2024–25 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge KV
2024–25 season
PresidentBart Verhaeghe
ManagerNicky Hayen
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League2nd
Belgian CupQuarter-finals
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andreas Skov Olsen (8)
All:
Christos Tzolis (9)
Highest home attendance25,978 vs Anderlecht
Lowest home attendance18,000 vs Union Saint-Gilloise
Biggest winClub Brugge 7–0 Sint-Truiden
Biggest defeatClub Brugge 0–3 Borussia Dortmund
All statistics correct as of 26 December 2024.

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.

Summary

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

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

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Belgium Romeo Vermant Belgium Westerlo Loan return 30 June 2024
MF Belgium Lynnt Audoor Belgium Kortrijk Loan return 30 June 2024
FW Ghana Kamal Sowah Belgium Standard Liège Loan return 30 June 2024
FW Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk Spain Valencia Loan return 30 June 2024 [3]
DF France Faitout Maouassa Spain Granada Loan return 30 June 2024
MF Switzerland Ardon Jashari Switzerland Luzern Undisclosed 1 July 2024 [4]
DF Argentina Zaid Romero Argentina Estudiantes de La Plata €5,500,000 1 July 2024 [5]
MF Greece Christos Tzolis Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf €6,600,000[6] 4 July 2024 [7]
FW Sweden Gustaf Nilsson Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise €6,400,000 12 July 2024 [8]
DF Belgium Hugo Siquet Germany SC Freiburg €3,000,000[9] 23 July 2024 [10]
GK Netherlands Dani van den Heuvel England Leeds U21 Free 7 August 2024 [11]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
GK England Josef Bursik Scotland Hibernian Loan 1 July 2024 [12]
MF Colombia Éder Balanta Colombia América de Cali End of contract 1 July 2024 [13]
FW Brazil Igor Thiago England Brentford £31,000,000[14] 1 July 2024 [15]
MF Japan Shion Homma Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Undisclosed 1 July 2024 [16]
DF Ghana Denis Odoi Belgium Royal Antwerp End of contract 1 July 2024 [17]
MF Belgium Cisse Sandra Netherlands Willem II Loan 4 July 2024 [18]
GK Belgium Nick Shinton Belgium Beerschot Undisclosed 23 July 2024 [19]
FW Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk Greece Olympiacos €2,000,000 30 July 2024 [20]
MF Norway Antonio Nusa Germany RB Leipzig Undisclosed 13 August 2024 [21]
MF Denmark Philip Zinckernagel Norway Bodø/Glimt Loan 17 August 2024 [22]
FW Spain Víctor Barberà Spain Barcelona Atlètic Undisclosed 27 August 2024 [23]
DF France Faitout Maouassa Contract terminated 1 September 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly Knokke Belgium 1–1 Belgium Club Brugge Knokke-Heist
15:30
  • Cooman 76'
 Report
Stadium: Stadion De Taeye
6 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 4–1 Greece 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 Netherlands 1–1 Belgium Club Brugge Eindhoven, Netherlands
13:00
Note: Behind closed doors
17 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 0–0 Belgium FCV Dender Roeselare
11:00 Report Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion
Note: Behind closed doors
17 July 2024 Friendly Club Brugge Belgium 3–0 England Norwich City Roeselare
18:30
Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

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 20 12 5 3 44 23 +21 060.00
Belgian Cup 30 October 2024 Seventh round 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 100.00
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 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 050.00
Total 29 17 6 6 60 35 +25 058.62

Last updated: 26 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Genk 20 13 3 4 40 27 +13 42 Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a]
2 Club Brugge 20 12 5 3 44 23 +21 41 Qualification for the Champions' play-offs
3 Anderlecht 20 9 6 5 36 18 +18 33
4 Antwerp 20 9 5 6 36 21 +15 32
5 Union SG 20 7 10 3 28 18 +10 31
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 12 5 3 44 23  +21 41 7 2 1 27 11  +16 5 3 2 17 12  +5

Last updated: 26 December 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
ResultDLLWWWWLDDWWWDWWWWDW
Position61114138314454323222222
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

