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Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, normally 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 cabaret 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, equally well as in the belgian domestic league, with 34 championship wins. They have besides 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 endlessly since 1935–36 and in Europe since 1964–65. They won their first major trophy after World War II with a backing winnings in 1946–47. Since then, they have never finished outside the top six of the Belgian inaugural division. They are rank 14th amongst all-time UEFA club competition winners, tenth in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics continental Clubs of the twentieth Century European rate and were 41st in the 2012 UEFA team rankings. [ 2 ] In 1986, they achieved their best UEFA ranking with a joint beginning invest with Juventus. [ 3 ] Anderlecht have been playing their matches in the Astrid Park in the municipality of Anderlecht since 1917. Their current stadium, Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, was first opened in 1983, and replaced the former Emile Versé Stadium. They play in purple and white outfits. They have long-standing rivalries with Club Brugge and Standard Liège .

history [edit ]

Founded as Sporting Club Anderlechtois on 27 May 1908 by a twelve 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 couple, 11–8. [ 4 ] They joined the official contest in 1909–10, starting at the lowest charge in the belgian football league system, then the third base peasant class. 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 ascribable to World War I, and resumed in 1919–20. With the popularity of the team increasing, Anderlecht had moved to a fresh stadium in the Astrid Park in 1917 ( then known as Meir Park ). They baptized the stadium Stade Emile Versé in award of the baseball club ‘s first major patron, the industrialist Emile Versé. At the end of the 1920–21 season, Anderlecht were promoted to the inaugural division for the beginning time in their history. In the future 14 seasons, Anderlecht were relegated four times ( 1923, 1926, 1928 and 1931 ) and promoted four times ( 1924, 1927, 1929, 1935 ), earning themselves the jeer of local anesthetic equal clubs Union Saint-Gilloise and Daring Club de Bruxelles, who nicknamed them the “ ski tow 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 hitter 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 follow 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 coach of Pierre Sinibaldi and then of Andreas Beres, the club flush won five titles in a quarrel ( from 1963–64 to 1967–68 ), which is even a belgian league record. The asterisk 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 connect 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, arsenic well as the two subsequent european Super Cups. The 1982–83 season was a noteworthy season for the club for numerous reasons : erstwhile Anderlecht favored Paul Van Himst was named the raw coach, they won the 1982–83 UEFA Cup and the rebuild of the golf 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 vault against English side Tottenham Hotspur. Anderlecht reached the final controversially by beating another english side, Nottingham Forest, with a debatable excess time penalty to win 3–2 on aggregate. It was later found Anderlecht had bribed the referee the equivalent of £27,000 to ensure passage to the final examination. [ 5 ] After three-second-place finishes in a row, the Purple and Whites secured an easy 18th entitle in 1984–85, 11 points ahead of Club Brugge. In 1985–86, Anderlecht won the championship again, but this clock after a two-legged play-off against Club Brugge. Anderlecht won their twentieth championship on the stopping point 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 sooner ). [ 6 ] A weakened team coached by Raymond Goethals finished only fourth in 1988 behind Club Brugge, KV Mechelen and Royal Antwerp, but they however managed to lift the belgian Cup for the sixth clock time in baseball club history after a 2–0 victory over Standard Liège, with goals by Luc Nilis and Eddie Krnčević. The future class, Anderlecht retained the trophy with goals by Eddie Krncevic and Milan Janković ( again with a 2–0 acquire over Standard ), but finished second in the championship. After his second cup gain, Goethals left for Bordeaux in the french Ligue 1. During the 1990s, Anderlecht reached one more european final examination, the 1990 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final, which they lost to italian clubhouse Sampdoria. The club then declined in european competitions, with the 1990–91 and 1996–97 UEFA Cup quarter-finals their best results. In national rival, they won four backing titles and a cup. During the 2000s, Anderlecht secured five more belgian champion titles, reaching a sum of 29 titles in 2007, in summation to one more cup victory. In the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the foremost clock time to the irregular round, then another group stage, where they finished third base in their group behind Real Madrid and Leeds United. In 2009–10, the Purple and Whites won their thirtieth 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 rival with the maximum number of points, dominating group resistance Lokomotiv Moscow, Sturm Graz and AEK Athens. They were besides the only team of that year ‘s Europa League to achieve this feat. On 6 May 2012, Anderlecht won their 31st belgian backing, [ 7 ] while on 22 July, they won their tenth belgian Super Cup. [ 8 ]

