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Cercle Brugge

Pro League Belgium

Belgian Cup Belgium

Belgium Playoffs

Founded:	1899
Stadium:	Jan Breydelstadion
Coach:	Bernd Storck
Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Cercle Brugge home ground venue is Jan Breydelstadion.

Bernd Storck is the current coach for Cercle Brugge.

Cercle Brugge Pro League Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Cercle Brugge have played a total of 29 matches in Belgium Pro League. Their current statistics is 7 win, 2 draw and 20 lose.

Cercle Brugge did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Cercle Brugge results for their home or away matches in Pro League 2019/2020.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Cercle Brugge	29	7	2	20

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
15/03/2020	Cercle Brugge	C - C	KV Oostende		H2H	O
07/03/2020	Club Brugge	2 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Hans Vanaken 39'		1 - 0
Krépin Diatta 59'		2 - 0
			71' M. Eppel
			71' Lyle Foster
			72' K. Hoggas
			72' K. Hazard
			81' Lassana Coulibaly
			81' Godfred Donsah
Charles De Ketelaere 83'
M. Krmenčík 83'
		2 - 1	90+1' K. Hazard
Siebe Schrijvers 90+2'
Loïs Openda 90+2'
01/03/2020	Cercle Brugge	1 - 0	Gent	1-0	H2H	O	+
K. Hoggas 1'		1 - 0
			60' Giorgi Chakvetadze
			60' Giorgi Kvilitaia
K. Hoggas 64'
Godfred Donsah 64'
Dino Hotic 64'
Thibo Somers 64'
G. Biancone 73'
			74' Elisha Owusu
			74' Brecht Dejaegere
			74' Laurent Depoitre
			74' A. Niangbo
M. Eppel 84'
K. Hazard 84'
			90+4' Igor Plastun
Lennart Moser 90+7'
22/02/2020	Royal Excel Mouscron	0 - 1	Cercle Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Bakić 52'
			52' Dimitar Velkovski
S. Perica 56'
Benjamin Van Durmen 56'
Benjamin Van Durmen 71'
M. Bakić 74'
Alexandre Ippolito 74'
		0 - 1	75' D. De Belder
			78' Dino Hotic
			78' K. Hazard
			90' K. Hoggas
			90' J. Omolo
Lasse Sobiech 90'
15/02/2020	Sint-Truiden	0 - 1	Cercle Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
T. De Smet 35'
Facundo Colidio 39'
			39' Jonathan Panzo
			46' Jonathan Panzo
			46' Naomichi Ueda
S. Colombatto 59'
Samy Mmaee 62'
		0 - 1	63' K. Hoggas
			66' D. De Belder
I. Sankhon 66'
Alexandre De Bruyn 67'
Allan Sousa 67'
J. Botaka 68'
T. Ito 68'
Chris Durkin 83'
Rocky Bushiri 83'
			83' Dino Hotic
			83' J. Omolo
			89' K. Hoggas
08/02/2020	Cercle Brugge	3 - 2	Mechelen	2-1	H2H	O	+
M. Eppel 2'		1 - 0
Dino Hotic 5'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	10' Jordi Vanlerberghe
			26' T. Peyre
			46' Arjan Swinkels
			46' J. Van Damme
			63' Nikola Storm
			63' W. Togui
			74' J. Van Damme
			75' A. Corryn
			75' C. Tainmont
K. Hazard 78'
Lyle Foster 78'
Dino Hotic 78'
Alimami Gory 78'
		2 - 2	82' J. Van Damme
K. Dabila 83'
K. Hoggas 87'
D. De Belder 87'
Stef Peeters 90+1'		3 - 2
01/02/2020	KAS Eupen	1 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Andreas Beck 24'		1 - 0
			46' D. De Belder
			46' M. Eppel
			46' Lyle Foster
			46' Dino Hotic
F. Ciampichetti 53'
Jon Bautista 53'
Knowledge Musona 73'
Carlos Embalo 73'
			73' J. Omolo
			73' Thibo Somers
Carlos Embalo 74'
O. Ebrahimi 81'
			82' K. Hoggas
			84' Alimami Gory
Danijel Miličević 86'
Menno Koch 86'
			89' K. Hoggas
Andreas Beck 90'
26/01/2020	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	Anderlecht	1-0	H2H	O	+
			19' Peter Zulj
K. Hoggas 33'		1 - 0
			41' Alexis Saelemaekers
			41' Francis Amuzu
Lassana Coulibaly 65'
			70' Peter Zulj
			70' Michel Vlap
			75' J. Doku
			75' Zakaria Bakkali
K. Hazard 79'
M. Eppel 79'
			85' Zakaria Bakkali
		1 - 1	87' Francis Amuzu
K. Dabila 90'
		1 - 2	90+4' Michel Vlap
Stef Peeters 90+6'
19/01/2020	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	Antwerp	1-1	H2H	O	+
K. Hoggas 2'		1 - 0
			7' Wesley Hoedt
		1 - 1	13' Lior Refaelov
Lassana Coulibaly 32'
Jonathan Panzo 46'
M. Eppel 46'
			46' Benson Manuel Hedilazio
			46' M. Hongla
		1 - 2	55' A. De Sart
			58' Kevin Mirallas
			58' Didier Lamkel Zé
K. Hazard 64'
Lyle Foster 64'
Stef Peeters 71'
Dino Hotic 75'
Thibo Somers 75'
			82' M. Hongla
			84' Sinan Bolat
			85' Lior Refaelov
			85' Simen Jukleröd
			90+4' F. Haroun
26/12/2019	KV Kortrijk	1 - 0	Cercle Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
			16' Lyle Foster
Julien de Sart 60'
			70' K. Dabila
Imoh Ezekiel 70'
Eric Ocansey 73'
A. Ajagun 73'
			73' D. De Belder
			73' Thibo Somers
			77' Naomichi Ueda
			80' Lassana Coulibaly
Gary Kagelmacher 81'		1 - 0
Imoh Ezekiel 82'
Jovan Stojanovic 82'
			83' Jonathan Panzo
			83' K. Hazard
			89' K. Hazard
Faïz Selemani 90'
Brendan Hines-Ike 90'
21/12/2019	Cercle Brugge	2 - 0	Zulte-Waregem	1-0	H2H	O	+
Lyle Foster 35'		1 - 0
			46' Gianni Bruno
			46' Dimitri Oberlin
			46' Omar Govea
			46' Luka Zarandia
G. Biancone 57'
Lyle Foster 65'
K. Hazard 65'
			70' Marco Bürki
Lassana Coulibaly 71'
D. De Belder 79'
Thibo Somers 79'
Alimami Gory 90+4'		2 - 0
Alimami Gory 90+6'
Godfred Donsah 90+6'
14/12/2019	Sporting Charleroi	3 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Massimo Bruno 8'		1 - 0
			29' Thibo Somers
			30' C. Dekuyper
			30' Lyle Foster
Ali Gholizadeh 51'		2 - 0
			58' K. Hazard
			58' Alimami Gory
Ryota Morioka 59'
			70' Godfred Donsah
			70' K. Hoggas
Massimo Bruno 72'
Mamadou Fall 72'
K. Rezaei 76'
Shamar Nicholson 76'
David Henen 85'
G. Hendrickx 85'
Mamadou Fall 88'		3 - 0
07/12/2019	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	Genk	0-1	H2H	O	+
Alimami Gory 13'
Lyle Foster 13'
J. Omolo 21'
Lassana Coulibaly 21'
		0 - 1	34' Junya Ito
			45+7' Neto Borges
			57' Joakim Maehle
Jonathan Panzo 59'
Rominigue Kouamé 59'
			61' Paul Onuachu
			61' Théo Bongonda
Thibo Somers 65'		1 - 1
			67' D. Ndongala
			67' Joseph Paintsil
		1 - 2	70' Sander Berge
			71' Neto Borges
			71' Casper De Norre
			84' Sander Berge
C. Dekuyper 86'
01/12/2019	Standard Liège	2 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
			24' A. Cassaert
Selim Amallah 28'		1 - 0
			46' A. Cassaert
			46' Lyle Foster
			47' J. Omolo
Zinho Vanheusden 50'
			63' Lyle Foster
O. Oularé 64'
Felipe Avenatti 64'
			64' K. Hazard
			64' Alimami Gory
			71' Jonathan Panzo
P. M'Poku 72'
Duje Cop 72'
		1 - 1	75' J. Omolo
			75' C. Dekuyper
			75' I. Saadi
Mehdi Carcela-González 85'
Renaud Emond 85'
Felipe Avenatti 90+2'		2 - 1
23/11/2019	SK Beveren	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
D. Sula 12'		1 - 0
D. Jubitana 18'
			26' Stef Peeters
			29' J. Taravel
			29' J. Omolo
		1 - 1	61' G. Biancone
D. Jubitana 66'
Daan Heymans 66'
B. Badibanga 72'
			73' J. Omolo
D. Sula 76'
Stefan Milosevic 76'
			84' C. Dekuyper
			84' Alimami Gory
			89' G. Biancone
Aboubakary Koita 90'
