Club Brugge K.V.
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042.
Club Brugge's major rival is R.S.C. Anderlecht, and it shares the Jan Breydel Stadium with city rival Cercle Brugge K.S.V..
Throughout its long history, Club Brugge has enjoyed much European football success, reaching two European finals and two European semi-finals. Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played the final of the European Cup (forerunner of the current UEFA Champions League) so far. They were beaten by Liverpool F.C. in 1978. They also lost in the 1976 UEFA Cup final to Liverpool. Club Brugge holds the record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup (14).
Honours
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- 1919-20, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2004-05
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- 1967-68, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07
- Belgian Supercup winners: 13
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- 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
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- 1977-78
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- 1975-76
- Bruges Matins winners: 16
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- 1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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- 1981
European record
- As of August 27, 2010.
A = appearances, GP = games played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.
Current squad
As of August 31, 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player |
| 1 |
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GK |
Stijn Stijnen |
| 3 |
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DF |
Peter Van Der Heyden |
| 4 |
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DF |
Carl Hoefkens (c) |
| 6 |
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FW |
Wilfried Dalmat |
| 8 |
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FW |
Stefan Šćepović |
| 10 |
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MF |
Nabil Dirar 1 |
| 11 |
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MF |
Jonathan Blondel |
| 13 |
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GK |
Geert De Vlieger |
| 14 |
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DF |
Jeroen Simaeys |
| 15 |
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FW |
Joseph Akpala |
| 16 |
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FW |
Maxime Lestienne |
| 17 |
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DF |
Marcos Camozzato |
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Position |
Player |
| 18 |
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DF |
Ryan Donk |
| 20 |
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MF |
Ronald Vargas |
| 21 |
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DF |
Jorn Vermeulen |
| 22 |
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MF |
Karel Geraerts |
| 24 |
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DF |
Daan Van Gijseghem |
| 25 |
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DF |
Júnior Díaz |
| 26 |
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GK |
Colin Coosemans |
| 32 |
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MF |
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe |
| 40 |
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FW |
Dorge Kouemaha |
| 41 |
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MF |
Thibaut Van Acker |
| 44 |
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MF |
Ivan Perišić |
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DF |
Stepan Kucera |
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Notes:
- Has dual citizenship; second is Belgian.
For recent transfers, see the list of Belgian football transfers summer 2010.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Glenn Verbauwhede (on loan to KV Kortrijk until June, 2011) |
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MF |
Roy Meeus (on loan to FC Dender until June, 2011) |
| 27 |
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DF |
Cleber Sonda (on loan to KSV Roeselare until June, 2011) |
| 29 |
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DF |
Gertjan De Mets (on loan to KV Kortrijk until June, 2011) |
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Retired numbers
12 – The 12th man (reserved for the club supporters)
23 – in recognition of striker François Sterchele. Sterchele died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.
Noted players
 Eric Addo- Daniel Amokachi
