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
Chairman	Bart Verhaeghe
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League	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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

For recent transfers, see List of Belgian football transfers summer 2018.

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

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian First Division A

League table

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	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 e	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 play-off Final		1–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–1
5	Gent	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]

Belgian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Belgian Cup

Deinze v Club Brugge

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

Club Brugge v Standard Liège

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

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

Pos	Team v t e	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]
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:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 1	Club Brugge	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00		Report	Pulisic 85'	Attendance: 25,181[6] Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Atlético Madrid v Club Brugge

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 2	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Club Brugge	Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid
21:00	Griezmann 28', 67' Koke 90+4'	Report	Danjuma 39'	Attendance: 55,742[7] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Club Brugge v Monaco

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 3	Club Brugge	1–1	Monaco	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:55	Wesley 39'	Report	Sylla 31'	Attendance: 23,957[8] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Monaco v Club Brugge

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) 4	Monaco	0–4	Club Brugge	Stade Louis II, Monaco
18:55		Report	Vanaken 12', 17' (pen.) Wesley 24' Vormer 85'	Attendance: 8,347[9] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Borussia Dortmund v Club Brugge

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 5	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
21:00		Report		Attendance: 66,099[citation needed] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Club Brugge v Atlético Madrid

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Club Brugge	0–0	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

Club Brugge v Red Bull Salzburg

14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) Round of 32 1st leg	Club Brugge	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00	Denswil 64' Wesley 81'	Report	Junuzović 17'	Attendance: 16,457[11] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Red Bull Salzburg v Club Brugge

21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) Round of 32 2nd leg	Red Bull Salzburg	4–0 (5–2 agg.)	Club Brugge	Stadion 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 in May 2019.^[13]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		Belgian Super Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CRO	Karlo Letica	16	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
22	GK	USA	Ethan Horvath	34	0	27+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
28	GK	BEL	Guillaume Hubert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	BEL	Brent Gabriel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	BRA	Luan Peres	6	0	0+4	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Benoît Poulain	32	1	23+1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1+1	0
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović	13	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck	15	1	6+5	1	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
21	DF	BEL	Dion Cools	20	1	1+14	1	1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	44	2	35	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1
35	DF	SUI	Saulo Decarli	12	0	5+4	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	40	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata	28	2	22+2	2	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	MAR	Sofyan Amrabat	29	1	10+14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
18	MF	ZIM	Marvelous Nakamba	23	0	13+5	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	50	17	40	14	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	0
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer	47	7	36+2	6	0	0	1	0	6	1	2	0
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits	48	3	35+4	3	1	0	1	0	3+2	0	2	0
98	MF	BEL	Brandon Baiye	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	BRA	Wesley	48	17	37+1	13	0+1	0	1	1	6	2	2	1
9	FW	BEL	Jelle Vossen	18	5	4+10	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei	13	1	4+7	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW	SEN	Krépin Diatta	28	2	21+2	2	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
16	FW	BEL	Siebe Schrijvers	38	12	25+7	12	1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2	0
27	FW	BEL	Cyril Ngonge	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	32	7	20+6	7	1	0	0	0	2+1	0	2	0
47	FW	NED	Arnaut Danjuma	24	6	13+7	5	0+1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0
80	FW	BEL	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	DEN	Alexander Scholz	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CRO	Ivan Tomečak	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0