2025–26 Club Brugge KV season
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Bart Verhaeghe |
| Manager | Nicky Hayen (until 8 December 2025) Ivan Leko (from 8 December 2025) |
| Stadium | Jan Breydel Stadium |
| Belgian Super Cup | Winners |
The 2025–26 season is the 135th season in the history of Club Brugge KV, and the club's 66th consecutive season in the Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Summary
On 8 December 2025, Leko joined Club Brugge, replacing Nicky Hayen.[1]
Current squad
- As of 24 January, 2026[2]
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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Transfers in
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Nicolò Tresoldi | Hannover 96 | 7 June 2025 | [3] | |
| MF | Ludovit Reis | Hamburger SV | 25 June 2025 | [4] | |
| FW | Carlos Forbs | Ajax | 17 July 2025 | [5] | |
| MF | Aleksandar Stanković | Inter Milan | 24 July 2025 | [6] | |
| FW | Mamadou Diakhon | Stade de Reims | 18 August 2025 | [7] |
Transfers out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Ferran Jutglà | RC Celta de Vigo | 24 June 2025 | [8] | |
| MF | Casper Nielsen | Standard Liège | 2 July 2025 | [9] | |
| DF | Maxim De Cuyper | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 July 2025 | [10] | |
| MF | Chemsdine Talbi | Sunderland | 9 July 2025 | [11] | |
| MF | Ardon Jashari | AC Milan | 6 August 2025 | [12] | |
| GK | Josef Bursik | Portsmouth | 1 September 2025 | [13] | |
| MF | Michał Skóraś | KAA Gent | 6 September 2025 | [14] |
Friendlies
| 28 June 2025 Friendly | Club Brugge | 2–0 | K.V. Kortrijk | |
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| 6 July 2025 Friendly | Rangers | 2–2 | Club Brugge | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 14:00 BST (UTC+1) |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 29,480 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 11 July 2025 Friendly | Club Brugge | 1–1 | Raków Częstochowa | |
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| 16 July 2025 Friendly | Club Brugge | 3–0 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | |
| Report |
| 23 July 2025 Friendly | Club Brugge | 1–3 | Patro Eisden | |
| Report |
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Competitions
Belgian Pro League
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union SG | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League and Champions' play-offs[a] |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions' play-offs |
| 3 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 57 | |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Mechelen | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 45 |
Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch)
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.[15]
Notes:
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.[15]
Notes:
- ^ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League if not earning 2026–27 UEFA Champions League in the playoff.
Matches
| 27 July 2025 1 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | Genk | Bruges |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 24,073 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 1 August 2025 2 | K.V. Mechelen | 2–1 | Club Brugge | Mechelen |
| 20:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 14,275 Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
| 9 August 2025 3 | Club Brugge | 2–0 | Cercle Brugge | |
| Report |
| 16 August 2025 4 | Zulte Waregem | 0–1 | Club Brugge | |
| Report |
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| 13 September 2025 7 | La Louvière | 1–0 | Club Brugge | |
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| 21 September 2025 8 | Club Brugge | 2–0 | Sint-Truiden | |
| Report |
| 24 September 2025 5 | Club Brugge | 5–5 | Westerlo | Westerlo |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Het Kuipje Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 27 September 2025 9 | Standard Liège | 1–2 | Club Brugge | Liège |
| 18:15 | Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 5 October 2025 10 | Club Brugge | 1–0 | Union Saint-Gilloise | |
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| 26 October 2025 12 | Antwerp | 0–1 | Club Brugge | Antwerp |
| 13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 14,036 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 1 November 2025 13 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | Dender | |
| 18:15 |
| 9 November 2025 14 | RSC Anderlecht | 1–0 | Club Brugge | |
| 13:30 |
| 22 November 2025 15 | Club Brugge | 1–0 | Charleroi | |
| 20:45 |
| 30 November 2025 16 | Club Brugge | 0–1 | Antwerp | Bruges |
| 13:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 29,042 Referee: Lothar D'Hondt |
| 6 December 2025 17 | Sint-Truidense | 3–2 | Club Brugge | |
| 20:45 |
| 14 December 2025 18 | Dender | 1–5 | Club Brugge | |
| 16:00 |
| 21 December 2025 19 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | KAA Gent | |
| 13:30 |
| 26 December 2025 20 | Genk | 3–5 | Club Brugge | |
| 13:30 |
| 16 January 2026 21 | Club Brugge | 2–3 | RAAL La Louvière |
| 24 January 2026 22 | Club Brugge | 4–3 | Zulte Waregem |
| 1 February 2026 23 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1–0 | Club Brugge | |
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| 8 February 2026 24 | Club Brugge | 3–0 | Standard Liège |
| 15 February 2026 25 | Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | Club Brugge |
| 21 February 2026 26 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | OH Leuven |
| 1 | Club Brugge | v |
| 1 | Club Brugge | v |
| 1 | Club Brugge | v |
Belgian Cup
| 29 October 2025 | Club Brugge | 6–1 | Eendracht Aalst Lede | Bruges |
| 20:30 CET | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 13 January 2026 | Charleroi | 2–0 | Club Brugge | Charleroi |
| 20:30 CET | Guiagon 20' (pen.), 45+4' | Report | Campbell 90+6' | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
Belgian Super Cup
| 20 July 2025 Final | Union SG | 1–2 | Club Brugge | Joseph Marien Stadium, Forest |
| 18:30 CEST | Ivanović 15' | Referee: Lawrence Visser |
UEFA Champions League
League phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 18 | Olympiacos | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 11 | |
