One of the most decorated clubs in Belgian football, Club Brugge has been crowned Belgian league champions 19 times, second only to major rivals Anderlecht, and shares the Jan Breydel Stadium with city rival Cercle Brugge, with whom they contest the Bruges derby.

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.

[9] In 1914, FC Brugeois reached their first Belgian Cup final, but lost 2–1 to Union SG.

[9] The club were able to add to their trophy cabinet in 1968, winning the first of their record 11 Belgian Cup titles for the first time after defeating Beerschot A.C. 7–6 in a penalty-shootout after a 1–1 draw.

[16] On 25 November 1992, Brugge player Daniel Amokachi became the first goal scorer in the Champions League.

[20] They would go on and qualify for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League knockout for the first time in the modern history, after losing only once and keeping 5 clean sheets in the group stage.

[9] Their current stadium, since 1975, was rebranded in honour of local butcher and revolutionary Jan Breydel in 1998.

The federation is made up of 60 recognized supporters' clubs and has an elected board to steer the operation in the right direction.

[29] In tribute to the fans, often dubbed the twelfth man in football, Club Brugge no longer assigns the number 12 to players.

Since the end of 2000, a second mascot, also a bear, travels along the edge of the field during home games for fans to call and encourage both their favorites.

They are arguably the most heated fixtures in Belgian football together with clashes between the other two members of the Big Three – Anderlecht and Standard Liège.

Tifos, flags and banners made specifically for this confrontation and accompanied by flares and smoke bombs aren't a rare sight in and around the stadium.

The winner of this derby is crowned "de Ploeg van Brugge", which translates to "the team of Bruges".

It has become a tradition for the winning side to plant a flag with the club's crest or colours on the center spot after the game.

In 1908, due to Bruges supporters attacking Antwerp players after they had lost 2–1 to what we'll later call Club Brugge, one of the biggest and fiercest rivalries in Europe came to be.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.