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Club Brugge KV

2023–24 season
President	Bart Verhaeghe
Head coach	Ronny Deila (until 17 March) Nicky Hayen (from 18 March)
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Champions' Play-offs	1st
Belgian Pro League Regular season	4th
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Igor Thiago (18) All: Igor Thiago (29)
Highest home attendance	24,206 vs Osasuna
Lowest home attendance	15,835 vs Bodø/Glimt
Average home league attendance	21,702
Biggest win	Club Brugge 7–1 RWD Molenbeek
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was Club Brugge KV's 132nd season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 January 2024

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 4 DF  ECU Joel Ordóñez 6 DF  GHA Denis Odoi 7 FW  DEN Andreas Skov Olsen 8 FW  POL Michał Skóraś 9 FW  ESP Ferran Jutglà 10 MF  NOR Hugo Vetlesen 11 FW  ESP Víctor Barberà 14 DF  NED Bjorn Meijer 15 MF  NGA Raphael Onyedika 20 MF  BEL Hans Vanaken (captain) 21 GK  ENG Josef Bursik 22 GK  BEL Simon Mignolet 27 MF  DEN Casper Nielsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  BEL Dedryck Boyata 29 GK  BEL Nordin Jackers (on loan from OH Leuven) 32 FW  NOR Antonio Nusa 33 GK  BEL Nick Shinton 39 MF  COL Éder Álvarez Balanta 44 DF  BEL Brandon Mechele 55 DF  BEL Maxim De Cuyper 58 DF  BEL Jorne Spileers 62 FW  JPN Shion Homma 64 DF  BEL Kyriani Sabbe 68 FW  BEL Chemsdine Talbi 77 MF  DEN Philip Zinckernagel 99 FW  BRA Igor Thiago

Other players under contract

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 — MF  USA Owen Otasowie

Out on loan

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 — MF  BEL Lynnt Audoor (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024) — MF  BEL Cisse Sandra (at Excelsior until 30 June 2024) — MF  GHA Kamal Sowah (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Faitout Maouassa (at Granada until 30 June 2024) — FW  BEL Romeo Vermant (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024) — FW  UKR Roman Yaremchuk (at Valencia until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Igor Thiago	Ludogorets Razgrad	€7,900,000	1 July 2023
MF	Michał Skóraś	Lech Poznań	€6,000,000	1 July 2023
MF	Hugo Vetlesen	Bodø/Glimt	€7,750,000	3 July 2023
MF	Philip Zinckernagel	Olympiacos	€2,500,000	1 August 2023
GK	Nordin Jackers	OH Leuven	Loan	1 August 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Clinton Mata	Lyon	€5,000,000	6 July 2023
FW	Noa Lang	PSV	€12,500,000	8 July 2023
DF	Abakar Sylla	Strasbourg	€20,000,000	15 July 2023
FW	Roman Yaremchuk	Valencia	Loan	1 September 2023
DF	Faitout Maouassa	Lens	Loan	2 September 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 July 2023 Friendly	Club Brugge	0–1	Zulte Waregem	Roeselare
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Demuynck 65'	Stadium: The NEST Attendance: 5,000

8 July 2023 Friendly	Club Brugge	3–0	Beerschot	Knokke-Heist
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanaken 26' Thiago 35' Yaremchuk 53'	Report		Stadium: Complex Molenhoek Attendance: 0

12 July 2023 Friendly	Feyenoord	2–0	Club Brugge	Barendrecht
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danilo 35' Igor Paixão 38'	Report	Vermant 67' Sandra 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Smitshoek

15 July 2023 Friendly	Go Ahead Eagles	1–2	Club Brugge	Barendrecht
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Edvardsen 23'	Report	Onyedika 70' Homma 85'	Stadium: Sportpark Smitshoek

22 July 2023 Friendly	Club Brugge	1–2	AZ Alkmaar	Bruges
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Skov Olsen 3'		De Wit 9' Sugawara 64'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

10 January 2024 Friendly	Club Brugge	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 16' Jutglà 69' Barberà 82'
Note: Three periods of 45 minutes

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Results summary

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

Champions' Play-offs

Results summary

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Matches

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

27 July 2023 First leg	Club Brugge	3–0	AGF	Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mechele  5' Buchanan 10' Rits 48' Vetlesen 76'	Report	Mølgaard  29' Kristensen  53'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 18,925 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

