Club Brugge K.V.

In 1890, students from the Catholic school Broeders Xaverianen and the neutral school Koninklijk Atheneum joined together to form the Brugsche Football Club. The former students christened the club's founding by establishing the Latin motto 'mens sana in corpore sano' (a healthy mind in a healthy body). A year later on 13 November 1891, the club was re-created under Brugsche FC, and this is now seen as the official foundation of the current Club Brugge. In 1892, an official board was installed at the club to oversee all operations and team decisions. In 1895, the national athletics sports union was founded, predecessor of the later national football association, under the name UBSSA (Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports Athlétiques); Brugsche FC was a founding member of the UBSSSA and as such took part in the first league campaign organized in Belgian football during the 1895–96 season. Financial difficulties in the following year forced the club to leave the UBSSA, and soon after, Football Club Brugeois was formed by breakaway club members. The two sides were reunited in 1897 under the French name of Football Club Brugeois; they did not take on the Dutch title Club Brugge until 1972.

In 1914, FC Brugeois reached their first Belgian Cup final, but lost 2–1 to Union SG. Six years later, the club claimed their first trophy, by winning the Belgian First Division during the 1919–20 season. They celebrated by changing their title to Royal FC Brugeois – with their regal status now…

European Achievements

European Cup Runners-up: 1977–78 UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1975–76 Semi-finalists: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finalists: 1991–92 UEFA Europa Conference League Semi-finalists: 2023–24

Minor

Kirin Cup Winners: 1981 Amsterdam Tournament Winners: 1990

Individual

Belgian Golden Shoe Fernand Boone (1967), Erwin Vandendaele (BEL) (1971), Julien Cools (1977), Jan Ceulemans (1980, 1985, 1986), Franky Van Der Elst (1990, 1996), Paul Okon (1996), Timmy Simons (2002), José Izquierdo (2016), Ruud Vormer (2017), Hans Vanaken (2018, 2019, 2024), Simon Mignolet (2022), Ardon Jashari (2025)

Results