Colours and badge [edit ]

Anderlecht colours are purple and white, and the club ‘s home kit out is generally purple with white trimming, though they did wear a black and purple home kit in the 2005–06 temper, and a grey in the 2007–08 season. In the begin, empurpled was the main color 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 mention change to Royal Sporting Club Anderlechtois. Anderlecht ‘s coloring material was inspired by belgian immigrants that lived in Antigua Guatemala. Purple is the semblance of the city of Antigua and the color of the belgian Monarchy .

stadium [edit ]

Anderlecht play their home matches at the Lotto Park stadium located within the Astrid Park in the municipality of Anderlecht. It presently has a capability of 22,500 places. [ 9 ] The works started in 2011 and lasted two years. Anderlecht has been playing in the Astrid Park since the build of the Emile Versé Stadium in 1917. The stadium was completely rebuilt in 1983 and renamed in honor of the then chair Constant Vanden Stock. Prior to 1917, the clubhouse has played on a gear in the current Rue du Serment/Eedstraat for a couple of years since 1908, then in a stadium located in Rue Verheydenstraat ( now Rue Démosthènestraat ). [ 10 ] In 2013 the stadium was refurbished, with facility of newfangled scoreboards and advertising strips alongside the bound of the gear in accordance with UEFA regulations for the Champions League. ColosseoEAS was chosen as the provider for the ultra-modern LED strips and their controllers. In July 2019 the new owner Marck Coucke sold the identify to the fast Lotto, and has changed the name to Lotto Park Stadium. Anderlecht were ascribable to move to the 60,000 capacity Eurostadium upon its expected completion in 2019. [ 11 ] The Eurostadium will besides become the home of the Belgium national team and will host fixtures in UEFA Euro 2020. [ 12 ] however, during the years that followed, the stick out was plagued by numerous delays caused by political infighting. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In February 2017, Anderlecht finally pulled out of the stick out. [ 15 ]

Supporters [edit ]

The clubhouse had the highest average attendance in the Belgian First Division for ten years, until 2004–05. [ citation needed ] Anderlecht supporters hail from all over the country and alone a minority come from the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht counts 77 sports fan clubs, of which 5 are afield ( one in France, one in Poland, one in Texas, USA, one in Montreal, Canada and one in Sunderland, England ). [ citation needed ]

Rivals [edit ]

Anderlecht ‘s independent rivals are Standard Liege and Club Brugge .

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Leagues [edit ]

Cups [edit ]

International [edit ]

Friendlies [edit ]

Players [edit ]

For a list of all former and current R.S.C. Anderlecht players with a Wikipedia article, see category : R.S.C. Anderlecht players

stream police squad [edit ]

As of 11 September 2021[16]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

other players under narrow [edit ]

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Out on loanword [edit ]

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Managers [edit ]

For a list of early and stream managers, see List of R.S.C. Anderlecht managers There have been a sum of 37 permanent wave managers and 3 caretaker managers of Anderlecht since the appointment of the foremost director, Sylva Brébart, in 1920. The club ‘s longest-serving coach is Englishman Bill Gormlie, who served during nine seasons between 1950 and 1959. Frenchman Georges Perino is the first Anderlecht coach to have claimed a trophy, with the first base championship gain in 1946–47. Seven Anderlecht managers have managed the baseball club on two occasions : Ernest Churchill Smith, Pierre Sinibaldi, Urbain Braems, Raymond Goethals, Arie Haan, Johan Boskamp and Franky Vercauteren. other managers have besides played another role in the club before being appointed coach, including Jean Dockx, who served three times as caretaker before being appointed coach .

other sections [edit ]

In 1993, Brussels D71 became Anderlecht ‘s women team. The team has won three Leagues and five Cups since .

baseball club presidents [edit ]

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