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Cercle Brugge

Pro League Belgium

Belgian Cup Belgium

Belgium Playoffs

Founded:	1899
Stadium:	Jan Breydelstadion
Coach:	Jimmy Jacky De Wulf
Pro League Form:
Overall Form:

Cercle Brugge home ground venue is Jan Breydelstadion.

Jimmy Jacky De Wulf 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 18 matches in Belgium Pro League. Their current statistics is 2 win, 6 draw and 10 lose.

Cercle Brugge did not win their last seven matches 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 2024/2025.

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	18	2	6	10

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
10/05/2025	K. Beerschot V.A.	4 - 2	Cercle Brugge	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Lawrence Agyekum
Katuku Derrick Tshimanga 36'
Katuku Derrick Tshimanga 46'
Félix Nzouango Bikien 46'
Rajiv Van La Parra 46'
Tom Reyners 46'
Apostolos Konstantopoulos 48'		1 - 1
Apostolos Konstantopoulos 50'		2 - 1
Loïc Mbe Soh 56'		3 - 1
			57' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			57' Lawrence Agyekum
			57' Paris Brunner
			57' Alan Minda
			57' Steve Ngoura
Brian Plat 61'
			69' Erick Nunes
			69' Nils De Wilde
Hakim Sahabo 70'
Dean Huiberts 70'
			70' Gary Magnee
			70' Edgaras Utkus
			74' Lucas Perrin
Faisal Al-Ghamdi 78'		4 - 1
			79' Felipe Augusto
			79' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
Dean Huiberts 82'
Brian Plat 83'
Welat Cagro 83'
Antoine Colassin 90+2'
Ryan Sanusi 90+2'
		4 - 2	90+5' Paris Brunner
12/04/2025	Sint-Truiden	3 - 1	Cercle Brugge	2-1	H2H	O	+
Adriano Bertaccini 17'		1 - 0
Billal Brahimi 41'		2 - 0
Rihito Yamamoto 43'
		2 - 1	44' Ibrahim Diakité
Billal Brahimi 47'
			47' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
Louis Patris 50'
Adriano Bertaccini 59'		3 - 1
Rihito Yamamoto 61'
Olivier Dumont 61'
			65' Flávio Nazinho
			65' Paris Brunner
			65' Erick Nunes
			65' Abu Francis
			65' Ibrahim Diakité
			65' Gary Magnee
			71' Steve Ngoura
			71' Felipe Augusto
Billal Brahimi 77'
Andrés Ferrari 77'
Didier Lamkel Zé 78'
Robert-Jan Vanwesemael 78'
			82' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			82' Alan Minda
Adriano Bertaccini 89'
Simen Juklerød 89'
30/03/2025	KV Kortrijk	2 - 2	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Bram Lagae 14'		1 - 0
Bram Lagae 33'
Karim Dermane 38'
Haruya Fujii 38'
			46' Ibrahim Diakité
			46' Gary Magnee
		1 - 1	54' Lawrence Agyekum
Marco Ilaimaharitra 66'
			66' Erick Nunes
			66' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
			66' Steve Ngoura
			66' Paris Brunner
			71' Edgaras Utkus
Brecht Dejaegere 72'
Mouhamed Gueye 72'
Koen Kostons 72'
Dion De Neve 72'
Mouhamed Gueye 74'
		1 - 2	80' Thibo Somers
			83' Thibo Somers
			83' Felipe Augusto
Nayel Mehssatou 83'
Karol Czubak 83'
			87' Lawrence Agyekum
			87' Abu Francis
Abdelkahar Kadri 90'		2 - 2
			90+3' Abu Francis
			90+6' Abu Francis
16/03/2025	Anderlecht	3 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Luis Vázquez 6'		1 - 0
			26' Erick Nunes
			26' Lucas Perrin
Lucas Hey 29'
			34' Flávio Nazinho
			46' Erick Nunes
