2020–21 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2020–21 season
President	Bart Verhaeghe
Manager	Philippe Clement
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Belgian First Division A	1st
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Belgian Super Cup	Cancelled
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Krépin Diatta (10); All: ; Krépin Diatta; Noa Lang; (10 each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

The 2020–21 Club Brugge KV season is the club's 129th season in existence and the 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Club Brugge are participating in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 January 2021^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	UKR	Eduard Sobol (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
3	MF	COL	Éder Balanta
5	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou
7	FW	SEN	Amadou Sagna
10	FW	NED	Noa Lang (on loan from Ajax)
11	MF	SEN	Krépin Diatta
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović
17	DF	CIV	Simon Deli
18	DF	URU	Federico Ricca
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain)
21	FW	NGA	David Okereke
22	GK	USA	Ethan Horvath
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil (on loan from Bologna)
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer (Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits
27	FW	SEN	Youssouph Badji
28	DF	BEL	Ignace Van Der Brempt
29	FW	NED	Bas Dost
33	GK	BEL	Nick Shinton
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele
55	MF	BEL	Maxim De Cuyper
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata
88	GK	BEL	Simon Mignolet
90	MF	BEL	Charles De Ketelaere
91	GK	BEL	Senne Lammens
97	MF	BEL	Thomas Van den Keybus

Out on loan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Karlo Letica (on loan to Sampdoria until 30 June 2021)
4	DF	BRA	Luan Peres (on loan to Santos until 23 January 2021)
10	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei (on loan to Charleroi until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck (on loan to OH Leuven until 30 June 2021)
40	DF	BEL	Siemen Voet (on loan to K.V. Mechelen until 30 June 2021)
80	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 August 2020 Friendly	Club Brugge	3–0	Union Titus Pétange	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík 5', 14', 36'			Stadium: Complex Molenhoek

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Belgian First Division A	8 August 2020	30 May 2021	Matchday 1		25	18	3	4	53	18	+35	072.00
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021		Sixth round		1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	100.00
UEFA Champions League	20 October 2020	8 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	033.33
UEFA Europa League	18 February 2021		Round of 32		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					32	21	5	6	67	29	+38	065.63

Last updated: 3 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge (C)	34	24	4	6	73	26	+47	76	Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I^[a]
2	Antwerp	34	18	6	10	57	48	+9	60	Qualification for the Play-offs I
3	Anderlecht	34	15	13	6	51	34	+17	58
4	Genk^[b]	34	16	8	10	67	48	+19	56
5	Oostende^[c]	34	15	8	11	49	41	+8	53	Qualification for the Play-offs II

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League through the 2020–21 Belgian Cup.
^ Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.
^ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[2] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[3]^[4]

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
25	18	3	4	53	18	+35	57	10	1	3	26	11	+15	8	2	1	27	7	+20

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round

Round	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	17	7	11	5	4	3	2	2	1	2	5	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.^[6]

8 August 2020 1	Club Brugge	0–1	Charleroi	Bruges
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sobol 42' Dennis 54'	Report	Ilaimaharitra 17' Busi 35' Willems 64' Morioka 78'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

16 August 2020 2	Eupen	0–4	Club Brugge	Eupen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Badji 14' Diatta 59', 69' Vormer 76'	Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

23 August 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–1	Beerschot	Bruges
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta 76'	Report	Holzhauser 28'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

30 August 2020 4	Genk	1–2	Club Brugge	Genk
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouassi 54' Bongonda 60' (pen.) Mæhle 81' Uronen 90' Arteaga 90+6'	Report	Vanaken 22' Deli 28' Mignolet 60' Vormer 80' Badji 83'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

12 September 2020 5	Club Brugge	4–1	Waasland-Beveren	Bruges
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanaken 16' (pen.), 39' Okereke 50' Dennis 52' Krmenčík 84'	Report	Heymans 30' Sula 34' Schoonbaert 40'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

20 September 2020 6	Zulte Waregem	0–6	Club Brugge	Waregem
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Humphreys 84'	Report	Deschacht 6' (o.g.) Krmenčík 19', 41' Vanaken 31' De Ketelaere 67' Balanta 74' Kossounou 81'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen

27 September 2020 7	Club Brugge	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Bruges
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta 22' Deli 68' Krmenčík 90+6'	Report	Musaba 46' Marcelin 58' Hazard 69'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Lawrence Visser

4 October 2020 8	Club Brugge	3–0	Anderlecht	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diatta 23' Vanaken 48' (pen.) Rits 63' Vormer 90+4'	Report	Sambi Lokonga 47' 72' Luckassen 58' Arnstad 85'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

17 October 2020 9	Standard Liège	1–1	Club Brugge	Liège
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lestienne 20' Gavory 90+3' (pen.) Raskin 90+7'	Report	Mata 33' Diatta 40' Rits 71' Badji 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

24 October 2020 10	OH Leuven	2–1	Club Brugge	Leuven
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Henry 21' (pen.) Malinov 30' Duplus 39' Mercier 57'	Report	Ricca 12' Sobol 19' Lang 45' (pen.), 55'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