| 19 | Club Brugge | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 10 | |
| 20 | Galatasaray | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | |
| 21 | Monaco | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 10 |
| 18 September 2025 | Club Brugge | 4–1 | Monaco | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 18:45 | Report[18] |
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Attendance: 25,007[17] Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy) |
| 30 September 2025 | Atalanta | 2–1 | Club Brugge | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo |
| 18:45 | Report[20] |
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Attendance: 21,950[19] Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway) |
| 22 October 2025 | Bayern Munich | 4–0 | Club Brugge | Allianz Arena, Munich |
| 21:00 | Report[22] | Attendance: 75,000[21] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) |
| 5 November 2025 | Club Brugge | 3–3 | Barcelona | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 21:00 | Report[24] | Attendance: 27,037[23] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
| 26 November 2025 | Sporting CP | 3–0 | Club Brugge | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon |
| 21:00 (20:00 UTC+0) | Report[26] | Attendance: 41,634[25] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
| 10 December 2025 | Club Brugge | 0–3 | Arsenal | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 21:00 | Report[28] |
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Attendance: 26,464[27] Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany) |
| 20 January 2026 | Kairat | 1–4 | Club Brugge | Astana Arena, Astana[a] |
| 16:30 (20:30 UTC+5) |
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Report[30] | Attendance: 11,324[29] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania) |
| 28 January 2026 | Club Brugge | v | Marseille | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 21:00 | Report[31] |
Knockout phase
| 18 February 2026 | Club Brugge | 3–3 | Atlético Madrid | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 21:00 | Report[33] | Attendance: 25,235[32] Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) |
| 24 February 2026 | Atlético Madrid | 4–1 | Club Brugge | Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid |
| 18:45 | Report[35] |
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Attendance: 66,756[34] Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
Statistics
- Last updated on 8 January 2026
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | UEFA Champions League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | NED | Dani van den Heuvel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | BEL | Nordin Jackers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Zaid Romero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ECU | Joel Ordóñez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bjorn Meijer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | BEL | Hugo Siquet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | BEL | Jorne Spileers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | BEL | Kyriani Sabbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | DF | BEL | Joaquin Seys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | CIV | Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | NOR | Hugo Vetlesen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Raphael Onyedika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | GRE | Christos Tzolis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BEL | Romeo Vermant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Gustaf Nilsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Match to be played in Astana, instead of Kairat's regular stadium, Central Stadium, Almaty, due to the potential for extreme winter weather conditions.
References
- ^ "Ivan Leko replaces Nicky Hayen as Club Brugge head coach". Club Brugge KV. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "A-Kern". Club Brugge.
- ^ "Nicolò Tresoldi joins Club Brugge". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Ludovit Reis joins Club Brugge". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Carlos Forbs joins Club Brugge". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Aleksandar Stanković naar Club Brugge". Club Brugge KV (in Flemish). 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Mamadou Diakhon joins Club Brugge". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Ferran Jutglà on his way to Celta de Vigo". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Casper Nielsen joins Standard Luik". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Maxim De Cuyper moves to Brighton & Hove Albion". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Chemsdine Talbi joins Sunderland AFC". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Ardon Jashari joins AC Milan". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Bursik Arrives From Club Brugge". Portsmouth FC. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Michał Skóraś leaves Club Brugge for KAA Gent". www.clubbrugge.be.
- ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
- ^ "League phase table". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Club Brugge v Monaco" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Monaco". UEFA. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
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- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 3 – Bayern Munich v Club Brugge" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 4 – Club Brugge v Barcelona" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Barcelona". UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
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- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 6 – Club Brugge v Arsenal" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
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- ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 7 – Kairat v Club Brugge" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ "Kairat Almaty vs. Club Brugge". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Marseille". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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