26 July 2024 1 Club Brugge 1–1 Mechelen Bruges
20:45 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 21,813
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
4 August 2024 2 Standard Liège 1–0 Club Brugge Liège
18:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 19,873
Referee: Lawrence Visser
11 August 2024 3 Genk 3–2 Club Brugge Genk
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Cegeka Arena
Attendance: 15,942
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
18 August 2024 4 Club Brugge 1–0 Antwerp Bruges
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 22,877
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
25 August 2024 5 Dender 1–2 Club Brugge Denderleeuw
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Van Roystadion
Attendance: 5,998
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
1 September 2024 6 Club Brugge 3–0 Cercle Brugge Bruges
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
14 September 2024 7 Kortrijk 0–3 Club Brugge Kortrijk
18:15 UTC+2
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 8,014
Referee: Lothar D'Hondt
22 September 2024 8 Club Brugge 2–4 Gent Bruges
13:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,502
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 September 2024 9 Charleroi 1–1 Club Brugge Charleroi
20:45 UTC+2
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 UTC+2
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 22,433
Referee: Erik Lambrechts
19 October 2024 11 Westerlo 1–2 Club Brugge Westerlo
16:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Het Kuipje
Attendance: 8,034
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 October 2024 12 Club Brugge 2–1 Anderlecht Bruges
13:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 25,978
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
2 November 2024 13 OH Leuven 0–1 Club Brugge Leuven
18:15 UTC+1
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 7,895
Referee: Simon Bourdeaud'hui
10 November 2024 14 Beerschot 2–2 Club Brugge Antwerp
19:15 UTC+1
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 6,822
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
23 November 2024 15 Club Brugge 7–0 Sint-Truiden Bruges
16:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 19,127
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
30 November 2024 16 Club Brugge 4–1 Dender Bruges
18:15 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 18,275
Referee: Bert Put
7 December 2024 17 Mechelen 1–2 Club Brugge Mechelen
18:15 UTC+1
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 16,248
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
15 December 2024 18 Club Brugge 2–0 Genk Bruges
13:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,325
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
22 December 2024 19 Union Saint-Gilloise 2–2 Club Brugge Forest
18:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium
Referee: Lawrence Visser
26 December 2024 20 Club Brugge 4–3 Westerlo Bruges
16:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
12 January 2025 21 Anderlecht v Club Brugge Anderlecht
18:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Lotto Park

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Cup
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 1–3 Club Brugge Maasmechelen
20:45 UTC+1
Stadium: Patro-Stadion
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
7 January 2025 Quarter-finals Club Brugge v OH Leuven Antwerp
20:45 UTC+1 Stadium: Olympisch Stadion

Belgian Super Cup

Main article: 2024 Belgian Super Cup
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

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
17 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 3 1 2 14 15 −1 10
19 Belgium Club Brugge 6 3 1 2 6 8 −2 10
20 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 0 3 12 11 +1 9
21 Scotland Celtic 6 2 3 1 10 10 0 9
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundHAAHAHHA
ResultLWLWDW
Position312126222319
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
18 September 2024 1 Club Brugge Belgium 0–3 Germany 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 Austria 0–1 Belgium Club Brugge Klagenfurt, Austria
21:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion
Attendance: 23,205
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
22 October 2024 3 Milan Italy 3–1 Belgium 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 Belgium 1–0 England Aston Villa Bruges
18:45 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 23,466
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
27 November 2024 5 Celtic Scotland 1–1 Belgium Club Brugge Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 57,456
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
10 December 2024 6 Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Portugal Sporting CP Bruges
21:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 22,254
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
21 January 2025 7 Club Brugge Belgium v Italy Juventus Bruges
21:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
29 January 2025 8 Manchester City England v Belgium Club Brugge Manchester, England
20:00 UTC±0 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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 Belgium BEL Simon Mignolet 10 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
33 GK Netherlands NED Dani van den Heuvel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Belgium BEL Nordin Jackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Argentina ARG Zaid Romero 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Ecuador ECU Joel Ordóñez 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Netherlands NED Bjorn Meijer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Belgium BEL Dedryck Boyata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Belgium BEL Hugo Siquet 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele 7 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
55 DF Belgium BEL Maxim De Cuyper 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 DF Belgium BEL Jorne Spileers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
64 DF Belgium BEL Kyriani Sabbe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 DF Belgium BEL Joaquin Seys 7 1 5+1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
66 DF Ivory Coast CIV Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 DF Morocco MAR Amine Et-Taïbi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
10 FW Norway NOR Hugo Vetlesen 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Nigeria NGA Raphael Onyedika 6 0 5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
27 MF Denmark DEN Casper Nielsen 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF Switzerland SUI Ardon Jashari 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Denmark DEN Andreas Skov Olsen 6 3 4+2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Greece GRE Christos Tzolis 7 2 5+1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Spain ESP Ferran Jutglà 7 0 0+6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 FW Belgium BEL Romeo Vermant 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
19 FW Sweden SWE Gustaf Nilsson 7 2 6 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 FW Poland POL Michał Skóraś 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
68 FW Belgium 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 Norway NOR Antonio Nusa 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of match played 26 December 2024
Rank Pos. No. Nat. Player Pro League Play-offs Belgian Cup Super Cup Champions League Total
1 MF 8 Greece Christos Tzolis 7 0 0 1 1 9
2 FW 7 Denmark Andreas Skov Olsen 8 0 0 0 0 8
3 MF 20 Belgium Hans Vanaken 5 0 1 0 1 7
4 MF 68 Belgium Chemsdine Talbi 5 0 0 0 0 5
FW 19 Sweden Gustaf Nilsson 4 0 1 0 0 5
6 FW 9 Spain Ferran Jutglà 1 0 2 0 0 3
DF 44 Belgium Brandon Mechele 3 0 0 0 0 3
Own goals 0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals 44 0 9 1 6 60

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