D. Bizimana 90'
09/11/2019	Cercle Brugge	2 - 1	Sint-Truiden	1-0	H2H	O	+
Naomichi Ueda 18'
			33' S. Colombatto
K. Hoggas 34'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	49' Y. Boli
			58' S. Colombatto
			58' S. De Ridder
			65' Allan Sousa
			65' Elton Acolatse
Godfred Donsah 70'
Rominigue Kouamé 70'
K. Hoggas 70'
Thibo Somers 70'
			84' Y. Boli
			84' Facundo Colidio
Alimami Gory 87'
I. Saadi 87'
I. Saadi 89'		2 - 1
			90+3' I. Sankhon
03/11/2019	Anderlecht	2 - 1	Cercle Brugge	2-1	H2H	O	+
Kemar Roofe 10'		1 - 0
Alexis Saelemaekers 19'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	28' K. Hoggas
S. Dewaele 37'
K. Sardella 37'
Y. Verschaeren 45+4'
			46' Alimami Gory
			46' Lyle Foster
			59' Jonathan Panzo
			67' G. Biancone
			68' K. Hazard
			68' Julien Serrano
Alexis Saelemaekers 80'
Nacer Chadli 80'
			81' G. Biancone
			81' I. Saadi
Michel Vlap 81'
Peter Zulj 81'
			88' C. Dekuyper
29/10/2019	Cercle Brugge	2 - 2	Royal Excel Mouscron	1-1	H2H	O	+
Stef Peeters 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	22' Cedric Omoigui
			25' Jonah Osabutey
Stef Peeters 42'
Thibo Somers 42'
Thibo Somers 44'
			45' Bruno Godeau
			55' Aleix García
			55' D. Mohamed
G. Biancone 57'
Thibo Somers 58'
I. Saadi 58'
			64' Diogo Queirós
			65' Diogo Queirós
Alimami Gory 74'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	83' D. Mohamed
Alimami Gory 85'
Julien Serrano 85'
			89' Fabrice Olinga
			89' N. Antonov
26/10/2019	Genk	1 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
S. Dewaest 8'		1 - 0
Joakim Maehle 53'
Sander Berge 53'
			64' Julien Serrano
			64' O. Deman
D. Ndongala 72'
Théo Bongonda 72'
			76' C. Dekuyper
			79' C. Dekuyper
			79' Thibo Somers
Ally Samatta 80'
Ianis Hagi 80'
			81' Godfred Donsah
			90+2' G. Biancone
			90+2' K. Hoggas
20/10/2019	Cercle Brugge	0 - 3	Sporting Charleroi	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' Ryota Morioka
A. Bongiovanni 20'
		0 - 2	32' Massimo Bruno
		0 - 3	36' M. Diagne
J. Omolo 42'
G. Biancone 42'
			44' Massimo Bruno
A. Bongiovanni 46'
Alimami Gory 46'
Lyle Foster 68'
I. Saadi 68'
			70' Ryota Morioka
			70' David Henen
			74' Ali Gholizadeh
Rominigue Kouamé 80'
			84' Massimo Bruno
			84' Shamar Nicholson
			90+1' Ali Gholizadeh
			90+1' Frank Tsadjout
05/10/2019	Zulte-Waregem	6 - 0	Cercle Brugge	2-0	H2H	O	+
Gianni Bruno 9'
			10' Naomichi Ueda
Cyle Larin 13'		1 - 0
Gianni Bruno 24'		2 - 0
Abdoulaye Sissako 58'
Omar Govea 58'
			62' I. Saadi
			62' Lyle Foster
Henrik Björdal 66'
Luka Zarandia 66'
			70' J. Omolo
			70' Jordi Mboula
Gianni Bruno 73'		3 - 0
J. Taravel 75'		4 - 0
			76' Stef Peeters
Gianni Bruno 78'
Dimitri Oberlin 78'
			79' J. Taravel
			79' Stef Peeters
			79' Stephane Omeonga
S. Berahino 85'		5 - 0
Cyle Larin 90+1'		6 - 0
28/09/2019	Cercle Brugge	1 - 2	KAS Eupen	1-0	H2H	O	+
Stef Peeters 12'		1 - 0
			45' S. Blondelle
			46' S. Blondelle
			46' S. Gnaka
Lyle Foster 52'
K. Hazard 52'
Rominigue Kouamé 54'
			66' Yuta Toyokawa
			66' Carlos Embalo
			74' Menno Koch
Alimami Gory 75'
I. Saadi 75'
		1 - 1	76' Danijel Miličević
Godfred Donsah 83'
			84' Andreas Beck
Godfred Donsah 87'
Jordi Mboula 87'
			87' Adalberto Peñaranda
			87' N. Schouterden
		1 - 2	88' Danijel Miličević
Jonathan Panzo 90'
			90+2' S. Gnaka
Jonathan Panzo 90+4'
21/09/2019	Antwerp	3 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-1	H2H	O	+
