Club Brugge K.V.

Club Brugge

Full name	Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Club Bruges Royal Football association)
Nickname(s)	Blauw-Zwart (Blue-Black), Club, FCB
Founded	November 13, 1891; 120 years ago (1891-11-13) Stamnummer (matricule number) 3
Ground	Jan Breydelstadion (Jan Breydel Stadium), Bruges (Capacity: 29,042)
President	Bart Verhaeghe
Head coach	Christoph Daum
League	Belgian Pro League
2010–11	Belgian Pro League, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Jan Breydel Stadium

Tifo before the Champions League game Club Brugge-Rapid Wien in 2005

Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈklʏˈbrʏʝə ˈkoː.nɪŋk.lə.kə ˈvud.bɑl.vər.ˌeːnə.ʝɪŋ]) 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., with whom they contest the Bruges derby.

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 the final of its 1978 season. They also lost in the 1976 UEFA Cup Final to Liverpool. Club Brugge holds the record number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Cup (16).

History

• 1890: Brugsche Football Club

Club created by old students of the catholic school Broeders Xaverianen and the neutral school Koninklijk Atheneum.

• 13 November 1891: Club recreated

The club was recreated. This has since been adopted as the official date of foundation.

• 1892: First board

An official board was installed in the club.

• 1894: Football Club Brugeois

Club created by 16 old members of Brugsche FC.

• 1895: Vlaamsche Football Club de Bruges

Club created in the city.

• 1895/1896: Participation of First Belgian national league

The members of FC Brugeois had better connections down the country and they went to the UBSSA and took part of the first Belgian national league.

• 1896: Leaving the UBSSA

Financial it was difficult for FC Brugeois and so after only one year they had to leave the UBSSA.

• 1897: Fusion

FC Brugeois joined Brugsche FC but they continued under the name Football Club Brugeois.

• 1902: New fusion

Vlaamsche FC joined FC Brugeois.

• 1912: De Klokke

They moved to a new stadium named "De Klokke".

• 1913/1914: First cup final

FC Brugeois reached their first Belgian Cup final but they lost 2–1 from Union SG.

• 1920: First time league champions

The club became for the first time champions of the first division.

• 1926: Royal Football Club Brugeois

The club get number 3 as their matricule number and in the same year they get the royal titel.

• 1928: First relegation

A first low when the club relegated to the second division.

• 1930: New statute

President Albert Dyserynck changed the club's statute into a non-profit association.

• 1931: Albert Dyserynckstadion

When president Albert Dyserynck suddenly died they honoured him by changing the stadium's name into Albert Dyserynckstadion.

• 1959: Permanent to the first division

RFC Brugeois promoted to the first division and never relegated again in the future.

• 1968: First time cup winners

They won the Belgian Cup for the first time against Beerschot AC (1–1, 7–6 after penalty's).

• 1972: Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging

The club changed their name into the Flemisch name Club Brugge KV

• 1975: Olympiastadion

They moved from Albert Dyserynckstadion to Olympiastadion (current Jan Breydelstadion).

• 1976: Highest position in UEFA Cup

Under Austrian coach Ernst Happel, Club Brugge reached the finals of the UEFA Cup and lost against Liverpool (3–2 and 1–1).

• 1978: Only Belgian European Cup 1 finalists

Still under Ernst Happel, the club faced Liverpool again of a European final. This time it was in the European Champions Clubs' Cup final. And again they lost (1–0). Club Brugge is the only Belgian club that have reached the finals of the European biggest competition.

• 1992: First goal scorer in the Champions League

Daniel Amokachi is the first goal scorer in the Champions League. He scored against CSKA Moskva.

• 1998: Jan Breydelstadion

Olympiastadion had to be expand for the EURO 2000 organisation. They also changed the name into Jan Breydelstadion.

• 2006: CLUBtv

It was the first Belgian club who created its own TV channel.

Honours

Domestic

• Belgian First Division champions: 13

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

• Belgian Cup winners: 10

1967–68, 1969–70, 1976–77, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07

• Belgian Supercup winners: 13

1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

International

• European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter finalist: 1

1976–77

• European Champion Clubs' Cup finalist: 1

1977–78

• UEFA Cup finalist: 1

1975–76

• UEFA Cup semi finalist: 1

1987–88

• Bruges Matins winners: 16

1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Kirin Cup winners: 1

1981

European record

As of August 19, 2011.

Competition	A	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	14	77	32	16	29	106	93
Cup Winners' Cup	6	28	15	3	10	41	33
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	24	126	59	26	41	226	166

A = appearances, GP = games played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Matches

• Q = qualification round
• R = round
• Group = group stage / Group 1 = first group stage / Group 2 = second group stage
• 1/8 = eighth finals / 1/4 = quarter-finals / 1/2 = semi-finals
• F = final
• PUC = points UEFA coefficient

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	PUC
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		Sporting Portugal	0–0, 1–2	1.0
1968–69	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		West Bromwich	3–1, 0–2	2.0
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		Sabadell	0–2, 5–1	4.0
		2R		Újpest Dósza	5–2, 0–3
1970–71	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Kickers Offenbach	1–2, 2–0	7.0
		1/8		Zürich	2–0, 2–3
		1/4		Chelsea	2–0, 0–4
1971–72	UEFA Cup	1R		Željezničar Sarajevo	0–3, 3–1	2.0
1972–73	UEFA Cup	1R		Åtvidabergs	5–3, 1–2	4.0
		2R		Porto	0–3, 3–2
1973–74	European Cup	1R		Floriana	8–0, 2–0	6.0
		2R		Basel	2–1, 4–6
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1R		Lyon	3–4, 3–0	17.0
		2R		Ipswich	0–3, 4–0
		1/8		Roma	1–0, 1–0
		1/4		AC Milan	2–0, 1–2
		1/2		Hamburg	1–1, 1–0
		F		Liverpool	2–3, 1–1
1976/77	European Cup	1R		Steaua Bucureşti	2–1, 1–1	8.0
		1/8		Real Madrid	0–0, 2–0
		1/4		Mönchengladbach	2–2, 0–1
1977–78	European Cup	1R		KuPS Kuopio	4–0, 5–2	13.0
		1/8		Panathinaikos	2–0, 0–1
		1/4		Atlético Madrid	2–0, 2–3
		1/2		Juventus	0–1, 2–0
		F		Liverpool	0–1
1978–79	European Cup	1R		Wisła Kraków	2–1, 1–3	2.0
1980–81	European Cup	1R		Basel	0–1, 1–4	0.0
1981–82	UEFA Cup	1R		Spartak Moskva	1–3, 1–3	0.0
1984–85	UEFA Cup	1R		Nottingham Forest	0–0, 1–0	5.0
		2R		Tottenham	2–1, 0–3
1985–86	UEFA Cup	1R		Boavista	3–4, 3–1	2.0
		2R		Spartak Moskva	0–1, 1–3
1986–87	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Rapid Wien	3–4, 3–3	1.0
1987–88	UEFA Cup	1R		Zenit St. Petersburg	0–2, 5–0	13.0
		2R		Red Star Belgrade	1–3, 4–0
		1/8		Dortmund	0–3, 5–0
		1/4		Panathinaikos	2–2, 1–0
		1/2		Español	2–0, 0–3
1988–89	European Cup	1R		Brøndby	1–0, 1–2	4.0
		1/8		Monaco	1–0, 1–6
1989–90	UEFA Cup	1R		Twente	0–0, 4–1	3.0
		2R		Rapid Wien	1–2, 3–4
1990–91	European Cup	1R		Lillestrøm	1–1, 2–0	4.0
		1/8		AC Milan	0–0, 0–1
1991–92	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Omonia Nicosia	2–0, 2–0	14.0
		1/8		Katowice	1–0, 3–0
		1/4		Atlético Madrid	2–3, 2–1
		1/2		Werder Bremen	1–0, 0–2
1992–93	Champions League	1R		Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0, 3–0	13.0
