2015–16 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2015–16 season
ChairmanBart Verhaeghe
Head coachMichel Preud'homme
StadiumJan Breydel Stadium
Belgian Pro League1st
Belgian CupRunners-up
Belgian Super CupRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorer
Abdoulay Diaby
Jelle Vossen
(13 each)

During the 2015–16 Belgian football season, Club Brugge competed in the Belgian Pro League.

First team squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Belgium BEL Davy De fauw
3 MF Belgium BEL Timmy Simons (captain)
4 DF Costa Rica CRC Óscar Duarte
5 DF France FRA Jean-Charles Castelletto
6 MF Brazil BRA Claudemir
7 MF Spain ESP Víctor Vázquez (vice-captain)
8 MF Israel ISR Lior Refaelov
9 FW Belgium BEL Jelle Vossen
10 FW Mali MLI Abdoulay Diaby
11 FW Australia AUS Bernie Ibini
16 GK Belgium BEL Sébastien Bruzzese
17 FW Brazil BRA Leandro Pereira
18 MF Brazil BRA Felipe Gedoz
19 DF Belgium BEL Thomas Meunier
20 MF Belgium BEL Hans Vanaken
21 DF Belgium BEL Dion Cools
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Colombia COL José Izquierdo
24 DF Netherlands NED Stefano Denswil
25 MF Netherlands NED Ruud Vormer
27 GK Belgium BEL Michael Cordier
28 DF Belgium BEL Laurens De Bock
30 MF Nigeria NGA Mikel Agu (on loan from Porto)
38 GK Turkey TUR Sinan Bolat (on loan from Porto)
40 DF Belgium BEL Björn Engels
41 GK Belgium BEL Jens Teunckens
43 MF Belgium BEL Sander Coopman
44 DF Belgium BEL Brandon Mechele
45 DF Belgium BEL Lennert De Smul
46 FW Belgium BEL Dylan Seys
55 FW Belgium BEL Tuur Dierckx
63 DF Belgium BEL Boli Bolingoli

Competitions

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
2015–16 Belgian Pro League — Champions 25 July 2015 14 March 2016
2015–16 Belgian Cup 6th round Runner Up 23 September 2015 20 March 2016
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying Play-off round 16 September 2015 16 March 2016
UEFA Europa League Group stage Group stage 17 September 2015 10 December 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Results

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Belgian Pro League

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Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 30 21 1 8 64 30 +34 64 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2 Gent 30 17 9 4 56 29 +27 60
3 Anderlecht 30 15 10 5 51 29 +22 55
4 Oostende 30 14 7 9 55 44 +11 49
5 Genk 30 14 6 10 42 30 +12 48
Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Away matches won; 7) Play-off.[1]

Championship play-offs

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLU AND GNT GNK OOS ZWA
1 Club Brugge (C) 10 7 1 2 25 9 +16 54 Qualification for the Champions League group stage — 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 5–0
2 Anderlecht 10 6 1 3 15 16 −1 47 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
3 Gent 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 42 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 1–4 1–1 — 0–0 2–0 1–1
4 Genk 10 5 1 4 20 13 +7 40 Qualification for the play-off final 4–2 5–2 1–2 — 4–0 2–0
5 Oostende 10 3 2 5 14 19 −5 36 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 — 3–3
6 Zulte Waregem 10 1 2 7 11 23 −12 27 0–2 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 —
Source: Belgian Pro League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without (possible) half points added due to rounding; 3) Matches won; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Away matches won; 8) Play-off.[2]
(C) Champions

Belgian Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAP MID BRU LEG
1 Italy Napoli 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase — 5–0 5–0 5–2
2 Denmark Midtjylland 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–4 — 1–1 1–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 0–1 1–3 — 1–0
4 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–2 1–0 1–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

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  1. ^ "Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Pro League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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