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| Full name | Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Club Bruges Royal Football association) | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Blauw-Zwart (Blue-Black), (the) Club, FCB, FC Bruges | |||
| Founded | 13 November 1891 (as Brugsche FC) Stamnummer (matricule number) 3 | |||
| Ground | Jan Breydel Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 29,062[1] | |||
| President | Bart Verhaeghe | |||
| Head coach | Nicky Hayen | |||
| League | Belgian Pro League | |||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League, 1st of 16 (champions) | |||
| Website | clubbrugge.be | |||
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Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging (Dutch pronunciation: [klʏ ˈbrʏɣə ˌkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈvudbɑlvəˌreːnəɣɪŋ]),[a] known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: Club Bruges), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042.[2] They play in the Belgian Pro League, the top domestic league in Belgian football.
One of the most decorated clubs in Belgian football, Club Brugge has been crowned Belgian league champions 19 times, second only to major rivals Anderlecht, and shares the Jan Breydel Stadium with city rival Cercle Brugge, with whom they contest the Bruges derby.[3]
Throughout its long history, "Club" has enjoyed much European football success, reaching two European finals and three European semi-finals. Club Brugge is the only Belgian club to have played the final of the European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) as of November 2024, losing to Liverpool in the final of the 1978 season.[4] They also lost in the 1976 UEFA Cup Final to the same opponents.[5][6] Club Brugge holds the European record for number of consecutive participations in the UEFA Europa League (20), the record number of Belgian Cups (11),[7] and the record number of Belgian Super Cups (17).[8]
- ^ Jan Breydel Stadium Archived 10 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine clubbrugge.be (last check 20 October 2017)
- ^ "Jan Breydel Stadion - Bruges - the Stadium Guide". 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Lost in…Bruges (Club Brugge – The Bruges Derby)". Lost Boyos. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Lacey, David (10 May 1978). "Liverpool's tunes of glory". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ Ross, James M. (9 January 2008). "UEFA Cup 1975–76". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ "Liverpool clinch it". Daily Mirror. London. 20 May 1976.
- ^ "Club Brugge KV". UEFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Belgium – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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