# 2017–18 Club Brugge KV season

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. The result was clinched in the penultimate match of the season, after a 1–1 draw away to Standard.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## First-team squad

    As of 15 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 |

## Competitions
### Belgian First Division A
#### Regular season
##### Results summary

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Charleroi | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Genk | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 March 2018. Source:

##### Results by matchday

| 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 |
| 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 |

#### Play-offs

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CLU | STA | AND | GNT | GNK | CHA |
| 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 | — |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source:

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 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 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 20 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |