2023–24 Club Brugge KV season

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Club Brugge KV
2023–24 season
PresidentBart Verhaeghe
Head coachRonny Deila
until 17 March)
Nicky Hayen
(from 18 March)
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League4th
Champions' Play-offs5th
Belgian CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Igor Thiago (16)

All:
Igor Thiago (26)
Highest home attendance24,206 vs Osasuna
Lowest home attendance15,835 vs Bodø/Glimt
Biggest winClub Brugge 7–1 RWD Molenbeek
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Club Brugge KV's 132nd season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 22 January 2024[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Ecuador ECU Joel Ordóñez
6 DF Ghana GHA Denis Odoi
7 FW Denmark DEN Andreas Skov Olsen
8 FW Poland POL Michał Skóraś
9 FW Spain ESP Ferran Jutglà
10 MF Norway NOR Hugo Vetlesen
11 FW Spain ESP Víctor Barberà
14 DF Netherlands NED Bjorn Meijer
15 MF Nigeria NGA Raphael Onyedika
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken (captain)
21 GK England ENG Josef Bursik
22 GK Belgium BEL Simon Mignolet
27 MF Denmark DEN Casper Nielsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF Belgium BEL Dedryck Boyata
29 GK Belgium BEL Nordin Jackers (on loan from OH Leuven)
32 FW Norway NOR Antonio Nusa
33 GK Belgium BEL Nick Shinton
39 MF Colombia COL Éder Álvarez Balanta
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele
55 DF Belgium BEL Maxim De Cuyper
58 DF Belgium BEL Jorne Spileers
62 FW Japan JPN Shion Homma
64 DF Belgium BEL Kyriani Sabbe
68 FW Belgium BEL Chemsdine Talbi
77 MF Denmark DEN Philip Zinckernagel
99 FW Brazil BRA Igor Thiago

Other players under contract[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF United States USA Owen Otasowie

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Belgium BEL Lynnt Audoor (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024)
MF Belgium BEL Cisse Sandra (at Excelsior until 30 June 2024)
MF Ghana GHA Kamal Sowah (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW France FRA Faitout Maouassa (at Granada until 30 June 2024)
FW Belgium BEL Romeo Vermant (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024)
FW Ukraine UKR Roman Yaremchuk (at Valencia until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Brazil Igor Thiago Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad €7,900,000 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Poland Michał Skóraś Poland Lech Poznań €6,000,000 1 July 2023 [3]
MF Norway Hugo Vetlesen Norway Bodø/Glimt €7,750,000 3 July 2023 [4]
MF Denmark Philip Zinckernagel Greece Olympiacos €2,500,000 1 August 2023 [5]

Out[edit]

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Angola Clinton Mata France Lyon €5,000,000 6 July 2023 [6]
FW Netherlands Noa Lang Netherlands PSV €12,500,000 8 July 2023 [7]
DF Ivory Coast Abakar Sylla France Strasbourg €20,000,000 15 July 2023 [8]
FW Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk Spain Valencia Loan 1 September 2023 [9]
DF France Faitout Maouassa France Lens Loan 2 September 2023 [10]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2023 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 Belgium Zulte Waregem Roeselare
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Demuynck 65'
Stadium: The NEST
Attendance: 5,000
8 July 2023 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 3–0 Belgium Beerschot Knokke-Heist
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
Attendance: 0
12 July 2023 Friendly Feyenoord Netherlands 2–0 Belgium Club Brugge Barendrecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportpark Smitshoek
15 July 2023 Friendly Go Ahead Eagles Netherlands 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge Barendrecht
12:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportpark Smitshoek
22 July 2023 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 1–2 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar Bruges
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
10 January 2024 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 3–0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Note: 3 X 45 minutes

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League Regular season 30 July 2023 17 March 2024 Matchday 1 30 14 9 7 62 29 +33 046.67
Champions' Play-offs 1 April 2024 26 May 2024 Matchday 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Belgian Cup 1 November 2023 28 February 2024 Seventh round Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 12 3 +9 080.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 27 July 2023 Second qualifying round 14 10 2 2 37 11 +26 071.43
Total 50 28 12 10 112 44 +68 056.00

Last updated: 1 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Anderlecht 30 18 9 3 58 30 +28 63 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3 Antwerp 30 14 10 6 55 27 +28 52
4 Club Brugge 30 14 9 7 62 29 +33 51
5 Cercle Brugge 30 14 5 11 44 34 +10 47
6 Genk 30 12 11 7 51 31 +20 47
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[11]
Results summary[edit]
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 14 9 7 62 29  +33 51 8 6 1 35 14  +21 6 3 6 27 15  +12

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round[edit]
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWDLWDDLLWLDWWD
Position11531243345767775
Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.[12]

30 July 2023 1 Club Brugge 1–1 Mechelen Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 19,593
Referee: Bert Put
6 August 2023 2 Westerlo 0–1 Club Brugge Westerlo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Attendance: 8,034
Referee: Jan Boterberg
13 August 2023 3 Eupen 0–5 Club Brugge Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 4,364
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
20 August 2023 4 Club Brugge 7–1 RWD Molenbeek Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 20,399
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
3 September 2023 6 Gent 2–1 Club Brugge Ghent
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,507
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
16 September 2023 7 Club Brugge 4–2 Charleroi Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,878
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
24 September 2023 8 Anderlecht 1–1 Club Brugge Anderlecht
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Referee: Lawrence Visser
28 September 2023 5 Club Brugge 1–1 Genk Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Note: The match scheduled for 27 August 2023 was postponed due to the UEFA Conference League play-offs.[13]
1 October 2023 9 Club Brugge 1–1 Sint-Truiden Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
8 October 2023 10 Standard Liège 2–1 Club Brugge Liège
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
21 October 2023 11 Kortrijk 1–0 Club Brugge Kortrijk
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
29 October 2023 12 Club Brugge 2–1 Antwerp Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,724
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
5 November 2023 13 Union Saint-Gilloise 2–1 Club Brugge Brussels
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
12 November 2023 14 Club Brugge 0–0 Cercle Brugge Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,323
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
26 November 2023 15 OH Leuven 0–1 Club Brugge Leuven
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
3 December 2023 16 Club Brugge 2–0 Standard Liège Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 19,471
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
10 December 2023 17 Mechelen 0–0 Club Brugge Mechelen
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
17 December 2023 18 Club Brugge v Gent Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup[edit]

1 November 2023 Seventh round Beerschot 0–6 Club Brugge Antwerp
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui
6 December 2023 Eighth round Club Brugge 4–0 Zulte Waregem Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
16 January 2024 Quarter-finals Gent 0–1 Club Brugge Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
7 February 2024 Semi-finals
First leg
Club Brugge 2–1 Union Saint-Gilloise Brugge
20:45
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
28 February 2024 Semi-finals
Second leg
Union Saint-Gilloise 2–0
(3–2 agg.)
Club Brugge Brussels
20:30
Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium
Referee: Lothar D'hondt

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

27 July 2023 First leg Club Brugge Belgium 3–0 Denmark AGF Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,925
Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)
3 August 2023 Second leg AGF Denmark 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
Belgium Club Brugge Aarhus, Denmark
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Aarhus Stadium
Attendance: 12,651
Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Third qualifying round[edit]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

10 August 2023 First leg Club Brugge Belgium 5–1 Iceland KA Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 16,811
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)
17 August 2023 Second leg KA Iceland 1–5
(2–10 agg.)
Belgium Club Brugge Reykjavík, Iceland
18:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 935
Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Note: KA played their third qualifying round home match at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, instead of their regular stadium, the Greifavöllurinn in Akureyri, which does not meet UEFA requirements

Play-off round[edit]

