2024–25 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
2024–25 season
ManagerMiron Muslić
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League14th
Belgian CupPre-season
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague: Kévin Denkey (5)
All: Kévin Denkey (9)
All statistics correct as of 3 October 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 126th season in the history of Cercle Brugge K.S.V., and the club's 36th consecutive season in Belgian Pro League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF France Malamine Efekele Monaco AS Monaco Loan 3 July 2024 [1]
DF Guinea Ibrahim Diakité France Stade de Reims Undisclosed 3 July 2024 [2]
MF Ghana Lawrence Agyekum Austria Red Bull Salzburg Loan 4 July 2024 [3]
FW Brazil Bruninho Brazil Red Bull Bragantino Loan 10 July 2024 [4]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Germany Emilio Kehrer Netherlands Willem II Undisclosed 5 July 2024 [5]

Friendlies

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Pre-season

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6 July 2024 Friendly Cercle Brugge Belgium 3–2 Cyprus AEK Larnaca Venray, Netherlands
14:00
Report
Stadium: Sportpark De Wieën
13 July 2024 Friendly Monaco Monaco 1–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge
10:30
20 July 2024 Friendly Feyenoord Netherlands 1–0 Belgium Cercle Brugge Rotterdam, Netherlands
13:00
Stadium: Varkenoord
Note: Two periods of 45 minutes and one period of 30 minutes

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League 28 July 2024 Matchday 1 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 016.67
Belgian Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 25 July 2024 Second qualifying round 4 2 1 1 3 4 −1 050.00
Total 10 3 2 5 11 17 −6 030.00

Last updated: 14 September 2024
Source: Soccerway

Belgian Pro League

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Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Sint-Truiden 14 4 5 5 20 24 −4 17 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
13 OH Leuven 14 3 7 4 14 18 −4 16 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Cercle Brugge 14 4 3 7 16 26 −10 15
15 Kortrijk 14 4 2 8 10 25 −15 14
16 Beerschot 14 1 4 9 12 31 −19 7
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: Jupiler Pro League (in Dutch), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away matches won; 6) Away goal difference; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[6]

Matches

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The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[7]

28 July 2024 1 Westerlo 3–0 Cercle Brugge Westerlo
4 August 2024 2 Cercle Brugge 1–2 Kortrijk Bruges
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
1 September 2024 6 Club Brugge 3–0 Cercle Brugge Bruges
13:30
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: Jasper Vergoote
22 September 2024 8 Mechelen 2–0 Cercle Brugge Mechelen
16:00
Stadium: AFAS Stadion

Belgian Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Pro League

UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

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The draw was held on 19 June 2024.[8]

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) First leg Kilmarnock Scotland 1–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
20:30 (19:30 BST)
Report[10]
Attendance: 10,410[9]
Referee: Martin Dohal (Slovakia)
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) Second leg Cercle Brugge Belgium 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Scotland Kilmarnock Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00
Report[12] Attendance: 10,230[11]
Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia)

Third qualifying round

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8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) First leg Molde Norway 3–0 Belgium Cercle Brugge Aker Stadion, Molde
19:00
Report[14] Attendance: 4,200[13]
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)
15 August 2024 (2024-08-15) Second leg Cercle Brugge Belgium 1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Norway Molde Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00
Report[16] Attendance: 4,504[15]
Referee: Balázs Berke (Hungary)

UEFA Conference League

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Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Play-off round

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22 August 2024 (2024-08-22) First leg Wisła Kraków Poland 1–6 Belgium Cercle Brugge Henryk Reyman Stadium, Kraków
20:30
Report[18]
Attendance: 25,093[17]
Referee: Philip Farrugia (Malta)
29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) Second leg Cercle Brugge Belgium 1–4
(7–5 agg.)		 Poland Wisła Kraków Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00
Report[20]
Attendance: 5,654[19]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

League phase

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Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.[21]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
13 Belgium Gent 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[a] Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
14 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[a]
15 Belgium Cercle Brugge 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
16 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
17 Cyprus APOEL 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[b] Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2024. Source: UEFA[22]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals scored: Gent 2, Víkingur Reykjavík 0.
  2. ^ Away goals scored: APOEL 1, Real Betis 0.
Round123456
GroundHAHAAH
ResultW
Position1
Points3
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 October 2024 (2024-10-03) 1 Cercle Brugge Belgium 6–2 Switzerland St. Gallen Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:45
Report[24]
Attendance: 5,195[23]
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)
24 October 2024 (2024-10-24) 2 Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland v Belgium Cercle Brugge Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur[note 1]
21:00 (19:00 UTC+0) Report[25]
7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) 3 LASK Austria v Belgium Cercle Brugge Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
21:00 Report[26]
28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 4 Cercle Brugge Belgium v Scotland Heart of Midlothian Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:45 Report[27]
12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia v Belgium Cercle Brugge Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
18:45 Report[28]
19 December 2024 (2024-12-19) 6 Cercle Brugge Belgium v Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00 Report[29]

Notes

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  1. ^ Víkingur Reykjavík will play their home matches at Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur, instead of their regular stadium, Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

References

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  1. ^ "Malamine Efekele ook komend seizoen een Cerclespeler". cerclebrugge.be.
  2. ^ "Ibrahim Diakité voor vier seizoenen naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Agyekum naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  4. ^ "Bruninho naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  5. ^ "Willem II pikt nieuwe spits op in België - Voetbal International".
  6. ^ "Bondsreglement Titel 7: Competities" [Association Rules Title 7: Competitions] (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Jupiler Pro League Kalender 24-25 | Cercle Brugge KSV". cerclebrugge.be.
  8. ^ "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.
  9. ^ "Kilmarnock vs. Cercle Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  13. ^ "Molde vs. Cercle Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Molde vs Cercle Brugge". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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  17. ^ "Wisła Kraków vs. Cercle Brugge" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
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  20. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs Wisła Kraków". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Conference League: League phase draw pots confirmed". UEFA.com. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Table & Standings". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Full Time Summary Matchday 1 – Cercle Brugge vs. St. Gallen" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs. St. Gallen". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Víkingur Reykjavík vs. Cercle Brugge". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  26. ^ "LASK vs. Cercle Brugge". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs. Hearts". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Olimpija Ljubljana vs. Cercle Brugge". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs. İstanbul Başakşehir". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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