Club Brugge History, Ownership, Support Staff, Squad members and Honors

Club Brugge is one of the most decorated Belgium Football clubs. They participate in the Belgian Cup, Belgian Super Cup and Jupiler Pro League. It is the first Belgian team that qualified for the 2019 UEFA Champions League.

HISTORY

Club Brugge was formed 127 years ago on 13^th November 1891 by the students of Broeders Xavrianen School and Koninklijik Atheneum School.

In the year 1895, the club took part in their first Belgium national league but was knocked out at the initial stages. After the knockout, the team also crashed financially. During such hard times, the team didn’t lose hope and decided to fight back.

Due to their efforts, the club in 1913 reached their first Belgian Cup final but was defeated by Union SG by 2-1. The club learned from their mistakes and came back winning their first League title in 1920.

In 1968, the club clinched Belgian Cup for the first time defeating Beercshot AC in finals. Under the Austrian coach Ernst Happel, the club reached the UEFA Cup, but lost against Liverpool.

Club Ownership

Philippe Delesclue was appointed as the first president of the club in 1891. Since then, many famous personalities have handled the role. Currently, Bart Verhaeghe is the president of the club. He took charge from 1^st February, 2011.

The Jan Breydel Stadium currently serves as the home ground of the club. Situated in Sint-Andries, Bruges, the stadium has the net capacity to hold 29,062 spectators.

The current net worth of the club is 130.9 Million Euros.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Philippe Clement	Head Coach	45
Johan Van Rumst	Assistant Coach	58
Jonas Ivens	Assistant Coach	35
Frederic De Boever	Goalkeeping Coach	–
Eddie Rob	Physical Coach	–

MEDICAL STAFF

Name	Position
Thierry Dalewyn	Team Doctor
Lode Dalewyn	Team Doctor
Valentijn Deneulin	Physiotherapist
Niels Droesbeke	Physiotherapist
Dimitri Dobbenie	Physiotherapist
Jan Van Damme	Physiotherapist

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
J. Vossen	Forward	9
L. Openda	Forward	80
Percy Tau	Forward	35
M. Diagne	Forward	10
D. Okereke	Forward	14
S. Schrijvers	Forward	16
T. Vlietinck	Forward	19
E. Dennis	Forward	42
A. Sagna	Forward	7
K. Diatta	Forward	11
C. De Ketelaere	Midfielder	90
H. Vanaken	Midfielder	20
R. Vormer	Midfielder	25
Mats Rits	Midfielder	26
E. Balanta	Midfielder	3
M. Mitrovic	Defender	15
O. kossounou	Defender	5
F. Ricca	Defender	18
E. Sonol	Defender	2
Clinton mata	Defender	77
D. Cools	Defender	21
I. Van Der Brempt	Defender	92
S. Mignolet	GoalKeeper	88
E. Horvath	GoalKeeper	22
N. Shinton	GoalKeeper	33