31 October 2020 11	Club Brugge	2–2	KV Mechelen	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vormer 13', 20' Lang 28'	Report	De Camargo 42' Schoofs 81'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

8 November 2020 12	Oostende	1–3	Club Brugge	Ostend
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 38' Bataille 59' 76' Ndicka 68'	Report	Rits 32' Diatta 81' Badji 90'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

21 November 2020 13	Club Brugge	1–0	Kortrijk	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lang 60'	Report	Van der Bruggen 23' Stojanović 55' Sainsbury 68'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt

28 November 2020 14	Excel Mouscron	0–0	Club Brugge	Mouscron
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Capita 76' Mohamed 82'	Report	Dennis 87' Balanta 87' Mata 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesli De Cremer

5 December 2020 15	Club Brugge	1–0	Sint-Truiden	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Okereke 57'	Report	Konaté 59'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

13 December 2020 16	Antwerp	0–2	Club Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gelin 16' Hongla 50' Batubinsika 78' Mbokani 83'	Report	Diatta 2' Rits 49' Balanta 56'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

17 December 2020 17	KV Mechelen	0–3	Club Brugge	Mechelen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peyre 41' Storm 45' Bushiri 63'	Report	Diatta 69', 74' Okereke 89'	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

20 December 2020 18	Club Brugge	0–1	Gent	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 47' Deli 62' Lang 83'	Report	Mohammadi 26' Dorsch 64' Ricca 68' (o.g.) Kleindienst 90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 December 2020 19	Club Brugge	3–0	Eupen	Bruges
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang 52', 58' Vanaken 79' Okereke 82'	Report	Cools 45+2' Koch 49'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

10 January 2021 30	Sint-Truiden	1–2	Club Brugge	Sint-Truiden
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Ridder 51' Buatu 55' Nazon 86'	Report	Dost 13' Lang 35' Mechele 42' Balanta 77'	Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put

17 January 2021 20	Beerschot	0–3	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Buijs 43' Coulibaly 66' Van den Bergh 67'	Report	Dost 15' Kossounou 19' Sobol 48' Lang 82', 83'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt

20 January 2021 21	Club Brugge	2–1	Oostende	Bruges
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lang 32' Dost 38' Diatta 49'	Report	Mata 14' (o.g.) Jäkel 40' Sakala 52'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet

24 January 2021 22	Club Brugge	3–2	Genk	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dost 7' Vormer 65' Mechele 77'	Report	Ito 24' Toma 34' Thorstvedt 90+3'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

28 January 2021 23	Cercle Brugge	1–2	Club Brugge	Bruges
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Musaba 28'	Report	Mechele 37' Denswil 54' Lang 58' Rits 79'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

31 January 2021 24	Club Brugge	3–1	Standard Liège	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 19' Dost 41' Lang 49' Kossounou 73'	Report	Bokadi 3' Bastien 62' Carcela 88' Dussenne 88' Pavlovic 90+2'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

6 February 2021 25	Waasland-Beveren	v	Club Brugge	Beveren
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Freethiel Stadion

Belgian Cup

3 February 2021 Sixth round	Club Brugge	6–1	Olsa Brakel	Bruges
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 2' Badji 21', 60', 74' Nelis 51' (o.g.) Chong 69'	Report	Haezebroeck 9', 56'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0

10 February 2021 Seventh round	Club Brugge	v	Antwerp	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[7] Template:2020–21 UEFA Champions League group tables

20 October 2020 1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–2	Club Brugge	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Lovren 53' Horvath 74' (o.g.)	Report	Mata 12' Dennis 14', 63' Rits 33' Vanaken 85' De Ketelaere 90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 16,682 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

28 October 2020 2	Club Brugge	1–1	Lazio	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diatta 32' Vanaken 42' (pen.) Dennis 69' Rits 88'	Report	Correa 14' Farès 35' Patric 40' Hoedt 45' Akpa Akpro 59' Czyż 76'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

4 November 2020 3	Club Brugge	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hazard 14' Haaland 18', 32'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

24 November 2020 4	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Club Brugge	Dortmund, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haaland 18', 60' Sancho 45'	Report	Rits 71'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2 December 2020 5	Club Brugge	3–0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	De Ketelaere 33' Vanaken 58' (pen.) Lang 73'	Report	Sutormin 67' Prokhin 90'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

8 December 2020 6	Lazio	2–2	Club Brugge	Rome, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Correa 12' Immobile 27' (pen.) Hoedt 36' Marušić 90'	Report	Sobol 2' 39' Vormer 15' Vanaken 76'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[8]

Round of 32

18 February 2021 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	v	Club Brugge	Kyiv, Ukraine
18:55 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium

25 February 2021 Second leg	Club Brugge	v	Dynamo Kyiv	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 3 February 2021.^[9]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Belgian Division		Belgian Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	USA	Ethan Horvath	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	BEL	Nick Shinton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	GK	BEL	Simon Mignolet	29	0	24	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
91	GK	BEL	Senne Lammens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UKR	Eduard Sobol	22	0	14+2	0	1	0	4+1	0	0	0
5	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou	25	1	18+2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	CIV	Simon Deli	17	1	11+2	1	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
18	DF	URU	Federico Ricca	16	0	9+4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	6	0	2+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	BEL	Ignace Van Der Brempt	5	0	1+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	23	2	20	2	0+1	0	2	0	0	0
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata	31	0	23+2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	COL	Éder Balanta	19	1	6+8	1	1	0	3+1	0	0	0
8	MF	MAR	Nabil Dirar	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	29	10	22	6	1	1	6	3	0	0
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer	28	5	21+1	4	0	0	6	1	0	0
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits	29	2	22+1	2	0+1	0	3+2	0	0	0
55	MF	BEL	Maxim De Cuyper	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
90	MF	BEL	Charles De Ketelaere	30	3	15+9	1	0	0	5+1	2	0	0
97	MF	BEL	Thomas Van Den Keybus	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Tahith Chong	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CZE	Michael Krmenčík	12	3	5+4	3	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
10	FW	NED	Noa Lang	23	10	15+2	9	0	0	4+2	1	0	0
21	FW	NGA	David Okereke	24	4	7+13	4	1	0	0+3	0	0	0
27	FW	SEN	Youssouph Badji	21	6	9+9	3	1	3	0+2	0	0	0
29	FW	NED	Bas Dost	6	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
11	MF	SEN	Krépin Diatta	24	9	17+2	9	0	0	5	0	0	0
16	FW	BEL	Siebe Schrijvers	13	0	3+7	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis	13	1	6+3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 31 January 2021^[9]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Total
1	11	MF	Krépin Diatta	10	0	10
1	10	FW	Noa Lang	9	1	10
3	20	FW	Hans Vanaken	6	3	9
4	25	MF	Ruud Vormer	4	1	5
4	29	FW	Bas Dost	5	0	5
6	21	FW	David Okereke	4	0	4
7	9	FW	Michael Krmenčík	3	0	3
	27	FW	Youssouph Badji	3	0	3
	90	MF	Charles De Ketelaere	1	2	3
10	26	MF	Mats Rits	2	0	2
	42	FW	Emmanuel Dennis	1	1	2
	44	DF	Brandon Mechele	2	0	2
13	3	MF	Éder Álvarez Balanta	1	0	1
13	17	DF	Simon Deli	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Totals				53	8	61

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

^ "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2020-2021 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_RW0.69815810755741-2] The regular season winners will qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs or for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League through the 2020–21 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_GNK0.69815810755741-3] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.69815810755741-7] On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.^[2] Both Exel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.^[3]^[4]

[Behind_closed_doors-11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[Squad-1] "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[licenses-4] "KV Oostende en Moeskroen krijgen (weer) geen licentie in eerste zit" [KV Oostende and (again) Mouscron don't receive a license at their first attempt] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[appealoostende-5] "KV Oostende krijgt licentie van BAS, afwachten voor Moeskroen" [KV Oostende awarded license by BAS, Mouscron still waiting] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[appealmouscron-6] "Degradant Moeskroen bemachtigt via BAS opnieuw een licentie" [Relegated Mouscron again obtains license after appeal at BAS] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[8] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[9] "Club Brugge - Charleroi is de opener van het seizoen en meteen maandagvoetbal: ontdek hier de kalender van het seizoen 2020/21". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[10] "Champions League group stage draw made in Geneva". UEFA.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[12] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". uefa.com. 14 December 2020.

[FBstats-13] "2020-2021 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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v t e Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging
Players Head coaches Presidents Club captains Seasons European football Records Current season
History	History of Club Brugge KV
Teams	I. Club Brugge KV (First Team) II. Club NXT (Reserves) Club YLA (Women's Team) Club Brugge G-ploeg (Disability Team)
Grounds	Het Rattenplein (1891–1912) De Klokke (1912–1975) Jan Breydel Stadium (1975–present) Schiervelde Stadion (Club NXT & Club YLA)
Training grounds	Belfius Basecamp (2019–present) Jan Breydel (1975–present) Schiervelde (2021–present)
Rivalries	Anderlecht rivalry 'Big Three' Bruges derby (against Cercle Brugge)
Tournament	Bruges Matins (Friendly)
Category Commons

v t e 2020–21 in Belgian football
« 2019–20 2021–22 »
League competitions	First Division A First Division B National Division 1 Division 2 Division 3
Women's League competitions	Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
Transfers	Summer 2020 Fall 2020 Winter 2020–21 Summer 2021
UEFA competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group B) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group E) Roberto Martínez
Club seasons
First Division A	Anderlecht Antwerp Beerschot Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Eupen Excel Mouscron Genk Gent Kortrijk Mechelen OH Leuven Oostende Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Waasland-Beveren Zulte Waregem
First Division B	Club NXT Deinze Lierse Lommel RWD Molenbeek Seraing Union SG Westerlo