Club Brugge Win Belgian Top Flight for 20th Time Following Union Saint-Gilloise Slip-Up

Brugge took advantage of a slip from their nearest rivals and title holders, Union Saint-Gilloise, who were held to a 0-0 draw away at Ghent. This allowed them to preserve a four-point advantage with only one matchday left in the play-offs.

This title guarantees that the club from Flanders will take part in the Champions League group stage for the third season in a row.

In 2025, Brugge reached the European last 16. This season they progressed to the knockout round play-offs, where they were defeated by eventual semi-finalists Atletico Madrid.

However, for Blauw-Zwart, the path was not straightforward. They dismissed manager Nicky Hayen on 8 December and brought in Croatian Ivan Leko, lured away from Gent.

Brugge possessed the most potent attack in Belgium across both the regular season (59 goals) and the play-offs (27), largely due to the prolificacy of the league's two leading scorers, Greek forward Christos Tzolis and German striker Nicolo Tresoldi, each of whom scored 16 goals.