# 2021–22 Club Brugge KV season

The 2021–22 season was the 130th season in the existence of Club Brugge KV and the club's 62nd 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, and the UEFA Champions League.
On 17 July 2021, Club Brugge won their first trophy of the season, defeating Genk in the 2021 Belgian Super Cup.
On 15 May 2022, Club Brugge secured their third consecutive and 18th overall league title in history with a 3–1 win in Antwerp.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 February 2022
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 |
| 3 | MF | COL | Éder Balanta |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Denis Odoi |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen |
| 8 | MF | USA | Owen Otasowie |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 10 | FW | NED | Noa Lang |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan |
| 18 | DF | URU | Federico Ricca |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | COL | José Izquierdo |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer (captain) |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits |
| 29 | FW | NED | Bas Dost |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Daniel Pérez |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele |
| 72 | DF | BEL | Noah Mbamba |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata |
| 90 | MF | BEL | Charles De Ketelaere |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Michael Krmenčík (on loan to Slavia Prague until 30 June 2022) |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Tibo Persyn (on loan to Westerlo until 30 June 2022) |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Thibault Vlietinck (on loan to OH Leuven until 30 June 2022) |
| 21 | FW | NGA | David Okereke (on loan to Venezia until 30 June 2022) |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Youssouph Badji (on loan to Charleroi until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Maxim De Cuyper (on loan to Westerlo until 30 June 2022) |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2022) |
| 97 | MF | BEL | Thomas Van den Keybus (on loan to Westerlo until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GHA | Kamal Sowah (on loan to AZ until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| | GK | Karlo Letica | Sampdoria | Loan Return | 30 June 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Eduard Sobol | Shakhtar Donetsk | €3,200,000 | 30 June 2021 |
| | DF | Simon Deli | Slavia Prague | Loan Return | 30 June 2021 |
| | FW | Emmanuel Dennis | FC Köln | Loan Return | 30 June 2021 |
| | FW | Michael Krmenčík | PAOK | Loan Return | 30 June 2021 |
| | FW | Kaveh Rezaei | Charleroi | Loan Return | 30 June 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Tibo Persyn | Inter Milan | Loan | 29 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Owen Otasowie | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed | 20 August 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Stanley Nsoki | Nice | Undisclosed | 24 August 2021 |
| 17 | MF | Tajon Buchanan | New England Revolution | Undisclosed | 24 August 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Kamal Sowah | Leicester City | Undisclosed | 27 August 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Wesley | Aston Villa | Loan | 28 August 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Jack Hendry | Oostende | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Andreas Skov Olsen | Bologna | Undisclosed | 28 January 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Sargis Adamyan | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Denis Odoi | Fulham | Undisclosed | 1 February 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | FW | Emmanuel Dennis | Watford | Undisclosed | 21 June 2021 |
| | FW | Loïs Openda | SBV Vitesse | Loan | 23 June 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Tahith Chong | Manchester United | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Stefano Denswil | Bologna | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 22 | GK | Ethan Horvath | Nottingham Forest | Free | 13 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Odilon Kossounou | Bayer Leverkusen | €23,000,000 | 22 July 2021 |
| | FW | Michael Krmenčík | Slavia Prague | Loan | 23 July 2021 |
| 55 | DF | Maxim De Cuyper | Westerlo | Loan | 2 August 2021 |
| | FW | Kaveh Rezaei | OH Leuven | Undisclosed | 4 August 2021 |
| 21 | FW | David Okereke | Venezia | Loan | 12 August 2021 |
| | MF | Thomas Van den Keybus | Westerlo | Loan | 13 August 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Karlo Letica | CFR Cluj | Undisclosed | 11 October 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Wesley | Aston Villa | Loan Recall | 7 January 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Kamal Sowah | AZ | Loan | 31 January 2022 |
| 28 | FW | Ignace Van Der Brempt | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed | 1 February 2022 |
* ↑ Move takes place following completion of the 2021 MLS season

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Belgian First Division A | 25 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 062.50 |
| Belgian Cup | 27 October 2021 | 2 March 2022 | Sixth round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Belgian Super Cup | 17 July 2021 | 17 July 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 7 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 100 | 68 | +32 | 057.69 |
Last updated: 22 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### First Division A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Union SG (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League and Play-offs I |
| 2 | Club Brugge (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 72 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
* ↑ The regular season winners will qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League if they do not qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League in the playoffs.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 April 2022. 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.

#### Play-Off I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CLU | USG | AND | ANT |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Union SG | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2022. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | PAR | RBL | BRU |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 22 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Belgian Super Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet | 49 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol | 36 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki | 40 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry | 32 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi | 16 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović | 6 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | URU | Federico Ricca | 19 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 46 | 0 | 34+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | BEL | Noah Mbamba | 21 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata | 50 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | CIV | Loubadhe Abakar Sylla | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | COL | Éder Balanta | 37 | 3 | 21+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Owen Otasowie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Faitout Maouassa | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 50 | 14 | 36+3 | 11 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer | 36 | 5 | 22+7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits | 45 | 9 | 26+7 | 7 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 90 | MF | BEL | Charles De Ketelaere | 49 | 18 | 37+2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra | 12 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen | 17 | 6 | 12+3 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Sargis Adamyan | 16 | 6 | 7+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Noa Lang | 48 | 9 | 33+4 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan | 15 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | COL | José Izquierdo | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 35 | 14 | 11+15 | 12 | 2+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Daniel Pérez | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wesley | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Ruben Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Tibo Persyn | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Kamal Sowah | 17 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | NGA | David Okereke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Ignace Van Der Brempt | 20 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BEL | Maxim De Cuyper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | BEL | Thomas Van den Keybus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of 29 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 90 | MF | | Charles De Ketelaere | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Noa Lang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Hans Vanaken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 25 | MF | | Ruud Vormer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Eduard Sobol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | MF | | Éder Álvarez Balanta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | | Matej Mitrović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Tibo Persyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 29 | FW | | Bas Dost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 77 | DF | | Clinton Mata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 15 August 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Simon Mignolet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |