# 2022–23 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

The 2022–23 season was the 123rd season in the existence of Cercle Brugge K.S.V. and the club's 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cercle Brugge also participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 5 May 2023
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 | POL | Radosław Majecki (on loan from Monaco) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | David Sousa (on loan from Botafogo) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Jesper Daland |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Boris Popovic |
| 6 | MF | LTU | Edgaras Utkus |
| 7 | FW | GER | Emilio Kehrer |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Robbe Decostere |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey |
| 10 | MF | BIH | Dino Hotić |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Yann Gboho |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Charles Vanhoutte |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Abu Francis |
| 18 | DF | BEL | Senna Miangué |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Warleson |
| 22 | MF | POR | Leonardo Lopes |
| 23 | FW | BEL | Olivier Deman |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jean Marcelin (on loan from Monaco) |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Hannes Van der Bruggen |
| 34 | FW | BEL | Thibo Somers |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Ayase Ueda |
| 38 | FW | MEX | Teun Wilke (on loan from S.P.A.L.) |
| 41 | DF | BEL | Hugo Siquet (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 47 | DF | JAM | Tarick Ximines |
| 66 | MF | BEL | Christiaan Ravych |
| 89 | GK | BEL | Sébastien Bruzzese |
| — | MF | MEX | Dagoberto Espinoza (on loan from Club América) |

### 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 |
| — | MF | MLI | Aldom Deuro |

### 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 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Louis Torres (on loan to Rodez until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon (on loan to Monaco until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BEL | Arne Cassaert (on loan to Virton until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SEN | Franck Kanouté (on loan to Sochaux until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Emilio Kehrer | SC Freiburg | Free | 7 June 2022 |
| FW | Ayase Ueda | Kashima Antlers | Undisclosed | 4 July 2022 |
| DF | Lucas Larade | Monaco | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| DF | Louis Torres | Monaco | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| GK | Radosław Majecki | Monaco | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| DF | Heitor | Internacional | Loan | 23 July 2022 |
| MF | Yann Gboho | Rennes | Undisclosed | 19 August 2022 |
| MF | Abu Francis | Nordsjælland | Undisclosed | 19 August 2022 |
| MF | Teun Wilke | S.P.A.L. | Loan | 22 August 2022 |
| DF | Jean Marcelin | Monaco | Loan | 23 August 2022 |
| MF | Dagoberto Espinoza | Club América | Loan | 26 August 2022 |
| DF | Tarick Ximines | Unattached | Free | 4 January 2023 |
| DF | Hugo Siquet | SC Freiburg | Loan | 14 January 2023 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Rabbi Matondo | Schalke 04 | End of loan | 2 June 2022 |
| MF | Andi Koshi | Beerschot | Free | 5 July 2022 |
| DF | Alexander Corryn | Beveren | Free | 10 July 2022 |
| MF | Franck Kanouté | Sochaux | Loan | 14 July 2022 |
| DF | Arne Cassaert | Virton | Loan | 15 July 2022 |
| GK | Thomas Didillon | Monaco | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| DF | Vitinho | Burnley | Undisclosed | 28 July 2022 |
| DF | Heitor | Internacional | End of loan | 5 January 2023 |
| FW | Aske Sampers | Lierse Kempenzonen | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| DF | Louis Torres | Rodez | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| DF | Dimitar Velkovski | Miedź Legnica | Undisclosed | 14 February 2023 |
| DF | Lucas Larade | Jerv | Undisclosed | 5 March 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 % |
| Pro League | 24 July 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 038.24 |
| Pro League Play-off II | 29 April 2023 | 3 June 2023 | 4th | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 9 November 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Sixth round | Seventh round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 040.48 |
Last updated: 5 June 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Standard Liège | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 7 | Westerlo | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for the Play-offs II |
| 9 | Charleroi | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 48 | |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 | |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixture was announced on 22 June 2022.

#### Play-offs II

Points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the play-offs. Gent and Standard started on 28 points, Westerlo on 26, and Cercle Brugge on 25. As the points of Standard and Westerlo were rounded up, in case of ties they would always be ranked below the team (or teams) they are tied with. The deciding factor after that would be finishing position in the regular season.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | GNT | CER | STA | WES |
| 1 | Gent (F) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 36 | | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 30 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Westerlo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 30 | | 1–3 | 3–5 | 3–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on Points and Points without half points added due to rounding. Regular Season finishing position: Standard Liège 6 , Westerlo 7