Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging ( pronunciación holandesa: [ˈsɛrklə ˈbrɵɣə ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈspɔrtfəˌreːnəɣɪŋ] ) es un club de fútbol profesional belga con sede en Brujas . El Cercle ha jugado en la Pro League belga desde la temporada 2003-04 , después de haber pasado varios años en la Segunda División belga después del descenso en 1997. Su matrícula es la n ° 12. El club juega partidos en casa en el estadio Jan Breydel , que comparte con sus feroces rivales, el Club Brugge.. Cercle Brugge ganó su primer título nacional en 1911 y ganó dos títulos más (en 1927 y 1930) antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El equipo también ganó la Copa de Bélgica en 1927 y en 1985, y ha representado a Bélgica en torneos europeos en varias ocasiones. Desde 2017, son propiedad del club francés AS Monaco .
Nombre completo | Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging | ||
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Apodo (s) | Groen en Zwart (verde y negro), De Vereniging , De Ploeg van't stad | ||
Fundado | 1899 | ||
Suelo | Estadio Jan Breydel , Brujas | ||
Capacidad | 29.062 | ||
Dueño | Dmitry Rybolovlev | ||
Gerente | Yves Vanderhaeghe | ||
Liga | Primera División belga A | ||
2020-21 | Primera División A belga, 16 ° | ||
Sitio web | Sitio web del club | ||
Historia
Primeros años (1899-1919)
Cercle Brugge fue fundado el 9 de abril de 1899 como Cercle Sportif Brugeois por antiguos alumnos del Instituto Saint Francis Xavier , conocido coloquialmente como De Frères (inglés: The Friars) en Brujas. Originalmente, la organización se centró en cinco deportes: fútbol , cricket , tenis sobre hierba , carrera y ciclismo .
Cercle Brugge se convirtió en miembro de la Real Asociación Belga de Fútbol en 1900 y obtuvo el número de matrícula 12. El mismo año, el club se mudó de su campo de fútbol en Sint-Michiels , que era propiedad de De Frères, a un campo en Sint-Andries , que ofrecía mejores instalaciones y estaba más cerca de la estación principal de trenes de Brujas en la plaza 't Zand. Cercle logró su primer éxito en la Copa Henri Fraeys de 1902, derrotando al Olympique Iris Club Lillois (el predecesor del Lille OSC ) y al US Tourcoing . Después de ganar otras copas amistosas, Cercle logró su primer gran éxito, ganando el título nacional en la temporada 1910-11 . Cercle terminó un solo punto por delante de sus principales rivales, el FC Bruges , después de que su enfrentamiento en la última jornada de la temporada terminara en un empate 1-1.
Tres años más tarde, el fútbol belga quedó devastado por la Primera Guerra Mundial : Cercle perdió a dos jugadores del primer equipo, Louis Baes y Joseph Evrard, y su estadio e instalaciones sufrieron graves daños. El ex jugador Alphonse Six también perdió la vida.
Reconstrucción (1919-1924)
Cercle reanudó el fútbol competitivo en 1919 con un equipo casi completamente nuevo. Louis Saeys fue el único jugador que permaneció en el equipo antes de la guerra. Las expectativas eran bajas, pero el club terminó tercero en la liga. En 1921, el club levantó un monumento en memoria de los afiliados a Cercle que habían muerto en la Primera Guerra Mundial: la inauguración se vio empañada por la tragedia, cuando un biplano programado para sobrevolar el estadio como tributo se estrelló y mató a sus dos pasajeros. El monumento aún existe y ahora se encuentra frente al estadio Jan Breydel .
En 1923, Cercle volvió a ampliar las instalaciones de su estadio, trasladándose 100 metros desde su antiguo campo a un estadio de nueva construcción. Este terreno, más tarde llamado Estadio Edgard De Smedt , se convirtió en el hogar de Cercle durante más de 50 años.
Dos títulos nacionales (1924-1930)
En 1924, el club cambió su nombre de Cercle Sportif Brugeois a Royal Cercle Sportif Brugeois. El club se embarcó en un período exitoso, liderado por dos jugadores clave: el internacional belga Florimond Vanhalme y el jugador-entrenador Louis Saeys. Cercle lideró la liga a mediados de la temporada 1925-26 , pero las lesiones de los jugadores llevaron a malos resultados que los llevaron a terminar en quinto lugar. Varios jugadores importantes dejaron Cercle después de esta temporada, dejando pocas esperanzas para la campaña 1926-27 , pero el año vio a Cercle lograr su segundo campeonato nacional en la penúltima jornada con una emocionante victoria por 5-6 sobre Daring Bruxelles . La victoria se vio ensombrecida por dos muertes en el club unos meses antes: Albert Van Coile , que había sucumbido por las lesiones sufridas en un partido contra el US Tourcoing , y el ex presidente René de Peellaert , que murió de una neumonía que había contraído durante el partido de Van Coile. funeral .
In 1928, goalkeeper Robert Braet emerged as a new star at Cercle: the player, who had only switched from the outfield to goal after an illness, went on to spend his whole career at Cercle, later becoming chairman.
Cercle made a slow start to the 1929–30 season, entering the mid-season winter break in sixth place and seven points adrift of leaders Antwerp. Nonetheless, by the closing weekend of the season they had narrowed the gap to a single point; the final game saw them score a 4–1 victory at home to Lierse SK. The side then faced an anxious wait for the result of Antwerp against 10th placed Standard Liège, contemporary telecommunication facilities at grounds being poor. In the end, the news reached team captain Florimond Vanhalme that Antwerp had lost 3–5, meaning Cercle had won their third and (thus far) final title. Because of this title Cercle were invited to take part in the Coupe des Nations, which is regarded as the predecessor of the Champions League.
Decline (1930–1938)
Cercle could not maintain the results of their championship season, ending 7th in 1931. New title aspirations disappeared completely as Cercle continued to finish in the middle of the league over the next several seasons. The experienced players who had helped achieve the title retired or left the team, and the youngsters who replaced them could not match their talent. The downward spiral reached a low with relegation to the Belgian Second Division in 1936. Cercle took the opportunity to make sweeping changes, appointing a new coach and board. The changes proved successful, and Cercle won promotion back to the highest division after only two years.
World War II in Belgium (1939–1945)
The Second World War made a regular football competition impossible in 1939. Cercle therefore took part in regional championships, in which each team met another multiple times. Cercle, though, had comparatively little competition in its native West Flanders, and lost contact with the high standards maintained in the stronger Antwerp and Brussels regional championships.
A national contest resumed in 1941; Cercle finished the season last but one in the league. Usually this would have meant relegation, but the KBVB ruled that the circumstances of the war, which limited training opportunities and youth development, meant no team should be relegated.
Cercle were made to play one match behind closed doors during the 1943 season, after an incident during a game against Anderlecht. Supporters, furious with referee De Braeckel's decisions to annul two Cercle goals for unclear reasons and to award Anderlecht a goal that looked offside, chased De Braeckel from the stadium. Two Cercle fans proposed to the Cercle Brugge board that they give the referee a ride to the Bruges railway station; the board accepted, but the fans instead drove the referee toward Zedelgem, where they threw him from the car in the middle of nowhere.
Immediately after liberation in 1944, an unofficial championship was organised among the teams who had in 1939 made up the top division. Most teams, though, were unable to participate, and the Von Rundstedt Offensive spelled the end of the initiative. The end ranking of this competition has not even been archived by the Belgian football association.
Second decline and return (1945–1961)
Cercle could not avoid relegation in the first season after the war and, despite being favorites for promotion the following season, struggled to compete in the lower league, finishing their first season there in seventh place. The next four seasons brought more mediocre league positions, until in 1951 the KBVB revealed plans to create a new second division. Clubs in the current second tier were required to finish eighth to remain in the second level; Cercle ended in 15th place that season, leaving them even further away from the top flight.
Cercle remained in this third tier until 1956, when they won their league. They spent the next season once again battling relegation, this time with more success, though their second season back in the second tier went less well. The club secured only nine points in the season's first half, avoiding relegation only with a win under coach Louis Versyp in the season's last match. A few weeks later Versyp was replaced by the Frenchman Edmond Delfour. This replacement inaugurated a more successful new era at Cercle who, under Delfour's command, missed promotion only barely in 1960 and returned at last to the top flight in 1961.
Short resurrection (1961–1965)
Cercle had taken 15 years to return to the highest division, and remained there for only five more. They scarcely escaped relegation in their first season back at the top level, thanks only to a successful proposition by Antwerp that changed the way teams with equal points were ordered in the league. Until this season, where two teams had the same number of points the one with fewer defeats was ranked higher; under Antwerp's scheme, the team with the greater number of victories placed higher. Thanks to the changed rule Cercle finished ahead of Thor Waterschei, who would have placed above them under the previous rule. Ironically, Antwerp became victims of their own proposal: Standard obtained the second place, with Antwerp having equal points but fewer victories (but also fewer defeats).
