2023–24 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
2023–24 season
Manager	Miron Muslic
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League	5th
Champions' play-offs	6th
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 are also competing in the Belgian Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 2023^[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)
9	FW	TOG	Kévin Denkey
10	FW	FRA	Yann Gboho
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
77	DF	FRA	Jordan Semedo (on loan from Monaco)
89	GK	BEL	Sébastien Bruzzese

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
—	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon

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
—	FW	GER	Emilio Kehrer (at Deinze until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alan Minda	Independiente del Valle	€2,000,000	12 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Félix Lemaréchal	Monaco	Loan	1 September 2023	^[3]

Out

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	^[4]
MF	Olivier Deman	Werder Bremen	€4,000,000	31 August 2023	^[5]

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Overall record

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	30 July 2023	17 March 2024	Matchday 1	5th	30	14	5	11	44	34	+10	046.67
Pro League Play-offs	7 April 2024		5th		2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Belgian Cup	31 October 2023		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					33	15	7	11	50	38	+12	045.45

Last updated: 7 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

League table

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.^[6]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	8	1	7	18	16	+2	25	5	0	3	10	9	+1	3	1	4	8	7	+1

Last updated: 12 November 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L
Position	13	7	10	9	6	3	4	5	8	6	4	4	4	6	4	6

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchees

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[7]

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:

Club Brugge

v Cercle Brugge

12 November 2023 14	Brugge
13:30				Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

25 November 2023 15

Cercle Brugge

2–0

Eupen

Bruges

16:00

Stadium:

Union Saint-Gilloise

v Cercle Brugge

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

Champions' Play-offs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	AND	CLU	USG	GNK	CER	ANT
1	Anderlecht	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	42	Qualification for the Champions League league stage	—	19 May	2–1	11 May	3–0	1–0
2	Club Brugge	6	5	1	0	16	3	+13	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	3–1	—	13 May	4–0	26 May	3–0
3	Union SG^[a] (K)	6	2	0	4	11	9	+2	41	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]	5 May	1–2	—	26 May	2–3	4–1
4	Genk	6	3	1	2	5	9	−4	34	Qualification for the European competition play-off	2–1	0–3	1–0	—	1–1	20 May
5	Cercle Brugge	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	30		1–1	1–1	19 May	4 May	—	0–1
6	Antwerp	6	1	0	5	2	12	−10	29		26 May	5 May	0–3	0–1	12 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 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.^[8]
(K) Regular season winner
Notes:

^ Guaranteed at least Europa League as regular season champions
^ The 2023–24 Belgian Cup winners (Antwerp or Union SG) qualify for the Europa League play-off round (or the third-placed team if the Belgian Cup winners finish in the top two).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2
Ground	H	A
Result	D	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Belgian Cup

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

^ "Teams – A-kern – Selectie – Saison 2022-2023 Cercle Brugge KSV". Cercle Brugge KSV. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Alan Minda naar Cercle Brugge".
^ "Félix Lemaréchal naar Cercle Brugge | Cercle Brugge KSV".
^ "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

Official website

[table_note_USG0.89506012475819-8] Guaranteed at least Europa League as regular season champions

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.89506012475819-9] The 2023–24 Belgian Cup winners (Antwerp or Union SG) qualify for the Europa League play-off round (or the third-placed team if the Belgian Cup winners finish in the top two).

[1] "Teams – A-kern – Selectie – Saison 2022-2023 Cercle Brugge KSV". Cercle Brugge KSV. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[2] "Alan Minda naar Cercle Brugge".

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

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

[5] "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.

[6] "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.

[7] "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.

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

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