3 August 2023 Second leg	AGF	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Club Brugge	Aarhus, Denmark
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beijmo 3' Bech  41' Akoto  44' Knudsen  61'	Report	Skov Olsen  41' Vermant  45+1' Rits  90+3'	Stadium: Aarhus Stadium Attendance: 12,651 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

10 August 2023 First leg	Club Brugge	5–1	KA	Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vetlesen  2' Spileers 10' Vanaken 40' Skov Olsen 41' Thiago 45' (pen.) Yaremchuk 77'	Report	Sigurgeirsson  31' Willard 60',  90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 16,811 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

17 August 2023 Second leg	KA	1–5 (2–10 agg.)	Club Brugge	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:00 UTC±0	Aðal­steins­son  10' Petersen 59' Elísson  63' Edmundsson  76'  90+2'	Report	Boyata 7' Odoi  41' Skóraś 45+3' Yaremchuk 57', 66', 75' Zinckernagel  60'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 935 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Note: KA played their third qualifying round home match at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, instead of their regular stadium, the Greifavöllurinn in Akureyri, which does not meet UEFA requirements

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

24 August 2023 First leg	Osasuna	1–2	Club Brugge	Pamplona, Spain
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mojica  29' D. García  37' Ávila 78'	Report	Buchanan  45+3' Skov Olsen 50',  67' Onyedika  51' Thiago  52' De Cuyper 80' Mignolet  88'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

31 August 2023 Second leg	Club Brugge	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Osasuna	Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mechele  10' De Cuyper  30' Skov Olsen  45', 76' Vetlesen  71' Thiago 73',  74' Mignolet  90+12'	Report	Mojica 27',  76' Ávila  30' Gómez  45+1' Moncayola  45+4' Budimir 53' Fernández  66' Herrera  67' D. García  87' Catena  90+8'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 24,206 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRU	BOD	BEŞ	LUG
1	Club Brugge	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	1–1	2–0
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	3–1	5–2
3	Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4			0–5	1–2	—	2–3
4	Lugano	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4			1–3	0–0	0–2	—

1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

21 September 2023 1	Club Brugge	1–1	Beşiktaş	Bruges
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mechele  40' Onyedika  74' Vanaken 77',  90+1' Vetlesen  79' Spileers  86' Mignolet  89'	Report	Amartey  45+2' Tosun 88'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 18,442 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

5 October 2023 2	Bodø/Glimt	0–1	Club Brugge	Bodø, Norway
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Vanaken 20'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 7,481 Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

26 October 2023 3	Lugano	1–3	Club Brugge	Geneva, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vladi 74'	Report	Balanta 15' Skov Olsen 50' Vanaken 87'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

9 November 2023 4	Club Brugge	2–0	Lugano	Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago 62' (pen.) Vanaken 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 16,493 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

30 November 2023 5	Beşiktaş	0–5	Club Brugge	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	Nielsen 4' Thiago 14', 46' Onyedika 50' Skov Olsen 70'	Stadium: Beşiktaş Stadium Attendance: 13,021 Referee: David Šmajc (Slovenia)

14 December 2023 6	Club Brugge	3–1	Bodø/Glimt	Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nusa 26' Thiago 58' Mechele 89'	Report	Pellegrino 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 15,835 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

7 March 2024 First leg	Molde	2–1	Club Brugge	Molde, Norway
18:45	Stenevik 43' Hagelskjær  79' Gulbrandsen 90+2'	Report	De Cuyper 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 9,267 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

14 March 2024 Second leg	Club Brugge	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Molde	Bruges
21:00	Skov Olsen 45+1', 48' Skóraś 70' De Cuyper  88'	Report	Gulbrandsen  88'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 11,858 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

11 April 2024 First leg	Club Brugge	1–0	PAOK	Bruges
21:00	Vetlesen 6' Thiago  25', 78' De Cuyper  84' Mechele  90' Skóraś  90+2'	Report	Samatta  50' Brandon  89'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 19,917 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

18 April 2024 Second leg	PAOK	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Club Brugge	Thessaloniki, Greece
21:00 (22:00 EEST)		Report	Jutglà 33', 45'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 24,738 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final draw.