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

24 August 2023 First leg Osasuna Spain 1–2 Belgium Club Brugge Pamplona, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: El Sadar Stadium
Attendance: 21,985
Referee: Benoît Millot (France)
31 August 2023 Second leg Club Brugge Belgium 2–2
(4–3 agg.)
Spain Osasuna Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,206
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRU BOD BEŞ LUG
1 Belgium Club Brugge 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Advance to round of 16 3–1 1–1 2–0
2 Norway Bodø/Glimt 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 3–1 5–2
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4[a] 0–5 1–2 2–3
4 Switzerland Lugano 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[a] 1–3 0–0 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.
21 September 2023 1 Club Brugge Belgium 1–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Bruges
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,442
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
5 October 2023 2 Bodø/Glimt Norway 0–1 Belgium Club Brugge Bodø, Norway
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Attendance: 7,481
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
26 October 2023 3 Lugano Switzerland 1–3 Belgium Club Brugge Geneva, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 4,037
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
9 November 2023 4 Club Brugge Belgium 2–0 Switzerland Lugano Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 16,493
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
30 November 2023 5 Beşiktaş Turkey 0–5 Belgium Club Brugge Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 TRT (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Beşiktaş Stadium
Attendance: 13,021
Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)
14 December 2023 6 Club Brugge Belgium 3–1 Norway Bodø/Glimt Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 15,835
Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

7 March 2024 First leg Molde Norway 2–1 Belgium Club Brugge Molde, Norway
18:45 Report
Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 9,267
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
14 March 2024 Second leg Club Brugge Belgium 3–0
(4–2 agg.)
Norway Molde Bruges
21:00
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 11,858
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Quarter-finals[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

18 April 2024 Second leg PAOK Greece v Belgium Club Brugge Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
21:00 Report Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 10 February 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League Belgian Cup UEFA Europa
Conference League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
21 GK England ENG Josef Bursik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Belgium BEL Simon Mignolet 41 0 25 0 4 0 12 0
29 GK Belgium BEL Nordin Jackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Belgium BEL Nick Shinton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Ecuador ECU Joel Ordóñez 12 0 2+3 0 2 0 3+2 0
6 DF Ghana GHA Denis Odoi 26 1 3+12 0 3 1 3+5 0
14 DF Netherlands NED Bjorn Meijer 24 0 11+4 0 4 0 2+3 0
28 DF Belgium BEL Dedryck Boyata 12 1 2+3 0 0+3 0 1+3 1
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele 40 5 25 4 4 0 11 1
55 DF Belgium BEL Maxim De Cuyper 37 3 21+3 2 1 0 10+2 1
58 DF Belgium BEL Jorne Spileers 36 1 21+4 0 2 0 9 1
64 DF Belgium BEL Kyriani Sabbe 15 0 4+5 0 0 0 2+4 0
66 DF Ivory Coast CIV Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
10 FW Norway NOR Hugo Vetlesen 37 3 19+5 0 2 2 10+1 1
15 MF Nigeria NGA Raphael Onyedika 32 1 17+1 0 0+2 0 9+3 1
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken 38 9 23+1 4 4 0 10 5
27 MF Denmark DEN Casper Nielsen 31 3 11+8 2 3 0 4+5 1
39 MF Colombia COL Éder Álvarez Balanta 20 1 2+11 0 3+1 0 1+2 1
77 MF Denmark DEN Philip Zinckernagel 34 6 20+2 6 0+3 0 7+2 0
Forwards
7 FW Denmark DEN Andreas Skov Olsen 38 19 21+3 9 4 5 10 5
8 FW Poland POL Michał Skóraś 25 1 1+12 0 1+2 0 4+5 1
9 FW Spain ESP Ferran Jutglà 29 5 9+12 4 1+1 1 0+6 0
11 FW Spain ESP Víctor Barberà 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
32 FW Norway NOR Antonio Nusa 21 4 5+4 3 2+1 0 4+5 1
62 FW Japan JPN Shion Homma 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
68 FW Belgium BEL Chemsdine Talbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Brazil BRA Igor Thiago 40 26 19+5 16 4 4 10+2 6
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
17 FW Canada CAN Tajon Buchanan 20 3 11+1 2 0 0 7+1 1
26 MF Belgium BEL Mats Rits 4 1 1+1 0 0 0 1+1 1
70 FW Ukraine UKR Roman Yaremchuk 5 4 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 4
76 FW Belgium BEL Romeo Vermant 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0

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