2023–24 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
2023–24 season
Manager	Miron Muslic
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Champions' play-offs	5th
Belgian Pro League	5th
Belgian Cup	Seventh round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kévin Denkey (25); All: ; Kévin Denkey (26)
Biggest defeat	Cercle Brugge 0–3 Anderlecht
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Cercle Brugge K.S.V.'s 125th season in existence and sixth consecutive in the Belgian Pro League. They also competed in the Belgian Cup.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 24 January 2024^[1]

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	BRA	Warleson
3	MF	LTU	Edgaras Utkus
4	DF	NOR	Jesper Daland
5	DF	SRB	Boris Popović
6	FW	FRA	Félix Lemaréchal (on loan from Monaco)
7	FW	FRA	Malamine Efekele (on loan from Monaco)
8	MF	BRA	Erick (on loan from Fluminense)
9	FW	TOG	Kévin Denkey
10	FW	BRA	Felipe Augusto
11	MF	ECU	Alan Minda
17	MF	GHA	Abu Francis
18	DF	BEL	Senna Miangué
19	FW	BEL	Kazeem Olaigbe
20	DF	POR	Flávio Nazinho (on loan from Sporting)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	BEL	Maxime Delanghe
22	MF	POR	Leonardo Lopes
27	MF	BEL	Nils De Wilde
28	MF	BEL	Hannes Van der Bruggen
29	DF	FRA	Louis Torres
32	FW	FRA	Romaric Etonde (on loan from Monaco)
34	FW	BEL	Thibo Somers
41	DF	BEL	Hugo Siquet (on loan from Freiburg)
66	DF	BEL	Christiaan Ravych
76	DF	BEL	Jonas Lietaert
77	DF	FRA	Jordan Semedo (on loan from Monaco)
84	GK	BEL	Bas Langenbick
89	GK	BEL	Sébastien Bruzzese
99	FW	BFA	Abdoul Ouattara

Other players under contract[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Emilio Kehrer (at Deinze until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Nils De Wilde	RSCA Futures	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Alan Minda	Independiente del Valle	€2,000,000	12 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Félix Lemaréchal	Monaco	Loan	1 September 2023	^[4]
DF	Nazinho	Sporting CP	Loan	6 September 2023	^[5]
MF	Noah De Ridder	Gent	Loan	6 January 2024	^[6]
FW	Felipe Augusto	Corinthians	€3,000,000	6 January 2024	^[7]
FW	Malamine Efekele	Monaco	Loan	24 January 2024	^[8]

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Dino Hotić	Lech Poznań	Free	12 July 2023
FW	Ayase Ueda	Feyenoord	€9,000,000	3 August 2023	^[9]
MF	Olivier Deman	Werder Bremen	€4,000,000	31 August 2023	^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

7 July 2023 Friendly	Servette	2–0	Cercle Brugge
18:00

14 July 2023 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	0–0	Dender
13:00

15 July 2023 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	3–0	Monaco
17:00

22 July 2023 Friendly	Lille	7–2	Cercle Brugge
11:00

13 October 2023 Friendly	Cercle Brugge	3–1	Deinze
13:00

16 November 2023 Friendly	RKC Waalwijk	3–5	Cercle Brugge
13:00

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	5th	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	046.67
Champions' Play-offs	1 April 2024	26 May 2024	5th		9	3	3	3	13	13	+0	033.33
Belgian Cup	31 October 2023		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					40	17	9	14	59	49	+10	042.50

Last updated: 19 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
5	Cercle Brugge	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	47
6	Genk	30	12	11	7	51	31	+20	47
7	Gent	30	12	11	7	53	38	+15	47	Qualification for the Europe play-offs

Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[11]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	47	8	2	5	27	18	+9	6	3	6	17	16	+1

Source: Worldfootball

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W
Position	13	6	10	9	6	4	6	8	8	6	4	4	4	6	4	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	7	5

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchees[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[12]

30 July 2023 1	Antwerp	1–0	Cercle Brugge	Antwerp
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Daland 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Ravych 58' Francis 72'	Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 12,277 Referee: Jonathan Lardot

5 August 2023 2	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Charleroi	Bruges
18:15				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

