Anderlecht have announced that Constant Vanden Stock will be undergoing an extension bringing the capacity to 30733 which is currently 3000 more than it currently sits. Fabio Cannavaro and chairman Roger Vanden Stock felt it was time to upgrade as we easily fill the stadium week in week out and with Champions League football looking to be a regular occurrence we see it as a great way to raise revenue and bring more of our loyal fans to the ground. expansion looks set to be completed on 15/7/2015 which is currently 10 months away

today the fixture list was released for the upcoming Jupiler League season. Anderlecht start the season against fierce rivals Standard Liege and will be looking to get off to a food start with a win. our first match with a newly promoted side is against Tubize which is actually the second match of the season.
November is when Anderlecht v Genk is played for the time and this will surely be a heated affair so put the date in your diaries so you dont forget it because these two sides have thrown up some crackers of matches in there previous encounters

As expected Anderelcht are heavy favourites for the title at $2.00, Genk, Brugge and Standard Liege all sit at $2.75 and will surely mount a serious title challenge to the reigning champions. Newly promoted Westerlo and Tubize are at $501 and $201 respectively and look destined for the drop with those odds. Either way we are in for another exciting season in the Jupiler League

Seven friendlies were arranged for the pre-season to build our players fitness and confidence, all of our opponents i felt could bring something different tactically and technically meaning we would be able to suitably prepare for the upcoming season. we started at home against Austria Vienna in a match we won fairly comfortably. 3 away games followed in which we won 2 and lost one, the loss coming against PSG.
We then travelled back to Belgium for two more matches Italian powerhouse Inter Milan and Dutch minnows Sparta winning and losing one a piece. our pre-season program finished with a 3-0 away win against Fatima

So overall i must say we are happy with how things went and will be looking to start the season with a bang against Standard Liege. Next up though is a match against Standard but in the official curtain raiser to the season, the SuperCup Ven Belgie in a few days time

Anderlecht have completed the signing of French wonderkid Neal Maupay from OGC nice for a fee believed to be around the $8,000,000 mark. Maupay has scored 20 goals in just 27 appearances over the last two seasons so if he can carry that record over to us he could end up being a very solid signing. Neal Maupay has said that one of the main reasons for him joining the club was to test himself on Europes biggest stage, the Champions League

Weve also had some players leave the club recently with Andy Najar being the biggest sale of the season thus far, Najar only managed to make 8 appearences for Anderlecht in the last two season and was deemed surplus to requiremenents, 4 more youth team player have been released aswell due to the lack of ability and attitude and with the youth setup being a massive part of how Anderlecht operate, we had no time for these players. that leaves the number of youth players to have been released now at 28

well the draw for the 2014/15 Champions League groupstage has been drawn and compared to last seasons group im very happy with the draw. Chelsea and CSKA Moscow will be massive tests, especially CSKA in Russia because of the sub-zero temperatures, but the two matches against Maccabi Haifa we will be expecting no less than 6 points.
I believe we have a great chance of progression to the second round but if not at least to the Europa League. 10 points should be enough to see us through and thats what we will be aiming to get. its time for Anderlecht to show Europe what we are made of