- Darko Anić
 Kurt Axelsson- Boško Balaban
 László Bálint- Fons Bastijns
- Fernand Boone
- Vital Borkelmans
- Hugo Broos
 Kenneth Brylle Larsen- Tomislav Butina
- Pierre Carteus
 Nastja Čeh- Jan Ceulemans
 Ray Clarke- Philippe Clement
- Julien Cools
- Paul Courant
 Tomas Danilevičius- Roger Davies
- Eric Deflandre
- Marc Degryse
- László Disztl
 Tomasz Dziubinski- René Eijkelkamp
 Nader El-Sayed Elos Elonga-Ekakia- Gaëtan Englebert
 Khalilou Fadiga Frank Farina
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 Zoran Filipović- Ruud Geels
- Peter Houtman
- Henk Houwaart
- Aleksandar Ilić
- Manasseh Ishiaku
 Čedomir Janevski- Edgaras Jankauskas
- Nordin Jbari
- Birger Jensen
 Eduard Krieger- Lajos Kű
- Raoul "Lotte" Lambert
 Rune Lange- Ulrik le Fevre
- Georges Leekens
- Milan Lesnjak
- Istvan Magyar
- Mamadou Tew
- Walter Meeuws
 Andrés Mendoza- Dejan Nemec
- Anders Nielsen
- Peter Nilsson
- Hervé Nzelo-Lembi
- Paul Okon
 Anton Ondruš- Jean-Pierre Papin
- Pascal Plovie
 Javier Portillo- Brian Priske
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- Wilfried Puis
- Alex Querter
- Pascal Renier
- Robbie Rensenbrink
- Nico Rijnders
 Ronny Rosenthal- David Rozehnal
 Rolf Rüssmann- Bengt Sæternes
 Serhiy Serebrennikov- Josip Šimić
- Timmy Simons
- Jan Sørensen
- Robert Špehar
- Ronald Spelbos
- Marek Špilár
- Lorenzo Staelens
- Mario Stanić
- François Sterchele
 Alin Stoica- Antoni Szymanowski
- Johnny Thio
- Joos Valgaeren
- Franky Van Der Elst
- Roger Van Gool
- René Vandereycken
- Gert Verheyen
- Dany Verlinden
- Sven Vermant
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Coaches
- Hector Goetinck (1930-33)
- Gerard Delbeke (1933-34), (1939-45)
- Arthur Volckaert (1934-36)
- Karl Schrenk (1936-38)
- Robert De Veen (1938-39)
- Louis Versyp (1945-50)
 William Kennedy (1950-51)- Félix Schavy (1951-57)
- Norberto Höfling (1957-63), (1967-68)
 Juan Schwanner (1963)- Henri Dekens (1963-65)
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 Ludwig Dupal (1965-67)
 Milorad Pavić (1967-69)- Frans de Munck (1969-71)
- Leo Canjels (1971-73)
- Jaak De Wit (1973-74)
- Ernst Happel (1974-78)
- András Béres (1978-79)
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- Mathieu Bollen (1979)
- Han Grijzenhout (1979-80)
- Gilbert Gress (1980-81)
 Antoine Kohn (1981)- Henri Coppens (1981-82)
- Raymond Mertens (1981-82)
- Georg Keßler (1982-84)
- Henk Houwaert (1984-89)
- Georges Leekens (1989-91)
- Hugo Broos (1991-97)
- Eric Gerets (1997-99)
- René Verheyen (1999-00)
- Trond Sollied (2000-05)
- Jan Ceulemans (2005-06)
- Emilio Ferrera (2006-07)
- Čedomir Janevski (2007)
- Jacky Mathijssen (2007-09)
- Adrie Koster (2009-)
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Presidents
- Philippe Delescluze (1891-00)
- Albert Seligmann (1900-02)
- Alfons De Meulemeester (1903-14)
- Albert Dyserynck (1919-31)
- Fernand Hanssens (1932-37)
- Emile De Clerck (1937-59)
- André De Clerck (1959-73)
- Fernand De Cleck (1973-99)
- Michel Van Maele (1999-03)
- Dr. Michel D'Hooghe (2003-09)
- Pol Jonckheere (2009-)
External links
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Club Brugge – current squad |
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1 Stijnen · 3 Van Der Heyden · 4 Hoefkens · 6 Dalmat · 8 Šćepović · 10 Dirar · 11 Blondel · 13 De Vlieger · 14 Simaeys · 15 Akpala · 16 Lestienne · 17 Camozzato · 18 Donk · 20 Vargas · 21 Vermeulen · 22 Geraerts · 24 Van Gijseghem · 25 Díaz · 26 Coosemans · 32 Odjidja-Ofoe · 40 Kouemaha · 41 Van Acker · 44 Perišić · Manager: Koster
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| Competition |
Teams (winners) · Top scorers · Belgian Golden Shoe
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| Seasons |
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| League system |
men: First division · Second division · Third division (A, B) · Promotion (A, B, C, D) · Belgian Provincial leagues · women: Belgian Women's First Division
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| Domestic cups |
men: Belgian Cup · Belgian Supercup · Belgian League Cup (defunct) · women: Belgian Women's Cup
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2010–11 UEFA Europa League |
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| Currently playing in the group stage |
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| Eliminated in the play-off round |
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| Eliminated in the third qualifying round |
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| Eliminated in the second qualifying round |
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