		2R		Austria Wien	2–0, 1–3
		Group		CSKA Moskva	1–0, 2–1
		Group		Marseille	0–3, 0–1
		Group		Rangers	1–1, 1–2
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Sligo Rovers	2–1, 3–1	10.0
		1/8		Panathinaikos	1–0, 0–0
		1/4		Chelsea	1–0, 0–2
1995–96	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0, 1–1	3.0
		1/8		Zaragoza	1–2, 0–1
1996–97	Champions League	Q		Steaua Bucureşti	2–2, 0–3	9.0
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1R		Lyngby	1–1, 2–0
		2R		Naţional Bucureşti	2–0, 1–1
		3R		Schalke 04	2–1, 0–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup	2Q		Gorica	5–3, 3–0	8.0
		1R		Beitar Jerusalem	1–2, 3–0
		2R		Bochum	1–0, 1–4
1998–99	Champions League	1Q		Sileks Kratovo	0–0, 2–1	8.5
		2Q		Rosenborg	0–2, 4–2
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1R		Újpest	5–0, 2–2
		2R		Stuttgart	1–1, 3–2
		1/8		Lyon	0–1, 3–4
1999-00	UEFA Cup	Q		Tulevik Viljandi	3–0, 2–0	4.0
		1R		Hapoel Haifa	1–3, 4–2
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Q		Flora Tallinn	4–1, 2–0	10.0
		1R		APOEL Nicosia	2–0, 1–0
		2R		St. Gallen	2–1, 1–1
		3R		Barcelona	0–2, 1–1
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Q		Akranes	4–0, 6–1	11.0
		1R		Olympiakos Nicosia	2–2, 7–1
		2R		Arsenal Kyiv	2–0, 5–0
		3R		Lyon	4–1, 0–3
2002–03	Champions League	2Q		Dinamo Bucureşti	3–1, 1–0	8.0
		3Q		Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1, 1–1 (pen.: 4–1)
		Group		Barcelona	2–3, 0–1
		Group		Lokomotiv Moskva	0–0, 0–2
		Group		Galatasaray	0–0, 3–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	3R		Stuttgart	1–2, 0–1
2003–04	Champions League	3Q		Dortmund	2–1, 1–2 (pen.: 4–2)	11.0
		Group		Celta de Vigo	1–1, 1–1
		Group		Ajax	0–2, 2–1
		Group		AC Milan	1–0, 0–1
2003–04	UEFA Cup	3R		Debreceni	1–0, 0–0
		1/8		Bordeaux	1–3, 0–1
2004–05	Champions League	2Q		Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–0, 4–0	10.5
		3Q		Shakhtar Donetsk	1–4, 2–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1R		Châteauroux	4–0, 2–1
		Group		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–3
		Group		Utrecht	1–0
		Group		Austria Wien	1–1
		Group		Zaragoza	1–1
2005–06	Champions League	3Q		Vålerenga	0–1, 1–0 (pen.: 4–3)	9.0
		Group		Juventus	1–2, 0–1
		Group		Bayern Munich	0–1, 1–1
		Group		Rapid Wien	1–0, 3–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	3R		Roma	1–2, 1–2
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2Q		Sūduva Marijampolė	2–0, 5–2	7.0
		1R		Ružomberok	1–0, 1–1
		Group		Leverkusen	1–1
		Group		Tottenham	1–3
		Group		Dinamo Bucureşti	1–1
		Group		Beşiktaş	1–2
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1R		Brann	1–0, 1–2	2.0
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1R		Young Boys	2–2, 2–0	6.0
		Group		Rosenborg	0–0
		Group		Saint-Étienne	1–1
		Group		Valencia	1–1
		Group		København	0–1
2009–10	Europa League	3Q		Lathi	3–2, 1–1	12.5
		4Q		Lech Poznań	0–1, 1–0 (pen.: 4–3)
		Group		Shakhtar Donetsk	1–4, 0–0
		Group		Toulouse	2–2, 1–0
		Group		Partizan Belgrado	2–0, 4–2
		2R		Valencia	1–0, 0–3
2010–11	Europa League	4Q		Dinamo Minsk	2–1, 3–2	5.0
		Group		Villarreal	1–2, 1–2
		Group		Dinamo Zagreb	0–0, 0–2
		Group		PAOK	1–1, 1–1
2011–12	Europa League	3Q		Qarabağ	4–1, 0–1	1.5
		PO		Zestafoni	3–3, 2–0
		Group		Maribor	2-0, TBD
		Group		Braga	2-1, TBD
		Group		Birmingham City	1-2, 2-2