			46' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
			61' Paris Brunner
			61' Felipe Augusto
Jan Vertonghen 68'
Mario Stroeykens 74'
Majeed Ashimeru 74'
Samuel Edozie 74'
Cesar Huerta 74'
			77' Gary Magnee
			77' Gary Magnee
			77' Steve Ngoura
			77' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			77' Edgaras Utkus
Nilson Angulo 80'
Thorgan Hazard 80'
Ali Maamar 80'
Moussa N'Diaye 80'
			84' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			84' Edgaras Utkus
Adryelson 87'		2 - 0
Luis Vázquez 90+3'
Keisuke Goto 90+3'
Cesar Huerta 90+6'		3 - 0
23/02/2025	KV Kortrijk	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jean-Kevin Duverne 13'		1 - 0
Jean-Kevin Duverne 39'
			45+4' Lawrence Agyekum
			46' Edgaras Utkus
			46' Flávio Nazinho
			58' Gary Magnee
			58' Ibrahim Diakité
Marco Ilaimaharitra 63'
			75' Erick Nunes
			75' Malamine Efekele
			75' Alan Minda
			75' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
Thierry Ambrose 75'
Koen Kostons 75'
Ryotaro Tsunoda 75'
James Ndjeungoue 75'
			81' Lawrence Agyekum
			81' Paris Brunner
Brecht Dejaegere 81'
Massimo Bruno 81'
Koen Kostons 87'
		1 - 1	89' Paris Brunner
Karim Dermane 90+3'
Karol Czubak 90+3'
			90+4' Flávio Nazinho
Massimo Bruno 90+7'
08/02/2025	Genk	2 - 1	Cercle Brugge	2-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	10' Thibo Somers
Jarne Steuckers 19'		1 - 1
Hyun-gyu Oh 40'		2 - 1
			46' Felipe Augusto
			46' Alan Minda
			46' Edgaras Utkus
			46' Lucas Perrin
			58' Lucas Perrin
Hyun-gyu Oh 68'
Tolu Arokodare 68'
Noah Adedeji-Sternberg 68'
Christopher Baah 68'
Patrik Hrošovský 68'
Ibrahima Sory Bangoura 68'
			75' Erick Nunes
			75' Flávio Nazinho
			75' Abu Francis
			75' Nils De Wilde
			81' Maxime Delanghe
Zakaria El Ouahdi 83'
Joris Kayembe Ditu 83'
			83' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			83' Warleson
			89' Ibrahim Diakité
Jarne Steuckers 90+2'
Konstantinos Karetsas 90+2'
25/01/2025	Sporting Charleroi	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-1	H2H	O	+
Parfait Guiagon 12'		1 - 0
Cheick Keita 33'
		1 - 1	35' Thibo Somers
			63' Kazeem Olaigbe
			63' Alan Minda
Daan Heymans 69'
Isaac Mbenza 70'
Antoine Bernier 70'
			71' Christiaan Ravych
			71' Emmanuel Kakou
Cheick Keita 75'
Parfait Guiagon 78'
Stelios Andreou 78'
			85' Gary Magnee
			85' Flávio Nazinho
			85' Erick
			85' Malamine Efekele
			90+3' Edgaras Utkus
18/01/2025	Dender	0 - 1	Cercle Brugge	0-1	H2H	O	+
David Hrnčár 9'
Ragnar Oratmangoen 15'
Dembo Sylla 15'
		0 - 1	28' Ibrahim Diakité
			46' Erick
			46' Flávio Nazinho
Bruny Nsimba 63'
Mohamed Berte 63'
			69' Lawrence Agyekum
			69' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			69' Gary Magnee
			69' Senna Miangue
			75' Abu Francis
Kobe Cools 83'
Roman Kvet 84'
Desmond Acquah 84'
Dembo Sylla 84'
Ridwane M'Barki 84'
			86' Kazeem Olaigbe
			86' Alan Minda
			90+3' Felipe Augusto
			90+3' Malamine Efekele
27/12/2024	Sint-Truiden	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' Kazeem Olaigbe
Ryoya Ogawa 37'
Isaías Delpupo 46'
Billal Brahimi 46'
Olivier Dumont 60'
Andrés Ferrari 60'
			63' Kazeem Olaigbe
