2015–16 Club Brugge KV season

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

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)

First team squad

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
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
2015–16 Belgian Pro League — Champions 25 July 201514 March 2016
2015–16 Belgian Cup 6th round Runner Up 23 September 201520 March 2016
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying Play-off round 16 September 201516 March 2016
UEFA Europa League Group stage Group stage 17 September 201510 December 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Results

Belgian Pro League
Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Pro League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge (C, O, Q) 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 (Q, O) 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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship play-offs

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLU AND GNT GNK OOS ZWA
1 Club Brugge (C, Q) 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 (Q) 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 (Q) 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 (A) 10 5 1 4 20 13 +7 40 Qualification for the Testmatches to Europa League 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]
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Belgian Cup
Main article: 2015–16 Belgian Cup

UEFA Europa League
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
  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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