Club Brugge K.V.

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Club Brugge K.V. Full name Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging Nickname(s) Blauw-Zwart (Blue-Black), Club Founded 1891 Ground Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges (Capacity 29,997) Chairman Michel D'Hooghe Head Coach Jacky Mathijssen League Jupiler League 2007-08 Jupiler League, 3rd 　 Home colours 　 Away colours

Jan Breydel Stadium.

Tifo before the Champions League game Club Brugge-Rapid Wien (2005)

Club Brugge K.V. is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,997.

The clubs major rivals are R.S.C. Anderlecht from Brussels, and they share the Jan Breydel Stadium with Cercle Brugge K.S.V..

Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played the European Cup (forerunner of the current UEFA Champions League) final so far, they were beaten by Liverpool F.C. in 1978. They also lost in the 1976 UEFA Cup final to Liverpool.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Season 2008/09 2.1 Current squad 2.2 Transfers 2.2.1 Players in 2.2.2 Players out 3 Noted players 4 Coaches 5 Presidents 6 European record 7 External links

[edit] Honours

• Belgian First Division champions: 13
  

1919-20, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2004-05

• Belgian Cup winners: 10
  

1967-68, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07

• Belgian Supercup winners: 13
  

1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

• European Champion Clubs' Cup finalist: 1
  

1977-78

• UEFA Cup finalist: 1
  

1975-76

• Bruges Matins winners: 14
  

1979, 1981, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007

• Kirin Cup winners: 1
  

1981

[edit] Season 2008/09

[edit] Current squad

As of May 30, 2008:

No. Position Player 1 GK Stijn Stijnen 5 DF Michael Klukowski 1 6 MF Philippe Clement 7 MF Koen Daerden 9 FW Dušan Đokić 10 FW Wesley Sonck 11 MF Jonathan Blondel 13 GK Glenn Verbauwhede 14 MF Jeroen Simaeys 15 DF Štěpán Kučera 16 MF Elrio van Heerden 18 MF Ivan Leko 19 FW Daniel Chávez 20 GK Yves Lenaerts

No. Position Player 21 DF Jorn Vermeulen 22 MF Karel Geraerts 25 FW Salou Ibrahim 28 FW Brecht Capon 29 MF Gertjan De Mets 30 DF Antolin Alcaraz - DF Bernt Evens - MF Ronald Vargas - FW Nabil Dirar - MF Jared Jeffrey - GK Geert De Vlieger - DF Olivier De Cock - FW Roy Meeus

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Players in

• Bernt Evens (defender, from KVC Westerlo)
• Ronald Vargas (midfielder, from Caracas FC)
• Nabil Dirar (striker, from KVC Westerlo)
• Jared Jeffrey (midfielder, from IMG Soccer Academy)
• Geert De Vlieger (goalkeeper, from S.V. Zulte Waregem)

[edit] Players out

• Joos Valgaeren (defender, termination contract, to FC Emmen)
• Birger Maertens (defender, termination contract)
• Brian Priske (defender, to Vejle BK)
• Sven Vermant (midfielder, termination contract)
• Gaëtan Englebert (midfielder, termination contract)
• Timothy Dreesen (defender, on loan to Lierse S.K.)

[edit] Noted players

Australia Frank Farina Paul Okon Austria Eddie Krieger Belgium Fons Bastijns Fernand Boone Hugo Broos Pierre Carteus Jan Ceulemans Philippe Clement Julien Cools Eric Deflandre Marc Degryse Gaëtan Englebert Nordin Jbari Raoul Lambert Georges Leekens Walter Meeuws Pascal Plovie Wilfried Puis Alex Querter Pascal Renier Timmy Simons Lorenzo Staelens François Sterchele Johnny Thio Joos Valgaeren Franky Van der Elst Roger Van Gool René Vandereycken Gert Verheyen Dany Verlinden Sven Vermant Croatia Boško Balaban Tomislav Butina Robert Špehar Mario Stanic

Czech Republic Anton Ondrus David Rozehnal Denmark Kenneth Brylle Birger Jensen Ulrik Le Fèvre Anders Nielsen Brian Priske Jan Sørensen Democratic Republic of the Congo Hervé Nzelo-Lembi Egypt Nader El-Sayed England Ray Clarke Roger Davies France Jean-Pierre Papin Germany Rolf Rüssmann Ghana Eric Addo Hungary László Bálint László Disztl Israel Ronny Rosenthal Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas Netherlands René Eijkelkamp Ruud Geels Peter Houtman Robbie Rensenbrink Ronald Spelbos

Nigeria Daniel Amokachi Manasseh Ishiaku Norway Rune Lange Bengt Saeternes Peru Andres Mendoza Poland Antoni Szymanowski Romania Alin Stoica Senegal Khalilou Fadiga Slovenia Nastja Ceh Spain Javier Portillo Yugoslavia Zoran Filipović Aleksandar Ilić

[edit] Coaches

Hector Goetinck (1930-1933) Gerard Delbeke (1933-1934 and 1939-1945) Arthur Volckaert (1934-1936) Karl Schrenk (1936-1938) Robert De Veen (1938-1939) Louis Versyp (1945-1950) William Kennedy (1950-1951) Félix Schavy (1951-1957) Norberto Höfling (1957-1963 en 1967-1968) Juan Schwanner (1963) Henri Dekens (1963-1965) Ladislav Dupal (1965-1967) Milorad Pavić (1967-1969) Frans De Munck (1969-1971) Leo Canjels (1971-1973) Jaak De Wit (1973-1974) Ernst Happel (1974-1978) Andreas Beres (1978-1979)

Mathieu Bollen (1979) Han Grijzenhout (1979-1980) Gilbert Gress (1980-1981) Spitz Kohn (1981) Henri Coppens (1981-1982) Raymond Mertens (1981-1982) Georg Kessler (1982-1984) Henk Houwaert (1984-1989) Georges Leekens (1989-1991) Hugo Broos (1991-1997) Erik Gerets (1997-1999) René Verheyen (1999-2000) Trond Sollied (2000-2005) Jan Ceulemans (2005-2006) Emilio Ferrera (2006-2007) Cedomir Janevski (2007) Jacky Mathijssen (current coach)

[edit] Presidents

• Philippe Delescluze (1891-1900)
• Albert Seligmann (1900-1902)
• Alfons De Meulemeester (1903-1914)
• Albert Dyserynck (1919-1931)
• Fernand Hanssens (1932-1937)
• Emile De Clerck (1937-1959)
• André De Clerck (1959-1973)
• Fernand De Cleck (1973-1999)
• Michel Van Maele (1999-2003)
• Dr. Michel D'Hooghe (2003- )

[edit] European record

As of December 19, 2006:

Competition	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
UEFA Champions League	14	77	32	16	29	106	93
Cup Winners' Cup	6	28	15	3	10	41	33
UEFA Cup	20	103	49	18	36	192	137

A = appearances, B = matches played, C = won, D = drawn, E = lost, F = goals for, G = goals against.

[edit] External links

• Official website (Dutch) / (French) / (English)
• Official Fan Federation (Dutch)
• Blue Army - Fan Association & Fan-zine (Dutch)
• UEFA page (English)
• Club Brugge KV XtraTime Fanpage (English)

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