Didier Lamkel Zé 20'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	35' Dino Arslanagic
Dieumerci Mbokani 55'		2 - 1
Didier Lamkel Zé 69'		3 - 1
			70' Godfred Donsah
			70' K. Hazard
			71' Lyle Foster
			71' I. Saadi
Kevin Mirallas 75'
Zinho Gano 75'
Zinho Gano 79'
			79' J. Taravel
			80' G. Biancone
			80' Jordi Mboula
Lior Refaelov 81'
Koji Miyoshi 81'
			84' Rominigue Kouamé
Steven Defour 86'
S. Coopman 86'
14/09/2019	Cercle Brugge	0 - 2	Club Brugge	0-1	H2H	O	+
G. Biancone 13'
		0 - 1	32' Krépin Diatta
			46' David Okereke
			46' Loïs Openda
			53' Éder Balanta
		0 - 2	61' Emmanuel Dennis
			62' Emmanuel Dennis
01/09/2019	Gent	3 - 2	Cercle Brugge	3-1	H2H	O	+
Laurent Depoitre 11'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	15' Stef Peeters
J. David 24'		2 - 1
J. David 27'		3 - 1
			29' Stef Peeters
Milad Mohammadi 36'
			45' Rominigue Kouamé
			46' K. Hazard
			46' Godfred Donsah
			53' I. Saadi
Sven Kums 66'
J. Dompé 66'
			66' I. Saadi
			66' Lyle Foster
Giorgi Kvilitaia 70'
Yuya Kubo 70'
			77' C. Fiore
			79' Alimami Gory
			79' W. Balikwisha
Laurent Depoitre 86'
Brecht Dejaegere 86'
		3 - 2	90+2' Stef Peeters
24/08/2019	Cercle Brugge	1 - 0	SK Beveren	0-0	H2H	O	+
Julien Serrano 25'
C. Fiore 25'
K. Dabila 30'
Jordi Mboula 46'
Alimami Gory 46'
			56' Stefan Milosevic
			56' D. Sula
			63' T. Agyepong
			63' Andrija Vukcevic
			70' P. Keita
			70' Matthias Verreth
Godfred Donsah 73'
Lassana Coulibaly 73'
Loïc Badiashile 74'
Stef Peeters 82'		1 - 0
			90+3' Andreas Wiegel
17/08/2019	Mechelen	3 - 1	Cercle Brugge	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	24' K. Dabila
			34' Stephane Omeonga
Lucas Bijker 45+1'
Jordi Vanlerberghe 45+1'
W. Togui 60'		1 - 1
			66' Julien Serrano
Nikola Storm 67'		2 - 1
			68' K. Dabila
			74' Stephane Omeonga
			74' W. Balikwisha
			79' K. Hazard
Igor De Camargo 83'		3 - 1
			84' Jordi Mboula
			84' A. Bongiovanni
			85' K. Dabila
			85' C. Fiore
W. Togui 87'
S. Bateau 87'
Nikola Storm 90+2'
Dante Vanzeir 90+2'
10/08/2019	Cercle Brugge	1 - 3	KV Kortrijk	1-0	H2H	O	+
I. Saadi 18'		1 - 0
Rominigue Kouamé 22'
		1 - 1	49' A. Ajagun
		1 - 2	55' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			57' Petar Golubovic
K. Hoggas 62'
A. Bongiovanni 62'
J. Omolo 62'
Abou Kanté 62'
			71' A. Ajagun
			71' H. Kagé
			77' Eric Ocansey
			77' A. Batsula
Naomichi Ueda 83'
O. Deman 83'
			85' Tyron Ivanof
			85' L. Azouni
		1 - 3	90' H. Kagé
03/08/2019	KV Oostende	3 - 1	Cercle Brugge	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	7' I. Saadi
Ronald Vargas 27'
F. Sakala 27'
			28' Jordi Mboula
Sidrit Guri 32'		1 - 1
I. Saadi 40'		2 - 1
			54' Jordi Mboula
			63' I. Saadi
			63' Stephane Omeonga
			64' Stef Peeters
			64' Abou Kanté
Andrew Hjulsager 68'
Michiel Jonckheere 68'
			72' K. Hoggas
			72' O. Deman
Robbie D'Haese 80'
Indy Boonen 80'
Sidrit Guri 87'		3 - 1
27/07/2019	Cercle Brugge	0 - 2	Standard Liège	0-0	H2H	O	+
			22' Renaud Emond
			30' Samuel Bastien
			59' Aleksandar Boljevic
			59' Mehdi Carcela-González
K. Hoggas 67'
Jordi Mboula 67'
			74' Selim Amallah
			74' Anthony Limbombe
D. De Belder 80'
Abou Kanté 80'
Julien Serrano 85'
			85' M. Lestienne
			85' Duje Cop
Rominigue Kouamé 87'
J. Omolo 87'
		0 - 1	88' Renaud Emond
Julien Serrano 90+2'
		0 - 2	90+4' Anthony Limbombe

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Cercle Brugge in Pro League.

Statistics & Analysis of Cercle Brugge

S. Peeters is the leading top goal scorer for Cercle Brugge with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	4
Longest losing streak	7
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	9
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	18
Matches under 2.25 goals	11
Matches First Half Over 0.5	24
Matches First Half Under 0.5	5
Matches odd	19
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	0.93
Average goals allowed	1.86
Failure to score	8
Biggest victory	2 - 0
Biggest defeat	6 - 0
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	2
Own goals	1
Goalless draw at home match	0 (0%)
Goalless draw at away match	0 (0%)
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	S. Peeters
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Cercle Brugge Squad

Detailed statistics of each Cercle Brugge player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Cercle Brugge top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

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#	Name of Player
1	Guillaume Hubert	720	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Victor Alexander da Silva	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
3	Dimitris Chatziisaias	720	8
3	Julien Serrano	90	7	2	2	0	0	2	1	0
4	Jérémy Taravel	659	10	0	1	0		2	0	0
5	Naomichi Ueda	1124	19	1	1	0		3	0	0
6	Aldom Deuro	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
7	Kylian Hazard	1165	27	8	7	1		2	0	0
7	Isaac Christie-Davies
8	Stef Peeters	1472	24	0	3	6	1	5	0	0
9	Idriss Saadi	357	17	7	4	4	0	1	0	0
10	Dino Hotič	511	7	1	5	1
10	Adrien Bongiovanni	46	3	2	1	0		1	0	0
12	Dylan De Belder	651	10	1	4	0		1	0	0
13	Lyle Foster	883	18	10	5	1	0	2	0	0
14	Johnathan Panzo	1315	17	0	4	0		4	1	0
15	Johanna Ochieng Omolo	544	12	4	5	1		2	0	0
16	Miguel Van Damme	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
17	Jordi Mboula Queralt	32	7	4	2	0	0	1	1	0
18	Lassana Coulibaly	1232	16	2	1	0	0	3	0	0
19	Marton Eppel	524	8	3	2	1
19	Rominigue Kouamé N'Guessan	410	6	2	1	0	0	6	0	0
20	Kévin Hoggas	1123	18	2	8	6	1	2	0	0
21	Stephane Omeonga	10	1	3	1	0		0	0	0
22	Kouadio Yves Dabila	1260	21	0	1	1	0	5	0	0
23	William Balikwisha	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Corentin Fiore	90	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	Merveille Goblet	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
26	Calvin Dekuyper	640	8		3			2
27	Olivier Deman	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Alimami Gory	965	19	6	8	2	0	1	0	0
29	Zohran Ludovic Bassong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Godfred Donsah	1145	19	4	6	0		2	0	0
32	Arne Cassaert	46	1		1			1
33	Dimi Carré
34	Thibo Somers	572	12	7	1	1		2
35	Dimitar Velkovski	540	6					1
40	Loïc Badiashile Mukinayi	270	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
41	Giulian Biancone	1650	25	1	3	1		6	0	0
83	Mouez Hassen	360	4
99	Lennart Moser	630	7					1
	Aboubakary Kanté	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Charles Vanhoutte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Guy Carel Mbenza Mbenza Kamboleke

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