2019–20 Club Brugge KV season

The 2019–20 season was Club Brugge's 128th season in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Club Brugge participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 1 August 2020.

Club Brugge
2019–20 season
ChairmanBart Verhaeghe
Head CoachPhilippe Clement
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League1st
Belgian CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hans Vanaken (13)

All:
Hans Vanaken (17)

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 3 September 2019[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
2 DF   UKR Eduard Sobol (on loan from Shakhtar)
3 MF   COL Éder Balanta
5 DF   CIV Odilon Kossounou
7 FW   SEN Amadou Sagna
9 FW   BEL Jelle Vossen
10 FW   SEN Mbaye Diagne (on loan from Galatasaray)
11 FW   SEN Krépin Diatta
14 FW   NGA David Okereke
15 DF   CRO Matej Mitrović
16 MF   BEL Siebe Schrijvers
17 DF   CIV Simon Deli
18 DF   URU Federico Ricca
19 DF   BEL Thibault Vlietinck
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   BEL Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain)
21 DF   MAS Dion Cools
22 GK   USA Ethan Horvath
25 MF   NED Ruud Vormer (Captain)
26 MF   BEL Mats Rits
33 GK   BEL Nick Shinton
35 FW   RSA Percy Tau (on loan from Brighton)
42 FW   NGA Emmanuel Dennis
44 DF   BEL Brandon Mechele
77 DF   ANG Clinton Mata
80 FW   BEL Loïs Openda
88 GK   BEL Simon Mignolet

Out on loan edit

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRO Karlo Letica (on loan to   S.P.A.L. until 30 June 2020)
4 DF   BRA Luan Peres (on loan to   Santos until 31 December 2020)
6 MF   MAR Sofyan Amrabat (on loan to   Hellas Verona until 30 June 2020)
27 FW   BEL Cyril Ngonge (on loan to   Jong PSV until 30 June 2020)
28 GK   BEL Guillaume Hubert (on loan to   Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 MF   BEL Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan to   KV Mechelen until 30 June 2020)
55 DF   SRB Erhan Mašović (on loan to   Horsens until 30 June 2020)
99 DF   BEL Noah Fadiga (on loan to   Volendam until 30 June 2020)
FW   IRN Kaveh Rezaei (on loan to   Charleroi until 30 June 2020)
DF   BEL Ahmed Touba (on loan to   Beroe until 30 June 2020)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 July 2019 Friendly Heracles   0–1   Club Brugge Garderen, Netherlands
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportpark De Westeneng
6 July 2019 Friendly AZ   5–2   Club Brugge Garderen, Netherlands
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportpark De Westeneng
12 July 2019 Friendly Club Brugge   1–1   Lokomotiva Deinze, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wielestadion
15 July 2019 Friendly Club Brugge   3–2   Union Saint-Gilloise Knokke-Heist, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion de Taeye
19 July 2019 Friendly Club Brugge   2–2
(4–3 p)
  Sporting CP Bruges, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Penalties
9 January 2020 Friendly PSV   1–2   Club Brugge Doha, Qatar
17:30 AST (UTC+3)
Stadium: ASPIRE Academy Pitch 1
11 January 2020 Friendly Ajax   3–1   Club Brugge Al Wakrah, Qatar
19:00 AST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
4 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   4–1   OH Leuven Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
8 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   1–1   Beerschot Knokke-Heist, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
11 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   6–0   Mechelen Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
18 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   2–3   Gent Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
22 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   1–0   Deinze Knokke-Heist, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
25 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   2–0   Lille Bruges, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
26 July 2020 Friendly Club Brugge   5–0   Knokke Knokke-Heist, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Division 27 July 2019 7 March 2020 Matchday 1 Winners 29 21 7 1 58 14 +44 072.41
Belgian Cup 25 September 2019 1 August 2020 Sixth round Runners-up 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 050.00
Champions League 6 August 2019 11 December 2019 Third qualifying round Group stage 10 3 4 3 11 15 −4 030.00
Europa League 20 February 2020 27 February 2020 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 1 1 1 6 −5 000.00
Total 47 27 14 6 79 39 +40 057.45

Last updated: 1 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Division edit

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge (C) 29 21 7 1 58 14 +44 70 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 +25 55 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 +26 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Antwerp (Y) 29 15 8 6 49 32 +17 53 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 +15 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: Belgian First Division A (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[3]
(C) Champions; (Y) Croky Cup winner
Notes:
  1. ^ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.[2]

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
29 21 7 1 58 14  +44 70 12 3 0 33 5  +28 9 4 1 25 9  +16

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round edit

Matchday123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHHAHA
ResultWWWDDWWWWWDWWLWWWWDWWDDWDWWWWC
Position211122211111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.[5]

27 July 2019 1 Waasland-Beveren 1–3 Club Brugge Beveren
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 5,229
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
2 August 2019 2 Club Brugge 6–0 Sint-Truiden Bruges
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,600
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
10 August 2019 3 Oostende 0–2 Club Brugge Ostend
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
16 August 2019 4 Club Brugge 0–0 Eupen Bruges
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
1 September 2019 5 Club Brugge 1–1 Genk Bruges
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,774
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
14 September 2019 6 Cercle Brugge 0–2 Club Brugge Bruges
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 12,120
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
22 September 2019 7 Club Brugge 2–1 Anderlecht Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 26,500
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
28 September 2019 8 Mechelen 0–5 Club Brugge Mechelen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
6 October 2019 9 Club Brugge 4–0 Gent Bruges
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
18 October 2019 10 Mouscron 0–1 Club Brugge Mouscron
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 8,051
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
27 October 2019 11 Club Brugge 1–1 Standard Liège Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lawrence Visser
30 October 2019 12 Zulte Waregem 0–2 Club Brugge Waregem
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
2 November 2019 13 Club Brugge 3–0 Kortrijk Bruges
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,139
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
10 November 2019 14 Antwerp 2–1 Club Brugge Antwerp
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 16,649
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
22 November 2019 15 Club Brugge 2–0 Oostende Bruges
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,307
Referee: Jan Boterberg
30 November 2019 16 Club Brugge 1–0 Mouscron Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 29,472
Referee: Wesley Alen
7 December 2019 17 Sint-Truiden 1–2 Club Brugge Sint-Truiden
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 9,893
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
15 December 2019 18 Club Brugge 3–0 Mechelen Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
22 December 2019 19 Gent 1–1 Club Brugge Ghent
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lawrence Visser
26 December 2019 20 Club Brugge 4–0 Zulte Waregem Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 29,472
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
19 January 2020 21 Anderlecht 1–2 Club Brugge Anderlecht
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 20,394
Referee: Lawrence Visser
26 January 2020 22 Kortrijk 2–2 Club Brugge Kortrijk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 9,399
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
29 January 2020 23 Sporting Charleroi 0–0 Club Brugge Charleroi
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 12,090
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
2 February 2020 24 Club Brugge 1–0 Antwerp Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
12 February 2020 25 Standard Liège 0–0 Club Brugge Liège
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 27,145
Referee: Lawrence Visser
15 February 2020 26 Club Brugge 2–1 Waasland-Beveren Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,644
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
23 February 2020 27 Club Brugge 1–0 Sporting Charleroi Bruges
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,039
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
1 March 2020 28 Genk 1–2 Club Brugge Genk
14:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 24,956
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
7 March 2020 29 Club Brugge 2–1 Cercle Brugge Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Wesley Alen
15 March 2020 30 Eupen Cancelled Club Brugge Eupen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Note: The match was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Belgian Cup edit

25 September 2019 Sixth round Francs Borains 0–3 Club Brugge Boussu
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Robert Urbain
Referee: Frederik Geldhof
4 December 2019 Seventh round Oostende 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Club Brugge Ostend
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Versluys Arena
Attendance: 6,004
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Penalties
19 December 2019 Quarter-final Anderlecht 0–2 Club Brugge Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
22 January 2020 Semi-final 1st leg Club Brugge 1–1 Zulte Waregem Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wesley Alen
5 February 2020 Semi-final 2nd leg Zulte Waregem 1–2
(2–3 agg.)
Club Brugge Waregem
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 10,353
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
1 August 2020 Final Club Brugge 0–1 Antwerp Brussels
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Note: The match was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and rescheduled to 1 August.[7]

