Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht

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The Royal Sporting Club d'Anderlecht, abbreviated in RSC Anderlecht, is a Belgian football club founded in 1908 and based in Anderlecht (southwestern Brussels), a municipality in the Brussels-Capital region.

The omnisports club of the same name was founded on . His motto is "a healthy mind in a healthy body". The omnisports club gave birth to various associations, including RSCA-Rugby, RSCA-Athletics and the football section, founded two days after the establishment of the club bearing the number 35. There is also a women's section since 1971.

This is the most titrated Belgian football club. Promoted for the first time in the first division of the Belgian championship in 1921, a level he had not left since 1935, Anderlecht won his first national title in 1947. Since then, Anderlecht has won the championship 34 times. In the interior, the club also removed nine Belgian Cups. The club had the chance to see several of its cadres evolve into a Belgian national team.

In addition, Anderlecht has won five European trophies: the European Cup of Cup Winners and the European Supercup, won in 1976 and 1978, and the UEFA Cup, won in 1983. These successes earned him the tenth place in the rankings of European football clubs according to the IFPHS, and the first Belgian rank, far ahead of FC Bruges and the Standard of Liège, his two main national rivals.

The club played in the 2023-2024 season in the Jupiler Pro League, the first level of Belgian football. It is his 103 season in national series and his among the elite.

Resident of Lotto Park since 1917.

Old names

1908-1933 : Sporting Club anderlechtois
1933-1993 : Royal Sporting Club anderlechtois
Since 1993 : Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht

History

The beginnings (1908-1935)
The Sporting Club Mauve et Blanc is founded on the intention to develop football activities within the municipality of Anderlecht. Given the success of friendly games, the leaders decided to register the club in official competitions, which is done with the affiliation to the Belgian Union of Athletics Sports Societies. In December 1926, when numbers were assigned by the Union Belge de Football Association, the club received the number 35.

The club plays its first games on a field, nicknamed Le Scheut. The Mauves began there in the third regional division, which they were promoted to in the first season. In 1913, the RSCA of Theo Verbeeck reached "Promotion" (current D1B equivalent) of the national championship and finished fourth. The First World War interrupted official competitions, while the club was located in Meir Park (now known as Astrid Park) where it moved in 1917. The new stadium is named Emile Versa stadium, in honour of the club's first patron.