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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
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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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2019

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

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

League table

Regular season

Championship play-offs

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. 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.

Belgian Cup

Belgian Super Cup

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	Advance to knockout phase
2	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13
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

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

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 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

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 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

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 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

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

11 December 2018 (2018-12-11) 6	Club Brugge	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00		Report		Attendance: 25,645 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

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 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

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 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated in May 2019.

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

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.

External links

• Official website

• Club Brugge KV seasons
• Belgian football clubs 2018–19 season
• 2018–19 UEFA Champions League participants seasons
• 2018–19 UEFA Europa League participants seasons