2015–16 Club Brugge KV season

During the 2015–16 Belgian football season, Club Brugge competed in the Belgian Pro League.

Club Brugge
2015–16 season
ChairmanBart Verhaeghe
Head coachMichel Preud'homme
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League1st
Belgian CupRunners-up
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorer
Abdoulay Diaby
Jelle Vossen
(13 each)

First team squad 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
2 DF   BEL Davy De fauw
3 MF   BEL Timmy Simons (captain)
4 DF   CRC Óscar Duarte
5 DF   FRA Jean-Charles Castelletto
6 MF   BRA Claudemir
7 MF   ESP Víctor Vázquez (vice-captain)
8 MF   ISR Lior Refaelov
9 FW   BEL Jelle Vossen
10 FW   MLI Abdoulay Diaby
11 FW   AUS Bernie Ibini
16 GK   BEL Sébastien Bruzzese
17 FW   BRA Leandro Pereira
18 MF   BRA Felipe Gedoz
19 DF   BEL Thomas Meunier
20 MF   BEL Hans Vanaken
21 DF   BEL Dion Cools
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   COL José Izquierdo
24 DF   NED Stefano Denswil
25 MF   NED Ruud Vormer
27 GK   BEL Michael Cordier
28 DF   BEL Laurens De Bock
30 MF   NGA Mikel Agu (on loan from Porto)
38 GK   TUR Sinan Bolat (on loan from Porto)
40 DF   BEL Björn Engels
41 GK   BEL Jens Teunckens
43 MF   BEL Sander Coopman
44 DF   BEL Brandon Mechele
45 DF   BEL Lennert De Smul
46 FW   BEL Dylan Seys
55 FW   BEL Tuur Dierckx
63 DF   BEL Boli Bolingoli

Competitions edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
2015–16 Belgian Pro League Champions 25 July 2015 14 March 2016
2015–16 Belgian Cup 6th round Runner Up 23 September 2015 20 March 2016
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying Play-off round 16 September 2015 16 March 2016
UEFA Europa League Group stage Group stage 17 September 2015 10 December 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Results edit

Belgian Pro League edit

Regular season edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 30 21 1 8 64 30 +34 64 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Gent 30 17 9 4 56 29 +27 60
3 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 51 29 +22 55
4 Oostende 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Genk 30 14 6 10 42 30 +12 48
Source: Belgian Pro League, 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.[1]

Championship play-offs edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLU AND GNT GNK OOS ZWA
1 Club Brugge (C) 10 7 1 2 25 9 +16 54 Qualification for the Champions League group stage 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 5–0
2 Anderlecht 10 6 1 3 15 16 −1 47 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
3 Gent 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 42 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1
4 Genk 10 5 1 4 20 13 +7 40 Qualification for the play-off final 4–2 5–2 1–2 4–0 2–0
5 Oostende 10 3 2 5 14 19 −5 36 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 3–3
6 Zulte Waregem 10 1 2 7 11 23 −12 27 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–2
Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[2]
(C) Champions

Belgian Cup edit

UEFA Europa League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP MID BRU LEG
1   Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase 5–0 5–0 5–2
2   Midtjylland 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–4 1–1 1–0
3   Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 0–1 1–3 1–0
4   Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–2 1–0 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References edit

  1. ^ "Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

External links edit