2018–19 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2018–19 season
Chairman	Bart Verhaeghe
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Division	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)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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. 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 v t	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 v t	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 third qualifying round^[b]	1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–1
5	Gent^[c]	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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner
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]
^ After the season, 2018–19 Belgian Cup winners KV Mechelen were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation, allowing Standard Liège to enter in the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the fourth-placed team of the league, Royal Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent. This decision is subject to appeal.
^ As highest finisher not already qualified, Gent was awarded the spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League which came up after the barring of KV Mechelen.

Belgian Cup[]

26 September 2018 Sixth round	Deinze	2–0	Club Brugge	showDeinze
20:30 CEST	Tarfi 33' De Greef 70'	Report		Stadium:

Belgian Super Cup[]

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

UEFA Champions League[]

Pos	Team v t	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:

^ Jump up to: ^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	showJan 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	showMetropolitano Stadium, Madrid
21:00	Griezmann 28', 67' Koke 90+4'	Report	Groeneveld 39'	Attendance: 55,742^[7] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 3	Club Brugge	1–1	Monaco	showJan 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	showStade 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	showWestfalenstadion, Dortmund
21:00		Report		Attendance: 66,099^{[citation needed]} Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Club Brugge	0–0	Atlético Madrid	showJan 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	showJan 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	showStadion 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 on 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		Karlo Letica	16	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	GK		Ethan Horvath	34	0	27+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
28	GK		Guillaume Hubert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK		Brent Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Luan Peres	6	0	0+4	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF		Benoît Poulain	32	1	23+1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1+1	0
15	DF		Matej Mitrović	13	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Thibault Vlietinck	15	1	6+5	1	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
21	DF		Dion Cools	20	1	1+14	1	1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1	0
24	DF		Stefano Denswil	44	2	35	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
35	DF		Saulo Decarli	12	0	5+4	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF		Brandon Mechele	40	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
77	DF		Clinton Mata	28	2	22+2	2	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Sofyan Amrabat	29	1	10+14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
18	MF		Marvelous Nakamba	23	0	13+5	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
20	MF		Hans Vanaken	50	17	40	14	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	0
25	MF		Ruud Vormer	47	7	36+2	6	0	0	1	0	6	1	2	0
26	MF		Mats Rits	48	3	35+4	3	1	0	1	0	3+2	0	2	0
98	MF		Brandon Baiye	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Wesley	48	17	37+1	13	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	1
9	FW		Jelle Vossen	18	5	4+10	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
10	FW		Kaveh Rezaei	13	1	4+7	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Krépin Diatta	28	2	21+2	2	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
16	FW		Siebe Schrijvers	38	12	25+7	12	1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
27	FW		Cyril Ngonge	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	FW		Emmanuel Dennis	32	7	20+6	7	1	0	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
47	FW		Arnaut Danjuma	24	6	13+7	5	0+1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0
80	FW		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		Alexander Scholz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Ivan Tomečak	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References[]

^ "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. 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. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 18 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 3 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 24 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 6 November 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 11 December 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 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_AND0.98450106800743-5] 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_note_res_EL3Q0.98450106800743-6] After the season, 2018–19 Belgian Cup winners KV Mechelen were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation, allowing Standard Liège to enter in the group stage instead of the third qualifying round, the fourth-placed team of the league, Royal Antwerp, entered the third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and the second qualifying round berth was given to the fifth-placed team of the league, Gent. This decision is subject to appeal.

[table_note_GNT0.98450106800743-7] As highest finisher not already qualified, Gent was awarded the spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League which came up after the barring of KV Mechelen.

[table_hth_DOR0.92618302298998-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

[1] "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. 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.

[8] "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. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[md01_1-10] "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 18 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[md02_2-11] "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 3 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[md03_2-12] "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 24 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[md04_1-13] "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 6 November 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[md06_1-14] "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 11 December 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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

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

[17] "2018-2019 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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