Club Brugge KV is a football club based in Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium.
Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging, known simply as Club Brugge, 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 29,062. They play in the Belgian Pro League, the top domestic league in Belgian football.
The Belgian Pro League, officially the Jupiler Pro League, due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023–24 season onwards, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Challenger Pro League.
Ivan Leko is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently head coach Belgian Pro League side Standard Liège.
Statistics of Belgian First Division in the 1975–76 season.
Germán Mera Cáceres is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender for Atlético Junior. Born in the city of Cali, he has also played for Córdoba, Atlético La Sabana, Deportivo Pasto, Colorado Rapids, Bucaramanga, Deportivo Cali, Club Brugge, and KV Mechelen. While at Mechelen he scored the winning goal in the 2019 Belgian Cup Final.
Jack William Hendry is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Professional League club Al-Ettifaq and the Scotland national team.
The 2019–20 Belgian First Division A was the 117th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
The 2019–20 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 65th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 26 July 2019 and ended with the final on 1 August 2020. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. KV Mechelen were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title as the club got banned from the competition for one season after being found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal.
The 2021–22 Belgian Pro League was the 119th season of top-flight football in Belgium. Club Brugge completed their first league Championship hat-trick since the 1970s by edging out long-time leaders Union Saint-Gilloise, who had led for 200 days until losing twice to Club in the title play-offs. Had Union achieved their unlikely success, they would have been the first newly promoted side to win the Belgian League, and the first to claim a top-20 ranked European league since FC Kaiserslautern's 1997–98 Bundesliga triumph in Germany.
The 2020–21 season was the 129th season in the existence of Club Brugge KV and the club's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Club Brugge participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the Belgian Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 season was the 113th season in the existence of R.S.C. Anderlecht and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Anderlecht participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 Royal Charleroi Sporting Club season was the club's 117th season in existence and the 9th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Charleroi participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 K.A.A. Gent season was the club's 118th season in existence and the 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Gent participated in this season's editions of the Belgian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 Standard Liège season was the club's 117th season in existence and its ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Standard Liège participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup and participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 K.R.C. Genk season was the club's 33rd season in existence and the 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Genk participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
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.
The 2020–21 K.V. Oostende season was the club's 117th season in existence and its eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, Oostende participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Club NXT is the youth academy of Belgian football club Club Brugge. The most senior team of Club NXT acts as Club Brugge's reserve team, and competes in the Challenger Pro League, the second flight of Belgian football.
The 2022–23 Belgian Pro League was the 120th season of top-tier football in Belgium. Royal Antwerp were crowned league champions for the first time in 66 years after pipping Genk and Union St-Gilloise on the final day, the first occasion since 1999 that three clubs were still contending the title going in the final match. All three Championship chasers were in the virtual lead in the table at different stages across the final five minutes before Toby Alderweireld's title-clinching goal.
The following article is a summary of the 2022–23 football season in Belgium, which is the 120th season of competitive football in the country and will run from July 2022 until June 2023.