First Division A Playoff Championship Group · BEL · Round 38

Royal Antwerp
1 - 2 Full time
Cercle Brugge

Bosuilstadion · Deurne

Lineups

Royal Antwerp4-1-4-1
SL91Lammens
RD2↓78'De Laet
ZV33Van Den Bosch
TA23Alderweireld
JB34↓46'Bataille
MB10Balikwisha
GK7⚽Kerk
AY8Yusuf
JE24↓56'Ekkelenkamp
JO17↓57'Ondrejka
CE19↓56'Ejuke
W1Warleson
HS41↓73'Siquet
CR66Ravych
JD4Daland
LL22Lopes
AF17Francis
HV28van der Bruggen
AM11↓46'Minda
FL6⚽↓73'Lemaréchal
TS34↓86'Somers
KD9⚽↓90'Denkey
Cercle Brugge4-2-3-1

Royal Antwerp substitutes

5 Owen Wijndal 7.9 ↑46'
84 Mahamadou Doumbia 6.0 ↑56'
60 Victor Udoh 6.1 ↑56'
9 George Ilenikhena 6.0 ↑57'
27 Mandela Keita 6.9 ↑78'
87 Davino Verhulst
81 Niels Devalckeneer
44 Soumaila Coulibaly
46 Milan Smits

Coach: Mark van Bommel · Unavailable: Björn Engels (injury), Dennis Praet (injury), Geoffry Hairemans (injury)

Cercle Brugge substitutes

10 Felipe Augusto 6.4 ↑46'
5 Boris Popovic 6.3 ↑73'
19 Kazeem Olaigbe 6.2 ↑73'
18 Senna Miangue ↑86'
99 Abdoul Ouattara ↑90'
21 Maxime Delanghe
76 Jonas Lietaert
77 Jordan Varela
8 Erick Nunes

Coach: Miron Muslic · Unavailable: Ibrahim Diakité (injury), Valy Konate (injury)

Match events

33'Félix Lemaréchal 0 - 1⚽
44'Kevin Denkey 0 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ Felipe Augusto ↓ Alan Minda⇄
46'↑ Owen Wijndal ↓ Jelle Bataille⇄
56'↑ Mahamadou Doumbia ↓ Jurgen Ekkelenkamp⇄
56'↑ Victor Udoh ↓ Chidera Ejuke⇄
57'↑ George Ilenikhena ↓ Jacob Ondrejka⇄
73'↑ Boris Popovic ↓ Félix Lemaréchal⇄
73'↑ Kazeem Olaigbe ↓ Hugo Siquet⇄
74'Boris Popovic
76'Felipe Augusto
78'↑ Mandela Keita ↓ Ritchie De Laet⇄
79'Gyrano Kerk 1 - 2⚽
86'↑ Senna Miangue ↓ Thibo Somers⇄
90'Victor Udoh
90+3'↑ Abdoul Ouattara ↓ Kevin Denkey⇄

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionFirst Division A Playoff Championship Group
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 12 May 2024, 16:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

14Royal Antwerp wins6Draws2Cercle Brugge wins

22 past meetings on record. Biggest Royal Antwerp win: Royal Antwerp 3–0 Cercle Brugge (2024). Biggest Cercle Brugge win: Cercle Brugge 0–3 Royal Antwerp (2018).

4 Oct 2025Royal Antwerp 1 - 1 Cercle BruggeBelgian Pro League
1 Mar 2025Cercle Brugge 0 - 0 Royal AntwerpBelgian Pro League
6 Oct 2024Royal Antwerp 3 - 0 Cercle BruggeBelgian Pro League
21 Apr 2024Cercle Brugge 0 - 1 Royal AntwerpBelgian Pro League Playoff Championship Group
9 Dec 2023Cercle Brugge 1 - 3 Royal AntwerpBelgian Pro League
30 Jul 2023Royal Antwerp 1 - 0 Cercle BruggeBelgian Pro League
9 Apr 2023Royal Antwerp 2 - 1 Cercle BruggeBelgian Pro League
11 Sep 2022Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Royal AntwerpBelgian Pro League
9 Apr 2022Royal Antwerp 1 - 1 Cercle BruggeFirst Division A
31 Oct 2021Cercle Brugge 0 - 1 Royal AntwerpFirst Division A
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20 Jan 2021Royal Antwerp 1 - 0 Cercle BruggeFirst Division A
16 Aug 2020Cercle Brugge 2 - 1 Royal AntwerpFirst Division A
19 Jan 2020Cercle Brugge 1 - 2 Royal AntwerpFirst Division A
21 Sep 2019Royal Antwerp 3 - 1 Cercle BruggeFirst Division A
9 Dec 2018Cercle Brugge 0 - 3 Royal AntwerpFirst Division A
25 Aug 2018Royal Antwerp 1 - 0 Cercle BruggeFirst Division A
15 Jan 2017Cercle Brugge 0 - 1 Royal AntwerpFirst Division B 2nd Stage
13 Nov 2016Royal Antwerp 0 - 0 Cercle BruggeFirst Division B 2nd Stage
1 Oct 2016Royal Antwerp 2 - 1 Cercle BruggeFirst Division B 1st Stage
7 Aug 2016Cercle Brugge 1 - 1 Royal AntwerpFirst Division B 1st Stage
10 Apr 2016Cercle Brugge 2 - 2 Royal Antwerp2. Division
7 Nov 2015Royal Antwerp 0 - 1 Cercle Brugge2. Division