2024–25 Club Brugge KV season

The 2024–25 season is the 134th season in the history of the Club Brugge KV, and the club's 65th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup and the Belgian Super Cup and UEFA Champions League.

Club Brugge KV
2024–25 season
PresidentBart Verhaeghe
ManagerNicky Hayen
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League2nd
Belgian CupRound of 16
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Christos Tzolis (6)

All:
Christos Tzolis (8)
Highest home attendance25,978 vs Anderlecht
Lowest home attendance18,000 vs Union Saint-Gilloise
Biggest winClub Brugge 7–0 Sint-Truiden
Biggest defeatClub Brugge 1–2 Union Saint-Gilloise
Standard Liège 1–0 Club Brugge
Genk 3–2 Club Brugge
All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

Summary

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On 30 June, Club Brugge presented its new Argentine player, defender Zaid Romero, coming from Estudiantes de la Plata. On 4 July, Cisse Sandra extended his contract with the Blue and Black until 2027 and was sent on loan to the newcomer to the Dutch League, Willem II. On 23 July, goalkeeper Nick Shinton moved to newly promoted Beerschot.[1] On 30 July, striker Roman Yaremchuk, who returned from loan, moved to Olympiacos permanently.[2] On 13 August, winger Antonio Nusa moved permanently to RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.

Squad

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Position Number Player Date joined Further data
GK 22   Simon Mignolet 2019
GK 29   Nordin Jackers 2024
GK 71   Axl De Corte 2023
DF 65   Joaquin Seys 2012
DF 4   Joel Ordóñez 2023
DF 14   Bjorn Meijer 2022
DF 28   Dedryck Boyata 2022
DF 44   Brandon Mechele 2013
DF 55   Maxim De Cuyper 2020
DF 58   Jorne Spileers 2022
DF 64   Kyriani Sabbe 2023
DF 2   Zaid Romero 2024
DF 41   Hugo Siquet 2024
MF 10   Hugo Vetlesen 2023
MF 15   Raphael Onyedika 2022
MF 20   Hans Vanaken 2015 Captain
MF 27   Casper Nielsen 2022
MF 39   Éder Álvarez Balanta 2019
MF 68   Chemsdine Talbi 2015
MF 30   Ardon Jashari 2024
MF 8   Christos Tzolis 2024
FW 7   Andreas Skov Olsen 2022
FW 21   Michał Skóraś 2023
FW 9   Ferran Jutglà 2022
FW 17   Romeo Vermant 2023
FW 19   Gustaf Nilsson 2024

Transfers

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW   Romeo Vermant   Westerlo Loan return 30 June 2024
MF   Lynnt Audoor   Kortrijk Loan return 30 June 2024
FW   Kamal Sowah   Standard Liège Loan return 30 June 2024
FW   Roman Yaremchuk   Valencia Loan return 30 June 2024 [3]
DF   Faitout Maouassa   Granada Loan return 30 June 2024
MF   Ardon Jashari   Luzern Undisclosed 1 July 2024 [4]
DF   Zaid Romero   Estudiantes de La Plata €5,500,000 1 July 2024 [5]
MF   Christos Tzolis   Fortuna Düsseldorf €6,600,000[6] 4 July 2024 [7]
FW   Gustaf Nilsson   Union Saint-Gilloise €6,400,000 12 July 2024 [8]
DF   Hugo Siquet   SC Freiburg €3,000,000[9] 23 July 2024 [10]
GK   Dani van den Heuvel   Leeds U21 Free 7 August 2024 [11]
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
GK   Josef Bursik   Hibernian Loan 1 July 2024 [12]
MF   Éder Balanta   América de Cali End of contract 1 July 2024 [13]
FW   Igor Thiago   Brentford £31,000,000[14] 1 July 2024 [15]
MF   Shion Homma   Urawa Red Diamonds Undisclosed 1 July 2024 [16]
DF   Denis Odoi   Royal Antwerp End of contract 1 July 2024 [17]
MF   Cisse Sandra   Willem II Loan 4 July 2024 [18]
GK   Nick Shinton   Beerschot Undisclosed 23 July 2024 [19]
FW   Roman Yaremchuk   Olympiacos €2,000,000 30 July 2024 [20]
MF   Antonio Nusa   RB Leipzig Undisclosed 13 August 2024 [21]
MF   Philip Zinckernagel   Bodø/Glimt Loan 17 August 2024 [22]
FW   Víctor Barberà   Barcelona Atlètic Undisclosed 27 August 2024 [23]
DF   Faitout Maouassa Contract terminated 1 September 2024

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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29 June 2024 Friendly Knokke   1–1   Club Brugge Knokke-Heist
15:30
  • Cooman   76'
Report
Stadium: Stadion De Taeye
6 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge   4–1   AEK Athens Knokke-Heist
14:00
Report
Stadium: Complex Molenhoek
Note: A period of 45 minutes is followed by a period of 30 minutes and a final period of 45 minutes.
13 July 2024 Friendly PSV   1–1   Club Brugge Eindhoven, Netherlands
13:00
Note: Behind closed doors
17 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge   0–0   FCV Dender Roeselare
11:00 Report Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion
Note: Behind closed doors
17 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge   3–0   Norwich City Roeselare
18:30
Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League regular season 26 July 2024 14–16 March 2025 Matchday 1 15 8 4 3 30 16 +14 053.33
Belgian Cup 30 October 2024 Seventh round 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5 100.00
Belgian Super Cup 20 July 2024 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
UEFA Champions League 18 September 2024 League phase 4 2 0 2 3 6 −3 050.00
Total 21 11 4 6 40 25 +15 052.38

Last updated: 23 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Genk 15 11 1 3 31 19 +12 34 Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a]
2 Club Brugge 15 8 4 3 30 16 +14 28 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3 Antwerp 15 8 3 4 28 12 +16 27
4 Anderlecht 15 7 5 3 30 12 +18 26
5 Mechelen 15 7 3 5 31 19 +12 24
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. 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.[24]
Notes:
  1. ^ The regular season winner will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2025–26 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 8 4 3 30 16  +14 28 4 2 1 17 7  +10 4 2 2 13 9  +4

Last updated: 23 November 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHH
ResultDLLWWWWLDDWWWDW
Position611141383144543232
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[25]

26 July 2024 1 Club Brugge 1–1 Mechelen Bruges
20:45
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,813
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
4 August 2024 2 Standard Liège 1–0 Club Brugge Liège
18:30
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 19,873
Referee: Lawrence Visser
11 August 2024 3 Genk 3–2 Club Brugge Genk
13:30
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 15,942
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
18 August 2024 4 Club Brugge 1–0 Antwerp Bruges
13:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 22,877
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
25 August 2024 5 Dender 1–2 Club Brugge Denderleeuw
13:30
Stadium: Van Roystadion
Attendance: 5,998
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
1 September 2024 6 Club Brugge 3–0 Cercle Brugge Bruges
13:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
14 September 2024 7 Kortrijk 0–3 Club Brugge Kortrijk
18:15
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 8,014
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
22 September 2024 8 Club Brugge 2–4 Gent Bruges
13:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,502
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 September 2024 9 Charleroi 1–1 Club Brugge Charleroi
20:45
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 8,450
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
6 October 2024 10 Club Brugge 1–1 Union Saint-Gilloise Bruges
18:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 22,433
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
19 October 2024 11 Westerlo 1–2 Club Brugge Westerlo
16:00
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Attendance: 8,034
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 October 2024 12 Club Brugge 2–1 Anderlecht Bruges
13:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 25,978
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
2 November 2024 13 OH Leuven 0–1 Club Brugge Leuven
18:15
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 7,895
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui
10 November 2024 14 Beerschot 2–2 Club Brugge Antwerp
19:15
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 6,822
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
23 November 2024 15 Club Brugge 7–0 Sint-Truiden Bruges
16:00
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
30 November 2024 16 Club Brugge v Dender Bruges
18:15 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup

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30 October 2024 Seventh round Club Brugge 6–1 Belisia Bilzen Bruges
20:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Hannes De Couvreur
3 December 2024 Round of 16 Patro Eisden v Club Brugge Maasmechelen
20:45 UTC+1 Stadium: Patro-Stadion

Belgian Super Cup

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20 July 2024 Final Club Brugge 1–2 Union Saint-Gilloise Bruges
20:00
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Bram Van Driessche

UEFA Champions League

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League phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
21   Real Madrid 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 6 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
22   Benfica 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
23   Club Brugge 4 2 0 2 3 6 −3 6
24   PSV Eindhoven 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5
25   Paris Saint-Germain 5 1 1 3 3 6 −3 4
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundHAAHAHHA
ResultLWLW
Position31212622
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
18 September 2024 1 Club Brugge   0–3   Borussia Dortmund Bruges
21:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 19,961
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2 October 2024 2 Sturm Graz   0–1   Club Brugge Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 23,205
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
22 October 2024 3 Milan   3–1   Club Brugge Milan, Italy
18:45 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 58,649
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
6 November 2024 4 Club Brugge   1–0   Aston Villa Bruges
18:45 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,466
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
27 November 2024 5 Celtic   v   Club Brugge Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 UTC±0 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
10 December 2024 6 Club Brugge   v   Sporting CP Bruges
21:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
21 January 2025 7 Club Brugge   v   Juventus Bruges
21:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
29 January 2025 8 Manchester City   v   Club Brugge Manchester, England
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Statistics

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Squad appearances and goals

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Last updated on 1 September 2024
No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
22 GK   BEL Simon Mignolet 10 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
33 GK   NED Dani van den Heuvel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK   BEL Nordin Jackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ARG Zaid Romero 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF   ECU Joel Ordóñez 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   NED Bjorn Meijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   BEL Dedryck Boyata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF   BEL Hugo Siquet 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   BEL Brandon Mechele 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 DF   BEL Maxim De Cuyper 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 DF   BEL Jorne Spileers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
64 DF   BEL Kyriani Sabbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 DF   BEL Joaquin Seys 7 1 5+1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
66 DF   CIV Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 DF   MAR Amine Et-Taïbi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
10 FW   NOR Hugo Vetlesen 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF   NGA Raphael Onyedika 6 0 5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF   BEL Hans Vanaken 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF   DEN Casper Nielsen 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF   SUI Ardon Jashari 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   DEN Andreas Skov Olsen 6 3 4+2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW   GRE Christos Tzolis 7 2 5+1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   ESP Ferran Jutglà 7 0 0+6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW   BEL Romeo Vermant 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
19 FW   SWE Gustaf Nilsson 7 2 6 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 FW   POL Michał Skóraś 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
68 FW   BEL Chemsdine Talbi 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
32 MF   NOR Antonio Nusa 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Officieel: doelman Nick Shinton van Club Brugge naar Beerschot | Het Nieuwsblad".
  2. ^ "Roman Yaremchuk trekt definitief naar Olympiakos Piraeus". Club Brugge. 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Club Brugge's record signing will not remain with Valencia despite wanting to do so". OneFootball. 7 June 2024.
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  7. ^ "Christos Tzolis joins Club on long-term deal". Club Brugge. 4 July 2024.
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