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	Quarter-finals
Belgian Super Cup	Cancelled
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Noa Lang (16); All: ; Noa Lang (17)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 26 February 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	NED	Tahith Chong (on loan from Manchester United)
8	MF	MAR	Nabil Dirar (on loan from Fenerbahçe)
10	FW	NED	Noa Lang (on loan from Ajax)
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović
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
30	FW	VEN	Daniel Pérez
33	GK	BEL	Nick Shinton
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
97	MF	BEL	Thomas Van den Keybus
98	MF	BEL	Cisse Sandra

Out on loan[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Karlo Letica (on loan to Sampdoria until 30 June 2021)
9	FW	CZE	Michael Krmenčík (on loan to PAOK until 30 June 2021)
17	DF	CIV	Simon Deli (on loan to Slavia Prague until 30 June 2021)
19	MF	BEL	Thibault Vlietinck (on loan to OH Leuven until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
40	DF	BEL	Siemen Voet (on loan to K.V. Mechelen until 30 June 2021)
42	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Dennis (on loan to Köln until 30 June 2021)
80	FW	BEL	Loïs Openda (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	IRN	Kaveh Rezaei (on loan to Charleroi until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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

Out[edit]

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

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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[edit]

Overview[edit]

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	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	Winners	40	25	7	8	81	37	+44	062.50
Belgian Cup	3 February 2021	4 March 2021	Sixth round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	066.67
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	25 February 2021	Round of 32	Round of 32	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					51	29	10	12	99	52	+47	056.86

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Belgian First Division A[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	24	4	6	73	26	+47	76	13	1	4	36	15	+21	11	3	2	37	11	+26

Last updated: 18 April 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

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	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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 18	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 17	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 25	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 21	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 22	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 23	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 24	Waasland-Beveren	0–2	Club Brugge	Beveren
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vieira 65' Vukotić 84'	Report	Lang 12', 90+4'	Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut

22 February 2021 27	Club Brugge	3–0	OH Leuven	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Van Der Brempt 8', 67' Vormer 39' (pen.) Mata 90+3'	Report	Hubert 50' Jemelka 76' Asante 86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg

7 March 2021 29	Club Brugge	3–0	Zulte Waregem	Bruges
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Badji 21' Sobol 37' Lang 63'	Report	Govea 76'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

12 March 2021 26	Charleroi	1–1	Club Brugge	Charleroi
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Dessoleil 57' Kipré 64' Nicholson 90' Vranješ 90+2'	Report	Dessoleil 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Lothar D'hondt
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 14 February 2021, but was postponed due to unsuitable ground.^[7]

15 March 2021 28	Gent	0–4	Club Brugge	Ghent
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Vanaken 19' Dost 52', 67' De Ketelaere 63' Pérez 81'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 February 2021, but was postponed after more than seven Club Brugge players tested positive for COVID-19.^[8]

21 March 2021 31	Club Brugge	0–2	Antwerp	Bruges
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mata 40' Lang 46' 89' Mechele 60'	Report	Lamkel Zé 9' Hongla 32' Refaelov 43' (pen.) De Pauw 60'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

3 April 2021 32	Kortrijk	1–2	Club Brugge	Kortrijk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gano 18' Sissoko 45+2' Ocansey 63' Selemani 73' Golubović 90'	Report	Sobol 21' Vormer 52' Vanaken 77' (pen.) Pérez 90'	Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote

11 April 2021 33	Anderlecht	2–1	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 72' Lokonga 76' Miazga 90'	Report	Kossounou 49' Lang 53' Sobol 79' Mata 81'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

18 April 2021 34	Club Brugge	4–2	Excel Mouscron	Bruges
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mata 9' De Ketelaere 55' Vanaken 64' Lang 85' Dost 89'	Report	Harbaoui 47', 51' Silvestre 72'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Play-Off I[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CLU	GNK	ANT	AND
1	Club Brugge (C)	6	1	3	2	8	11	−3	44	Qualification for the Champions League group stage	—	1–2	2–1	2–2
2	Genk	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	44	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	3–0	—	4–0	1–1
3	Antwerp	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	35	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	0–0	2–3	—	1–0
4	Anderlecht	6	0	4	2	9	11	−2	33	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round	3–3	1–2	2–2	—

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[9]
(C) Champions

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	1	3	2	8	11	−3	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	0	2	1	3	6	−3

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: Jupiler Pro League

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	W	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Jupiler Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

2 May 2021 1	Club Brugge	2–2	Anderlecht	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kossounou 37' Lang 49' Vormer 65' Vanaken 84' Dost 89'	Report	Nmecha 64' Cobbaut 76' Cullen 78' Bruun Larsen 86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

7 May 2021 2	Genk	3–0	Club Brugge	Genk
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Onuachu 57', 68' Ito 74' Thorstvedt 75'	Report	Vanaken 69' Lang 81' Sobol 84'	Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

13 May 2021 3	Antwerp	0–0	Club Brugge	Antwerp
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Verstraete 75'	Report	Mata 38' Lang 75'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche

16 May 2021 4	Club Brugge	2–1	Antwerp	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Balanta 34' Butez 60' (o.g.) Vanaken 66' (pen.) Van Der Brempt 81'	Report	Le Marchand 12' Hongla 45' Mbokani 62', 89' De Laet 82'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge

20 May 2021 5	Anderlecht	3–3	Club Brugge	Anderlecht
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 45+2' (pen.), 65', 76' Sambi Lokonga 87' Bruun Larsen 90+4'	Report	Vanaken 13', 54' Lang 57' Balanta 70'	Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser

23 May 2021 6	Club Brugge	1–2	Genk	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vanaken 34' Sobol 71' Vormer 80'	Report	Toma 61' Dessers 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme

Belgian Cup[edit]

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	3–1	Antwerp	Bruges
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Vanaken 49' Dost 81' Vormer 85'	Report	Verstraete 33' De Laet 43' Seck 62' Lamkel Zé 83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

4 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Standard Liège	1–0	Club Brugge	Liège
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Muleka 39', 49' Bodart 74' Siquet 78' Amallah 79' Laifis 90+4'	Report	Mechele 45' Kossounou 81' Balanta 88'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DOR	LAZ	BRU	ZEN
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	2–0
2	Lazio	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–1	—	3–0
4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	0	1	5	4	13	−9	1		1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[11]

18 February 2021 First leg	Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	Club Brugge	Kyiv, Ukraine
16:00 CET (UTC+1)^{[note 2]}	Shaparenko 28' Buyalskyi 62' Mykolenko 90+3'	Report	Ricca 32' Mechele 67'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

25 February 2021 Second leg	Club Brugge	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Dynamo Kyiv	Bruges, Belgium
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van den Keybus 19'	Report	Besyedin 49' Buyalskyi 83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Statistics[edit]

Squad appearances and goals[edit]

Last updated on 23 May 2021.^[13]

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	4	0	2	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	47	0	38	0	2	0	5	0	2	0
91	GK	BEL	Senne Lammens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	UKR	Eduard Sobol	37	2	26+4	2	1	0	4+1	0	1	0
5	DF	CIV	Odilon Kossounou	42	1	30+3	1	2	0	5	0	2	0
15	DF	CRO	Matej Mitrović	7	0	4+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	URU	Federico Ricca	20	0	9+5	0	1	0	3	0	2	0
24	DF	NED	Stefano Denswil	15	0	5+7	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	BEL	Ignace Van Der Brempt	14	1	4+5	1	2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
44	DF	BEL	Brandon Mechele	42	3	35	2	2+1	0	2	0	2	1
75	DF	BEL	Noah Mbamba	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	ANG	Clinton Mata	49	1	36+3	1	2	0	6	0	2	0
Midfielders
3	MF	COL	Éder Balanta	34	1	13+12	1	2+1	0	3+1	0	2	0
8	MF	MAR	Nabil Dirar	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
20	MF	BEL	Hans Vanaken	45	16	34+2	11	3	2	6	3	0	0
25	MF	NED	Ruud Vormer	47	8	36+1	6	2	1	6	1	2	0
26	MF	BEL	Mats Rits	44	2	32+5	2	1+1	0	3+2	0	0	0
55	MF	BEL	Maxim De Cuyper	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
90	MF	BEL	Charles De Ketelaere	46	6	26+12	4	1	0	5+1	2	1	0
97	MF	BEL	Thomas Van Den Keybus	5	0	0+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
98	MF	BEL	Cisse Sandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NED	Tahith Chong	13	1	5+5	0	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW	NED	Noa Lang	37	17	26+3	16	1+1	0	4+2	1	0	0
21	FW	NGA	David Okereke	35	4	7+21	4	1+1	0	0+3	0	1+1	0
27	FW	SEN	Youssouph Badji	32	7	12+14	4	2	3	0+2	0	0+2	0
29	FW	NED	Bas Dost	22	10	17+2	9	1	1	0	0	2	0
30	FW	VEN	Daniel Pérez	8	1	0+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
17	DF	CIV	Simon Deli	17	1	11+2	1	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
11	MF	SEN	Krépin Diatta	24	9	17+2	9	0	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW	CZE	Michael Krmenčík	12	3	5+4	3	0	0	1+2	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[edit]