Total points for UEFA coefficient: 261.0.

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

European Cup/UEFA Champions League:

- finalists in 1978

- quarter-finalists in 1977

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

- semi-finalists in 1992

- quarter-finalists in 1971 and 1995

UEFA Cup/Europa League:

- finalists in 1976

- semi-finalists in 1988.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

(As of 12 November 2011), Source: uefa.com website

Rank	Team	Points
56	LOSC Lille	34.968
57	Club Brugge	31.880
58	AZ Alkmaar	31.863

Players

First team squad

As of May 30, 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Colin Coosemans 2 DF Tom Høgli 3 DF Michael Almebäck 4 DF Carl Hoefkens (captain) 5 DF Fredrik Stenman 6 MF Niki Zimling (3rd captain) 8 MF Lior Refaelov 9 FW Björn Vleminckx 10 MF Nabil Dirar 1 11 MF Jonathan Blondel 13 MF Víctor Vázquez 14 FW Matej Vydra (on loan from Udinese) 15 FW Joseph Akpala 16 MF Maxime Lestienne 17 DF Marcos Camozzato 2

No. Position Player 18 DF Ryan Donk (vice-captain) 19 MF Thomas Meunier 20 MF Thibaut Van Acker 21 DF Pietro Perdichizzi 3 24 DF Daan Van Gijseghem 26 MF Fries Deschilder 27 MF Jimmy De Jonghe 28 DF Jannes Vansteenkiste 29 FW Zinho Gano 30 FW Nick Van Belle 32 MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe 4 33 GK Vladan Kujović 5 39 GK Bojan Jorgačević 6 50 GK Sven Dhoest

Notes:

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For recent transfers, see the list of Belgian football transfers summer 2011.

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. Position Player 25 DF Júnior Díaz (at Wisła Kraków until 30 June 2012) 40 FW Dorge Kouemaha (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2012)

Reserve team squad

As of June 6, 2011. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 22 MF Birger Verstraete 45 FW Tjendo De Cuyper 49 GK Jordy Maes 51 DF Mateusz Kuzmicki 1 52 DF Simon Savaete 53 DF Dylan Vanneste 54 MF Nathaniel Lagrou 55 FW Marijn Vandewalle 60 DF Björn Engels FW Jordan Botaka 2 MF Rudi Chirishungu

No. Position Player DF Robin De Feyter DF Maxime Gunst MF Gaetan Lambrechts MF Bram Leroy MF Mick Michiels DF Mathias Moeyersons GK Ilias Rchidi MF Jaric Schaessens MF Matthias Schaessens MF Jaan Vanwildemeersch

Notes:

1. Has dual citizenship; second is
2. Has dual citizenship; second is

Notable players

Main article: List of Club Brugge K.V. players

Club captains

Jan Ceulemans (1986–91) Franky Van Der Elst (1991–99) Vital Borkelmans (1999-00) Gert Verheyen (2000–02) (2005–06) Dany Verlinden (2002–04)

Timmy Simons (2004–05) Sven Vermant (2006–08) Philippe Clement (2008–09) Stijn Stijnen (2009–2010) Carl Hoefkens (2010–)

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

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.

Club officials

Honorary presidents and directors

• Dr. Michel D'Hooghe (Honorary president)
• Fernand De Clerck (Honorary president)
• Marcel Kyndt (Honorary vice-president)
• Raoul Beuls (Honorary vice-president)
• Chris Caestecker (Honorary director)
• Guido Claeys (Honorary director)
• Dr. William De Groote (Honorary director)
• Guy Jacobs (Honorary director)
• Pol Jonckheere (Honorary director)
• André Piccu (Honorary director)
• Herman Valcke (Honorary director)
• Hugo Vandamme (Honorary director)
• Dr. Roland Watteyne (Honorary director)

Board

• Bart Verhaeghe (President)
• Vincent Mannaert (Managing director)
• Jan Boone (Director)
• Bart Coeman (Director)
• Sam Sabbe (Director)
• Ignace Van Doorselaere (Director)

Presidential history

• 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 Clerck (1973–99)
• Michel Van Maele (1999-03)
• Dr. Michel D'Hooghe (2003–09)
• Pol Jonckheere (2009–11)
• Bart Verhaeghe (2011– )

Management

• Vincent Mannaert (General manager)
• Veroniek Degrande (Finance manager)
• Wim De Meyer (Communication & PR manager)
• Jacques De Nolf (General secretary)
• Kristof Lemahieu (General counsel)
• Henk Mariman (Sports manager)
• Patrick Orlans (Commercial manager)
• Sven Vermant (Sports manager)

Coaching staff

• Christoph Daum (Head coach)
• Rudi Verkempinck (Assistant coach)
• Dany Verlinden (Coach goalkeepers)
• Joost Desender (Physical coach)
• Siebe Hannoset (Performance coach)
• Philippe Clement (Line coach defenders)
• Stephane Van Der Heyden (Line coach midfielders)
• Kenneth Brylle-Larsen (Line coach strikers)

Head coaches history

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) Ludwig Dupal (1965–67) Milorad Pavić (1968–69) Frans de Munck (1969–71) Leo Canjels (1971–73) Jaak De Wit (1973–74) Ernst Happel (1974–78) András Béres (1978–79) 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 (2009–11) Christoph Daum (2011-...)

Medical staff

• Dr. Roland Watteyne (Honorary director)
• Dr. Jan De Neve (Head of medical services)
• Dr. Kris Vandecasteele (Club doctor)
• Dr. Pieter D'Hooghe (Club doctor/Orthopedisch consultent)
• Geert Ryckebusch (Physiotherapist)
• Dimitri Dobbenie (Physiotherapist)
• Hans Kerckaert (Physiotherapist)
• Thomas Geschier (Physiotherapist)

Logistical staff

• Lode Lobbestael (Team official)
• Roger Tierenteyn (Logistical staff member)
• Pascal Plovie (Logistical staff member)

Reserves coaching staff

• Philippe Clement (Head coach)
• Jannes Tant (Assistant coach)
• Dirk Laleman (Physical coach)
• Hans Kerckaert (Physiotherapist)
• Kristoff Deryckere (Team mentor)
• Michel Dierings (Team mentor)

External links

• Official Website (Dutch) / (French) / (English) / (Spanish)
• Official Fan Federation (Dutch)
• Blue Army – Fan Association & Fan-zine (Dutch)
• Club Brügge KV XtraTime Fanpage (English)
• Club Brügge at UEFA.COM (English)
• Club Brügge at EUFO.DE
• Club Brügge at Weltfussball.de
• Club Brügge at Playerhistory.com
• Club Brügge at Transfermarkt.de
• Club Brügge at Football Squads.co.uk
• Club Brügge at National Football Teams.com
• Club Brügge at Football Lineups.com