			63' Felipe Augusto
			63' Emmanuel Kakou
			63' Edgaras Utkus
			67' Edgaras Utkus
Rein Van Helden 72'		1 - 1
			76' Erick
			76' Malamine Efekele
			76' Alan Minda
			76' Nils De Wilde
			87' Lawrence Agyekum
			87' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			87' Abu Francis
Joel Chima Fujita 90+2'
15/12/2024	Gent	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Momodou Sonko 23'		1 - 0
			31' Erick
			31' Abu Francis
			69' Alan Minda
			69' Felipe Augusto
			69' Kazeem Olaigbe
			69' Paris Brunner
O. Gandelman 70'
		1 - 1	70' Kévin Denkey
Andrew Hjulsager 72'
Franck Surdez 72'
Max Dean 81'
A. Guðjohnsen 81'
Momodou Sonko 81'
Tibe De Vlieger 81'
			85' Lawrence Agyekum
			85' Senna Miangue
			85' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			85' Nils De Wilde
Sven Kums 90'
Pieter Gerkens 90'
01/12/2024	K. Beerschot V.A.	3 - 2	Cercle Brugge	0-2	H2H	O	+
			23' Emmanuel Kakou
		0 - 1	36' Kévin Denkey
		0 - 2	45+3' Kévin Denkey
Omar Fayed 45+4'
Colin Dagba 52'
Ewan Henderson 54'		1 - 2
Brian Plat 57'
Marco Weymans 57'
Colin Dagba 58'
Apostolos Konstantopoulos 58'
Thibaud Verlinden 65'
			70' Alan Minda
			70' Paris Brunner
			70' Gary Magnee
			70' Abu Francis
			70' Erick
			70' Nils De Wilde
			71' Kévin Denkey
			75' Edgaras Utkus
			79' Edgaras Utkus
Faisal Al-Ghamdi 80'
Loïc Mbe Soh 81'		2 - 2
			82' Kévin Denkey
			82' Senna Miangue
Antoine Colassin 88'		3 - 2
			90' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			90' Felipe Augusto
Charly Keita 97'
Welat Cagro 97'
23/11/2024	Standard Liège	1 - 0	Cercle Brugge	0-0	H2H	O	+
			6' Flávio Nazinho
			42' Kévin Denkey
			46' Flávio Nazinho
			46' Alan Minda
A. Zeqiri 57'		1 - 0
			69' Felipe Augusto
			69' Paris Brunner
A. Zeqiri 76'
Muhammed Badamosi 76'
			78' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			78' Erick
			78' Lawrence Agyekum
			78' Abu Francis
Dennis Eckert Ayensa 84'
Marko Bulat 84'
			86' Thibo Somers
			86' Kazeem Olaigbe
Ilay Camara 90+2'
Sotiris Alexandropoulos 90+2'
27/10/2024	Union Saint-Gilloise	1 - 3	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Mohammed Fuseini 8'		1 - 0
			46' Erick
			46' Flávio Nazinho
		1 - 1	52' Felipe Augusto
		1 - 2	55' Emmanuel Kakou
Casper Terho 57'
Noah Sadiki 57'
Mathias Rasmussen 58'
Ousseynou Niang 58'
			64' Flávio Nazinho
Jean Thierry Lazare 68'
Promise David 68'
Mohammed Fuseini 68'
Anouar Ait El Hadj 68'
			73' Thibo Somers
			76' Felipe Augusto
			76' Kévin Denkey
			76' Gary Magnee
			76' Edgaras Utkus
			83' Alan Minda
			83' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
Kevin Mac Allister 85'
Kevin Rodríguez 85'
Promise David 88'
			90+3' Lawrence Agyekum
			90+3' Abu Francis
Ross Sykes 90+6'
		1 - 3	90+8' Kévin Denkey
			90+9' Kévin Denkey
06/10/2024	Antwerp	3 - 0	Cercle Brugge	2-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
Gyrano Kerk 19'		1 - 0
Tjaronn Chery 23'		2 - 0
Jacob Ondrejka 36'
			46' Erick
			46' Ibrahim Diakité
			47' Senna Miangue
			67' Gary Magnee
			67' Felipe Augusto
			67' Alan Minda
			67' Kazeem Olaigbe
			75' Christiaan Ravych
Gyrano Kerk 80'
Anthony Valencia 80'
