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The Jan Breydelstadion
The Jan Breydel Stadium is the homeground of Club Brugge. The atmosphere in the stadium is amazing and certainly worth a visit! If you want to know more about the Jan Breydel Stadium, you should continue reading!
Visit Jan Breydelstadion during match of Club Brugge
The Jan Breydelstadion is property of the city, and the city council pulls all the ties. That’s why city rivals Club Brugge and Cercle Burgge both play at the stadium. Club Brugge wanted to play in a new stadium and Cercle Brugge had financial difficulties, so the Jan Breydelstadion came as a rescue. The Jan Breydelstadion was modernised and expanded before the Euro 2000 would take place in Belgium and other renovations were made later. However, it does seem to be the case that Club Brugge can’t stand it any longer to share a stadium with a city rival; they have been making plans for constructing a new stadium since 2007. In 2020 was announced that Cercle Brugge needed to move out of the Jan Breydelstadion, as well, and that they needed to build their own stadium at a different location in the city.
Club Brugge’s previous stadiums
The club started to play at the Rattenplein since 1891 until 1912. Afterwards, they moved to a stadium that was called ‘De Klokke’. They had been renting this place until Albert Dyserinck bought the stadium in 1920. The club became a non-profit organization during Dyserinck’s time as chairman. The chairman died in a car accident in 1931, which was a great shock for the club and lead to sorrow. This resulted in naming the stadium after Albert Dyserinck. The club moved to another stadium again in 1975 where they still play in today: the Jan Breydelstadion. This stadium was initially called the Olimpia Stadium, but this changed after a while to the name that is still known today.
Visit the Jan Breydelstadion
There’s only one way to get to the stadium from the city’s centre. From Brugge’s central station you can hop on bus 54 at platform four. Hop off at stop Sint-Andries Kerk and from there you only need to walk half a kilometre to the stadium. The trip only lasts 20 minutes. That’s not that much… right? Make sure you leave well in advance because it can be very busy in Brugge on a matchday of Club Brugge. Would you like to visit the Jan Breydelstadion one last time before its destruction is definitive? Then you should book your football trip to Club Brugge and experience the fantastic ambience at the Jan Breydelstadion one last time!
