François Van der Elst was a Belgian footballer, who played as a winger. He is mainly known for winning several national and European trophies while at R.S.C. Anderlecht.
Van der Elst in 1977
Hugo Broos, Van Der Elst and Eric Gerets during a training of the national team, 1977
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA, is a Belgian professional football club 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, as well as in the Belgian domestic league, with 34 championship wins. They have also won nine Belgian Cups and hold the record for most consecutive Belgian championship titles, winning five between the 1963–64 and 1967–68 seasons.
Atmosphere before a 2024 Champions' Play-offs game at Anderlecht
Image: Rob Rensenbrink (1978)
Image: Paul Van Himst cropped
Image: Jef Mermans cropped