Barren years and the five-year-plan (1965–1971)
This spell in the top division saw Cercle enjoy little success, and in 1965–66 they finished last behind Berchem. Worse, the team was accused of corruption by Lierse player Bogaerts, who said Cercle's vice-president Paul Lantsoght had engaged in bribery. The Belgian football association sentenced Cercle to relegation from the second division to the third. Lantsoght launched a lawsuit against the KBVB, which he won in June 1967, but the damage was done: Cercle remained in the third division, losing many of their players, and were not able to achieve promotion immediately.
In 1967, Cercle appointed Urbain Braems as head coach. Braems designed an ambitious plan to restore Cercle to the top division within five years. During Braem's first season the club competed with Eendracht Aalst for promotion: they played one another two matches before the end of the season, tied on 41 points, but Aalst with the greater number of victories to their name. Cercle had to win the match to take the lead, and lost it 0–1: but Cercle's youth team coach, André Penninck, had noticed that the Aalst team delegate had made a mistake, switching the names of the substitutes, which meant that, according to the match paper, Aalst had ended the match playing illegally with two goalkeepers. Cercle lodged a complaint with the Belgian football association, who confirmed Aalst's 0–1 win, and also dismissed a first appeal. Cercle then made their second and final possible appeal, and on this instance ordered the football association to apply the rules. On 21 June 1968, Cercle received the news that the decision had been overturned, and they would be promoted to the second division. In July of the same year, Royal Cercle Sportif Brugeois changed their name to Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
Cercle were immediately able to play a role in the second division title contest, thanks to a successful transfer policy. After 20 matches Cercle led the league, only to finish the season fourth, four points behind champions AS Oostende. Next season, Cercle again finished four points behind the champions, KFC Diest. But in 1971, one year before the end of the five-year-plan, Cercle achieved their goal: they won promotion and were back at the top.
Settling at the top flight (1971–1996)
Cercle tried immediately to avoid the relegation battle by fortifying their squad, signing Fernand Goyvaerts and Benny Nielsen. Early results saw them win points from both Anderlecht and Club Brugge, respectively champions and vice-champions that season, and they finished the season in fifth place, the first of a succession of secure midtable finishes. In 1975 the club left the Edgard De Smedt Stadium goodbye to move to the Olympia Stadium, which was later renamed the Jan Breydel Stadium during Euro 2000.
Between 1967 and 1977, Cercle had had only two coaches, Urbain Braems and Han Grijzenhout, but Grijzenhout left after a lucrative offer from SC Lokeren. Cercle appointed Lakis Petropoulos as new coach, but the appointment proved an uneasy one: language difficulties between the Greek coach and his players were compounded by player injuries, and the club was unexpectedly relegated. Han Grijzenhout was again appointed as coach to get Cercle back to the first division as soon as possible. After only one season, Cercle became champions, ending one point before SK Tongeren.
Again, Cercle enjoyed a comfortable period in the top division, climaxing with a Belgian Cup win in 1985. The final saw Cercle face SK Beveren; the score was 1–1 after 90 minutes, and 30 minutes' added time produced no further goals, so the match went to penalties. Beveren player Paul Lambrichts kicked the last penalty of the series against the crossbar, and Cercle celebrated. For the first time since 1930, Cercle qualified for an official European tournament. They drew Dynamo Dresden as opponents, winning the home match 3–2, but in Dresden Cercle lost 2–1, losing the confrontation on the away goals rule.
Cercle again reached the Belgian cup final in 1986, this time meeting city rivals Club Brugge. Cercle lost 0–3, with two questionable penalties scored by Jean-Pierre Papin. A next high point came in the recruitment of Yugoslav striker Josip Weber in 1988: despite a difficult start in Belgium, Weber proved to be Cercle's best post-war goal scorer, ranking as the team's top scorer from 1989 to 1994 (when he left for Anderlecht) successively. Weber was also national top scorer from 1992 until 1994. Another prominent player, Romanian record international Dorinel Munteanu, signed for Cercle in the 1990s.