As of 20 May 2021^[13]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Belgian Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	10	FW	Noa Lang	16	0	1	0	17
2	20	FW	Hans Vanaken	11	2	3	0	16
3	11	MF	Krépin Diatta	10	0	0	0	10
3	29	FW	Bas Dost	9	1	0	0	10
5	25	MF	Ruud Vormer	5	1	1	0	7
5	27	FW	Youssouph Badji	4	3	0	0	7
7	90	MF	Charles De Ketelaere	3	0	2	0	5
8	21	FW	David Okereke	4	0	0	0	4
9	9	FW	Michael Krmenčík	3	0	0	0	3
9	44	DF	Brandon Mechele	2	0	0	1	3
11	2	DF	Eduard Sobol	2	0	0	0	2
	26	MF	Mats Rits	2	0	0	0	2
	42	FW	Emmanuel Dennis	1	0	1	0	2
14	3	MF	Éder Álvarez Balanta	1	0	0	0	1
	5	DF	Odilon Kossounou	1	0	0	0	1
	7	MF	Tahith Chong	0	1	0	0	1
	17	DF	Simon Deli	1	0	0	0	1
	28	DF	Ignace Van Der Brempt	1	0	0	0	1
	30	FW	Daniel Pérez	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	1	0	0	2
Totals				80	9	8	1	98

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
^ The Dynamo Kyiv v Club Brugge match, originally scheduled at 18:55 CET (19:55 EET), was moved to 16:00 CET (17:00 EET), due to the very cold temperatures.^[12]

References[edit]

^ "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. 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.
^ "Uitstel van wedstrijd Sporting Charleroi – Club Brugge" [Postponement of the Sporting Charleroi - Club Brugge match]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "KAA Gent - Club Brugge uitgesteld op basis van Covid-19 protocol" [KAA Gent - Club Brugge postponed based on Covid-19 protocol]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Dynamo – Brugge: kick-off time changed". FC Dynamo Kyiv. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2020-2021 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_RW0.19886545101128-2] 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_GNK0.19886545101128-3] Genk qualifies for at least the play-off round of the Europa League through winning the 2021 Belgian Cup.

[table_note_OOS0.19886545101128-7] 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-14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[17] The Dynamo Kyiv v Club Brugge match, originally scheduled at 18:55 CET (19:55 EET), was moved to 16:00 CET (17:00 EET), due to the very cold temperatures.^[12]

[Squad-1] "team - noyau a". clubbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. 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] "Uitstel van wedstrijd Sporting Charleroi – Club Brugge" [Postponement of the Sporting Charleroi - Club Brugge match]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[11] "KAA Gent - Club Brugge uitgesteld op basis van Covid-19 protocol" [KAA Gent - Club Brugge postponed based on Covid-19 protocol]. proleague.be (in Dutch). Belgian Pro League. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[12] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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

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

[16] "Dynamo – Brugge: kick-off time changed". FC Dynamo Kyiv. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[FBstats-18] "2020-2021 Club Brugge Stats". FBref. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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