Club YLA is

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.

's women's section. It was founded in 2000 as the women's division of KSV Jabbeke. In 2010 they started working together with

as it was needed to cooperate with a male club in the highest division to become part of the Elite League for women. :

History

In 2012 they changed their name into Club Brugge Dames. In 2012 they joined the new

BeNe League The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Du ...

. After the 2014/15 season the first team was disbanded. Season 2020-21 saw renewed interest and a new competition format with the "Scooore Super League". Club Brugge KV changed its name to "Club YLA". YLA are the initials of Yvonne Lahousse(died January 12, 2006) who was one of the leading ladies of Club Bruges' fanbase from mid 1960s until her death.
Additionally, YLA is part of a new identity and branding of the women's team. Clothes and merchandising equivalent to the Club YLA look & feel is made available from the webshop. They ended the 2020-21 regular competition in fifth place, which earned them a place in Play-off 1. These play-offs however, saw no further improvement and Club YLA finished the season in fifth.
This was the last season for

Leo Van der Elst Leo Van der Elst (born 7 January 1962) is a Belgian retired footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. He amassed Belgian Pro League totals of 406 games and 67 goals over the course of 15 seasons, mainly in representation of Antwerp, Club ...

as T1, and now fulfills the role of marketing- and recruitment manager. For season 2021-22 Dennis Moerman left his position as T2 o
Gent Ladies
to become the new head coach of Club YLA. In early April 2022, Van Der Elst announced that Club YLA will be using a ''period coach'' the next season, in an effort to reduce the possibility of injuries and / or optimise performances.

Honours

Belgian Women's Cup The Belgian Women's Cup (; ; ) is the cup competition for women's football in Belgium. The Royal Belgian Football Association established the cup in 1977. List of finals The following is a list of all finals: Most wins See also *Football ...

: finalists (2x): 2013/14, 2014/15 *

Belgian Women's First Division The Belgian Women's First Division ( nl, Eerste Klasse, french: Première Division, ) is the second highest women's football league of Belgium. The league was the top level league until 2011–12. It was first played in 1973–74. From 2012 to 2 ...

(II) : vice-champions (1x): 2018/19 *

Belgian Women's Second Division The Belgian Women's Second Division ( nl, Tweede Klasse; french: Deuxième Division; ) is the third level women's football league of Belgium. It started in 1981-82. Format In the league's season, 12 teams participated, playing a double round-robi ...

(III) : champions (1x): 2017/18 (A-series) : vice-champions (1x): 2016/17 (A-series)

Results

Current squad

Head coaches

* Jean-Marie Saeremans * Karel Gobert (2013–2013) * Gunther Bomon (2013–2014) * Dieter Lauwers (2014–2015) *

(2017–2020) * Dennis Moerman (2021~)

References & notes

Notes

External links

Official website
Women's football clubs in Belgium Association football clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in Belgium BeNe League teams Club Brugge KV Sport in Bruges {{Belgium-footyclub-stub