2003–04 Club Brugge KV season

Club Brugge
2003–04 season
Manager	Trond Sollied
Stadium	Jan Breydel Stadium
First Division	2nd
Belgian Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Belgian Supercup	Winners
Top goalscorer	Gert Verheyen (15)
Average home league attendance	23,716
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

During the 2003–04 Belgian football season, Club Brugge competed in the Belgian First Division.

Season summary

Club Brugge failed to defend their title. Despite a famous win over reigning champions A.C. Milan, they also failed to progress from their Champions League group. A third-place finish in the group was enough for the club to continue their European campaign in the UEFA Cup, although they were soon knocked out in the fourth round.

Kits

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Dany Verlinden (captain)
2	DF	BEL	Olivier De Cock
3	MF	BEL	Timmy Simons (vice-captain)
4	DF	CZE	David Rozehnal
5	DF	BEL	Peter Van der Heyden
6	DF	BEL	Philippe Clement
7	FW	BEL	Gert Verheyen
8	MF	BEL	Gaëtan Englebert
9	FW	NOR	Bengt Sæternes
10	MF	SVN	Nastja Čeh
13	GK	CRO	Tomislav Butina
14	FW	CRO	Boško Balaban
15	DF	SVK	Marek Špilár
16	MF	UKR	Serhiy Serebrennikov^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	SCG	Ivan Gvozdenović
18	FW	PER	Andrés Mendoza
19	FW	NOR	Rune Lange
20	MF	ROU	Alin Stoica
21	MF	BEL	Sebastian Hermans
22	DF	BEL	Birger Van de Ven
23	GK	BEL	Stijn Stijnen
24	MF	BEL	Tim Smolders
25	DF	BEL	Hans Cornelis
26	DF	BEL	Birger Maertens
29	FW	BEL	Dieter Van Tornhout
30	FW	BRA	Victor Simões
31	MF	BEL	Kevin Roelandts
36	MF	BEL	Jonathan Blondel

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BEL	Glenn Verbauwhede
—	MF	BEL	Vincent Provoost


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BEL	Bart Vlaeminck
—	FW	BEL	Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo^[2]

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2003	Club Brugge	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Čeh 33' Verheyen 44'	Report MatchCentre^{[dead link]}	Amoroso 53'	Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

27 August 2003	Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30	Amoroso 3' Ewerthon 86'	Report MatchCentre^{[link removed]}	Mendoza 26'	Referee: Mike RIley (England)
	Penalties
	Amoroso Bergdølmo Koller Fernández		Simons Čeh De Cock Mendoza

Borussia Dortmund 3–3 Club Brugge on aggregate. Club Brugge won 4–2 on penalties.

Group stage

16 September 2003	Club Brugge	1–1	Celta de Vigo	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45	Juanfran 84' (o.g.)	Report MatchCentre^{[link removed]}	Juanfran 50'	Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

1 October 2003	Ajax	2–0	Club Brugge	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Sonck 11', 54'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Graham Barber (England)

22 October 2003	Milan	0–1	Club Brugge	San Siro, Milan
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Mendoza 33'	Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

4 November 2003	Club Brugge	0–1	Milan	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Kaká 86'	Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

26 November 2003	Celta de Vigo	1–1	Club Brugge	Balaídos, Vigo
20:45	Mostovoi 74'	Report MatchCentre	Lange 90+2'	Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

9 December 2003	Club Brugge	2–1	Ajax	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:45	Lange 27' Sæternes 84'	Report MatchCentre	Sonck 42' (pen.)	Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

UEFA Cup

Third round

26 February 2004	Club Brugge	1–0	Debrecen	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Lange 40'	Report		Referee: Emil Bozinovski (Macedonia)

3 March 2004	Debrecen	0–0	Club Brugge	Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen
19:00		Report		Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Club Brugge won 1–0 on aggregate.

Fourth round

11 March 2004	Bordeaux	3–1	Club Brugge	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
19:00	Celades 60', 71' Riera 87'	Report	Verheyen 58'	Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

25 March 2004	Club Brugge	0–1	Bordeaux	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
19:30		Report	Chamakh 84'	Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Bordeaux won 4–1 on aggregate.

Transfers

In

Summer

Aminu Sani – R.W.D. Molenbeek – Return from loan
José Duarte – R.W.D. Molenbeek – Return from loan
Josip Šimić – Aris Saloniki – Return from loan
Ebrima "Ebou" Sillah – RBC Roosendaal – Return from loan
David Rozehnal – Sigma Olomouc – € 500,000 ,-
Tomislav Butina – Dinamo Zagreb – Undisclosed
Ivan Gvozdenović – Crvena Zvezda – Free transfer

Winter

Victor Simões – Germinal Beerschot – € 800,000 ,-
Jonathan Blondel – Tottenham Hotspur – € 1,200,000 ,-
Boško Balaban – Aston Villa – Free transfer
Dieter Van Tornhout – Promoted to first team from youth academy

Out

Summer

Kurt Delaere – K.M.S.K. Deinze – Undisclosed
Aminu Sani – Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. – Undisclosed
José Duarte – Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. – Undisclosed
Ebrima "Ebou" Sillah – Rubin Kazan – Free transfer
Bratislav Ristić – FC Metalurh Donetsk – Free transfer
Koen Schockaert – Germinal Beerschot – Free transfer
Tjörven De Brul – KAA Gent – Free transfer

Winter

Josip Šimić – Ulsan HD – Free transfer
Karel Geraerts – KSC Lokeren – Loan transfer
Sandy Martens – KAA Gent – Free transfer

References

↑ Serebrennikov was born in Ulan-Ude, the Soviet Union (now Ukraine).
↑ Yulu-Matondo was born in Kanshisa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

[1] Serebrennikov was born in Ulan-Ude, the Soviet Union (now Ukraine).

[2] Yulu-Matondo was born in Kanshisa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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