2021–22 Club Brugge KV season explained

The 2021–22 season was the 130th season in the existence of Club Brugge KV and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Club Brugge participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.

On 17 July 2021, Club Brugge won their first trophy of the season, defeating Genk in the 2021 Belgian Super Cup.^{[1] [2]}

On 15 May 2022, Club Brugge secured their third consecutive and 18th overall league title in history with a 3–1 win in Antwerp.

Players

First-team squad

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Out on loan

Transfers

In

		scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
			Sampdoria	Loan Return		[4]
2			Shakhtar Donetsk	€3,200,000
			Slavia Prague	Loan Return		[5]
			FC Köln	Loan Return		[6]
			PAOK	Loan Return		[7]
			Charleroi	Loan Return		[8]
16			Inter Milan	Loan		[9] [10]
8			Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed		[11]
4			Nice	Undisclosed		[12]
17			New England Revolution	Undisclosed		[13] [14]
19			Leicester City	Undisclosed		[15]
7			Aston Villa	Loan		[16]
5			Oostende	Undisclosed		[17]
7			Bologna	Undisclosed		[18]
9			1899 Hoffenheim	Loan		[19]
6			Fulham	Undisclosed		[20]

Out

		scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
			Watford	Undisclosed		[21]
			SBV Vitesse	Loan		[22]
7			Manchester United	End of loan		[23]
24			Bologna	End of loan		[24]
22			Nottingham Forest	Free		[25]
5			Bayer Leverkusen	€23,000,000		[26]
			Slavia Prague	Loan		[27]
55			Westerlo	Loan		[28]
			OH Leuven	Undisclosed		[29]
21			Venezia	Loan		[30]
			Westerlo	Loan
1			CFR Cluj	Undisclosed		[31]
7			Aston Villa	Loan Recall		[32]
19			AZ	Loan		[33]
28			Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed		[34]

Competitions

First Division A

See main article: 2021–22 Belgian First Division A.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 8 June 2021.^[35]

Matches

Belgian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Belgian Cup.

Belgian Super Cup

See main article: 2021 Belgian Super Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[36]

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=130	Pro League	width=130	Belgian Cup	width=130	Belgian Super Cup	width=130	Champions League	width=130	Total
1	90	MF		Charles De Ketelaere	3	0	0	0	3
2	10	FW		Noa Lang	1	0	1	0	2
	20	MF		Hans Vanaken	2	0	0	0	2
	25	MF		Ruud Vormer	2	0	0	0	2
5	2	DF		Eduard Sobol	1	0	0	0	1
	3	MF		Éder Álvarez Balanta	1	0	0	0	1
	15	DF		Matej Mitrović	0	0	1	0	1
	16	MF		Tibo Persyn	1	0	0	0	1
	29	FW		Bas Dost	1	0	0	0	1
	77	DF		Clinton Mata	0	0	1	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0	0	0
Total					12	0	3	0	15

