Club NXT is the
youth academy of Belgian
football
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club
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. . 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
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.
History
On 1 July 2020,
Belgian Pro League side
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. 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
Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The fi ...
, 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
Nicky Hayen (born 16 August 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former professional footballer who is currently head coach at Challenger Pro League club Club NXT.
Career
From 1999 on, Hayen played nine seasons at the highest level of Belg ...
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.
Results
Players
Current squad
See also
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Club Brugge KV
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.
References
External links
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Club Brugge KV
Belgian reserve football teams
Football clubs in Bruges
Association football clubs established in 2020
2020 establishments in Belgium