Club Brugge
Belgium's only European Cup finalists, beaten by Liverpool in 1978.
Club Brugge are a Belgian club from Bruges, founded in 1891, who play at the Jan Breydel Stadium.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Club Brugge Koninklijke; Voetbalvereniging (Club Brugge Royal Football association)
- Nickname
- 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
- Chairman
- Bart Verhaeghe
- Manager
- Ivan Leko
- League
- Belgian Pro League
Lore & Background
Brugge reached the 1978 European Cup final at Wembley, the first Belgian club to do so, and lost to a single Kenny Dalglish goal for Liverpool. On 25 November 1992 their player Daniel Amokachi scored the first goal of the Champions League era. In 2022-23 they reached the knockout stage for the first time in the modern format, losing once in the group.
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