# 2022–23 Club Brugge KV season

The 2022–23 season was the 131st in the history of Club Brugge KV and their 63rd consecutive season in the top flight. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in the Belgian Cup, Belgian Super Cup and UEFA Champions League.

## Players

    As of 29 August 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 | ECU | Joel Ordóñez |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen |
| 8 | MF | USA | Owen Otasowie |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Ferran Jutglà |
| 10 | FW | NED | Noa Lang |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Cyle Larin |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bjorn Meijer |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Kamal Sowah |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken (vice-captain) |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer (captain) |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits |
| 27 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Daniel Pérez |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata |
| 89 | MF | BEL | Lynnt Audoor |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens |
| 92 | DF | BEL | Ibe Hautekiet |
| 94 | DF | CIV | Abakar Sylla |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra |
| 70 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Kamal Sowah | AZ | Loan return |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Bjorn Meijer | Groningen | £5,400,000 |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Ferran Jutglà | Barcelona | £4,500,000 |
| 4 July 2022 | FW | Cyle Larin | Beşiktaş | Free |
| 17 July 2022 | MF | Casper Nielsen | Union SG | £4,950,000 |
| 22 August 2022 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | Hertha BSC | £1,800,000 |
| 29 August 2022 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | Benfica | £13,670,000 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Michael Krmenčík | Persija Jakarta | £1,530,000 |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Bas Dost | Utrecht | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Matej Mitrović | Rijeka | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Sargis Adamyan | 1. FC Köln | Loan return |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | Tibo Persyn | Inter Milan | Loan return |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | Faitout Maouassa | Montpellier | Loan |
| 6 July 2022 | FW | Loïs Openda | Lens | £8,820,000 |
| 2 August 2022 | FW | Charles De Ketelaere | AC Milan | £28,800,000 |
| 4 August 2022 | DF | Stanley Nsoki | 1899 Hoffenheim | £10,800,000 |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | Jack Hendry | Cremonese | Loan |
| 14 January 2023 | DF | Noah Mbamba | Bayer Leverkusen | €100,000 |

## 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 % |
| Pro League | 24 July 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 045.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 21 December 2022 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Super Cup | 17 July 2022 | 17 July 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 7 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 045.10 |
Source: Soccerway

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Union SG | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 75 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 3 | Antwerp (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 72 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the Play-offs I |
| 5 | Gent (U) | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 56 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 13 November 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | | | | | |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

#### Play-Off I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | ANT | GNK | USG | CLU |
| 1 | Antwerp (C) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Genk (K) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Union SG | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–3 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Genk 1, Union SG 2.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POR | BRU | LEV | ATM |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Bayer Leverkusen 4, Atlético Madrid 1.

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 4 June 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | 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 ||||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | ENG | Josef Bursik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet | 51 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | BEL | Senne Lammens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ECU | Joel Ordóñez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Jack Hendry | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi | 38 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bjorn Meijer | 46 | 4 | 33+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 47 | 2 | 34+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | BEL | Jorne Spileers | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | BEL | Kyriani Sabbe | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata | 30 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 94 | DF | CIV | Abakar Sylla | 27 | 1 | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | USA | Owen Otasowie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Raphael Onyedika | 40 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Kamal Sowah | 36 | 2 | 14+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 51 | 14 | 40 | 14 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits | 21 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen | 46 | 9 | 31+5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | JPN | Shion Homma | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | MF | BEL | Chemsdine Talbi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | BEL | Lynnt Audoor | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra | 13 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen | 30 | 9 | 18+5 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Ferran Jutglà | 44 | 15 | 28+6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Noa Lang | 40 | 12 | 25+8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan | 32 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | VEN | Daniel Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa | 32 | 2 | 7+19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk | 27 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | BEL | Romeo Vermant | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | COL | Éder Balanta | 13 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol | 14 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Cyle Larin | 13 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | BEL | Noah Mbamba | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |