2003–04 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2003–04 season
ChairmanBelgium Dr. Michel D'Hooghe
ManagerNorway Trond Sollied
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
First Division2nd
Belgian CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupFourth round
Belgian SupercupWinners
Top goalscorerGert Verheyen (15)
Average home league attendance23,716

During the 2003–04 Belgian football season, Club Brugge competed in the Belgian First Division.

Season summary

Club Brugge failed to defend their title. Despite a famous win over reigning champions A.C. Milan, they also failed to progress from their Champions League group. A third-place finish in the group was enough for the club to continue their European campaign in the UEFA Cup, although they were soon knocked out in the fourth round.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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 Belgium BEL Dany Verlinden (captain)
2 DF Belgium BEL Olivier De Cock
3 DF Belgium BEL Timmy Simons (vice-captain)
4 DF Czech Republic CZE David Rozehnal
5 DF Belgium BEL Peter Van Der Heyden
6 DF Belgium BEL Philippe Clement
7 FW Belgium BEL Gert Verheyen
8 MF Belgium BEL Gaëtan Englebert
9 FW Norway NOR Bengt Sæternes
10 MF Slovenia SVN Nastja Čeh
11 DF Belgium BEL Sandy Martens
13 GK Croatia CRO Tomislav Butina
16 MF Ukraine UKR Serhiy Serebrennikov[1]
17 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Ivan Gvozdenović
18 FW Peru PER Andrés Mendoza
19 FW Norway NOR Rune Lange
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Romania ROU Alin Stoica
21 MF Belgium BEL Sebastian Hermans
24 MF Belgium BEL Tim Smolders
25 DF Belgium BEL Hans Cornelis
26 DF Belgium BEL Birger Maertens
28 FW Croatia CRO Josip Šimić
30 FW Brazil BRA Victor Simões
31 MF Belgium BEL Kevin Roelandts
36 MF Belgium BEL Jonathan Blondel
23 GK Belgium BEL Stijn Stijnen
15 DF Slovakia SVK Marek Špilár
27 MF Belgium BEL Karel Geraerts
12 MF Belgium BEL Bart Vlaeminck
29 FW Belgium BEL Dieter Van Tornhout
14 FW Croatia CRO Boško Balaban

Reserve squad

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
— GK Belgium BEL Glenn Verbauwhede
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Belgium BEL Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo[2]

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2003 Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Germany Borussia Dortmund Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30 Čeh 33'
Verheyen 44'		 Report MatchCentre Amoroso 53' Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
27 August 2003 Borussia Dortmund Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Belgium Club Brugge Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30 Amoroso 3'
Ewerthon 86'		 Report MatchCentre Mendoza 26' Referee: Mike RIley (England)
Penalties
Amoroso soccer ball with red X
Bergdølmo soccer ball with red X
Koller soccer ball with check mark
Fernández soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Simons
soccer ball with check mark Čeh
soccer ball with check mark De Cock
soccer ball with check mark Mendoza

Borussia Dortmund 3–3 Club Brugge on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.

Group stage

16 September 2003 Club Brugge Belgium 1–1 Spain Celta de Vigo Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45 Juanfran 84' (o.g.) Report MatchCentre Juanfran 50' Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
1 October 2003 Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Belgium Club Brugge Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45 Sonck 11', 54' Report MatchCentre Referee: Graham Barber (England)
22 October 2003 Milan Italy 0–1 Belgium Club Brugge San Siro, Milan
20:45 Report MatchCentre Mendoza 33' Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
4 November 2003 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 Italy Milan Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45 Report MatchCentre Kaká 86' Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
26 November 2003 Celta de Vigo Spain 1–1 Belgium Club Brugge Balaídos, Vigo
20:45 Mostovoi 74' Report MatchCentre Lange 90+2' Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
9 December 2003 Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Netherlands Ajax Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45 Lange 27'
Sæternes 84'		 Report MatchCentre Sonck 42' (pen.) Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

UEFA Cup

Third round

26 February 2004 Club Brugge Belgium 1–0 Hungary Debrecen Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30 Lange 40' Report Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)
3 March 2004 Debrecen Hungary 0–0 Belgium Club Brugge Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
19:00 Report Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

11 March 2004 Bordeaux France 3–1 Belgium Club Brugge Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
19:00 Celades 60', 71'
Riera 87'		 Report Verheyen 58' Referee: Steve Bennett (England)
25 March 2004 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 France Bordeaux Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
19:30 Report Chamakh 84' Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Bordeaux won 4–1 on aggregate.

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References

  1. ^ Serebrennikov was born in Ulan-Ude, the Soviet Union (now Ukraine).
  2. ^ Yulu-Matondo was born in Kanshisa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).