# 2020–21 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

The 2020–21 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season was the club's 122nd season in existence and its 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cercle Brugge participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | FRA | Thomas Didillon |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 3 | DF | SCO | David Bates (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Taravel |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Aldom Deuro |
| 7 | FW | BEL | Kylian Hazard |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Robbe Decostere |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Ike Ugbo (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Dino Hotić |
| 11 | FW | NED | Anthony Musaba (on loan from Monaco) |
| 12 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Charles Vanhoutte |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Strahinja Pavlović (on loan from Monaco) |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Miguel Van Damme |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao |
| 18 | GK | BEL | Merveille Goblet |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Velkovski |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Kévin Hoggas |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Warleson |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jean Marcelin (on loan from Monaco) |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Alexander Corryn |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Calvin Dekuyper |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Olivier Deman |
| 28 | MF | BEL | Hannes Van der Bruggen |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Arne Cassaert |
| 34 | MF | BEL | Thibo Somers |
| 41 | DF | FRA | Giulian Biancone (on loan from Monaco) |
| 42 | MF | POR | Leonardo Lopes |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Andi Koshi |
| 89 | GK | BEL | Sébastien Bruzzese |
| 98 | MF | SEN | Franck Kanouté |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Naomichi Ueda (on loan to Nîmes Olympique) |
| — | FW | FRA | Alimami Gory (on loan to ES Troyes AC) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 First Division A | 8 August 2020 | 18 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 032.35 |
| Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | 3 March 2021 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 035.14 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 | |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 36 | |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 18 | Excel Mouscron (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 31 | Relegation to First Division B |
* ↑ On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty. Both Excel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.

### Belgian Cup
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 17 January 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Thomas Didillon | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | BEL | Miguel Van Damme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | BEL | Merveille Goblet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | BRA | Warleson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vitinho | 16 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | David Bates | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Taravel | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Naomichi Ueda | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | BEL | Robbe Decostere | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BUL | Dimitar Velkovski | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Jean Marcelin | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BEL | Alexander Corryn | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Arne Cassaert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | FRA | Giulian Biancone | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MLI | Aldom Deuro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Charles Vanhoutte | 17 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Kévin Hoggas | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Calvin Dekuyper | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | BEL | Thibo Somers | 15 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | POR | Leonardo Lopes | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Andi Koshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | SEN | Franck Kanouté | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BEL | Kylian Hazard | 18 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ike Ugbo | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BIH | Dino Hotić | 19 | 4 | 18+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Anthony Musaba | 18 | 5 | 17+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | TOG | Kévin Denkey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Oliver Deman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | KEN | Johanna Omolo | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |