2023–24 Club Brugge KV season

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
Belgian Pro League	4th
Champions' Play-offs	5th
Belgian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Igor Thiago (16) All: Igor Thiago (26)
Highest home attendance	24,206 vs Osasuna
Lowest home attendance	15,835 vs Bodø/Glimt
Biggest win	Club Brugge 7–1 RWD Molenbeek
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Club Brugge KV's 132nd season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They are also competing in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 January 2024^[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 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. 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. 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	[2]
MF	Michał Skóraś	Lech Poznań	€6,000,000	1 July 2023	[3]
MF	Hugo Vetlesen	Bodø/Glimt	€7,750,000	3 July 2023	[4]
MF	Philip Zinckernagel	Olympiacos	€2,500,000	1 August 2023	[5]
GK	Nordin Jackers	OH Leuven	Loan	1 August 2023	[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Clinton Mata	Lyon	€5,000,000	6 July 2023	[7]
FW	Noa Lang	PSV	€12,500,000	8 July 2023	[8]
DF	Abakar Sylla	Strasbourg	€20,000,000	15 July 2023	[9]
FW	Roman Yaremchuk	Valencia	Loan	1 September 2023	[10]
DF	Faitout Maouassa	Lens	Loan	2 September 2023	[11]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Club Brugge v Zulte Waregem

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

Club Brugge v Beerschot

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

Feyenoord v Club Brugge

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

Go Ahead Eagles v Club Brugge

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

Club Brugge v AZ Alkmaar

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

Club Brugge v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 January 2024 Friendly	Club Brugge	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Note: 3 X 45 minutes

Competitions

Overall record

Belgian Pro League

Regular season

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[13]

Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

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

Club Brugge v AGF

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)

AGF v Club Brugge

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	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.

Club Brugge v KA

10 August 2023 First leg	Club Brugge	5–1	KA	Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vetlesen  2' Spileers 10' Vanaken 40' 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)

KA v Club Brugge

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.

Osasuna v Club Brugge

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' Olsen 50',  67' Onyedika  51' Thiago  52' De Cuyper 80' Mignolet  88'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Benoît Millot (France)

Club Brugge v Osasuna

31 August 2023 Second leg	Club Brugge	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Osasuna	Bruges
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mechele  10' De Cuyper  30' 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[a]			0–5	1–2	—	2–3
4	Lugano	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4[a]			1–3	0–0	0–2	—

Club Brugge v Beşiktaş

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)

Bodø/Glimt v Club Brugge

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)

Lugano v Club Brugge

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

Club Brugge v Lugano

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)

Beşiktaş v Club Brugge

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)

Club Brugge v Bodø/Glimt

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.

Molde v Club Brugge

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

Club Brugge v Molde

14 March 2024 Second leg	Club Brugge	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Molde	Bruges
21:00	Skov Olsen 45+1', 48' Skóraś 70'	Report		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.

Club Brugge v PAOK

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) First leg	Club Brugge	1–0	PAOK	Bruges
21:00	Vetlesen 6'	Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 19,917 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

PAOK v Club Brugge

18 April 2024 (2024-04-18) Second leg	PAOK	0–2	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

Fiorentina v Club Brugge

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) First leg	Fiorentina	v	Club Brugge	Florence, Italy
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

Club Brugge v Fiorentina

8 May 2024 (2024-05-08) Second leg	Club Brugge	v	Fiorentina	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:45		Report

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 10 February 2023

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	41	0	25	0	4	0	12	0
29	GK	BEL	Nordin Jackers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Nick Shinton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	ECU	Joel Ordóñez	12	0	2+3	0	2	0	3+2	0
6	DF	GHA	Denis Odoi	26	1	3+12	0	3	1	3+5	0
14	DF	NED	Bjorn Meijer	24	0	11+4	0	4	0	2+3	0
28	DF	BEL	Dedryck Boyata	12	1	2+3	0	0+3	0	1+3	1
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	40	5	25	4	4	0	11	1
55	DF	BEL	Maxim De Cuyper	37	3	21+3	2	1	0	10+2	1
58	DF	BEL	Jorne Spileers	36	1	21+4	0	2	0	9	1
64	DF	BEL	Kyriani Sabbe	15	0	4+5	0	0	0	2+4	0
66	DF	CIV	Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
10	FW	NOR	Hugo Vetlesen	37	3	19+5	0	2	2	10+1	1
15	MF	NGA	Raphael Onyedika	32	1	17+1	0	0+2	0	9+3	1
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	38	9	23+1	4	4	0	10	5
27	MF	DEN	Casper Nielsen	31	3	11+8	2	3	0	4+5	1
39	MF	COL	Éder Álvarez Balanta	20	1	2+11	0	3+1	0	1+2	1
77	MF	DEN	Philip Zinckernagel	34	6	20+2	6	0+3	0	7+2	0
Forwards
7	FW	DEN	Andreas Skov Olsen	38	19	21+3	9	4	5	10	5
8	FW	POL	Michał Skóraś	25	1	1+12	0	1+2	0	4+5	1
9	FW	ESP	Ferran Jutglà	29	5	9+12	4	1+1	1	0+6	0
11	FW	ESP	Víctor Barberà	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	FW	NOR	Antonio Nusa	21	4	5+4	3	2+1	0	4+5	1
62	FW	JPN	Shion Homma	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
68	FW	BEL	Chemsdine Talbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	BRA	Igor Thiago	40	26	19+5	16	4	4	10+2	6
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

External links

• Official website