# 2023–24 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

The 2023–24 season was Cercle Brugge K.S.V.'s 125th season in existence and sixth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 24 January 2024
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 | BRA | Warleson |
| 3 | MF | LTU | Edgaras Utkus |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jesper Daland |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Boris Popović |
| 6 | FW | FRA | Félix Lemaréchal (on loan from Monaco) |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Malamine Efekele (on loan from Monaco) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Erick (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Felipe Augusto |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Alan Minda |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Abu Francis |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangué |
| 19 | FW | BEL | Kazeem Olaigbe |
| 20 | DF | POR | Flávio Nazinho (on loan from Sporting) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | BEL | Maxime Delanghe |
| 22 | MF | POR | Leonardo Lopes |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Nils De Wilde |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Hannes Van der Bruggen |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Louis Torres |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Romaric Etonde (on loan from Monaco) |
| 34 | FW | BEL | Thibo Somers |
| 41 | DF | BEL | Hugo Siquet (on loan from Freiburg) |
| 66 | DF | BEL | Christiaan Ravych |
| 76 | DF | BEL | Jonas Lietaert |
| 77 | DF | FRA | Jordan Semedo (on loan from Monaco) |
| 84 | GK | BEL | Bas Langenbick |
| 89 | GK | BEL | Sébastien Bruzzese |
| 99 | FW | BFA | Abdoul Ouattara |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Emilio Kehrer (at Deinze until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Nils De Wilde | RSCA Futures | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Alan Minda | Independiente del Valle | €2,000,000 | 12 July 2023 |
| MF | Félix Lemaréchal | Monaco | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Nazinho | Sporting CP | Loan | 6 September 2023 |
| MF | Noah De Ridder | Gent | Loan | 6 January 2024 |
| FW | Felipe Augusto | Corinthians | €3,000,000 | 6 January 2024 |
| FW | Malamine Efekele | Monaco | Loan | 24 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Dino Hotić | Lech Poznań | Free | 12 July 2023 |
| FW | Ayase Ueda | Feyenoord | €9,000,000 | 3 August 2023 |
| MF | Olivier Deman | Werder Bremen | €4,000,000 | 31 August 2023 |

## 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 Pro League Regular season | 30 July 2023 | 17 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 046.67 |
| Champions' Play-offs | 1 April 2024 | 26 May 2024 | 5th | | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Belgian Cup | 31 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Seventh round | Seventh round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 042.50 |
Last updated: 19 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Pro League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Antwerp | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 52 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 51 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 5 | Cercle Brugge | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 6 | Genk | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 7 | Gent | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for the Europe play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 13 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |