2017–18 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2017–18 season
Chairman	Bart Verhaeghe
Head Coach	Ivan Leko
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
2017–18	1st
Belgian Cup	Semi Finals
UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League	Play Off Round
colours	colours

The 2017–18 season is a season played by Club Brugge, a Belgian football club based in Bruges. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Club Brugge will be participating in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League.

First-team squad

As of 15 January 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Vladimir Gabulov
3	MF	Timmy Simons
5	DF	Benoît Poulain
6	MF	Jordy Clasie (on loan from Southampton)
7	FW	Wesley
8	FW	Lior Refaelov (Vice-captain)
9	FW	Jelle Vossen
10	FW	Abdoulay Diaby
11	FW	Krépin Diatta
14	DF	Ivan Tomečak
17	FW	Anthony Limbombe
18	GK	Guillaume Hubert
19	FW	Thibault Vlietinck
20	MF	Hans Vanaken

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Dion Cools
22	GK	Ethan Horvath
24	DF	Stefano Denswil
25	MF	Ruud Vormer (Captain)
30	MF	Marvelous Nakamba
32	GK	Kenneth Vermeer (on loan from Feyenoord)
35	DF	Saulo Decarli
40	MF	Jordi Vanlerberghe
42	FW	Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis
44	DF	Brandon Mechele
55	DF	Erhan Mašović
96	DF	Ahmed Touba
TBD	DF	Matej Mitrovic (on loan from Beşiktaş)
TBD	DF	Alexander Scholz

Club Friendlies

24 June 2017	Club Brugge	9 - 0	VV Westkapelle
19:00		Summary

28 June 2017	Oudenaarde	0 - 6	Club Brugge
19:00		Summary

1 July 2017	Torhout	0 - 2	Club Brugge
19:00		Summary

15 July 2017	Club Brugge	1 - 3	AZ
19:00		Summary

21 July 2017	Club Brugge	0 - 2	Athletic Bilbao
19:00		Summary

Belgian First Division A

Regular Season

Results summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	Qualification for the championship play-offs
2	Anderlecht	30	16	7	7	49	42	+7	55
3	Charleroi	30	13	12	5	46	30	+16	51
4	Gent	30	14	8	8	45	27	+18	50
5	Genk	30	11	11	8	44	36	+8	44

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.^[1]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	13	2	0	44	16	+28	7	5	3	24	17	+7

Last updated: 11 March 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-Off I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CLU	STA	AND	GNT	GNK	CHA
1	Club Brugge (C)	10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	46	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	4–4	1–2	0–1	1–0	6–0
2	Standard Liège	10	6	3	1	20	9	+11	43	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	5–0	1–0
3	Anderlecht	10	4	0	6	12	15	−3	40	Qualification for the Europa League group stage	1–0	1–3	—	0–2	1–2	3–1
4	Gent	10	4	2	4	8	8	0	39	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round	1–0	1–3	1–0	—	0–0	0–1
5	Genk (O)	10	4	4	2	13	13	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League play-off final	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	4–1
6	Charleroi	10	2	2	6	9	22	−13	34		1–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season^[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	12	2	1	2	12	7	+5	1	2	2	5	5	0

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 July 2017 Match 1	Lokeren	0 - 4	Club Brugge	Lokeren
18:00	Kehli 35' Marić 81' Mpati 83'	Report	Mechele 5' Dennis 17' 24' Palacios 32' Nakamba 45+1' Mirić 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 7,441 Referee: Sébastien Delferière

6 August 2017 Match 2	Club Brugge	3 - 1	Eupen	Bruges
20:00	Vossen 32' (pen.) Dennis 65' Limbombe 86' Diaby 90+1'	Report	Diagne 19' Blondelle 28', 90' Lotiès 90+3'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 25,723 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

Belgian Cup

20 September 2017 Last 32	Roeselare	1 - 5	Club Brugge	Roeselare
20:30	Dufour 35' 42'	Report	Dennis 5' 30' Vormer 16' Wesley 38' Vossen 82'	Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot

30 November 2017 Last 16	Zulte Waregem	2 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Club Brugge	Waregem
20:45	Baudry 35' De fauw 67' (pen.) Leya 72' Šaponjić 86' Kaya 90+1'	Report	Vossen 4' Cools 26' Mechele 53' Nakamba 63' Dennis 83' 106' 107' Limbombe 98'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 6,268 Referee: Sébastien Delferière

16 January 2018 Quarter Final	Club Brugge	5 - 1	Sporting Charleroi	Bruges
20:45	Vanaken 11' 63' Mechele 22' 33' Wesley 35'	Report	N'Ganga 24'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bart Vertenten

31 January 2018 Semi Final First Leg	Standard Liège	4-1	Club Brugge	Liège
20:45	Emond 19' 25' 54' Cavanda 30' Edmilson Junior 57' 72'	Summary	Clasie 41' Vormer 72' Dennis 76' Mitrović 82'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

8 February 2018 Semi Final Second Leg	Club Brugge	3-2 (4-6 agg.)	Standard Liège	Bruges
21:00	Vanaken 41' 90+5' Vormer 60' Abdoulay Diaby 62' Clasie 75'	Summary	Orlando Sá 4' 42' M'Poku 15' Gillet 34' Laifis 44' Agbo 55' Marin 63' Emond 71'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Bart Vertenten

UEFA Champions League

26 July 2017 Third Qualifying Round First Leg	Club Brugge	3 - 3	İstanbul Başakşehir	Bruges
21:00	Dennis 5' Denswil 16' 78'	Summary	Mossoró 59' 73' Epureanu 60' Elia 63'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,788 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

2 August 2017 Third Qualifying Round Second Leg	İstanbul Başakşehir	2 - 0 (5 - 3 agg.)	Club Brugge	Istanbul
19:45	Adebayor 7' Júnior Caiçara 10' Clichy 24' Višća 34'	Summary	Dennis 23' Denswil 42' Vormer 65'	Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium Attendance: 9,168 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

UEFA Europa League

17 August 2017 Play Off Round First Leg	Club Brugge	0 - 0	AEK Athens	Bruges
20:45	Wesley 66' Vormer 74' Denswil 90'	Report	Livaja 15', 58' Vranješ 23' Hélder Lopes 54' Ćosić 68'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,115 Referee: Viktor Kassai

24 August 2017 Play Off Round Second Leg	AEK Athens	3 - 0 (3 - 0 agg.)	Club Brugge	Athens
20:00	Christodoulopoulos 27' (pen.) André Simões 39' 90+1' Bakakis 50'	Report	Palacios 25' Nakamba 63'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,275 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

References

↑ "First Division A 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ "Reglement 2017-2018 Boek B: De koepelorganisatie KBVB en haar deelorganisaties" [General Rules 2017-2018 Book B: The overall organisation KBVB and its subsidiaries] (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian FA. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

External links

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

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[1] "First Division A 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

[2] "Reglement 2017-2018 Boek B: De koepelorganisatie KBVB en haar deelorganisaties" [General Rules 2017-2018 Book B: The overall organisation KBVB and its subsidiaries] (PDF) (in Dutch). Royal Belgian FA. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging
Club	History Players Head coaches Presidents Club captains Records European football Seasons Bruges Matins
Home stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Rivalries	Bruges derby

2017–18 in Belgian football
« 2016–17 2018–19 »
League competitions	First Division A First Division B First Amateur Division Second Amateur Division Third Amateur Division
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2017 Winter 2017–18 Summer 2018
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group H) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Lokeren Mechelen Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Zulte-Waregem
First Division B	Beerschot Wilrijk Cercle Brugge Lierse OH Leuven Roeselare Tubize Union SG Westerlo

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	13	2	0	44	16	+28	7	5	3	24	17	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	12	2	1	2	12	7	+5	1	2	2	5	5	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	13	2	0	44	16	+28	7	5	3	24	17	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	12	2	1	2	12	7	+5	1	2	2	5	5	0

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	20	7	3	68	33	+35	67	13	2	0	44	16	+28	7	5	3	24	17	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	3	4	17	12	+5	12	2	1	2	12	7	+5	1	2	2	5	5	0