UEFA Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06) First leg Club Brugge   1–0   Dynamo Kyiv Bruges, Belgium
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,018
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)
13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) Second leg Dynamo Kyiv   3–3
(3–4 agg.)
  Club Brugge Kyiv, Ukraine
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 42,152
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Play-off round edit

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) First leg LASK   0–1   Club Brugge Linz, Austria
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Linzer Stadion
Attendance: 12,637
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) Second leg Club Brugge   2–1
(3–1 agg.)
  LASK Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 25,319
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Group stage edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAR RMA BRU GAL
1   Paris Saint-Germain 6 5 1 0 17 2 +15 16 Advance to knockout phase 3–0 1–0 5–0
2   Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 2–2 2–2 6–0
3   Club Brugge 6 0 3 3 4 12 −8 3 Transfer to Europa League 0–5 1–3 0–0
4   Galatasaray 6 0 2 4 1 14 −13 2 0–1 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
18 September 2019 1 Club Brugge   0–0   Galatasaray Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 26,616
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
1 October 2019 2 Real Madrid   2–2   Club Brugge Madrid, Spain
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 65,112
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
22 October 2019 3 Club Brugge   0–5   Paris Saint-Germain Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 26,946
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
6 November 2019 4 Paris Saint-Germain   1–0   Club Brugge Paris, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,418
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
26 November 2019 5 Galatasaray   1–1   Club Brugge Istanbul, Turkey
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Türk Telekom Stadium
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
11 December 2019 6 Club Brugge   1–3   Real Madrid Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,308
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

UEFA Europa League edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
20 February 2020 First leg Club Brugge   1–1   Manchester United Bruges, Belgium
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 27,006
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
27 February 2020 Second leg Manchester United   5–0
(6–1 agg.)
  Club Brugge Manchester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 70,397
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Statistics edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 7 March 2020.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Belgian Division Belgian Cup UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK   USA Ethan Horvath 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   BEL Nick Shinton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 GK   BEL Simon Mignolet 43 0 27 0 4 0 10 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF   UKR Eduard Sobol 35 0 23+2 0 3+1 0 6 0 0 0
5 DF   CIV Odilon Kossounou 12 0 4+3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
15 DF   CRO Matej Mitrović 12 0 6+1 0 0 0 4 0 0+1 0
17 DF   CIV Simon Deli 42 3 26 2 4 0 10 1 2 0
18 DF   URU Federico Ricca 15 2 7+1 2 1 0 4+1 0 1 0
19 DF   BEL Thibault Vlietinck 7 0 2+3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 DF   BEL Dion Cools 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
44 DF   BEL Brandon Mechele 37 1 24 0 5 1 6 0 2 0
77 DF   ANG Clinton Mata 39 0 24+1 0 4 0 8 0 2 0
92 DF   BEL Ignace Van der Brempt 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
95 DF   BEL Maxim De Cuyper 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
3 MF   COL Éder Balanta 25 3 13+3 2 3 1 3+2 0 1 0
16 MF   BEL Siebe Schrijvers 33 4 13+9 4 1+4 0 0+5 0 0+1 0
20 MF   BEL Hans Vanaken 46 17 28+1 13 4+1 0 10 4 2 0
25 MF   NED Ruud Vormer 40 3 26+1 1 5 1 7 1 0+1 0
26 MF   BEL Mats Rits 34 6 17+3 5 3 1 9 0 2 0
90 MF   BEL Charles De Ketelaere 24 2 8+5 1 1+4 1 1+3 0 0+2 0
Forwards
7 FW   SEN Amadou Sagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   CZE Michael Krmenčík 7 0 2+4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   SEN Mbaye Diagne 9 4 1+5 4 1 0 0+2 0 0 0
11 FW   SEN Krépin Diatta 34 9 19+3 7 3 1 6+2 1 0+1 0
14 FW   NGA David Okereke 34 11 13+9 9 3 2 6+2 0 1 0
35 FW   RSA Percy Tau 30 4 12+6 3 2+2 1 5+1 0 2 0
42 FW   NGA Emmanuel Dennis 33 9 15+5 5 2 0 9+1 3 1 1
80 FW   BEL Loïs Openda 25 1 3+12 0 1+2 0 3+4 1 0 0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
9 FW   BEL Jelle Vossen 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   IRN Kaveh Rezaei 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0

References edit

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