In 1996, Cercle once more reached the national cup final, again facing Club Brugge: this time, Cercle lost 2–1. Nonetheless, Club's double victory meant Cercle still qualified for the UEFA Cup, in which they drew the Norwegian side SK Brann. Cercle won the home match 3–2, but lost 4–0 in Bergen. Cercle then lost some important players whom they failed to adequately replace, and were relegated, along with KV Mechelen, in 1997.
Second division (1997–2003)
Cercle aimed at an immediate return, but were thwarted early on. They finished their first season in 10th place, and gained only a single place increase in league position over each of the next four seasons. In 2002–03 the board chose a new chairman, former Standaard Boekhandel director Frans Schotte, and a new coach, former player Jerko Tipurić, who had also been coach in Cercle's 1996–97 relegation season. The new staff helped Cercle to achieve promotion once more in 2003.
Settling in the top flight again (2003–2015)
The 2003–4 season saw newly signed players Harold Meyssen and Nordin Jbari proving instrumental in avoiding relegation, and the Cercle board chose not to extend Tipurić's contract. Harm Van Veldhoven was chosen to replace him, and oversaw three decent but unspectacular seasons for Cercle, brightened by the emergence of the talented Stijn De Smet and Tom De Sutter. When Van Veldhoven was announced as new coach of G. Beerschot, Cercle chose former Anderlecht player and assistant manager Glen De Boeck as his successor. In his debut year, De Boeck surprised with successful attacking and attractive football. Cercle ended the season fourth in the top division, their best post-war ranking. The 2009–10 season saw them ending as runners-up in the Belgian Cup final, which was enough to qualify for the Europa League. Shortly afterwards, manager Glen De Boeck surprisingly signed a contract with Germinal Beerschot, only one month after having signed a new 4-year-deal with Cercle Brugge. De Boeck declared to the press that he only had some questions about his lawn mower for Beerschot president Herman Kesters, but had finally ended up signing for the Antwerp side.[1] Cercle Brugge appointed AA Gent reserves coach Bob Peeters as their new manager. It will be Peeters' first experience in the Pro League. This season also brought Cercle's first European attendance in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, where they defeated TPS from Finland and reached the third qualifying round were they stranded against Anorthosis Famagusta FC. In November 2012 Peeters was fired for poor results. Despite attracting star player Eiður Guðjohnsen, he failed to get Cercle away from that last place and was replaced by Foeke Booy. The team still struggled to avoid relegation. After the bad results they sacked Foeke Booy and the new trainer was Lorenzo Staelens. Lorenzo Staelens would be replaced by Arnar Vidarsson in their last season in first division. A few months later Vidarsson would also be replaced by Dennis Van Wijk, Cercle eventually lost Play-Off III to SK Lierse and relegate to second division.
Second division, financial difficulties and take-over by Monaco (2015-present)
The first season in the second division, Cercle ended 5th of 17 teams. The next season (2016/17), the competition was renamed to 1B and contained 8 teams. Manager Vincent Euvrard was sacked after a disappointing start and was replaced by José Riga. Cercle ended 7th in the competition and had to play a relegation poule with A.F.C. Tubize, Oud-Heverlee Leuven and Lommel United to secure their place in 1B. Lommel United ended last in the play-downs.[2] During the season it was obvious that Cercle could not compete with other teams any more due to their financial status and the fact that many of the other teams had foreign investors. Cercle also began to search for an investor. On February 15, 2017 Cercle found in AS Monaco a partner to continue their existence in the future.[3] AS Monaco is now the majority shareholder and owner of Cercle. On March 10, 2018, Cercle became champion in the Proximus League, the Belgian second division after winning against KFCO Beerschot Wilrijk with 3-2 on aggregate. The winning goal (a penalty kick) was scored by Irvin Cardona, a loaned player from AS Monaco, in the last minute of the game and thus the season.[4]
Honores
Domestic
- Belgian First Division:
- Winners (3): 1910–11, 1926–27, 1929–30
- Belgian Second Division:
- Winners (5): 1937–38, 1970–71, 1978–79, 2002–03, 2017–18
- Runners-up (1): 1960–61
- Belgian Cup:
- Winners (2): 1926–27, 1984–85
- Runners-up (5): 1912–13, 1985–86, 1995–96, 2009–10, 2012–13
- Belgian Supercup:
- Runners-up (2): 1985, 1996
International
- Tournoi Pascal[5]
- Winners (1): 1914
- Runners-up (1): 1924
Historia de la copa de europa
As of July 2010.
