2018–19 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bart Verhaeghe
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League	2nd
Belgian Cup	Sixth round
Belgian Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hans Vanaken (14); All: ; Hans Vanaken; Wesley; (17 each)

The 2018–19 season was Club Brugge's 127th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2019^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Karlo Letica
4	DF	BRA	Luan Peres
5	DF	FRA	Benoît Poulain
6	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat
7	FW	BRA	Wesley
9	FW	BEL	Jelle Vossen
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei
11	FW	SEN	Krépin Diatta
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović
16	FW	BEL	Siebe Schrijvers
18	MF	ZIM	Marvelous Nakamba
19	DF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain)
21	DF	BEL	Dion Cools


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	USA	Ethan Horvath
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil (3rd captain)
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer (Captain)
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits
28	GK	BEL	Guillaume Hubert
34	GK	BEL	Brent Gabriel
35	DF	SUI	Saulo Decarli
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele
47	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata
80	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda
98	MF	BEL	Brandon Baiye

Out on loan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	ISR	Lior Refaelov (on loan to Antwerp until 30 June 2019)
29	FW	ROU	Dorin Rotariu (on loan to AZ until 30 June 2019)
33	MF	AUS	Riley McGree (on loan to Melbourne City until 30 June 2019)
40	MF	BEL	Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan to Oostende until 30 June 2019)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
55	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović (on loan to Trenčín until 30 June 2019)
96	DF	BEL	Ahmed Touba (on loan to Leuven until 30 June 2019)

Competitions

Belgian First Division A

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Genk	30	18	9	3	63	31	+32	63	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Club Brugge	30	16	8	6	64	32	+32	56
3	Standard Liège	30	15	8	7	49	35	+14	53
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	51
5	Gent	30	15	5	10	53	45	+8	50

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.^[2]

Championship play-offs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNK	CLU	STA	ANT	GNT	AND
1	Genk (C)	10	6	2	2	19	8	+11	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	3–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–0
2	Club Brugge	10	7	1	2	19	11	+8	50	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	3–2	—	4–0	3–2	3–0	1–0
3	Standard Liège	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage	1–3	2–0	—	3–1	2–3	5–0 FF^[a]
4	Antwerp (O)	10	4	2	4	12	16	−4	39	Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–1
5	Gent	10	3	1	6	10	15	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	—	2–1
6	Anderlecht	10	1	3	6	8	19	−11	32		1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	—

Source: Sport.be
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0.^[3] A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.^[4]

Belgian Cup

26 September 2018 Sixth round	Deinze	2–0	Club Brugge	Deinze
20:30 CEST	Tarfi 33' De Greef 70'	Report		Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion

Belgian Super Cup

22 July 2018 (2018-07-22)	Club Brugge	2–1	Standard Liège	Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges
20:00 CEST	Vanaken 39' Wesley 43'		Edmilson 49'	Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bart Vertenten

UEFA Champions League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13^[a]	Advance to knockout phase
3	Club Brugge	6	1	3	2	6	5	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League
4	Monaco	6	0	1	5	2	14	−12	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 1	Club Brugge	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00		Report	Pulisic 85'	Attendance: 25,181^[6] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 2	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Club Brugge	Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid
21:00	Griezmann 28', 67' Koke 90+4'	Report	Danjuma 39'	Attendance: 55,742^[7] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 3	Club Brugge	1–1	Monaco	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:55	Wesley 39'	Report	Sylla 31'	Attendance: 23,957^[8] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 4	Monaco	0–4	Club Brugge	Stade Louis II, Monaco
18:55		Report	Vanaken 12', 17' (pen.) Wesley 24' Vormer 85'	Attendance: 8,347^[9] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 5	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
21:00		Report		Attendance: 66,099 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Club Brugge	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00		Report		Attendance: 25,645^[10] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) Round of 32 1st leg	Club Brugge	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00	Denswil 64' Wesley 81'	Report	Junuzović 17'	Attendance: 16,457^[11] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) Round of 32 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Club Brugge	Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
18:55	Schlager 17' Daka 29', 43' Dabbur 90+4'	Report		Attendance: 24,717^[12] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated in May 2019.^[13]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Belgian Super Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CRO	Karlo Letica	16	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	GK	USA	Ethan Horvath	34	0	27+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
28	GK	BEL	Guillaume Hubert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	BEL	Brent Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	BRA	Luan Peres	6	0	0+4	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Benoît Poulain	32	1	23+1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1+1	0
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović	13	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck	15	1	6+5	1	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
21	DF	BEL	Dion Cools	20	1	1+14	1	1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	44	2	35	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
35	DF	SUI	Saulo Decarli	12	0	5+4	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	40	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata	28	2	22+2	2	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat	29	1	10+14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
18	MF	ZIM	Marvelous Nakamba	23	0	13+5	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	50	17	40	14	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	0
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer	47	7	36+2	6	0	0	1	0	6	1	2	0
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits	48	3	35+4	3	1	0	1	0	3+2	0	2	0
98	MF	BEL	Brandon Baiye	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Wesley	48	17	37+1	13	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	1
9	FW	BEL	Jelle Vossen	18	5	4+10	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei	13	1	4+7	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW	SEN	Krépin Diatta	28	2	21+2	2	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
16	FW	BEL	Siebe Schrijvers	38	12	25+7	12	1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
27	FW	BEL	Cyril Ngonge	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	32	7	20+6	7	1	0	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
47	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma	24	6	13+7	5	0+1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0
80	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda	28	4	3+17	4	1	0	0	0	1+4	0	0+2	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2	DF	DEN	Alexander Scholz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CRO	Ivan Tomečak	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Belgian First Division A 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Standard-Anderlecht nog voor de rust afgeblazen na paars-witte vuurpijlen" [Standard-Anderlecht abandoned before half time following purple-white flares] (in Dutch). Sporza.be. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Anderlecht kent straf: match achter gesloten deuren, 5.000 euro boete en forfaitnederlaag" [Anderlecht knows punishment: match behind closed doors, 5.000 Euro fine and forfait loss] (in Dutch). Sporza.be. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Reglement 2018-2019 Boek B: De koepelorganisatie KBVB en haar deelorganisaties" [General Rules 2018-2019 Book B: The overall organisation KBVB and its subsidiaries] (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian FA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 18 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 3 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 24 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 6 November 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 11 December 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "Club Brugge vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^ "Salzburg vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
^ "2018-2019 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

External links

Official website

[table_note_STA_AND0.94976188845456-5] Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0.^[3] A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.^[4]

[table_hth_DOR0.35384518250536-7] Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

[1] "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[rules-2] "Belgian First Division A 2018/2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[3] "Standard-Anderlecht nog voor de rust afgeblazen na paars-witte vuurpijlen" [Standard-Anderlecht abandoned before half time following purple-white flares] (in Dutch). Sporza.be. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[4] "Anderlecht kent straf: match achter gesloten deuren, 5.000 euro boete en forfaitnederlaag" [Anderlecht knows punishment: match behind closed doors, 5.000 Euro fine and forfait loss] (in Dutch). Sporza.be. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[6] "Reglement 2018-2019 Boek B: De koepelorganisatie KBVB en haar deelorganisaties" [General Rules 2018-2019 Book B: The overall organisation KBVB and its subsidiaries] (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian FA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[md01_1-8] "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 18 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[md02_2-9] "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 3 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[md03_2-10] "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 24 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[md04_1-11] "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 6 November 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[md06_1-12] "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 11 December 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[13] "Club Brugge vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[14] "Salzburg vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

[15] "2018-2019 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging
Players Head coaches Presidents Club captains Seasons European football Records Current season
History	History of Club Brugge KV
Teams	I. Club Brugge KV (First Team) II. Club NXT (Reserves) Club YLA (Women's Team) Club Brugge G-ploeg (Disability Team)
Grounds	Het Rattenplein (1891–1912) De Klokke (1912–1975) Jan Breydel Stadium (1975–present) Schiervelde Stadion (Club NXT & Club YLA)
Training grounds	Belfius Basecamp (2019–present) Jan Breydel (1975–present) Schiervelde (2021–present)
Rivalries	Anderlecht rivalry 'Big Three' Bruges derby (against Cercle Brugge)
Tournament	Bruges Matins (Friendly)
Category Commons

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League competitions	First Division A First Division B First Amateur Division Second Amateur Division Third Amateur Division
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2018 Winter 2018–19 Summer 2019
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2018–19 UEFA Nations League (League A) Roberto Martínez
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First Division B	Beerschot Wilrijk Lommel Mechelen OH Leuven Roeselare Tubize Union SG Westerlo
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