# 2021–22 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the existence of Cercle Brugge K.S.V. and the club's 27th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cercle Brugge K.S.V. will participate in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 3 | DF | BRA | David Sousa (on loan from Botafogo) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jesper Daland |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Boris Popovic |
| 6 | MF | LTU | Edgaras Utkus |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Robbe Decostere |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Dino Hotić |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Rabbi Matondo (on loan from Schalke) |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Charles Vanhoutte |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Miguel Van Damme |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangué (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Velkovski |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Warleson |
| 22 | MF | POR | Leonardo Lopes |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Olivier Deman |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Alexander Corryn |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Hannes Van der Bruggen |
| 34 | FW | BEL | Thibo Somers |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula (on loan from Bochum) |
| 42 | FW | BEL | Aske Sampers |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Andi Koshi |
| 89 | GK | BEL | Sébastien Bruzzese |
| 98 | MF | SEN | Franck Kanouté |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | FW | BEL | Kylian Hazard |

### On loan

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 |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Arne Cassaert (on loan to Knokke) |
| — | FW | FRA | Alimami Gory (on loan to Paris) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MLI | Aldom Deuro (on loan to Châteauroux) |

## 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 % |
| First Division A | 27 July 2021 | 9 April 2022 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 035.29 |
| Belgian Cup | 28 October 2021 | 1 December 2021 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 036.11 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 51 | |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 45 | |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 41 | |
| 12 | Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 37 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.