2018–19 Club Brugge KV season

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.

Club Brugge
2018–19 season
ChairmanBart Verhaeghe
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Division2nd
Belgian CupSixth round
Belgian Super CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hans Vanaken (14)
All:
Hans Vanaken
Wesley
(17 each)

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 Croatia CRO Karlo Letica
4 DF Brazil BRA Luan Peres
5 DF France FRA Benoît Poulain
6 MF Morocco MAR Sofyan Amrabat
7 FW Brazil BRA Wesley
9 FW Belgium BEL Jelle Vossen
10 FW Iran IRN Kaveh Rezaei
11 FW Senegal SEN Krépin Diatta
15 DF Croatia CRO Matej Mitrović
16 FW Belgium BEL Siebe Schrijvers
18 MF Zimbabwe ZIM Marvelous Nakamba
19 DF Belgium BEL Thibault Vlietinck
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain)
21 DF Belgium BEL Dion Cools
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK United States USA Ethan Horvath
24 DF Netherlands NED Stefano Denswil (3rd captain)
25 MF Netherlands NED Ruud Vormer (Captain)
26 MF Belgium BEL Mats Rits
28 GK Belgium BEL Guillaume Hubert
34 GK Belgium BEL Brent Gabriel
35 DF Switzerland SUI Saulo Decarli
42 FW Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Dennis
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele
47 FW Netherlands NED Arnaut Danjuma
77 DF Angola ANG Clinton Mata
80 FW Belgium BEL Loïs Openda
98 MF Belgium BEL Brandon Baiye
For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2018.

Out on loan
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Israel ISR Lior Refaelov (on loan to Belgium Antwerp until 30 June 2019)
29 FW Romania ROU Dorin Rotariu (on loan to Netherlands AZ until 30 June 2019)
33 MF Australia AUS Riley McGree (on loan to Australia Melbourne City until 30 June 2019)
40 MF Belgium BEL Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan to Belgium Oostende until 30 June 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
55 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović (on loan to Slovakia Trenčín until 30 June 2019)
96 DF Belgium BEL Ahmed Touba (on loan to Belgium Leuven until 30 June 2019)

Competitions

Belgian First Division A
Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Division A

League table

Regular season

Pos Team 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 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[lower-alpha 1]
4 Antwerp (O) 10 4 2 4 12 16 −4 39 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–2 1–1
5 Gent[lower-alpha 3] 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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. 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]
  2. 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.
  3. 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
Main article: 2018–19 Belgian Cup
26 September 2018 Sixth round Deinze 2–0 Club Brugge Deinze
20:30 CEST
  • Tarfi 33'
  • De Greef 70'
 Report Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion

Belgian Super Cup
Main article: 2018 Belgian Super Cup
22 July 2018 (2018-07-22) Club Brugge 2–1 Standard Liège Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges
20:00 CEST
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Bart Vertenten

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13[lower-alpha 1]
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 3 2 6 5 +1 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 France Monaco 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.
18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 1 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 Germany Borussia Dortmund Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00 Report
Attendance: 25,181[6]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 2 Atlético Madrid Spain 3–1 Belgium Club Brugge Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid
21:00
Report
Attendance: 55,742[7]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 3 Club Brugge Belgium 1–1 France Monaco Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:55
Report
Attendance: 23,957[8]
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 4 Monaco France 0–4 Belgium Club Brugge Stade Louis II, Monaco
18:55 Report
Attendance: 8,347[9]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 5 Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–0 Belgium Club Brugge Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
21:00 Report Attendance: 66,099
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6 Club Brugge Belgium 0–0 Spain Atlético Madrid Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00 Report Attendance: 25,645[10]
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) Round of 32 1st leg Club Brugge Belgium 2–1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00
Report
Attendance: 16,457[11]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) Round of 32 2nd leg Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–0
(5–2 agg.)		 Belgium Club Brugge Stadion Wals-Siezenheim, Salzburg
18:55
Report Attendance: 24,717[12]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals
Last updated on May 2019.[13]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalBelgian DivisionBelgian CupBelgian Super CupUEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Europa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Croatia CRO Karlo Letica 16012000103000
22 GK United States USA Ethan Horvath 34027+1010003020
28 GK Belgium BEL Guillaume Hubert 000000000000
34 GK Belgium BEL Brent Gabriel 000000000000
Defenders
4 DF Brazil BRA Luan Peres 600+4010000+1000
5 DF France FRA Benoît Poulain 32123+110000601+10
15 DF Croatia CRO Matej Mitrović 13011+1000100000
19 DF Belgium BEL Thibault Vlietinck 1516+5100003+1000
21 DF Belgium BEL Dion Cools 2011+141100+100+2010
24 DF Netherlands NED Stefano Denswil 44235100106021
35 DF Switzerland SUI Saulo Decarli 1205+4010100+1000
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele 40032010005020
77 DF Angola ANG Clinton Mata 28222+2200002+2000
Midfielders
6 MF Morocco MAR Sofyan Amrabat 29110+14110002020
18 MF Zimbabwe ZIM Marvelous Nakamba 23013+5000004+1000
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken 501740140+10116220
25 MF Netherlands NED Ruud Vormer 47736+2600106120
26 MF Belgium BEL Mats Rits 48335+4310103+2020
98 MF Belgium BEL Brandon Baiye 200+10000+100000
Forwards
7 FW Brazil BRA Wesley 481737+1130+10116221
9 FW Belgium BEL Jelle Vossen 1854+1051010100+10
10 FW Iran IRN Kaveh Rezaei 1314+7100001+1000
11 FW Senegal SEN Krépin Diatta 28221+2200101+100+20
16 FW Belgium BEL Siebe Schrijvers 381225+712100+101+1020
27 FW Belgium BEL Cyril Ngonge 501+3000001000
42 FW Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Dennis 32720+6710002+1020
47 FW Netherlands NED Arnaut Danjuma 24613+750+10102100
80 FW Belgium BEL Loïs Openda 2843+17410001+400+20
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2 DF Denmark DEN Alexander Scholz 101000000000
14 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Tomečak 302+1000000000

References
  1. "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  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.
  5. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Tuesday 18 September 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. "Full Time Summary Matchday 2 – Wednesday 3 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Wednesday 24 October 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  9. "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Tuesday 6 November 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  10. "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Tuesday 11 December 2018" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  11. "Club Brugge vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  12. "Salzburg vs. Club Brugge". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  13. "2018-2019 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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