2020–21 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

Cercle Brugge KSV 2020–21 football season
Cercle Brugge KSV
2020–21 season
OwnerDmitry Rybolovlev
ChairmanVincent Goemaere
ManagerPaul Clement
(until 1 February)
Yves Vanderhaeghe
(from 3 February)
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian First Division A16th
Belgian CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ike Ugbo (18)

All:
Ike Ugbo (19)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2020–21 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season was the club's 122nd season in existence and its 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cercle Brugge participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

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 France FRA Thomas Didillon
2 DF Brazil BRA Vitinho
3 DF Scotland SCO David Bates (on loan from Hamburger SV)
4 DF France FRA Jérémy Taravel
6 MF Mali MLI Aldom Deuro
7 FW Belgium BEL Kylian Hazard
8 DF Belgium BEL Robbe Decostere
9 FW Canada CAN Ike Ugbo (on loan from Chelsea)
10 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dino Hotić
11 FW Netherlands NED Anthony Musaba (on loan from Monaco)
12 FW Togo TOG Kévin Denkey
14 MF Belgium BEL Charles Vanhoutte
15 DF Serbia SRB Strahinja Pavlović (on loan from Monaco)
16 GK Belgium BEL Miguel Van Damme
17 DF France FRA Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao
18 GK Belgium BEL Merveille Goblet
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Velkovski
20 MF France FRA Kévin Hoggas
21 GK Brazil BRA Warleson
24 DF France FRA Jean Marcelin (on loan from Monaco)
25 DF Belgium BEL Alexander Corryn
26 MF Belgium BEL Calvin Dekuyper
27 FW Belgium BEL Olivier Deman
28 MF Belgium BEL Hannes Van der Bruggen
32 DF Belgium BEL Arne Cassaert
34 MF Belgium BEL Thibo Somers
41 DF France FRA Giulian Biancone (on loan from Monaco)
42 MF Portugal POR Leonardo Lopes
44 MF Belgium BEL Andi Koshi
89 GK Belgium BEL Sébastien Bruzzese
98 MF Senegal SEN Franck Kanouté

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Japan JPN Naomichi Ueda (on loan to Nîmes Olympique)
FW France FRA Alimami Gory (on loan to ES Troyes AC)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Zulte Waregem Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
4 July 2020 Friendly Zulte Waregem Belgium 2–2 Belgium Cercle Brugge Waregem, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Kortrijk Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
11 July 2020 Friendly Kortrijk Belgium 0–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Kortrijk, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Cercle Brugge Belgium v France Monaco
17 July 2020 Friendly Cercle Brugge Belgium 0–2 France Monaco Bruges, Belgium
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Sint-Eloois-Winkel Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
22 July 2020 Friendly Sint-Eloois-Winkel Belgium 1–2 Belgium Cercle Brugge Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportpark Terschueren
Deinze Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
25 July 2020 Friendly Deinze Belgium 4–0 Belgium Cercle Brugge Oostkamp, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: KDC Ruddervoorde
Knokke Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
29 July 2020 Friendly Knokke Belgium Cancelled Belgium Cercle Brugge Knokke, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Olivier
Oostende Belgium v Belgium Cercle Brugge
1 August 2020 Friendly Oostende Belgium 3–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Ostend, Belgium
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Versluys Arena
Cercle Brugge Belgium v France Dunkerque
4 September 2020 Friendly Cercle Brugge Belgium 1–1 France Dunkerque Bruges, Belgium
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian First Division A 8 August 2020 18 April 2021 Matchday 1 16th 34 11 3 20 40 51 −11 032.35
Belgian Cup 3 February 2021 3 March 2021 Sixth round Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 066.67
Total 37 13 3 21 46 55 −9 035.14

Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 −13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 −11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 −11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren (R) 34 8 7 19 44 70 −26 31 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
18 Excel Mouscron[a] (R) 34 7 10 17 32 54 −22 31 Relegation to First Division B
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.[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.[1] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.[2][3]

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
34 11 3 20 40 51  −11 36 6 1 10 25 26  −1 5 2 10 15 25  −10

Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[5]

Standard Liège v Cercle Brugge
8 August 2020 1 Standard Liège 1–0 Cercle Brugge Liège
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Cercle Brugge v Antwerp
16 August 2020 2 Cercle Brugge 2–1 Antwerp Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
KV Mechelen v Cercle Brugge
22 August 2020 3 KV Mechelen 2–3 Cercle Brugge Mechelen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
Cercle Brugge v Kortrijk
29 August 2020 4 Cercle Brugge 0–1 Kortrijk Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christof Dierick
Anderlecht v Cercle Brugge
13 September 2020 5 Anderlecht 2–0 Cercle Brugge Anderlecht
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Cercle Brugge v Sint-Truiden
21 September 2020 6 Cercle Brugge 3–0 Sint-Truiden Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
Club Brugge v Cercle Brugge
27 September 2020 7 Club Brugge 2–1 Cercle Brugge Bruges
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Lawrence Visser
Eupen v Cercle Brugge
3 October 2020 8 Eupen 1–2 Cercle Brugge Eupen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Cercle Brugge v Gent
17 October 2020 9 Cercle Brugge 5–2 Gent Bruges
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Charleroi v Cercle Brugge
31 October 2020 11 Charleroi 3–0 Cercle Brugge Charleroi
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
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Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christof Dierick
Cercle Brugge v Zulte Waregem
8 November 2020 12 Cercle Brugge 1–3 Zulte Waregem Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Waasland-Beveren v Cercle Brugge
21 November 2020 13 Waasland-Beveren 0–2 Cercle Brugge Beveren
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram van Driessche
Cercle Brugge v Excel Mouscron
25 November 2020 10 Cercle Brugge 1–2 Excel Mouscron Bruges
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
Cercle Brugge v Genk
28 November 2020 14 Cercle Brugge 1–5 Genk Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Van Damme
OH Leuven v Cercle Brugge
5 December 2020 15 OH Leuven 2–1 Cercle Brugge Leuven
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Cercle Brugge v Oostende
12 December 2020 16 Cercle Brugge 0–1 Oostende Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
Cercle Brugge v Charleroi
15 December 2020 18 Cercle Brugge 3–4 Charleroi Bruges
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wesley Alen
Zulte Waregem v Cercle Brugge
26 December 2020 19 Zulte Waregem 1–0 Cercle Brugge Waregem
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christof Dierick
Cercle Brugge v Eupen
9 January 2021 30 Cercle Brugge 1–2 Eupen Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
Beerschot v Cercle Brugge
13 January 2021 17 Beerschot 1–1 Cercle Brugge Antwerp
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wim Smet
Cercle Brugge v Standard Liège
17 January 2021 20 Cercle Brugge 0–1 Standard Liège Bruges
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Antwerp v Cercle Brugge
20 January 2021 21 Antwerp 1–0 Cercle Brugge Antwerp
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
Kortrijk v Cercle Brugge
23 January 2021 22 Kortrijk 1–2 Cercle Brugge Kortrijk
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Attendance: 0
Cercle Brugge v Club Brugge
28 January 2021 23 Cercle Brugge 1–2 Club Brugge Bruges
18:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
Sint-Truiden v Cercle Brugge
31 January 2021 24 Sint-Truiden 3–0 Cercle Brugge Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stayen
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Cercle Brugge v KV Mechelen
6 February 2021 25 Cercle Brugge 0–1 KV Mechelen Bruges
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Boterberg
Cercle Brugge v Anderlecht
14 February 2021 26 Cercle Brugge 0–0 Anderlecht Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Excel Mouscron v Cercle Brugge
20 February 2021 27 Excel Mouscron 1–2 Cercle Brugge Mouscron
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Cercle Brugge v Waasland-Beveren
27 February 2021 28 Cercle Brugge 2–0 Waasland-Beveren Bruges
16:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Genk v Cercle Brugge
7 March 2021 29 Genk 2–0 Cercle Brugge Genk
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
Gent v Cercle Brugge
21 March 2021 31 Gent 1–0 Cercle Brugge Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Cercle Brugge v Beerschot
4 April 2021 32 Cercle Brugge 2–1 Beerschot Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche
Cercle Brugge v OH Leuven
10 April 2021 33 Cercle Brugge 3–0 OH Leuven Bruges
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lothar D'hondt
Oostende v Cercle Brugge
18 April 2021 34 Oostende 1–1 Cercle Brugge Ostend
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Diaz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Belgian Cup

OH Leuven v Cercle Brugge
3 February 2021 Sixth round OH Leuven 2–3 Cercle Brugge Leuven
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 0
Cercle Brugge v Oostende
9 February 2021 Seventh round Cercle Brugge 3–1 Oostende Bruges
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bert Put
Anderlecht v Cercle Brugge
3 March 2021 Quarter-finals Anderlecht 1–0 Cercle Brugge Anderlecht
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bram Van Driessche

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 17 January 2021.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Belgian Division Belgian Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK France FRA Thomas Didillon 18 0 18 0 0 0
16 GK Belgium BEL Miguel Van Damme 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 GK Belgium BEL Merveille Goblet 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Brazil BRA Warleson 3 0 3 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA Vitinho 16 1 12+4 1 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO David Bates 8 0 8 0 0 0
4 DF France FRA Jérémy Taravel 14 0 14 0 0 0
5 DF Japan JPN Naomichi Ueda 8 0 7+1 0 0 0
8 DF Belgium BEL Robbe Decostere 12 0 12 0 0 0
17 DF France FRA Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
19 DF Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Velkovski 12 0 10+2 0 0 0
24 DF France FRA Jean Marcelin 12 1 12 1 0 0
25 DF Belgium BEL Alexander Corryn 9 0 4+5 0 0 0
32 DF Belgium BEL Arne Cassaert 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF France FRA Giulian Biancone 7 0 6+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Mali MLI Aldom Deuro 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Belgium BEL Charles Vanhoutte 17 0 10+7 0 0 0
20 MF France FRA Kévin Hoggas 20 1 19+1 1 0 0
26 MF Belgium BEL Calvin Dekuyper 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
34 MF Belgium BEL Thibo Somers 15 1 1+14 1 0 0
42 MF Portugal POR Leonardo Lopes 11 0 5+6 0 0 0
44 MF Belgium BEL Andi Koshi 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 MF Senegal SEN Franck Kanouté 13 1 12+1 1 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Belgium BEL Kylian Hazard 18 1 15+3 1 0 0
9 FW England ENG Ike Ugbo 19 10 19 10 0 0
10 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dino Hotić 19 4 18+1 4 0 0
11 FW Netherlands NED Anthony Musaba 18 5 17+1 5 0 0
12 FW Togo TOG Kévin Denkey 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
27 FW Belgium BEL Oliver Deman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
15 MF Kenya KEN Johanna Omolo 10 0 6+4 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

  • Official website