Jacob Ondrejka 83'		3 - 0
Tjaronn Chery 85'
Kobe Corbanie 85'
			85' Kévin Denkey
			85' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
Jacob Ondrejka 86'
Victor Udoh 86'
			86' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			86' Nils De Wilde
Zeno Van Den Bosch 90+2'
Rosen Bozhinov 90+2'
Jelle Bataille 90+2'
Semm Renders 90+2'
22/09/2024	Mechelen	2 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Daam Foulon 31'		1 - 0
Ahmed Touba 34'
			34' Warleson
Daam Foulon 36'
José Marsà 36'
			45+1' Erick
			46' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
			46' Kazeem Olaigbe
			57' Malamine Efekele
			57' Paris Brunner
Nikola Storm 63'
Geoffry Hairemans 63'
Benito Raman 63'
Lion Lauberbach 63'
			69' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			69' Lawrence Agyekum
			69' Erick
			69' Flávio Nazinho
			76' Ibrahim Diakité
			76' Felipe Augusto
Kerim Mrabti 81'
Bilal Bafdili 81'
Patrick Pflücke 81'
Rafik Belghali 81'
Bas Van den Eynden 85'		2 - 0
Aziz Ouattara Mohammed 90+3'
01/09/2024	Club Brugge	3 - 0	Cercle Brugge	2-0	H2H	O	+
			32' Senna Miangue
Brandon Mechele 39'		1 - 0
Christos Tzolis 45+3'		2 - 0
			46' Alan Minda
			46' Felipe Augusto
			46' Gary Magnee
			46' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
Andreas Skov Olsen 55'		3 - 0
Maxim De Cuyper 58'
			62' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			62' Abu Francis
			63' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
			63' Kazeem Olaigbe
Joaquin Seys 63'
Hugo Siquet 63'
Hans Vanaken 64'
Ferran Jutglà 64'
Andreas Skov Olsen 68'
Chemsdine Talbi 68'
Christos Tzolis 81'
Michał Skóraś 81'
Gustaf Nilsson 81'
Romeo Vermant 81'
			83' Bruno Goncalves De Jesus
			83' Erick
18/08/2024	OH Leuven	1 - 1	Cercle Brugge	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' Kévin Denkey
Siebe Schrijvers 22'
			34' Thibo Somers
			34' Jonas Lietaert
Youssef Maziz 37'		1 - 1
Mathieu Maertens 54'
Mickaël Biron 54'
Siebe Schrijvers 54'
Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson 54'
Óscar Gil 61'
			64' Bruninho
			64' Paris Josua Brunner
			64' Kazeem Olaigbe
			64' Alan Minda
Youssef Maziz 64'
Federico Ricca 64'
Birger Verstraete 73'
Takahiro Akimoto 74'
Mickaël Biron 78'
Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi 78'
Konan N’Dri 78'
Thibault Vlietinck 78'
			84' Nazinho
			84' Erick
			84' Lawrence Agyekum
			84' Gary Magnée
			88' Senna Miangue
			90' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
28/07/2024	Westerlo	3 - 0	Cercle Brugge	1-0	H2H	O	+
Lucas Stassin 18'		1 - 0
Jordan Bos 30'
Tuur Rommens 30'
			48' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
Lucas Stassin 55'		2 - 0
			58' Felipe Augusto
			58' Kazeem Olaigbe
			58' Hannes Van Der Bruggen
			58' Abdoul Kader Ouattara
			61' Christiaan Ravych
			61' Edgaras Utkus
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 64'		3 - 0
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh 72'
Josimar Alcócer 72'
			72' Thibo Somers
			72' Bruninho
			72' Nazinho
			72' Senna Miangue
Adedire Awokoya Mebude 88'
Matija Frigan 88'
Nicolas Madsen 88'
Thomas Van den Keybus 88'

Chart Analysis

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

Statistics & Analysis of Cercle Brugge

Kévin Denkey is the leading top goal scorer for Cercle Brugge with 2 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	1
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	7
Clean sheets	1
Matches over 2.25 goals	10
Matches under 2.25 goals	8
Matches First Half Over 0.5	17
Matches First Half Under 0.5	1
Matches odd	8
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	0.94
Average goals allowed	1.94
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	1 - 3
Biggest defeat	3 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	0
Goalless draw at away match	0 (0%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	Kévin Denkey
Top Assist	Bruninho

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Pro League 2024/2025 - Championship Round Table

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Union Saint-Gilloise	40	24	11	5	71	28	+43	42
2	Club Brugge	40	24	10	6	86	42	+44	38
3	Genk	40	25	6	9	69	44	+25	30
4	Anderlecht	40	18	7	15	62	40	+22	23
5	Antwerp	40	14	13	13	57	50	+7	21
6	Gent	40	12	12	16	45	65	-20	15

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UEFA Europa League Qualifiers

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Pro League 2024/2025 - Conference League Play-off Group Table

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sporting Charleroi	40	16	10	14	55	46	+9	40
2	Westerlo	40	13	12	15	69	65	+4	33
3	Mechelen	40	12	14	14	62	57	+5	31
4	Dender	40	11	12	17	53	72	-19	29
5	OH Leuven	40	9	18	13	39	52	-13	27
6	Standard Liège	40	10	16	14	27	43	-16	27

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Pro League 2024/2025 - Relegation Round Table

Cercle Brugge are in the 2nd position of Pro League and they are in contention for Relegation Play-off.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Sint-Truiden	36	10	11	15	50	66	-16	41
2	Cercle Brugge	36	9	12	15	39	57	-18	39
3	KV Kortrijk	36	10	7	19	40	63	-23	37
4	K. Beerschot V.A.	36	5	9	22	36	70	-34	24

Relegation Play-off

Relegation

Pro League 2024/2025 - Regular Season Table

Cercle Brugge are in the 12th position of Pro League and they are in contention for UEFA Conference League Play-offs.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Genk	30	21	5	4	55	33	+22	68
2	Club Brugge	30	17	8	5	65	36	+29	59
3	Union Saint-Gilloise	30	15	10	5	49	25	+24	55
4	Anderlecht	30	15	6	9	50	27	+23	51
5	Antwerp	30	12	10	8	47	32	+15	46
6	Gent	30	11	12	7	41	33	+8	45
7	Standard Liège	30	10	9	11	22	35	-13	39
8	Mechelen	30	10	8	12	45	40	+5	38
9	Westerlo	30	10	7	13	50	49	+1	37
10	Sporting Charleroi	30	10	7	13	36	36	+0	37
11	OH Leuven	30	8	13	9	28	33	-5	37
12	Cercle Brugge	30	7	11	12	29	44	-15	32
13	Dender	30	8	8	14	33	51	-18	32
14	Sint-Truiden	30	7	10	13	41	56	-15	31
15	KV Kortrijk	30	7	5	18	28	55	-27	26
16	K. Beerschot V.A.	30	3	9	18	26	60	-34	18

Championship Round

UEFA Conference League Play-offs

Relegation Round

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	Warleson Stellion Lisboa Oliveira	810	9				1
2	Ibrahim Diakité	272	5	2	3
3	Edgaras Utkus	136	3	1	1
4	Jesper Daland	180	2
4	Dalangunypole Gomis
5	Boris Popović	159	2		1		1
6	Lawrence Agyekum	555	9	3	3
6	Félix Lemaréchal
7	Malamine Efekele	147	3	1	2
8	Erick Nunes Barbosa dos Santos	393	9	3	6		2
9	Ahoueke Denkey	918	11	1	1	5
10	Felipe Augusto da Silva	318	8	5	3
10	Yann Gboho
11	Alan Steve Minda García	304	8	5	3
13	Paris Josua Brunner	69	3	3
15	Gary Magnée	313	7	3	4
17	Abu Francis	702	11	4	2
18	Senna Miangue	655	10	4	1		5
19	Kazeem Olaigbe	495	11	6	5	1	1
20	Flávio Basilua Jacinto Nazinho	654	9	2	3		2
21	Maxime Delanghe	180	2
22	Alama Bayo
22	Leonardo da Silva Lopes
27	Nils De Wilde	29	2	2
28	Hannes Van der Bruggen	677	10	1	7		2
29	Louis Torres
30	Bruno Gonçalves de Jesus	314	7	3	4	1
32	Romaric Etonde
34	Thibo Somers	872	11		3	1
41	Hugo Siquet
66	Christiaan Ravych	961	11		1	1	2
76	Jonas Lietaert	56	1	1
77	Jordan Semedo Varela
84	Bas Langenbick
89	Sébastien Bruzzese
90	Emmanuel Kakou	450	5				1
99	Abdoul Kader Ouattara	271	7	5	2	2	1
	Dré Callens
	Eloy Room
	Emilio Kehrer
	Olivier Deman
	Rayan El Bahri
	Robbe Decostere
	Thomas Didillon
	Xander Martle

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H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

San Carlos vs Deportivo Saprissa

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.