2017–18_Club_Brugge_KV_season
2017–18 Club Brugge KV season
Club Brugge 2017–18 football season
The 2017–18 season was Club Brugge's 126th season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. Club Brugge participated in the Belgian First Division A, Belgian Cup and on the European stage in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
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Quick Facts season, Chairman ...
| 2017–18 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Bart Verhaeghe | |||
| Head coach | Ivan Leko | |||
| Stadium | Jan Breydel Stadium | |||
| Belgian First Division A | 1st | |||
| Belgian Cup | Semi-finals | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Abdoulay Diaby (15) All: Abdoulay Diaby (16) | |||
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← 2016–17 | ||||
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The club would win their 15th league this season, edging out closest competitors Standard Liège by 3 points following the championship round.[1] The result was clinched in the penultimate match of the season, after a 1–1 draw away to Standard.[1]
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
- 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.
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Club Brugge v VV Westkapelle
| 24 June 2017 | Club Brugge | 9–0 | VV Westkapelle | |
| 19:00 | Summary |
Oudenaarde v Club Brugge
| 28 June 2017 | Oudenaarde | 0–6 | Club Brugge | |
| 19:00 | Summary |
Club Brugge v 
Athletic Bilbao
| 21 July 2017 | Club Brugge | 0–2 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| 19:00 | Summary |
Belgian First Division A
Regular season
Main article: 2017–18 Belgian First Division A
Results summary
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
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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]
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]
More information Overall, Home ...
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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Last updated: 11 March 2018.
Source: [citation needed]
Results by matchday
More information Matchday, Ground ...
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Play-offs
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CLU | STA | AND | GNT | GNK | CHA | |
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| 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 | — |
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Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Position obtained during the Regular season[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary
More information Overall, Home ...
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: [citation needed]
Results by matchday
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| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| 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 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Lokeren v Club Brugge
| 29 July 2017 1 | Lokeren | 0–4 | Club Brugge | Lokeren |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 7,441 Referee: Sébastien Delferière |
Belgian Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Belgian Cup
Roeselare v Club Brugge
| 20 September 2017 Round of 32 | Roeselare | 1–5 | Club Brugge | Roeselare |
| 20:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
Zulte Waregem v Club Brugge
| 30 November 2017 Round of 16 | Zulte Waregem | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Club Brugge | Waregem |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 6,268 Referee: Sébastien Delferière |
Club Brugge v Sporting Charleroi
| 16 January 2018 Quarter-finals | Club Brugge | 5–1 | Sporting Charleroi | Bruges |
| 20:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bart Vertenten |
Standard Liège v Club Brugge
| 31 January 2018 Semi-finals 1st 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 |
Club Brugge v Standard Liège
| 8 February 2018 Semi-finals 2nd 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
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League
Club Brugge v 
İstanbul Başakşehir
| 26 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st 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 |
İstanbul Başakşehir v Club Brugge
| 2 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd 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
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
Club Brugge v 
AEK Athens
| 17 August 2017 Play-off round 1st Leg | Club Brugge | 0–0 | AEK Athens | Bruges |
| 20:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 27,115 Referee:  Viktor Kassai |
AEK Athens v Club Brugge
| 24 August 2017 Play-off round 2nd leg | AEK Athens | 3–0 (3–0 agg.) | Club Brugge | Athens |
| 20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,275 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano |
Squad appearances and goals
- Last updated on 20 May 2018.
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| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
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| 1 | GK |  RUS |
Vladimir Gabulov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | BEL |
Guillaume Hubert | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK |  USA |
Ethan Horvath | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK |  NED |
Kenneth Vermeer | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF |  DEN |
Alexander Scholz | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF |  FRA |
Benoît Poulain | 20 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF |  CRO |
Ivan Tomečak | 6 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO |
Matej Mitrovic | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BEL |
Dion Cools | 41 | 3 | 32+3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NED |
Stefano Denswil | 40 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF |  SUI |
Saulo Decarli | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL |
Brandon Mechele | 48 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF |  SRB |
Erhan Mašović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | BEL |
Ahmed Touba | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | BEL |
Timmy Simons | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED |
Jordy Clasie | 25 | 1 | 10+10 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL |
Hans Vanaken | 48 | 15 | 36+3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED |
Ruud Vormer | 49 | 14 | 38+2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF |  ZIM |
Marvelous Nakamba | 44 | 0 | 31+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | BEL |
Jordi Vanlerberghe | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW |  BRA |
Wesley | 44 | 13 | 29+9 | 11 | 3+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW |  ISR |
Lior Refaelov | 22 | 2 | 5+13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BEL |
Jelle Vossen | 35 | 9 | 11+17 | 7 | 1+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW |  MLI |
Abdoulay Diaby | 41 | 16 | 26+8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW |  SEN |
Krépin Diatta | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BEL |
Anthony Limbombe | 39 | 6 | 29+3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BEL |
Thibault Vlietinck | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW |  NGA |
Emmanuel Dennis | 38 | 12 | 12+18 | 7 | 1+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA |
Ludovic Butelle | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL |
Björn Engels | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW |  COL |
José Izquierdo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | COL |
Helibelton Palacios | 10 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | COL |
Germán Mera | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BEL |
Laurens De Bock | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | FRA |
Jérémy Perbet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- "Club Brugge win Belgian title". Yahoo. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- "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.
- Official website (in Dutch, French, English, and 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