2017–18 Club Brugge KV season

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Club Brugge 2017–18 football season

Club Brugge2017–18 season

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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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.

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.

## First-team squad

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As of 15 January 2018

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

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1  | GK |  RUS | Vladimir Gabulov
3  | MF |  BEL | Timmy Simons
5  | DF |  FRA | Benoît Poulain
6  | MF |  NED | Jordy Clasie (on loan from Southampton)
7  | FW |  BRA | Wesley
8  | FW |  ISR | Lior Refaelov (Vice-captain)
9  | FW |  BEL | Jelle Vossen
10  | FW |  MLI | Abdoulay Diaby
11  | FW |  SEN | Krépin Diatta
14  | DF |  CRO | Ivan Tomečak
17  | FW |  BEL | Anthony Limbombe
18  | GK |  BEL | Guillaume Hubert
19  | FW |  BEL | Thibault Vlietinck
20  | MF |  BEL | Hans Vanaken
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21  | DF |  BEL | Dion Cools
22  | GK |  USA | Ethan Horvath
24  | DF |  NED | Stefano Denswil
25  | MF |  NED | Ruud Vormer (Captain)
30  | MF |  ZIM | Marvelous Nakamba
32  | GK |  NED | Kenneth Vermeer (on loan from Feyenoord)
35  | DF |  SUI | Saulo Decarli
40  | MF |  BEL | Jordi Vanlerberghe
42  | FW |  NGA | Emmanuel Dennis
44  | DF |  BEL | Brandon Mechele
55  | DF |  SRB | Erhan Mašović
96  | DF |  BEL | Ahmed Touba
TBD  | DF |  CRO | Matej Mitrovic (on loan from Beşiktaş)
TBD  | DF |  DEN | Alexander Scholz

## Club friendlies

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Club Brugge v  VV Westkapelle 24 June 2017 |  Club Brugge | 9–0|  VV Westkapelle |

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Oudenaarde v  Club Brugge 28 June 2017 |  Oudenaarde | 0–6|  Club Brugge |

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Torhout v  Club Brugge 1 July 2017 |  Torhout | 0–2|  Club Brugge |

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Club Brugge v  AZ 15 July 2017 |  Club Brugge | 1–3|  AZ |

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Club Brugge v  Athletic Bilbao 21 July 2017 |  Club Brugge | 0–2|  Athletic Bilbao |

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## Competitions

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### Belgian First Division A

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#### Regular season

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Main article: 2017–18 Belgian First Division A

##### Results summary

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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

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]

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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: [citation needed]

##### Results by matchday

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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

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

#### Play-offs

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Pos | Team

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| 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  | --

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

##### Results summary

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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

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

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

##### Matches

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Lokeren v Club Brugge 29 July 2017 1|  Lokeren | 0–4|  Club Brugge | Lokeren

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* Kehli 35'
* Marić 81'
* Mpati 83'

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* Mechele 5'
* Dennis 17', 24'
* Palacios 32'
* Nakamba 45+1'
* Mirić 55' (o.g.)

| Stadium: Daknamstadion
Attendance: 7,441
Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Club Brugge v Eupen 6 August 2017 2|  Club Brugge | 3–1|  Eupen | Bruges

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* Vossen 32' (pen.)
* Dennis 65'
* Limbombe 86'
* Diaby 90+1'

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* Diagne 19'
* Blondelle 28'
* Lotiès 90+3'

| Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 25,723
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

### Belgian Cup

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Main article: 2017–18 Belgian Cup

Roeselare v Club Brugge 20 September 2017 Round of 32|  Roeselare | 1–5|  Club Brugge | Roeselare

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* Dufour 35' 42'

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* Dennis 5' 30'
* Vormer 16'
* Wesley 38'
* Vossen 82'

| 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

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* Baudry 35'
* De fauw 67' (pen.)
* Leya 72'
* Šaponjić 86'
* Kaya 90+1'

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* Vossen 4'
* Cools 26'
* Mechele 53'
* Nakamba 63'
* Dennis 83' 106' 107'
* Limbombe 98'

| 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

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* Vanaken 11' 63'
* Mechele 22' 33'
* Wesley 35'

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* N'Ganga 24'

| 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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* Wesley 66'
* Vormer 74'
* Denswil 90'

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* Livaja 15'
* Vranješ 23'
* Hélder Lopes 54'
* Ćosić 68'

| 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

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* Christodoulopoulos 27' (pen.)
* André Simões 39' 90+1'
* Bakakis 50'

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* Palacios 25'
* Nakamba 63'

| Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,275
Referee:  Jesús Gil Manzano

## Statistics

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### Squad appearances and goals

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Last updated on 20 May 2018.
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
Goalkeepers
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

## References

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1. ^ a b "Club Brugge win Belgian title". Yahoo. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
2. ^ "First Division A 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
3. ^ "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

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* 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

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