# 2003–04 Club Brugge KV season

During the 2003–04 Belgian football season, Club Brugge competed in the Belgian First Division.

## Season summary

Club Brugge failed to defend their title. Despite a famous win over reigning champions A.C. Milan, they also failed to progress from their Champions League group. A third-place finish in the group was enough for the club to continue their European campaign in the UEFA Cup, although they were soon knocked out in the fourth round.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | BEL | Dany Verlinden (captain) |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Olivier De Cock |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Timmy Simons (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Peter Van der Heyden |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Philippe Clement |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Gert Verheyen |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Gaëtan Englebert |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Bengt Sæternes |
| 10 | MF | SVN | Nastja Čeh |
| 13 | GK | CRO | Tomislav Butina |
| 14 | FW | CRO | Boško Balaban |
| 15 | DF | SVK | Marek Špilár |
| 16 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Serebrennikov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | SCG | Ivan Gvozdenović |
| 18 | FW | PER | Andrés Mendoza |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Rune Lange |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Alin Stoica |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Sebastian Hermans |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Birger Van de Ven |
| 23 | GK | BEL | Stijn Stijnen |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Tim Smolders |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Hans Cornelis |
| 26 | DF | BEL | Birger Maertens |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Dieter Van Tornhout |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Victor Simões |
| 31 | MF | BEL | Kevin Roelandts |
| 36 | MF | BEL | Jonathan Blondel |

## Reserve 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 |
| — | GK | BEL | Glenn Verbauwhede |
| — | MF | BEL | Vincent Provoost |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BEL | Bart Vlaeminck |
| — | FW | BEL | Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo |

## Results
### Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

Borussia Dortmund 3–3 Club Brugge on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.

#### Group stage
### UEFA Cup
#### Third round

Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.

#### Fourth round

Bordeaux won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

* Aminu Sani – R.W.D. Molenbeek – Return from loan
* José Duarte – R.W.D. Molenbeek – Return from loan
* Josip Šimić – Aris Saloniki – Return from loan
* Ebrima "Ebou" Sillah – RBC Roosendaal – Return from loan
* David Rozehnal – Sigma Olomouc – € 500,000 ,-
* Tomislav Butina – Dinamo Zagreb – Undisclosed
* Ivan Gvozdenović – Crvena Zvezda – Free transfer

#### Winter

* Victor Simões – Germinal Beerschot – € 800,000 ,-
* Jonathan Blondel – Tottenham Hotspur – € 1,200,000 ,-
* Boško Balaban – Aston Villa – Free transfer
* Dieter Van Tornhout – Promoted to first team from youth academy

### Out
#### Summer

* Kurt Delaere – K.M.S.K. Deinze – Undisclosed
* Aminu Sani – Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. – Undisclosed
* José Duarte – Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. – Undisclosed
* Ebrima "Ebou" Sillah – Rubin Kazan – Free transfer
* Bratislav Ristić – FC Metalurh Donetsk – Free transfer
* Koen Schockaert – Germinal Beerschot – Free transfer
* Tjörven De Brul – KAA Gent – Free transfer

#### Winter

* Josip Šimić – Ulsan HD – Free transfer
* Karel Geraerts – KSC Lokeren – Loan transfer
* Sandy Martens – KAA Gent – Free transfer