderlecht , moving abroad to Serie A's S.S.C. Napoli in 1996-98, before rejoining his previous side for five more seasons...
(1985)
Luc NilisLuc Nilis is a former Belgian football striker. He ended his career early in the 2000-01 season after he broke his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with Ipswich Town goalkeeper Richard Wright....
(1986)
Adri van TiggelenAdrianus A. "Adri" van Tiggelen is a former football defender from the Netherlands, who earned 56 caps for the Netherlands national football team in which he never scored. He was a famous left-back and is considered by many to be in the top 3 left backs that the Dutch national team has produced...
(1986)
Filip de WildeFilip Alfons De Wilde is a former Belgian football goalkeeper, who played mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.-Club career:...
(1987)
Stephen KeshiStephen Okechukwu Keshi is a former football defender from Nigeria.-Playing career:An important player for Nigeria, Keshi was "Skipper" of the squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and played in five different African Nations Cup tournaments, helping to win the 1994 African Nations Cup.His last club...
(1987)
Luís OliveiraLuis Airton Barroso Oliveira is a Brazilian-Belgian football player who spent most of his playing career in Italy.-Career:...
(1989)
Marc DegryseMarc Degryse , nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie and The Little One,is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a forward.-Club career:...
(1989)
Eddie KrnčevićEdward Krnčević was an Australian football player. He played in Europe several clubs, including Dinamo Zagreb, MSV Duisburg, Cercle Brugge, R. Charleroi S.C., R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège, FC Mulhouse and K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, and played primarily as a striker. Krncevic finished top...
René VandereyckenRené Vandereycken is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgian national team from January 1, 2006 to April 7, 2009.-Career:He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht....
Arnór GuðjohnsenArnór Guðjohnsen is a former Icelandic footballer who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, among others, and finished top scorer with that club in the Belgian First Division 1986-87 season. He is the father of AS Monaco FC striker Eiður Guðjohnsen.-Club career:Arnór played for the following teams during...
Michel de WolfMichel de Wolf is a former Belgian football defender. His former clubs include R.S.C. Anderlecht and Olympique de Marseille. De Wolf also played for the Belgian national team and appeared at three World Cups: he played 2 matches in 1986, four matches in 1990 and yet four appearances in...
Kenneth Brylle LarsenKenneth Brylle Larsen is a Danish former professional football player. He scored two goals in 16 matches for the Danish national team and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.-Biography:...
Marc EmmersMarc Emmers is a former Belgian football player. His former clubs include KV Mechelen and R.S.C. Anderlecht. Emmers also played for Belgium and was in the squad for two World Cups. At the 1990 World Cup he played all three group stage matches, and in 1994 he got another three games.-External...
1990s
Pär ZetterbergPär Zetterberg is a former Swedish football player.Zetterberg started his career at his local club, Falkenbergs FF, but after only seven games at senior level he became professional, joining the Belgian team RSC Anderlecht...
(1990)
Nii LampteyNii Odartey Lamptey is a former Ghanaian football player. He is known foremost for his erratic career, in which he became a superstar as a teenager and then suffered a long string of failures which burnt him out well before his time...
(1990)]
John van LoenJohannes Maria van Loen is a former football striker from The Netherlands, who earned seven caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy under manager Leo Beenhakker...
(1990)
John BosmanJohannes Jacobus Bosman is a former football striker from The Netherlands, who played thirty matches for the Netherlands national football team for which he scored seventeen goals...
(1991)
Danny BoffinDanny Boffin is a former Belgian football left winger. His former clubs include R.F.C. de Liège, R.S.C. Anderlecht, FC Metz and Sint-Truidense. Boffin played over 50 matches for the Belgian national team, and was in squad for the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.-References:...
(1991)
Johan WalemJohan Walem is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but he gained surprisingly few caps for the national team, scoring two goals.His former clubs are Molenbeek , Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma ,...
(1991)
Philippe AlbertPhilippe Albert is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England...
(1992)
Celestine BabayaroCelestine Hycieth Babayaro is a Nigerian footballer who plays left-back and is currently a free agent. However as of Monday 19th October he has been invited on a two-week trial with Leeds United.-Chelsea:...
(1994)
Glen de BoeckGlen de Boeck is a Belgian former football player and current manager of Cercle Brugge. During his career he played as central defender, mostly in the books of R.S.C. Anderlecht.- Career :...
(1995)
Gilles de BildeGilles De Bilde is a former Belgian footballer who played as a striker. At club level, he played for K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, Anderlecht, Sheffield Wednesday, PSV and Lierse....
(1995)
Nordin JbariNordin Jbari is a Belgian football player from Moroccan descent. Just like Sanharib Malki, Jbari started his football career at local team SCUP Jette. Soon after, he went to the youth teams of Anderlecht. He made his début for the first team in 1995...
(1995)
Walter BaseggioWalter Baseggio is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for R.E. Mouscron, as a central midfielder.Baseggio was born from Italian parents: his mother comes from Naples and his father from Treviso.-Anderlecht:...
(1996)
Alin StoicaAlin Tudor Adi Stoica is a Romanian footballer. He currently plays for FK Vojvodina.-Club career:After arriving as a 16-year old at Belgium giants R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1996 from FC Steaua Bucuresti, Stoica quickly became a fan favorite...
(1996)
Tibor SelymesTibor Selymes is a retired Romanian football midfielder. He is of Hungarian descent.He was born in Bălan and debuted in Divizia A with FC Braşov in 1988...
(1996)
Bart GoorBart Goor is a Belgian football left winger currently playing for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.- Geel :Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth ranks...
(1997)
Lorenzo StaelensLorenzo "Lorre" Staelens is a former Belgian footballer and a current manager.Having started his career as a defensive midfielder, he finished it as sweeper, at nearly 40, and scored more than 100 goals overall....
(1998)
Tomasz RadzinskiTomasz Radziński is a Polish Canadian football striker who is currently signed to Lierse in the Belgian Second Division.-Career:...
(1998)
Jan KollerJan Koller is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Russian Premier League club Krylya Sovetov Samara and formally played as a striker for the Czech national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 90 caps as of...
(1999)
Geert de VliegerGeert De Vlieger is a Belgian football player who currently plays goalkeeper for Club Brugge.He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before moving to Holland and playing for Willem II for four years between 2000 and 2004...
2000s
Yves VanderhaegheYves Vanderhaeghe is a former Belgian footballer. He is a defensive midfielder who is known for his tackling, hard-working style and stamina....
(2000)
Laurent FassotteLaurent Fassotte born December 31, 1977 in Verviers, Belgium) is a Belgian football defender currently playing for Enosis Neon Paralimni in the Cypriot First Division.-External links:*...
(2000)
Aruna DindaneAruna Dindane is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a striker.-Club career:Born in Abidjan, Dindane was transferred from ASEC Mimosas to R.S.C. Anderlecht in the summer of 2000 and he helped the team in winning the Belgian Jupiler League Championship twice and also the Belgian...
(2000)
Seol Ki-HyeonSeol Ki-Hyeon is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Fulham....
(2001)
Nenad JestrovićNenad Jestrović is a Serbian football forward, last playing for FC Metz.- Career :...
(2001)
Hannu TihinenHannu Tihinen is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.-Club career:...
(2002) Michał Żewłakow (2002)
Clayton ZaneClayton Zane is a retired Australian international football player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht, but he ended his career in late 2005 after being injured for two years.-Club career:...
(2002)
Andrejs PerepļotkinsAndrejs Perepļotkins , is a footballer who plays primarily as a right winger. Although born in the Ukraine, he plays internationally for Latvia...
(2003)
Vincent KompanyVincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian footballer, currently playing for Manchester City and the Belgium national team.-Anderlecht:...
(2003)
Anthony Vanden BorreAnthony Vanden Borre is a Belgian footballer currently playing for Portsmouth on loan from Genoa.- Football career :...
(2003)
Christian WilhelmssonChristian Ulf Wilhelmsson, nicknamed Chippen is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Al-Hilal as a winger.Preferably operating on the right side, he is known for his pace and dribbling abilities....
(2003)
Serhat AkınNiyazi Serhat Akın is a Turkish football striker. He plays for Kocaelispor. He played for Fenerbahçe SK between 2000-2005 and played 179 matches , after which he went to Anderlecht on a free transfer in the summer of 2005...
(2006) Burundi
Mohammed TchitéMohammed 'Mémé' Tchité is a Belgian-Burundian footballer currently playing with Racing de Santander in the Spanish first division, as a striker....
(2006)
Ahmed HassanAhmed Hassan is an Egyptian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder or on the right wing for Egyptian Premier League club Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team.-Career:...
(2007)
List of Anderlecht managers
- 1908-1910: England Sullington
- 1910-1915: England Howard
Charles Howard may refer to:Earls:*Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , English Lord Steward and Lord High Admiral*Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham , his son, English peer and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey...
- 1920-1928: England Growning
- 1928-1936: England Howard
Charles Howard may refer to:Earls:*Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , English Lord Steward and Lord High Admiral*Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham , his son, English peer and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey...
- 1936-1938: Belgium Defour
- 1938-1941: Belgium Defevere
- 1941-1945: Belgium Rage
- 1945-1946: Belgium Defevere
- 1946-1947: Belgium Perino
- 1947-1950: Belgium Smit
- 1950-1960: Belgium Gormlie
- 1960-1966: France Sinibaldi
Pierre Sinibaldi is a French former football player and manager.In the 1960s and again in the early 1970s, he coached R.S.C. Anderlecht with whom he previously won four Belgian Championships between 1962 and 1966...
- 1966-1967: Belgium Beres
- 1967-1968: Belgium Deraeymaeker
- 1968-1970: Romania Höfling
Norberto Höfling was a Romanian footballer and coach.Höfling began his career as professional footballer in Romania, being at his peak between 1945 and 1947 when he played for the national team of Romania and also for Carmen Bucureşti, one of the best teams of that period of time.He left the...
- 1970-1971: France Sinibaldi
Pierre Sinibaldi is a French former football player and manager.In the 1960s and again in the early 1970s, he coached R.S.C. Anderlecht with whom he previously won four Belgian Championships between 1962 and 1966...
- 1971-1972: Germany Keßler
- 1972-1973: Germany Keßler
- 1973-1975: Belgium Braems
Urbain Braems is a retired Belgian football player and manager.He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège and Trabzonspor....
- 1975-1976: Netherlands Croon
Hans Croon was a Dutch football manager who won the 1976 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with R.S.C. Anderlecht.As well as Anderlecht, Croon coached in the Netherlands and Belgium with DWS, VER, HVC, FC Volendam, K.S.V. Waregem, Lierse S.K. and NEC...
- 1976-1979: Belgium Goethals
Raymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who notably led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club....
- 1979-1980: Belgium Braems
Urbain Braems is a retired Belgian football player and manager.He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.He managed Cercle Brugge, Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège and Trabzonspor....
- 1980-1982: Yugoslavia Ivic
Tomislav Ivić is a former Croatian football manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivic is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...
- 1982-1983: Yugoslavia Ivic
Tomislav Ivić is a former Croatian football manager.Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivic is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game...
- 1983-1985: Belgium Van Himst
Paul van Himst was a talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. He is now retired, and still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...
- 1986-1987: Netherlands Haan
Adrianus Haan is a former Dutch football midfielder and the current manager of Chongqing Lifan, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven...
- 1987-1988: Belgium Leekens
Georges Leekens is the football manager for Belgian club KV Kortrijk, and a former football player.- Coaching Career :He used to coach the Belgium national football team and led it to the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals after a two-legged win against the Republic of Ireland in the qualifying playoff...
- 1988-1989: Belgium Goethals
Raymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who notably led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club....
- 1989-1992: Netherlands De Mos
Aad de Mos is a Dutch football coach.He has managed for Ajax, KV Mechelen, Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven, Werder Bremen, Standard Liège, Sporting Gijon, Urawa Red Diamonds, Al-Hilal, and the United Arab Emirates Vitesse in the Dutch EredivisieIn 1988 De Mos won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as manager of...
- 1992-1993: Yugoslavia Peruzovic
Luka Peruzović is a football coach and former player, who managed Belgium's Standard Liège, Charleroi and Anderlecht and Qatar's Al Sadd....
- 1993-1995: Netherlands Boskamp
Jan Boskamp is a Dutch football manager, currently managing Belgian club SK Beveren.- Career :...
- 1995-1996: Germany Neumann
Herbert Neumann is a retired football player who played for 1. FC Köln, Udinese Calcio, Bologna, Olympiacos Piraeus, and FC Chiasso. After his professional career as a player, he started to work as a football manager for FC Zürich, RSC Anderlecht, Istanbulspor, NAC Breda, Vitesse Arnhem, and VVV...
- 1996-1997: Netherlands Boskamp
Jan Boskamp is a Dutch football manager, currently managing Belgian club SK Beveren.- Career :...
- 1997-1998: Belgium Vandereycken
René Vandereycken is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgian national team from January 1, 2006 to April 7, 2009.-Career:He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht....
- 1998-1999: Netherlands Haan
Adrianus Haan is a former Dutch football midfielder and the current manager of Chongqing Lifan, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven...
- 1999-1999: Belgium Dockx
Jean Baptiste Dockx is a former Belgian International footballer. He played for R.W.D. Molenbeek and R.S.C. Anderlecht, and for the Belgium national football team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. He was later a manager, and was caretaker manager of...
- 1999-2002: Belgium Anthuenis
Aimé Anthuenis is a former Belgian footballer and ex-coach of the Belgium national football team.- Coaching Career :...
- 2002-2005: Belgium Broos
Hugo Broos is a Belgian football manager who is currently coaching Trabzonspor of Turkcell Süper Lig. He also is a former central defender who played a long time with R.S.C. Anderlecht. Broos then moved to the rival Club Brugge in 1983...
- 2005-2007: Belgium Vercauteren
François Vercauteren , nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, last working for Belgium national football team.- Career :...
- 2007-: Belgium Jacobs
Ariël Jacobs is a former Belgian football player and is currently active as the coach of Anderlecht.-External links:*...
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Chairmen
- Charles Roos (1908-1910)
- Théo Verbeeck
Théo Verbeeck was a former football player and chairman, best known as chairman of Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht ....
(1911-1951)
- Albert Roosens (1951-1971)
- Constant Vanden Stock
Constant Vanden Stock was the honorary president and former president and player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968. The stadium of this club is named after him...
(1971-1996)
- Roger Vanden Stock
Roger Vanden Stock is the current president of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. He is the son of former president Constant Vanden Stock....
(1996-present)
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