# 2023–24 Club Brugge KV season

The 2023–24 season was Club Brugge KV's 132nd season in existence and 64th consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 January 2024
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 |
| 4 | DF | ECU | Joel Ordóñez |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen |
| 8 | FW | POL | Michał Skóraś |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Ferran Jutglà |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Hugo Vetlesen |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Víctor Barberà |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bjorn Meijer |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Raphael Onyedika |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken (captain) |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Josef Bursik |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet |
| 27 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata |
| 29 | GK | BEL | Nordin Jackers (on loan from OH Leuven) |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton |
| 39 | MF | COL | Éder Álvarez Balanta |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Maxim De Cuyper |
| 58 | DF | BEL | Jorne Spileers |
| 62 | FW | JPN | Shion Homma |
| 64 | DF | BEL | Kyriani Sabbe |
| 68 | FW | BEL | Chemsdine Talbi |
| 77 | MF | DEN | Philip Zinckernagel |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Igor Thiago |

### 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 |
| — | MF | USA | Owen Otasowie |

### Out 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 |
| — | MF | BEL | Lynnt Audoor (at Kortrijk until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | BEL | Cisse Sandra (at Excelsior until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GHA | Kamal Sowah (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Faitout Maouassa (at Granada until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | BEL | Romeo Vermant (at Westerlo until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk (at Valencia until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Igor Thiago | Ludogorets Razgrad | €7,900,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Michał Skóraś | Lech Poznań | €6,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Hugo Vetlesen | Bodø/Glimt | €7,750,000 | 3 July 2023 |
| MF | Philip Zinckernagel | Olympiacos | €2,500,000 | 1 August 2023 |
| GK | Nordin Jackers | OH Leuven | Loan | 1 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Clinton Mata | Lyon | €5,000,000 | 6 July 2023 |
| FW | Noa Lang | PSV | €12,500,000 | 8 July 2023 |
| DF | Abakar Sylla | Strasbourg | €20,000,000 | 15 July 2023 |
| FW | Roman Yaremchuk | Valencia | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Faitout Maouassa | Lens | Loan | 2 September 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 4th | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 046.67 |
| Champions' Play-offs | 1 April 2024 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 070.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 1 November 2023 | 28 February 2024 | Seventh round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 8 May 2024 | Second qualifying round | Semi-finals | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 137 | 53 | +84 | 058.73 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the champions' play-offs |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### 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 |
Source: Worldfootball

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 August 2023.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRU | BOD | BEŞ | LUG |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Bodø/Glimt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 |
| 4 | Lugano | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Beşiktaş +1, Lugano –1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, after the quarter-final draw.

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 26 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | ENG | Josef Bursik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Simon Mignolet | 51 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | BEL | Nordin Jackers | 14 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | BEL | Nick Shinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ECU | Joel Ordóñez | 33 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Denis Odoi | 39 | 3 | 10+14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NED | Bjorn Meijer | 41 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 12 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 61 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 55 | DF | BEL | Maxim De Cuyper | 55 | 5 | 30+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14+2 | 2 |
| 58 | DF | BEL | Jorne Spileers | 43 | 1 | 23+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 64 | DF | BEL | Kyriani Sabbe | 33 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | CIV | Bi Abdoul Kader Yameogo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | NOR | Hugo Vetlesen | 56 | 7 | 31+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | NGA | Raphael Onyedika | 52 | 4 | 28+5 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 14+3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 59 | 12 | 37+1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
| 27 | MF | DEN | Casper Nielsen | 48 | 3 | 16+15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5+8 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | COL | Éder Álvarez Balanta | 32 | 1 | 4+17 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | DEN | Philip Zinckernagel | 44 | 7 | 21+8 | 7 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | DEN | Andreas Skov Olsen | 50 | 26 | 27+6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 11+1 | 7 |
| 8 | FW | POL | Michał Skóraś | 47 | 4 | 12+16 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 9+6 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Ferran Jutglà | 50 | 11 | 17+18 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+6 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Víctor Barberà | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | NOR | Antonio Nusa | 46 | 4 | 15+15 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+8 | 1 |
| 62 | FW | JPN | Shion Homma | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 68 | FW | BEL | Chemsdine Talbi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Igor Thiago | 55 | 29 | 29+5 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 14+2 | 7 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | CAN | Tajon Buchanan | 20 | 3 | 11+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | UKR | Roman Yaremchuk | 5 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 4 |
| 76 | FW | BEL | Romeo Vermant | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |