Club Brugge U19 Team Profile and Academy Record

Club Brugge U19

Club Brugge U19 represents the senior club’s elite youth pathway in Bruges, linking academy development with the wider Club Brugge ecosystem. The team carries the Blue-Black identity and works within a structure designed to prepare emerging players for higher-level football. Its profile brings together the youth side’s identity, development setting and recorded football activity, providing a concise portrait of a Belgian academy team with a continental youth presence.

Xtra rating
1678
Conservative: 992
Rank club
666
Updated: 8 September 2026

Club Brugge U19 Upcoming matches by league

UEFA Youth League

  • - Regular Season - 2
    Internazionale U19
    No H2H
    Club Brugge U19
  • - Regular Season - 3
    Club Brugge U19
    No H2H
    Lens U19
  • - Regular Season - 4
    PSV U19
    No H2H
    Club Brugge U19

Club Brugge U19 Last matches by league

UEFA Youth League

  • - League Phase - 1
    Club Brugge U19
    Aston Villa U19
  • - Final
    Club Brugge U19
    Real Madrid U19
  • - Semi-finals
    Benfica U19
    Club Brugge U19
  • - Quarter-finals
    Atlético Madrid U19
    Club Brugge U19

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies 5
    Club Brugge U19
    Feyenoord U19

Club Brugge U19 Team Roster

Club Brugge U19 have a recorded squad of 20 players. The group comprises six attackers, seven defenders, five midfielders and two goalkeepers, giving the roster a clear defensive majority alongside varied attacking options. The listed forwards include J. Bisiwu, J. Van Britsom and Kaye Iyowuna Furo, while Alexander Vandeperre, J. Spileers and W. Verlinden are among the defenders. Alejandro Granados and L. Delorge feature in midfield, with A. De Corte and Argus Vanden Driessche recorded as the goalkeepers. Squad numbers range from 13 to 98, with number 19 appearing twice.

position Goalkeeper

71 Axl De Corte
Axl De Corte
GK Belgium

position Defender

2 Wout Verlinden
Wout Verlinden
DEF Belgium
3 Axl Wins
Axl Wins
DEF Belgium
13 Tripop Janoensheep
Tripop Janoensheep
DEF Thailand
58 Jorne Spileers
Jorne Spileers
DEF Belgium
65 Joaquin Seys
Joaquin Seys
DEF Belgium
92 Alexander Vandeperre

position Midfielder

position Attacker

19 Sarawut Atthasit
Sarawut Atthasit
FWD Thailand
19
74 Jesse Bisiwu
Jesse Bisiwu
FWD Belgium
78 Tobias Lund Jensen
Tobias Lund Jensen
FWD Denmark
87 Kaye Iyowuna Furo
Kaye Iyowuna Furo
FWD Belgium
89 Jakke Van Britsom
Jakke Van Britsom
FWD Belgium

Last Club Brugge U19 Coachs

The most recent recorded coaching spell, associated with R. Veldeman, ran from 1 September 2024 to 1 March 2025, so the available timeline does not establish a current coach. Earlier recorded spells were led by Nicky Hayen from September 2022 to March 2024, Rik De Mil from July 2018 to August 2022, and Sven Vermant from July 2016 to June 2017. Together, these dates outline the documented coaching succession across the academy.

Robin Veldman

Robin Veldman

Netherlands
Coach since 1 September 2024
Coach until 1 March 2025
History
Coach Coach country Coach since Coach until
Robin Veldman Netherlands 1 September 2024 1 March 2025
Nicky Hayen Belgium 1 September 2022 1 March 2024
Rik De Mil Belgium 1 July 2018 1 August 2022
Sven Vermant Belgium 1 July 2016 1 June 2017

Club Brugge U19 Transfers

The dated arrivals record includes M. Cuevas, who joined Club Brugge U19 from LA Galaxy II on 4 January 2022 as a free transfer. No fee is recorded for the move, and the listed arrivals are not an exhaustive account of every addition across the team’s history. The entry predates the recorded squad snapshot, so it supplies historical movement context rather than evidence of a present-day change. No loan arrival or fee-paying transfer is identified in this set, and no other arrival is named in the available movement record.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
M. Cuevas
LA Galaxy II
Free 4 January 2022

The dated departures span 2018 to 2023 and lead to senior, reserve and overseas youth destinations. M. Servais moved to Waasland-beveren and I. Muric to KVC Westerlo in 2023, while L. Mbamba-Muanda joined Lille II in September 2022. R. Van Loocke and J. Willems moved to Club Brugge II, and Paul Michael Junior Okon-Engstler moved to Benfica U19. J. Van Bost joined Oud-Heverlee Leuven II, with free-transfer terms recorded for Mbamba-Muanda and Van Bost. O. Kossounou moved to Bayer Leverkusen in July 2021 with a recorded 23 million euro fee. Earlier departures include S. Karkache to Renaissance Berkane and Sven Cornette to Knokke. These listed movements do not represent a complete historical departure total.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
M. Servais
Waasland-beveren
N/A 1 July 2023
I. Muric
KVC Westerlo
N/A 15 June 2023
L. Mbamba-Muanda
Lille II
Free 1 September 2022
J. Willems
Club Brugge II
N/A 1 August 2022
R. Van Loocke
Club Brugge II
N/A 1 August 2022
Paul Michael Junior Okon-Engstler
Benfica U19
N/A 10 July 2022
J. Van Bost
Oud-Heverlee Leuven II
Free 1 July 2022
O. Kossounou
Bayer Leverkusen
€ 23M 22 July 2021
S. Karkache
Renaissance Berkane
N/A 27 August 2019
Sven Cornette
Knokke
N/A 1 July 2018

Transfers Synthesis

The listed movement picture is weighted toward departures, with one recorded arrival and several exits spanning 2018 to 2023. M. Cuevas arrived from LA Galaxy II on a free transfer in January 2022. Departures reached Club Brugge II and other Belgian destinations, as well as Lille II, Benfica U19, Bayer Leverkusen and Renaissance Berkane. The dated entries also include moves to KVC Westerlo, Oud-Heverlee Leuven II and Knokke. Free-transfer terms are recorded for Cuevas and for departures involving L. Mbamba-Muanda and J. Van Bost; no fee or transfer description accompanies the other entries. The pattern shows player movement between the under-19 setup, reserve teams, domestic clubs and international destinations, while the available entries remain a partial record rather than a complete measure of squad turnover or recruitment balance.

Leagues Club Brugge U19 has participated in

Club Brugge U19 has recorded UEFA Youth League participation from 2018 through 2025. With activity documented through the latest season in the record, the competition forms the team’s recent continental footprint, although that history does not establish a 2026 campaign. Friendlies Clubs appears only for 2023 and is therefore historical in this profile. The competition record shows European youth involvement alongside a single earlier friendly entry, without supplying results, final standings or titles. The record does not include domestic league participation details.

More about Club Brugge U19

Club Brugge U19 is the under-19 development side within Club Brugge KV, based in Bruges in West Flanders, Belgium. The team carries the parent club’s blue-and-black identity, commonly expressed through the Blauw-Zwart nickname and the traditional vertically striped colours. Its role is developmental rather than purely results-led, providing an advanced stage between academy football and the senior environment.

The side sits within the broader Club Brugge academy and Club NXT ecosystem. That structure connects youth coaching, competitive match experience and progression toward professional football, including movement into senior squads or sub-elite teams competing in Belgium’s national divisions. The model gives the under-19 group a defined place in a wider pathway rather than treating it as an isolated youth team. The academy combines domestic prospects with selected international youth arrivals, reflecting the selective character of the wider development programme.

Youth operations are linked to the club’s training infrastructure in the Bruges area. Belfius Basecamp in nearby Westkapelle is a major modern training reference for the wider organisation, while academy and youth fixtures use facilities connected with the club’s local football network. This setting supports the technical and tactical continuity associated with Club Brugge, including an integration-focused approach that aligns youth development with the senior club’s vertical playing identity.

The team’s cultural frame comes from the parent club’s badge, blue-and-black colours and regional Flemish roots. Its continental profile is reinforced by UEFA Youth League participation, placing the academy in a significant European youth setting. Through this combination of local identity, professional governance, specialist infrastructure and an established progression route, Club Brugge U19 functions as an important bridge between elite youth football and the next levels of the Club Brugge system.

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