Claim: Romelu Lukaku is an athlete.

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht , usually known as Anderlecht -LRB- -LSB- ˈɑndərˌlɛxt -RSB- , -LSB- ɑ̃dəʁlɛkt -RSB- , -LSB- ˈandɐˌlɛçt -RSB- -RRB- or RSCA -LRB- -LSB- ˌɛrɛseːˈjaː -RSB- , -LSB- ɛʁ ɛs se ɑ -RSB- , -LSB- ˌʔɛɐ̯ ʔɛs tseː ˈʔaː -RSB- -RRB- , 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 .   Founded in 1908 , the club first reached the highest level in Belgian football in 1921 -- 22 and have been playing in the first division continuously since 1935 -- 36 . They won their first major trophy after World War II with a championship win in 1946 -- 47 . Since then , they have never finished outside the top six of the Belgian first division . They are ranked 12th amongst all-time UEFA club competition winners , tenth in the IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century European ranking and were 41st in the 2012 UEFA team rankings . In 1986 , they achieved their best UEFA ranking with a joint first place with Juventus .   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 and previously with FC Brussels .