# 2019–20 Club Brugge KV season

The 2019–20 season was Club Brugge's 128th season in existence and the club's 60th 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 UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 1 August 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 September 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol (on loan from Shakhtar) |
| 3 | MF | COL | Éder Balanta |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Odilon Kossounou |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Amadou Sagna |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Mbaye Diagne (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta |
| 14 | FW | NGA | David Okereke |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Siebe Schrijvers |
| 17 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli |
| 18 | DF | URU | Federico Ricca |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Thibault Vlietinck |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain) |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Dion Cools |
| 22 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer (Captain) |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton |
| 35 | FW | RSA | Percy Tau (on loan from Brighton) |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Dennis |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda |
| 88 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica (on loan to S.P.A.L. until 30 June 2020) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luan Peres (on loan to Santos until 31 December 2020) |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat (on loan to Hellas Verona until 30 June 2020) |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Cyril Ngonge (on loan to Jong PSV until 30 June 2020) |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Guillaume Hubert (on loan to Cercle Brugge until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 40 | MF | BEL | Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan to KV Mechelen until 30 June 2020) |
| 55 | DF | SRB | Erhan Mašović (on loan to Horsens until 30 June 2020) |
| 99 | DF | BEL | Noah Fadiga (on loan to Volendam until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | IRN | Kaveh Rezaei (on loan to Charleroi until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | BEL | Ahmed Touba (on loan to Beroe until 30 June 2020) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Overview

| 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 Division | 27 July 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | +44 | 072.41 |
| Belgian Cup | 25 September 2019 | 1 August 2020 | Sixth round | Runners-up | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 6 August 2019 | 11 December 2019 | Third qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 030.00 |
| Europa League | 20 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 057.45 |
Last updated: 1 August 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Belgian Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Club Brugge (C) | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | +44 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Antwerp (Y) | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Antwerp qualified for the Europa League group stage as the 2019–20 Belgian Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. Source: Jupiler Pro League

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | C |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

On 2 April 2020, the Jupiler Pro League's board of directors proposed to cancel the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The General Assembly accepted the proposal on 15 May, and officially ended the 2019–20 season.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RMA | BRU | GAL |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–5 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 7 March 2020.
| 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 ||||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet | 43 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol | 35 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Odilon Kossounou | 12 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović | 12 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli | 42 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | URU | Federico Ricca | 15 | 2 | 7+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Thibault Vlietinck | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Dion Cools | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata | 39 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | BEL | Ignace Van der Brempt | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | BEL | Maxim De Cuyper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | COL | Éder Balanta | 25 | 3 | 13+3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Siebe Schrijvers | 33 | 4 | 13+9 | 4 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 46 | 17 | 28+1 | 13 | 4+1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer | 40 | 3 | 26+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits | 34 | 6 | 17+3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | BEL | Charles De Ketelaere | 24 | 2 | 8+5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SEN | Amadou Sagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Michael Krmenčík | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Mbaye Diagne | 9 | 4 | 1+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta | 34 | 9 | 19+3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NGA | David Okereke | 34 | 11 | 13+9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | RSA | Percy Tau | 30 | 4 | 12+6 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Dennis | 33 | 9 | 15+5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda | 25 | 1 | 3+12 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Kaveh Rezaei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |