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Club NXT

Belgian football youth academy

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Club NXT is the youth academy of Belgian football club Club Brugge. The most senior team of Club NXT acts as Club Brugge's reserve team, and competes in the Challenger Pro League, the second flight of Belgian football.

01History

On 1 July 2020, Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge announced that they would be rebranding their youth academy to Club NXT. On 13 August 2020, it was announced that the club's reserve team would play in the Challenger Pro League, the second flight of Belgian football, for the 2020-21 season after becoming champions in the Reserve Pro League the year before.

Club NXT played its first match in the second division on 22 August 2020 against RWDM47. On 30 August 2020, Thomas Van den Keybus scored the club's first goal against Lommel in a 2-2 draw. The following season, Club NXT changed grounds. The youth team will be playing their home games in the Schiervelde Stadion in Roeselaere, 25 kilometers from the Jan Breydelstadium. The stadium will be renamed to 'The NEST'.

For the 2022-23 season, it was decided that 4 reserve teams would partake in the Challenger Pro League. Based on the final standings of the Reserve Pro League, this meant that Club NXT would make its return and be joined by Jong Genk, RSCA Futures and SL16 FC.

On 15 June 2022, Brugge named Nicky Hayen as the new coach for Club NXT. This happened 10 days after Guillian Preud'homme was announced as the separate CEO for Club NXT and Club YLA.

02Results

Season League Division Points Remarks
  IA IB IAm IIAm IIIAm P.I P.II P.III P.IV      
2020-21   8               First Division B 13  
2021-22 No reserve teams were active outside the Reserve Pro League, where Club NXT finished 3rd.
2022-23   4               Challenger Pro League 49  
2023-24   9               Challenger Pro League 37  
2024-25   6               Challenger Pro League 47  

03Players

Current squad

As of 11 August 2026

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 FW  BEL Milan Robberechts
54 DF  FRA Samba Coulibaly
57 FW  FRA Elijah Ly
60 DF  FRA Emmanuel Fejokwu
61 GK  HUN Stefan Ostoici
63 DF  BEL Sacha Marloye
67 FW  BEL Al-Hassan Kamara
68 MF  TUR Utku Kurtal
70 MF  ESP Alejandro Granados
71 GK  BEL Axl De Corte
72 FW  BEL Jessi Da Silva
73 DF  BEL Briek Morel
75 DF  GER Dahrel Tchitchi
No. Pos. Nation Player
76 MF  BEL Lucas Delorge
79 FW  BEL Rayan Buifrahi
80 MF  MAR Ilyas Bouazzaoui
82 DF  BEL Samuel Gomez Van Hoogen
86 MF  ITA Gianluca Okon
89 FW  BEL Jakke Van Britsom
90 DF  ENG Andre Garcia
92 DF  BEL Alexander Vandeperre
93 DF  BEL Wout Verlinden
95 DF  BEL Mohamed Galal Elbay
96 DF  GHA Denis Odoi
97 MF  BEL Naïm Amengai
98 DF  BEL Axl Wins

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
, MF  DEN Tobias Lund Jensen (at SV Ried until 30 June 2027)
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