Clean sheets

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=130	Pro League	width=130	Belgian Cup	width=130	Belgian Super Cup	width=130	Champions League	width=130	Total
1	22	GK		Simon Mignolet	2	0	0	0	2
Totals					2	0	0	0	2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2. Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
2. Web site: Lang nets as Club Brugge take Belgian super cup. Football Oranje. 17 July 2021. 18 July 2021.
3. Web site: team - noyau a. 6 July 2017. clubbrugge.be. 14 December 2019. 19 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230319114302/https://www.clubbrugge.be/fr/noyau-a. dead.
4. News: Letica seals loan move to Samp. Sampdoria. 5 October 2020. 5 October 2020.
5. News: OFFICIEL : BRUGES PRÊTE SIMON DELI. walfoot. 1 February 2021. 1 February 2021.
6. News: "Ich wollte unbedingt eine Veränderung": Dennis landet in Köln. Kicker. 25 January 2021. 25 January 2021.
7. News: Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΟΚ 1-2. el. paokfc. 5 January 2021. 5 January 2021.
8. News: KAVEH REZAEI ON LOAN TO RSC CHARLEROI. clubbrugge. 31 July 2020. 31 July 2020.
9. Web site: 29 July 2021 . Club Brugge rondt de "thuiskomst" van sneltrein Tibo Persyn af . 18 August 2021 . sporza.be . nl-BE.
10. Web site: Tibo Persyn joins Club Brugge . 18 August 2021 . inter.it . Inter Milan.
11. Web site: USMNT youngster Otasowie moves from Wolves to Club Brugge. NBC Sports. 20 August 2021.
12. Web site: DONE DEAL: 'Nsoki heeft zijn contract bij Club Brugge getekend'. Voetbal Primeur. Dutch . 24 August 2021.
13. Web site: Tajon Buchanan to Club Brugge. Club Brugge. August 24, 2021.
14. Web site: New England Revolution transfer Tajon Buchanan to Club Brugge. New England Revolution. August 24, 2021.
15. Web site: Kamal Sowah Signs For Club Brugge. Leicester City F.C.. 27 August 2021. 29 August 2021.
16. Web site: Wesley leaves Aston Villa for loan spell at Club Brugge. Independent. 28 August 2021. 28 August 2021.
17. Web site: JACK HENDRY NAAR CLUB BRUGGE. Club Brugge F.C.. Dutch. 31 August 2021. 31 August 2021.
18. Web site: Skov Olsen al Bruges. Club Brugge F.C.. Italian. 28 January 2022. 28 January 2022.
19. Web site: SARGIS ADAMYAN SIGNS LOAN DEAL AT JAN BREYDEL. Club Brugge F.C.. 31 January 2022. 31 January 2022.
20. Web site: Odoi Departs. Club Brugge F.C.. 1 February 2022. 1 February 2022.
21. News: Official: Dennis Deal Done. Watford. 21 June 2021. 21 June 2021.
22. Web site: Vitesse huurt aanvaller Openda nog een seizoen van Club Brugge. nu.nl. 23 June 2021. 19 July 2021. nl.
23. News: Tahith Chong (21) wordt vijfde Nederlander bij Club Brugge. ad. 21 January 2021. 21 January 2021.
24. News: Bologna return Denswil to Club Brugge. Football Italia. January 7, 2021. January 7, 2021.
25. News: First summer signing checks in. Nottingham Forest. 13 July 2021. 13 July 2021.
26. News: Bayer 04 sign Ivorian international Kossounou. Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 22 July 2021. 24 July 2021.
27. Web site: Do Slavie přichází Michael Krmenčík. Slavia Praha. 23 July 2021. 6 August 2021. Czech.
28. Web site: Westerlo hires young Maxim De Cuyper from Club Brugge. News Wep. 2 August 2021. 20 August 2021. English.
29. Web site: Iran's Kaveh Rezaei joins OH Leuven. Tehran Times. 4 August 2021. 20 August 2021. English.
30. Web site: Venezia sign Okereke. Football Italia. 12 August 2021. 20 August 2021. English.
31. Web site: BUN VENIT, KARLO LETICA!. CFR1907. 11 October 2021. 11 October 2021. Romanian.
32. Web site: Wesley joins Internacional on loan. AZ. 7 January 2022. 7 January 2022.
33. Web site: Sowah winteraanwinst AZ. AZ. 31 January 2022. 31 January 2022. Dutch.
34. Web site: IGNACE VAN DER BREMPT JOINS RED BULL SALZBURG ON A PERMANENT BASIS. Club Brugge. 31 January 2022. 31 January 2022. English.
35. Web site: Pro League 2021/2022: Un choc d'entrée pour le Standard et Anderlecht. 8 June 2021. fr. www.footnews.be.
36. Web site: UEFA Champions League group stage draw . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 26 August 2021 .
37. Web site: 2021-2022 Club Brugge Stats. FBref. 19 July 2021.