Club Brugge vs Juventus facts

Club Brugge and Juventus will look to continue their upturn in fortunes in the UEFA Champions League as they meet in Belgium on Matchday 7.

The Belgian champions have ten points, one behind their Italian visitors, with both unbeaten in their last three games. Club Brugge were 2-1 victors at home to Sporting CP, the champions of Portugal, on Matchday 6, when Juventus overcame English title holders Manchester City 2-0 in Turin.

Previous meetings

Matches 4
Club Brugge wins 1
Juventus wins 3
Draws 0
Club Brugge goals 3
Juventus goals 4

1977/78 European Cup semi-final
Juventus 1-0 Club Brugge
Club Brugge 2-0 Juventus (aet)
Roberto Bettega scored the only goal in Turin, Fons Bastijns levelling three minutes into the Bruges return. The tie went into extra time and, five minutes after Juve had had Claudio Gentile sent off, René Vandereycken struck a 116th-minute winner.

2005/06 Champions League group stage
Club Brugge 1-2 Juventus
Juventus 1-0 Club Brugge
Pavel Nedvěd and David Trezeguet secured victory in Bruges, although Juventus had to hold on after Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo pulled one back and Patrick Vieira's late dismissal. Juve also earned a narrow victory in Turin thanks to Alessandro Del Piero's 80th-minute effort.

Form guide

Club Brugge

Record vs Italian clubs: W5 D6 L12 F18 A28
Home record vs Italian clubs: W3 D3 L5

A 3-1 loss at AC Milan on Matchday 3 made it 14 matches without a win against Italian opponents (D5 L9), since Club Brugge's 1-0 victory in Milan in the 2003/04 group stage.

The Belgian side's 2023/24 European campaign was ended by Italian opponents, Fiorentina winning 4-3 on aggregate in the UEFA Europa Conference League semi-finals (2-3 a, 1-1 h).

That second-leg draw made it eight home matches without a victory against Serie A visitors (D3 L5) for Club Brugge, who had won their first three games, although none since that 1978 defeat of Juventus.

This is Club Brugge's 11th campaign in the Champions League proper – one short of Anderlecht's Belgian record.

The most recent came in 2022/23, the Belgian side claiming 11 points to finish second in Group B behind Porto and reach the knockout stages for the first time before losing to Benfica in the last 16 (0-2 h, 1-5 a).

Victories against Aston Villa on Matchday 4 (1-0) and Sporting this season have made it five wins in Club Brugge's last 23 home matches in the Champions League proper (D6 L12).

European Cup runners-up to Liverpool in 1978, Club Brugge spent 2023/24 in the UEFA Europa Conference League, coming through three qualifying rounds and finishing first in their group before eventually losing to Fiorentina in the semi-finals.

The 0-3 Matchday 1 defeat by Borussia Dortmund is Club Brugge's only loss in 12 home European games (W8 D3).

Champions of Belgium for the 19th time in 2023/24 – their fourth title in five years – Club Brugge appointed Nicky Hayen as their permanent head coach in June. He had succeeded Ronny Deila on a temporary basis in March, leading the club to their league success.

Juventus

Record vs Belgian clubs: W8 D2 L2 F17 A9
Away record vs Belgian clubs: W3 D1 L2

Those 2005 games against Club Brugge are Juve's last against a team from Belgium.

The Bianconeri managed one win in their first five games against Belgian clubs (D2 L2) but have been victorious in each of the last seven.

Both of Juve's defeats by Belgian sides have come away from home – at Club Brugge in 1978 and Anderlecht in the 1981/82 European Cup second round first leg (1-3), a tie they lost 2-4 on aggregate.

Juventus are making their 24th appearance in the Champions League proper – an Italian record, three more than AC Milan.

The Bianconeri were not involved in 2023/24, missing out on European competition for the first time since 2011/12.

The 2022/23 campaign was their 11th in succession in the Champions League, Juve missing out on the round of 16 for the first time since 2013/14 after finishing behind Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain in their section.

They went on to win three Europa League ties before losing 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Sevilla in the semi-finals.

Juve had lost three successive away Champions League matches, conceding eight goals, before a 3-2 Matchday 2 victory at Leipzig this season – their only win in eight (D3 L4). They have also drawn at LOSC Lille (1-1) and Aston Villa (0-0) this season.

Champions of Europe in 1985 and 1996, Juve have lost seven European Cup finals including five in the Champions League era – more than any other club.

Having won a record nine successive Serie A titles between 2012 and 2020, Juve finished third in 2023/24 – their highest final placing since being crowned champions in 2019/20.

Massimiliano Allegri was replaced as Juve coach by Thiago Motta in the summer.

Links and trivia

Juventus's Belgian winger Samuel Mbangula was part of the Club Brugge academy between 2014 and 2019.

Andreas Skov Olsen played for Bologna between 2019 and 2022.

Andrea Cambiaso and Maxim De Cuyper scored for Italy and Belgium respectively in a 2-2 UEFA Nations League draw on 10 October.

International team-mates:
Michał Skóraś and Arkadiusz Milik (Poland)

Latest news

Club Brugge

Club Brugge are 18 matches unbeaten in all competitions (W15 D3), since the 3-1 loss at AC Milan on Matchday 3.

The Belgian champions have won ten of their last 11 games and all of the last five, beating Beerschot 4-2 on Saturday with Gustav Nilsson scoring twice.

The defeat at Milan is Club Brugge's only loss in 23 games in all competitions (W17 D5).

Club Brugge have only failed to score in one of their last 30 games across all competitions and have two or more goals in 11 of their last 12 league fixtures.

Nicky Hayen's side lost two of their first three league games this season (D1) but have suffered only one defeat in the last 19 (W14 D4).

Club Brugge were 2-1 winners at home to Genk in the Belgian Cup semi-final first leg on 15 January; the away second leg is on 5 February.

Joaquin Seys came on on Saturday having been out since going off at half-time in a 2-2 draw at Union Saint-Gilloise on 22 December with a hamstring injury.

Zaid Romero, whose last appearance came on 26 December, has undergone dental surgery.

On 17 January Andreas Skov Olsen signed for Wolfsburg.

Juventus

Juve are still unbeaten in Serie A this season, though they have drawn 13 of their 21 matches. They were 2-0 winners at home to AC Milan on Saturday thanks to second-half goals from Samuel Mbangula and Timothy Weah.

Four of the Bianconeri's six matches since Matchday 6 have ended all square, the other exception a 2-1 win at Monza on 22 December that was their 1,700th Serie A victory.

Khéphren Thuram scored his first Juventus goals in a 2-2 draw at home to Fiorentina on 29 December, getting both 22 years after his father Lilian registered his only goal for the club.

That made it 21 league draws in the calendar year, fewer only than Perugia's Italian record of 22 in 1979.

The Bianconeri started 2025 with a 2-1 defeat against Milan in the Italian Super Cup semi-finals despite taking the lead through Kenan Yıldız.

Yıldız was taken off at half-time against Milan on Saturday with an adductor injury.

Francisco Conceição has missed the last three games with a thigh injury while Dušan Vlahović had sat out two with a similar problem before coming on as a late substitute on Saturday.

Arkadiusz Milik is yet to play this season after suffering a knee injury with Poland in June.

Juan Cabal and Bremer are not expected to play again this season due to knee ligament injuries.