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1985–86 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 |
1996–97 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | SK Brann | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–6 |
2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Turun Palloseura | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
3Q | Anorthosis Famagusta | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
Equipo actual
- As of 20 January 2021[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Historial del jugador
Note: Please consider that the flags of each club's player not only indicate one's citizenship (jus soli principle), but a nationality as well (jus sanguinis principle).
Most appearances for Cercle Brugge
As of matches played 11 June 2011 and according to www.cerclemuseum.be
No. | Name | Career | Appearances | Goals |
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1 | Jules Verriest | 1965–81 | 492 | 8 |
2 | Denis Viane | 1997–2011 | 385 | 2 |
3 | Geert Broeckaert | 1978–91 | 376 | 19 |
4 | Arthur Ruysschaert | 1925–44 | 372 | 108 |
5 | Roger Claeys | 1941–57 | 362 | 48 |
6 | Jackie De Caluwé | 1951–66 | 354 | 32 |
7 | Robert Braet | 1928–48 | 352 | 0 |
8 | Rudy Poorteman | 1979–91 | 347 | 7 |
9 | Wim Kooiman | 1980–88 / 1994–98 | 339 | 25 |
Bram van Kerkhof | 1974–85 | 339 | 14 |
Most goals for Cercle Brugge
As of matches played 11 June 2011 and according to www.cerclemuseum.be
No. | Name | Career | Appearances | Goals |
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1 | Marcel Pertry | 1943–55 | 280 | 140 |
2 | Josip Weber | 1988–94 | 204 | 136 |
3 | Dirk Beheydt | 1975–84 | 295 | 115 |
4 | Michel Vanderbauwhede | 1920–32 | 231 | 109 |
5 | Arthur Ruysschaert | 1925–44 | 372 | 108 |
6 | Gilbert Bailliu | 1953–66 | 227 | 104 |
7 | Louis Saeys | 1903–27 | 305 | 103 |
8 | Gérard Devos | 1921–30 | 178 | 100 |
9 | Alphonse Six | 1907–12 | 89 | 93 |
10 | André Saeys | 1928–35 / 1941–42 | 172 | 55 |
Eric Buyse | 1959–70 | 265 | 55 |
Top league goalscorers per season
According to www.cerclemuseum.be. Names in italic means that only partial match history for the season could be retrieved.
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Pop Poll d'Echte
This prize is awarded by the club's supporters, in an election held by d'Echte, a Cercle Brugge supporters' association. The election is held in two rounds. At the last home game before the winter break, and at the last home game of the season, supporters can receive a paper and vote for three players. The player with most votes after the second round wins the Pop Poll. The main criteria taken into account are performances on the pitch and the players' love for the team.
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1 Alex Querter never received the award, because of his move to city rivals Club Brugge the same season. The organisers of the award concluded that Querter's decision failed to satisfy the criterion of "love for the team".
Cuerpo técnico
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Head coach | Paul Clement | |
Assistant coach | Nigel Gibbs | |
Goalkeeping coach | Dany Verlinden[7] | |
Physical coach | Eddie Lattimore | |
Head of Analysis | Stuart Metcalf | |
Sporting Director | Paul Mitchell | |
Reserves coach | Jimmy De Wulf | |
Reserves coach | Wouter Artz |
Former head coaches
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Notes:
- Ruysschaert replaced the suspended Versyp for a few months.
Historia de los presidentes
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Ver también
- Bruges derby
Referencias
- ^ "Schotte over vertrek De Boeck: "Degoutant"" (in Dutch). Sport/Voetbalmagazine.be. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "1B (play-downs)". sporza.
- ^ "Cercle Brugge komt in handen van AS Monaco".
- ^ "Cercle Brugge promoveert weer naar hoogste voetbalafdeling". 10 March 2018.
- ^ "International Tournaments (Paris) 1904-1935". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Stardekk. "Spelers - A-kern - Cercle Brugge KSV". Cercle Brugge KSV.
- ^ https://www.hln.be/sport/voetbal/belgisch-voetbal/jupiler-pro-league/dany-verlinden-wordt-de-nieuwe-keepertrainer-van-cercle-brugge-heb-niet-lang-moeten-nadenken~af72f46c/
Otras lecturas
- Roland Podevijn, Cercle Brugge 1899–1989, K.S.V. Cercle Brugge, 1989
enlaces externos
- Official Website (in Dutch and French)
- Cercle Brugge at UEFA.COM