RSC Anderlecht 2026-27 home kit by adidas

adidas and RSC Anderlecht have not worked together for half a century. The last time the Brussels club wore the Three Stripes was in the 1970s, during a period when Anderlecht were one of the dominant forces in European football. For 2026-27 that partnership resumes, and the first shirt out of it is a considered piece of kit design that leans into the club's identity rather than away from it.

The design

The base is purple, the colour Anderlecht have worn since their founding. Across the front runs a subtle tonal pinstripe pattern, vertical lines that add texture without competing with the colour. At distance it reads as a clean purple shirt. Up close the detail is there.

The collar is a fold-over polo, structured rather than floppy, with white detailing that picks up the adidas shoulder stripes and the sponsor branding. The cut uses raglan sleeves, which give the shirt a slightly different silhouette to a standard set-in sleeve construction. The club crest sits on the left chest in a monochrome white-on-purple execution, with the three stars above it.

The back is largely plain. Beneath the collar, in small text, is the club motto: Noblesse Oblige.

The background

RSC Anderlecht are the most decorated club in Belgian football, with 34 league titles and a run of European finals in the late 1970s and early 1980s that put them in the same conversation as the continent's elite. They reached the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final three times between 1976 and 1978, winning twice, and the UEFA Cup final in 1984. Van den Daele, Van Binst, Luc Millecamps, Franky Vercauteren: a generation of players who made the club's purple shirt one of the most recognisable in European competition.

The return of adidas connects the current club to that period. The polo collar and pinstripe structure give the shirt a slightly retro feel without being a direct throwback, which is probably the right approach: a reference to the history rather than a recreation of it.