13 August 2023 3	Cercle Brugge	0–1	Genk	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

19 August 2023 4	Standard Liège	0–1	Cercle Brugge	Liège
16:00				Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

27 August 2023 5	STVV	0–2	Cercle Brugge	Sint-Truiden
16:00				Stadium: Stayen

2 September 2023 6	Cercle Brugge	2–1	Westerlo	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

16 September 2023 7	RWDM	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Brussels
16:00				Stadium: Edmond Machtens Stadium

24 September 2023 8	Cercle Brugge	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

29 September 2023 9	Kortrijk	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Kortrijk
20:45				Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion

7 October 2023 10	Cercle Brugge	3–2	OH Leuven	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

22 October 2023 11	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Gent	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

28 October 2023 12	Mechelen	0–2	Cercle Brugge	Mechelen
16:00				Stadium: Achter de Kazerne

5 November 2023 13	Cercle Brugge	0–3	Anderlecht	Bruges
13:30				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

12 November 2023 14	Club Brugge	0–0	Cercle Brugge	Brugge
13:30				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

25 November 2023 15	Cercle Brugge	2–0	Eupen	Bruges
16:00				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

25 November 2023 16	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Cercle Brugge	Forest
19:15 CET				Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium

Champions' Play-offs[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CLU	USG	AND	GNK	CER	ANT
1	Club Brugge (T)	9	7	2	0	21	6	+15	49	Qualification for the Champions League league stage	—	2–2	3–1	4–0	26 May	3–0
2	Union SG (X)	9	3	2	4	15	12	+3	46	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	1–2	—	0–0	26 May	2–3	4–1
3	Anderlecht (X)	9	4	2	3	11	9	+2	46	Qualification for the Europa League play off round	0–1	2–1	—	2–1	3–0	1–0
4	Genk (Y)	9	4	1	4	8	15	−7	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]	0–3	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–0
5	Cercle Brugge (Y)	9	3	3	3	13	13	0	36	Qualification for the European competition play-off	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	—	0–1
6	Antwerp	9	1	0	8	4	17	−13	29		1–2	0–3	26 May	0–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Regular season finishing position.^[13]
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Europa League; (Y) Assured of at least European play-off
Notes:

^ Union SG qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2023–24 Belgian Cup. The Europa League second qualifying spot and the European competition play-off spot will be passed to the next two highest-placed teams that do not qualify for European competitions.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	3	13	13	0	12	1	2	2	7	6	+1	2	1	1	6	7	−1

Last updated: 19 May 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round[edit]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

1 April 2024 1	Cercle Brugge	1–1	Club Brugge	Bruges
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Denkey 32'	Report	Skov Olsen 83'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 8,762 Referee: Erik Lambrechts

26 May 2024 10	Club Brugge	v	Cercle Brugge	Bruges
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup[edit]

31 October 2023 Seventh round	Cercle Brugge	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Zulte Waregem	Bruges
20:30				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

References[edit]

^ "Teams – A-kern – Selectie – Saison 2022-2023 Cercle Brugge KSV". Cercle Brugge KSV. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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^ "Alan Minda naar Cercle Brugge".
^ "Félix Lemaréchal naar Cercle Brugge | Cercle Brugge KSV".
^ [2]
^ [3]
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^ "Feyenoord signs Japanese international Ayase Ueda".
^ "Werder holt Allrounder für die linke Seite: Deman kommt aus Brügge" [Werder sign all-rounder for the left side: Deman joins from Bruges]. kicker (in German). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.
^ "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023-2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.
^ "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.42914815267043-13] Union SG qualified for the Europa League play-off round by winning the 2023–24 Belgian Cup. The Europa League second qualifying spot and the European competition play-off spot will be passed to the next two highest-placed teams that do not qualify for European competitions.

[1] "Teams – A-kern – Selectie – Saison 2022-2023 Cercle Brugge KSV". Cercle Brugge KSV. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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[3] "Alan Minda naar Cercle Brugge".

[4] "Félix Lemaréchal naar Cercle Brugge | Cercle Brugge KSV".

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[9] "Feyenoord signs Japanese international Ayase Ueda".

[10] "Werder holt Allrounder für die linke Seite: Deman kommt aus Brügge" [Werder sign all-rounder for the left side: Deman joins from Bruges]. kicker (in German). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[11] "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2024.

[12] "Pro League: Union-Anderlecht en ouverture du championnat, le duel Hoefkens-Deila lors de la 10e journée, le calendrier 2023-2024 dévoilé". 27 June 2023.

[14] "BOEK P" [BOOK P] (PDF). Belgian FA. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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