Get to know our opponents... Anderlecht

Arsenal kick off their busy pre-season schedule in Saturday's Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium.

You can find out more about one of our opponents, Anderlecht, below.

Anderlecht

Nickname: Purple and White, Sporting

Club colours: White and purple shirts, white shorts, white socks

John van den Brom

Manager: John van den Brom

Squad:
Goalkeepers
Silvio Proto, Thomas Kaminski, Davy Roef

Defenders
Olivier Deschacht, Osama Hawsawi, Denis Odoi, Abdoulaye Seck, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Behrang Safari, Roland Juhász, Marcin Wasilewski, Bruno Godeau, Jonathan Vervoot, Jordan Lukaku, Bryan Verboom

Midfielders
Lucas Biglia, Mbenza Bedi, Guillermo Molins, Lukáš Mareček, Sacha Kljestan, Dennis Praet, Mehdi Tarfi, Guillaume Gillet, Christophe Diandy, Ziguy Badibanga, Massimo Bruno, Fernando Canesin, Ronald Vargas, Reynaldo

Strikers
Matías Suárez, Kanu, Milan Jovanović, Gohi Bi Zoro Cyriac, Oleksandr Pavlovych Yakovenko, Tom De Sutter, Dieumerci Mbokani, Pablo Chavarria, Dalibor Veselinović

FIVE FACTS ABOUT ANDERLECHT

• The club were founded in 1908 and are the most successful in Belgian football history
• They are the current holders of the Belgian Pro League, which they have won 31 times
• Anderlecht hold the record of the most consecutive Belgian championship titles - five between 1963/64 and 1967/68
• They won the UEFA Cup in 1983 and were runners-up one season later
• Since their inaugural title in 1946/47, Anderlecht have never finished outside the top six in the Belgian first division