2 May 2024 First leg	Fiorentina	3–2	Club Brugge	Florence, Italy
21:00	Sottil 5' González  36' Belotti 37' Martínez Quarta  70' Nzola 90+1'	Report	Vanaken 17' (pen.) Onyedika  58'  61' Thiago 63' Jackers  85'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 27,516 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

8 May 2024 Second leg	Club Brugge	1–1 (3–4 agg.)	Fiorentina	Bruges
18:45	De Cuyper 20' Ordóñez  43' Thiago  52' Vetlesen  62' Odoi  72'  90+4' Mechele  82'	Report	Beltrán 85' (pen.) Milenković  88' Dodô  90+4' Nzola  90+6'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,936 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 26 May 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		Belgian Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
21	GK	ENG	Josef Bursik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	BEL	Simon Mignolet	51	0	32	0	5	0	14	0
29	GK	BEL	Nordin Jackers	14	0	8+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
33	GK	BEL	Nick Shinton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	ECU	Joel Ordóñez	33	0	15+4	0	3	0	6+5	0
6	DF	GHA	Denis Odoi	39	3	10+14	2	3	1	6+6	0
14	DF	NED	Bjorn Meijer	41	2	21+6	2	5	0	6+3	0
28	DF	BEL	Dedryck Boyata	12	1	2+3	0	0+3	0	1+3	1
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	61	6	40	5	5	0	16	1
55	DF	BEL	Maxim De Cuyper	55	5	30+7	3	2	0	14+2	2
58	DF	BEL	Jorne Spileers	43	1	23+6	0	2	0	12	1
64	DF	BEL	Kyriani Sabbe	33	1	10+11	1	0	0	6+6	0
66	DF	CIV	Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	FW	NOR	Hugo Vetlesen	56	7	31+6	3	2+1	2	14+2	2
15	MF	NGA	Raphael Onyedika	52	4	28+5	3	0+2	0	14+3	1
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	59	12	37+1	5	5	0	16	7
27	MF	DEN	Casper Nielsen	48	3	16+15	2	4	0	5+8	1
39	MF	COL	Éder Álvarez Balanta	32	1	4+17	0	4+1	0	2+4	1
77	MF	DEN	Philip Zinckernagel	44	7	21+8	7	0+3	0	7+5	0
Forwards
7	FW	DEN	Andreas Skov Olsen	50	26	27+6	14	5	5	11+1	7
8	FW	POL	Michał Skóraś	47	4	12+16	2	1+3	0	9+6	2
9	FW	ESP	Ferran Jutglà	50	11	17+18	8	2+1	1	6+6	2
11	FW	ESP	Víctor Barberà	7	0	0+4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
32	FW	NOR	Antonio Nusa	46	4	15+15	3	2+1	0	5+8	1
62	FW	JPN	Shion Homma	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
68	FW	BEL	Chemsdine Talbi	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
99	FW	BRA	Igor Thiago	55	29	29+5	18	5	4	14+2	7
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
17	FW	CAN	Tajon Buchanan	20	3	11+1	2	0	0	7+1	1
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits	4	1	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	1
70	FW	UKR	Roman Yaremchuk	5	4	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	4
76	FW	BEL	Romeo Vermant	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0

References

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2. "Igor Thiago moves to Club Brugge". 12 June 2023.
3. "Nu ook officieel: Club Brugge haalt met Poolse winger Michal Skoras eerste versterking voor volgend seizoen". 26 April 2023.
4. "Hugo Vetlesen joins Club Brugge". 3 July 2023.
5. "Club Brugge sign Philip Zinckernagel". Club Brugge. 1 August 2023.
8. Elfrink, Rik (8 July 2023). "Noa Lang tekent voor vijf jaar bij PSV en neemt rugnummer van Xavi Simons over". Het Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
9. "Abakar Sylla joins Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace!". 15 July 2023.
10. "Valencia Club de Fútbol". www.valenciacf.com.
11. "Faitout Maouassa, une arrivée à toute vitesse".
12. "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.
13. "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023–2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.
14. "Topper tussen Club Brugge en Racing Genk op 5e speeldag wordt uitgesteld". 3 August 2023.

External links

• Official website

• Club Brugge KV seasons
• Belgian football clubs 2023–24 season
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League participants seasons
• Belgian football championship–winning seasons