2020–21 Cercle Brugge KSV season
Cercle Brugge KSV 2020–21 football season
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The 2020–21 Cercle Brugge K.S.V. season was the club's 122nd season in existence and its 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Cercle Brugge participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
OwnerDmitry Rybolovlev
ChairmanVincent Goemaere
ManagerPaul Clement
(until 1 February)
Yves Vanderhaeghe
(from 3 February)
(until 1 February)
Yves Vanderhaeghe
(from 3 February)
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
| 2020–21 season | ||||
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| Owner | Dmitry Rybolovlev | |||
| Chairman | Vincent Goemaere | |||
| Manager | Paul Clement (until 1 February) Yves Vanderhaeghe (from 3 February) | |||
| Stadium | Jan Breydel Stadium | |||
| Belgian First Division A | 16th | |||
| Belgian Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ike Ugbo (18) All: Ike Ugbo (19) | |||
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Players
First-team squad
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On loan
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
| 4 July 2020 Friendly | Zulte Waregem  | 2–2 | Cercle Brugge | Waregem, Belgium |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Regenboogstadion |
| 11 July 2020 Friendly | Kortrijk | 0–1 | Cercle Brugge | Kortrijk, Belgium |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 17 July 2020 Friendly | Cercle Brugge | 0–2 |  Monaco | Bruges, Belgium |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 |
| 22 July 2020 Friendly | Sint-Eloois-Winkel | 1–2 | Cercle Brugge | Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sportpark Terschueren |
| 25 July 2020 Friendly | Deinze | 4–0 | Cercle Brugge | Oostkamp, Belgium |
| 16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: KDC Ruddervoorde |
| 29 July 2020 Friendly | Knokke | Cancelled | Cercle Brugge | Knokke, Belgium |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stadion Olivier |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Belgian First Division A | 8 August 2020 | 18 April 2021 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 32.35 |
| Belgian Cup | 3 February 2021 | 3 March 2021 | Sixth round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 66.67 |
| Total | 37 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 35.14 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Belgian First Division A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 14 | Kortrijk | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 | |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 36 | |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 18 | Excel Mouscron[a] (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 31 | Relegation to First Division B |
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.[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
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.[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
- On 14 April 2021 news was released that both Excel Mouscron and Oostende had not received a Belgian professional football license for the coming season, a requirement to play at the top two levels of Belgian football. For Oostende, a lack of financial transparency, together with generally poor quality and incompleteness of the submitted report, was given as the main reason by the committee for not awarding a license, while Excel Mouscron was refused a license as besides insufficient transparency, the committee also questioned several cash flows and whether the club was creditworthy in general, also due to the fact that the wages for the months of February and March had not yet been paid at that point. For Excel Mouscron, it was already the sixth year running the license was (initially) refused, however, the club has appealed the decision with the Belgian Court for Sports Arbitrage (BAS) successfully on each occasion and intended to do so again. Oostende was planning to launch an appeal as well, with the BAS to rule on the matter for both clubs before the 10th of May. Both clubs were allowed to add new documents to their case, but in case they however still did not receive a license after appeal, knew they would have been forced to relegate to the 2021–22 Belgian Division 2 and start the season with a 3-point penalty.[1] Both Excel Mouscron and Oostende were however eventually awarded a license after appeal, meaning Oostende remained at the top level, while Excel Mouscron only dropped one level.[2][3]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 |
Source: Jupiler Pro League
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 8 July 2020.[5]
| 8 August 2020 1 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Liège |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 16 August 2020 2 | Cercle Brugge | 2–1 | Antwerp | Bruges |
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet |
| 22 August 2020 3 | KV Mechelen | 2–3 | Cercle Brugge | Mechelen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme |
| 29 August 2020 4 | Cercle Brugge | 0–1 | Kortrijk | Bruges |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick |
| 13 September 2020 5 | Anderlecht | 2–0 | Cercle Brugge | Anderlecht |
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 21 September 2020 6 | Cercle Brugge | 3–0 | Sint-Truiden | Bruges |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wesli De Cremer |
| 27 September 2020 7 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | Cercle Brugge | Bruges |
| 18:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Lawrence Visser |
| 3 October 2020 8 | Eupen | 1–2 | Cercle Brugge | Eupen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Kehrwegstadion Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 17 October 2020 9 | Cercle Brugge | 5–2 | Gent | Bruges |
| 16:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 31 October 2020 11 | Charleroi | 3–0 | Cercle Brugge | Charleroi |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick |
| 8 November 2020 12 | Cercle Brugge | 1–3 | Zulte Waregem | Bruges |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 21 November 2020 13 | Waasland-Beveren | 0–2 | Cercle Brugge | Beveren |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Freethiel Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram van Driessche |
| 25 November 2020 10 | Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | Excel Mouscron | Bruges |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 28 November 2020 14 | Cercle Brugge | 1–5 | Genk | Bruges |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Van Damme |
| 5 December 2020 15 | OH Leuven | 2–1 | Cercle Brugge | Leuven |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 12 December 2020 16 | Cercle Brugge | 0–1 | Oostende | Bruges |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jasper Vergoote |
| 15 December 2020 18 | Cercle Brugge | 3–4 | Charleroi | Bruges |
| 18:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Wesley Alen |
| 26 December 2020 19 | Zulte Waregem | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Waregem |
| 16:15 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christof Dierick |
| 9 January 2021 30 | Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | Eupen | Bruges |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 13 January 2021 17 | Beerschot | 1–1 | Cercle Brugge | Antwerp |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Wim Smet |
| 17 January 2021 20 | Cercle Brugge | 0–1 | Standard Liège | Bruges |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put |
| 20 January 2021 21 | Antwerp | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Antwerp |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bosuilstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
| 23 January 2021 22 | Kortrijk | 1–2 | Cercle Brugge | Kortrijk |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Attendance: 0 |
| 28 January 2021 23 | Cercle Brugge | 1–2 | Club Brugge | Bruges |
| 18:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
| 31 January 2021 24 | Sint-Truiden | 3–0 | Cercle Brugge | Sint-Truiden |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 6 February 2021 25 | Cercle Brugge | 0–1 | KV Mechelen | Bruges |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 14 February 2021 26 | Cercle Brugge | 0–0 | Anderlecht | Bruges |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 20 February 2021 27 | Excel Mouscron | 1–2 | Cercle Brugge | Mouscron |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 27 February 2021 28 | Cercle Brugge | 2–0 | Waasland-Beveren | Bruges |
| 16:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 7 March 2021 29 | Genk | 2–0 | Cercle Brugge | Genk |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Luminus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
| 21 March 2021 31 | Gent | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Ghent |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
| 4 April 2021 32 | Cercle Brugge | 2–1 | Beerschot | Bruges |
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
Belgian Cup
| 3 February 2021 Sixth round | OH Leuven | 2–3 | Cercle Brugge | Leuven |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 |
| 9 February 2021 Seventh round | Cercle Brugge | 3–1 | Oostende | Bruges |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bert Put |
| 3 March 2021 Quarter-finals | Anderlecht | 1–0 | Cercle Brugge | Anderlecht |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
Statistics
Squad appearances and goals
- Last updated on 17 January 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Belgian Division | Belgian Cup | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA |
Thomas Didillon | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | GK | BEL |
Miguel Van Damme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | GK | BEL |
Merveille Goblet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | GK |  BRA |
Warleson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA |
Vitinho | 16 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF |  SCO |
David Bates | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | FRA |
Jérémy Taravel | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF |  JPN |
Naomichi Ueda | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | DF | BEL |
Robbe Decostere | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | DF | FRA |
Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | DF |  BUL |
Dimitar Velkovski | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | DF | FRA |
Jean Marcelin | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | DF | BEL |
Alexander Corryn | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | DF | BEL |
Arne Cassaert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | DF | FRA |
Giulian Biancone | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF |  MLI |
Aldom Deuro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | MF | BEL |
Charles Vanhoutte | 17 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF | FRA |
Kévin Hoggas | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | MF | BEL |
Calvin Dekuyper | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 34 | MF | BEL |
Thibo Somers | 15 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | MF |  POR |
Leonardo Lopes | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | MF | BEL |
Andi Koshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 98 | MF |  SEN |
Franck Kanouté | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BEL |
Kylian Hazard | 18 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | FW |  ENG |
Ike Ugbo | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW |  BIH |
Dino Hotić | 19 | 4 | 18+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | FW |  NED |
Anthony Musaba | 18 | 5 | 17+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | FW |  TOG |
Kévin Denkey | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | FW | BEL |
Oliver Deman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
| 15 | MF |  KEN |
Johanna Omolo | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||