# 2018–19 Club Brugge KV season

The 2018–19 season was Club Brugge's 127th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 February 2019
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 | CRO | Karlo Letica |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luan Peres |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Benoît Poulain |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wesley |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Kaveh Rezaei |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Siebe Schrijvers |
| 18 | MF | ZIM | Marvelous Nakamba |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Thibault Vlietinck |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken (Vice-captain) |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Dion Cools |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath |
| 24 | DF | NED | Stefano Denswil (3rd captain) |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer (Captain) |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Guillaume Hubert |
| 34 | GK | BEL | Brent Gabriel |
| 35 | DF | SUI | Saulo Decarli |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Dennis |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele |
| 47 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Brandon Baiye |

#### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | ISR | Lior Refaelov (on loan to Antwerp until 30 June 2019) |
| 29 | FW | ROU | Dorin Rotariu (on loan to AZ until 30 June 2019) |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Riley McGree (on loan to Melbourne City until 30 June 2019) |
| 40 | MF | BEL | Jordi Vanlerberghe (on loan to Oostende until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 55 | DF | SRB | Erhan Mašović (on loan to Trenčín until 30 June 2019) |
| 96 | DF | BEL | Ahmed Touba (on loan to Leuven until 30 June 2019) |

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

Regular season
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Genk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 56 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 53 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
Championship play-offs
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | CLU | STA | ANT | GNT | AND |
| 1 | Genk (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 FF |
| 4 | Antwerp (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off Final | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 32 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ Match was abandoned near the end of the first half as Anderlecht supporters had been throwing flares and smoke bombs on the pitch. At that time Standard was leading 2–0. A few weeks later Anderlecht was fined 5.000 Euro and forced to play one match behind closed doors, with the match result set to a 5–0 win for Standard.

### UEFA Champions League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +2, Atlético Madrid –2.

### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated in May 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | Belgian Cup | Belgian Super Cup | Belgian Super Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | USA | Ethan Horvath | 34 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Guillaume Hubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BEL | Brent Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Luan Peres | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Benoît Poulain | 32 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Matej Mitrović | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BEL | Thibault Vlietinck | 15 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BEL | Dion Cools | 20 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | NED | Stefano Denswil | 44 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | SUI | Saulo Decarli | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Brandon Mechele | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Clinton Mata | 28 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAR | Sofyan Amrabat | 29 | 1 | 10+14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ZIM | Marvelous Nakamba | 23 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Hans Vanaken | 50 | 17 | 40 | 14 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NED | Ruud Vormer | 47 | 7 | 36+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | BEL | Mats Rits | 48 | 3 | 35+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | BEL | Brandon Baiye | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Wesley | 48 | 17 | 37+1 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen | 18 | 5 | 4+10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRN | Kaveh Rezaei | 13 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Krépin Diatta | 28 | 2 | 21+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BEL | Siebe Schrijvers | 38 | 12 | 25+7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Cyril Ngonge | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Dennis | 32 | 7 | 20+6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | NED | Arnaut Danjuma | 24 | 6 | 13+7 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BEL | Loïs Openda | 28 | 4 | 3+17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | DEN | Alexander Scholz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Ivan Tomečak | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |