2024–25 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
2024–25 season
ManagerMiron Muslic
(until 2 December)[1][2]
Ferdinand Feldhofer
(from 10 December)[2]
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League15th
Belgian CupEighth round
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Conference LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague: Kévin Denkey (10)
All: Kévin Denkey (15)
All statistics correct as of 15 December 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 participating in the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League.

Season events

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On 21 November 2024, Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati announced they had signed Kévin Denkey for an MLS record transfer fee of $16.2 million, with the player officially joining the club in January 2025.[3] It was also a club record fee received by Cercle Brugge.[4][5][6]

Following a 2–3 defeat to Beerschot on 1 December, Miron Muslic was sacked as the club's manager.[1][2] He was replaced on 10 December by Austrian coach Ferdinand Feldhofer, who had been in the same role at Dinamo Tbilisi.[2]

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 [7]
DF Guinea Ibrahim Diakité France Stade de Reims Undisclosed 3 July 2024 [8]
MF Ghana Lawrence Agyekum Austria Red Bull Salzburg Loan 4 July 2024 [9]
FW Brazil Bruninho Brazil Red Bull Bragantino Loan 10 July 2024 [10]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Germany Emilio Kehrer Netherlands Willem II Undisclosed 5 July 2024 [11]
FW Togo Kévin Denkey United States FC Cincinnati $16.2 million 1 January 2025 [12]

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 Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Belgian Pro League 28 July 2024 Matchday 1 18 4 5 9 19 31 −12 022.22
Belgian Cup 31 October 2024 4 December 2024 Seventh round Eighth round 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 25 July 2024 15 August 2024 Second qualifying round Third qualifying round 4 2 1 1 3 4 −1 050.00
UEFA Conference League 22 August 2024 Play-off round 7 4 1 2 20 11 +9 057.14
Total 31 11 7 13 45 47 −2 035.48

Last updated: 15 December 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
11 Westerlo 19 6 5 8 31 30 +1 23 Qualification for the Europe play-offs
12 OH Leuven 19 4 10 5 17 21 −4 22
13 Cercle Brugge 19 5 5 9 20 31 −11 20 Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Kortrijk 19 5 3 11 17 38 −21 18
15 Sint-Truiden 19 4 6 9 23 39 −16 18
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 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.[13]

Matches

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The match schedule was released on 11 June 2024.[14]

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
26 September 2024 5 Cercle Brugge 2–1 Gent Bruges
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
6 October 2024 10 Antwerp 3–0 Cercle Brugge Antwerp
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
27 October 2024 12 Union Saint-Gilloise 1–3 Cercle Brugge Brussels
19:15 CEST
Report
Stadium: Joseph Marien Stadium
10 November 2024 14 Cercle Brugge 0–5 Anderlecht Bruges
13:30
Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
Attendance: 8,640
Referee: Wesli De Cremer
8 December 2024 17 Cercle Brugge 0–0 Union Saint-Gilloise Brugge
16:00 CET
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
1 March 2025 28 Cercle Brugge v Antwerp Bruges
16:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

Belgian Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Belgian Cup
31 October 2024 Seventh round Cercle Brugge 3–0[B] Olympic Charleroi Bruges
20:00 CET
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
4 December 2024 Eighth round Cercle Brugge 0–1 Sint-Truiden Bruges
20:30 CET Report
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

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.[15]

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) First leg Kilmarnock Scotland 1–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
20:30 (19:30 BST)
Report[17]
Attendance: 10,410[16]
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[19] Attendance: 10,230[18]
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[21] Attendance: 4,200[20]
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[23] Attendance: 4,504[22]
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[25]
Attendance: 25,093[24]
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[27]
Attendance: 5,654[26]
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.[28]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Switzerland Lugano 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13[a] Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
7 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 0 2 13 5 +8 12
8 Belgium Cercle Brugge 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11
9 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 6 3 2 1 12 9 +3 11
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Away goals scored: Djurgårdens IF 5, Lugano 4.
Round123456
GroundHAHAAH
ResultWLDWW
Position11215117
Points334710
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 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[30]
Attendance: 5,195[29]
Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)
24 October 2024 (2024-10-24) 2 Víkingur Reykjavík Iceland 3–1 Belgium Cercle Brugge Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur[note 1]
21:00 (19:00 UTC+0)
Report[32]
Attendance: 1,200[31]
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)
7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) 3 LASK Austria 0–0 Belgium Cercle Brugge Raiffeisen Arena, Linz
21:00 Report[34] Attendance: 8,500[33]
Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria)
28 November 2024 (2024-11-28) 4 Cercle Brugge Belgium 2–0 Scotland Heart of Midlothian Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
18:45
Report[36] Attendance: 7,722[35]
Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)
12 December 2024 (2024-12-12) 5 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 1–4 Belgium Cercle Brugge Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
18:45
Report[38]
Attendance: 5,646[37]
Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)
19 December 2024 (2024-12-19) 6 Cercle Brugge Belgium v Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
21:00 Report[39]

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.
  1. ^
    Tie reversed after the original draw. Despite having adequate facilities, the city council of the city of Charleroi did not approve and hence the match was played in Bruges.[40]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pijnlijke nederlaag op Beerschot geeft doorslag: Miron Muslic is niet langer trainer van Cercle Brugge" [Painful defeat at Beerschot is decisive: Miron Muslic is no longer coach of Cercle Brugge] (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cercle Brugge announce Ferdinand Feldhofer as new head coach". One Football. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ^ mlssoccer. "Kévin Denkey signing brings FC Cincinnati to "another level" | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  4. ^ "FC Cincinnati signs Kevin Denkey in record MLS deal". cincinnati.com. Cincinnati Enquirer. 19 November 2024.
  5. ^ "FC Cincinnati Break MLS Transfer Record for Incoming Striker, per Report". si.com. Sports Illustrated. 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ Tom Bogert (20 November 2024). "FC Cincinnati complete league-record transfer for Cercle Brugge's Denkey: Sources". givemesport.com.
  7. ^ "Malamine Efekele ook komend seizoen een Cerclespeler". cerclebrugge.be.
  8. ^ "Ibrahim Diakité voor vier seizoenen naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  9. ^ "Lawrence Agyekum naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  10. ^ "Bruninho naar Cercle Brugge". cerclebrugge.be.
  11. ^ "Willem II pikt nieuwe spits op in België - Voetbal International".
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  39. ^ "Cercle Brugge vs. İstanbul Başakşehir". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  40. ^ https://cerclebrugge.be/news/articles/crokycupolympiccharleroi
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